Dreams Of Electric Honey (Messerspiel)

Thank you.

Arthur, do you remember how in the adventure The Sword and The Metronome, you pulled on the sword in the stone and it slid free?

I did indeed, and it resulted me in becoming a king.

That's right.

King Arthur, you are back at Castle Madrigal.

You returned because it's the only clue you have about the Shadow Reapers, the council of people who had ordered you to kill for years on their behalf.

The previous king of Castle Madrigal, King Thiebould Grosvenor, not the temporary imposter king you and your friends deposed.

[laughs]

The previous king, King Thiebould Grosvenor, was a member of this mysterious council of Shadow Reapers.

You possess his handwritten paper list of birthday presents-

Hmm

... for 13 other Shadow Reapers, but it seems to be encoded somehow, and you're not sure what it means, so you came back for clues.

Being king has not been easy.

You would walk into the kitchen and Chef Jeronis Rika would wave a shopping list of food ingredients at you for your opinion.

For the listener, King Arthur is not one of the sorts of people who eats food.

So this is funny.

Okay.

Uh, strolling into the great hall, a maid named Mabel Walker would ask what the quarterly budget should be for linen restocking.

You would be walking down the hallway and Chenna Sapida would hop out from a corner to ask you about chair repair.

The stable master approached you asking you to honor them by naming the new foal.

It went on and on, and it was all, well, a lot.

So you appointed a secretary, Bertram Getz.

Bertram has been incredibly useful during your time here.

Rather than each of your maids, butlers, chefs, stable-hands, et cetera, other employees individually bothering you throughout the day to tell you their needs and complaints, Bertram summarizes it all in a once daily report to make your life easier.

You tell Bertram to do something and very quickly it is done.