Ep 41 - Janni confuses the crostinis

## Episode 41 - Janni confuses the crostinis

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God, I hope you like puns. MY GOD, I HOPE you LIKE puns. And food perverts. This episode has a lot of both! The team finally attends the opening of Duke Marth's hot new restaurant, Marth by Marth. Zelf and Patty subtly interrogate the suspects behind the theft of High Chef Vilnit's missing fingers - which could unlock immense cooking knowledge, if eaten. Astra unsubtly interrogates basically nobody, and Janni is also there. It's CLUE meets RATATOUILLE meets BCBP!

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## NPCs in Description

**NPCs in this episode:**

* Bokus Dore - A suspect. Co-apprentice with Zelf under the Chairman.
* Gentry Til - A suspect. One half of the couple that runs the restaurant for pets. Interviewed by Janni and Astra about their experience with the Beast of Mealnor.
* Paltra Mimosa - A suspect. Brunch noble, runs the artisanal poptart shop.
* Grist Caskchill - A suspect. Practices Dwarven ale magic.
* Wyn Marth - Son of Duke Marth. Identified by the team as the Beast of Mealnor.
* Prince Erling - Formerly spoke to Patty (and Astra) about tracking down Gamwir.
* Gratin - Formerly an apprentice of the Chairman. Killed by the Beast of Mealnor or someone pretending to be him.
* Camilla Marth - Daughter of Duke Marth. Dating Prince Erling.
* Bantaro Valentine - Shadowend Commander specializing in music and performance.

## Summary

* Patty, Astra, and Zelf get dressed and head to the Marth by Marth dinner.
	+ Zelf talks to Bokus Dore, who congratulates him on killing and eating Gratin.
	+ Patty introduces herself to Camilla Marth, who is sitting with Prince Erling and trying to comfort a bereft Bantaro Valentine.
	+ Wyn Marth introduces himself to Patty. They talk about fashion and the have-nots of Mealnor.
	+ Astra attempts to interrogate Gentry Til and outright asks him to explain why he is or is not suspicious regarding the murders.
* Dinner is served. Astra steals Bokus' seat while Janni escorts Bokus out. At their table is Zelf, Astra, and Patty, as well as the rest of the chefs/suspects: Gentry TIl, Paltra Mimosa, and Grist Caskchill.
	+ Zelf and the chefs bicker about where they think the Duke got his elven food magic.
* Wyn Marth asks if Patty wants to go back to his place and they flirt via bad cheese puns.
	+ Gentry knocks over his champagne and excuses himself.
* Suddenly, dark spheres appear at the tables. Zelf recognizes the spell as blacklight, one that Gratin had learned.
	+ A man screams. Glorihan takes over Janni's body and leads them to where Duke Marth lies dead with four puncture wounds.
		- When they touch him, the soul of Paris France enters Janni's body. Paris is a ratfolk who had his wish granted by Rabual the Generous and had some sort of body swap with Duke Marth.
* When the darkness fades away, Gentry and Paltra are away from the table. Prince Erling and Count Vilnit start securing the scene.
* Patty, Astra, and Janni check the bathroom for Gentry. They hear him repeat the lyrics of "Struttin' in my Versacheese" and break open the door, revealing that Gentry is the Dentist.
* Manny says Zelf needs to continue the banquet ritual or else everyone will experience backlash from the failure.

## Trivia

* On the Spotify app, this episode's poll reads: "What has been Janni Brightchild's hardest-fought battle?" with the results "Giant Janni vs mech" at 0%, "The Great War, generally" at 12%, "Ritual battle w/ Kruddit" at 4%, "Promoting TootsieBullet" at 32%, "Billi Warhead" at 16%, and "Customer service" at 36%.

## Characters

### Player Characters

* Astra Blep
* Janni Brightchild
* Patty Hurts
* Zelf

### Actually Showed Up

* Prince Erling
* Camilla Marth
* Bantaro Valentine
* Bokus Dore
* Gentry Til
* Paltra Mimosa
* Grist Caskchill
* Wyn Marth
* Duke Marth
* Marth by Marth waiters
* Buttercup
* Glorihan Phirel's spirit
* Paris France
* Count Vilnit
* Duchess Marth
* The Dentist
* Manny

### Mentioned

* Chilli (from Manny special)
* Alok Vilnit
* Beast of Mealnor
* Gamwir
* Chairman Naga
* Gratin Dofinwa
* Pawda
* Mouschino
* Rodint
* Furmès
* High Chef Vilnit
* High Chef Chiffonade
* The Davenhalls
* Zephyr Zanatar
* Taft Warsoul
* Rabual the Generous
* Marth by Marth sous chefs

## Locations

### Visited

* Mealnor
	+ Restaurant district
		- Marth by Marth

### Mentioned

* Faenalin
* Bigrim
* Happy Moo Farms
* Mealnor
	+ Food Bank
	+ Garnishtown
	+ BnB 3.5
	+ Gratin's apartment
* Allathyr
	+ Fashion district
* Birwine
* Reskarus
* Saphnea