S3 E13

Summary
Tektite is awaiting judgement. Meanwhile, Prince and Stevens seek Le Mason Beauty for nighttime entertainment as all of the museums in Le Grande Drip close. This turns out to be where Adelais and Greta are, the team reunite and join in with the facade festivities.

Adelais is approached by a mysterious old lady during the dance, and when the lady turns away, Prince tries to find out what she wanted. He's interposed by a guard, and ends up in Le Palace.

Appearances
In order of appearance
 * Tektite
 * Le monde du palace #2
 * Prince
 * Stevens
 * Le monde du palace #4
 * Le monde du palace #5
 * Lady with a broom
 * Carriage driver #3
 * Adelais
 * Greta
 * Person watching the fireworks
 * Guard #1
 * Derek
 * Mysterious Old Lady
 * Le monde du palace #6

Locations
Frandelle
 * Le Palace
 * Le Mason Beauty
 * Le Grande Drip

Quote of the Week
None

Events
 Tektite is in the plush room with the heavy metal doors

Tektite has a green glow around his head, which will fade over the next few seconds

One of the beige boys walks in

“there is no Jade Lady with which to speak, in a few days, after the facade we should have an new one, when your judgement will be mitted by divine ephiny”

“thank you”

the guy gets up to go

Tektite says "before you leave, what happens to the lady that is no longer holding the title of Jade Lady?"

the beige boy does not answer

and bolts the door

 

Prince’s and Stevens’ escorts are with them in the museum, always at a distance

Prince, let’s see how far we can push them

Prince and Stevens walk out of the museum

Carriage is no longer outside the museum

Escorts are next to them again

Prince, hey, what’s the idea? where is our carriage?

Escorts look to one another, “sleep”

Stevens, I believe the carriage driver is taking his rest

Prince, that’s inconvenient for us

Stevens, most

Stevens, is there an alternative driver we can engage the services of

The escorts appear to nod

Prince, if you gentlemen need to rest your weary mortal forms we can see ourselves about this place, I am sure there is more to find

Stevens, yes it would seem the museum of Frandelle is somewhat militarily focused, it may be of use to find out some more of our general environs

the escorts look at one another and then back to Prince

Prince, guessed as much

Stevens, where might we find some more general information about Frandelle, in particular Le Grande Drip

Prince, tourist board

One of the escorts attempts to indicate over the other side of the lake

Stevens, please then would you be so good as to lead the way, we should proceed on foot or is the journey further than we would be willing to walk

The gesture becomes more of a direct point

Stevens, ah, lead on

They lead on

The escorts lead them to a building opposite the museum, on the other side of the lake

similar size but one less lake, doors are open, magical lights a glow, but they seem to be winding down

Prince clears his throat dramatically

Prince, is anyone in?

“yes, ello”

Prince, we’re not from around here, but our escorts have directed us in this location for information

“you look to perch?”

Prince, we do not need rest, we are in the line for information about the Grande Drip, the place where we’re at

“oh, um,”

Prince, these men in beige have directed us here

“Oh, I see,” lady is brooming the floor, she comes out into the night chill

“yes, er, which lips should I make?”

Prince, we wish to know about this place, this grand drip

“oh, um, do you know of the cities?”

Prince, no, our escorts have been very tight lipped, and not telling us where we are and where we’ve been, hearing about the cities would be perfect

Stevens is practically on his elbows, kicking his legs

“le Grande Drip is the 2nd city in Frandelle”

Stevens, what is the first?

“le mason beauty,”

Stevens, where the palace is?

“oui non, you know! Le grande drip is where we keep many histories, in the museum, and, um, others but small”

Prince, we have already been to the museum, are these smaller museums on different subjects

“I think, I have no been to all, there are many”

Prince, Hm, fascinating

“it is late, they will close doors”

Stevens, does le grande drip provide much night time entertainment

“what are these lips?”

Stevens, the attractions, yes, the ones that will close soon are there others that will open in the evening

“not for museum, but to perch and um, beautiful food”

Stevens, my colleague and I require no sustenance or perch”

“the mason de beauty contains places that are open during the light and the dark, but le grande drip does not”

why the name the grande drip

she points to the lake

and the large body of water, is it also named the grande drip

I would think, I do not,

is it a natural geological feature?

the grande drip is here because um, this is life, and if you walk for days over sand there is no more life - the cities will all have some life, but le grande drip is many

I see, thank you I understand

Prince, please continue I am keen to hear on all of the cities in Frandelle

“oh, I can tell you le mason beauty, and er, peti bon is close, but I have not travelled all of - i must”

Stevens, perhaps you can suggest somewhere we can find this information

“I think you would have to wait for the light, but when the light comes - I have no been to a museum of cities but there may be one”

Stevens, that is most helpful, please don’t allow us to keep you much longer

Prince, one more thing, while we do not perch we don’t which to stand in the street all night, where one does not perch or make eats, is there somewhere we can make party?

“eh,” shrugs

Prince, you would not want an ambassador of the realm loitering in the street like a mere commoner would you

the lady gives a look to the escorts, who look quite worried now

Stevens turns to the escorts, thank you for directing us to this useful place of information, it seems the museum of cities would be a good place to visit. this lady seems unsure of any night-time entertainment, perhaps there would be a place, as previously mentioned we have no need for perch or eat

Escorts, “mason beauty”

Stevens, it is my understanding that the mason beauty is some distance from here, that would preclude us from looking at the museums in the morning, unless that is possible in which case please make the necessary arrangements

The escorts gesture

Prince, I think we could spend our entire week here looking at the museums

Prince takes a bow

Prince, thank you for your time, miseur

“ah, ja’dore ambassador”

Prince, ja’dore

The lady goes back to her chores

 

The escorts lead them a short way down the street to a carriage that is available

Stevens, we are heading to the mason beauty

The driver nods

One escort will open the door to the carriage, wait for the ambassador

Prince makes them wait, talks to Stevens but doesn’t let him finish what he’s saying

Prince gets into the carriage, slams door

 

The second escort has a chat with the driver and then gets into the carriage

 

Meanwhile in Le Mason Beauty, Adelais and Greta

Greta hears a rapidly rising noise, some kind of whistle-air screech and then popping and fire - all around, but no one else seems to react

Adelais looks up, starting at a dot and popping out across the sky is a firework in a dragon-shape, the sparks flood down but the image remains

Greta, what is that sound?

People near you start applauding

Greta, get down!

Adelais stopped and ‘why are the stars dying?’

Greta, what the fuck is that

Adelais, is that magic right, what is that? People are applauding

Greta, why is there a fucking snake in the sky?

Adelais, do you think that’s somebody’s god?

Greta, it’s like a magic show or something

Adelais leans to someone

Adelais, excuse me, sorry to interupt - do you mind telling me what’s happening?

“eh, *points*, beauty”

Adelais, it’s very beautiful

greta, is it

“what is?”

greta, the sky lights, is magic?

“what is?”

Greta, what is magic?

Adelais, is it real?

“ah, I see”

Adelais, I suppose that’s correct

Greta, you don’t know what magic is, fundamental resource of creation, chaotic life blood of the universe?

“au frandelle?”

ADelais, this is a good thing?

the person claps

Greta, what does it depict?

Adelais, it looks like a wingless dragon

“a lady looks”

Greta, the jade lady?

“the lady of jade?”

“a lady looks”

Adelais, is that what she looks like?

the person shakes their head

 

Greta, what do you mean a lady looks?

“she does”

Greta, her gaze is turned upon the city?

Adelais, to do with the facade?

Greta, is it like, something happened to the old lady? obviously you’re looking for a new one

“she looks”

Greta, what from the sky?

they go quiet

Greta, thank you very much

Adelais, it’s a spiritual thing

Greta, that’s more your expertise

Adelais, maybe

 

The fireworks are still sparkling

Adelais and Greta are watching the fireworks

Adelais tries to catch them

The sparks hit, and crown a raindrop, and disperses

Adelais catches them in two hands

Greta is poking them

 

Adelais, shall we carry on?

Greta, yeah let’s go and find your sign

Adelais, no, no, never read anything about a dragon, horses yes, hares yes, not dragons

 

They find an official looking building

There aren’t any people wearing beige, but there are people wearing dress uniform and festival masks

 

Adelais approaches them, hello, good evening

“hi”

I was wondering

“oh, Frandelle?”

ah, no sorry

The guard disappears inside and comes back out with someone else, someone pasty

 

They say “hello”

Adelais, hi, sorry to bother you, got an odd question we’re looking for our friend

“oh, lost in the facade?”

Adelais, no, no, see what happened was when we were in line to get in our friend had to make court

“oh the court yes”

Adelais, he was last seen getting into a carriage being brought this way with an escort with a beige hood

“oh that’s terribly unusual, oh I suppose, definitely with the veiled hood sort of thing, le mond du palace”

Greta, a royal guard?

“something quite similar yes, if he were with quite a gentleman, most likely in le palace, just a while down the road that way”

Greta, why would he have been taken to the palace

“without context I don’t know what business he would have…”

Adelais, he is a dragon

the guy looks as if he is going to laugh

Adelais, I know that it sounds rare, and unusual, but he is wings and the acid

“quite unusual”

Adelais, that’s the only context we can give, he went to make court and  Greta saw him being led away in a carriage, our best guess was he was being led here

“madam, um, goodness, what’s Frandellese for dragon? um, today or yesterday”

Greta and Adelais, yesterday

“um, don papier le yesteramon,” someone shouts back something

“well I shall check if you will bare with me a moment”

Adelais, ah yes of course

“sorry did you have a name for your friend”

Adelais, Tektite

the guy goes “hm”

Greta, what is your name by the way, you’re being very helpful

“sorry what was that? tektite, is that the first name?”

Adelais, all one name

“well, we haven’t heard anything through of papiers for a mr or a mrs tektite, I’m afraid”

Greta, if our friend has been taken, how would we get entry to find him, he’s alone in a foreign country

“persumably the three of you?”

Greta, well five of us

“I hope you know where they are, Frandelle is a continent”

Adelais, I really don’t like that these one of us by ourselves

“well should the five of you have your papiers in order and generally deemed fit for the streets of Frandelle he’ll be reunited with you”

Adelais, what would deem you unfit for the streets of Frandelle

“well criminal behaviour”

Adelais, oh, well

Greta, can you give us some general information,

“you do seem lost”

Greta, well we go a hotel room

“they didn’t over charge you did they?”

Greta, oh I don’t know, we got somewhere small

“that  seems sensible”

 

Greta, we arrived in the middle of the facade

“it was all quite a rush, it’s far from regular”

Greta, what has happened to the jade lady?”

“good question,

Greta, do you know much about the jade lady and history

“oh well, you’d do well to visit le grande drip, historic capital of Frandelle”

Greta, very helpful, anywhere we can pick up a map or phrase book to help us out

“well you see from what I have gathered Frandelle considered itself well connected, they don’t have cartography or such, it’s hard to pick up the language as a outsider

Greta to Adelais, do you want to ask about

Adelais, do you know where le mason de trade is, or what it is

“oh, er, that’s somewhat difficult to answer and you’re asking two at once, do you refer to the town or one of the actual mason de trades?

Adelais, I am not sure, the person that told me about it, recognised it from a symbol, it has a hare on it and some flowers, he also said they make pets

“oh! well, if it’s an establishment that has dealings in the city you can find oit about it in the local branch, or to go to the town”

Adelais, ah so it is a town

Greta, and an organisation within a town, merchant houses?

“something like that, they have a building in every town and one in the town named after themselves”

Greta, what do the Frandellese mean when they use the word pet, we’ve heard it in strange contexts, non-humans and golems

“pet, you are asking, no, no it’s fine, if class has taught me anything I am ashamed to say I don’t really know ,there is no direct common translation, it gets thrown around though.”

Greta, when the mason de tarade makes pet what does that mean?

“to make is, a very common expression in any Frandellese sentence, they attempt it when trying to speak common, quite funny sometimes, um one would presume that one being, myself in this contents, they raise what we would call pets, once I have scratched together enough to get a place for myself I was hoping to pick up a cat of some sort”

Greta, I am pleased, and mildly disappointed you know

Greta, do you know where the local branch would be

“I don’t know, but I could find out”

Greta, what is your name,you’ve been very helpful

“just Derek I am afraid”

Handsome Greta

Adelais

 

Adelais, something is bothering me, why is there such a large wall, did something happen

“well before my time”

Greta, we just saw those sparks there with the snake, we asked one of the locals if it was magic or not and they didn’t know what it was

“truth be told I haven’t seen an act of magic since turning up, when this occured I was concerned”

Adelais, so did we ! I thought the stars were exploding

Greta, oh where are you from?

“o h I assumed you were from hygard”

Greta, yeah, I am

Adelais, I am not

“oh wouldn’t have known you’re so well spoken, still from the province”

Adelais, I try, yeah Stormroque

Adelais, they said it is because the “lady looks”

“oh is that so, isn’t that romantic, oh I just thought it was nice really once I calmed down”

Adelais, oh it’s news to you too, I feel like we’ve used up a lot of your time already

“just doing my job”

Adelais, what is your job

“law enforcement, I am part of the night-watch”

Greta, well thank you derek, you have been the most helpful person we have met in Frandelle, and if you should come across our friend Tektite, who is a lizard with wings, and a dragon (as much as you laugh) we are staying at the hotel de blonca

“you will understand if I find the species of your friend hard to believe”

Greta, well there was a incidence in Hygard that happened recently, Hygard is in a bad way right now, and it was blamed on a dragon

Adelais, not that dragon, a different dragon

“I should write a letter”

Adelais, yeah, it is, we need to warn people

“it does sound terribly serious, if somewhat exiotic”

Greta, write a letter and you’ll see

“I shall go right too that”

Adelais will shake his hand

“I didn’t do much”

Adelais, Oh you did ,you did enough

“ja’dore, as they say”

Adelais, ja’dore

Greta, yeah all right

 

Adelais, ah thank you Erebe

Greta, we can’t get access to the palace

Adelais, if there aren’t any problems with him doing any crimes, which he won’t be doing, then he’ll be released, maybe it’s because he’s a dragon

Greta, I am wary about leaving and coming back

Adelais, if he doesn’t show by tomorrow we need anything plan

Greta, I guess we’ll have to bide our time

 

Adelais looks for mason de trade on the way to the hotel, it is not on the way

 

Adelais, I was wondering, for me to be found with that symbol surely that means that there’s got  to be strongly connected to my family right, why would the logo be on the blanket

Greta, it sounds like it’s strongly connected right

Adelais, if there’s an entire town named after this, maybe they have some clout with the palace, they might be willing to listen to one of their cities, provided they want to find me

Greta, well tomorrow then, we’ll go and find this branch and we’ll see if we can get some information

Adelais, they might have more authority than we do, we’re nobody here

Adelais, we’ll try early and then wait outside of the palace for Tektite, and then I think we’ll have to go with a plan my grandmother would

Greta, I like the sound of that

 

Adelais and Greta go to the hotel

 

Prince and Stevens rock into town, in the le mason beauty

Prince is in the carriage

Stevens sees Greta and Adelais going into a building

Prince heralds some audio, for a fancy entrance, the audio is cut short

Stevens tries to make an illusion of a herald with a trumpet, it shimmers

Stevens carries on the conversation about the lake from before

 

There’s a moment of trumpet noise, and it’s cut short

Adelais and Greta hear it

Prince kicks the cart door

Prince is wearing his mask, it is white, glittery and two wings

“is this where you would like to be?” asks the driver

Prince, this is mason beauty?

“oui non I have taken you here”

Prince, this is right

There’s a certain degree of dancing in the streets

 

Adelais and Greta see the dancing in the streets and decide to go back out into the street

Greta, I think we should go out, give me an hour to sort your dress out

Adelais, what’s wrong with it?

Greta, well I can customise it to make it more you

Greta, you don’t want something off the shelf right, I won’t make it revealing or anything like that, it won’t be like me

Adelais, all right, well if you don’t mind spending your time doing that

Greta, nah, it’ll be good, just give me an hour

 

The street is now divided, everyone on the path are watching and everyone on the street are dancing

some at the sides will regard Prince

Prince, when is our appointment at the palace? (to escorts)

The escorts, “after facade”

Prince, then we shall continue this facade

Stevens is foot shuffling next to Prince

Prince looks up at him, undoffs the mask and turns it towards the escorts

Stevens leans down,  as our carriage arrived I spotted our companions

Prince, how many of our companions

Stevens, unfortunately, I have no reason yet to dictate that Master Tektite has been located

Prince, I expected no less

 

Stevens, nothing in our previous investigations suggested that Tektite would be in this place

 

Prince enters the hotel

Prince looks at the door and then Stevens, “I’ll get them”

Prince, we don’t need a building named after you in every continent

Stevens produces an O.W.L. from his bags, it’s bobbing about and has a tiny hat

 

Prince booms, Handsome Greta, Ade…..(normal voice)...lais of Stormroque, please join me in the dining area

Greta, oh fuck, was that Mr Prince

Adelais, we’re not ready

Prince is downstairs

Greta, what is all this noise? we’re just getting ready, what do you want?

Prince, meet me in the dining area

Greta, we’ll be like twenty minutes or so, is Mr Stevens with ya

There’s an O.W.L. and then it goes to sleep

Stevens is patting his head, adjusting the hat

Greta, we haven’t found Tektite yet, we’ll update you in a bit

Prince, don’t keep us waiting too long

The man at the hotel reception is not looking impressed

 

Greta, Prince is requesting us in the dining area

Adelais, I bet he didn’t say please, did he?

Greta, course not

 

Prince holds out the O.W.L., “ did you lose something?”

Stevens takes it off him

Prince, there seems to be something interrupting our magic

 

Greta and Adelais get dressed, reapplied make-up, customised outfits

The bought dress was quite floaty, Greta took off the extra layers of chiffon and make it so they flow nicer when she walks, he’s modified the back so it gives the illusion of a cape as it floats along

 

Adelais, you don’t understand this is like book two of Saga Quest where she gets to go to the ball and gets a dress, and I didn’t know it would suit me, but you pull that off fine, so either way, it looks beautiful, thank you so much

(babbles)

Greta, you’re very welcome

Adelais will kiss Greta on the cheek

Greta, ah thank you that is very kind

Adelais is swirling

Greta, what is the name of book two of Saga Quest

Adelais, revenge of the moonlight tower, in context it makes perfect sense, very good author, Adrastos Knell.

 

Greta is wearing some very small hot-pants, open high heels with the wedges, he has chiffon in a deep blue, longer at the back than the front, half-skirt goes down his front and back

Greta’s top half is a black feathered corset with a tall collar

Greta’s mask is black with feathers

Greta has galaxy lips

 

The hotel desk guy is impressed

Prince might be impressed on the inside

Prince, I see this country is bringing the best out of you

Greta, that’s very kind of you Mr Prince,

Adelais, I guess that is a compliment

Prince smiles

 

Greta leans in and kisses Adelais on the cheek, then they walk out arm in arm into the main road

Prince is gentlemanly and let’s the lady go first, and then completely block Greta

Adelais, hello Mr Stevens

Stevens doesnt have his hat on

 

Greta, we’ve found Tektite

Adelais, we think, very strong probability

Prince, has someone told you he is there

Greta, yes, the palace

Stevens you have confirmed that he travelled to the mason beauty

Greta, yeah, yeah, oh totally, he came this way in a carriage one of those people dressed in beige, Derek, he’s so nice, he was saying, if Tektite was in the presence of the monde de palace, he’ll be released unless he has done a crime

Adelais, he’ll never do a crime

Stevens, Derek said “if”, can you actually confirm

Greta, ah yeah of course, we’re hoping he’ll be released after the facade is over

Adelais, he won’t do any crimes, he’ll have to answers some questions

Prince says we have an appointment at the palace after the facade

Greta, you managed to pull that off?

Prince, of course, as the ambassador of Hygard, I told you, we have escorts

The escorts are right by

 

Adelais says hello to them, how are you doing

they say nothing

Adelais, are you hungry? let me know if you do want any, I understand you are working and I am sure you have a very difficult job

 

Greta… and that’s how I made the dress

Prince and Stevens pass on their museum information

 

Adelais, what if the Igneon and the other four used to be friends, and somehow they fell out and that’s why he’s only mentioned a little bit

Greta, well yeah, we don’t know what they were do we

Adelais, maybe the lizard king did know the jade lady

 

Greta, Igneon was the one that made the lineage of Hygard right, the wishes, maybe it is a similar thing with the Lady of Jade

Adelais, Oh that’s much better

Greta, ah but Igneon was sealed away by the Lady of Jade, so my theory is a load of shit

 

Greta, what we were gonna do, is hit up the facade, and wait for Tektite or the appointment whichever is first

Stevens, our appointment is to seek the Jade Lady

Adelais, the festivities revolving around her, we might learn something from joining in

Greta, did you see that image in the sky, the Frandellions they don’t seem to know what magic is, we aint seen nothing of magic since we got here, and I sent Slake off in the carriage and I can’t sense his presence,ike he’s been bound or something

Stevens, I too have had some trouble with themeatergy

Greta, was that your fizzling trumpet

Prince frowns

Greta, I wondering if there’s some kind of magic lock down here

Prince, the winners seem to be magic users, but not a complete one against other, it wasn’t war against magic

Greta, there’s clearly something here that is magic, picking up Slake and popping him, maybe magic is some tightly control thing by the elite

Prince, quite possibly, the history didn’t state anything magically cataclysmic to trigger it

Greta, well it doesn't have to be cataclysmic, it’s about the power over the people

 

There are some buildings that could be churches but they have a Frandellese twist

Greta, now we’ve exchanged this useful information, let’s party

Prince, let’s use this city wide party to draw closer to the palace

 

Greta, I am gonna go and do some dancing

 

Dancing in the streets and everyone else off the street, walk at the edges if not dancing

Ball-room dance, organised and polite

 

Greta, all right, let’s go and have some fun, let’s go Princess

Adelais, we’re not officially calling it that, we know it’s research

 

Greta breaks into Hygard dances, knees up and elbows out, and gets some looks

Adelais is approached by a lady, an older lady

“si vou la lady”

Adelais, sorry I don’t speak Frandellese

“aurevoir”

 

Prince sees the exchange

Prince tries to smoothly take the older lady into a dance in time with the music -

Prince reaches out to the lady, most confidently, approaches the dance grab, a beige guy steps in behind him, hand over mouth, both of them go invisible

After Credits
 A sliver of light in the dark, a door opening

Prince is hurled to the floor

“welcome to le palace”

Door slams