It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Scanlan Shorthalt, a gnome bard . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, Vanessa makes them an offer: They may undergo a trial to become fully-fledged guild members, and thereby be retroactively written into the contract for the hydra. Otherwise, they will be prosecuted as poachers.
DM: She reaches to part of her shoulder pauldron, lifts it up, and you can see there's a brand on the side of her arm.
Player: My body's a temple. I don't like that.
DM: "Then perhaps you'd like the judgment."
Player: The judgment? Oh no, no. Do I have to get branded?
DM: "It does not hurt much."
Player: (whimpers) I'm really wimpy.
DM: "Gnomes... Three days. Will you accept?"
