BC Episode 1: They Meet

## Scenes

* Sirius has a meeting with Ezekiel. Ezekiel brings Sirius up to speed on the status of the Thieves Guild. He also points Sirius in the direction of a target that appears to be very dangerous and worth the bounty. They are said to wield two ancient daggers with strange writing on them. He’s directed to a club in Mainland and told he’ll have more details when he arrives. Sirius accepts the job.

* DP stands before a painting in a Mainland Museum. It is adorned with all sorts of religious imagery, mainly angels. She notices that the angel wings seem to be adorned with faint Talian symbols. The symbols don’t spell anything, they appear to have been used more aesthetically than intentionally. A man, her target for the evening, joins her by her side. He explains the painting was a commission and submission by Rosalina, a wealthy donor of the arts. She invites him to head to the back room and “fool around.” Narrowly avoiding the guards, she begins to dance with him, and, imminently, tosses him into a furnace and leaves.
* Later, DP is riding the train for a venue she will be performing at. Sirius, seeing no seats otherwise, asks if it’s ok to sit with DP. She obliges and they become acquainted, playing their parts and maintaining a distance from personal details. Sirius shows her his fae cat, Toothless, and offers to give her a tarot reading. Most notably, the *Queen of Swords* and the *Two of Swords* appears in her spread. She jokingly says he’s got the entire reading incorrect and they continue to laugh and enjoy their ride. Upon reaching their destination, they exit the train with a heart-felt goodbye.

* Sirius arrives at the club and is given his target: the singing performer with the rose. He speaks, and flirts, with a half-orc waiter named Gregor in order to get more information.
* Backstage, DP watches other performances and waits for her turn to go on. She watches a particularly young and talented woman named Trixie dance. She can’t help but remember Opal. Another woman, Galinda The Dancing Blade, sneers and criticises the young performer. DP shrugs the woman off, recalling someone very like her.
* DP is told by the owner of the establishment that she has a target for the evening: the one with the black skin and golden eyes.
* Finally, the performer Sirius has been waiting for, his target, arrives on stage: Deft Punk
* She sings a ballad, magic and lights swirling around her. She captivates the audience. At the end, she gives Sirius the rose in her hand (a signal that he is the lucky man she’ll share the night with… and kill).
* They both head to a room in the local tavern to enjoy their evening (kill each other). Each of them acknowledges the irony in their recent meeting while also recognizing they need to terminate this new friend.They play their parts until DP makes the first move by stabbing Sirius in the abdomen. Sirius uses *Shocking Grasp* at the same moment, freezing DP in her tracks. They look at each other in the stalemate and laugh. After a while, Sirius pulls back and shows his cards that he was hired to kill her. She says she was hired for the same. They agree to investigate the situation further before continuing.
* Upon talking to their respective contacts, they learn that they were hired by the exact same person: Rosalina, a wealthy figurehead and member of the Thieves Guild.
* Sirius and DP agree to abandon their original assignments and take their revenge on Rosalina herself in her mansion.
* Under cover of night, they arrive at the mansion. They make a distraction for the guards and sneak inside.
* They split up between two wings of the mansion, staying wary of their new partner in crime…