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'''The Meeting''' | |||
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'''Intro''' | |||
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Wilex's cruiser escorts you to Cythera's system, but as when you visited Drekchester it halts beyond the periphery -- to avoid antagonizing the Consortium. You continue to the planet in your own vessel, while the TALOS ship remains just outside the system to await your return. | Wilex's cruiser escorts you to Cythera's system, but as when you visited Drekchester it halts beyond the periphery -- to avoid antagonizing the Consortium. You continue to the planet in your own vessel, while the TALOS ship remains just outside the system to await your return. | ||
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"Just pretend you're in one of those really old videogames you like," Talia says. | "Just pretend you're in one of those really old videogames you like," Talia says. | ||
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Santino Melloni is waiting outside your ship, this time wearing a suit so yellow you assume it must be banana flavored. He's standing in front of an elegant black limo shuttle that looks large enough to carry at least a dozen people in perfect luxury. | Santino Melloni is waiting outside your ship, this time wearing a suit so yellow you assume it must be banana flavored. He's standing in front of an elegant black limo shuttle that looks large enough to carry at least a dozen people in perfect luxury. | ||
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You push the doors open. | You push the doors open. | ||
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'''Congress of Courtesans''' | |||
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The room is saturated with pinks and purples, as though Heracles diverted a torrent of paint though the chamber as a cack-handed means of cleaning and decorating it. The walls are pink, as is the U-shaped table that dominates the floor space. Purple drapery is arranged on the walls like icing upon the side of a cake. Little spotlights in the same shades cast narrow cones of light in the corners of the room, and ribbons of electric pink skirt the walls. It seems as if the interior designers couldn't quite decide whether the place was to be a meeting room or a strip club -- and opted to hedge their bets. | The room is saturated with pinks and purples, as though Heracles diverted a torrent of paint though the chamber as a cack-handed means of cleaning and decorating it. The walls are pink, as is the U-shaped table that dominates the floor space. Purple drapery is arranged on the walls like icing upon the side of a cake. Little spotlights in the same shades cast narrow cones of light in the corners of the room, and ribbons of electric pink skirt the walls. It seems as if the interior designers couldn't quite decide whether the place was to be a meeting room or a strip club -- and opted to hedge their bets. | ||
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After some minutes of this, it's time to begin. You and she take your places at the bottom of the table, facing the podium at the opposite end, and prepare to open the discussion. | After some minutes of this, it's time to begin. You and she take your places at the bottom of the table, facing the podium at the opposite end, and prepare to open the discussion. | ||
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'''The Smoking Gun''' | |||
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Princess Illaria's oratory is flawless, the woman used to dealing with the upper echelons of galactic society matching her words and arguments to her unusual audience as though she were accustomed to keeping such company. | Princess Illaria's oratory is flawless, the woman used to dealing with the upper echelons of galactic society matching her words and arguments to her unusual audience as though she were accustomed to keeping such company. | ||
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The Princess' words are drowned amidst the shouting as they attack. | The Princess' words are drowned amidst the shouting as they attack. | ||
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'''Plush in Tooth and Claw''' | |||
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The Princess fires the gun, and a vengeful prostitute falls in mid-leap -- crashing to the floor. You had to force the weapon into her hand. But once it was clear that it was kill or be killed, her instincts took over. | The Princess fires the gun, and a vengeful prostitute falls in mid-leap -- crashing to the floor. You had to force the weapon into her hand. But once it was clear that it was kill or be killed, her instincts took over. | ||
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The woman leaps through the air, lethal blades shining with the promise of bloodshed. | The woman leaps through the air, lethal blades shining with the promise of bloodshed. | ||
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'''Whore War''' | |||
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"Thanks!" Illaria gasps, as she scrambles to her feet. | "Thanks!" Illaria gasps, as she scrambles to her feet. | ||
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It looks like you've just lost your advantage... | It looks like you've just lost your advantage... | ||
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'''The Scarlet Harlot (Boss)''' | |||
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The battle was fierce, your opponents far more capable than you would have expected. But the prostitute factions of Cythera are used to fighting for control of their territory, or to punish those who transgress its rules. They're no strangers to violence. | The battle was fierce, your opponents far more capable than you would have expected. But the prostitute factions of Cythera are used to fighting for control of their territory, or to punish those who transgress its rules. They're no strangers to violence. | ||
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"You're only as strong as your weakest martial skill," you say. | "You're only as strong as your weakest martial skill," you say. | ||
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