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NPC 131
: Magenta, Mayor to New Magincia[+bye +job +name +locket +strangers]
You see a humble-looking older woman. She gives you a friendly smile.
Magenta smiles. "Good day, <AvatarName>. May I help thee?"
name{
"I am Magenta, of New Magincia."
}[-name +New Magincia]
job{
"I am the Mayor of New Magincia, and the wife of Boris."
}[+Boris +Mayor]
Mayor{
"It is a job that requires little actual administration. I mostly try to make sure that everyone is getting along with everyone else. Apart from that, the town practically runs itself."
}[-Mayor +administration]
administration{
"Why even the taxes here are less severe than anywhere else in Britannia. The Britannian Tax Council sometimes forgets to come collecting here for years on end."
}[-administration]
Boris{
"Boris is the local innkeeper and a bit of a scoundrel if I say so myself. But he pours a good drink and tells a good story. Although I have to keep an eye on him, I love him."
}[-Boris]
New Magincia{
"Oh, nothing is ever new in New Magincia, as the joke around here goes. But that is how we like it. We have few visitors here."
}[+visitors -New Magincia]
strangers|visitors{
"I hear there are three other new arrivals wandering around here somewhere. I always try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but be careful of them."
}[+new arrivals -visitors -strangers]
new arrivals{
"Certainly some of the other townsfolk must have seen them by now. Perhaps they will have more information."
}[-new arrivals]
locket{
You see the locket Henry described to you hanging around Magenta's neck. "Is it not beautiful? I found it in the secret hiding place behind mine husband's bar."
}[+found -locket]
found{
"I would never have suspected anything so romantic from Boris. The locket must be a surprise for me!"
}[+surprise +romantic -found]
romantic{
"He must be trying to get back on my good side after all of the times I have caught him wenching and carousing."
"Well, I -did- think he was going to give it to me to make up for all the times I have caught him wenching and carousing."
}[+carousing -romantic]
carousing{
"Say, dost thou think that Boris could have meant to give this locket to someone else?"
Magenta's eyes widen in shock. "Who?"
[+don't know who +Constance]
Constance{
"I cannot possibly wear a piece of jewelry meant for another woman. As mayor, I charge thee, Avatar, with the task of returning it to her, or more properly to the person who had intended to give it to her. As for Boris... well, I shall deal with him later!"
"Here is the locket. Take it."
"I cannot give thee the locket. Thou art too encumbered. Come back after thou hast put a few things down."
}don't know who{
Magenta looks puzzled. "I wonder who it could be?
Then Magenta gets a devilish gleam in her eye. "Well then. I shall just beat it out of him!"
Magenta sighs with relief. "I am glad thou hast said this. Now I shall feel no guilt about keeping it."
}
}[-carousing]
surprise{
"I am flattered Boris would buy me such an obviously expensive gift. But how could he ever have afforded it?"
[+don't know how +stolen]
stolen{
Although Magenta struggles to retain her dignity, she cannot hide her disappointment. "As Mayor, I charge thee with the task of locating the rightful owner of this locket and returning it to them."
"Here it is. Take it."
"Thou hast not room to carry even such a small thing as this! If thou wilt set something down, I will give thee the locket."
}don't know how{
Magenta looks puzzled. Then she smiles. "Oh well. It sure is nice, is it not? If he thought this would improve our marital relations, he was not altogether wrong!"
"Well, I thought at first that Boris had bought the locket for me as a surprise! Wait until I get mine hands on that no good..." Magenta's face turns as red as her hair
}
}[-surprise]
bye{
"I look forward to the next time when I will see thee." END
}