A Bride’s Pride/Dialogues

At the palace of Graecita, Madelina is waiting for Zachary near the door...

* + Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; impatient): He should be here any minute, what’s taking him so lon-

Suddenly someone knocks the door...

* + Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; smiling): That must be him!

Madelina opens the door.

* + Zachary (forced grin; carrying a coffin): Sorry if you had to wait for too long... It was difficult getting the coffin here...
	+ Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; shocked): Oh my gods! That coffin looks heavy! Did you bring it up all by yourself!
	+ Zachary (smirking): Oh no, I had a bit of help...

Alex appears carrying the coffin from behind...

* + Alex and Zachary (both carrying a coffin; Alex; winking): Hey there!
	+ Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; happy): Alex!
	+ Alex and Zachary (Alex; nervous): So are you guys gonna tell what you need the coffin for? You haven’t killed someone? Heh...
	+ Jennifer (crossing her arms; carrying shovels): We’ll tell you later. Right now, lets get to work.
	+ Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; shocked): Jennifer! You’re here too?!
	+ Jennifer (holding her head): Yes. I wanted to be there... For the burial...
	+ Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; sympathetic): I see... Follow me.

Madelina leads the way to the study. Jennifer directly behind her, while the boys are a little further away...

* + Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; sympathetic): So... You and Yvette, were you friends?
	+ Jennifer (giggling): Not exactly. We were actually rivals...
	+ Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; curious): In what sense? Did she run against you as prom queen or something?
	+ Jennifer (eye rolling): No... We liked the same guy and I hated her for it. Stupid, I know.
	+ Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; innocent smirk): You liked the same guy? And does that guy happen to be Ale-
	+ Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; crossing her arms): Oh...
	+ Jennifer (blushing): I know you must be questioning my taste right now, but-
	+ Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; eye rolling): Oh no, I totally understand it. I used to think he was cute too...

Madelina, Jennifer and the two guys make it to the study...

* + Alex and Zachary (Alex; sweating): Please tell me were almost here...
	+ Madelina and Mehtab (Madelina; serious): Not yet, we still need to go down a couple more steps...
	+ Alex and Zachary (Alex; disappointed): Dang it!
	+ Jennifer (confused): What steps are you talking about?
	+ Alex and Zachary (Zachary; curious): Madelina, you remember what book you have to pull?
	+ Madelina (thinking): Yes... It’s... That one!

Madelina pulls the dictionary from the bookshelves, opening a secret door...

* + Alex and Zachary (Alex; startled): Holy crap!
	+ Jennifer (shocked): Since when did that passage exist?!

Madelina puts Mehtab down...

* + Madelina (smiling): You stay here while we go down and do our business.
	+ Mehtab (frowning): MEOW!
	+ Madelina (pouting): I know you want to come, but believe me you don’t want to see whatever’s down here, it’s too scary for you!
	+ Mehtab (disappointed): Purr...

Madelina turns to the others...

* + Madelina (worried): *sigh* Ready to go down?
	+ Alex and Zachary (Alex; struggling): Can someone take over carrying the coffin from me? My legs are hurting me!
	+ Jennifer (eye rolling): Alex, you’re a satyr! Aren’t your legs made to carry loads over long distances?
	+ Alex and Zachary (Alex; pissed): Yeah, but not when the load is over 100 kilograms!
	+ Alex and Zachary (Zachary; impatient): Guys can you stop fighting and start moving already?! Someone might hear us!
	+ Susan’s voice: Yeah, some of us are trying to fucking sleep!
	+ Alex and Zachary (Alex; sweating): Oh shit! Lets go down before Susan comes and lectures us!

The group enters the passage, and walk all the way until they make it to a bedroom...

* + Alex and Zachary (Alex; sweating): Ok, this room is giving me creeps! Are you going to finally tell me what we’re here for?!
	+ Jennifer (serious): The body, where is it?
	+ Madelina (nervous): It’s there.

They approach the bed and find Yvette’s body laying there and Alex drops the coffin in shock...

* + Zachary (struggling to carry the coffin): Hey! A little warning would help-
	+ Alex (shocked): Oh my... FUCKING GODS! Is that YVETTE?!
	+ Jennifer (whispering): Alex, keep your voice down!
	+ Alex (confused): I thought we buried her!
	+ Jennifer (covering her face): We thought so too-
	+ Alex (pissed): So what the fuck is her body here?!
	+ Zachary (serious): Kaleb kept her here all these years...
	+ Alex (confused): But why?!
	+ Madelina (eye rolling): So he could fuck her.
	+ Jennifer (angry): Madelina!
	+ Alex (shocked): So he could WHAT?!
	+ Alex (pissed): That... FREAK! I can’t believe he’d do something so... SICK!
	+ Zachary (sweating): Alex, can you please chill out-
	+ Alex (furious): Chill out?! My friend of 8 years is a corpse-fucking sicko! How am I suppose to take this in so calmly?!
	+ Jennifer (serious): Alex, please...

Jennifer uses her gift of charm-speaking...

* + Jennifer (covering her face): What Kaleb is doing is sick, and we all agree with this. But you need to calm down...
	+ Jennifer (serious): We came here to set things right for Yvette, so whatever harsh words you have to say about Kaleb, save it once we are done. We don’t want to get caught!
	+ Alex (hexed): ...
	+ Alex (calming down): *sigh*
	+ Alex (serious): Fine... Lets get her into the coffin!

Alex and Zachary carry Yvette and place her into the coffin...

* + Alex (covering his face): This is going to be one heavy load...
	+ Zachary (curious): Madelina, where do we bury the body?
	+ Madelina (curious): Does this island have a cemetery?
	+ Alex (protesting): You want us to carry the coffin all the way to the cemetery?! OH HELL NO!
	+ Jennifer (thinking): I was thinking maybe we could bury her in the palace’s garde-
	+ Mehtab’s voice: MEOW!!!
	+ Jennifer (startled): Ah!!!
	+ Madelina (shocked): Mehtab?!

The group is jump-scared by Mehtab who rushes behind Madelina’s legs...

* + Mehtab (warning): Meow!
	+ Alex (relieved): Phew... It’s just the feline!
	+ Madelina (confused): Mehtab! I thought I told you to stay up-

Suddenly, the queen appears holding a candle with her...

* + Leonora (stern): What the hell are you all doing down here?!
	+ Zachary (shocked): Leonora! We didn’t know you were awake!
	+ Leonora (eye rolling): I was awake until I heard someone shouting down here!
	+ Alex (sweating): Oh...
	+ Jennifer (holding her head): Thanks a lot, Alex...
	+ Leonora (crossing her arms): Now is someone going to answe-

Leonora sees Yvette’s corpse...

* + Leonora (horrified): Yvette...
	+ Leonora (covering her face): ...
	+ Madelina (serious): Fine, I’ll answer. We came here to bury Yvette!
	+ Madelina (pissed): And you can try and stop us, but we are not going to back down! Yvette is a human-being and she deserves to be buried instead of being kept here as your brother’s to-

Suddenly, Yvette’s coffin levitates...

* + Madelina (startled): Ah!
	+ Zachary (shocked): Leonora-
	+ Leonora (serious): Each one of you grab your shovels and follow me!
	+ Madelina (relieved): Phew...

At Rome, Livius’ coronation day finally came and Marionette is dolling herself up for the event...

* + Marionette (putting on lipstick): I wonder... Is Madelina going to deliver me one of her dresses again, or do I have to pick one of those that are packed for m-

Suddenly she receives an Iris message from Madelina, who looked pissed...

* + Madelina (Iris message; cross): ...
	+ Marionette (happy): Madelina, I was just thinking about you!
	+ Madelina (still cross): ...
	+ Marionette (nervous grin): Is there a problem?
	+ Madelina (pissed; holding a wine-stained dress): You RUINED MY DRESS!
	+ Marionette (sweating): Oh dear, I forgot about this...
	+ Marionette (panicking): I’m really really sorry about what happened to your dress! But I swear it wasn’t my fault! Some lady bumped into me and she spilled her wine all over i-
	+ Madelina (eye rolling): Do you have any idea how hard I worked to design that dress?! And how much money I paid to have it made?!
	+ Marionette (nervous smile): And I’m so sorry for this, but... Does that mean you won’t let me borrow your dresses anymore?
	+ Madelina (crossing her arms): ...
	+ Madelina (blushing): I’ll take that as a no-

Suddenly something crashes into the balcony....

* + Shirley’s voice: AHHH!!!
	+ Madelina (smirking): Looks like something crashed into your balcony, maybe you should go and see what it is...
	+ Marionette (glad): Yes!

Marionette heads to the balcony...

* + Shirley (pissed): Did you really have to crash again?! Can’t you find another way to get in?!
	+ Ekho and Bambi (Ekho; sweating): I’m sorry...
	+ Norah (smirking): Marie, looks like you’ve hot another delivery.
	+ Ekho and Bambi (Ekho; curious): Is Marionette Patrick here? We have a package for her.
	+ Marionette (excited): I’ll take this! Thanks!
	+ Ekho and Bambi (Bambi; smiling): Urp urp!

Marionette opens the package and finds a purple dress...

* + Marionette (shocked): That’s the dress you wore to the bonfire!
	+ Madelina (innocent smirk): I thought since this is a coronation party, you needed to look extra fancy for the occasion...
	+ Marionette (blushing): Thank you so much, Madz! And... uh... Sorry again to what happened to your dress...
	+ Madelina (serious): Don’t mention it. But if you ruin that dress too, you can forget ever borrowing from me again! Got it?
	+ Marionette (nervous grin): Got it.
	+ Madelina (blowing a kiss): Au Revoir.

Madelina ends the Iris message...

* + Marionette (stripping herself): Shirley, could you help me put on this dress?
	+ Shirley (neutral): Of course!

Shirley helps Marionette in the dress...

* + Marionette (posing sexy): What do you think? Do I look sexy?
	+ Norah (laughing): Careful! You may steal the emperor’s limelight!
	+ Marionette (innocent smirk): What do you think, Kaleb?
	+ Marionette (confused): Kaleb?
	+ Norah (eye rolling): He’s probably somewhere at the garden reading one of his lame books!
	+ Norah (crossing his arms): Shirley, could you go tell him to get his ass back here?!
	+ Shirley (serious): As you wish, milady!

Shirley goes to fetch Kaleb...

As Norah suspected, Kaleb is sitting under a tree in the garden, reading “The Iliad”. He had relieved himself from any weapons or armory, wearing nothing but a white cloth wrapped around his hips...

* + Kaleb (reading): For thee I mourn, and mourn myself in thee. The wretched source of all this misery. The fate I caused, for ever I bemoa-

Suddenly, he feels his crotch itching- A fig fell from the tree, directly to his bullocks.

* + Kaleb (in pain): OW!
	+ Audenzia’s voice: Oops... sorry!
	+ Kaleb (confused): Huh? Who’s-

Kaleb looks up and sees Audenzia sitting on the tree, eating a fig...

* + Kaleb (smiling): Audenzia!
	+ Audenzia (smiling): Hehe...

They then hear a cracking sounds and suddenly, the branch Audenzia is sitting on breaks...

* + Kaleb (shocked): AUDENZIA!
	+ Audenzia (falling): AHHHH!!!

Luckily, Kaleb manages to catch her...

* + Kaleb and Audenzia (Kaleb; carrying Audenzia; worried): Are you okay?! Did you break any bones?!
	+ Kaleb and Audenzia (Audenzia; giggling): Hehe...
	+ Kaleb and Audenzia (Kaleb; stern): This is not funny! You could’ve gotten hur-
	+ Kaleb and Audenzia (kissing): ...

Audenzia responds with a kiss, spitting what she was eating into his mouth...

* + Kaleb (tasting): Mmm...
	+ Audenzia (smirking; offering her fig): You want more?
	+ Kaleb (grinning): Don’t mind if I do...

Kaleb takes a bite and starts chewing...

* + Kaleb (chewing): Mmmm...

Once he is done chewing, he kisses Audenzia and feeds her...

* + Kaleb and Audenzia (kissing): ...

They lay on the grass and each take turns taking a bite from a fig, chewing it and feeding themselves mouth-to-mouth...

* + Kaleb and Audenzia (kissing): ...

Eventually they finish the fig and Kaleb continues reading his book...

* + Kaleb (reading): Sad Hele-
	+ Audenzia (nosey): What are you reading?
	+ Kaleb (awkward grin): That?! Nothing that you’d be interested in, just don’t bother-
	+ Audenzia (smiling): But I want to see!

Audenzia peeks at the novel and reads...

* + Audenzia (reading): Sad Helen has no friend, now thou art gone! Through Troy's wide streets abandon'd shall I roam! In Troy deserted, as abhorr'd at home!
	+ Kaleb (shocked): How did you- From where did you learn to speak Greek?!
	+ Audenzia (shrugging her shoulders): I don’t know. No one taught it to me. I just happen to understand it somehow!
	+ Kaleb (thinking): Hmmm...
	+ Audenzia (coughing): *coughing*
	+ Kaleb (concerned): Audenzia, are you sure you are fine?! You seem sick to me!
	+ Audenzia (holding her head): I am fine... I’m just... There is something I have to tell you...
	+ Kaleb (sad): Well... There is something I need to tell you too...
	+ Audenzia (smiling): Why don’t we start with you then? What do you have to tell me?
	+ Kaleb (serious): Audenzia... I am leaving...
	+ Audenzia (shocked): Leaving?! You mean leaving the palace or-
	+ Kaleb (covering his face): No babe. The Patricii are returning to their home and I have to go with them. We’re leaving Rome.
	+ Audenzia (worried): W-when?
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): Depends on our circumstances. Hopefully soon...
	+ Audenzia (sad): Hopefully? Don’t you want to stay with me...
	+ Kaleb (shocked): Audenzia- I... I didn’t mean it that way!
	+ Kaleb (blushing): Of course I want to be with you, I was going to ask you... If you want to join us...
	+ Audenzia (shocked): Join you?! You’re asking me to leave Rome and come with you?!
	+ Kaleb (awkward grin): I know that was too much to ask... But I thought since your family refuses to acknowledge you, you wouldn’t mind leaving them behind...
	+ Audenzia (blushing): Callicrates, this is a really big decision for me to make. I need some time to think about it...
	+ Kaleb (warm smile): Of course. I don’t expect you to make a choice straight away. I’ll take with the Patricii about letting you join us, tell me when you make your decision...
	+ Audenzia (thinking): You know... I find your relationship with the Patricii really strange...
	+ Kaleb (sweating): What do you mean by that?
	+ Audenzia (giggling): They seem oddly nice to you, it’s almost like... They are your friends rather than being your masters...
	+ Kaleb (nervous laugh): Oh... Yeah, haha!
	+ Shirley’s voice: KALEB!
	+ Kaleb (blushing): Oh, Sherise’s calling me! I’ve got to go!

Kaleb quickly puts on his shirt and wears his leather armor...

* + Audenzia (confused): Why did she just call you by “Kaleb”?
	+ Kaleb (nervous smile): That- Oh! That’s just my nickname!
	+ Audenzia (smiling): Oh, I see. Well, I’ll see you at the coronation!

Kaleb finishes dressing up and go down the hill, forgetting his sword under the tree...

* + Shirley (relieved): There you are! Norah and Marionette were looking for y-
	+ Kaleb (pissed): Are you thick?! You nearly blew my cover back there!
	+ Kaleb (eye rolling): I thought we told you not to use our real names!
	+ Shirley (sweating): I’m sorry... I-I thought you were alone...
	+ Shirley (panicking): Did someone hear me?!
	+ Kaleb (lying): Thankfully no, but be careful next time!
	+ Kaleb (serious): Anyway, lets go back to our friends!

At the Roman Chapel, the nobles have gathered to witness Gaius Drusus Livius’ coronation...

* + Livius (bowing): ...
	+ Pontifex (preaching; holding a golden laurel wreath): As he holds the holy properties and is crowned in this holy place, I present to who forward... Gaius Drusus Livius, emperor of Rome!

The pontifex places the crown on Livius’ head...

* + Livius (saluting): ....
	+ Nobles (clapping): ...
	+ Claudilla (whispering): That is unfair. This should’ve been you!
	+ Carolus (holding his anger): ...

Following the ceremony, the guests went to the Great hall to enjoy a night of music and dance...

* + Claudilla (smirking): So how does it feel, now that you’re the emperor, my dearest cousin...
	+ Livius (nervous): It feels strange... As if a weight of responsibilities was just put on my shoulders...
	+ Claudilla (grinning): It’s a stressful job, but you’ll learn to love it. And if you feel like you’re struggling, you could always turn to Carolus! He knows how to play this game!
	+ Livius (polite smile): I’ll be sure to take your advice. Thank you.
	+ Carolus (whispering): Pst... Some people will line up to speak with you. So hold your composure, and don’t let anyone know you’re nervous!
	+ Livius (nervous): *sigh* Bring them in...

The first person to approach him is Discordia...

* + Discordia (lending her hand for a kiss): Your majesty...
	+ Livius (shocked): Lady Discordia!

Livius kisses her hand...

* + Livius (awkward grin): It’s a surprise seeing you here! I thought... Only nobles were invited here, how did you get in?
	+ Discordia (smirking): Through one of my clients. I thought you may need someone to entertain your guests...
	+ Livius (blushing): That is very thoughtful of you... Uh... Was there anything you wanted to talk with me about...
	+ Discordia (warm smile): Nothing, except... I wanted to thank you for pardoning me back at the orgy, no man have ever shown such compassion towards me...
	+ Livius (serious): I only did what I thought was right. No man has the right to put his hands on a woman against her consent.
	+ Discordia (winking): You have a high moral ground. I’m glad someone like you is ruling our empire. If your wife ever bores you, please invite me to your palace...
	+ Discordia (grinning): I’ve got a thing for redheads...
	+ Livius (awkward smile): I’ll put your... offer into consideration. It was nice talking with you.

The next guest is Simona...

* + Livius (curious): And who might you be?
	+ Simona (bowing): Lady Simona Severa, it is an honor to meet you.
	+ Livius (thinking): Lady Severa... I recognize that name, you’ve caused quite a lot of trouble back at the Colosseum, I’ve heard...
	+ Simona (serious): I was protesting against the mistreatment of gladiator and I thought the beat way to bring attention to it is by doing at the Colosseum while the games are running...
	+ Simona (grinning): And I’ve heard some rumors about your plans to transform Rome...
	+ Livius (concerned): And what do the rumors say?
	+ Simona (curious): Is it true that you have plans of abolishing slavery?
	+ Carolus (pissed): Where did you hear such ridiculou-
	+ Livius (serious): It is true. My fiancée was a former slave and she made me see forced labor in a different light and I decided once I become an emperor, I’ll put an end to it!
	+ Simona (courtesy): As a former slave myself, hearing this warms my heart. I cannot wait to experience your rule...

Simona leaves...

* + Carolus (pissed): Why haven’t you consulted me about this first?!
	+ Livius (crossing his arms): I thought we agreed you wouldn’t question my decisions...
	+ Carolus (holding his head): I did, but that was regarding your personal life! Do you know the uproar such a law would cause from the nobles!
	+ Livius (frowning): We’ll discuss this later, right now I just want to get through the night without arguin-
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Buttox; shocked): Gaius!
	+ Livius (awkward grin): Auntie Butto-

Buttox hugs Livius...

* + Livius and Buttox (hugging): ...
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Buttox; concerned): Are you feeling tired? Don’t you want to rest?
	+ Livius (sweating): Oh no! I am completely fine!
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Buttox; relieved): Thank god you are okay! When I heard someone tried to assassinate you I was so worried!
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Buttox; shocked): I couldn’t sleep at night, knowing you were gravely ill! Sus even visites the palace wanting to check you were okay, but they wouldn’t let him in!
	+ Livius (confused): You did?
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Sussus; embarrassed): That’s not true! I couldn’t care less if the poison had killed him!
	+ Livius (nervous grin): I appreciate your concern, and... Sorry about what I did to you yesterday...
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Sussus; pissed): You better be! My nuts still hurt and mother says I’m not allowed to bring girls home until the pain is gone!
	+ Carolus (grinning): Knowing the rumors, I think the girls here should be thanking your mother...
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Sussus; angry): Hey! You’ve got something to say to me? How about we take it out like me-
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Sussus; getting his ear pulled by his mother): Ow! Mother, stop!
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Buttox; stern): This is Gaius’ special day and I do not want you picking fights today, am I clear?!
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Sussus; feeling his ear): Okay okay, I heard you! Now please stop!
	+ Sussus and Buttox (Buttox; warm smile): That’s my sugar bear, now come join your mother as she greets the nobles...

The Amogi finally go away...

* + Livius (concerned): Where’s Nebet?
	+ Claudilla (crossing her arms): We don’t know, Audenzia said she’ll send a carriage to get her and it’s supposed to be here by now?
	+ Livius (curious): And Audenzia? Is she here yet?
	+ Claudilla (grinning): I am afraid no-
	+ Claudilla (eye rolling): Oh! She came...
	+ Audenzia (blushing): Sorry I came late! I didn’t miss anything by any chance?
	+ Claudilla (looking at her nails): Nothing, except for Livius’ ENTIRE CORONATION.
	+ Audenzia (shocked): I thought you said the ceremony would happen after the party!
	+ Claudilla (innocent smirk): I don’t know what you’re talking about...
	+ Audenzia (furious): You fucking bitch! You made me miss it on purpos-
	+ Livius (nervous grin): Audenzia, it’s okay! It was a boring ceremony anyway, and I wouldn’t have wanted you suffering through it!
	+ Audenzia (crossing her arms): If you say so...
	+ Audenzia (smiling): Anyway, I wanted to speak with you about something..
	+ Audenzia (nervous smile): It is a question...
	+ Livius (smiling): Whatever it is, go ahead, ask me..
	+ Audenzia (biting her lips): If someone came to you, asking for my hand in marriage, would you grant them your blessings?
	+ Livius (serious): It depends on who the person is and whether they are right for you. I’m not throwing you to the first stranger who asks to marry you, and I certainly won’t force you to marry a man you don’t like!
	+ Audenzia (innocent smirk): What if the person comes from a faraway land and plans to take me with him?
	+ Livius (crossing his arms): Then I would turn him away and ban him from ever stepping foot on Rome again!
	+ Audenzia (shocked): But why?!
	+ Livius (stumped): Audenzia, is there something I need to know?
	+ Audenzia (sweating): N-no-
	+ Noblemen (grinning): Damn, look at her jugs!

The imperial family turn to see who’s stealing the guests’ attention and see that they’re all staring at “Marina Patricia”...

* + Norah (awkward grin): Looks like we showed up late...
	+ Marionette (smirking): Kaleb, why the long face?
	+ Kaleb (cross): The men... They’re all looking at you!
	+ Marionette (grinning): So? I’m single and thriving, I don’t see why men aren’t allowed to admire me?
	+ Kaleb (pissed): Except you’re not single!
	+ Marionette (smirking): I am and it’ll stay like this until you fulfill your promise to me!
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): Grrr...
	+ Carolus (grinning): Lady Patricia, may I say you look splendid today!
	+ Marionette (forced smile): Thanks?
	+ Carolus (smirking): Would you mind keeping me busy?
	+ Marionette (sweating): Not at all...

Marionette mouths “SAVE ME” to Norah...

* + Norah (laughing): Hahahaha! Poor her...
	+ Livius (serious): Lord Patricius, can we talk?
	+ Norah (confused): Sure...?

Both Norah and Marionette are occupied, leaving Kaleb by himself...

* + Kaleb (eye rolling): I guess I’m all alone now...

Suddenly he feels someone pulling his arm...

* + Kaleb (startled): Ah!
	+ Audenzia (smiling): Hi...
	+ Kaleb (blushing): Oh... Audenzia, it’s you... What do you want?
	+ Audenzia (seductive smile): Come dance with me...
	+ Kaleb (smirking): Gladly...

While Kaleb is dancing with Audenzia, Norah has a talk with the emperor...

* + Norah (curious): Soooooo your majesty, was there something you wished to talk about?
	+ Livius (serious): Do you want to marry Audenzia?
	+ Norah (blushing): What?! Nooooooooooooooo!
	+ Livius (pissed): Good, because Audenzia belongs in the palace and I’m not letting you take her away!
	+ Norah (shrugging her shoulders): Well, as I said I don’t want to marry her, but I appreciate the offer I guess...
	+ Livius (crossing his arms): I was not offering her to you! I just wanted to make things clear to you!
	+ Norah (curious): That’s cool I guess. Now am I free to lea-

Suddenly a guard gatecrashes the party...

* + Guard (shocked): Your majesty!
	+ Livius (furious): What is going on here?!
	+ Guard (panicking): We have bad news! The lion was sighted at the forum and passerby’s say its claimed a victim!
	+ Livius (shocked): That is horrible! Carolus send your guards to the forum and instruct them to catch the lion before he kills anyone else!
	+ Carolus (serious): It was a pleasure talking to you Lady Patricia, but I fear I must excuse myself!

Carolus leaves Marionette alone...

* + Marionette (eye rolling): Finally!
	+ Norah (serious): Marionette, have you heard the announcement?
	+ Marionette (serious): Yes, we need to get to the forum before Carolus and his guards do!

**You are now playing as Marionette Patrick.**

## Chapter 1

* Investigate the forum (Victim identified: Nebet).
	+ Norah (covering her face): This must be the victim we were told about. I cannot believe Hippomenes dis something like this, but I shouldn’t be surprised seeing how he was at the arena...
	+ Norah (shocked): Oh my gods! I recognize the victim too, that’s Nebet!
	+ Norah (blushing): Or it could be her twin sister, Nefertiti. Honestly, I can’t tell the difference between the two...
	+ Norah (covering her face): Whoever of the twins she is, it’s awful what happened to her and I kind of feel we’re responsible for thi-
	+ Norah (confused): Are those shackles on her arms?! It seems that someone tied her up to the fountain.
	+ Norah (shocked): So that means someone set her up to be mauled by Hippomenes! This wasn’t just a regular lion attack, that was murder!
	+ Norah (pissed): Whoever set that up, they cannot get away with it! We have to start investigating!
	+ Norah (thinking): But first we need to figure out who the victim is, because it could be two possible people!
	+ Vesma (shocked): The lion! Is it gone?!
	+ Vesma (worried): I told one of the forum guards about it and he said he’ll get the emperor’s men to catch it!
	+ Vesma (panicking): I want to go out and buy some figs but I fear the beast will attack me!
	+ Norah (serious): So you were the one who reported the attack? If you don’t mind, we need to speak with you!
* Ask Vesma if she’s witnessed the murder (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the forum).
	+ Norah (serious): High priestess Vesma, I believe you must remember remember us...
	+ Vesma (pissed): Oh, I do! You’re the rascals who got my priests expelled and made the temple lose its value!
	+ Norah (pissed): And we did it for the right reasons! They were being mistreated here and it was about time they became free!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): But we aren’t here to argue over this, we want to know more about the lion attack you’ve witnessed.
	+ Vesma (crossing her arms): I had a cold and I went to a doctor to get some medicine...
	+ Vesma (shocked): And on my way back to the temple, I saw the lion lurking in the forum!
	+ Vesma (panicking): I was terrified so I went to the closest guard I’ve seen and I alerted him about that feline!
	+ Vesma (covering her face): Unfortunately my warning came a little late as that beast already claimed a victim! Poor Nebet didn’t deserve to have her life taken so soon!
	+ Norah (shocked): Wait?! You knew the victim?!
	+ Vesma (sympathetic): Yes, she was such a devoted follower of Vesta! She came to the temple every day the past two weeks to send offerings to the goddess!
	+ Vesma (covering her face): If only she’s come from a noble family... She would’ve been a great addition to the temple!
	+ Vesma (disgusted): Unlike that sister of hers! I heard she became a prostitute after being retired from the palace! Once a whore, always a whore I say!
	+ Norah (serious): Your holiness, we believe what happened to Nebet may have been a set up! She was tied up to the fountain when we found her!
	+ Vesma (shocked): Are you saying it was a murder?! My gods, that is awful to hear!
	+ Vesma (covering her face): I didn’t see someone tying her up, I thought she simply came into the beast’s way!
	+ Vesma (pissed): I hope however set her up gets their well-earned punishment!
	+ Norah (covering her face): That wasn’t that helpful, but at least we know which one of the twins get killed...
	+ Norah (sympathetic): And I’m afraid we have to go tell Nefertiti of her sister’s death...
* Inform Nefertiti of her sister’s death (1 star; Pre-request: Ask Vesma if she’s witnesses the murder).
	+ Nefertiti (shocked): Are you telling me my sister is dead?!
	+ Nefertiti (pissed): But how could this happen?! And today of all days too! I had just done her makeup and censed her with my best perfume so she could come to the palace looking her best!
	+ Nefertiti (crying): Today was meant to be her happy day! She wasn’t supposed to die! Why does the world have to be so cruel!
	+ Norah (sympathetic): We understand that you’re overtaken with grief, but we need you to answer some questions to help us find your sister’s killer...
	+ Norah (curious): You said that you prepped her up today, does that mean she stayed up at your place last night?
	+ Neferiti (wiping her eyes): Yes, the place has requested me to let her stay over until the emperor’s coronation day comes...
	+ Nefertiti (shocked): They told me they suspect there’s an assassin at the palace, and when I heard this I was more than happy to have my sister with me to keep her safe!
	+ Nefertiti (tearful): But it looks like I’ve failed her! She would have been better off staying with them!
	+ Nefertiti (covering her face): Her room is over there if you wish to search it. And if you want to talk with me, I’ll be binging figs to ease my sorrow...
	+ Norah (sympathetic): We hope that you cope well with your loss. We’ll leave you by yourself for now, but we may come back with more questions...
	+ Norah (serious): Marina, lets go late a look at Nebet’s bedroom!
* Investigate Nebet’s bedroom (Pre-request: Inform Nefertiti of her sister’s death)
	+ Norah (confused): Marionette, what do you think Nefertiti meant when she said today is Nebet’s “happy day”?! Do you think Nebet may be getting married?! Could that be why she was wearing a white dress?
	+ Norah (curious): Inspecting her room should be giving us answers, what have you found here?
	+ Norah (shocked): A message? And look it’s from Audenzia!
	+ Norah (smiling): It’s asking Nebet to wait at the fountain for a carriage to get her. Look, I’m finally getting good at Latin!
	+ Norah (shocked): But that’s where Nebet got killed!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): You’re right, this is fishy... We need to go talk to Audenzia about this. I’m hoping this is just some coincidence...
* Ask Audenzia why she asked Nebet to wait at the fountain (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate Nebet’s bedroom).
	+ Audenzia (shocked): You’re back! Where have you been and why did you storm out of the hall without any explanation?!
	+ Norah (sweating): We wanted to go help capture the lion, we’re sorry if we came off a little rude...
	+ Audenzia (smiling): No offense taken, but you needn’t to trouble yourself, the imperial guards could handle this alone! You’re guests in the party and you deserve to have fun too!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): I’m afraid we are occupied with other matters. While we were at the forum, we found the dead body of Nebet...
	+ Audenzia (covering her face): So she was the one the lion killed... I was afraid that would happen when I heard the news...
	+ Norah (serious): Her arms were tied to the fountain, so we believe there was human involvement, and we found that message you had written to her...
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): Now we don’t want to throw accusations at you, but you realize how suspicious this makes you?
	+ Audenzia (sweating): I do and... I have an explanation...
	+ Audenzia (covering her face): I’m sure her sister already told you this, but after Livius got poisoned, he suspected that the assassin may be someone from the palace and became worried for the people living here...
	+ Audenzia (serious): So he requested me to send Nebet to live with her sister until the day of his coronation and I asked Nebet to wait near the fountain where I’d send a carriage to take her back to the palace!
	+ Audenzia (shocked): I had no idea the lion would be there! If I had known, I would’ve asked her to wait elsewhere! I wouldn’t have her risk getting herself killed!
	+ Norah (thinking): Livius seems to care a lot for Nebet...
	+ Audenzia (crossing her arms): Yeah, quite a lot...
	+ Norah (covering her face): I’m glad that you explained yourself, but I’m afraid that you’re still a prime suspect for the murder. We may come back to talk with you soon, so don’t get too comfortable with the drinks.
* Autopsy the victim’s body (Killer attribute: The killer eats figs; Killer attribute: The killer has a fever).
	+ Norah (covering her face): Kaleb, did the killer leave anything behind while they were tying Nebet up?
	+ Kaleb (thinking): Yes, while I was looking at the body I found a couple of seeds which had a soft texture to it..
	+ Kaleb (serious): I analyzed them and it turns out they came from figs and since I couldn’t find any traces of the fruit in Nebet’s digestive system, this means it must’ve come from her killer!
	+ Kaleb (thinking): I also found traces of cucumber juice on the shackles!
	+ Norah (disgusted): Cucumber juice?! Who’d drink that?!
	+ Kaleb (crossing her arms): You’d be surprised but Romans believed that cucumber could heal fevers away...
	+ Kaleb (serious): Since the victim seemed perfectly healthy before she died, this means your killer must be suffering from a fever!
	+ Norah (serious): Well, when we find them they’ll be suffering a long time behind bars!

At the great hall...

* + Norah (crossing her arms): Nebet may have been killed by Hippomenes, but the shackles on her arms suggest that someone else was involved in her death...
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): Kaleb suspects the killer may have a fever, and Vesma mentioned that she’s went to the doctor today..
	+ Norah (thinking): We also know that she eats figs, as well as Nefertiti...
	+ Norah (covering her face): Audenzia doesn’t seem to fit any of our clues so far, but the fact she asked Nebet to wait at the fountain makes her our most likely suspects-
	+ Kaleb (shocked): Wait?! Did you say that Audenzia is a suspect in the murder?!
	+ Norah (curious): Yeah, is there a problem?!
	+ Kaleb (blushing): Well, I’ve met before the party at the garden and she was eating from the fig tree I was laying under...
	+ Kaleb (concerned): I’ve also noticed that she was coughing excessively, and I think may be ill...
	+ Norah (raising an eyebrow): What were you even doing with Audenzia?
	+ Kaleb (sweating): We just happened to cross pathes that’s al-
	+ Centurions (Centurion 1; serious): Lord and Lady Patricii, the emperor requests to see you at his office immediately!

## Chapter 2

* + Norah (crossing her arms): Nebet may have been killed by Hippomenes, but the shackles on her arms suggest that someone else was involved in her death...
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): Kaleb suspects the killer may have a fever, and Vesma mentioned that she’s went to the doctor today..
	+ Norah (thinking): We also know that she eats figs, as well as Nefertiti...
	+ Norah (covering her face): Audenzia doesn’t seem to fit any of our clues so far, but the fact she asked Nebet to wait at the fountain makes her our most likely suspects-
	+ Kaleb (shocked): Wait?! Did you say that Audenzia is a suspect in the murder?!
	+ Norah (curious): Yeah, is there a problem?!
	+ Kaleb (blushing): Well, I’ve met before the party at the garden and she was eating from the fig tree I was laying under...
	+ Kaleb (concerned): I’ve also noticed that she was coughing excessively, and I think may be ill...
	+ Norah (raising an eyebrow): What were you even doing with Audenzia?
	+ Kaleb (sweating): We just happened to cross pathes that’s al-
	+ Centurions (Centurion 1; serious): Lord and Lady Patricii, the emperor requests to see you at his office immediately!
	+ Norah (confused): The emperor wants to see us? But for what reason?
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): Whatever it is, you should go, it is impolite to keep him waiting.
	+ Norah (serious): I guess we’ll have to put the investigation on hold. Norah, lets go see the emperor!
* Meet the emperor at his office (1 star).
	+ Norah (curious): You’ve requested to see us, Your Majesty-
	+ Livius (pissed; tearful): Tell me everything you know about the murder, NOW!
	+ Norah (blushing): You mean Nebet’s?
	+ Livius (furious): Who else could I be talking about? Of course I meant hers!
	+ Norah (sweating): Well... We went to the forum so that we could help your guards capture the lion and we found her body on the fountain...
	+ Norah (serious): Her wounds suggests that she was definitely killed by the lion, but she was tied up when we found her which makes us believe there was human involvement.
	+ Livius (crying): This is all my fault! I knew the danger I was putting her in when I asked to marry her, I should’ve left her alone to be free and love another man!
	+ Norah (shocked): You and Nebet were engaged?!
	+ Livius (wiping his tears): We were. I proposed her the day I received the last emperor’s will. I planned to introduce in the party as my bride!
	+ Livius (sad): I made her leave the palace last night, hoping to keep her safe from any assassins. I should have thought about the lion! I should’ve let her stay!
	+ Livius (furious): I won’t let her murder go unpunished! I want you to find whoever’s responsible for her death and bring them to The Colosseum! I’ll make them pay for what they did to my Nebet!

Outside the office...

* + Norah (covering her face): I feel bad for the emperor! Losing your soulmate is bad enough, but at the day of your wedding? That’s rough!
	+ Norah (thinking): I don’t want to sound insensitive, however he was poisoned just yesterday meaning he’s still in the process of recovery and not at his best health, which aligns with one of our clues...
	+ Norah (shocked): How could I forget! Wasn’t Audenzia engaged to the emperor earlier?!
	+ Norah (covering her face): And here we learn he’s marrying another woman, who happens to be our victim!
	+ Norah (serious): This with the fact she’s lured Nebet to the crime scene makes her highly suspect, we have to go speak to her again!
* Ask Audenzia how she feels about Livius’ engagement to Nebet (1 star; Pre-request: Meet the emperor at the office).
	+ Norah (curious): Audenzia, we just came from a visit to the emperor, why didn’t you tell us that Nebet was engaged to his majesty?
	+ Audenzia (crossing her arms): I thought everyone in the palace were informed of their engagement, so I fail to see how it’s my responsibility to tell you?
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): You don’t seem very pleased about their relationship, could it be jealousy?
	+ Audenzia (furious): I’m not jealous! I’m ANGRY! That all the efforts I put to make him fall for me went to waste!
	+ Audenzia (pissed): I made sure I dressed my best when I came to see him! I wore the most pricey perfumes whenever I’m around him, and yet he jilts me for another woman!
	+ Audenzia (sad): I’m not going to pretend that I love Livius, at least not romantically, but marrying was my way to be recognized by the Imperial family! They would’ve had no choice but to consider me one of their own!
	+ Audenzia (pissed): And he decides to take that away from me because he fell head-over-heels for a woman who’s only after his power!
	+ Norah (raising a brow): And what makes you think Nebet is only in it for that?
	+ Audenzia (crossing her arms): It’s logical! She is a former slave and Livius is the emperor, she’s got so much to gain from marrying him!
	+ Audenzia (serious): And I didn’t tell that to Livius as I didn’t want to cause a drift between him and Carolus. But before Livius arrived in the palace, I’ve noticed how often Nebet and Carolus were spending time together...
	+ Norah (shocked): Are you saying Nebet and Carolus had a fling?!
	+ Audenzia (crossing her arms): I’m not sure, but it seems very likely to me!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): Well, thank you for this new information. My sister and I shall go and speak with Carolus about this...
* Question Carolus about his relationship with the victim (1 star; Pre-request: Ask Audenzia how she feels about Livius’ engagement to Nebet).
	+ Norah (nervous grin): Commander, did your men happen to catch the lion by any chance?
	+ Carolus (serious): I’m afraid not, but my men are supervising the streets in order to keep track on him.
	+ Norah (sweating): That’s great... Anyway, I suppose that you’ve heard about Nebet’s death...
	+ Carolus (eye rolling): Oh, I did! The emperor has been crying about it since he received the news! I tried to tell him he had to man up and stop weeping as it’d make him look weak, but it seems like it made it worse!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): Obviously, he’s just lost a loved one! And it’s strange you’re acting this way considering what Audenzia told us about your relationship with the victim.
	+ Carolus (shocked): What did Audenzia tell you?
	+ Norah (thinking): She told us that you two spent a lot of time together before Livius came to the palace, and suggests that you two had a fling...
	+ Carolus (relieved): Phew...
	+ Carolus (eye rolling): I can assure you that is false. I’m an honorable Roman man and I would never associate myself with a slave, romantically! Just thinking about this makes me want to barf!
	+ Norah (curious): Then can you explain the visits you’ve been giving to her?
	+ Carolus (crossing his arms): Most of them were to punish her. You see, Nebet wasn’t exactly the most competent slave...
	+ Carolus (pissed): She often fails to fulfill her tasks, for example I asked her once to pick fruits for me and some of the figs she brought were unripe!
	+ Carolus (eye rolling): She also had a habit of breaking things, like an expensive perfume bottle that I’ve purchased for Claudilla!
	+ Carolus (serious): But regardless what I think of her, her murder is an attack toward his majesty and I trust you to find out who is responsible for this!

At the Great Hall...

* + Norah (thinking): Marionette, when I think about it, Livius’ engagement to Nebet is a subject of controversy...
	+ Norah (eye rolling): I seriously doubt the nobles would accept their emperor marrying a “riff-raff”.
	+ Norah (serious): Could one of them be responsible for her death? I think we should take a look at the great hall!
* Investigate the Great Hall.
	+ Norah (thinking): Have you noticed any nobles that you find particularly suspicious...? No?
	+ Norah (curious): What are you looking at? A broken tablet?
	+ Norah (thinking): It could be addressed to anyone here but I guess we should restore it?
* Restore broken defixio (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the Great Hall).
	+ Norah (confused): We may have fixed the tablet, but I don’t understand what’s written on it. What the hell are those symbols?! They don’t look Latin to me!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): Maybe Kaleb might know! We should sent it to him!
* Send the defixio to Kaleb (Killer attribute: The killer wears perfume).
	+ Kaleb (shocked): The tablet you sent me didn’t contain just any message, that’s a defixio!
	+ Norah (confused): A def- what?! English please?!
	+ Kaleb (serious): A defixio is a curse tablet, the one you gave me is a death curse and it is addressed for Nebet!
	+ Norah (shocked): Does that mean its from our killer?! Did you figure out who wrote it?
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): No, but I did find traces of myrrh, maybe cinnamon, lily. Common materials used to make perfumes.
	+ Norah (serious): So the killer wears perfumes? Once we find them they’ll be wearing something else- Handcuffs!

Later...

* + Norah (thinking): So far three of our suspects mentioned being in contact with perfume- Audenzia, Carolus and Nefertiti...
	+ Norah (thinking): And I believe I smelt a hint of perfume when talking with Livius, which makes sense since its his coronation day...
	+ Norah (serious): Marionette, I think we should go back to Nefertiti’s place and look at Nebet’s room again!
* Investigate the bedside.
	+ Norah (thinking): I can’t find anything, what about you Marie?
	+ Norah (grinning): This seems to be an artwork of Nebet and Livius on the aisle, how cheesy!
	+ Norah (shocked): Look at the caption, “That should’ve been me!”, who wrote this?
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): Seeing there’s only two inhabitants at this place, this could only be one person: Nefertiti! Looks like she wasn’t so happy for her sister as she made us believe. Lets go talk to her!
* Confront Nefertiti for her envy toward her sister (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the bedside).
	+ Norah (serious): Miss Nefertiti, we found this artwork at your sister’s room and we suspects that you may have defaced it, can you explain what you meant by “This should’ve been me”?
	+ Nefertiti (furious): Because it should have! I deserve to be there more than her!
	+ Nefertiti (eye rolling): I’ve served as the last emperor’s concubine for nearly five years, waiting for him to ask for my hand!
	+ Nefertiti (appalled): And he ends up dismissing me because apparently I’m “too old”?!
	+ Nefertiti (pissed): Yet Nebet gets to be with the new emperor for only a few weeks, doesn’t even sleep with him and she already gets engaged to him?!
	+ Nefertiti (furious): That is not fair! It was my dream to become empress, my ambition! Nebet knew that and yet she decides to steal it from me!
	+ Norah (curious): Have you thought that maybe your sister isn’t in it for the throne? Maybe she’s marrying the emperor because she actually loves him?
	+ Nefertiti (eye rolling): Don’t be silly! No one could find that scrawny ginger attractive! The isea is laughable!
	+ Norah (offended): Ouch, you really had to go there.
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): Anyway, your jealousy toward your sister is understandable. But we do hope it didn’t blind you into murdering her!

Walking out of Nefertiti’s place...

* + Norah (thinking): Nebet may not have been a bad person, but it looks like she may have angered a few people...
	+ Norah (covering her face): Both her sister and Audenzia seem to be jealous that she won over the emperor’s heart...
	+ Norah (eye rolling): And as for Carolus, he claims she was “incompetent”, but that’s probably just him being a douche...
	+ Shirley (shocked): Lady Patrick! Dame Cambright!
	+ Norah (shocked): Shirley, lower your voice! You know you shouldn’t be using our real names?
	+ Shirley (sweating): I’m sorry, I-I forgot...
	+ Norah (confused): What are you doing here anyway?!
	+ Shirley (panicking): Carolus’ men found the lion! They’re taking him to the great hall!

## Chapter 3

* + Norah (thinking): Nebet may not have been a bad person, but it looks like she may have angered a few people...
	+ Norah (covering her face): Both her sister and Audenzia seem to be jealous that she won over the emperor’s heart...
	+ Norah (eye rolling): And as for Carolus, he claims she was “incompetent”, but that’s probably just him being a douche...
	+ Shirley (shocked): Lady Patrick! Dame Cambright!
	+ Norah (shocked): Shirley, lower your voice! You know you shouldn’t be using our real names?
	+ Shirley (sweating): I’m sorry, I-I forgot...
	+ Norah (confused): What are you doing here anyway?!
	+ Shirley (panicking): Carolus’ men found the lion! They’re taking him to the great chapel!
	+ Norah (shocked): You’ve got to be kidding me!
	+ Norah (worried): This isn’t good, what if Livius ends up blaming Hippomenes for Nebet’s death and has him killed?!
	+ Norah (panicking): We’ve got to go to the chapel immediately!

At the chapel...

* + Carolus and his guards (Carolus; serious): You’re majesty, we’ve done what you told us! We managed to capture the lion!
	+ Hippomenes (furious): ROAR!
	+ Carolus and his guards (Carolus; curious): What do you wish for us to do with it?
	+ Livius (sad): ...
	+ Livius (holding his head): Lock him up. I will decide what to do should be done with it later...
	+ Livius (pissed): The lion did not act alone in my fiancée’s murder, and I’d like for the true perpetrator to be found first before I set any punishment!
	+ Carolus and his guards (Carolus; bowing): As you wish, your majesty...

The chapel is now empty...

* + Norah (relieved): Thank gods! Hippomenes is okay!
	+ Norah (covering her face): But we don’t know for how long the emperor would be set on his decision...
	+ Norah (serious): We’ll have to free Hippomenes again, but first we need to find Nebet’s killer!
	+ Norah (thinking): Since we are at the chapel, why don’t we take a look around?
* Investigate the chapel.
	+ Norah (thinking): That scarab necklace looks very... Ancient, even in this place...
	+ Norah (serious): This could be an artifact! But how did it get here? We have to let Kaleb examine it?
	+ Norah (curious): Other than this, was there anything else you found?
	+ Norah (confused): That’s a message to our victim and its basically calling her a whore!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): But who would send such a demeaning message to her?
	+ Norah (thinking): I see red strands sticking, maybe we should collect them for Kaleb and who could tell us who it is from?
* Send scarab necklace to Kaleb (Pre-request: Investigate the chapel).
	+ Kaleb (serious): You two were right about the necklace. As you have suspected, it is an artifact dating back two thousands of years ago!
	+ Kaleb (shocked): And the necklace actually belongs to Cleopatra!
	+ Norah (shocked): You mean THE Cleopatra?!
	+ Kaleb (serious): Yeah, and I’ve also found your victim’s fingerprints all over it!
	+ Norah (confused): What was Nebet doing with that necklace?! How did she even get her hands on it?!
	+ Kaleb (sweating): Well, I was curious too. So I did an ancestry test on her and get that! She is a distant relative of Leonora’s!
	+ Norah (amazed): Woah, really?!
	+ Norah (confused): And what’s that got to do with her possessing Cleopatra’s belongings?
	+ Kaleb (stumped): Norah, Leonora is a direct descendent of Cleopatra, and if Nebet is related to her-
	+ Norah (shocked): That makes Nebet a descendent of Cleopatra as well. Alright, I hear you!
	+ Norah (blushing): But wait- Isn’t Livius a descendent of Augustus? He and Cleopatra were like, mortal enemies!
	+ Norah (shocked): Can you imagine the scandal it could cause when this breaks out?! Do you think Livius even knew about this?!
	+ Norah (serious): There’s one way to find out, we’ve got to go ask him ourselves!
* Ask Livius if he knew about Nebet’s ancestry (1 star; Pre-request: Send scarab necklace to Kaleb).
	+ Norah (curious): Your majesty? We found that necklace inside the chapel. Were you aware Nebet was a descendent of Cleopatra?
	+ Livius (covering his face): Oh god... I was afraid someone was going to find out...
	+ Livius (serious): But yes I was aware of this, she’s opened up about it two days ago...
	+ Norah (blushing): Forgive me for bringing that up, but didn’t your families have a... bad history?
	+ Livius (crossing his arms): I am aware of this, I am not ignorant. But that didn’t change how I feel about Nebet, whatever our families done to each other, it has nothing to do with us.
	+ Livius (covering his face): Still, I knew about the backlash I would receive from the nobles for this, they already are judging me for marrying a former slave, I don’t want them to accuse me of “sleeping with the enemy”.
	+ Livius (sad): So I asked Nebet to keep it a secret for both my sake and hers...
* Examine demeaning message (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the chapel).
	+ Norah (serious): Now that we’ve hit the strands, lets have Kaleb take a look at them!
* Send red strands to Kaleb (Pre-request: Examine demeaning message).
	+ Norah (curious): Kaleb, did you identify where those red strands have come from?
	+ Kaleb (serious): I did and they came from vittae!
	+ Norah (confused): Vittae?!
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): They are red ribbons that hang from an infula.
	+ Norah (stumped): And I’m supposed to know what the hell is that?
	+ Kaleb (impatient): Seriously Norah?! You literally brought it to me once! It’s the cap the Vestal Virgins wear on their head!
	+ Norah (confused): So that thing is called an infula? What a weird name.
	+ Norah (thinking): But that means we know whoever wrote this message for our victim is a Vestal virgin.
	+ Norah (confused): And there’s only one priestess at the Temple of Vesta: Vesma! But why would she call Nebet a whore after all the praise she’s give her?!
	+ Norah (pissed): Lets fo grill her about this!
* Confront Vesma for calling the victim a “whore” (1 star; Pre-request: Send red strands to Kaleb).
	+ Norah (confused): High priestess Vesma, you had a lot of nice things to say about the victim earlier. So why did you call her a “whore” in this message?
	+ Vesma (pissed): Because Nebet was not the devoted maiden I assumed she was!
	+ Vesma (crossing her arms): She claimed to have taken the vow of celibacy, so I accepted the offerings she gave to the goddess but yesterday, as I was censing the temple with perfume, she had come to me...
	+ Vesma (pissed): And she confessed to having the commander defiling her!
	+ Vesma (horrified): I have allowed the goddess to receive the gifts of a whore!
	+ Norah (pissed): So is that why you shamed her? A girl tells you she got raped and you blame her for it?
	+ Vesma (eye rolling): You know men! They have no self-control! Nebet should have been more cautious, then she wouldn’t have lost her virtue!
	+ Norah (disgusted): I can’t believe what I’m hearing! I do not know who is worse- Carolus or you!
	+ Norah (pissed): And speaking of Carolus, I think it is time we confront him tor this!
	+ Confront Carolus for raping Nebet (1 star; Pre-request: Confront Vesma for calling the victim a “whore”).
	+ Carolus (grinning; raising a glass of wine): Hey, have you come to congratulate me for catching the lion?
	+ Norah (crossing his arms): Ha, no! We came to talk about what you’ve done to Nebet!
	+ Carolus (crossing his arms): I have no idea what you are talking about.
	+ Norah (furious): We know that you raped her!
	+ Carolus (shocked): W-who told you about this?!
	+ Norah (stumped): So you admit it is true?
	+ Carolus (pissed): As I said, I have no idea what you’re talking about. So I advise you to go before you say something you’ll regret!
	+ Norah (angry): You can deny the accusations all you like. But if we find out you killed Nebet just to silence her, I’m sure the emperor has a special punishment saved for you!

Outside the palace...

* + Norah (angry): We should’ve pressed harder on Carolus! We can’t let him get away from what he’s done to Nebet!
	+ Norah (holding her anger): I need to calm down. What Carolus did to her is monstrous, but right now our priority is to find her killer!
	+ Norah (serious): It’s about time we gave the crime scene another look, lets go!
* Investigate the fountain.
	+ Norah (thinking): This looks like a veil a bride would wear, except instead of being white it’s... orange?
	+ Norah (curious): We know the victim was about to get married, could this be hers? I think we should sent this to Kaleb...
	+ Norah (shocked): And we should definitely take that rock too! Look at the blood its covered with!
	+ Norah (serious): Hopefully he could get some clues out of these!
* Send bloody rock to Kaleb (Killer attribute: The killer has freckles).
	+ Kaleb (serious): When I examine the rock, I found the blood of two individuals. Some of it was your victim’s, but I also found a feline’s blood!
	+ Norah (curious): A feline? You mean Hippomenes?
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): My guess is that the killer must’ve used the rock to knock out the victim first and then they threw it at the lion to gain his attention.
	+ Kaleb (serious): As a result, he thought Nebet had attacked him and that’s why he killed her!
	+ Norah (angry): So Hippomenes wasn’t a monster! It was a misunderstanding!
	+ Norah (pissed): Did the killer leave anything on the rock?!
	+ Kaleb (thinking): They did, I found traces of snail ashes on the rock...
	+ Kaleb (serious): Snail ashes are a cosmetic used in Ancient times to reduce the prominence of freckles and since the victim had clear skin...
	+ Norah (glad): This could only have come from the killer! Lets write this on our notes!
* Send veil to Kaleb (Killer attribute: The killer wears a golden pin).
	+ Norah (serious): Kaleb, was there anything on the veil that could help us find the killer?
	+ Kaleb (serious): As a matter of fact, there is!
	+ Kaleb (thinking): First, I found tiny golden flecks on the veil, which can only come from jewelry...
	+ Kaleb (serious): I’ve also found scratch marks on the fabric which could only be caused by a pin...
	+ Kaleb (smiling): So putting these together, I conclude that your killer is wearing a golden pin! I’ve added this to their profile!

Later...

* + Norah (serious): The killer may have thought using the lion would cover their tracks, but we are about to prove them wrong! Lets go make an arrest!
* Arrest the killer (Guilty: Vesma).
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): For someone who has a lot of shit to say about the others, you really proved that you are no better by murdering Nebet!
	+ Vesma (furious): How dare you accuse a servant of the goddess of committing such heinous crime! This is blasphemy!
	+ Norah (pissed): It is not blasphemy if it is true! We know the killer eats figs and you’ve told us that you were planning to buy some today!
	+ Vesma (crossing her arms): The Roman empire is built on figs! You may as well arrest the whole empire for the murder!
	+ Norah (eye rolling): Figs may be a common man’s meal, but we also found flecks from your brooch on the victim’s veil!
	+ Vesma (serious): I’m wearing that brooch in honor of the emperor’s coronation day and so is everyone in Rome!
	+ Norah (furious): But not everyone in Rome has your freckles! We found traces of snail ashes on the rock you used to knock Nebet out!
	+ Norah (eye rolling): We know that you killed her! Was it seriously because she hid the truth of her chastity?
	+ Vesma (furious): No, I did it because she was going to taint the Imperial family!
	+ Norah (confused): Taint it? How?!
	+ Vesma (eye rolling): Do I need to say it? She’s a SLAVE! Her blood shouldn’t mix with that of our emperors!
	+ Vesma (pissed): I never wanted to serve the goddess Vesta, like all my fellow priests I was placed her by my parent’s force, with the promise I’ll marry the richest of nobles!
	+ Vesma (sad): I was hoping for several noblemen to line up for me once my service ends! But because of my unfortunate looks, no one did and I failed to find a husband!
	+ Vesma (pissed): My parents disowned me and none of my relative were kind enough to take me in, which left me no choice but to return to the temple for shelter and security!
	+ Vesma (furious): So knowing that slave won the emperor heart infuriated me!
	+ Vesma (pissed): I spent 6 decades serving the goddess Vesta and I fail to find a decent engagement, only to be outmatched by a common slave?!
	+ Vesma (angry): This is unacceptable and I was determined to stop that wedding from happening at all costs!
	+ Vesma (grinning): When I saw Nebet by the fountain, I was fueled with rage. But then I noticed the lion from afar and it gave me an idea...
	+ Vesma (evil smile): I found a rock on the floor and use it to knock her cold and once I tied her up, I threw it at the lion!
	+ Vesma (grinning): I rushed back to the temple so when the lion turned, all it saw Nebet and it mistook her as its attacker!
	+ Vesma (evil smile): And I think you know what happens next...
	+ Norah (pissed): What happens next is that we’ll take you to the Colosseum and the emperor will decide what he’ll do to you! And I hope he gives you the punishment you deserve!

At the Colosseum...

* + Carolus (serious): High priestess Vesma, it appears you are guilty of murdering the emperor’s bride, how do you plead?
	+ Vesma (pissed): Guilty! And I understand his majesty most be cross with me, but I did it for his benefit! The blood of his children should not be tainted by that common woman’s blood!
	+ Carolus (curious): Your majesty, how do you respond to this?
	+ Livius (holding his head): Release the lion...
	+ Carolus (whooping): You’ve heard the emperor! RELEASE THE LION!
	+ Vesma (nervous): What?
	+ Hippomenes (furious): ROAR!
	+ Audience (excited): Kill her! kill her! kill her! kill her!
	+ Vesma (shocked): AHHH!!!

Hippomenes mauls Vesma and she dies the same she killed Nebet...

## The Roman Empire (6/6)

* + Norah (shocked): Man, that was gruesome! I get Vesma might be human trash but did they really have to be this brutal?!
	+ Kaleb (covering his face): The Romans don’t take any attack toward their leaders lightly, you’ve seen what happened to Diodorus and he was by no means a bad person.
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): Well, even if I think they went too far, I’m glad Vesma was punished for Nebet’s murder. I just wish we had proof to hold Carolus accountable for raping her!
	+ Kaleb (serious): Those are matters of Rome, right now, our priority is to get that lion and leave as soon as possible!
	+ Norah (covering her face): Fuck! I was so invested in the case, I’ve forgotten about Hippomenes!
	+ Norah (worried): We have to free him before the emperor decides a punishment for him! But we don’t even know where he is and how to him out of there!
	+ Kaleb (blushing): I’ve been thinking... Maybe its time that we get insider help. Maybe Audenzia knows where the lion is being kept and she could lead us to him!
	+ Norah (eye rolling): Sure, lets go ask her! I’m sure she’s not going to question us for freeing a freaking lion!
	+ Norah (stumped): You know if she tells Livius, we are doomed! He’ll blame us for indirectly leading to Nebet’s death and I do not want to know what punishment he’s got in store for us!
	+ Kaleb (serious): I trust Audenzia and I seriously doubt she’s going to out our mission!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): If you trust her that much, then fine! But if we end up getting caught it’s on y-
	+ Centurions (Centurion 1; serious): Lord and Lady Patricii!
	+ Norah (startled): Ah!
	+ Norah (sweating): Sorry, we didn’t see you coming! Is there a problem?!
	+ Centurions (Centurion 2; serious): His majesty requested to see you at his office!
	+ Norah (confused): Again?! I wonder what he wants this time?!
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): I guess we have no choice but to find out. Lets go!
* See why the emperor called you to his office again (1 star).
	+ Norah and Kaleb (Norah; curious): Your majesty, what have you summoned us for this ti-
	+ Livius (panicking): Shut the door! No one must hear us!
	+ Norah and Kaleb (Kaleb; serious): I’ll handle this.

Kaleb shuts the door..

* + Norah and Kaleb (Norah; confused): So what’s happening, is everyone alright?
	+ Livius (worried): Far from it! My life is in danger and you’re the only ones I can trust!
	+ Livius (holding his head): My assassin is here, I can feel it! The nobles is the only ones who spoke to me back at the Colosseum, it’s got to be one of them!
	+ Norah and Kaleb (Kaleb; curious): You think one of the nobles attempted your murder? Which one do you have in mind?
	+ Livius (panicking): I don’t know! That’s why I summoned you!
	+ Livius (serious): I want you to go to the great hall and observe the nobles! If you find anythinh suspicious, report for me!
	+ Livius (covering his face): Whoever tried to kill me, I fear this may not be their last attempt! My life is in your hands!

Outside the office...

* + Norah (sad): I pity the emperor, if losing the love of his life wasn’t bad enough, he also has to deal with a maniac trying to kill him!
	+ Kaleb (serious): Same. As much as I’d like to leave this empire, we can’t leave him fearing for his life! We have to find out who tried to assassinate him!
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): If only I had searched the goblet for fingerprints, then we wouldn’t be dealing with this...
	+ Norah (thinking): He asked us to observe the great hall for any suspicious activity, maybe we could find something there!
	+ Kaleb (serious): Good thinking, lets go!
* Investigate the great hall (Pre-request: See why the emperor called you to his office again).
	+ Kaleb (curious): I haven’t witnesses anything out of the ordinary thus far, what about you girls?
	+ Norah (scratching her head): Marionette found broken glass pieces on the ground. What do we do with them?
	+ Kaleb (serious): We should restore them! Maybe it may reveal something that could help us!
* Restore broken vial (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the great hall).
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): This looks like a vial. But the content was already spilled out!
	+ Kaleb (thinking): Not completely, there is still some liquid left, just very little..
	+ Norah (shocked): Do you think the liquid inside was used to poison Livius?
	+ Kaleb (serious): It is possible but I need to examine it to be sure! Lets get a sample!
* Examine vial (1 star; Pre-request: Restore broken vial).
	+ Kaleb (glad): Now that we have a sample, I’ll analyze the liquid and see what it is!
* Analyze content of vial (Pre-request: Restore broken vial).
	+ Kaleb (shocked): I analyzed the liquid and its like we thought! The vial contained snake venom, the same substance used to spike the emperor’s drink!
	+ Norah (pissed): So it was dropped by his assassin! I’ve expected them to be more careful!
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): I’ve looked at the vial for fingerprints and I found some belonging to a woman called Portia Brigitta.
	+ Kaleb (serious): I’ve done some research on who that is and it turned out to be one of Lady Messalina’s ladies-in-waiting!
	+ Norah (shocked): Does that mean Claudilla could be involved in the assassination attempt?!
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): It’s possible, or maybe the girl acted alone...
	+ Kaleb (serious): The only we would know is by asking her herself!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): Hopefully she’ll cooperate, I have a feeling this thing is bigger than we think...
* Confront Portia for trying to assassinate the emperor (1 star; Pre-request: Analyze content of vial).
	+ Norah (curious): Are you Portia Brigitta?
	+ Portia (curious): I am. The guards told me you’ve requested to see me?
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): We have. I believe you’ve heard about what happened to the emperor, yesterday?
	+ Portia (nervous): Yes...
	+ Kaleb (serious): You seem a little nervous, is there something you’re hiding...
	+ Portia (sweating): No...
	+ Norah (stumped): Are you sure?
	+ Portia (crossing her arms): I am. Are you done talking now? Milady is waiting for me to be back...
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): Sure, we’ll let you go. But there’s something we’d like to return for you...
	+ Kaleb (holding the vial): I believe you dropped this!
	+ Portia (shocked): ...
	+ Norah (pissed): I guess that confirms it! You tried to kill the emperor, didn’t you?!
	+ Portia (panicking): N-no... I mean, yes, but I didn’t want to do it! L-let me explain!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): We already doubt that you’ve acted in this alone. So just tell us, who ordered you to poison the emperor and why do they want him dead?
	+ Kaleb (curious): Was it your mistress?
	+ Portia (furious): Absolutely not! Claudilla was innocent in all of this!
	+ Portia (covering her face): It was Carolus! He was angry that Emperor Messalinus chose Livius as his successor instead of him, so he wanted to kill Livius hoping he’ll sit on the throne instead!
	+ Portia (panicking): I didn’t want to get involved! He blackmailed me into poisoning the emperor, you have to believe me! I didn’t want to do it!
	+ Kaleb (covering his face): We believe you Portia and we promise you, you are not not in trouble. You may go now.
	+ Norah (angry): So Carolus tried to kill the emperor! We should’ve known! I knew that he couldn’t be trusted!
	+ Kaleb (serious): We have to tell the emperor all about this! He needs to get rid of Carolus before its too late!
	+ Norah (covering her face): I just hope he believes us, chances Carolus could get himself out of this.
* Report Carolus to Livius (1 star; Pre-request: Confront Portia for trying to assassinate the emperor).
	+ Kaleb (serious): Your majesty, we found out who tried to assassinate you!
	+ Livius (shocked): Who are they?!
	+ Norah (serious): Portia Brigitta, a lady-in-waiting!
	+ Livius (pissed): Of course it was her! How could not see it! She was holding a goblet similar to mine when she approached, she must’ve swapped it with mine while I wasn’t looking! She has to be the culprit!
	+ Norah (nervous grin): But before you punish her, there is something you have to know!
	+ Norah (sweating): She claims that... She was blackmailed into poisoning you...
	+ Livius (confused): By whom?
	+ Kaleb (serious): Carolus!
	+ Livius (shocked): Carolus?! I think you may have got this wrong, he would never do this to me! We are like brothers!
	+ Norah (serious): Your majesty, Carolus has done nothing but criticize you and your decisions! He’s made it clear that he disapproves of your uncle’s choice of making you emperor!
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): We understand you’re at a tough spot right now, but Carolus cannot be trusted! And if your fiancée was still alive, believe us she’d tell you the same!
	+ Livius (covering his face): I believe you have a point... I can’t let my emotions get the worst of me...
	+ Livius (pissed): I will confront Carolus once the day is over! If what you’re saying is true, I’ll make sure to do something about it! I am not going to be lenient!

* Ask Audenzia to help you free Hippomenes (1 star).
	+ Kaleb (whispering): Pst... Audenzia.
	+ Audenzia (happy): Callicrates! I’ve been waiting for you to come back! Do you want us to have another dance?
	+ Kaleb (blushing): I’d like to, but my masters and I would like to speak with you, privately...

At a quieter area...

* + Audenzia (curious): So, what did you want to talk about? And why are you being so secretive?
	+ Kaleb (blushing): Norah?
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): This is your idea, so you tell her!
	+ Kaleb (covering his face): Audenzia... There is something we need to tell you. We... weren’t completely honest with you and your family about why we came to Rome...
	+ Audenzia (confused): You said that you came to Rome to “reconnect with your roots”. If that isn’t the true reason, then what is it?
	+ Norah (serious): We came here to free the lion!
	+ Audenzia (shocked): The lion?! You mean the same one that got Nebet killed? Why would you want it to be free?! It’s dangerous!
	+ Kaleb (holding his head): I wish I could give you a food explanation, but I’m afraid we can’t get into details. Just know that this lion is very special to us and we wish to take him with us back home!
	+ Audenzia (serious): So when the lion escaped the Colosseum... You were the ones who broke it out, right?
	+ Audenzia (confused): You realize you could get in trouble for this? Especially after Nebet got killed! Why are you telling me all of this?!
	+ Norah (covering her face): Because we need your help to free the lion again!
	+ Nebet (curious): You know where the emperor is keeping it, do you?
	+ Audenzia (holding her head): I do, its staying at the palace’s dungeon and I will take you to its cell...
	+ Norah (shocked): You will?!
	+ Kaleb (relieved): I knew we could count on you!
	+ Audenzia (blushing): But there is a problem...
	+ Norah (curious): What is it?
	+ Audenzia (covering her face): I do not have the keys to his cell...
	+ Audenzia (awkward grin): But if you’re lucky enough, maybe one of the guards dropped theirs when capturing the lion?
	+ Norah (serious): Then I guess that means we’ll be going back to the forum! Hopefully we’ll find a set of keys!
* Investigate the forum (Pre-request: Ask Audenzia to help you free Hippomenes).
	+ Kaleb (curious): Girls, do you see any keys?
	+ Norah (thinking): I see something shiny inside the fountain...
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): These are coins. Romans throw them into rivers, believing it’ll make their wishes comes true!
	+ Norah (shocked): No, I meant I think I see something under the coins!
	+ Kaleb (thinking): Hmmm... Then I think we should dig through them...
* Search pile of coins (1 star; Pre-request: Investigate the forum).
	+ Norah (glad): I knew I was seeing something! These must be the keys!
	+ Kaleb (glad): Good! Lets go back to Audenzia and have her take us to the lion!
* Have Audenzia take you to Hippomenes (1 star; Pre-request: Search pile of coins).
	+ Audenzia (curious): Did you find the keys?
	+ Kaleb (serious): I believe we did.
	+ Audenzia (smiling): Good. Follow me!

Audenzia takes you to the dungeon...

* + Audenzia (shocked): Stop! I think I see the lion!
	+ Hippomenes (pissed): ROAR!
	+ Guard (nervous): I am just here to feed you! Please don’t get mad...
	+ Norah (pissed): Fuck! There’s a guard near him! How are we going to pass unnoticed?
	+ Audenzia (serious): I think I have an idea. Callicrates, give me the keys!
	+ Kaleb (shocked): What are you planning to do?!
	+ Audenzia (confident): The guard isn’t going to suspect me so I’ll go and free the lion. You stay here and wait!
* Rescue Hippomenes (1 star; Pre-request: Have Audenzia take you to Hippomenes).

Audenzia approaches the guard...

* + Guard (curious): Lady Diodora, what are you doing down here?
	+ Audenzia (serious): I’m here to take the lion!
	+ Audenzia (thinking): The emperor plans to execute it and he asked me to go to its cell and bring it over to the Colosseum...
	+ Guard (sweating): Be careful, its a little hostile...
	+ Audenzia (smiling): I will, but thanks for the concern...

Audenzia opens the door of the cell freeing the lion....

* + Hippomenes (furious): ROAR!!
	+ Guard (serious): Hey! Back off from the lady-
	+ Audenzia (sweating): It’s alright, I can handle it!
	+ Audenzia (whispering): I’m helping your here, so try to behave yourself!
	+ Hippomenes (neutral): Purr...
	+ Guard (blushing): Your ladyship, maybe it is best that I accompany...
	+ Audenzia (nervous grin): Oh no! That would b unnecessary!
	+ Guard (serious): But I insist! I’m sure the emperor won’t be please if you got hurt!
	+ Audenzia (crossing her arms; talking to herself): Great...

The guard walks with Audenzia and the lion but as they cross the corridor. BAM!

* + Guard (shocked; bump on head): Ah/
	+ Guard (fainting): ...
	+ Norah (cracking her knuckles): Sleep well...
	+ Audenzia (startled): Ah! What did you do to him?!
	+ Norah (shrugging her shoulders): Nothing! I just knocked him out, he’ll wake up soon!
	+ Norah (grinning): Anyway, did you miss us?
	+ Hippomenes (excited): Roar!

Hippomenes licks Norah...

* + Norah (chuckling): Haha! I’m glad to see you too, buddy!
	+ Kaleb (compassionate): Thank you so much for helping us, Audenzia. I’m not sure what we would’ve done without you.
	+ Audenzia (blushing; smiling): No problem. I am more than happy to assist you!
	+ Norah (serious): Anyway, lets go look for Sherise and get the hell out of here!

**You are now experiencing the story in third-person view.**
With their quest finally over, the team began walking to the coast with Hippomenes and Shirley..

* + Norah (eye rolling): After two fucking weeks, we can finally go back home!
	+ Norah (grinning): Are you excited to see you le wife again, chap?
	+ Hippomenes (excited): ROAR!
	+ Norah (winking): Just make sure you get a room if you plan to get naughty.
	+ Kaleb (curious): Shirley, are you sure you want to go back with us?
	+ Shirley (shocked): Of course I do! What makes you think I want to stay here?
	+ Kaleb (scratching his head): Well... You are a free woman now, and I thought you may want to stay with your friends and family...
	+ Shirley (frowning): I have no one here, friends nor family, I’d rather return to Graecita.
	+ Marionette (worried): ...
	+ Norah (concerned): Marionette, is there anything that is bothering you?
	+ Marionette (blushing): No, it’s just...
	+ Marionette (covering her face): There is someone I hoped that we’d take with us. But I understand our quest was already time-consuming so I don’t bother anyone else with it...
	+ Norah (warm smile): I’m sure Ming is going to be fine...
	+ Marionette (worried): I hope so...

The team make it to the ship...

* + Norah (yawning): And finally we can sail away!
	+ Marionette (uncomfortable): Am I the only feeling some kind of discomfort? I’ve got that odd feeling we’re being watched...
	+ Shirley (worried): I can feel it too!
	+ Norah (laughing): I think you girls are just being paranoid! We made it here safe, no one is going to attack u-

Suddenly they get ambushed by guards!

* + Centurions: Raise your arms so we could see them!
	+ Hippomenes (furious): ROAR!!!
	+ Norah (blushing): Whoops, I jinxed it-
	+ Kaleb (pissed): What is happening here?!
	+ Carolus (grinning): What’s happening is that you are under arrest!
	+ Carolus (whooping): Centurions, restrain them!
	+ Norah (pissed): Fucking gods! What are we going to do now?!
	+ Marionette (determined): Just keep your cool, I’m sure we can talk our way out of this, we just need to stay calm...

The centurions hold onto the team and drag them into the Colosseum where a large audience is watching them...

* + Audience (gossiping): ...
	+ Marionette (worried): Shit... I didn’t expect us to have such a large audience...
	+ Norah (eye rolling): And they’re probably excited to see us die. I can totally keep my cool!
	+ Kaleb (whispering): Silence.

They are brought before the emperor, who looks at them with shock...

* + Livius (confused): Commander, what the hell are you doing?
	+ Carolus (serious): Your majesty, I bring to you the masterminds behind your assassination attempt!
	+ Audience (shocked): *gasps*
	+ Audenzia (covering her mouth in shock): This can’t be true...
	+ Norah (pissed): What the fuck?! He’s trying to pin his crimes on us!
	+ Kaleb (serious): Norah, calm down...
	+ Norah (shocked): But he’s-
	+ Marionette (serious): We know, but listen to Kaleb. If we want to disprove his claims, it’s best we act unbothered by his accusations...
	+ Livius (shocked): ....
	+ Livius (serious): Commander... Those are very serious allegations you’re throwing around. Do you have any proof to back them up?
	+ Carolus (pissed): To begin with, they completely lied to us about who they are!
	+ Carolus (serious): They told us they were from a faraway land, but they never specified where!
	+ Carolus (pissed): And that’s because they were GREEKS. One of our many sworn enemies!
	+ Audience (gossiping): Greeks? Damn! I thought those were extinct!
	+ Carolus (grinning): And they also told us they were nobles, but what they didn’t mention is they work for their queen!
	+ Carolus (pissed): She had sent them to our empire under false names to infiltrate our security and learn our secrets so that she could one day invade our empire!
	+ Carolus (serious): And if you don’t believe me! I’ve also managed to uncover their true names!
	+ Norah (nervous laugh): He’s bluffing! He has to be, how would he possibly know who we are?
	+ Carolus (grinning): “Lady Patricia’s” real name is actually Marionette Patrick, not too different from her cover name, but nonetheless, she is a fraud.
	+ Marionette (speechless): ...
	+ Carolus (smirking): And that man, his name is Kaleb Willoughby, and despite being the queen’s brother, he seems to have taken a humble disguise!
	+ Kaleb (shocked): How did you-
	+ Carolus (grinning): And as for the midget-
	+ Norah (furious): ENOUGH!
	+ Norah (pissed): I will show them myself!

Norah gets up and begins undressing herself...

* + Norah (flashing her breasts): Here, enjoy what you’re seeing?
	+ Audience (shocked): Ah!!!
	+ Livius (shocked): Y-you’re a woman!
	+ Audenzia (pissed): This proves nothing! You brought them here claiming they tried to kill his majesty! What does any of this have to do with your claims?!
	+ Carolus (pissed): Are you not seeing the point I’m making? Why would they go through the trouble of fabricating who they are, UNLESS they’ve got something to hide?
	+ Audience (panicking): He’s right! They are clearly up to no good!
	+ Carolus (grinned): What do have to say about this, your majesty?
	+ Livius (blushing): Uh...
	+ Audenzia (begging): Livius, please! At least give them a chance to explain themselves!
	+ Livius (covering her face): *sigh* Fine...
	+ Livius (serious): I think we need to hear BOTH sides of the story. Lord Patrici- I mean, ma’am, what is your name, and I mean your ACTUAL name of course...
	+ Norah (serious): My name is Norah Cambright and I am a dame of Graecita. All what Commader Carolus have disclosed about us... It’s true..
	+ Carolus (smiling): Aha! So she admits it!
	+ Norah (pissed): Except for the reasons he’s provided about why we came here!
	+ Norah (serious): We didn’t come here to kill you, nor to start a war! We only came here for one motive: To free the lion and take him back to Graecita with us!
	+ Livius (pissed): So you were the ones who broke it out, allowing him to kill innocent civilians like Nebet!
	+ Norah (sweating): Yes, but...
	+ Norah (angry): This is totally irrelevant to the fact he’s pinning your assassination attempt on us to cover up his tracks!
	+ Norah (smirking): You can bring Portia Brigitta over here and I guarantee you’ll hear the truth!
	+ Carolus (laughing): Ahahahahahaha!
	+ Shirley (panicking): Why is he laughing like that?!
	+ Marionette (worried): Oh dear... I have a bad feeling about this...

Suddenly more centurions come into the arena, carrying a body- Portia’s dead body!

* + Portia (dead; being carried by guards): ...
	+ Norah (shocked): OH MY GODS-
	+ Claudilla and her ladies-in-waiting (Claudilla; shouting; tearful): PORTIA!
	+ Marionette (shocked): H-he killed her!
	+ Carolus (sympathetic): We found her on the streets like this, and as you can clearly see, she was murdered...
	+ Norah (furious): You fucking liar! You killed her to keep her from exposing you!
	+ Carolus (shocked): I did?
	+ Carolus (grinning): Funny that you said that...

Carolus grabs the sword impaled to Portia’s heart...

* + Carolus (serious): Because that doesn’t look like my sword! It isn’t a Roman sword, but I’m sure you recognize whose it is...
	+ Kaleb (shocked): That’s my sword! But how-
	+ Audience (gossiping): ...
	+ Livius (furious): SILENCE!

Everyone stays quiet...

* + Livius (covering his face): After reviewing the evidence Carolus provided, it is very clear you are guilty...
	+ Audenzia (shocked): Livius, don’t-
	+ Livius (serious): Not only for attempting to assassinate me. But also for taking young Portia Brigitta’s life!
	+ Livius (holding his head): Now I ask the auditorium to cast a vote, who thinks they should be spared?
	+ Audience (silent): ...
	+ Audenzia (raising her arm): I do!
	+ Livius (covering his face): Audenzia...
	+ Carolus (grinning): So just her alone? How sweet!
	+ Discordia (raising her arms): I do too!
	+ Simona (raising her arm): I cast my vote!
	+ Sussus and Buttox (both raising their arms; Sussus): We do as well!
	+ Boas (raising his arm): Count me in!
	+ Former Vestal virgins (raising their arms): Don’t forget us!

Soon half the auditorium raise their arms...

* + Marionette (relieved): Thank gods! We have support!
	+ Livius (crossing his arms): Seeing that the vote is fifty-fifty, you shall be spared...
	+ Norah (celebrating): Woohoo! I knew you’ll get to your senses-
	+ Livius (pissed): But not without a price! For the crimes you’ve committed, you’ll be stripped of your freedoms and live the rest of lives as slaves in Rome!
	+ Norah (shocked): Woah there, dude! You may as well kill us, that is much worse-
	+ Carolus (evil smile): Guards... SEIZE THEM!
	+ Norah (ready to fight): Guys, I know you told me to stay cool... But there is no way I will become a slave!
	+ Kaleb (pissed): Yeah, me neither...

The guards catch the team...

* + Norah (being restrained by a guard; furious): Let us go, you assholes!
	+ Marionette (being restrained by a guard; worried): Shirley! Where is she?!
	+ Shirley (panicking): AHHH!!!
	+ Flavian (evil grin): Looks like you are mien again, sweetheart!
	+ Marionette (shocked): Oh no! I can’t let him take her! Shirley shouldn’t lose her freedom again!
	+ Marionette (pissed): Back off!

Marionette bites the guard restraining her...

* + Centurion (holding his hand in pain): AH!

Marionette pulls out a gun she has hiding in her dress pockets...

* + Marionette (drawing her gun): I didn’t want it to result to this. But they’ve given me no choice! First, I have to save Shirley!
* Kill Flavian Lucretius (1 star).
	+ Flavian and Shirley (Flavian; restraining Shirley): Stop resisting me, you bitc-

BANG!

* + Flavian and Shirley (Flavian; shock; bullet on head): ...

Flavian falls on the ground, dead.

* + Marionette (drawing her gun): ...
	+ Audience (startled): Ah!
	+ Livius (shocked): I-
	+ Shirley (happy): Marionette, you saved me!
	+ Carolus (shocked): What kind of weapon is that?!
	+ Centurions (serious): Come on, lets seize he-

Marionette points her gun on all the grounds around her...

* + Marionette (pissed): Stay back!
	+ Centurions (startled): Ah!

She turns to the guards restraining Norah and Kaleb...

* + Marionette (angry): And you! Let go of my friends!
	+ Norah, Kaleb and the centurions (Centurion 1; sweating): Pal, I think we have to listen to her...

The centurions obey her and let go of Norah and Kaleb...

* + Norah and Kaleb (Norah; relieved): Geez, finally...
	+ Marionette (speaking to herself): I have one bullet left so I need to act smart....
	+ Marionette (drawing her gun; breathing): *sigh*...
	+ Marionette (serious): I do not wish harm on any of you, but...
	+ Marionette (pissed): I will NOT be punished for a crime I haven’t done!
	+ Marionette (frowning): So this is how it’ll go... We will leave Rome with Sherise AND the lion.
	+ Marionette (furious): And if ANYONE gets in our way I will blow your brains out!

Marionette aims her gun at the emperor...

* + Marionette (raising her gun; serious): I’m sorry Livius, but I have to do this...
	+ Livius (shocked): Wait, no-

Marionette pulls the trigger and it barely misses the emperor...

* + Livius (panicking): AHHHH! I-I’m alive! I’m alive!
	+ Marionette (blowing the smoke from her gun): ...

Marionette lends an arm to Shirley...

* + Marionette (concerned): Shirley, are you okay?
	+ Shirley (smiling): Yes, thanks to you!
	+ Marionette (smiling): Good.
	+ Marionette (serious): Guys, lets go!
	+ Hippomenes (happy): ROAR!
	+ Norah and Kaleb (Norah; flipping off the crowd): See you later, SUCKERS!

The team leave the Colosseum with Shirley and Hippomenes, and no one tries to stop them.

After escaping the Colosseum, the team immediately head back to the ship...

* + Norah (shocked): I still can’t believe you’ve actually brought a gun with you!
	+ Marionette (blushing): I thought we may need it, in case we get in trouble. It was stupid of me, I know...
	+ Norah (awkward grin): Not at all! We would’ve been toast back there if it wasn’t for your gun! You were smart to bring it with you!
	+ Shirley (worried): Have any of you checked if someone is following us?
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): I seriously doubt they’ll try to ambush us again, so there’s nothing to worry abou-
	+ Hippomenes (shocked): ROAR!
	+ Norah (shocked): I think Hippomenes is sensing someone!
	+ Marionette (serious; drawing her gun): Stay back!
	+ Audenzia (sweating): Please, don’t shoot me! I come in peace!
	+ Marionette (relieved): Oh... It’s just you...
	+ Norah (waving): Hey there! Thanks for standing up for us back there, it was nice to see someone taking our side!
	+ Audenzia (forced smile): You’re welcome...
	+ Kaleb (concerned): Audenzia, is something wrong?
	+ Audenzia (serious): I need to talk to you.
	+ Kaleb (serious): Girls, wait for me in the ship, I will be back soon!

Kaleb leaves to talk with Audenzia privately...

* + Audenzia (covering her face): ...
	+ Kaleb (shocked): ...

Norah and Marionette look at them...

* + Norah (curious): What do you think they are talking about?
	+ Marionette (frowning): I can’t tell...
	+ Kaleb (stern): ...
	+ Audenzia (crying): ...

Kaleb stumps his way to the ship...

* + Kaleb (pissed): Set the sails.
	+ Norah (shocked): Wait! What is she crying for? What have you told her?
	+ Kaleb (serious): None of your business. We’re leaving.
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): He’s hiding something...
	+ Marionette (worried): ...

A fews days have passed and the team finally arrive to Graecita’s shore with a large crowd waiting for them...

* + Crowd (cheering): They’re back!

Marionette looks at the crowd in shock...

* + Marionette (shocked): I didn’t expect so many to be waiting for us!
	+ Norah (winking): I’d say they’re waiting for you. You’re very popular here, you know?
	+ Hippomenes (impatient): Roar!
	+ Norah (smiling): Okay okay, we’ll hurry up!
	+ Norah (whispering): Lets go take him to Atalanta before he blows up on us!

Norah and Marrionette leave the ship with Hippomenes...

* + Crowd (cheering): Norah! Marie! Norah! Marie!
	+ Norah, Marionette and Hippomenes (Norah; saluting): Thank you, thank you! I know, you’ve all missed me!

Kaleb steps out of the ship but doesn’t receive the same energy...

* + Crowd (pissed): Boooooooooooooooo!
	+ Kaleb (irritated): ...
	+ Norah, Marionette and Hippomenes (Marionette; sympathetic): They’re all booing at Kaleb...
	+ Norah, Marionette and Hippomenes (Norah; eye rolling): They must not have forgive him yet for attacking the protestors!

Shirley shyly steps out of the ship...

* + Shirley (worried): Did he notice I was gone-

Shirley finds Vicci between the crowd...

* + Vicci (holding his anger): ...
	+ Shirley (covering her face): Oh dear, what am I going to say to him...
	+ Norah, Marionette and Hippomenes (Norah; whooping): Shirley! Are you coming with us?
	+ Shirley (shocked): S-sorry, I’m coming!

Shirley catches up to the team...

* + Madelina (pushing through the crowd): Let me through-
	+ Norah, Marionette and Hippomenes (Marionette; happy): Madelina!
* Tell Madelina that you’ve missed her (1 star).

Marionette rushes to hug Madelina...

* + Marionette and Madelina (hugging; Madelina): I’m so happy you are back! I was so worried, I missed you so much!
	+ Norah and Hippomenes (Norah; pouting): What about me? Did you not miss me?
	+ Marionette and Madelina (Madelina; smiling): Of course! I missed you too!
	+ Marionette and Madelina (Madelina; pissed): But certainly, not HIM!
	+ Kaleb (crossing his arms): It is nice seeing you too, Madelina...
	+ Marionette and Madelina (Madelina; eye rolling): Whatever, lets just go back to the palace!

Madelina turns to Marionette...

* + Marionette and Madelina (Madelina; exvited): I want to know all about your journey to Rome!
	+ Norah and Hippomenes (Norah; smiling): Well, Hip. Time for you to see your wife!
	+ Norah and Hippomenes (Hippomenes; excited): Roar!
* Reunite Hippomenes with Atalanta (1 star; Pre-request: Tell Madelina that you’ve missed her).

At the palace’s garden...

* Leonora (sitting on the swing; worried): It’s been nearly two weeks, when are they going to come back...

KJ is also at the garden, annoying Atalanta...

* + Atalanta (sad): ...
	+ KJ (holding a yarn ball; smiling): Catch!

KJ throws the yarn ball, waiting for Atalanta to catch it...

* + Atalanta (annoyed): Roar...
	+ KJ (eye rolling): Come on! Quit being lazy, get it for me!
	+ Leonora (stern): Kaleb Willoughby Junior! Leave Atalanta alone!
	+ KJ (pouting): But I want her to play with me!
	+ Leonora (crossing her arms): Atalanta is ill! She can play with you once she gets better. Now go look for something else to do!
	+ KJ (eye rolling): Fineeee...
	+ Leonora (eye rolling): I can’t believe I’m left alone with that kid!
	+ Hippomenes’ voice: ROAR!
	+ Leonora (startled): Atalanta, was that you?
	+ Atalanta (confused): Meow?

Suddenly Norah appears with a lion by her side...

* + Norah and Hippomenes (Norah; grinning): I’m back, and guess who I brought with me?
	+ Norah and Hippomenes (Hippomenes; happy): ROAR!
	+ Atalanta (happy): ROAR!

The lions jump onto one another and start licking each other...

* + Atalanta and Hippomenes (licking each other): ROAR!
	+ Leonora (relieved): Norah...

Leonora runs to Norah and kisses her...

* + Norah and Leonora (kissing): ...
	+ Norah and Leonora (Norah; laughing): So now you want me!
	+ Norah and Leonora (Leonora; eye rolling): Shut up! You know I’ve always loved you!
	+ Norah and Leonora (Norah; grinning): So, can I get another kiss?
	+ Norah and Leonora (kissing): ...

Meanwhile, Marionette is walking the halls with Madelina...

* + Madelina (horrified): They tried to kill you?! Why didn’t you message me about this?!
	+ Marionette (blushing): I didn’t want to worry you...
	+ Madelina (pissed): They’re lucky you turned out fine! If I had been there I would’ve pulled a Circe and turned them all into the pigs they are!
	+ Marionette (confused): You didn’t tell me about that part of your journeys?!
	+ Madelina (awkward grin): I didn’t? Oh... I guess we’ve got a lot to catch up with...
	+ Marionette (smiling): Anyway... I met a guy...
	+ Madelina (excited): Spill the tea!
	+ Marionette (laughing): I knew that’ll get you excited!
	+ Madelina (grinning): What’s his name?! Is he cute?!
	+ Marionette (blushing): His name is Wu Ming...
	+ Madelina (innocent smirk): Oh yeah, he’s cute!
	+ Marionette (shocked): You know him?!
	+ Madelina (awkward grin): Yeah, my crew met him back at France, and... We sorta arrested for murder...
	+ Marionette (frowning): So you are responsible for him losing his freedom?
	+ Madelina (sweating): Don’t put it on me! I had nothing to do with the investigation, it was Ophelia and Mia who turned him over!
	+ Madelina (excited): So are you going to get into the details?
	+ Marionette (awkward grin): I’d rather keep them private... They’re a bit embarrassing...
	+ Madelina (eye rolling): Ugh... You’re boring!
	+ Madelina (curious): But... Does that mean things between you and Kaleb are over? Like, for real?
	+ Marionette (blushing): Ummm...
	+ Madelina (frowning): Marionette!
	+ Marionette (holding her head): Look, he promised me he’ll finally bury Yvette when we come back! And I thought maybe I should give him a second chance!
	+ Madelina (grinning): He did? I guess he won’t be mad when he learns what I’ve done...
	+ Marionette (worried): Madelina... What did you d-

Suddenly Kaleb storms out of his study...

* + Kaleb (panicking): WHERE IS SHE?!
	+ Madelina (smirking): Looking for someone, Mr Willoughby?
	+ Kaleb (pissed): You!

Kaleb stomps to Madelina...

* + Kaleb (angry): WHERE IS YVETTE?! What did you do to her?!
	+ Madelina (prideful): I did to her what you should’ve done! The queen had her buried while you were away!
	+ Kaleb (furious): You heartless bitch!

Kaleb boxes Madelina’s left ear...

* + Madelina (ear bleeding; wincing): Ow!
	+ Marionette (shocked): Madelina!
	+ Kaleb (shouting): LEAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Marionette rushes to Madelina’s aid...

* + Marionette (horrified): Your ear! It’s bleeding!
	+ Madelina (in pain): No shit...
	+ Marionette (worried): I’m going to call a docto-
	+ Madelina (serious): I’ll be okay! It’s the queen we need to worry for, you have to stop Kaleb before he hurts her!
	+ Marionette (shocked): But-
	+ Madelina (stern): GO!
	+ Marionette (concerned): Okay...

Marionette runs after Kaleb...

* + Marionette (worried): Kaleb, can you stop and think for a second-
	+ Kaleb (pissed): You wanted this to happen! Leave me alone!
	+ Marionette (shocked): Kaleb!

Kaleb goes into the garden...

* + Kaleb (furious): LEAAAAAAAAAA!!!
	+ Norah (crossing her arms): What is up with him?
	+ Leonora (nervous): He must’ve found out!
	+ Norah (confused): Found out about what?!

Kaleb approaches Leonora...

* + Kaleb (angry): Where is she?!
	+ Leonora (sympathetic): Kaleb, can we tal-
	+ Kaleb (tearful; angry): I don’t want to talk! I want to see Yvette again!
	+ Norah (pissed): Hey! Back off of her!

Norah tries to restrain Kaleb, but he punches her on the face...
Norah (covering her eye): OUCH!

* + Leonora (shocked): Norah!
	+ Kaleb (pissed): Now tell me, where did you bury Yvette?!
	+ Leonora (nervous): I-I....

Kaleb finds a spot in the garden without grass and a shovel near it...

* + Kaleb (desperate; holding a shovel): I am come to you, Yvette!
	+ Marionette (shocked): Kaleb, don’t!

Kaleb is about to dig but Leonora blocks his way...

* + Leonora (pissed): Kaleb, enough!
	+ Kaleb (furious; holding his shovel high): Get out of my way, Lea!
	+ Leonora (angry): I will not! I won’t let you take advantage of this woman again!

Kaleb swings his shovel...

* + Leonora (startled): Ah!
	+ KJ (shocked): Father, don’t!

KJ gets in between Kaleb and Leonora, take a blow to the head instead...

* + KJ (fainting): ...
	+ Leonora (shocked): KJ!!!
	+ Marionette (shocked): OH MY GOD!
	+ Kaleb (tearful): NO!

Leonora rushes to KJ...

* + Leonora and KJ (Leonora; tearful): KJ... Please... Can you hear me?!
	+ Vanya, Bae and India (India; shocked): Your Grace! He heard shouting from here! Is anyone hirt?
	+ Leonora and KJ (Leonora; sad): ...

Leonora glares at Kaleb...

* + Leonora and KJ (Leonora; pissed): Arrest him!

The guards follow her order and seize Kaleb...

* + Kaleb and the guards (Kaleb; shocked; tearful): No! I’m begging you! I want to see my son! Ah!

Kaleb is taken away from the garden...

* + Leonora and KJ (Leonora; crying): ...
	+ Norah (worried): Is he okay?!

Norah checks KJ’s pulse...

* + Norah (relieved): He’s alive! HE’S ALIVE!
	+ Norah (panicking): I’m going to go get the doctors! They need to do a check on him!

Norah quickly rushes to get help...

* + Leonora and KJ (Leonora; wiping her tears): He’s not going to make it! There’s no way a child could survive a blow like this!
	+ Marionette (sympathetic): Do not say this, Your Grace! There is still a chance!

Suddenly, Madelina comes to the garden...

* + Madelina and Holly (Madelina; holding her left ear): Where is Kaleb?! Did you restrain hi-

Madelina sees KJ...

* + Madelina (shocked): OH MY GODS!

Madelina tries to approach KJ...

* + Leonora and KJ (Leonora; furious): Don’t touch him!
	+ Madelina (blushing): I’m sorry-
	+ Leonora and KJ (Leonora; sad): I should have not listened to you. This... This is all your fault!
	+ Marionette (pissed): Leonora, it isn-
	+ Leonora and KJ (Leonora; furious): GET OUT! Get out of the palace! You’ve destroyed this family, I don’t want to see your face again!
	+ Madelina (shocked): ...
	+ Madelina (regretful): ...
	+ Madelina (crying): ...
	+ Marionette (shocked): Madelina, don’t listen to her! Come back!

Marionette chases after Madelina, but it was too late: She left.

At Zachary’s place...

* + Alex (serious): Dude, you really need to break up with her!
	+ Zachary (covering his face): What’s the point? Mia already saw us kiss, there’s no way I have a chance with her after that!
	+ Jennifer (pissed): This isn’t just about you and Mia! It’s for Madelina’s good too! She should be with someone who loves her, not someone who’s using her as a reboun-

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

* + Jennifer (curious): Do you have a guest?
	+ Zachary (confused): N-no... I’ll go and see who it is...

Zachary opens the door...

* + Zachary (shocked): Madelina! What’s bringing you here?
	+ Madelina (wiping her tears): C-can I come in?
	+ Zachary (blushing): Of course! Make yourself at home!

Madelina enters the place...

* + Alex (awkward grin): Madelina... We weren’t told you were coming...
	+ Jennifer (shocked): What happened to your ear?!

Zachary then notices that Madelina’s ear is bleeding...

* + Zachary (shocked): Oh my gods!
	+ Zachary (pissed): Who did this to you?!
	+ Madelina (sad): It... It was Kaleb...
	+ Zachary (angry): That sonuvabitch!
	+ Alex (pissed): First he fucks Yvette’s body, and now this?! I swear when I see him again, I’ll make him pay!
	+ Zachary (cracking his knuckles): I’m going to go have a talk with him...
	+ Alex (serious): And I’m joining you!
	+ Madelina (crossing her arms): There’s no need to, the queen already locked him up...
	+ Alex (surprised): She did? Wow, I mean she did the right choice but I didn’t expect her to do this to her brother!
	+ Jennifer (concerned): Madelina, what exactly happened back there? Did anyone else get hurt...
	+ Madelina (holding her head): He... He killed his son...
	+ Zachary (horrified): Kaleb Jr is dead?!
	+ Madelina (panicking): I think so! I came to the garden after the guards had taken Kaleb away, and I saw him unconscious on the queen’s lap!
	+ Madelina (furious): And she blames ME for what happened and kicked me out of the palace!
	+ Madelina (crying): And now I have nowhere to stay at! The *HL Revenge* disbanded and I can’t go back to the witch coven after what I did to Belinda’s hair!
	+ Zachary (comforting): I’m sure there is something we can do...
	+ Zachary (curious): Jennifer, is it okay if Madelina stays at your estate? At least until we fund a solution for her?
	+ Madelina (pouting): Actually... I was hoping maybe I could move in with you...
	+ Zachary (blushing): Madelina, I would love to help you but-
	+ Jennifer (smiling): Of course you can! Zachary is more than happy to welcome you!
	+ Zachary (frowning): Jennifer-
	+ Jennifer (whispering): If you’re going to make her think you’re her boyfriend, then at least grow a pair and act like one!
	+ Zachary (covering his face): Fine...
	+ Zachary (serious): Madelina, you may stay with me!
	+ Madelina (excited): Yipeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Suddenly the front door barges open and Madelina’s stuff fly inside...

* + Zachary (shocked): What- Where did all these stuff come from?
	+ Madelina and Holly (Madelina; innocent smirk): I knew I could count on you in letting me stay, so I kept my stuff outside just in case!
	+ Madelina and Holly (Madelina; smiling): You have a nice home, but it would use some womanly touch-
	+ Alex and Jennifer (Alex; winking): Welp, Jennifer and I will be leaving. Good luck, man!
	+ Zachary (covering his face): What did I get myself into...