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You enter Annabeline's room and look around. Garments are hung on a rack
in one corner and there are more spilling out of the dresser. There are
some books and burnt candles on a table in the opposite corner and
Annabeline's bed by the window is left unmade. A tiny, grotesque creature
is sitting in one corner and hisses at you as you walk in. You try not to
look at it since its making you nervous. There is a needle-studded,
creepy gothic-type doll on Princess Annabeline's bed which you are trying
not to look at as well. "The Grand Moff arrives with his retinue soon," Maggie cackles on the other side of the door. "Ready to meet the Princess for a wedding ceremony and secure his claim to the throne. He has 70,000 more of his elite troops waiting on ships in Ixaltarn Bay, and intends to march for the capital immediately and capture it amidst the turmoil." "I wonder if 70 thousand is going to be enough," you say after a moment's thought. "You dont need to know every detail of the plan just yet," Maggie says. "Now these Moffs, they are a proud type, so we have to make sure to follow their rituals carefully in the course of the wedding so as not to risk upsetting the Moff." "I shall deal with the Moff as I please," you say, careful to imitate the vocal intonations of an arrogant princess. "We can only hope he takes a liking to your firebrand then Princess for his men are quick with their swords when they sense an insult to the Moff. These foreigners are not like us and we have to tolerate their ways until the last part of the ceremony, before which I shall deliver you the tincture." "Oh yes," you say. "The tincture, of course." "Place a quick drop in his ear and the rest shall be easy. Its up to you whether to do so before or after the consummation for the Moff is quite handsome as well, as you have seen," the witch laughs. "Now hurry! My friends can already sense their hoofbeats approaching along the riverbank. Put on something the Moff would like. You've already seen how their females dress last time, there was a warrior maiden with the Moff - perhaps he would enjoy seeing you dressed something like that, but more feminine, heh heh heh." You hear the witch depart and turn your attention to the clothing in the corner. You're left with quite a dillemma. You have no idea how the Moffs like their women to dress, and if the fashion you choose is too obviously different Maggie could suspect something. Furthermore you have no idea how a Princess should dress in the first place. After quickly rifling through the clothing you separate them into three piles that each could compose an outfit that a Princess, Moff or ninja might like.
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