Talks Machina 9: What Lies Beneath the Surface

is the ninth episode of Talks Machina.

Andrew from CritRoleStats answers questions about how he got started with stat-tracking for the show and how CritRoleStats has grown from there. Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel discuss with Brian Wayne Foster.

Talk with the cast

 * Brian shows a clip from where Patrick Rothfuss jokes that Kerrek could take out all of Vox Machina because they are so low on hit points.

GIF of the Week
Winner: Erin McBride (@DelusionalErin on Twitter); Abstract cartoon animation of all the members of Vox Machina.

Prize: Critical Role hoodie and dice set.

Part 3

 * Brian plays the clip of Vax and Percy's conversation in the tub from . Laura confirms that she hadn't planned in advance to come up from the water, but realized if their conversation went on for long enough, it wouldn't make much sense to do it.

Fan art of the Week
Winner: Ian Sokoliwski (ianthecomicartist.com); painting of Scanlan smoking Suude. (link unavailable)

Prize: Complete dice system from Wyrmwood gaming.

Thank My Guests

 * Prince Liam Oberon
 * Lauren Billy
 * Sam Rigell
 * Andrew from CritRoleStats ("he deserves respect")

Talks Machina After Dark

 * It's Sam's first time on After Dark. He wants to know what happens: "Do we spill the dirt? Do we get naked from the waist down? Is it a crazy fuckfest?"

Quotations

 * Liam: One of the interesting things about our show is that the universe and the story only exists in the collective imagination of thousands. Unless one of us verbally defines what exists, it's Schrödinger's tub."

Trivia

 * At the beginning of the episode, Laura, Liam, and Brian are in a pose on the couch similar to what Vex, Vax, and Percy would have been in when Vax got into Percy's tub.