Dull Corporation

> "Thank god you came in quickly. This place is a bit anal about outsiders. And they REALLY don't like it when things are late, either."
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Dull Corporation (shortened to Dull Corp.) is a consulting and accounting firm in Ferrenport. The building itself is a grey slab of [building description]. The firm itself is devoted to filing paperwork and completing forms, and it’s workers, while paid well, are delegated to nothing more than writing and faxing until their shifts finish at 5pm. On occasion, they may be asked as a group of up to 15 people to go into their rubbish bins, which actually act as a link to a realm comprised of office equipment, and defeat a Lord in order to obtain more supplies, but who doesn’t do things like that from time to time?

### Description:

> Looking at the building, you feel yourself sighing unconsciously. The monolithic grey building is as boring as they come, with square windows neatly lined up the walls of this otherwise featureless building. The logo for Dull Co. sits on a well-laminated sign out the front of the double-doored building. The building is dull, so dull it seems to suck all the life from the area around it…including you.
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### Notable People:

Anthony Xieneldyss - Half-Human Half-Demon worker at the company who is entirely nonplussed with the goings on around the building. A tired but studious worker who takes pride in the fact they actually get paid at the end of the day.

The Boss - An unknown raced figure in a purple suit and a purple top hat that is Anthony's boss. Little is known about their true intentions, beyond that they prioritise efficiency in their words and in their workplace.

J'ai - A loudmouth full demon who is the son of The Boss. They tend to get away with a lot of their actions simply on being the son of The Boss, but they are beginning to learn that it doesn't always protect them from flack...

David - A former Co-worker of Anthony, David the human hides within the building, collecting information about the company. Their disdain for The Boss and Dull Corporation are clear, and they may be the sign of things to come.

### Quests:

##### Working 9 to Why:

Xavier, Valeria, Callisto, Splash and Ithanor were snuck into the building by Anthony, one of the workers there. He told the party that they needed some help keeping up with the paperwork or otherwise they may lose their job. They offered the party their payslip for the day if they would ensure they'd do a thorough job, which the party accepted. After filling in a form and handling some applications, the party realised the stapler was out of staples. After Anthony called out to a friend of theirs for some staples, only to be told it was 'in the bin', he sighed, and informed the party to follow them as they jumped into the bin. The bin, unbeknownst to the party, was actually a teleport to another miniature realm of office equipment. Under Anthony's guidance, the party defeated a Stapler Lord, and returned just in time for clock out.

##### I See You're Looking To Kill A Lord. Would You Like Some Help with That?

Anthony, on break from his shift at the company, invited Callisto, Dexter, Aaron, Azzy and Levi in to help him with a massive problem: several employees had been taken prisoner by the Lord of the Paperclips (otherwise known as Clippy), and in order to mount a rescue mission, he needed the approval of the employee of the month. Unfortunately, said employee was one of the kidnapped. So, before they were able to go down and rescue the employees, they first needed to convince Anthony's boss that they were worthy to get such a title. While the others headed inside to confront the Boss, Aaron waited outside, briefly encountering a person going by the name "David" who warned them against telling anyone he was there. After they successfully convinced the otherwise unsettling Boss that Anthony was worthy of the title, Anthony and the group ventured back into the officework realm (From Quest: Working 9 to Why?) and defeated Clippy, rescuing the employees and Anthony (who had been knocked unconscious in the battle), and earning Anthony's payslip as well as some company gear for their troubles.

##### On The Clock

Anthony, during the weekend, had been asked by the boss to come back into the office in the middle of the company picnic to fix the clock, which had been causing time issues. They encountered Marley, Torrance, Biggs, Bova and Victor at the questboard along the way, and brought them along into the office to fix the problem. After having the briefest of brief chats with The Boss, Anthony took the party into the office dimension, where they fought and defeated the Clock-King, before swapping their batteries and fixing their wires. Once they did this, the party was taken as guests of honour to the Dull Corp. company picnic. However, J'ai, The Boss' son, became too rowdy after being drunk, and transformed into a demon, which the party were politely asked to knock out. They did so, and Anthony rewarded the party with their paycheck as well as some company glasses,

#### Pen-porer

The award ceremony for the best workers at the company is coming up at the end of next month, but the calculations for the event are done at the end of the current month. As such, the office is in a frenzied state trying to get their work done to get their numbers up. Anthony, tired of J'ai cheating their numbers by getting The Boss to help them, calls on Wes, Krommek, Torrance, Victor and Biggs to counter-cheat, getting the collective 6 of them to put in an hour or two to push them ahead. While they make some progress, it is halted on the spot by every single quill in the entire office snapping simultaneously. Presuming the Lord of Quills, or the Pen-porer, is responsible, the party heads into the office dimension once more to take them down a peg. Finding the entire place in disarray, the party encounters and talks with David, who notes that the dimension is angry at Dull Corp for overworking, and that "The Boss wants this". After defeating a number of residents, David directs them to the Pen-porer, whom the party defeat in turn. After returning back to the main world sans David, Anthony rewards them with their paycheck as well as his favourite pen.

Ferrenport Feud 2/2: (Quest: Family Feud (1976) with secret backstage management issues recorded)

The party encountered Anthony on their way to the second Ferrenport entertainment night. Anthony informed the party that the event had been trashed the previous night, and Mr Hastings had received monetary help from Dull Corporation in order to refund the damages caused by the creatures that had attacked, as well as speaking to the guard about having an increased presence at the event. He wished the party luck, but warned the party about J'ai, the son of the CEO who was prone to being drunk and thinking the world revolved around them.

Sure enough, after the event, the party spotted J'ai and Anthony arguing. Ghann and Altos entered into the conversation to find the two of them complaining about the work ethic of the other. While the party was easily able to get the sober Anthony to back off, the drunk J'ai was far less co-operative, and engaged in a combat against the party. The party defeated J'ai and his co-workers, earning Anthony's thanks but dealing a black eye to Dull Corporation's reputation.

#### Immaculate Joe

The party, after being misdirected to the wrong building by a phony sign, were held up in an abandoned building by J'ai's lackeys. They warned the party that they were legally obligated to kill them should they attend the event, and that they shouldn't go. The party, realising that regardless of who won the Employee of the Year award at the events ceremony held that night, there would be a riot, rearranged the clues from the conversation of one of the lackies to find the right building. Outside the building, the party encountered David, who re-iterated the warnings of the lackies, but agreed that attending was the correct course of action in order to cause a split in the company, since The Boss, being related to J'ai, would likely be just as easy to rile up and, in his eyes, be someone to be watched by the town and publicly shamed. He lead the party through a back entrance, and they ran into Anthony, who panicked knowing the law, and shoved them into his dressing room. He thanked the party for attending regardless of the law, and told them to wait in the room until the award, where they could back him up. The party agreed and began waiting. The party then defeated an entrance by a cult hoping to disrupt the event, and were able to defeat them and hide the bodies before security showed up. The party heard the award being held, which was handed out to no one in the end, which caused a riot to occur on stage and in the audience. The party showed up to face down J'ai and his pet dragon, successfully defeating both before vacating the building with Anthony and Joe's help.