Lord God Investigator

Dame Hathaway walked into the theater of the Five Jug Inn. She had come here several times to enjoy plays. Later, due to the deterioration of public security in the Bridge District and the recent appearance of the Skinned Demon, she stopped coming.

Today's theater is very different from the past. The wooden benches have been replaced by comfortable wooden chairs covered with red cloth. The tattered walls have also been repaired. Several potted plants have been placed to beautify the environment. They look high-grade. Improved a lot.

The biggest change is the stage. The harp on the stage has been removed, the dilapidated scenery has also been removed, and a huge white curtain is spread out at the back of the stage, providing a white background for the entire stage.

The white curtain hangs from the ceiling and extends to the stage, where the background and the ground are integrated.

Dame Hathaway owns three fleets of ships. She could tell at a glance that the huge white curtain was made of several large sails stitched together. It had been rinsed many times and was washed very white without any yellow spots or stains.

She had heard that during this period, the Sigil Theater Company's business was deteriorating due to the disappearance of its leading actor, and there were almost no audiences left. There were many people in the theater today, many of whom were acquaintances of Dame Hathaway. At least one fifth of the women in the aristocratic district were here.

The theater that could accommodate hundreds of people was almost full, but due to the Dame's noble social status and good popularity, two ladies took the initiative to give up their seats in the front row, allowing her to get a seat with a very good view.

The ladies shook their little folding fans, covered their mouths with the folding fans, and talked softly together.

"Madam, are you also interested in that 'living statue'? You are a woman with a husband."

"Oh hehehe, I just like the beautiful background legend of that piece of art. Madam, your thoughts are not ladylike."

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"I really can't refuse Miss Klecia's invitation. For such a well-educated and good girl, fate is really playing tricks on people. The family has been defeated, and she is required to come out to do business. I feel very pitiful when I think about it. Help her a little if you can, and cheer her up."

"It's because of the wonderful story. I just like this kind of antique with a long history. What's more, it is also a rare object. I'm afraid there won't be another 'Immortal Man' in the continent of Faerûn. It's very valuable for collection." .”

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Dame Hathaway has been looking for Clecia. She likes that young girl with an extraordinary temperament. Now that her appearance is getting older and her interest in men has waned, Dame Hathaway has also begun to consider that she will eventually become a man. What will happen after an old woman with chicken skin and gray hair even returns to the Kingdom of God (Ms. Hathaway is a devout believer in the goddess Watkin).

No amount of wealth can be brought into the kingdom of the dead, and she has to start thinking about the issue of heirs.

She wanted to have more contact with Miss Klecia, get to know her more deeply, and examine whether she could become her stepdaughter, become the person to worship her after her death, pass on the family crest to her, and continue to generate a steady stream of income from the industry. Offered to the goddess Woking.

When the theater hall was full, the lights in the hall suddenly went out at the same time. These ladies were greatly frightened, and some even screamed.

But soon, a bright beam of light shone down from the ceiling platform and hit the center of the stage. Miss Klecia stood in the bright light illuminated by the beam.

"Dear noble and pure ladies, please don't panic. This theater is protected by more than 300 guards brought by you both inside and outside. Even if the Shadow Thieves Guild launches a general mobilization and attacks with all its strength, it will still be Return in vain."

Klecia's joke made the ladies chuckle, and the atmosphere relaxed. She explained: "Turn off the lights just for stage effect. Please sit where you are and don't move around."

Most of these rich and noble ladies are knowledgeable people. Some of them have watched concerts and the latest stage plays at the Waterdeep Theater. They know that the adjustment of light and dark has been used to enhance the atmosphere of stage plays. He also began to comfort the female companions around him, and order was quickly restored.

Seeing that more than a hundred wealthy ladies in the audience were already sitting calmly, Miss Clecia began to preside over the auction. She first told the background story of "Io, the one who looks at love from afar, the one who is immortal for ten thousand years." Then the conversation changed:

"To thank you ladies for coming here and helping me a lot, I specially invited Mr. Bredlow, the best performer in Sigil, who will present a wonderful 'stage play' with his performance team to everyone. , the stage play is based on the background story of 'Io, the Lover from afar, the Immortal Man for Ten Thousand Years', and has adapted the story to make it more in line with the preferences of the audience in the Amn region."

The audience under the stage started talking again. These wealthy ladies who were invited by Clesia were somewhat interested in stage plays. Previously, because of the situation in the Sigil Theater Company, the six-member Council had The proposal for the construction of a new theater has not been approved for a long time, and the wealthy and idle people in Ascaltra City have become panicked because they have no drama to watch.

It's just that none of these ladies have heard of who Mr. "Bredro" is. They guess that he is probably an exotic performer from an alien plane connected to Sigil City, the City of Thousand Gates.

Klecia said loudly: "Before the auction begins, I invite everyone to come and enjoy the magical and creative stage play. I guarantee that everyone's trip will be worthwhile and you will definitely get excellent audio-visual enjoyment."

Several workers carried a large wooden box into the theater hall and placed the strange machine with various parts and instruments right in front of the stage.

"This machine is the 'Magic Box of Light and Shadow' developed by Mr. Cameron, Mr. Bredlow's chief special effects artist. It is a masterpiece of dwarf engineering and can greatly enhance the stage effect. Please don't take it personally."

Amn is a country where magic is forbidden. Only masked wizards with permission from the six-member council are qualified to cast spells. Mages are discriminated against here, and casting spells in public is against the law.

So Luo Feng built a wooden box that looked very technological and asked the illusionist Carla to hide in it. Carla was a dwarf and short in stature, so the box didn't need to be big. There was still a lot of room left inside.

The optical slide lens set has been installed under Io's guidance. As long as Kara creates exquisite zero-level magic graphics on the console, it will be refracted and amplified by the strong light emitted by the lighting technique, and will be shot from the lens installed on the wooden box. Go out and be reflected on the huge white curtain behind the stage.

Behind the white curtain, Io was fixed on a platform. After loading the music player module, Io became the chief sound effects engineer and composer of the stage play. However, its power was limited and there was no way to amplify the playback. Fortunately, The continent of Faerûn is a magical place, and the "amplification field" scroll can amplify the music it plays and spread it to every corner of the theater.

This stage play not only has a 3D background created by a projector that can change like animation, but also has music support provided by Io. The integration of sound and picture is a modern performance form that the people of Faerûn have never seen before.