Four.

A bard eh?
I think I recall some bards in one of my old haunts.
You wouldn't have happened to perform at the Scarlet Court, have you?
Had some wonderful musicians play at that place before it...
Ahem. These old memories of mine keep trying to leak out.
Have to be careful with doling them out, you understand.
One leads to another, and another still.
But, ah, I digress from my own question.
Have you played at the scarlet court?
The masks made it difficult to tell those hired for temporary positions apart.
-M

♪What's a Scarlet Court?♪Is it a kind of house?♪

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