Scene 16: William the Conqueror

William needs to win a fight.

Er, that is, a half-ogre who will, at the time, look like William, needs to look sure to lose a fight, and then win.

Actually, neither William nor the half-ogre need much of anything, but Varian really needs all of that to happen, or some people who have long since fallen out of the habit of being anything that could be accidentally construed as nice will discover that they have reason to be displeased with him.

Come along and see what happens.

Scene 15: the Reprise of Gurg

Ionjae and Varien walk into Gurg's office. The little goblin blinks up at them from behind a pile of papers on his desk.

"What do you want?"

"We need a job." Varien sits down in one of the two chairs in front of Gurg's desk and puts his booted feet up.

"Get you feet off my desk. Just because I'm a goblin doesn't mean I can read muddy papers. And why do you need a job? Have you managed to blow through the money I already paid you so soon? Or are you just bored?"

Ionjae offers "We need books, supplies, that sort of thing. You helped us out so well with tuition, we thought..."

"You're bored. I know you don't need the money. You made out just fine as a bookie today," pointing at Varien, "and you went off on a field trip and seemed far happier than you should have been given how roughed up you looked. I think you're both just fine for money.

"No, what you lack is ambition. Go find your own way in the world. For Ao's sake, it isn't even the second week of school, and you think I'm here to entertain you? Go kill Pun-Pun, or sabotage the Great Factory, or just ride the Planar Express for a while, or, failing that, try actually studying."

He starts sorting through the papers dislodged by Varien's feet as the two of them stare at him. He looks up. "Still here? Remember the fiasco with the gargoyles last year? We lost eight gargoyles. They'd been with the school for over seven hundred years. Make sure that Canas kid replaces them, and gets the others back to work, and maybe I'll find you something fun."

Memo: For Immediate Release - Quality Alterations

A quick note before this game continues, I have been made aware of a typo existing within the Qualities list.

The following changes take place immediately:
 Quirks -
  Low Self-Image has been changed from -4 to -3.

 Gifts
  Self-Confident has been changed from +4 to +2

If you find that you have chosen either of these qualities and would like to change them now, you may.

In addition, the following Quirks have been added to the Quality list on behalf of one of the players. These are fare game if you choose to alter your character.
 Quirks -
  Dark Fate has been added
  Dark Secret has been added
  Sickness has been added