User:Blood Ox/Dialogue/Delilah's Masterwork

This page documents all dialogue unique to "Delilah's Masterwork".

Opening
"The Brigmores were an ancient family, bankrupted a generation ago.

Since then then the Manor has housed two street gangs, a smuggling ring, innumerable rats, and the Brigmore witches.

''I'd always left them alone, but now a painter named Delilah had taken up witchcraft and formed a coven. She was trying something.''

A ritual, but what kind?

The Outsider knows, I cannot abide a mystery."

Report
A Whaler approaches Daud.

Whaler: "I scouted, sir. They've locked the front, and I've seen evidence of snares. Also, maybe it's nothing, but I spotted several statues of the woman Delilah. I don't know what it means, but I thought it was worth mentioning."

Daud: "It means trouble. Anything else?"

Whaler: "They're getting in and out of the house somehow but I haven't spotted it. I'm sorry, sir. Best I can do.

Daud: "Good enough. I'll take it from here."

Strange doings
A Whaler talks to Daud on the ridge overlooking Brigmore Manor.

"Strange doings, sir. I killed a hound in the yard and it got straight back up and went for me.

I had to crush its skull to be sure."

Favor
A Whaler appears next to Daud on top of the shed in front of Brigmore Manor if the Hole in the Fence favor was purchased. (?)

"I hope everything is in order, sir."

Thieving butler
Two Brigmore Witches talk on the roof terrace.

Witch 1: "I never see this place without thinking of what we found here. So Tragic."

Witch 2: "So mawkish, more like. Why do you obsess over that butler and his tramp?"

Witch 1: "He drowned thinking of his love."

Witch 2: "He was a thief. He drowned thinking of what Lord Brigmore would do if he was caught."

Witch 1: "I like to imagine he was more devoted than that."

Witch 2: "He's still there, you know, rotting in the water. Why don't you go and give him a kiss? There's not much left of his face, but you can always imagine there's more."

Witch 1: "Why do you ruin everything?"

Tea
Two Brigmore Witches talk in the backyard.

Witch 1: "One of them she sent to Drapers Ward was supposed to bring me back a copper teapot."

Witch 2: "What in the Void do you want that for? When's the last time we had proper tea?"

Witch 1: "Last week, but the leaves were nearly dust. It still put the taste on my tongue. Wouldn't mind a bit more. And we'll find some, maybe on some passing boat. Maybe there'll be a trader wagon coming through."

Witch 2: "Not with the plague on the city. Everyone knows the dead don't buy tea. Or anything else."

Witch 1: "Still, if I get that copper pot, I'll be halfway there."

Witch 1: "You're moon-mad, sister. Ever optimistic."

Turncoat
If the Turncoat favor was purchased, Daud can speak to the red-dressed Bringmore Witch between the backyard shed and the manor.

Witch: "Don't think I'm on your side, because I'm not. If you raise a hand to any of my sisters but Delilah, you'll answer to me."

Daud: "Understood. What have you got?"

Witch: "When her ritual's done, Emily Kaldwin's mind will be gone, and Delilah will look out through her eyes, the rest of her life."

Daud: "And Delilah will rule as Empress."

Witch: "That's up to you. I've got my money, that's all I need."

Daud: "Wait. What about a way in?"

Witch: "Use the crypt. There's a lever that opens one of the tombs. The lever is kept in the shed. That's all I can tell you."

Shudder of awe
Witch 1: "Daud. Daud. Daud. I grow sick of this assassin. The other sisters speak of him with a shudder of awe in their voices. Like stupid school girls."

Witch 2: "Don't worry, love. The hounds will warn us. Or the statues. And then we'll descend on him like a murder of crows and we'll pick his bones clean."

Crypt statue
When Daud comes close, the statue of Delilah whispers.

"Daud…"

Manor interior
"And I thought the Flooded District was run down."

Delilah's plot
Two witches discuss Delilah's plan in a room on the first floor. (Living room?)

Witch 1: "The portrait of the heir is pristine. I wish you could have seen the brilliant colors. The brushwork is magnificent. Our lady is a genius. Timsh's portrait was only the beginning. A vague mesmerism. But with Emily, Delilah will extinguish the girl's spirit and inhabit her completely. Own her skin and bones. Make her pretty teeth smile."

Witch 2: "What will happen if Emily doesn't become empress? Half the city thinks she's dead."

Witch 1: "Emily Kaldwin will take the throne, don't worry. Delilah is certain. She sees things in the Void you and I do not."

Witch 2: "Why didn't she just paint the Lord Regent? He's already running the empire."

Witch 1: "She has her reasons. Delilah was raised in Dunwall tower, don't forget. And besides, the Lord Regent doesn't have a chance. Without the Boyle sisters behind him, paying the army, he's a walking corpse."

Pradclif's last words
Overseer Pradclif rambles in a room on the second floor.

Pradclif: "Please. No. Don't make eat anymore. I can't… Brother Marcus. I denounce. I denounce the Abbey! Wandering Gaze. Lying Tongue. Restless Hands. Roving Feet. Ramp… Rampant Hngh! The Seven Strictures are seven lies. The High Overseer is the whelp of a wolfhound bitch. The Seven Strictures are seven lies. Seven lies. Seven lies."

Daud: "What happened to you?"

Pradclif: (whispers) "I denounce. I denounce the oracles. The oracles…they… they saw. The Kaldwin girl is the key. The girl in the painting."

Daud: "Where's Delilah?"

Pradclif moans loudly and a witch appears in the room to finish him off.

Evie
Two Brigmore Witches, one of them named Evie, talk in a room lined with bookshelves on the second floor.

Witch: "Evie, I'm glad I found you. Is the painting of the void sealed?"

Evie: "Yes, I put the lantern back in our Lady's studio. It'll be ready when she calls."

Witch: "Mmm, but I don't think Delilah will return this way. When she calls us, it will be to Dunwall Tower."

Evie: "Probably true."

Witch: "Evie, may I confess something to you? Promise not to tell the others."

Evie: "Of course. You can always confide in me."

Witch: "When I was in the studio, I painted the mark on my hand, just to see. It was foolish, I know, but I couldn't help myself."

Evie: "Never be ashamed of your ambition. It's why she chose you."

Witch: "Thank you. Your words are always exactly what I need Evie. If only my birth sisters had been more like you."

Evie: "Well if they had they'd still be alive wouldn't they?"

Tilda
Two Brigmore Witches, one of them named Tilda, talk in the portrait room.

Tilda: "It pains me that I cannot be at Delilah's side during the final moments of the ritual. She's alone. What if something goes wrong? Who will help her? Doesn't it worry you?"

Witch: "You underestimate our great lady's resourcefulness. She's not alone. Not entirely."

Tilda: "The statues. Of course."

Witch: "They're more than statues. She's put her will in them, and in the Void their power is much greater. Do not fret, sweet Tilda. Lady Delilah needs you to be strong and steadfast. This is no time to wilt like a summer daisy."

Tilda: "I won't. Forgive me, sister. You're right."