(Scars do not appear to be cause of death –shock ... - Bad Request

"Then I'll find this Merriman, and speak to him on your behalf."
Dolora nodded, the slightest hint of a smile appearing on her lips. She
bowed her head. "Were you to find and speak with Merriman, I would be
most grateful. He is a member of the Society of Sensation, so you may wish
to ask for him at the Civic Festhall."
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When I asked around about this Merriman, I was given descriptions of a
bitter, cantankerous old codger, despite his name. It was easy to find him...
few were so jaded and cranky in this hall of delights.
The man's drab gray-white coat matched his frayed silver hair, and wrinkles
etched deep crevices into his face. His mouth was twisted into frown that
became even more severe as he noticed me coming his way. "Merriman my
name may be, but merry I am not! Off with you, young one! No time for the
likes of you!" He went into a fit of coughing from the exertion of shooing me
away so loudly.
"Wait... Dolora wanted me to speak with you."
Merriman eyed me suspiciously. "That so? About what, eh? Hmm? Well?"
"She says that you're her first love, and that so long as you hold the keys to
her heart, she'll never be free to love another."
"She told you that, eh? I'm surprised. Perhaps leaving her in under Mistress
Grace's tutelage did what I couldn't... started to develop her feelings. In any
case..." He patted a pocket on his tunic. "...I won't just give the keys to you."
"Wait - those are literally 'the keys to her heart?'"
He nodded. "That they are. Dolora's a Construct; didn't you know that? A
creature of sorcery and clockwork mechanics she is, and one of my finest
creations." Merriman sighed. "But cold, without emotion or character. I
brought her to the Brothel and 'set' her so that she could not leave, in the
hopes that the constant contact with so many others would begin develop
her own personality. The keys are the tools used to 'set' her; she wants
them because she feels that they're limiting her personal growth now, I
suspect."
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