Two and Half Years After

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"When the Queen Says, 'Go and Die...': Two and a Half Years After" by Christopher Kindred

"You are surrounded by beauty, by intrigue, by danger, what more can a man want?" -- Aramis

Two and a half years ago, the musketeers foiled a conspiracy against the throne. Old wrongs were righted and the lost were found. But new enemies were made and their memories are equally long....

Cast of Characters

Stephen Acton: Armand DuBeaumont, half-gypsy Musketeer Steve Ainsworth: Pip Rocheleau, bastard older half brother of Gaston J.P. Brannan: Alexis Vigaroux, Musketeer, Duke of Averoigne John Czarnota: Bugger, lackey to Armand Linda Duncan: Charles Detoit, Musketeer Kris Fazzari: Marcel Delmar, Musketeer William Gulstad: Lupin le Fou, Musketeer Jill Pritts: Isobel Monsanto, graceful niece of the Count de Sade Mark Wizynajtys: Gaston Rocheleau, younger half brother of Pip

Quotes

"What exactly do you do with a battle scarf? Do you accessorize them into submission?" -- Lupin to Armand

"I was supposed to inherit the pub, but I was found to be too incompetent to run it." -- Bugger to the group

"Too incompetent to run a pub in France?" -- Kris Fazzari, incredulously

"It's my job on this mission to flirt with the Countess De Le Fleur and offer fashion advice." -- Alexis to the group

"It's a lovely theater. You can hardly see the spot where Antoine rode his horse through it (during the game two years ago)." -- GM to Charles and Alexis

"If you have particular needs or desires, we can accommodate them." -- Bugger to the group

"Are you running a brothel out of this tavern?" -- Kris Fazzari

"You need to shower once a month (to be in the Musketeers)." -- Bugger to the group, explaining why he wasn't accepted

"No you don't. This is France!" -- Kris Fazzari

"It would take several Pips to get a Bugger." -- GM to the group

"Armand has decent Panache, so he can use the scarf without looking like a girl." -- Kris Fazzari

"Yes. And he can dance too." -- Stephen Acton

"Actually, 'Bugger' comes from a French word which means something equally obscene. It was 'bouger,' which means 'fuck.'" -- Bill Gulstad

"Well, that adds depth to the character." -- John Czarnota

"Alexis and Charles are at the theater. So far, no one has died." -- GM to the group

"Are the Musketeers still wearing the blue uniforms, or have we gotten old enough to wear the black ones?" -- Alexis

"Somehow black and blue go together with the Musketeers." -- John Czarnota

"What have you been doing since you destroyed Spain?" -- GM

"I didn't destroy Spain. The Pyrenees, maybe." -- Alexis

"Yes, in the proud tradition of 'When the Queen Says Go and Die,' someone else gets your plot." -- GM to the group, after Alexis runs into Armand's nemesis

"When the Cardinal says 'Go and Die,' he really means it." -- GM to the group

"Are any of you doing anything in the tavern?" -- GM

"I'm going to order a leg of lamb, in case I need a weapon later." -- Lupin

"This is an opportunity for the rookies to prove their mettle." -- Marcel

"Uh oh." -- Pip

"Why are you worried? You have nothing to worry about. I'm the one who should be worried." -- Gaston, not the world's greatest fighter

"That's why I'm worried." -- Pip

"Is anyone actually not drawing a weapon?" -- GM

"I whip out my battle scarf." -- Armand

"I step in front of my brother." -- Pip

"Which is bad, since he was beginning a thrust." -- GM

"I will be subduing (the Cardinal's Guards) with my leg of lamb." -- Lupin

"And by subduing, you mean beating them senseless." -- GM

"I applaud your tactical sense. Not only are you rendering them unconscious, you are staining their uniforms." -- Alexis to Lupin, after he thwacks a guard with his leg of lamb

"Never before has so mighty a blow been struck with so delicious an object." -- Lupin to the group, after braining two more guards with his leg of lamb

"I had the leg of lamb set on stun." -- Lupin to the group

"They've got cave trolls!" -- GM, speaking for the Cardinal's guards, after they see Bugger and Lupin

"Why do you think Bugger has no Wits? It's not his Brawn, it's the points he paid for his ale-making equipment." -- GM to the group

"My main concern is getting people healed up, because it's good for what ales you." -- Bugger to the group, punning horribly

"I'm taking a carriage back to my uncle's quarters to change into something more suitable for the streets." -- Isobel to GM

"I'm going to go to Musketeer headquarters." -- Alexis

"I don't think that phrase has ever been uttered in the game before." -- GM

"I thought the tavern was Musketeer headquarters." -- Lupin

"Does Lupin still have his leg of lamb?" -- Marcel

"It is diminished, but still serviceable." -- Lupin

"We always wear our uniforms, for we are proud to be Musketeers!" -- Marcel

"And you don't have any other clothes." -- GM

"I maneuver my blade to be closer to me, because I know where Musketeers go, carnage will follow." -- Isobel to GM

"Like the X-Men, you can tell where the Musketeers have been by the carnage they leave behind." -- GM to the group

"And tragically, there was a three-horse pile-up." -- GM to the group

"Have you seen Marcel?" -- Alexis

"At your manor." -- Gaston

• Alexis blanches*

"Perhaps (Isobel) is Percy's fraternal identical twin." -- Lupin to the group, after noticing that Isobel looks an awful lot like her "brother"

"Isobel has recently returned..." -- GM

"From being Percy?" -- Kris Fazzari

"So far, (being a Countess) is the number one career for retired Musketeers." -- J.P. Brannan

"So you guys are going to enter the pub and cause massive destruction and damage?" -- GM

"It's what we do." -- Alexis

"It's what we live for." -- Marcel

"Henri's got nuns, and he's got the carriage. It's a good weekend." -- GM

"All you need to pick up nuns is a hot set of wheels." -- William Gulstad

"You have some kind of big weapon, don't you?" -- GM

"Usually I rip the arms and legs off of furniture." -- Lupin