I like that when Matt has to mimic the other players' voices as Kiri it sounds pretty close, but when he mimics Fjord his inner McCree comes out and it's spot on
A fitting meme for Jester due to how she grew to be so fond of Kiri. :) Especially considering Laura was pregnant at the time with Ronin and the theories being Matt came up with her because of wanting to see Laura show her maternal instincts.
I mean, there was something to reevaluate. Her original phrase was A3 going down to approximately A2. Which is already fairly low for a female, although not that rare. But Matt/Kiri's version went down to about F2 - which is male low-baritone area. That is lower than most males speaking voice, and extremely unusual for a female.
Birds have hollow bones. That does not seem like a wise choice of class. Seems much better suited to being a Rogue to me. may Vax’ildan watch over her from the wings
OMG, I just realised that I really want Yasha to show Kiri her wings! How sweet would that be to know she's not entirely alone among the non-feathered people.
@@deanholderde5959 no they were cursed by something else, not the Raven Queen EGtW page 176: "Though the Kenku saved the Raven Queen from oblivion, all of her black-winged emissaries were consumed by Tharizdun's infinite void. For long years, the Kenku were thought to have been annihilated, and it was only when Tharizdun was defeated and chained by the good Ioun near the calamity's end that they were freed. When the gods sealed themselves behind the Divine Gate, the Raven Queen realized what her emissaries had sacrificed to save her. Though the Kenku survived oblivion, they returned as mortals, stripped of all the divine gifts their god had bestowed on them: their voices, their wings, and all memories of their past existence. Bearing Tharizdun's curse of oblivion, the Kenku were reduced to squat beings that could speak only by mimicking the words of others."
I've read an excellent short fanfiction piece a while back, where they reunite with Kiri and she greets them with a quote from Molly. Let me tell you, there were tears
Kiri never mimicked Molly....until the goodbye scene. They just kind of stared at each other and Molly then said "I'm so glad we understand each other. Take care of them" (gesturing to her new family) Kiri then dutifully repeated back "Take care of them" pointing to the Nein. And he did.
Kenku is a MASTER CLASS for a person like Matt who can mimic others borderline perfectly and is very perceptive. I go back to his “stay quiet” mimicing of Travis every month or so. It’s mindblowing.
The thought of Jester telling Kiri that Tusk Love is the best love story ever is even funnier when you learn that Jester got all her lessons about love from porn.
When Laura said she "tells Kiri all about Tusk Love", after that session I would have pulled her aside and been like, "So, how much detail did you go into?" and start jotting down phrases from an orc porno for Kiri to burst out later, in Jester's voice 😂
Matt is the only person I’ve ever seen who’s been able to pull off actual Kenku noises without being annoying or harsh on the ears. Hell, the book says to just describe what sounds they make for that exact purpose. Seeing/hearing it in action is so damn cool.
Oh, the glorious chaos it was for Matt to be able to screw with the whole table even more than usual by repeating everything and anything with the right timing. Wait... Ohmigosh Kiri is the ultimate metagaming pigeon! (metagaming Kenku?)
A lot of people like to associate kenku with spies because it's said they can mimic voices well. I think it'd be hysterical of a kenku sorcerer would transform into party members and mimic them
there was an episode I forgot what the number is where Jester sent a message to Kiri and got a small update. it was pretty recent as well but the wiki is not updated with that.
I took a sip of tea just before Kiri said "it's me, Bren!" and just barely avoided spitting it all over my computer. I totally forgot about that whole saga
... anytime Kiri is on screen, I want to squeeze her and squee at how adoreable she it. I also really want to add a reoccurring character like her in my own world just so I can both a) create cuteness as well as b) share it
It was a little heartbreaking that the M9 never went back to Up-Hup to check up on kiri and tinkertop, really felt like an overlooked chunk of the world once they got teleportation.
I wonder how much fun and/or a pain it would be to edit these scenes together so whenever kiri talks its the audio of the original person saying it instead of matt mimicking them
it's wild that technically she should've been dead when they found her- I think she takes a 19 point tail slap from one of the gators in the fight, which at 6 hp should have killed her outright. Soooo glad Matt included her though
5:10 is seriously my most favourite micro-moment of campaign two. Was this the first time anyone had cast speak with dead? Also, thank you so much for making this--it's brightened my afternoon considerably!
Before I even knew about Kiri, I created a Kenku child named “Trash” because it’s what one of the street urchins who took her in always called her. I told the party that they could rename her if they wanted to but the name stuck. Now when she introduces herself she points to herself and mimics the sound of glass breaking and a drunken old man yelling, “You’re trash! Filthy trash!”
Great to finally have one comprehensive Kiri compilation. I watched this a couple times as it popped up in my normal CR YT recommendations before I even realized it was yours, and I was like oh of course it is lol.
haha! i'm glad you liked it. i was a bit shocked myself to not find anything else quite like this video on youtube, hence why i made it. to be honest, it's not really anywhere near a full compilation of kiri moments (i had many more clips that i ended up cutting) but i think it's a fairly nice overview.
Yeahhhhh I know Laura was a little peeved when a woman on Reddit mentioned she could tell she was pregnant but watching these highlights I can tell too. Super happy Ronin is here with us, he is adorable in every photo I see.
I haven't watched it yet, but pre-emptive thank you for both your work on this, and for all those links to other critrole channels to shove in my face holes.
I have always wanted to send a letter to the cast with Matt's permission and have it be a letter from kiri telling them how much she misses them. I would also include a set of D20s each one the a different color to represent the cast and include a note that they were lucky stones like the one she helped Caleb find.
Thank you for this. I love Kiri so much. This makes me very happy. I always hope they will get a chance to visit her again. I know it wouldn't have been practical to keep her with them because either she would have gotten hurt or they would have made mistakes trying to protect her. And I absolutely love the idea that she was adopted and is in a loving family. But I really really hope they get to be like the fun Aunts and Uncles who come around and bring her presents every few years. And I love thinking that Jester messages her a few times a week when she has the spell slots left.
I like that when Matt has to mimic the other players' voices as Kiri it sounds pretty close, but when he mimics Fjord his inner McCree comes out and it's spot on
RIGHT?
So scary lmao
I feel like Matt created this character just to make pregnant Laura's maternal instincts go haywire.
I think it was also meant to mess with Nott/Veth because she a mom, too.
@@samminicksm meanwhile nott tries to give her booze and feed her human jerky lol
@@JFrenchman lmao she's THAT kind of mom (gave luke a crossbow and tips on sneaking up on people)
@@mahorosan1 his name is spelled Luc btw, because of course it is, gdi Sam... xD
i mean, jester was finding her dad so I feel like when kiri doesn't know where her family is, she wants to protect her
"she kinda just holds the dagger.....that's Kiri's turn" I LOVE HER
".... FFFUCK!"
Jester: "I've only known Kiri for a day and a half, but if anyone were to hurt her I would kill everyone in this room and then myself."
A fitting meme for Jester due to how she grew to be so fond of Kiri. :) Especially considering Laura was pregnant at the time with Ronin and the theories being Matt came up with her because of wanting to see Laura show her maternal instincts.
Beau seems more Rosa than Jester does...
Beau having to "reevaluate" herself after hearing Kiri mimicking is honestly one of my favorite little moments.
I mean, there was something to reevaluate. Her original phrase was A3 going down to approximately A2. Which is already fairly low for a female, although not that rare. But Matt/Kiri's version went down to about F2 - which is male low-baritone area. That is lower than most males speaking voice, and extremely unusual for a female.
@@KidoKoin Bruh
And they ran around bringing 6 hitpoint bird baby to fights. That Mighty nien for ya. lol
TBH they didn't even know until Matt reveals in the Talks... Hahaha...
I love Sam's reaction upon hearing that...
@@ChaosMind10531 one of my favorite moments of Talks, for sure!!
"We keep bringing her into battles..."
"I KNOW!"
@@unexardiximarion1920 DM magic. Never reveal the secrets of DMing behind the screen magic like that
TBH she fared better than Luke did. :)
I still love how it took maybe a nano second for the fandom to practically adopt Kiri
Laura still beat them to it, let's be honest.
@@Mephiston True.
I am Kiri. I am very sweet. I am a good girl.
Kiri saying her name as the mighty nein leaves... Fuck me man, you're gonna make me tear up over an immaginary bird child
I sobbed like a little baby when she left. When Matt wants us to cry he goes for all the soft squishy heart bits
When Caleb said monk when kiri put up her fist, I love to think that in an alternate universe Kiri joined the cobalt soul.
LOL She may yet!! Who knows at this point??
I need fan art of this
With her master forgery and mimicry skills she’d be one of the top expositors for sure
She may well end up adopted by Yasha and Beau
Birds have hollow bones. That does not seem like a wise choice of class. Seems much better suited to being a Rogue to me.
may Vax’ildan watch over her from the wings
case study in how a group of murder hobos are a risky group of adoptive parents
I mean....
I love how Ashley is absolutely melting like a bar of chocolate left in a dark car on a hot sunny day.
OMG, I just realised that I really want Yasha to show Kiri her wings! How sweet would that be to know she's not entirely alone among the non-feathered people.
Kenku don't actually have wings- and it's kinda a sore subject for them, at least in the forgotten realms version of them.
@@brandondennis5166 yeah kiri is like a penguin basically
They used to be able to fly and speak normally but their master took away those abilities.
@@deanholderde5959 no they were cursed by something else, not the Raven Queen
EGtW page 176: "Though the Kenku saved the Raven Queen from oblivion, all of her black-winged emissaries were consumed by Tharizdun's infinite void. For long years, the Kenku were thought to have been annihilated, and it was only when Tharizdun was defeated and chained by the good Ioun near the calamity's end that they were freed.
When the gods sealed themselves behind the Divine Gate, the Raven Queen realized what her emissaries had sacrificed to save her. Though the Kenku survived oblivion, they returned as mortals, stripped of all the divine gifts their god had bestowed on them: their voices, their wings, and all memories of their past existence. Bearing Tharizdun's curse of oblivion, the Kenku were reduced to squat beings that could speak only by mimicking the words of others."
Kenku can’t fly or have original thoughts it’s a shared desire among Kenku that they fly & regain independent thoughr
Kiri doesn't know mollymauk died...
I've read an excellent short fanfiction piece a while back, where they reunite with Kiri and she greets them with a quote from Molly. Let me tell you, there were tears
@@kahorere Do you remembered the title or where you read it?
How dare you make me cry good sir
Kiri never mimicked Molly....until the goodbye scene. They just kind of stared at each other and Molly then said "I'm so glad we understand each other. Take care of them" (gesturing to her new family) Kiri then dutifully repeated back "Take care of them" pointing to the Nein. And he did.
@@Avendesora oh noooooo 🤣
The mental image of an itty-bitty baby bird talking with a deep, grown-man voice will always make me smile
that moment when fjord gave a lovely baby kenku a FUCKING KNIFE :DD bonus points for the soundboard
@@StarPichu12 NO!!
Kenku is a MASTER CLASS for a person like Matt who can mimic others borderline perfectly and is very perceptive. I go back to his “stay quiet” mimicing of Travis every month or so. It’s mindblowing.
9:41 ❤
This is like that video with the little boy:
"What are you holding?'
"A KNIFE!"
"NO!"
It’s like Matt does about as good if not a better Texan fjord than Travis/british fjord and that’s why he’s so unsettled
He is using his Mcree voice from overwatch
Which is funny because Travis is Texan haha
Im looking forward to the day where kiri is a npc in campaign 3
like Clementine in TWD season 3. just the only useful person in the party
“Go fuck yourself”
“What is with this sassy bird child”
oh i bet you matt kept any paper(s) he wrote phrases down on lol
This comment better age well
@@NightWing1800 I want this bird to meet the C3 crew SO BAD. Ashton would have a FIELD DAY with her.
call kiri a harpist because she sure does pull on strings
of my heart
A heartpist one might say
@@thatonebrit6736 No we might not
(/joke)
Molly and Yasha are the only ones who didn't teach her to say something awful.
Really? I thought jester was the only one who taught her bad things
Yeah because Molly actively ignored the child.
The thought of Jester telling Kiri that Tusk Love is the best love story ever is even funnier when you learn that Jester got all her lessons about love from porn.
When Laura said she "tells Kiri all about Tusk Love", after that session I would have pulled her aside and been like, "So, how much detail did you go into?" and start jotting down phrases from an orc porno for Kiri to burst out later, in Jester's voice 😂
Matt is the only person I’ve ever seen who’s been able to pull off actual Kenku noises without being annoying or harsh on the ears. Hell, the book says to just describe what sounds they make for that exact purpose. Seeing/hearing it in action is so damn cool.
Pumat Sol, Kiri, Henry Crabgrass... Matt was just showing off this campaign.
that really has me wondering what the heck he's gonna surprise us with next campaign lol
How about once the animated Mighty Nein comes in the next year or plus probably.@@nox_tech_
I’m not crying I just have a whole tree stuck in my eye
Maybe a forest T^T
You mean a fjorest?er?
duuude.. are you okay?
@@silentkillaa2673 If you have a diamond, do some restoration spells for him
Kiri trying to communicate with little frog noises at the beginning is so fucking cute god she's the best
I never knew what the noises in the beginning were, that makes so much sense!
Oh, the glorious chaos it was for Matt to be able to screw with the whole table even more than usual by repeating everything and anything with the right timing.
Wait...
Ohmigosh Kiri is the ultimate metagaming pigeon! (metagaming Kenku?)
A lot of people like to associate kenku with spies because it's said they can mimic voices well. I think it'd be hysterical of a kenku sorcerer would transform into party members and mimic them
I love that when kiri jumps back Matts hair actually flies back like bird feathers ruffling.
or "matt mercer imitating his players for 12 minutes"
Uncannily accurate, in some cases.
If this was Vox Machina Vax would of instantly adopted Kiri. Vax and his little Kenku daughter omg.
Then cracked her over the head with the back of his dagger
@@ciaranmcguinness8900 you know, like any good dad
I want a Kiri update. TToTT How is she with the Hupperdook family? How tall has she grown? How many words and phrases does she know now?
there was an episode I forgot what the number is where Jester sent a message to Kiri and got a small update. it was pretty recent as well but the wiki is not updated with that.
There were two instances, the one in the reply above, and Jester scryed on her at some point.
Come eat your food
Took some time but I found the timestamps, bless the great Flando. Jester scryed on Kiri ep 89 16:40, and messaged her ep 118 1:00:40.
@@Killer_Turnip Thank you... but I know. I want MORE updates. Post-ep-124 updates. I love Kiri.
Kiri is just Matt flexing on everyone.
Only a voice actor could play a kenku well.
Jester yelling, “She’s been taken!!!” Will remain funny for the rest of my days.
Also Kiri is a gift that must always be protected
The end, the eeeeeend 😭Even Matt was holding back tears because it was such an emotional moment and I just 😭😭😭
I never teared up over my fathers passing, but did for a make believe bird saying goodbye to make believe characters.
Absurd.
6:03 matt writing down those sentences like "oh yeah, this is gonna hurt so good later"
WAIT KIRI NEVER KNEW WHAT HAPPENED TO MOLLYMAUK!!! OH MY GOSH I’M CRYING AGAIN!!!
Well now she won’t have to know, but now there’s a more complicated story to tell her.
I love Kiri, but she's is going to have SO many issues when she gets older.
Everyone’s favorite murder bird child!
I was going to say I'd kill for Kiri, but it'd probably be the contrary
She does kill people!
When Kiri says "it's me, Bren" because she's quoting Nott, look closely at Liam ;) oh the small things that we notice now
I took a sip of tea just before Kiri said "it's me, Bren!" and just barely avoided spitting it all over my computer. I totally forgot about that whole saga
4:16 ah yes the wizard formally known as Mr. Caleb.
Hearing this Kiri super-cut makes me think Matt has some Kenku in his bloodline.
Kiri: part of the reason why I'm playing a Kenku right now.
Kenku *barbarian*, to be precise.
I MISS HER I WANT HER BACK EVERY DAY
This sweet little bird child impersonating Fjord's gruff voice will never not be funny to me
Dose anyone else notice Matt's hair when Kiri dose the bird noices it makes it so much better
1:40
Next time they see Kiri for the first time in a long time. Kiri reacts in excitement, "BIER BIER BIER!!!" lol
Having voiced Mcree was amazing practice for immediately following Travis. It made him laugh every time Kiri repeated Fjord
5:45
Jester: Sit in this corner.
Kiri: I kill people- >:(
11:24 when Matt takes a beat to compose himself. 😭
You know they all love Kiri, but it really says alot that even Matt was fighting tears. 😥💖
Stop, my heart can only take so much.
Took a couple of beats, I think.
I've never seen someone pull of a kenku voice so well. matt is seriously one of the best voice actors of this world
As soon as that music box started playing…
that shit hit hard man.💜
I am not ready for how sad this bird will make me in the animated series
... anytime Kiri is on screen, I want to squeeze her and squee at how adoreable she it. I also really want to add a reoccurring character like her in my own world just so I can both a) create cuteness as well as b) share it
I was having a fun night and stumbled across this and went "oh Kiri! She's adorable!" and now i'm crying so thanks
LOL i'm so sorry
I had forgotten that Laura didn't get to say goodbye to Kiri as Jester herself. :'(
Kiri is my all time favorite character. Her departure makes me cry like a baby everytime.
"The Mighty Nein"... that's get me every single time!
The way Laura says "oh no no no no" gets me every time! 😭
I kind of wanted Kiri to respond, in a chopped way that sounds like two audio clips of Jester spliced together, "No no no no no---family now?"
Oh my god, the “It’s me Bren!”. Just how Liam looks at Matt there my god. 4:38
My headcanon is that Kiri doesn't imitate perfectly, but rather Matt's impressions are what Kiri's impressions sound like because she's still a kid.
Well, RAW says that whatever a Kenku repeats can be recognized as an imitation by an Insight vs Deception check, so that fully tracks.
Matt going from adorable Kiri to jumpscaring ghost is just wow
It was a little heartbreaking that the M9 never went back to Up-Hup to check up on kiri and tinkertop, really felt like an overlooked chunk of the world once they got teleportation.
Honestly knocked me on my ass that they seemed to totally forget about her.
I LOVE HER!!! SHE'S THE BEST OF US!!
i don't remember Matt copying Travis's voice so dang well lol
Being McCree helped, I'm sure.
" we'll send you treasures from our travels " * hasn't talked to kiri in like a year *
And to think Kiri was a 6hp squishy target
It's like Matt hair has a mind of its own.
Oh, this is going on my personal playlist, so good.
I wonder how much fun and/or a pain it would be to edit these scenes together so whenever kiri talks its the audio of the original person saying it instead of matt mimicking them
Omg a new kiri video was not what I was expecting.. Thank you MRG for giving me big loveball NRG this Valentines day 💖
Dont worry, it's almost Monday.
Also known as: Matt Mercer being amazing at imitations and also being a bird
it's wild that technically she should've been dead when they found her- I think she takes a 19 point tail slap from one of the gators in the fight, which at 6 hp should have killed her outright. Soooo glad Matt included her though
Matt really gave a pregnant Laura Bailey a cute bird child.
Kiri is Best girl don't @ me
Matt: Yeza was his name!
Sam: Oh fuck!
Liam: LOLOLOLOLOLO
Kiri is precious and she must be protected at all times.
how dare you make me cry over kiri on valentine's day
5:10 is seriously my most favourite micro-moment of campaign two. Was this the first time anyone had cast speak with dead? Also, thank you so much for making this--it's brightened my afternoon considerably!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS I AM CRYING IN THE BEST WAY
10:20 Matt sure knows how to stage a scene. (wipes away tear)
Before I even knew about Kiri, I created a Kenku child named “Trash” because it’s what one of the street urchins who took her in always called her. I told the party that they could rename her if they wanted to but the name stuck. Now when she introduces herself she points to herself and mimics the sound of glass breaking and a drunken old man yelling, “You’re trash! Filthy trash!”
Great to finally have one comprehensive Kiri compilation. I watched this a couple times as it popped up in my normal CR YT recommendations before I even realized it was yours, and I was like oh of course it is lol.
haha! i'm glad you liked it. i was a bit shocked myself to not find anything else quite like this video on youtube, hence why i made it. to be honest, it's not really anywhere near a full compilation of kiri moments (i had many more clips that i ended up cutting) but i think it's a fairly nice overview.
Kiri leaving the Nein always gets me in the HEART my god
I Miss Kiri. I Kinda Wish They Had Gone Back To Visit Her. I'm Sure Luke & Her Would Have Gotten Along Great.
5:43 is perfect
Seeing Yasha's attachment to Kiri hits very differently after finding out she was known as the Orphan Maker
9:41 Oh god I hate how spot on that one is
Yeahhhhh I know Laura was a little peeved when a woman on Reddit mentioned she could tell she was pregnant but watching these highlights I can tell too.
Super happy Ronin is here with us, he is adorable in every photo I see.
I haven't watched it yet, but pre-emptive thank you for both your work on this, and for all those links to other critrole channels to shove in my face holes.
I have always wanted to send a letter to the cast with Matt's permission and have it be a letter from kiri telling them how much she misses them. I would also include a set of D20s each one the a different color to represent the cast and include a note that they were lucky stones like the one she helped Caleb find.
kiri has the filter of a drunk and makes the show soooo funny
😂 I love Laura’s mama Bailey mode 😂
Thank you for this. I love Kiri so much. This makes me very happy. I always hope they will get a chance to visit her again. I know it wouldn't have been practical to keep her with them because either she would have gotten hurt or they would have made mistakes trying to protect her. And I absolutely love the idea that she was adopted and is in a loving family. But I really really hope they get to be like the fun Aunts and Uncles who come around and bring her presents every few years. And I love thinking that Jester messages her a few times a week when she has the spell slots left.
Kiri is comical call back machine!! I love it!
I like to imagine Kiri’s in universe music box is a melodic version of Your Turn to Role. Or at least a music box she makes in the future.
Catch me crying at the goodbye. I love her and I hope the Mighty Nein get to see her again someday.
Thank you! This made me smile from start to finish ♥️
2:12, this had me wheezing
6:23, also very funny
7:52, yes
8:32, 🤣