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<blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4179087" data-attributes="member: 3285"><p><strong>The Last Resort - Part 1a: Opening Night</strong></p><p></p><p>Ilmarė crossed her arms, aggravated. They were standing in line to see a play at the Freeport Opera House. Judging from the fliers tacked up all over, it was titled “The Queen and the Stranger.”</p><p></p><p>“This play better be good,” she said. “Kham said Egil was going to meet us outside here, but I’ve seen neither hide nor hair of him.”</p><p></p><p>“Me neither,” Beldin looked around. “Not that I could pick him out of the crowd.” The audience was drawn from all social classes, dressed in their best. </p><p></p><p>“I know,” said Ilmarė. “Humans all look the same to me too.”</p><p></p><p>Beldin frowned. “That’s not what I meant.” </p><p></p><p>The doors finally open. As they entered, Beldin and Ilmarė were handed a playbill along with a cast list.</p><p></p><p>The interior of the theater is gloomy, with illumination coming from lamps evenly set around the red-painted walls and from the foot lamps below the stage’s edge. The theater was less than half full—there are about a hundred people present. </p><p></p><p>The elf and dwarf were ushered in, pressed by the expanding crowd. Ilmarė’s eyes scanned the page. </p><p></p><p>“Oh no,” she said.</p><p></p><p>“What?” asked Beldin. He looked around, hand resting on the axe at his belt.</p><p></p><p>“Look at the cast list.”</p><p></p><p>Beldin stared at the piece of paper still in his hand. It read: “The part of THE KING IN YELLOW will be played by MR. TALBOT ESTUS.”</p><p></p><p>“We’d better go.” Beldin stood up to move, but then the orchestra stuck up a tune, the curtains rose, and the audience could do nothing but watch.</p><p></p><p>In the first scene, Queen Cassilda discussed matters of succession with her three children: Uoht, Thale and Camilla. The sons argued and complained to their mother, but Cassilda did not give them the attention they wished, and in the end she wearily sent them away. </p><p></p><p>In the second scene, Cassilda read aloud from a scroll a report that named her city as Yhtill and her kingdom as Hastur and talked of an ongoing war against the Kingdom of Alar. A child with jeweled fingers entered. It was unclear if the child was another of the queen’s sons, although he talked to her with familiarity and even bullied her. They spoke of Carcosa, a wandering dream-like city which is a place of several unusual aspects: it appeared overnight, it is either on or beyond the waters below the palace, Hali; the towers of the city slip behind the moons at night and on seeing the city, one knows its name. A fifth singularity, no one spoke of. </p><p></p><p>In the third scene, the queen greeted a white masked stranger, who appeared indifferent to her status. It was then that the stranger threw up his arms to reveal the Yellow sign painted on breast and sleeve. </p><p></p><p>Behind them, someone screamed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="talien, post: 4179087, member: 3285"] [b]The Last Resort - Part 1a: Opening Night[/b] Ilmarė crossed her arms, aggravated. They were standing in line to see a play at the Freeport Opera House. Judging from the fliers tacked up all over, it was titled “The Queen and the Stranger.” “This play better be good,” she said. “Kham said Egil was going to meet us outside here, but I’ve seen neither hide nor hair of him.” “Me neither,” Beldin looked around. “Not that I could pick him out of the crowd.” The audience was drawn from all social classes, dressed in their best. “I know,” said Ilmarė. “Humans all look the same to me too.” Beldin frowned. “That’s not what I meant.” The doors finally open. As they entered, Beldin and Ilmarė were handed a playbill along with a cast list. The interior of the theater is gloomy, with illumination coming from lamps evenly set around the red-painted walls and from the foot lamps below the stage’s edge. The theater was less than half full—there are about a hundred people present. The elf and dwarf were ushered in, pressed by the expanding crowd. Ilmarė’s eyes scanned the page. “Oh no,” she said. “What?” asked Beldin. He looked around, hand resting on the axe at his belt. “Look at the cast list.” Beldin stared at the piece of paper still in his hand. It read: “The part of THE KING IN YELLOW will be played by MR. TALBOT ESTUS.” “We’d better go.” Beldin stood up to move, but then the orchestra stuck up a tune, the curtains rose, and the audience could do nothing but watch. In the first scene, Queen Cassilda discussed matters of succession with her three children: Uoht, Thale and Camilla. The sons argued and complained to their mother, but Cassilda did not give them the attention they wished, and in the end she wearily sent them away. In the second scene, Cassilda read aloud from a scroll a report that named her city as Yhtill and her kingdom as Hastur and talked of an ongoing war against the Kingdom of Alar. A child with jeweled fingers entered. It was unclear if the child was another of the queen’s sons, although he talked to her with familiarity and even bullied her. They spoke of Carcosa, a wandering dream-like city which is a place of several unusual aspects: it appeared overnight, it is either on or beyond the waters below the palace, Hali; the towers of the city slip behind the moons at night and on seeing the city, one knows its name. A fifth singularity, no one spoke of. In the third scene, the queen greeted a white masked stranger, who appeared indifferent to her status. It was then that the stranger threw up his arms to reveal the Yellow sign painted on breast and sleeve. Behind them, someone screamed. [/QUOTE]
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