[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

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Jun 7, 2022 5:27 pm

Jun 7, 2022 5:27 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

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ATTENDU QUE, Nous reconnaissons la sapience et l'érudition potentielle du chimpanzé,

PAR CONSÉQUENT, Nous décrétons que maintenant et à l'avenir, pour l'éducation du chimpanzé, toute exécution publique de cet instrument de musique connu sous le nom de violon ou d'alto ne sera faite que par des singes, et,

DONC, les manipulations humaines du violon ou de l'alto ne peuvent être faites que pour la tutelle des singes, et,

PAR CONSÉQUENT, tous les violons ou altos appartenant à des humains doivent être immédiatement confisqués et re-licenciés en tant qu'outils pédagogiques pour singes, et,

PAR CONSÉQUENT, les Agents du Conseil sont instruits et autorisés à confisquer toute sorte de violon ou d'alto sous PEINE DE MORT OU DE MUTILATION pour DÉSOBÉISSANCE.

Thusly did the Purple Lilac read to you from a printed copy of the Decree. Halfway through, he belched and wiped the back of his hand across his mouth. On his lilac blouse there was a darker stain, of wine or possibly of blood.

"You have your instructions," he said with a slight slurring of speech, when he had finished declaring the decree. "Go forth, and pillage! eh, confiscate, to say."

Your offices are in a basement in Goutte-d'Or. The modern Council is stingy with funds for its Agents, the Richelieus. Nevertheless, you are sworn to conduct yourselves as aristocrats and to enact the Head's decrees.

OOC:

What do you all do?

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 8, 2022 4:02 pm

Jun 8, 2022 4:02 pm

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Jean audibly scoffs at the Purple Lilac's belch. Mon Dieu! What an insolent pig behavior- spraying some of her special perfume Tears of the Damned Tortoise her eyes light up and she can now see exceptionally well in the dim light of the basement. Turning to the nearby agents She says: The Violons are surely to be found at the Conservatoire Royale, and the Monkeys at the Menagerie, but how to proceed with bringing them in contact?

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I'm not 100% what the mission is as my french is a bit rusty. Do we need to find the violins, or monkeys? or both?

Jun 8, 2022 5:01 pm

Jun 8, 2022 5:01 pm

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OOC:

You are to confiscate all violins from human hands, and permit their use by humans only in training monkeys to play them

Jun 8, 2022 5:20 pm

Jun 8, 2022 5:20 pm

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Marcel makes the sign of the cross when Jean says 'Mon Dieu' while he engages in a brief duel with the candle stick, and only then does he scoff. "What es this? Some kind of community theatre project? I do not care for this, not one bit. Why, even I have a violin and yet I must now give it to some simpering simian?" He makes the sign of the cross.

"Mai oui, clap me in chains! The violin is in my quarters, in my garderobe, gathering moths. At least the first one will be tres easy, n'est pas?" He laughs.

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 8, 2022 6:33 pm

Jun 8, 2022 6:33 pm

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Ah, and in one moment de inspiration of our beloved sovereign, the pious Monsieur Blanc has become an outlaw to be hunted down and brought to justice! she says with an ironic wave of her feathered cap. Well now Marcel, I know you have a good head on your shoulders and want to keep it there... so maybe we can at least appear to fully comply with the request of our beloved Head of the State?. Pointing towards the others of the group How do you consider to proceed on this surely pressing matter of State?

Jun 8, 2022 11:34 pm

Jun 8, 2022 11:34 pm

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"Bien sûr, we must take Marcel's violin. It would be the height of hypocrisy to do otherwise, Jean.

Pierre places his hands on his hips twirling on his heel toward Marcel. "I am sorry for your loss Marcel. I truly am. One must wonder what the court is coming to if only monkeys are permitted to play violins the strings of which make the most pleasurable musique."

Shaking his head with feigned disgust he adjusts his dodo feather that has come loose from its binding.

"You won't make trouble for us dear Marcel, will you? Why work harder than one must and to have such an instrument already .... why we would be impressive!"

Jun 9, 2022 2:04 pm

Jun 9, 2022 2:04 pm

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"Non, non, mes amis. I relinquish it gladly for the King!" He raises an empty wine glass in a mock toast to the titular tyrant. "So we have one of these vile violas seized. Where to next? Shall we patrol the streets, shall we visit every tavern and brothel in Paris?"

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 9, 2022 8:02 pm

Jun 9, 2022 8:02 pm

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The day begins in Triumph! Huzzah Jean bows towards the companions. On our way to retrieve the cursed instrument from your quarters, perchance we can investigate the taverns and inns of the neighborhood in case any perpetrator of the law is entertaining the crowds with an outlawed stringed instrument! And we may have a cup of wine to celebrate a job well done, in the name of our most Gracious King... Grabbing her sword Jean starts up the stairs and unto the busy street outside, waiting for the rest of the group to follow.

Jun 9, 2022 8:34 pm

Jun 9, 2022 8:34 pm

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Indeed, as you ascend to the cobbled street, almost slipping on oddments of garbage that litter the threshold at the top of the basement stairs, you hear the distinctive tune of Chevaliers du l'Table Ronde being played on what sounds like a very cheap violin. Turning your heads to either side, you discern the noise emerges from an instrument wielded by a decrepit-looking woman standing hunchbacked among the rickety wrought iron tables of a declasse patisserie, where various tradesfolk are having their breakfast of soft bread, butter, jams, and dark coffee.

Jun 10, 2022 2:21 am

Jun 10, 2022 2:21 am

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"Oh no. How will it look if we take a violin from such an old hag? Mais non, I cannot do eet. It is a cheap specimen anyway. Just listen to that scratchy tone. I would have some bread and jam though."

Pierre eyes the coffee as well and licks his lips in anticipartion.

Jun 10, 2022 2:47 am

Jun 10, 2022 2:47 am

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"Go, give her a kiss, Pierre and when she swoons, we can take it then in the name of le Roi."

Jun 10, 2022 2:49 am

Jun 10, 2022 2:49 am

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"Bite your tongue young man! That I will not do!" Pierre wrinkles his nose in disgust and continues to eye the food.

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 10, 2022 11:00 am

Jun 10, 2022 11:00 am

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Jean walks up to the woman and proclaims. Madame, under the command of Our Lord Sovereign the King himself, I must declare the use of the instrument Violin as illegal. Despite my sacred obligation to uphold the law immediately, my nature of generosity forbids me from robbing a poor woman from her own means of sustenance without fair recompense. To task, here is a silver piece from me for the beautiful music you produced, and I expect the gentle patrons of this cafe to also help with the fiscal recompense of their favorite artiste. . With these words, Jean takes off the woman's hat, puts a silver coin in it, and then walks around the tables staring down the patrons so they pay some money to the poor woman...

OOC:

I have the Generous and the Rich tags so I assume a bit of money spent on a good deed would be easy to provide.

Jun 10, 2022 3:25 pm

Jun 10, 2022 3:25 pm

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Marcel, who is notoriously stingy, adopts the guise of the 'threat' and rests a hand on his pommel. He has no intention of letting the woman flee with the violin, less intention of drawing on her if she does, and certainly no intention of contributing to Jean's proposed recompense.

Jun 10, 2022 4:27 pm

Jun 10, 2022 4:27 pm

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Angrily, the woman snatches for her hat, but her hand is slowed by age ... With startling vigor, she swings the bow of the violin back-handed at Jean!

OOC:

Let's see the worst risk here being a sore face, a setback would be general mockery ...? What are your thoughts, o @panalexiou?

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 10, 2022 7:01 pm

Jun 10, 2022 7:01 pm

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Jean, instinctively tries to dodge the swing, flapping the hat in her hand in front of the woman's face.

OOC:

I'm rolling dodge assuming that's the most relevant skill, let me know if it's something else. Agreed on consequences...

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Rolls

Dodging - (1d8)

(3) = 3

Jun 10, 2022 7:26 pm

Jun 10, 2022 7:26 pm

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As Jean catches the violin bow in her stylishly floppy hat, a wave of laughter erupts, spreads, and dissipates among the fifteen or twenty breakfast patrons seated around you. "Eh, Richelieus!" exclaims a youngish man with paint stains adorning his dingy and probably slept-in suit of rumpled grey wool. He gestures insolently with his cigarette. "Th'art reduced to combating old age, eh?" He utters a scornful laugh and has a sip of coffee. Around you, you hear murmurs of agreement. ...

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 10, 2022 7:44 pm

Jun 10, 2022 7:44 pm

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Jean spins on her heals and with a couple quick strides gets close to the ringleader of the troublemakers. I would reconsider those words Monsieur... she says as she puts her hand on the pommel of her rapier.

OOC:

I'm trying to intimidate him

Jun 10, 2022 8:31 pm

Jun 10, 2022 8:31 pm

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OOC:

I would figure the worst risk is that he gets aggro and thoughtlessly shoves a lady, shaming himself utterly. A setback is that he says something cutting, which I'll have to come up with if you roll a 3-4. Success, he flinches and apologizes. Sound good?

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 10, 2022 8:53 pm

Jun 10, 2022 8:53 pm

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OOC:

Sounds good!

Rolls

Intimidate that fool - (1d6)

(6) = 6

Jun 10, 2022 9:42 pm

Jun 10, 2022 9:42 pm

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"Ah, oui, madame," responds the young painter, all his scoffing courage fleeting from his frame. He backs a step away and sketches an apologetic courtesy. "I do apologize, my speech was quite intemperate. I did not mean to ... to offend, I meant only a little jest ... I am so sorry, indeed!" He looks ready to cry, or flee, or both. Everyone knows that the Richelieus are ready with their blades!

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 10, 2022 10:07 pm

Jun 10, 2022 10:07 pm

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Well, glad that is the case Monsieur. It would not do for me to make my blade dirty even before my dejeuner... Jean heads back to the violin lady with the intention to now grab the violin from her. While she walks, she's looking at her colleagues to see if they'll back her up or not.

Jun 11, 2022 2:04 pm

Jun 11, 2022 2:04 pm

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Marcel approaches the old woman, "Desist, madame, the law is the law. We must seize your instrument for the training of monkeys. Surely you do not wish to add more serious charges to the day."

Jun 11, 2022 2:25 pm

Jun 11, 2022 2:25 pm

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"Bien sur, madame. It would not be in your best interests to resist!" If this was to be the most difficult of their seizures, lazy Pierre would be a happy man.

Pierre chuckles at Jean's comment. He'd rather there was no bloodshed before lunch as well.

Jun 11, 2022 2:31 pm

Jun 11, 2022 2:31 pm

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"Alors," exclaims the elderly player, "this is my sole livelihood and sustenance! Can you not have merci on a haggard wretch like me?"

Jun 11, 2022 2:43 pm

Jun 11, 2022 2:43 pm

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"You have our thanks, yes, madame. Merci beaucoup!" He proffers a courtly bow.

Jun 11, 2022 2:54 pm

Jun 11, 2022 2:54 pm

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Qralloq says:

"You have our thanks, yes, madame. Merci beaucoup!" He proffers a courtly bow.

OOC:

:laughing: what I get for fake French

"miséricorde!" exclaims the withered woman. "Mon Dieu! Have you no charity!" She swings the violin wildly at Marcel.

OOC:

There's only a risk here if you try to seize the violin, and I'd assume the disaster would be destruction of the violin, a setback would be contusions and maybe a broken string.

Jun 11, 2022 3:14 pm

Jun 11, 2022 3:14 pm

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Marcel will also try to dodge, as he wants to do no harm. If he gets cracked however, then his hand will be forced. The Richelieu's cannot be seen to be safely accosted. He turns his bow, into nearly dropping into a cross-legged sit. "Madame, s'il vous plait! The next guardsmen who come will be rough and care not!"

Rolls

Dodge - (1d10)

(6) = 6

Jun 11, 2022 3:37 pm

Jun 11, 2022 3:37 pm

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"This is exactly so. Do not offer any more resistance if you value your health!" Pierre has no intention of engaging with the woman.

Jun 11, 2022 5:13 pm

Jun 11, 2022 5:13 pm

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"Here!" responds the ancienne. She roughly pushes the instrument toward Pierre, who automatically accepts it. Tears springing to her eyes, the bereft musician awkwardly turns and begins to stomp away - though, given her age, the dramatic steps are more like a rapid and aggressive shuffle.

Jun 11, 2022 5:24 pm

Jun 11, 2022 5:24 pm

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"D'accord, my heart, it weeps. Madame, your name? If this law is relaxed, we will want to seek you out to return your lovely instrument." He does not hope for that, but hope itself is often worth much in these dark times.

Jun 11, 2022 5:46 pm

Jun 11, 2022 5:46 pm

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"ils m'appellent Hunched Lucille," responds the retreating woman. "I live around here." The condition of her garments suggests that her residence is transient.

If not arrested, she quickly moves away.

Someone among the tables begins a slow clap, which is briefly echoed, but as you look around to see who's doing it, it ceases.

The patissier bustles out of the storefront with a steaming carafe of coffee. "Si vous plait!" he utters. "Would you have a cup of java on the house? We are glad to see the back of Hunched Lucille. So to say."

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 11, 2022 6:17 pm

Jun 11, 2022 6:17 pm

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Over the cups of coffee Jean talks to the colleagues in a hush tone. This violin affair is most peculiar, don't you think dear friends? Maybe since we now have one of these damned instruments in our hands, we could return it to the gendarmerie and try to make some more sense of this unforseen demand. She leans even further in over the table If we continue pillaging the populace over absurd decrees, we will have a full on riot on our hands, hell maybe a revolución...

Jun 11, 2022 7:12 pm

Jun 11, 2022 7:12 pm

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"Perhaps there is something more nefarious behind the collection of all these violins. There could be more to it than meets the ear so to speak. But on the surface of it, it does seem like a very strange decree, doesn't it?"

Pierre takes a large gulp from his coffee cup, relishing the rich aroma and slightly bittersweet taste at the back of his tongue. Conscious of his uncouth manner his next sip shows much more restraint almost to the point of being dainty.

Jun 11, 2022 8:06 pm

Jun 11, 2022 8:06 pm

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He sips his tea, and puts a boot on a chair beside him. "We should take care to exercise this duty with care. We should return this instrument of the devil to headquarters. Then, when it is secured safely under guard, we can search for another. I fear that it may take months to search the whole city, but we cannot risk a violin falling into nefarious hands."

Jun 11, 2022 8:09 pm

Jun 11, 2022 8:09 pm

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Pierre gives Marcel a killing look, or rather he gives his boot the look of death.

"Marcel, s'il vous plaît! Our manners should be impeccable!"

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 12, 2022 7:16 am

Jun 12, 2022 7:16 am

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Allors, we are agreed! Let us proceed with caution. To take this instrument back for safekeeping and maybe find a colleague that understands the intricate nature of music and violins a little bit more than us, or the monkeys... Jean says as she drains her cup of coffee and collects her possessions ready to go. On the way out she will discreetly slip an extra coin to the maitre and say If you see Hunched Lucille around these parts, please give her this. As a small recompense of the lawful damage we incurred on her.

Jun 12, 2022 2:11 pm

Jun 12, 2022 2:11 pm

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Pierre nods and sips the last drops of his coffee and gets up to leave. Catching Jean's kind gesture from the corner of his eye he shakes his head.

"Jean, you are too much of a softie. It might get you into trouble some day."

Jun 13, 2022 12:37 am

Jun 13, 2022 12:37 am

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You return to your dingy headquarters. The Lilac is absent - perhaps pursuing a lead in the mysterious case of the leaking wine bottles.

Along the way, you notice a recently-posted handbill. It is stuck with chewing gum to the stone wall of one of the less disreputable rooming houses. It advertises a string concerto, to be put on at the Opera House, this evening. An occasion for all society! proclaims the bill.

OOC:

Do you do anything to secure the violin? Do you engage in research of where to find more?

Jun 13, 2022 3:11 am

Jun 13, 2022 3:11 am

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"How crass." Pierre is disgustedly looking at the chewing gum stuck to the bill.

"But there will surely be many violins at this concerto, non? We can commandeer them all at once. What luck!"

Jun 13, 2022 4:58 pm

Jun 13, 2022 4:58 pm

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"Luck for the monkeys perhaps," Marcel says, snatching the playbill. "I would not want be the one to announce the law at the show. Our reputation as a serious force would be tarnished. But if we shot it down in advance we could not confiscate the instruments. A conundrum!"

When at the headquarters, Marcel places the violin on a sideboard table in their common room, and with a quill, leaves a parchment on top stating CONFISCATED ILLEGAL INSTRUMENTS.

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 14, 2022 8:33 am

Jun 14, 2022 8:33 am

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Perhaps we should go to the Concert Hall at once, before the Concert begins and confiscate the instruments? Hopefully before the crowd is assembled.

Jun 14, 2022 5:33 pm

Jun 14, 2022 5:33 pm

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"Excellent idea my friend! But it's also what I meant. Let us do it post haste!"

Pierre's disgust is forgotten replaced by a new enthusiasm to make the task easier for all of them.

Jun 15, 2022 12:10 am

Jun 15, 2022 12:10 am

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You proceed to the Opera.

OOC:

Pell-mell, leisurely, dignified, hasty?

Jun 15, 2022 2:35 am

Jun 15, 2022 2:35 am

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"Let us make haste, mes amis, for we race against the mistress of time returning to find her bed messed and her lover snoring. " He nods as if his point were obvious, and leads the way. He intends to walk, because why pay for a carriage?

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 15, 2022 4:50 am

Jun 15, 2022 4:50 am

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Jean follows, walking in a good pace but dignified.

Jun 15, 2022 5:43 pm

Jun 15, 2022 5:43 pm

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Pierre, lazy sod that he is takes up the rear, crinkling his eyes at Marcel's mistress comment while he tries to decipher what the silly man means.

Jun 15, 2022 11:27 pm

Jun 15, 2022 11:27 pm

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Arm in arm or side by side, they head for the concert venue. "What do you think of this monkey business? Have you ever seen one of them play a violin?"

Jun 16, 2022 12:34 pm

Jun 16, 2022 12:34 pm

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It's early in the morning. The Opera is deserted, save for a pair of cleaners shoveling manure from the street into a cart pulled by a horse. Sisyphean, the horse relieves itself between the cartpoles. One of the cleaners: "Merde!" The other laughs sincerely.

They glance at you with concerned expressions as you survey the chained doors of the Opera.

Jun 16, 2022 8:54 pm

Jun 16, 2022 8:54 pm

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"Monkey business. Haha, very good, very good. Mais non. I have never seen or heard a monkey play anything but a little drum."

Pierre glances at the cleaners as one of them curses. "Do not worry yourselves overly. There is nothing here for you to see. We have business inside that is not your business."

Jun 17, 2022 12:01 am

Jun 17, 2022 12:01 am

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"An inspection, before the concert later today. Safety for one is safety for all." He brandishes his best smile.

Jun 17, 2022 12:41 am

Jun 17, 2022 12:41 am

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The doors at the front are well-chained. As you together inspect them, you notice the scraping of shovels has paused. Whoever glances back, you see the cleaners leaning on their implements, watching you with expressions of mild interest.

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 17, 2022 1:34 am

Jun 17, 2022 1:34 am

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Shall we open these locks, in the name of His Grace? Jean tries to tug on the locks and chains and see if they budge at all. Also bangs on the door with her fist.

Jun 17, 2022 1:46 am

Jun 17, 2022 1:46 am

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"In his name, absolutement!"

Watching Jean tug at the chains, Pierre looks around for ideas. "Perhaps a window?"

Jun 17, 2022 12:27 pm

Jun 17, 2022 12:27 pm

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Marcel says, "Je m'excuse," and moves closer to the workers. "When will ze players arrive, do you know?"

Jun 17, 2022 2:14 pm

Jun 17, 2022 2:14 pm

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"Ah," says the cleaner, whose recently-laundered clothes are almost entirely free of grime. He wipes the back of his hand across his nose. "They start rehearsing for big shows right after breakfast. Maybe half an hour?"

Jun 17, 2022 3:16 pm

Jun 17, 2022 3:16 pm

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To Jean, Pierre says in a low voice, "We cannot wait. Let's find a window. Perhaps around the back where no one will see. If we are trés lucky, it might be open.

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Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 17, 2022 7:02 pm

Jun 17, 2022 7:02 pm

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Agreed, a window would suffice.

Jun 18, 2022 9:06 pm

Jun 18, 2022 9:06 pm

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"Marcel! Allez-vous. Let's go!"

Pierre starts to amble casually around the building.

Jun 18, 2022 9:55 pm

Jun 18, 2022 9:55 pm

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Marcel runs a finger along his fine peacock feather, hitches his sword belt, and follows. "D'accord, let us proceed. One for all..."

Jun 19, 2022 2:05 am

Jun 19, 2022 2:05 am

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Proceeding into the alley, you pass a pair of perfumed gentlemen emerging with evasive expressions on their faces.

OOC:

Do you accost them or evade them?

The alley smells like an alley in Paris. It has not had its morning cleanup in a few weeks.

The alley leads under several high windows, well above your heads. They appear to be open.

OOC:

Do you continue along the alley to see what else you find?

From the plaza before the grand entrance to the Opera, you hear the sounds of the cleaners' shovels scraping shit.

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 19, 2022 7:03 am

Jun 19, 2022 7:03 am

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Pray tell gentlemen, what would you be doing in an alleyway at this time? I hope not playing the violin, non?

Jean squints with perfume enhanced eyes and tries to make out any distinctive characteristic of the two men.

Jun 19, 2022 1:11 pm

Jun 19, 2022 1:11 pm

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One of the men laughs nervously; they attempt to continue past you, out onto the plaza.

Jun 19, 2022 1:39 pm

Jun 19, 2022 1:39 pm

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"J m'excuse, mes amis," Marcel says, blocking their path. "The lady had asked you a question. We are here investigating specific heinous crimes, and we must question you to determine if you're involved." He looks them over, wondering if it was a tryst or a trade that brought them back here.

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 19, 2022 5:35 pm

Jun 19, 2022 5:35 pm

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Jean turns around and gets ready to pull her rapier if they try to escape down the alley.

Jun 19, 2022 6:45 pm

Jun 19, 2022 6:45 pm

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Pierre makes a point of placing his hand on his sword's handle, ready to spring into action at a moment's notice.

Jun 20, 2022 11:46 am

Jun 20, 2022 11:46 am

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"Eh, mais non," answers the taller of the two men. "We - I merely was using l'pissoir. Much wine to unload, oui?" He giggles.

The shorter man just shakes his head. He has frightened eyes like a puppy.

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 20, 2022 8:40 pm

Jun 20, 2022 8:40 pm

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Jean points at the shorter man. And you Monsieur? Do you usually accompany your friend to the pissoir?

Jun 20, 2022 9:46 pm

Jun 20, 2022 9:46 pm

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You suspect what they was doing, technically, remains illegal in 1833 Paris - but such laws are enforced only for spite.

Jun 21, 2022 2:45 am

Jun 21, 2022 2:45 am

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Pierre casts his eyes at Jean and nods toward the window. It's doubtful that these men will be a problem to them, especially now that they know their secret, and Pierre would like to get to the violins as soon as possible.

"Be gone. We have business to attend to," he says to the men emphatically. "Isn't that right, Marcel?"

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Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

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Jun 21, 2022 7:01 am

Jun 21, 2022 7:01 am

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A ha! It was just a matter of back alley fencing practice I see. Good day to you sirs, and may I suggest some quite affordable pensions in the Quarter Latin that may save you from dangerous encounters in dark alleyways in the future?

Jean follows the group towards the window and tries to look inside with her perfume enhanced eyes (see better in dark)

Jun 21, 2022 12:56 pm

Jun 21, 2022 12:56 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

The two gentlemen depart, post haste.

The window, as mentioned, is well above your heads.

Jun 21, 2022 3:10 pm

Jun 21, 2022 3:10 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"We can form a human ladder, oui? Who wants to be the bottom rung and who wants to go in through the window and unlock the door?"

OOC:

I am hoping that "well above" isn't higher than three people high?

Jun 21, 2022 3:21 pm

Jun 21, 2022 3:21 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Windyridge says:

"We can form a human ladder, oui? Who wants to be the bottom rung and who wants to go in through the window and unlock the door?"

OOC:

I am hoping that "well above" isn't higher than three people high?

OOC:

I think that there is a misunderstanding. The front doors are chained shut at the outside, with a padlock. You'd have even less chance of opening them from inside the Opera.

Well above is high enough that a smaller person standing on a larger person's shoulders could pull themself up through the window.

Jun 21, 2022 3:22 pm

Jun 21, 2022 3:22 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

OOC:

Ah, right. Well, the violins could be handed out the window.

Jun 21, 2022 6:03 pm

Jun 21, 2022 6:03 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"Come, one of you, onto my knee and then shoulder, and I'll lift you up. Only, wipe your boots first, s'il vous plait."

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

panalexiou Inactive forever!

Jun 21, 2022 8:15 pm

Jun 21, 2022 8:15 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

I can climb, I do not mind to be first through the window so to speak. Jean starts climbing up Marcel's knee and shoulders and into the window.

Jun 21, 2022 9:47 pm

Jun 21, 2022 9:47 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

OOC:

Hm. What risk is there here? One might slip on the stones of the alley, or fall from the window, and sprain or break a limb. It's Jeanne who's taking the risk, and so I'll ask @panalexiou to roll ... it seems like "Other" for her, so a single d6 please, and could @qralloq please roll Athletics 1d8 for giving Jeanne a boost? We'll use the higher die to find the outcome.

Jun 21, 2022 9:50 pm

Jun 21, 2022 9:50 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"Tout alors," he groans in jest under the weight of the Richelieu.

Rolls

Athletics - (1d8)

(6) = 6

Jun 21, 2022 10:18 pm

Jun 21, 2022 10:18 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

With his casual utterance, Marcel gives Jeanne a boost up through the window. She ...

OOC:

would you like to roll for how she lands, inside? Or would you rather narrate the details of "moderately well with some minor trouble?"

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

panalexiou Inactive forever!

Jun 22, 2022 4:36 am

Jun 22, 2022 4:36 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Jean uses the boost to jump inside the window.

OOC:

rolled 5

She expertly catches her balance on the window shill and crouches looking into the room with her darkness enhanced eyes. Her camouflage tabbard quickly changes color to black, making her harder to distinguish in the dark room. Then she carefully slips into the room, looking for violins or some rope that can be used to help the others up.

Last edited June 22, 2022 4:39 am

Rolls

Jumping inside - (1d6)

(5) = 5

Jun 22, 2022 11:20 am

Jun 22, 2022 11:20 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

What luck ...

... the room inside the window is a custodial closet, and the door to the interior is ajar. The morning light through the window shows a mop, a broom, a bucket, a long-handled dustpan, a large tool chest, a small toolbox, and, yes, a bundle of rope. The crack of the door reveals that the interior passage is lit dimly by sunlight through the other windows and rooms on this side of the building.

Rolls

Luck roll - (1d6)

(6) = 6

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

panalexiou Inactive forever!

Jun 22, 2022 3:11 pm

Jun 22, 2022 3:11 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Jean ties the rope securely around the heaviest and sturdiest object and gives it a few good tugs to test they it's safe. Then throws the end back down to the alleyway and waves the rest of the crew up...

Jun 22, 2022 9:15 pm

Jun 22, 2022 9:15 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Jean thinks that the broom and mop, with the rope knotted round them, are braced securely across the narrow window.

OOC:

After the first person starts up please roll to find out ... would this be a d6? I think. The worst risk is that one of the people trying to ascend falls to the ground, and I then would roll a d6 for their Luck to learn the extent of their injury.

Jun 22, 2022 11:58 pm

Jun 22, 2022 11:58 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

I'll go. Marcel, wait until I have crested the sill before you climb!" With a dramatic flourish of his cape, Pierre grabs onto the rope and hoists his ample frame up toward the window, using his arms on the rope to hold steady and his feet to walk up the wall.

Rolls

Luck of the French - (1d6)

(2) = 2

Jun 23, 2022 1:38 pm

Jun 23, 2022 1:38 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Jean's piratical background serves her well

OOC:

See OOC thread

and her makeshift rope ladder holds up as Marcel and Pierre ascend quietly into the janitorial closet.

OOC:

What now?

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

panalexiou Inactive forever!

Jun 25, 2022 3:16 am

Jun 25, 2022 3:16 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Jean tries to quietly fiddle with the door and see if she can get into the main part of the building.

Jun 25, 2022 3:31 am

Jun 25, 2022 3:31 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Marcel watches, his ears intently listening for sounds within the opera house. The footfall of a guard, the claws of a dog, the squeak of a mouse...

Jun 25, 2022 11:50 am

Jun 25, 2022 11:50 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

The door swings open a bit as Jean handles the knob. Through the narrow opening she can see a vacant hallway, marble-floored, the walls of marble also. The fancy new electric chandeliers are not presently lit, the morning sunlight through the tall windows suffices. It was an oddity that the janitorial closet window was open ...

https://i.imgur.com/HHDdSYE.jpg

Jun 27, 2022 9:35 pm

Jun 27, 2022 9:35 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

OOC:

Actions?

Jun 27, 2022 11:56 pm

Jun 27, 2022 11:56 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"Ah, yes, but of course, when the chandeliers are lit? Magnifique! But alas, we must do with out, and find the ... There, follow me.'

As an entertainer, Marcel has dreamed of playing in this venue, and even ushered as a child for his tutor, Emmanuel deCamp. He leads the way to the setup room for the musicians.

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

panalexiou Inactive forever!

Jun 28, 2022 4:01 am

Jun 28, 2022 4:01 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Jean decisively but carefully follows. Keeping ears perked for any violin sounds.

Jun 28, 2022 4:40 am

Jun 28, 2022 4:40 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Pierre is amazed at the lavishness of the place and almost forgets why they are here. He'd love nothing more than to sit and listen, relaxing being his specialty.

But he snaps out of it. There is a job to do and he doesn't want to appear lazy.

"Now where would those instruments be, eh?"

Jun 28, 2022 10:01 am

Jun 28, 2022 10:01 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Marcel leads the way into the grand foyer, from which he knows there is a small entrance to the understage area where the practice instruments are kept - of course the prima virtuossi keep their personal pieces at home, unless performing for an audience.

https://i.imgur.com/VpvhFeP.png

Abruptly, your progress through the vast, ornate, and dimly-lit interior is halted by a shout: "Hey! You intruders! What do you think you are doing, eh?" A beefy fellow in the livery of the Paris gendarmes stomps toward you from the front of the building. He holds a large baton of dark wood, not as a conductor of music but rather as a conducer of headaches. "You should not be in here ... eh, Richelieus?!" He spits on the polished floor, rubs out the smear with his heavy boot. "Get out!"

Jun 29, 2022 7:27 pm

Jun 29, 2022 7:27 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Marcel knows the guard and the Richelieu have a girls, even hateful rivalry. He draws his blade. "Is this a barn, to see such swine clambering about?" he calls back in the battle for wits that had just engaged.

Jun 29, 2022 9:06 pm

Jun 29, 2022 9:06 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"Aha! Would you draw steel on me, dog? I'll shatter your puny blade with one stroke of my good walnut wand, sirrah!" The gendarme stamps menacingly toward Marcel.

Jun 30, 2022 12:35 am

Jun 30, 2022 12:35 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"Not so fast monsieur! The sound of metal sliding from a sheath is echoed in the cavernous building as Pierre withdraws his sword."No one, and I mean no one threatens my friends!"

Jun 30, 2022 12:49 am

Jun 30, 2022 12:49 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

The gendarme steps to the side, moving so that a line is formed of him - Marcel - Pierre. Around his neck on a lanyard he wears a brass whistle; this he raises to his lips and blows. The shrill note shrieks off the marble walls and vaulted ceiling, its sound glimmers from the crystals that dangle from the (unlit) electric chandeliers. "The others come presently!" he triumphantly announces. "We have juridiction here, you dogs! We'll break your heads and have you arraigned."

Jun 30, 2022 1:42 am

Jun 30, 2022 1:42 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"No, my fine idiotic friend, it is you who shall be arraigned. You infringe upon the keeng's beesness!" He swishes the sabre as if testing it's mettle.

Jun 30, 2022 11:49 am

Jun 30, 2022 11:49 am

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

You hear several hefty people approaching at a running pace, and looking toward the sounds of heavy boots you see two more gendarmes each gripping a sturdy baton. One wears a pistol at her hip, hanging in a holster from a belt that holds about a dozen cartridges.

"Deesist!" exclaims the gunbearer. "Put up your swords. We have no quarrel with the Richelieus!"

OOC:

@Qralloq: does Marcel Feint, Strike, or wait to Parry?

Jun 30, 2022 3:44 pm

Jun 30, 2022 3:44 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Marcel executes his Jambert's Lunge, striking fast while still separated. "En garde!"

OOC:

Up the extent that the rules support this, Marcel will not be attempting to do more than playfully (arrogantly) wound. Still, sword are swords.

Rolls

Athletics - (1d8)

(3) = 3

Jun 30, 2022 5:18 pm

Jun 30, 2022 5:18 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

OOC:

The gendarme also chose to Strike ... I hope that was adequately telegraphed

Two solid feet of wooden rod, three centimetres thick, collide with Marcel's elbow as the tip of his rapier scrapes across the gendarme's ribs! The Richelieu and the policeman gasp in unison. Each staggers aside in their own world of pain. Marcel's hand is limp and pierced by a throbbing sensation of needles, he barely avoids dropping his sword.

The other two gendarmes immediately move to engage with Jean and Pierre, but they appear a bit more cautious than their blustering comrade ... in a show of chivalry, perhaps? the male gendarme closes on Pierre, the female on Jean.

Jun 30, 2022 6:56 pm

Jun 30, 2022 6:56 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"Mon Dieu surs la monde!" he quips in pain, rubbing his elbow. "Do you need a moment before we continue our sport?" he asks chivalrously, hoping the answer is yes.

Jun 30, 2022 8:43 pm

Jun 30, 2022 8:43 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"Ah!" exclaims the gendarme, "your wits are sharper than I thought!" He presses his free hand to the dark patch that is spreading from the rent in his pale blue uniform jacket. "Alors! I must decline further repartee. Helene, Jacques, let us withdraw; these folk are here on the Head's orders, I suppose."

Jul 2, 2022 8:38 pm

Jul 2, 2022 8:38 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Marcel bows in a courtly gesture, and backs off, wiping his sabre and sheathing it.

"Adieu, et bon nuit."

Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz

panalexiou Inactive forever!

Jul 2, 2022 9:20 pm

Jul 2, 2022 9:20 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

Allors let us proceed to find the violins! Before these ruffians surely return with reinforcements.

Jul 2, 2022 11:26 pm

Jul 2, 2022 11:26 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"Eh, was this not sufficient violence?" quips the other male gendarme as he turns away. Over his shoulder, as he takes his comrade's elbow on the unwounded side, he adds, "What bizzyness do you have here, anyway?"

Jul 5, 2022 3:32 pm

Jul 5, 2022 3:32 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

"The kings bizzyness in fact which is probably not your bizzyness at all as he is beholden to no one. Let us get about our tasks." Pierre is impatient at the interruption.

Jul 11, 2022 9:54 pm

Jul 11, 2022 9:54 pm

[IC} Monkeys, violins, and violence

OOC:

If anyone's interested in continuing - which way do you go, within the Opera? Options include forward up, forward down, left, right, and wherever the gendarmes are going.

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- Dreamweaver
  
  Jacques “La Souris” Chéron
- panalexiou
  
  Jean "Le Mort Rouge" Aramitz