SCI FI FANTASY SATURDAY JULY 13: The Sister Contract, pt 3

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More from my audio sketch based on the Dungeons & Dragons Online game, in which NPC hirelings recount their adventures with the parties who employ them. Kastinalia is commiserating with her companions Syllix, the Drow Elf fighter, and Anthem, the Warforged bard. (Note to non-D&D players: “halflings” are like hobbits, without the good manners.)

 

ANTHEM: Ah, yes. What is a hireling to do when his clients are more aggravating than the monsters?

 

SYLLIX: I was hired by a party of halflings last week. All day they made Drow jokes as if I wasn't even there. But I was professional and did my job.

 

ANTHEM: Good for you.

 

SYLLIX: Afterward I went to our Guild base and spent an hour hacking at one of the training dummies.

 

KASTINALIA: The short one?

 

SYLLIX: Yes.

 

 

As always, comments are welcome.

 

I’ve tentatively charmed a member of the DDO Community team and a favorite DDO podcaster into providing two of the voices. I could use a recording tutor and a few more female voices.  Anyone else want in?

 

SCI FI FANTASY SATURDAY JULY 6: The Sister Contract, pt 2

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Here’s another segment from my upcoming audio sketch, which takes place in the Dungeons & Dragons Online game.

Kastinalia is an NPC: a fighter hireling. She’s telling her friends the story of how she was contracted to guard her current employer, who happens to be her "inexperienced" younger sister, the priest Mellanda. 

The interesting thing about magical contracts: when your employer tells you to do something, you are magically compelled to obey. Mellanda doesn’t really get that. Like when they come to a door into a room that looks just a little too inviting: 

KASTINALIA: No, I mean it's a trap.

MELLANDA: Really? I'll take a look; you stay here.

SOUND FX: charm magic

KASTINALIA: No! I mean the whole room --

MELLANDA: Shh!

SOUND FX:: charm magic

SYLLIX: So you couldn't follow her in...

ANTHEM: And you couldn't warn her...

KASTINALIA: ...that she's was probably going to be --

SOUND FX: heavy gates dropping.

KASTINALIA: Locked in.

As always, comments are welcome.

I’ve tentatively charmed a member of the DDO Commmunity team and a favorite DDO podcaster into providing two of the voices. I could use a recording tutor and a few more female voices.  Anyone else want in?