A wide steel door at the back of the room opens and a gnome with a clipboard steps in. He's chewing on the end of an unlit cigar. "Ok, folks, Piratecat is being held up again...his latest module has been picked up by Oprah for her new 'Game Accessory of the Month Club' and he's doing her show this afternoon." He notices the pile of empty beer bottles surrounding Regdar and rolls his eyes.
"So, if you think you are sober enough, we can catch up on some photo shoots." He looks around the room, maneuvers the cigar to the other side of his mouth, then checks his clipboard. Without looking up, he waves the Iconics through the steel door after him. There is a large studio on the other side, big enough for several sets to be prepared at one time, with a collection of cameras and technicians lounging in the center. The crew perks up when the Iconics enter and begin adjusting their equipment.
The gnome walks up to an area set up to look like the inside of a crypt, with a huge faux stone sarcophagus filling the center. "Hokay, Jozan, glad you've cleaned up a bit, you and Mialee can do the Undead piece we've talked about. Where's Lidda?" He shakes his head and makes a mark on the clipboard. Taking the cigar out of his mouth with stained fingers, he spits something black into a corner, then replaces the cigar and moves on.
"Vadania, baby, we'll get a seamstress to fix that rip in your outfit, then you and Regdar are here, with the swamp creatures." Several lizard men and something that looks like a humanoid-shaped mound of pond scum climb to their feet in a swamp set; the pond scum thing tosses a cigarette to one side.
The gnome sucks on his cigar a moment and flips pages on his clipboard. "Now, we didn't expect a break for you others so soon, but I'm sure there's stuff for you here, too. Roworr, of course, can double as a monster in just about any set, but I'll have to check the schedule. Just sit tight and we'll see what we can do."
