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Post by June Scarlet on Oct 27, 2023 13:52:19 GMT -5
A grand old theater sits on the next block, its marquee boosting "Now Presenting: Sylvia the Suprewe!" There's a line of Halloween-costumed people wrapped around the building to get in; many of them are wearing magician costumes for some reason. You approach one of them.
"What's with all the sheep fans?" you ask.
The man, dressed in a black tux with red trim, gives you a blank look.
You point up at the sign. "Sylvia the Super Ewe?"
He laughs. "No, that says 'Sylvia the Supreme!' They must have run out of 'M's and used a 'W.'"
"And who is Sylvia the Supreme?"
With a flourish of his cape, he says, "She's a very famous magician, but I guess you don't have that streaming service. She does amazing, mind-blowing tricks. She's having a special Halloween live show here tonight!"
Just then, the doors open. The line of people quickly enters into the theater, and you decide to as well. Before you've even taken your seat, though, you notice an imposing woman standing next to you. She's dressed in a tux as well, but hers looks like no costume. She points at you, and says in a booming voice that fills the theater, "I, Sylvia the Supreme, require your assistance! Help me, and I shall reward you!"
Will you help Sylvia the Supreme? Will you run away and eat candy instead? What kind of reward is she offering, anyway?
Roleplay, character exploration.
(I wasn't particularly planning on having a house this year, but the neighborhood's so empty, so I'm making this up as a go along. Sylvia is a character I need to explore further anyway.)
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Post by downrightdude on Oct 27, 2023 23:47:48 GMT -5
Dressed up as the most beautiful Mermaid Princess in the seven seas, Snaw gracefully ascends to the stage. This was exactly what the ugly sea witch had proclaimed: to remain human after Halloween, SNaw would need to partake in a magic act!
Wearing a June wig, Charlie the Llama trots upon the stage, too.
"My, I do love a good magic act!" SNaw proclaims, making the audience swoon at their beauty and fabulous teal-green gown. "What do I have to do, possibly fashionable one?"
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Post by June Scarlet on Oct 29, 2023 16:10:41 GMT -5
Sylvia the Supreme is indeed a fashionable one. The only thing missing from her magician's ensemble is a top hat. "I am in need of your assistance, Mermaid Princess," says Sylvia. "Your... financial assistance," she says with a grin, pulling a gold coin from behind Snaw's ear. The audience laughs at Sylvia's joke, and she puts the coin in Snaw's hand. "Here, I believe this belongs to you. A trick, and a treat, all in one for you." Sylvia then leans in closer to Snaw, so that the audience doesn't hear. "Thank you for your participation. I have... a harder quest as well, but with greater reward. You like that gold coin? I have dozens more for you, if you are able to track down My Top Hat. You'll likely find it with a twelve year old girl and the guinea pig she's claimed as her own, though we both know better. "Yes, bring me My Top Hat, and that pesky Guinea Pig too, and I will reward you greatly."
downrightdude Will you bring Sylvia the Top Hat and Guinea Pig she so badly wants and claim your reward? Or will you stop while you're ahead with the single gold coin? |
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Post by RielCZ on Oct 29, 2023 18:54:50 GMT -5
CursedPirate!Riel observes the beautiful mermaid princess sitting next to him obtain some sort of fetch quest from that fance magician, Sylvia the Supreme. He tips his bicorn hat at Sylvia and asks, "May ye have somethin' fer me to find ye from 'round this grand ole' theatre?"
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Post by June Scarlet on Oct 29, 2023 19:36:24 GMT -5
Sylvia the Supreme takes in the cursed pirate and nods. "Perhaps, but I believe it actually is beyond this theater. Seek ye the Magician's Top Hat, and you shall be rewarded greatly. "It's My Top Hat, and it was stolen by that little girl, and the guinea pig with it. I want, no, I need it back."
RielCZ Sylvia has indeed given you a fetch quest! ... For the exact same item. She must really want that top hat. The race is on, I suppose! |
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Post by downrightdude on Oct 29, 2023 23:35:05 GMT -5
downrightdude Will you bring Sylvia the Top Hat and Guinea Pig she so badly wants and claim your reward? Or will you stop while you're ahead with the single gold coin? Snaw doesn't know where they can find the guinea pig and Top Hat. But if it meant staying human forever, they would do it! Charlie the llama whips out a magnifying glass. |
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Post by June Scarlet on Oct 30, 2023 7:51:04 GMT -5
Sylvia smiles at all that has transpired. "Yes, good, I'm glad you've agreed to my quest, as it were. I do not know where you can find the top hat and the guinea pig that goes with it, but it should be with a twelve-year-old girl named Jess. Since it's Halloween, I imagine she's trick-or-treating, as children do."
downrightdude You have received a hint! The Top Hat is likely with Jess the trick-or-treater. |
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Post by downrightdude on Oct 30, 2023 16:57:51 GMT -5
downrightdude You have received a hint! The Top Hat is likely with Jess the trick-or-treater. Snaw the Mermaid Princess doesn't know this "trick and treater". But Charlie the llama, who can travel through different dimensions, jumps into a world-transporter portal. |
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Post by June Scarlet on Oct 30, 2023 18:01:35 GMT -5
Sylvia seems unfazed by the magic the Llama has demonstrated, instead waiting patiently to see what is transpiring on the unseen other end of the portal.
downrightdude Jess the Trick-or-treater has given up the top hat. Sylvia awaits the top hat. |
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Post by downrightdude on Oct 30, 2023 23:33:37 GMT -5
Charlie the Llama reappears with the top hat on his head.
"Oooh, what a strange contraption!" Snaw peers into the hat before handing it to Sylvia. "Is this the dorkelmyerstratten you requested?"
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Post by June Scarlet on Oct 31, 2023 8:26:57 GMT -5
"Indeed," says Sylvia, rubbing her hands together. She takes the top hat, and twirls in in her hand. "Ah, it's what I asked for indeed. "As for your reward..." she twirls the hat one last time, and dumps out a hatful of gold coins on the floor for Snaw. The audience claps wildly at this magic trick. Amazing! Sylvia the Supreme reaches into the hat up to her elbow, and pulls out a handful of blades of grass. "It's mine!" The audience claps politely at this next magic trick. Kind of weird, but okay. Sylvia the Supreme starts laughing. "Ahaha. Ahahahaha. Bwahahaha!" Starting to sound a bit like an evil laugh at the end there. Oh dear.
 downrightdude You have successfully completed Sylvia's task, and she has rewarded you! Everyone: Sylvia might be actually a not great person to give a magic hat to... |
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Post by RielCZ on Oct 31, 2023 11:51:23 GMT -5
CursedPirate!Riel watches in disappointment that he didn't get Sylvia the top hat, and subsequently didn't get any coin reward.
His disappointment morphs into an odd sense of schadenfreude as he and the crowd realize that giving her her top hat back was likely a mistake to begin with.
"Hey Sylvia!" he calls, asking the question on everyone's minds. "Now that you have it, whatcha gonna do with that hat?"
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Post by June Scarlet on Oct 31, 2023 13:06:12 GMT -5
Sylvia grins. "Little did that girl, or anyone else realize the power this hat holds. With this top hat, I'll do whatever magic I want!"
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Post by downrightdude on Oct 31, 2023 16:58:13 GMT -5
Snaw eagerly gathers up the coins. "There's enough here for a whole pile of dingleboppers!"
Content, Snaw goes back to their seat. But Charlie the llama is getting suspicious about Sylvia. Why would she pull out grass from her hat and not eat it? And what was up with her evil laugh?
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Post by Lizica on Oct 31, 2023 17:39:10 GMT -5
Lizica belatedly enters the theatre, trying her best to be inconspicuous. Which is slightly difficult, since it visibly looks as if she couldn't decide on a costume and instead decided to just...wear everything possible. Her bulky figure of multiple layers of coats and cloaks and ghost shawls, scarves and kerchiefs and ascots, a tower of far too many hats to see out from beneath--all bustles down the theatre aisle. She apologizes frantically to the people in the front row that she's stepping over towards her seat. "Excuse me!" "Am I too late for the magic show?" "Sorry!" "I didn't miss anything, did I?" "Ohhh, your foot, sorry!!" ...Until her high-heel-wrapped-in-a-Croc-wrapped-in-a-bedroom-slipper finally snags on one of her dangling scarves, and she blindly tumbles forward, half onto the stage, many parts of her ensemble coming undone in the confusion. Suddenly, hats are everywhere and all over the stage. Knit caps and ball caps and stove pipe hats and tricorns and chimney pot hats and propeller beanies and bowler hats and helmets and visors and witch hats and cowboy hats and-- "Augh, sorryyyyy," Lizica murmurs from the floor. ((Please let me know if this is too much! XD)) |
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