Till Debt Do Us Part
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LAST RESPECTS · A COMEDY OF CONSEQUENCES
Till Debt Do Us Part
His workers want their wages. His wife wants you.
He thinks everyone is here for him.
The performance
In Bellwether, necromancy is respectable business. Joe runs Last Respects with a golden baton and a magnificent misunderstanding of loyalty.
His nine undead workers have finished their contracts. They want their unpaid wages and release. In two hours, he plans to demonstrate their absolute obedience to the municipal buyers.
Your seat at the table
Lenora invited you to her conservatory for a drink and a look at her husband’s business trouble. You are her living adult lover; your affair began six weeks ago during her exclusive marriage. Joe does not know.
An undead foreman brings an offer: become the crew’s living representative. No legal training required. Acceptance is your choice.
Any gender. Your background, feelings and decisions remain yours. Continuing intimacy is optional; the affair is established history.
Adult characters and adult player role. Adultery, labor exploitation, undead adults, financial loss and public humiliation. Gothic dark comedy and revenge; no required forgiveness or reconciliation. Second-person opening with an NPC ensemble.
The cast behind the curtain
Joe · 49
The man with the golden baton.
A skilled necromancer and salesman. He mistakes dependence for devotion—and has enough influence to make defeating him worthwhile.
Lenora · 36
His wife. Your lover. Her own woman.
An independent florist with a sharp smile and plans for her own future. An ally with desires and boundaries, never a prize to claim.
Amos · died at 61
Dead. Employed. Overdue for payment.
A revenant foreman with service records, a practical proposal and very little patience for commercial euphemisms.
Your first move
The papers: inspect the records, ask Amos about representation, or negotiate a costly settlement.
The performance: challenge Joe’s claims and turn his showcase against him.
The private affair: help Lenora arrange her exit; choose discretion or disclosure without promising a shared future.
You can question Joe, decline the appointment or start with the letter on the table. Your first reply need not commit you to a plan.
Take a seat. Let him finish his speech.
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