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NPC 145: Paulette, Shade of the "Keg O’ Spirits" Barmaid
[+bye +job +name +Tortured One]
The lovely apparition goes about her tasks without offering any response. END
The lovely barmaid stares off into oblivion, completely unaware of her location and position. END
The pretty barmaid looks as if she's about to fall over for a moment, then quickly rights herself. "Oh, I feel a bit... faint." She turns away, distracted. END
"Go away! Thou art cruel and mean-hearted." She turns away, but not before you see the tears in her eyes. END
Paulette perks up as she sees Rowena.
"Hello, milady. 'Tis good to see thee again. How art thou?"
<Rowena> "I am fine, Paulette. I thank thee for thy concern."
"'Tis good news indeed, milady."
"Hello, Mayor. It has been quite a while since we've seen thee in our tavern. There was a time, I remember, when we couldn't keep thee away."
<Forsythe> The mayor becomes quickly embarrassed as he tries to quiet the rather friendly Paulette.
<Forsythe> "I, er, used to be a wine connoisseur of sorts," he says to you.
"'Tis not all thou wert a connoisseur of," adds Paulette, eyes twinkling. "I seem to remember thou had quite a taste for redheads."
[+sacrifice]
You see a pretty, ghostly girl with long black hair. "Hello, <AvatarName>. I am called Paulette. How may I help thee?"
Standing before you, with a hand on her hip, is a lovely, young woman with long black hair. "Ooooh... Thou art a big one, <AvatarName>." She traces the line of your bicep.
"I'd wager thou couldst lift me over thine head." She smiles enticingly. However, you doubt that you could even touch her in her ghostly state.
"Thou mayest call me Paulette, gorgeous. What can I do for thee?" She winks at you.
"Yes, <AvatarName>?", she asks sweetly.
Paulette turns to face you and smiles coquettishly, "I had thought that thou might return." Her eyes sparkle up at you mischievously.
name{
"Why, <AvatarName>, hast thou forgotten already? I am Paulette."
}[-name]
job{
"Well, <AvatarName>, before the fire," she shudders, "I used to be the barmaid here."
"Well, <AvatarName>. I used to clean tables here..." As she says this, she bends over and pretends to wipe a table clean. You notice how low the cut of her bodice really is.
"...and serve people, like thyself. Of course, none so handsome." Her ghostly features blush prettily.
"But that was before," she shudders, "the fire."
}[+buy +here +fire]
buy{
"Thou dost wish to purchase something?"
yes{
"I am sorry, <AvatarName>," she giggles, "but all we serve here are... spirits!"
<Markham> "That's a good one, wench," laughs the portly ghost.
}else{
"Very well, <AvatarName>."
}
}[-buy]
Tortured One{
She appears puzzled for an instant, but then she nods her head.
"Oh, thou must be referring to Caine. He was the alchemist who was responsible for the fire."
}[-Tortured One +fire]
fire{
"Oh, yes. It was horrible! The tavern caught on fire. I ran to my room, hoping to escape the flames. But then I started coughing. I couldn't breathe." Her chest rises and falls quickly as if she's reliving the experience.
"Finally, I could take it no longer." She brings the back of her hand to her forehead, dramatically. "I fainted. Then I was here again, just like thou dost see me now." Her smile is like that of a child.
}[-fire +here again +tavern]
here again{
"Yes, 'twas quite odd. When I awoke, it was as if I had never left when the fire began. In fact, were it not for the scorch marks everywhere, I would doubt the fire ever happened."
}[-here again]
here|tavern{
"Why, 'tis called the Keg O' Spirits. That's a fine name for a tavern, dost thou not agree?" She smiles< coyly>.
}[-tavern -here]
sacrifice{
"Thou wantest me to... to jump in a well?" Her eyes widen with astonishment.
yes{
"Well, thou canst go jump in a lake!" She crosses her arms on her buxom chest and turns away from you angrily. END
}else{
She recovers her composure, "Oh. For a moment there, I thought that thou wouldst have me be thy... sacrifice."
"Please, just leave me alone!" she looks as if she's about to cry. END
}[-sacrifice]
bye{
"Goodbye, <AvatarName>." The pretty ghost turns away. END
Paulette rushes up to you as you say goodbye and gives you a little kiss on the cheek. She backs away slowly, "Farewell, handsome." END
}
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