Dorchadas Plays Baldur's Gate II, Part XVI: Mind = Flayed

Back in the room where the air elemental came up with the bucket, I head through the south door. Yoshimo unlocks and I enter, finding another door and a side cavern where a hobgoblin, a troll, and a human are arguing over who will clean the master's golems:

Human: "Fools! The Master will brook no incompetence! You are to clean his favorite golems and you do work too poorly! The Master is furious! He values his golems more than a hundred of you!!"
Hobgoblin: "We do best, animal! Gerg did not sign on to be smacked about by filthy dog."
Troll: "Please don't hits me, doggie! It hurts! It hurts!"
Human: "You have it wrong, scum! The dog is the one who grovels and that shall surely be you!"

After a moment, the "human" transforms into a werewolf and the group runs off without being hostile. Since the golems and the master are both dead, I let them go.
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Darker than Black, Week 1: Lindt Excellence 90% Cocoa Chocolate

Welcome back, food-lovers! I've been planning this for a while, but I kept putting it off for one reason or another. This weekend I didn't have anything to do and schoolpsychnerd pointed out that since tomorrow is Valentine's Day, it's the perfect time to start talking about chocolate.

I wanted to do something to follow up on Fifty Weeks, Fifty Curries, but something that required a bit less commitment, both from me in the writing department and, crucially, one that required schoolpsychnerd to put in a lot less effort. And then it hit me. I eat a lot of dark chocolate. A lot of dark chocolate. Pounds and pounds of the stuff. Why not take an opportunity to expand on my chocolate horizons, write a bit more about something that's not video games, tabletop RPGs, or daily life, and eat a lot of dark chocolate. Don't forget that part.
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