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LOCK & KEY

The palace of the Doxe enters lockdown over 14-18 October, with Bonaccorso said to have taken sick.

■ A curfew is imposed between 21:00 and 10:00. Guards demand solid reasons to allow characters out of their quarters.

■ You can bypass these measures by escalating balconies or rooftops, dressing up as servants, inventing convincing emergencies or sleeping in other Taravast districts during the lockdown.

THE MAN, HIS FLESH, HIS BONES
Talk stokes that Bonaccorso may have been poisoned or wounded. All of his petitioners are turned away. Donna Vannozza secludes herself, ostensibly in prayer. A distraught, anxious Macaluso seeks comfort from his foreign suitors.

✘ Groups of healers characters can spy on are milling throughout the palace.

✘ As rumours spread, Taravast's people adjourn in front of the palace to offer flowers and prayers for the Doxe's health. Public gestures now could go a long way, politically.

✘ Bonaccorso's wing of the palace is heavily guarded, but those who infiltrate it at night might hear hollow, unidentifiable, senseless screams. No dead or wounded are reported, come morning. None of the wing servants has heard a thing, and many appear misty-eyed, as if in a haze.

✘ By 19 October, Bonaccorso re-emerges, frail but convalescing. The lockdown lifts.


! This just adds more detail to the calendar write-up, and doesn't require obligatory participations!