You arrive inside the city gates of Alagadda and are immediately overwhelmed by the sights.

The archaic Caroline-era buildings and extravagant outfits everyone is wearing makes the city seem like something right out of a play, and the smell of flowers, wine, and old books wafts through the air as a band plays for a crowd of dancers on one street, while on another, there is a fencing duel taking place.

You find that the clothes you were wearing prior to your entrance have been replaced with ballroom-style ones. You've also got a mask affixed to your face that you can't seem to take off.

As you acclimate to your environment, you are approached by a girl wearing a masquerade mask. That's odd– it's a known fact that there are no children in Alagadda.

Nevertheless, nothing bad happens, and she simply gives you a smile, procuring a newspaper from her satchel.

"Oh, welcome!" she says in your own language (albeit with an accent similar to Italian), looking up at you. "Care for the latest issue of The Wandsman's Gazette to catch you up on the news of the ever-changing multiverse? If I sell 2000 copies this month, I get a Chassepot cavalry carbine!"