Sorry, did you say "his status as Ines' old partner will keep people from fucking with him" or "his status as Ines' old partner will MAKE people fuck with him to send her a message"? Because it's the latter that's going to happen.
When Bastien is out with his artist friends, he will be ambushed by three young-and-hungry Bards who want to make a name for themselves by drawing out and murdering Ines. To this end, they attempt to kidnap Bastien to then hold him in a most dastardly fashion and send his toes to Ines until she either shows up to rescue him or proves that she's a toothless coward, etc.
Whether you want this kidnapping to succeed or not is up to you! You can either go the hijinks route and have Bastien rally his artist friends to stand against the Bardly onslaught (with no one killed because that would make it sad rather than hijink-y and justified by the fact that these Bards quite value the artistic output of this circle) OR you can go the drama route and have Bastien's friends have to rescue him.
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When Bastien is out with his artist friends, he will be ambushed by three young-and-hungry Bards who want to make a name for themselves by drawing out and murdering Ines. To this end, they attempt to kidnap Bastien to then hold him in a most dastardly fashion and send his toes to Ines until she either shows up to rescue him or proves that she's a toothless coward, etc.
Whether you want this kidnapping to succeed or not is up to you! You can either go the hijinks route and have Bastien rally his artist friends to stand against the Bardly onslaught (with no one killed because that would make it sad rather than hijink-y and justified by the fact that these Bards quite value the artistic output of this circle) OR you can go the drama route and have Bastien's friends have to rescue him.
up to you. dRAMA.