It's a fantasy role-playing game.

DM: You are Percival de Rolo, a human gunslinger . You are the member of the famous group of adventurers. Previously, Suddenly, Aldor reacts from the back of the room, alarmed and ready to run in the event that she is present. Vanessa tells him that it is okay, Lyra is currently away helping her uncle, Randi.
DM: "I'm on it, I'm on it! Hold on!" He whips around with this metallic cylinder that is very well sealed. "See, I learn from my mistakes!"
Player: That's very impressive. Oh--
DM: He walks very carefully, very gingerly placing it on the table. "Okay. Carefully." He pulls out (fwoosh) a small torch. "I have to unseal the metal."
Player: Let's not do that! And I make a quick... I'm going to try and bap the thing down as quickly as I can.
DM: Okay. You smack it out of his hand.
Player: Let's... I trust you implicitly.
DM: "Heh heh heh heh. It's coffee." "Black powder." (cackles)
Player: I think you've had enough. I'm going to smell the coffee. It's really coffee?
DM: Yeah. "Sorry, trying to host. It's been a while since I've had a guest. Would you like some?"
Player: Just one spoonful would be quite--
DM: He goes over to a small kettle and begins straining it through. He's got this little coffee brew on the side. "So, real black powder. Wait! I do know you."
Player: Yes!
DM: "You've purchased before."
Player: I have.
DM: "Return customer. Not many of those."
Player: Not many? Have there been others?
DM: He pours a couple of cups for you, pulls it over to you. "Oh, one. Months ago."
Player: Really? Who would--?
DM: "Nice woman. Young, good outfit, well dressed, heh."
Player: Excellent. She didn't happen to say where she was going, did she? By any chance?
DM: "No, no. Weeks, not months. Time-- strange."
Player: Weeks? Very good to know. Thank you, that's so helpful. Did you talk about anything else with this nice young woman, at all?
DM: "No! She paid well!"
Player: I'm sure she did.
DM: "Kept her distance."
Player: I'm sure she did as well. That's-- I'm curious, how have your own experiments been going? Going well? You should get that looked at some point. Three more, three more.
DM: "Three."
