Lost Legacies Gameplay Thread (Ending March 16)

(Week 3, part 2, right after the chess game)

Meanwhile Daniel was watching the news in the Reed apartment. There was a feature about the Thor family displaying paintings from their collection in the local museum. 

Encouraged by another call of the envoy's, Daniel went to the exhibition.

The paintings showed historic scenes, only for Daniel the fairy's eyes they were all modern. Those buildings hadn't existed yet in the time he had spent adventuring with Captain Cordelia.

Daniel took a seat next to a busk of Princess Cordelia.

Daniel: "I hadn't expected this job to spark memories of Tartosa. Good times, ey, Cordy? Not exactly easier, but a lot simpler."

Wistfully (and not caring in the least about getting caught per the staff) Daniel ran his fingers over the statue. Suddenly he winced when he touched little cracks. They were too regular to be anything other than deliberately chiseled into the stone! A string of numbers...

When Daniel went to tell the curator, she brushed him aside with "That's what we in the museum business call inventory numbers".

He called the envoy again, who directed him to "a bench".

Daniel immediately ruled out the wooden benches in the little park. The one his mysterious contact referred to must be part of the exhibition.

And indeed there it was, under a window upstairs. Daniel's heart almost stopped when he saw it.

400 years ago he had sat on a bench just like this, maybe this exact same one! Back in Tartosa... with Captain Cordy... and with Bob the butler...

(I downloaded the official Princess Cordelia household from the gallery for a couple of backstory screenshots.)

She had taken Daniel "giving Bob the doe eyes" a little personally.

Daniel: "If we both duel for Bob's honor, then he can only win, regardless of which of us hurls the saber out of the other's hand, haha!"

Right. Simpler times. You got a gripe with a crewmate, you broke out the sabers. And afterwards everything was forgotten and forgiven. The pirates' life sure was appealing to a fairy! But it couldn't last. Time moved on and what was a couple of nights in Everdew, in the human world meant decades passing...

Daniel wasn't really ancient, in fact, he had lived only for twenty-two years so far. But he had seen a lot of human history, knotted together like pearls on a necklace.

Gavin found Daniel sitting on the bench, blissfully unaware of his boyfriend being lost in memories of a long deceased lover.

He found a box standing in plain view. Whereever the envoy had found it originally, she had positioned it for the Reed couple to find. Using the code Daniel had discovered, Gavin opened it, only to find its contents missing.

Gavin: "Bad news, baby. I'm afraid we were set up as scapegoats for this theft. When the lordships realize that their treasure is gone, our investigating of this very same treasure will make us suspicious beyond help. We better lie low for a while."

Daniel (through clenched teeth): "That would be the wise thing to do, huh? Tell you what! The different buildings, the fireplace, the keys, the code on the statue and the ancient box with a modern numbers-lock, all of that tells me that GENERATIONS were involved in keeping the treasure secure. I don't care who has a legal or moral claim to it, I want it! Like we... like they did back in Cordy's time!"

With the very real chance that the thief had set them up as scapegoats and would call the police on them any moment, Gavin decided to just walk up to the Veronviller nobility with his information. Conveniently Archduke Thiago was on site, so the detectives laid out everything that had happened to his Highness.

Thiago: "Very well. I won't go into detail about the treasures or the envoy - yet. Just bring the goods - and ideally also that woman - back to us. Then we'll talk."

Gavin: "About a reward?"

Thiago: "You may keep the fireplace cache."

That had been five thousand credits and a valuable ring. For up-front pay that was really good!

Thiago: "But do well and non-monetary rewards might be in store, too. Good evening, gentlemen. And good luck!"

It was great that you were able to find out the mod causing the issue, and continue on with the tasks 🙂
Daniel is very determined to eventually find the treasure! He was pleased though to first have the ancient ring 🙂

I really like your take on this challenge, and the way you've worked hard to get shots of the background story and another bench than those ordinary wodden ones. It's fun and different. Well done. 

Have to say, my royal hands are getting quite annoyed at all this researching

typing with all this bling on is certainly rather frustrating. should have given that task to my royal advisor Bob...
Because ofcourse my royal advisor is Bob. No one understands me better than Bob. Not even Vlad, unfortunately.
Vlad would only give me compliments about my neck, regardless of me hunching around like Quasimodo, his advice cannot be trusted.
Also, Bob makes better pancakes.

anyhow moving forward from explaining my royal self and after some preparation in my humble abode

I managed to beat Marina in chess as well

I was strategic and went to the park after dark, wise of me indeed.
I've been burning enough trying to follow that lady around in sunny Dambele, such bad sense of direction she has, and no manners at all, Invite to my royal residence means come to my royal residence not to the marketplace dang it 😡
I feel like I might stop being so benevolent ruler very soon and it'll be all this ladys fault making me run around town.

Congratulations to her on beating Marina at chess 🙂She doesn’t sound too happy with Marina making her do a lot of work, research and going to many places! 

The next morning as Lucifer and Cordelia have breakfast together, she lets him on a little secret of hers. She used to sail the high seas as a pirate when she was just a teenager.

Cordelia shares to Lucifer that she found a treasure map that led to a treasure chest. She tells him she still has it. Being intrigued, he asks her if he could see it.

Cordelia takes Lucifer to a secret room in the chateau. There, he sees a large golden treasure chest. The lid of the chest is partially open and the chest is still full of treasures.

Short and Sweet, But…
To Be Continued!

It was sweet that Cordelia herself told Lucifer that she used to be a pirate ❤️It was great that you captured the moment with the treasure map in her thought bubble!  The treasure chest filled with treasures is great! It is great the way you have brought out the pirate theme of this week’s task into your story.

Apparently, if you use this lot trait, money CAN buy happiness! 😆

Lucifer is amazed at the treasure chest and what he sees inside. A shiny green object catches his eye.

Lucifer bends over and picks up the shiny green object. It is an antique jeweled ring. The inside of the ring has an emerald cut jewel surrounded by gold. He gets a sensation to put it on. Cordelia tries to stop him, but it is too late. He is soon in a small trance.

Cordelia grabs a hold of Lucifer’s hands and tries to snap him out of it. Soon enough, he is. He tells her that he felt enduring love, family conflict, and heartbreaking loss. Cordelia tells him that the ring is cursed. Lucifer tries to take the ring off but cannot. He knows he can easily take it off, but he’ll show his true self to Cordelia. He decides to keep it on.

Cordelia asks Lucifer to help her close the lid on the treasure chest. After doing so, she removes a skeletal key from a drawer and locks the chest.

Cordelia gives the key to Lucifer asking him to hold onto it as she trusts him. Holding the key, Lucifer sees it is an ominous key crowned with a skull, and not a scratch in sight.

Cordelia then escorts Lucifer to her bedroom as she wants to show him more that came from her adventures as a pirate. She shows him the stained-glass window of their pirate ship out at seas. Also, next to her desk is a sculpture of Cordelia’s head. These were created for the Thebe family upon their return.

Lucifer heads back to his room afterwards and takes out the key that Cordelia gave him. He places it inside his display case. He begins to wonder if there is another reason why he is collecting these keys. He knew there were five. But what made Cordelia talk about her past and then give him this key, he wondered. Lucifer begins to think his father might have something to do with this.

Later on in the day, Marina, the Royal Envoy, pays a visit to the chateau. She is not happy.

To Be Continued…

It is not good that Lucifer is now wearing the ring 🙁I hope that he will be able to complete a fortune aspiration.
There has been some issues with the ring 
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The stained glass window that came with the event is lovely.
Marina doesn’t look too happy!