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[color=7d6c00][i][b]Location:[/b][/i][/color] Shadowell Manor: Gaming Room
[color=7d6c00][i][b]Skills:[/b][/i][/color] N/A
[color=7d6c00][i][b]Hit Points:[/b][/i][/color] 4
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	This evening was indeed an evening to weigh options. The first such option had to wait for a moment as Chanteuse Amaranthine let ordered, talented notes fly from her instrument. The skill involved with the performance was beyond skill, and the emotion that the artist concentrated into it was phenomenal. Dr. Swamp could not help but move his hands with the music. No grand, sweeping gestures, as if he were conducting an imaginary symphony, but smallish, relatively tame movements that indicated a high degree of personal enjoyment coupled with a passing familiarity with the actual piece of music. As it came to a close, Swamp murmured a quiet, [color=7d6c00]"Hmm."[/color] It was wistful and just a touch sorrowful at the music's end. 

	The option presented now was tougher than it appeared at first glance. The initial instinct upon arrival to this place, to inspect and deduce as much as he could concerning the situation that weighed him down so, had taken a savage beating by the news that the lot of them were unwelcome visitors. The instinct was further shadowed, albeit much more positively so, by the presence and talent of the Chanteuse. Given as this was likely the only opportunity that he would have to keep her attention and have a private showing of her abilities as a performer, before pressing business or intrusion from fellow music lovers spoil the moment, Dr. Swamp allowed for another indulgence. 

	[color=7d6c00]"I would say that I am now in your debt. Anything I might scribble onto a pad or set to canvas is a poor equal. If the spirit is with you, I would listen to more of your art with gratitude. Afterward, I would hope you might join me in pursuing the mystery of our presence here."[/color]