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Session of Love

the final show before we all die

One-night-only show billed on the Piccadilly's marquee as the last performance before everyone in Larracos dies.

Story so far

On the ninth ring of Larracos, amid the flood-wrecked grandeur of the Piccadilly Theater, a Bactrian camel walking on stilts — the first camel Carl has seen on this floor — puts letters up on the water-stained marquee. It reads: "One Night Only. Session of Love, the final show before we all die." In smaller letters beneath: "Balcony still closed due to jellyfish infestation."

Around it, the most active crowd of NPCs Carl has seen on the floor — humans, elves and Draconians — swarms over the ruined theater cleaning it up, while others try to dislodge whatever is jammed in the giant frog statue's mouth on the roof. The show stands as the awakened city's gallows-humor farewell on the eve of the Faction Wars.

Appearance

Advertised in fresh letters on a water-stained theater marquee under a cascading waterfall.

Role

A farewell performance being mounted by the awakened NPCs before the war reaches them.

Relationships

Piccadilly Theater — The venue mounting the show
Draconians — Among the NPCs cleaning the theater for the performance
Faction Wars — The war the show's billing expects everyone to die in

Earlier in this series

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Chapter 12
  • One-night-only show billed on the Piccadilly's marquee as the last performance before everyone in Larracos dies.
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