ORCHESTRATED

"ORCHESTRATED" is the thirty-ninth episode of *The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality*.

Characters:

* The Audio Tour Guide
* The Head of Retrieval
* The Head of Restoration
* The Head of Research
* The Beast
* Eagle
* The Raptor Team
* The Man With a Voice Like Honey and Chocolate and Coffee All At Once (mentioned)

## HOD Meeting

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## The Beast's Den

### Summary

The Beast, instead of taking Team Raptor to the Curator, leads them to its den. It suggests that they go inside, to relax. Eagle is annoyed that they've been distracted from looking for the Curator, and refuses to go into the den, saying he 'won't go into a den with a monster for the sake of politness'. The Guide agrees to go into the den with The Beast, saying it thinks it might just be homesick. After being taken into the den, The Guide attempts to be polite about it, but goes into narration mode and describes the den as a "dank, horrid hole in the earth". The Beast's den contains a massive pile of bones from its past kills, which The Guide says are there to signal that it's too late for anybody in the den. Once it comes out of narration mode, The Guide apologies for saying all that about the den, but The Beast says that it's summed everything up correctly.

The Guide grows nervous, and tries to suggest that they leave the den to look for the Curator, but The Beast says that won't be happening any time soon, and that it would be better just to forget all about the Curator. It then starts talking about names, and how they can change to reflect a shift in your perception of yourself. The Guide tries to ask The Beast what it's getting at, but The Beast stops it from being able to talk by using the name 'Mistholme', which is The Guide's true name.

The Beast explains that its friend had asked it not to eat the people who originally came through the glassway, promising it that soon more people would come through that it could eat. The friend would make those people (Team Raptor) think the person they were looking for (the Curator) had gone through this glassway. When Team Raptor came through, The Beast saw them talking to The Guide and grew curious, as it looked like they were talking to thin air.

The Beast tell The Guide that it's going to eat Team Raptor, and that once it's done that, The Guide has to tell the people at the museum that The Beast is dead as well as Team Raptor, and that they should give up on looking for the Curator there. The Beast then gives The Guide some rules it has to follow, because it knows its true name:

* It may not tell any human, or anyone in the museum, about what happened
* If anybody asks about the beast, it must tell them it was a stalwart ally and a brave friend
* It must steer conversations away from The Beast's friend (The Man With the Voice Like Honey and Chocolate and Coffee All At Once) whenever it can

Then Eagle comes down to the den to check if The Guide is alright. The Beast says that it has to do this, out of loyalty to its friend, and that it's sorry, because The Guide was kind to it. It gives The Guide permission to speak again, then kills Eagle.