Revenge and Roses
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"When the Queen Says, "Go and Die...": Revenge and Roses" by Chris Kindred
"You are surrounded by beauty, by intrigue, by danger, what more can a man want?" -- Aramis
Once again, duty and honor call! The Queen needs your aid. The Cardinal's Guard need thrashing. Ladies need wooing. And taverns need customers!
Cast of Characters
- Matt Andrews: Xavier Philipe de la Vin Rouge, Musketeer
- J.P. Brannan: Alexis Vigaroux, Musketeer, Duke of Averoigne
- John Davies: Antoine du Marais, retired Musketeer, owner of The Prancing Goat, uncle to Nicole la Fleur
- Shawn Dorsey: Yves de Arcey, Musketeer
- Kris Fazzari: Marcel Delmar, Musketeer
- Ben Fogt: Frederick, former merchandizing apprentice to Chester, a murdered wealthy merchant
- Sol Foster: Patrick Ourceau, Musketeer
- William Gulstad: Lupin le Fou, Musketeer
- Stephanie Itchkawich: Phillipe, Musketeer
- Sean McCabe: Will, Musketeer, former spy
- Deborah Payne: Sophia, daughter of Chester
- Jill Pritts: Isobel Monsanto, niece of the Count de Sade
- Lucya Szachnowski: Nicole la Fleur, ward/niece of Antoine du Marais
Quotes
"I am the niece of the Count de Sade." -- Isobel to the group
"Not that one." -- GM
"Marcel keeps running into the Man in Black." -- GM
"The other man in black." -- Sean McCabe
"Well, (Will's) a Musketeer, so we're not sure (he) really (is) a man." -- J.P. Brannan
"Patrick is one of the smarter Musketeers." -- Sol Foster
"That is much like being the tallest Ewok." -- GM
"Matt, voice of reason and insanity." -- GM to the group
"The defining quote for this game is, 'No pub ever survives contact with this game.'" -- Kris Fazzari
"That's because in this game, the pubs don't run away." -- J.P. Brannan
"(Lupin) has mighty appetites for mutton and for embarrassing Cardinal's guards." -- Bill Gulstad to the group
"So instead of an exploding tavern, we have an exploding wedding in this game?" -- Matt Andrews
"Been there, done that." -- GM
"My job in the Musketeers is to call for help." -- Alexis to the group
"My brilliant plan is to use your wits to come up with a brilliant plan." -- Alexis to Patrick
"We have to survive so we can get Alexis a date." -- Matt Andrews to the group
"I am leaping from carriage to carriage, stabbing people." -- Xavier
"What, the people we're guarding?" -- Marcel
"You'll never take us alive!" -- GM
"So you and Antoine are doing that thing that you do so well?" -- GM
"Yes. I suspect Antoine is better at it than me." -- Nicole
"You're peeing standing up?" -- Jill Pritts
"I didn't actually wash (my shirt), I just licked the gravy stains off of it." -- Lupin to the group
"Alexis and Patrick can have dizzying conversations about stuff none of you give a shit about, and can't understand." -- GM to the group
"Is there a prancing goat at The Prancing Goat?" -- Kris Fazzari
"No, but there are some goats." -- Lucya Szachnowski
"You realize that once the Musketeers get drunk, they'll be trying to teach the goats to prance." -- Kris Fazzari
"It's not really a prance, it's an uncomfortable walk." -- Ben Fogt
"It's a prance of shame." -- Matt Andrews
"I was just heading towards the sun...you know, in the north." -- Lupin to the group, explaining how they wound up in Spain instead of France
"Is it safe to for you to come back?" -- Isobel to Nicole
"Weren't people trying to kill you last year?" -- Marcel
"Probably not, then." -- Isobel
"If you pretend to be Masked Avengers, as opposed to actually being Masked Avengers, does this mean you only pretend to do heroic acts?" -- Kris Fazzari
"It's safer that way." -- Jill Pritts
"We pose dramatically on rooftops." -- Lucya Szachnowski
"There's no point in going back to check on the bodies, they'll have been stripped clean by the goats by now." -- Antoine to the group
"If you're a Musketeer, it pays to be bisexual, because you're never sure what you're going to get." -- Sean McCabe to the group
"We have ten Musketeers and an army of carnivorous goats. I think we can take Spain! All we need is a cunning plan." -- Patrick to the group
"Whatever the reverse of bodyguard is." -- GM
"That would be assassin, I believe." -- Will
"Perhaps, if we let Lupin navigate, we can find the land route to the new world." -- Patrick to the group
"Somehow you have convinced Antoine and Nicole to go back to France." -- GM
"Convinced? It was their idea!" -- Kris Fazzari
"Once you get Musketeers into a tavern, it takes a while to get them out of it, unless it's on fire." -- GM to the group
"I think we should disguise the ladies-in-waiting as border collies. No one will ever suspect." -- Patrick to the group
"Who here can be stealthy?" -- Will to the group
- Antoine raises his hand*
"You're a 7-foot-tall man in a dress! How can you be stealthy?" -- Will
"I have never accidentally blown up a tavern." -- Will to the group
"You're going alone? Can I go with you?" -- Lupin to Will
"My plan is to drink until I can see in the dark." -- Lupin
"You mean until dawn?" -- Will
"Yves, Phillipe and Will went off alone, separately." -- Sean McCabe to the group
"Captain Hook plays a mean jazz piano." -- GM to Will
"It's the new French secret weapon...war goats!" -- Stephanie Itchkawich to the group
"When someone offers to buy you a drink, the answer is 'Yes!'" -- Lupin to the group
"(The men) actually have numbers on their shirts." -- GM
"They must be the Count's." -- Ben Fogt
"(Isobel and I) didn't get in any fights." -- Nicole to the group
"You started fights, you just weren't involved in any of them." -- Sean McCabe
"Should we go round up the rest of the Musketeers?" -- Isobel
"Yes, I think we'd better. They're probably where that fire is." -- Nicole
"Let's get everyone to the pub that's burning and then regroup." -- Isobel to the group
"You two are fleeing where?" -- GM to Isobel to Nicole
"To the burning tavern, for obviously there must be Musketeers there." -- Sol Foster
"You think it's a multi-national force of Spanish ninjas." -- GM to Lupin
"We understand there are a number of goats in the city." -- Alexis
"This is the Pyrenees. We have a number of goats here, but they aren't considered threatening." -- Lt. Gorman of the Count's guards
"These seem to be organized, though. I think they're trained by the Spanish." -- Antoine/Widow Twanky
"The goats stack bodies?" -- Lt. Gorman of the Count's guards
"They are very well trained." -- Antoine/Widow Twanky
"Are the goats and the bandits working together?" -- Lt. Gorman to Alexis and Antoine/Widow Twanky
"JD's ability to play a quick-tongued, dim-witted character is awe-inspiring." -- Sol Foster to the group
"Will the castle be safe with all of your men here?" -- Antoine/Widow Twanky
"They just have to close the castle gates and they'll be safe." -- Lt. Gorman
"But these are mountain goats, they can climb the castle walls!" -- Antoine/Widow Twanky
"We may abduct orphans but we don't abuse goats." -- Phillipe to the group
"What are the odds of you destroying a city twice?" -- the Man in Black to Marcel
"We're like lightning, we always strike twice." -- Lupin