Carmen & Maddox leave the pyramid and hold a circus

<Procyon> it takes a while to get bck but your memory serves you
<Procyon> you arrive ta your home easy
<Procyon> eyepatch dude is waiting
* Carmen_Chapman waves at Eyepatch as they approach
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hey duuuude!!!!"
<Procyon> he waves
<Maddox> ((who is eyepatch?))
<Procyon> hes a lizard man consort with an eyepatch
<Procyon> hes mute... ish
* Maddox watches the interaction, and gives a small wave
<Carmen_Chapman> ((he talks sometimes but not much, Carmen mentioned an eyepatch dude when she was talking about the potion thing she made))
<Procyon> he asks carmen who that is
<Carmen_Chapman> ((his eyepatch is also awesome))
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is MaddoX!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hes p much the best dude ever!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman hops off Myke to say hello to Eyepatch
* Carmen_Chapman whispers to Eyepatch
<Carmen_Chapman> "hes also my boyfriend!"
* Carmen_Chapman flashes Eyepatch a huge grin
* Maddox nods, saying, "Yup!"
<Procyon> Eyepatch grins like, "my man"
* Carmen_Chapman waves MaddoX over to come join them
* Maddox jumps down and follows
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats up dude???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur all like... not passed out on the ground or whatevs anymore"
<Alex_> so carmen really quick why was he passed out again?
<Alex_> im having trouble remembering
<Carmen_Chapman> I don't think he actually passed out
<Carmen_Chapman> He drank a bunch of the fake potion stuff
<Carmen_Chapman> and then kind of drunkenly walked away and fell over
<Carmen_Chapman> Carmen didn't stick around for long
<Alex_> Right
<Alex_> He tells you  he was just feeling a bit weird after drinking that nasty stuff.
<Alex_> He came to see what you were up to.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhh... stuff!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Xplorin... yup."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U know just stuff"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hows all the peeps back at the village doin now with the whole curse shit?"
<Alex_> He tells you pretty well, but no one has tried anything crazy yet, you gotta convince them
<Maddox> "Why should they do crazy stuff?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hmph."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Why the gotta be all like.... skeptical n shit???"
* Carmen_Chapman turns to MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "P much all the peeps think theyre 'cured' now but nobody aXually thinX theyre cured enough to try anythin crazy"
<Carmen_Chapman> "So like.... nobody REALLY thinX theyre cured?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theyre still all scared n stuff???"
<Alex_> He tells you they think theyre cured but its been so long no one wants to be first
<Alex_> He tells you so far theres been no reason to try to break the curse, its become habit
<Maddox> "Makes sense to me."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Do peeps.... wanna start doin crazy stuff again?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Kinda seems like what villages are sposed to do round here or somethin"
<Alex_> He tells you you should probably prove they can anyway even if they dont want to
<Alex_> Just in case they do wnat to in the future.
<Maddox> "Doing dumb stuff, even if you aren't 'cursed' is dangerous though. Even if they love it as much as Carmen."
<Maddox> "On the other hand, we're still here, so who am I to talk?"
* Carmen_Chapman bursts out a brief laugh
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whats like... a dangerous thing they could do thats not like SUPER hard or somethin?"
<Alex_> He tells Maddox that their tradition is circusry so dangrous stuff is needed, maybe someone walking a tightrope with a net below?
<Carmen_Chapman> "If theyre still kinda scared if they try n do somethin like REAL dangerous their gonna be so scared theyre probs gonna screw it up n then think I was a phony!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman looX a little anXious at the thought of that
<Alex_> Then you gotta convince them that iots not dangerous because the curse is lifted
<Carmen_Chapman> "Seems kinda.... high staXe to me!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "If I screw up then theyll never believe me again n were sooo screwed!!!"
<Alex_> He tells you not to mess it up then :0
* Carmen_Chapman turns to MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur like.... magic power shit"
<Maddox> "I think we just let them figure it out?"
<Maddox> "..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "The hand things"
<Maddox> "How heavy are you guys?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Maybe if we did somethin like the tightrope thingy eyepatch said...."
<Carmen_Chapman> "If someones gonna fall or somethin u could catch them or make sure they dont fall or somethin???"
<Maddox> They would know though.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Really?"
<Maddox> "Remember when I hugged you? They would notice if I tapped them... maybe if they used a pole or something..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "The lizard peep I saw at the circus thing was usin a long pole thing when she was on the tightrope!"
<Alex_> He tells you it is tradition to use a pole.
* Carmen_Chapman waggles her eyebrows
<Carmen_Chapman> "Maaaaaybe...?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaddya think?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I mean like..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I hope thats like not even a thing cuz I just get them all fired up n shit so theyre not that scared anymore!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "But I reeeeeally dont want everyone to think Im shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im.... kinda tired of that always bein a thing back on Earth n that not bein here..... s p nice"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck I gotta stop soundin pathetic"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets just go or whatever"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaddya think MaddoX?"
<Maddox> "Yeah, that could work. I can try it."
<Maddox> "It might backfire horribly though."
<Alex_> He tells you it might not
<Maddox> "True."
<Maddox> "Well, I think talking them into it is in your department, Carmen."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yuuuuuup"
* Carmen_Chapman suddenly perX up, Xited about something
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lemme go get something!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman runs to the closet where her dad stores his only-kind-of-dangerous stuff
* Carmen_Chapman rifles through boXes to see if there are any small fireworX things left
* Maddox follows
<Alex_> YOu manage to find a few
<Maddox> "fireworks?"
* Carmen_Chapman holds them over her head victoriously
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "If ur gonna get all Xited bout somethin u gotta have Xplosions n stuff!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Legit circuses have all kindsa fire n shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "We can have a lil bit a fireworX to make shit cool!"
<Maddox> "Perfect."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U got any other sweet ideas???"
* Maddox thinks for a bit
<Maddox> "Not really. I can't think of anything we really want to sell them.
<Maddox> Other than that the curse is gone, of course."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sweet"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Y think of anythin Eyepatch???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I p much dont know these peeps at all ur the one that like... really feels what they do u know?"
<Alex_> He shakes his head, suggests maybe a light show for the spectators
<Alex_> can really emphasize how impressive or dangerous it is with lights
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhhhh...."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U got any ideas for light show stuff MaddoX?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I got like some rando laser pointers I found at school n thats like... it"
<Maddox> "Light show. Well, I could show off my Axesabers and fling them around, but that could end very badly."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U make any other sweet light shit when u made ur light sabers???"
<Maddox> "Yeah, I don't got a lot of lights otherwise."
<Maddox> "I mean, I have this grenade thing."
* Maddox pulls out his Axe Body Detonator
<Maddox> ((Axe Body Spray && Han Solo Thermal Detonator))
* Carmen_Chapman maXe a huge :O face
<Carmen_Chapman> "U HAVE A GRENADE????"
<Maddox> "Probably? It probably is like 70% Pain and 30% Smelling good.
<Alex_> ((i remember from your post))
<Carmen_Chapman> "Can u like... make it a light grenade thingy??? That we be SOOO COOOOL!!!"
<Maddox> "I could, but there is a very high chance it would kill someone."
<Carmen_Chapman> :|
<Maddox> "Also I don't have a lot of high-level grist left.
<Carmen_Chapman> "I have some I think???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lemme get a laser pointer from my room"
* Carmen_Chapman leaps up the stairs to her room to get a laser pointer
* Carmen_Chapman returns with a red one and a green one
<Carmen_Chapman> "I... kinda broke the other ones."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Can u make somethin with these?"
<Maddox> "That's fine."
<Maddox> "Ooh, what if we just made a ton of these?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dont really... get how this thingy worX."
* Carmen_Chapman points to the alchemy machines
* Maddox goes over and figure out how much the laser pointer costs in and of itself
<Alex_> 3 build grist since its just an object
<Maddox> "This is super cheap!"
* Maddox copies down the codes for both, then takes them apart and quickly shorts the power switch using a bit of paper clip that I quickly find nearby.
<Maddox> ((This keeps them on all the time))
<Maddox> "How much of the blue ones do you have?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I might have another one or two I didnt really look hard"
<Carmen_Chapman> "My rooms kinda messy" :P
<Maddox> "Oh, I meant grist!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Which one???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like the lowest one?"
<Maddox> "Yeah. the one you have the most of."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhhhh..."
<Maddox> "I'll just check myself."
* Maddox pulls out his laptop, pulls up the UI, and checks.
<Carmen_Chapman> ((638))
<Maddox> "Wow. You have a lot. 638."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Werent we saving that for something?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Idr what"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thought u said it was useful or somethin"
<Maddox> "Yeah. If you like, I can make your house tall enough to reach both the first and second portal."
<Maddox> ((I think it was 100 and then 200 for 1 and 2 respectively.))
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oh yeaaah I remember u sayin somethin bout that"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whatre u thinkin???"
* Carmen_Chapman points to the disassembled laser pointer
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats a p neat hack!!!"
* Maddox reassembles the laser pointer.
<Maddox> "I'm thinking we make about a hundred of these, then tie them together in different shapes
<Maddox> then move them around! Laser disco style.
<Maddox> "
<Carmen_Chapman> "WHOAAAAA"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur so smart!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I love it!!!!"
* Maddox smiles
<Carmen_Chapman> "How much stuff is it gonna cost???"
<Maddox> ((Any chance we can lower the cost to 2 build grist? :P ))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((we can just make less too :P))
<Alex_> ((sure sure))
<Maddox> "About 200."
<Carmen_Chapman> "That sounds like a lot!!!"
<Maddox> "I have five hundred something left."
<Maddox> "We could make 75 instead, lower the cost a bit.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets just make all of em!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Go hard or go home!"
* Maddox crafts 100 Laser pointers, 50 of each color.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats so many!!!"
* Maddox picks up one - its already on.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ive never seen so many laser pointers before!"
<Maddox> "These should be fine for the rest of the night, after which they'll run out of battery."
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is fuckin crazy!!!"
* Maddox smiles impishly
<Maddox> "Got any tape? Black tape would be best."
<Maddox> "Tie these all together."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Dude"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur askin someone who lives in the fuckin woods if they got duct tape???"
* Maddox laughs a bit
<Carmen_Chapman> "What kinda shitty lumberjack would I be???"
<Maddox> "Yeah, that is a stupid question I guess."
* Carmen_Chapman goes to the closet to grab some duct tape
<Carmen_Chapman> "My dad never got anythin besides boring colors..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Black white n gray"
<Maddox> "Probably we want black then.
<Carmen_Chapman> "I wanted him to get this sweet teal swirly tape but he never did!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman grabs the black tape and gives it to MaddoX
* Maddox begins tying the laser pointers together in patterns, nine in each, interchanging lights, and always at a slight angle so they end of splayed in display.
<Maddox> "One left over." (green)
* Maddox makes some loops around the bundles to hold them more easily
<Maddox> "That's all I got."
* Maddox smiles
<Carmen_Chapman> "Awesome!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theyre sooooo fuckin glittery!"
<Maddox> "Lets test them."
* Maddox closes the blinds, hands carmen two of the bundles, picks up two himself, turns off the lights, picks up another four telekinetically, and starts spinning all six he holds.
* Maddox watches as lasers sprawl everywhere.
<Alex_> yeah its like a disco ball
<Alex_> just... dont look right at it
<Carmen_Chapman> "Untz untz untz untz untz"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its like a baller rave in here!!!"
<Maddox> "Yup."
* Maddox , contented, opens the curtains back up and turns the lights back on.
<Carmen_Chapman> "I got my rope n stuff so we can hang em up around the place when we get there!"
<Maddox> "Sounds good!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U think of anythin else Eyepatch?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Idk if I got enough grist to blow on another laser party thing but maybe we can do somethin... not gristy if u or MaddoX got anythin else up ur sleeve???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "OOOOOOOOOOOH"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Eyepatch!!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "What do u lizard peeps like???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "We can make a prize!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Itll be a sweet contest n then everyonell wanna win cuz theres a prize even if theyre scared!!!"
<Maddox> "Nice!"
<Maddox> "That's a good idea!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U just gotta really want somethin to do it even if ur kinda freakin out!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like when I told u I liked u!"
* Carmen_Chapman grins widely
* Maddox grins, but flushes a bit too
<Carmen_Chapman> "So Eyepatch what kinda stuff do lizard peeps think is a good prize???"
<Alex_> Eyepatch says he can think of a few things.
<Alex_> Theres one thing above all others- rare bugs to eat
<Alex_> If we want a prize, he says, tehres on bug we should go on a quest for.
<Carmen_Chapman> "EWWWWW!!!!"
<Alex_> He seems really excited to take you on a quest to find some delicious beetles
<Carmen_Chapman> "U srsly eat bugs???"
* Maddox laughs a lot
<Alex_> he tells you... hes a lizard
<Maddox> "They're lizards? What else would they eat?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno!"
<Alex_> (( T O R I K O  B O Y S ))
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theyre all talkin n makin campfires n shit"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno what the hell is even goin on in this place anymore"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fine bugs whatevs"
<Maddox> "Well, where are these rare bugs?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur feelin bugs well get bugs"
<Alex_> He enthusiastically tells you in a cave filled with puzzles nearby, everyone knows there are bugs there but no one can beat the puzzles!
<Alex_> The beetles always lurk by the puzzles, enticing people, but then skitter into the cracks before we can get to them
* Maddox laughs at the absurdity of this 'game'
* Maddox falls on the floor
* Maddox There is a dungeon.
<Maddox> "THERE IS A DUNGEON
<Maddox> BUILT AROUND GETTING BUGS
<Maddox> VIA PUZZLE SOLVING
<Maddox> WHAT. THE. CRAP.
<Alex_> Eyepatch seems confused.
<Alex_> Is that weird?
* Maddox gets up
* Maddox wipes his eyes.
<Maddox> "No, that makes complete sense. If there wasn't, then this game would start making sense."
<Maddox> "You're good."
* Maddox pats eyepatch on the shoulder, not very hard.
* Carmen_Chapman is very confused by all this
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<Carmen_Chapman> "Soooooo we goin to get bugs?"
* Carmen_Chapman summons her captchalogue tree and rifles through some of the leaves and branches
* Carmen_Chapman maXe it disappear
<Maddox> "Yup. Sounds like a plan."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I got some jars from that shitty fortune teller lair thing we can use to hold them!"
<Maddox> "Perfect."
* Maddox wipes his forehead again
<Maddox> "I still love it that there is a dungeon based around aquiring bugs."
<Alex_> Eyepatch asks if you want to be briefed on the puzzles
<Maddox> "That would be useful."
<Alex_> He tells you there are 3 stone walls. Theres a riddle written on each, and an enchanted section of rock which you can draw or write on that understands your intention and reads it as the asnwer.
<Alex_> if you get it right, the wall dissapears.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Glad ur here MaddoX I probs wouldnt be able to do the puzzles without u that sounds really hard!!!"
* Maddox smiles
<Alex_> if you get it wrong, the ground starts to push you back and you get pushed out of the tunnel.
<Alex_> the answers change whenever anyone gets them right
<Maddox> "there is no way I would have gone down the side of the pyramid if you weren't there either."
<Maddox> "Huh."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well duh u wouldntve!!!"
* Maddox starts wondering how that could be powered, but given the crazy things happening figures it might as well be magic."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Soooo u lizard peepsve been tryin these things for ages n cant get em???"
<Alex_> he nods, and says no one can get all 3 in a row
<Alex_> someone once got 2 but thats happened only one time
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets go then!!!!"
* Maddox nods, and packs up, captchaloguing the laser things.
* Carmen_Chapman captchalogues the fireworX
<Alex_> He takes you on a quick walk across the outskirts of town to an area with some water and the opening of a cave.
<Alex_> sure enough theres a large stone wall.
<Alex_> on it, you see, "What crosses the river but doesn't move?"
<Alex_> He gestures to the wall.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oooh!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U mean we can draw piXures on the wall???"
<Maddox> "Yeah, the answer."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaddyu draw with Eyepatch?"
<Alex_> He nods, or you can write words.
<Alex_> He tells you your finger
<Alex_> or a stickj
<Alex_> anything will workj
<Carmen_Chapman> :OOO
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its like magical art?????"
<Maddox> ((#Google FTW))
<Alex_> Yep
<Alex_> ut also alwatys knows what youre saying
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whooooooa"
* Carmen_Chapman hops up a down a bit
* Maddox picks up a stick
<Maddox> "I think its a bridge?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Can I draw it????"
<Alex_> bruh did you look it up
<Maddox> ((I could have Maddox use his phone to IC))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((rip))
<Alex_> ((true. well get ready for some dm bullshit))
<Maddox> ((Nyeheheheh?))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((ripx2 combob))
<Maddox> "You can draw it, if you can make it realize the answer is "bridge."
<Maddox> "Unless I'm wrong, of course."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Im on it!!"
* Carmen_Chapman concentrates really hard on bridge and starts drawing a piXure of a bridge with her fingers on the door, enjoying the magical art Xperience
<Alex_> you draw a surprisingly ok bridge.
<Alex_> the wall crumbles.
* Maddox activates all his telekinetic instances without saying anything, but keeps them close
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yay!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman looX around for bugs
<Alex_> you see one, blue iridescent, but it skitters away before you can catch it,
<Alex_> .
<Alex_> The next wall looms.
<Alex_> "What pine has the longest and sharpest needles?"
<Alex_> ((tell me if youre trying to google it))
<Maddox> ((I will.))
<Maddox> "First thing I think of is Alpine. But that isn't long or sharp."
<Maddox> "Perhaps a porcupine?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Eurgh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Porcupines are so annoying!!!"
<Maddox> "I haven't seen one in person before. What about them?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theyre p fuckin sharp"
<Carmen_Chapman> "They just run around n hassle u"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Then BOOM ur covered in needles!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U dont even like have to try n make em angry or anythin"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Little shits"
* Maddox blinks
* Carmen_Chapman grumbles a bit more under her breath
<Maddox> "Um, I guess I won't ask where that came from."
<Maddox> "Can you think of anything pine-related that might have longer and sharper needles?"
<Maddox> "Like some weird gun name your dad might have had or something?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "There was this gun club range thingy"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Called whistling pines"
<Carmen_Chapman> "That probs not it"
<Maddox> "Yeah."
<Maddox> "Maybe a porcupine then?"
<Maddox> "Seems most likely."
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
* Maddox writes "porcupine" on the wall
<Carmen_Chapman> "Riddles are kinda weird n annoying n that seems like a weird answer so sounds good to me"
<Alex_> It crumbles.
<Alex_> The final wall
* Carmen_Chapman summons her captchalogue tree to get some jars ready
<Alex_> "What turns everything around but does not move? "
<Alex_> actually i dont like that one hold on
<Alex_> "What Rooms can't you Enter?"
<Maddox> "The other gender's Bathroom."
* Maddox laughs
<Carmen_Chapman> "Parents bedrooms?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhh"
* Carmen_Chapman mutters
<Carmen_Chapman> "room... room... room.... roooooom....."
* Maddox ponders for a bit
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres a lot a rooms I cant enter!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Howd u know what its askin for???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like"
<Carmen_Chapman> "The fuckin oval office"
<Carmen_Chapman> "my dads bedroom"
<Maddox> "I think its something cheeky."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hell it could even be the closet"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah... all those are stupid answers arent they"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno"
<Maddox> "Yeah. Its kind of dumb."
<Carmen_Chapman> "The last one had pine in it but it wasnt a pine!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "S it somethin silly like that?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like a broom or a groom or somethin?"
<Maddox> "Might be."
<Maddox> "Ooh. Mushroom?"
* Maddox laughs again
<Maddox> "That's really stupid."
<Carmen_Chapman> "All a those got room in them!"
* Maddox writes 'mushroom' on the wall.
* Carmen_Chapman gets ready to leap through the opening if there is one to catch bugs
<Alex_> It opens, and you enter into a room made of grey stone, lit by iridescent mushrooms. in the center there is a single but on a grey rock protrusion that acts as a pedestal.
<Alex_> bug
* Maddox laughs at the whole setup, but quitely and remotely encloses the bug telekinetically until carmen can get there.
* Carmen_Chapman goes over to the bug
<Carmen_Chapman> "One fuckin bug?"
<Alex_> it doesnt attempt to struggle
* Carmen_Chapman readies a jar to catch it
<Alex_> Eyepatch is obviously salivating at the thought of it
* Carmen_Chapman tries to grab it in the jar
<Maddox> "I think that one bug might be enough."
* Maddox is still smiling at the whole situation
<Alex_> it fits right in the jar.
* Carmen_Chapman captchalogues the jar
<Maddox> "Well, now we just got to advertise."
<Maddox> "And we can't have more than two people walking the rope at the same time."
<Carmen_Chapman> "One peep on the rope at a time sounds hard enough!!!"
<Maddox> "Yeah."
<ProcyonDM> Eyepatch agrees with the need for advertisment
<ProcyonDM> He asks ho to proceed
<Maddox> I look at carmen.
<Maddox> "I probably shouldn't be front and center in this."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Well duh!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Peeps p much got no fuckin clue who u are!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman looX to Eyepatch
<Carmen_Chapman> "So like..."
<Carmen_Chapman> "How do u lizard peeps get all Xited bout stuff?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "What gets ur hearts thumpin with HYPE?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U use like posters n shit?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Got some sorta TV shit u peeps watch???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U go round tellin peeps what cool shits gonna go down?"
<ProcyonDM> He shakes his head, no technology, jus psoters
<Carmen_Chapman> "We gotta get peeps feelin all hyped bout this!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Where we gonna get posters at?"
<ProcyonDM> He shrugs, people mostly make them. He tells you theres about 4 main boards people look at at, so that and word of mouth should be fine.
* Carmen_Chapman summons her captchalogue tree and rifles through some of the leaves
* Carmen_Chapman picks one, decaptchaloguing a pen and some paper
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck thats all I got"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I got paper but this is p much gonna be the lamest fuckin poster ever"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U got any paint or anythin MaddoX?"
<Maddox> "I don't think so. Maybe at home."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I got some sharpies or somethin round home somewhere but that sounds so laaaame"
<Carmen_Chapman> "N we gotta go aaaall the way back!"
* Carmen_Chapman huffs in annoyance
<Maddox> "We were probably going to have to go back anyway."
* Maddox whispers to Carmen, "and given the amount of salivating over that bug we got, sharpies are probably fine."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Okayyyy..."
* Carmen_Chapman captchalogues the pen and paper again, along with the bug in jar
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets go!!!" :D
* Maddox nods, beginning to walk
<ProcyonDM> Eyepatch follows dutifully
* Carmen_Chapman heads back to her cabin
* Carmen_Chapman digs through the closet to find some sharpies or markers or something
* Carmen_Chapman decaptchalogues the pens, pencils and paper and tosses them to MaddoX in the meantime
* Maddox catches them.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wanna start like makin some sketches or some design or somethin???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U gotta have a bunchve ideas!"
<Maddox> "Uh, My drawing is not that great."
<Maddox> "But I guess I can try?"
* Carmen_Chapman grins
<Carmen_Chapman> "There u go!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman goes back to digging through the messy closet
* Maddox begins, with pencil, to attempt to sketch a tightrope-walking lizardish creature, with the bug in the jar at the end.
<ProcyonDM_> Roll performance
<Maddox> !roll 1d20
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=11 ] | {11}
<ProcyonDM_> It comes out looking alright. Not amazing, but alright
<Maddox> "Huh, better than I expected."
* Carmen_Chapman finally finds some markers and returns to MaddoX with them
<ProcyonDM_> Eyepatch nods approvingly
<Carmen_Chapman> "Not bad dude!"
<Maddox> "Are you sure you aren't better at this than I am?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I probs am but we gotta make a buncha these!!!"
* Maddox begins to -very carefully- color in the poster to highlight it, leaving room at the bottom for information.
<Maddox> "True."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U got some sweet ideas up there"
* Carmen_Chapman pokes MaddoX's forehead
<Carmen_Chapman> "Imma try makin another one"
<Maddox> "Sounds good."
* Maddox smiles at the poke
* Carmen_Chapman decaptchalogues the bug in the jar and tries to draw the bug big in the center of the poster
* Carmen_Chapman adds some swirlies and general celebratory things around the edge, leaving space at the bottom like MaddoX
<ProcyonDM_> Performance pleaser
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 1d20+2 perform
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=2 ] | {4}
<Maddox> ((lol?))
<ProcyonDM_> You not only draw something pretty bad, but break the nub of the marker
<Carmen_Chapman> "Fuck!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman crumples up the paper into a ball in frustration
<Carmen_Chapman> "Screwed up!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Drawins not my thing I do like carvin n shit!"
<Maddox> "Why not carve an advertisement then?"
<Maddox> "Unless it takes too long."
* Carmen_Chapman tries again on a new sheet of paper, but this time with a pencil to be able to erase
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oooh thats a good idea!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I gotta do this first"
<ProcyonDM_> Again performance
<Carmen_Chapman> "No fuckin markers gonna mess up my mojo!"
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 1d20+2 perform
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {18}
<ProcyonDM_> It turns out well, it was obviously the markers
<Carmen_Chapman> "There!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman gives the poster to MaddoX to color
<Carmen_Chapman> "Imma go get some wood!!!"
* Maddox looks up
<Maddox> "Holy crap, this looks good."
* Maddox continues very carefully and slowly coloring the posters, avoiding major mistakes
* Carmen_Chapman leaps up and heads out to the backyard to grab some wood from the wood pile
<Maddox> ((I know its a DnD thing, but can I take 10?))
* Carmen_Chapman grabs a medium-ish piece of wood and sticks it in the clamp she has out back for carving
* Carmen_Chapman pulls out her new chainsaw, but puts it back away after realizing it lights on fire
* Carmen_Chapman instead pulls out her normal chainsaw and trims off all the bark on the outside so its bare wood
<ProcyonDM_> ((Yeah you can))
<ProcyonDM_> After carefully drawing, you do ok
* Maddox breathes a sigh of relief. Not his best job ever, but he's glad he didn't screw it up.
* Maddox starts with pencil again on a third poster.
* Carmen_Chapman taXe a step back, sizing up the piece of wood and imagining where things could go
* Carmen_Chapman begins marking off with a pencil various places to make cuts to carve the rough shape of a bug since that seems simpler
* Carmen_Chapman begins slowly and carefully carving the rough shape of the carving
* Carmen_Chapman grins, remembering how much she enjoys chainsaw carving :)
<ProcyonDM_> Eyepatch watches in awe.
<ProcyonDM_> Maddox are you again taking 10?
<Maddox> This time I'll roll
<Maddox> !roll 1d20
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {16}
<ProcyonDM_> You do very well nice
<Maddox> I move onto markers.
<Maddox> !roll 1d20
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=10 ] | {10}
<ProcyonDM_> It comes out fine, looks good sll in all
<Maddox> I then write the word TONIGHT at the top of the left over space, leaving further space at the bottom to write in location.
<Carmen_Chapman> ((do I continue or do I need to make a roll first?))
<ProcyonDM_> Yeah roll
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 1d20+2 perform
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=3 ] | {5}
<ProcyonDM_> It doesn't turn out as well as you'd hoped
* Carmen_Chapman maXe a :/ face
* Carmen_Chapman heads inside to retrieve her hammer and chisel to actuall start carving the bug
* Carmen_Chapman hopes some of the larger blocky shapes she carved not being just right will get smoothed out as she actually starts carving away
* Carmen_Chapman returns, taking Xtra care to go cautiously
<Carmen_Chapman> ((is this part something she can take 10 on since it's a bunch of small tasks strung together?))
<ProcyonDM_> Yeah sure why not
* Carmen_Chapman carves away the large blocky shapes to get the actual bug shape carved
* Carmen_Chapman sands down the rough surfaces and edges with some sandpaper
* Carmen_Chapman runs to go get MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "How u doin???"
<Maddox> "Pretty good. We just need to write the location of where its happening."
* Maddox shows carmen the three posters.
<Maddox> "And also figure out how we can make this a competition while it also still being safe.
* Carmen_Chapman looX at Eyepatch
<Carmen_Chapman> "U guys got a good place in ur village thing to hold this thing?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whered u used to do all the circus stuff???"
<ProcyonDM_> He tells you there's a main performing tent that's gone unused for some time
<ProcyonDM_> We may need to fix it up
<ProcyonDM_> But it's available for sure
<Carmen_Chapman> "Cool!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U guys got a net there or somethin to put under the rope?"
<ProcyonDM_> He says there probably is
<ProcyonDM_> Somewhere
<Carmen_Chapman> "Dude"
<Carmen_Chapman> "When I got to ur village like FOREVER ago"
<Maddox> "That would defeat the purpose of their whole dangerous thing, right?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U were cookin some real tasty stuff n some peeps were like havin a picnic n stuff"
<Carmen_Chapman> "We could like tell peeps to bring food n MaddoX could do his sweet laser shit n I could do some carvin"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like our own sweet lil circus!!!"
<Maddox> "Alright, sounds good."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U could do some jugglin too Eyepatch!"
<Maddox> "Who do we give the bug to though?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "The peep who wins the contest duh!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Put the posters up give peeps some practice HYPE time"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Peeps come n get ready to show how sweet their skillz are to get the tasty bug"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whoever gets like across the tightrope fastest without falling wins!!!"
<Maddox> "But don't I have to stop everyone from falling?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Net?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Idk"
<Maddox> "This seems like its not really proving our point though.
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno how circuses work!!!"
<ProcyonDM_> Eyepatch is just listening carefully
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaddyu think?"
<ProcyonDM_> He tells you it could work
<ProcyonDM_> He also tells you you'll maybe need someone to break the ice
<ProcyonDM_> To go first
* Carmen_Chapman looX to MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "Whaddya think bout net or no net or other stuff?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "This s a lot of plannin...."
<Maddox> "It would have to be net if that is the contest.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Do we let peeps try more than once to get a better time?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theres so many things!"
<Maddox> "For the icebreaker, Eyepatch could do it with me stabilizing him"
<ProcyonDM_> He says yes net
* Maddox looks at eyepatch
<Maddox> "If you're up for that."
<ProcyonDM_> He says... Maybe
<ProcyonDM_> He says not 2 at a time for now
<Maddox> "For sure."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Soooooo"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U guys figure somethin out?"
<Maddox> "Sort of. We need to use the tent I guess. get the net set up safely too."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sweet."
<Carmen_Chapman> "We need more posters still?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I gotta finish up a bit on the carving!"
<Maddox> "I think with your carving we will have enough.
<Maddox> "we can just add some words via a plaque on it or something.
<Carmen_Chapman> "We could like make the carving a prize too like a trophy!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman bounces outside to finish up
<Maddox> "Yeah, good idea!"
* Carmen_Chapman taXe her mini carving torch and carefully burns some of the wood slightly to add a bit of color and detail to the carving before stepping back to survey her handiwork
<ProcyonDM_> Do you have experience doing this?
<Carmen_Chapman> ((carmen does))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((there are these little canisters that you can put in mini torches kind of the size of a pencil to do woodburning))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((like https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/31/77/72/317772ac9c1a62103e4df7bf44a56b22.jpg))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((or https://www.lowes.com/creative-ideas/images/2012_09/Thumbnails/woodburning-basics-thumb.jpg))
<ProcyonDM_>  Ok neither of those loaded but I think I know what you're talking about
<ProcyonDM_> It turns out well, since it's not hard to do
* Carmen_Chapman grabs the bug carving, about 1-2 feet in diameter and taXe it inside to show MaddoX and Eyepatch
* Maddox notices Carmen enter, and sees the carving.
<Maddox> "Is it done?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yup!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman shows them
<Maddox> "Nice!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U done with the posters???"
<Maddox> "Yeah, except location."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U wanna show us the tent place Eyepatch???"
<ProcyonDM_> He nods and leads you across town.
* Maddox follows
<ProcyonDM_> As you near the edge f town, you notice a lot of the buildings nearby have closed down. He explains that since the circus went out of business, no one wanted to live in the buildings
<ProcyonDM_> You finally arrive at a large modern looking circus tent
<Carmen_Chapman> "Oooooh"
<ProcyonDM_> It is rundown and dilapidated
<ProcyonDM_> Looks like the prime of this building has come and gone
<Maddox> "well, we gotta get this set up somehow."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Where do we start????"
* Carmen_Chapman heads inside to look around
<Maddox> "Well, maybe we get this thing fully raised.
<ProcyonDM_> (?)
* Maddox enters, and examines the center pole, figuring out how it works, trying to find a path to raise the tent fully.
<Carmen_Chapman> ((is it not fully raised?))
<ProcyonDM_> (( I'm going to say it is raised and Mostly permanent
<Maddox> ((Going to assume that sentence isn't going to be completed.))
* Maddox begins work to get the tent and lighting in shape for an event.
* Carmen_Chapman looX around for a broom or something to get cleaning since it probably needs to be cleaned
<Procyon> lets begin again
<Procyon> You manage to find a closet with plenty pf cleaning supplies
* Maddox spends the next hour or two cleaning the place up
<Procyon> Eyepatch pitches in,
<Procyon> You work for a whie and get the palce looking... good.
<Maddox> "You want to go and put the advertisements up?"
<Procyon> not amazing, some things a trio cant do wuith normal tools.
* Carmen_Chapman nods
<Carmen_Chapman> "We gotta make a big thing bout it!!!"
<Maddox> "You should be the one doing that."
<Maddox> "I can help if you have a good purpose for it though."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I can like get the bug out n go round town making a buncha noise n puttin up posters n shit!"
<Maddox> "Sounds good!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U wanna come? Stay here n fix stuff up? Whaddya wanna do?"
<Maddox> "I'll keep fixing. I got more reach."
<Maddox> "Maybe also set up the tightrope.
<Procyon> eyepatch volunteers to come.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Cool!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman summons her captchalogue tree and retrieves the bug jar and the posters
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhhhh"
<Carmen_Chapman> "We like... need to put somethin on the bottom of these!"
* Maddox begins looking around for the tightrope rig
<Procyon> You find it in a corner, not in great repair.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Werent we gonna put somethin like when it is or somethin???"
<Procyon> the palces for it to be set up are looking better though.
<Maddox> "Oh yeah!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno what to say"
<Maddox> Just maybe something like "Today, Sundown at the tent!"
* Carmen_Chapman points to the empty space MaddoX and she left at the bottom of the posters
* Carmen_Chapman pulls out a marker and writes that in the blank space at the bottom of each poster
<Procyon> Eyepatch just nods.
<Carmen_Chapman> "U think we can clean this fuckin place up by then???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its p big!!!"
<Maddox> "We made a lot of progress."
<Maddox> "We got it."
* Carmen_Chapman shrugs
<Carmen_Chapman> "Okie"
* Maddox gets out the tightrope rig from the back, beginning to set it up.
* Carmen_Chapman puts the marker back away and gathers the stuff to go put up the posters
<Procyon> maddox is fairly smart yes?
* Carmen_Chapman admires the posters for a moment
* Maddox uses two telekinetic instances to sweep on the side (rather ineffectively as he's not focusing too hard on it.)
<Maddox> Yeah.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Man dude we did a p sweet job with these!!!"
<Maddox> "Yeah."
<Maddox> ((18 Intelligence))
<Procyon> The rig is intutitve and easy to set up.
<Procyon> it takes about 15 minutes though
* Carmen_Chapman heads out while MaddoX worX
<Maddox> We can just assume maddox gets it working properly and cleans the rest of the place up while Carmen is out.
<Procyon> sure sure
<Procyon> Eyepatch shows some good places to set stuff up
* Carmen_Chapman puts up a couple of the posters there, yelling around at each spot to get lizards' attention
<Carmen_Chapman> "Check out this sweet new show in town!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Opening tonight!"
<Procyon> You annage to get the attention of multiple pepe at easch location.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Starring you!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Goin on for the rest of ur lives!!!!"
<Procyon> you manage to confuse some poeple
* Carmen_Chapman holds the bug jar over head as she marches around putting up posters
<Carmen_Chapman> "This is just the beginnin!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Who wants a tasty juicy beetle???"
<Procyon> You begin to attract more attention.
* Carmen_Chapman makes her way to the fountain thing at the center of town
<Procyon> roll perception
* Carmen_Chapman holds up a poster and the bug into the air
<Procyon> roll perception
<Carmen_Chapman> !roll 2#1d20+1 perception w advantage
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 2#1d20+1 -->  | [ 1d20=15 ]{16}, [ 1d20=18 ]{19}
<Carmen_Chapman> Nice
<Procyon> You notyice 2 shady looking dudes lurking and eyeing the beetle that youre brandishing so boldly.
* Carmen_Chapman points directly at them
<Carmen_Chapman> "No fuckin touchin it!!!"
<Procyon> They freeze.
<Procyon> They bail.
<Carmen_Chapman> "U gotta earn it!"
<Procyon> the rest of the trip is quite pleasant and you seemt o drum up quite the following.
* Carmen_Chapman finishes putting up the last of the posters
<Carmen_Chapman> "Together"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Were gonna throw the biggest most fuckin awesome circus this towns seen in a LOOOOOONG time!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Contest to see whos got the sweetest tightrope skills!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Carvin lessons!"
* Carmen_Chapman shows the crowd the bug carving trophy
* Maddox looks around for a speaker system in the tent.
<Procyon> There isnt any.
<Procyon> THere is rigging all around the tent you can climb.
<Procyon> maybe you can jank it up
<Carmen_Chapman> "U peeps got the rest of the day to do ur stretches! Do ur practicin!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "GET HYYYYYYPED!!!!"
* Maddox heads back to carmen's place in search of a working speaker in the demolished lavish confrerence room.
<Procyon> Many peple seem quite excited
<Carmen_Chapman> "S time for u peeps to show whos the best!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Who wants the beetle?????"
<Procyon> You find a super nice bose speaker system
* Maddox captchalogues it and searches for a mic of any kind.
<Procyon> Theres a mic in the center of the tablke, meant for confrence calls, so its not exactly the right purpose but itll do
<Procyon> Manty peple want the beetle.
* Maddox captchalogues it as well, running back to the tent to set it all up.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Then get ready for tonight!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Show everyone whatchu got!"
<Procyon> Eyveryone is ready to show you what they got.
<Procyon> ((we're goign to pretend theres a generator becuase im a generous god.))
* Carmen_Chapman pulls out a single one of the fireworX and fires it off
<Carmen_Chapman> "LETS DOOOOOO THIIIIIIIS!!!!!"
<Procyon> You get everything set up, midlyl precariouslyt, and make a decent mic/commentator stand
* Carmen_Chapman puts away the stuff and steps down off the fountain
<Carmen_Chapman> "Spread the word get practicing n Ill see u peeps tonight!!!"
<Procyon> They agree to.
<Procyon> i am so bad at typing
<Procyon> wip
* Carmen_Chapman gives fistbumps and high fives to lizards in the crowd as she leaves and maXe her way back to MaddoX
<Procyon> you succefully hype people the heck up=\
* Maddox goes back to carmen's one last time, looking for stray speaker wiring and aux cables
<Procyon> you manage to salvage everything yu need from the confrence roo
* Maddox spends the rest of the time carmen is out sweeping, dusting, and setting up an audio rig that has a mic and a port capable of playing music.
<Procyon> You manke it look quite ok
<Procyon> roll into to get everything set up
<Maddox> !roll 1d20+4
<NOTTyche[Dice]> rolled 1d20+4 --> [ 1d20=11 ] | {15}
<Procyon> Ok eveyrhtying tusn out good
<Maddox> cool
<Maddox> ((So, uh, Carmen could show up again now.))
<Procyon>  ((i guess so))
* Carmen_Chapman returns
<Carmen_Chapman> "Hows it goin?"
<Maddox> "Got the tightrope set up, and managed to get some speakers from your house over here."
* Maddox turns them on with the mic input.
<Maddox> "Hello."
* Maddox turns it back off.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sweet!"
<Maddox> "Yup! You get the town riled up?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U betcha!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman hops up and down a bit
<Carmen_Chapman> "I hope this worX...... Im gettin all worked up!"
* Maddox smiles
<Maddox> "We got this."
<Maddox> "You got some music we can play as they start showing up? I don't have mine with me."
<Maddox> "Preferably something that matches this beat."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Uhhhhhh Idk?"
* Carmen_Chapman summons her captchalogue tree to get out her phone
* Carmen_Chapman goes through and closes all the stuff she has open just in case
* Carmen_Chapman opens spotify and tosses the phone to MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "Maybe u can find somethin?"
* Maddox starts working the phone, putting together a hype playlist.
<Maddox> "I'll go for something hype."
<Carmen_Chapman> "I got records n shit at home but this s probs better"
* Maddox nods
<Maddox> ((So at this point, we can just skip to evening? Not anything else I can think of that we need to do.))
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ive never thrown a party before this s gonna be so cool!"
<Maddox> "Neither have I."
<ProcyonDM> Timeskip it is
<Maddox> sweet
<Maddox> So the tent is clean, we got the laser pointer disco balls rigged, and music is going.
<ProcyonDM> People are beginning to file in
<Carmen_Chapman> Carmen set up some logs and stuff for a little carving area
<ProcyonDM> They're sitting down in the stands and some are sitting at the carving area
<Carmen_Chapman> A space is cleared for Eyepatch to juggle, a table is out for display, and Carmen is wearing the ridiculous top had she alchemized
<ProcyonDM> Eyepatch heads over to juggle, and is already gathering crowds
* Carmen_Chapman sits down at the carving area to get the interested villages going on carving
* Maddox is behind the sound equipment, watching over the tent in case anyone tries anything funny.
<ProcyonDM> Many look quite concerned and are cringing, worried something is going to go wrong
* Carmen_Chapman hands out some smaller pieces of wood and a couple small carving knives
<ProcyonDM> He nails it though
<ProcyonDM> You haven't seen any crime here
<ProcyonDM> Some start carving
* Carmen_Chapman gives some instruction and examples, teaching them some of the basics along with some extra tips
<ProcyonDM> Within minutes some cuts them self, a little kid
* Carmen_Chapman runs over to help, not making a big deal of it
* Carmen_Chapman pats the kid lightly on the head and gently takes the knife away, folding it closed
* Carmen_Chapman summons her captchalogue tree to get her first aid kit and grab a bandaid
<Carmen_Chapman> "There! All better!"
<ProcyonDM> He walks away still with tears brimming
<Carmen_Chapman> "Wait, come back!"
* Carmen_Chapman hops over next to him
<Carmen_Chapman> "We can still do this!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ur carving looked p sweet so far!"
* Carmen_Chapman holds out the partially carved piece of wood
<ProcyonDM> It's a crappy bug carving
* Carmen_Chapman continues holding out the carving to the kid, gesturing back to the seat where they were carving earlier
<Carmen_Chapman> "C'mon lets do it together!"
<ProcyonDM> He grabs it and starts heading back
<ProcyonDM> Eyepatch had started juggling many balls and has quite a crowd going
* Carmen_Chapman plops down and gestures for the lil lizard kid to sit next to her
<ProcyonDM> He finished his juggling with an exciting finale and bows.
<ProcyonDM> People applaud tentatively
* Carmen_Chapman helps the kid finish the carving, guiding and helping the kid be careful with the knife
<ProcyonDM> Maddox, eyepatch finds you and tells you we should begin soon
<Maddox> I nod.
<ProcyonDM> He finishes the bug and it's not... Horrible.
<Maddox> "You want to go first?"
<ProcyonDM> He nods, says turn the music on once he gets up there
<ProcyonDM> Shit ignore that
<Maddox> The line, or the line ending?
<ProcyonDM> He says once he gets up there to put the lights on him and turn on the music
<Maddox> I nod.
<ProcyonDM> Ending
<ProcyonDM> He starts to head up.
* Maddox pulls out four telekinetic instances
* Carmen_Chapman stands up with the carving, pulling out her torch and adding a couple finishing touches with some shading and color
<ProcyonDM> Enough people are distracted with trying to juggle themselves (and many are good at it) or carving
* Carmen_Chapman hands the carving back to the kid, smiling
<Maddox> Using two, he adjusts two lights to focus on Eyepatch once he gets up there, and also transition the music
<Carmen_Chapman> "Good job u did it!!!"
<ProcyonDM> He smiles and ten the music changes
<Maddox> With another instance, I tap carmen on the shoulder.
* Carmen_Chapman jumps a bit in surprise, turning to notice what is happening
<Maddox> that done, the remaining two steady the tightrope walking bar
<ProcyonDM> The lights focus on eyepatch high above the crowd
* Carmen_Chapman points up at the lights, and tells the lizards carving to pause and watch
<Carmen_Chapman> "The tightrope contest is starting!"
* Maddox gets on the mic.
<ProcyonDM> People begin to ooh and aah and file into the stands
<ProcyonDM> He's just balancing atm
<Maddox> "And now, Eyepatch, performing a dangerous tightrope walk!"
* Maddox uses two telekinetic instances to support the balance bar he is using
<ProcyonDM> he walks and jumps a bit, aided by the tk
<ProcyonDM> He puts down the bar and pulls out some balls and begins juggling
* Carmen_Chapman begins applauding and cheering
<ProcyonDM> Everyone else is too.
<ProcyonDM> Eyepatch nods at Maddox
<Maddox> "Astounding!"
<ProcyonDM> ((There is a net right?))
<Maddox> ((I honestly don't remember. I think it wasn't that high up, but there is no net?))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((yeah we did))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((checked the pastebin))
<Maddox> ((cool.))
<ProcyonDM> Nice
<ProcyonDM> He begins to bob up and down on the rope.
<ProcyonDM> Once he gets quite a bit of heigh he jumps off, does a flip and lands on the net
<ProcyonDM> He rolls of and bows, the crowd is silent
<ProcyonDM> People start to applaud, briefly silenced in shock
* Maddox beckons carmen to use the mic for announcer purposes.
* Carmen_Chapman cheers loudly as she approaches the mic
<Carmen_Chapman> "Give a big fuckin hand for Eyepatch n his super badass tightrope jugglin skillz!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman cheers
<ProcyonDM> Everyone does as well, legitimately excited
<Carmen_Chapman> "Nowwwwwww"
* Carmen_Chapman summons her catchalogue tree to retrieve the bug in the jar and trophy
<Carmen_Chapman> "S what u all been waitin for all day!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I hope youve been practicin!"
* Carmen_Chapman holds the bug in the jar above her head
<ProcyonDM> The crowd grasps
<Carmen_Chapman> "Who wants to win a fuckin delicious feast????"
* Maddox aligns four lights on the jar
<Carmen_Chapman> "N glory across the land as the best???"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Let me hear u cheer!!!"
<ProcyonDM> By the sound of it many many people want a feast
<ProcyonDM> The cheering is quite loud
* Maddox has the lights go wild
<Maddox> ((During all lights adjustments, I'm fiddling with useless controls on the sound board so it isn't obvious I'm using telekinesis
<Carmen_Chapman> "For the tasty feast.... for the title of Fuckin Best at Tightrope Walking.... LETS GET THIS PARTY STAAAAAARRRRRTED!!!!"
* Maddox ramps the music up a bit
<Carmen_Chapman> "Show us what u got!!!"
<ProcyonDM> Dozens start to get up to try to make it to the ladder
<ProcyonDM> Probably should have put a guard there
<Maddox> Isn't eyepatch there?
<ProcyonDM> He's on the ground, didn't make it
<Maddox> ah.
<Maddox> I get over there and start working on managing the line
<ProcyonDM> Luckily the first person is standing at the tightrope, not moving forward.
* Carmen_Chapman runs over to help after she puts the mic away and recaptchalogues the bug and trophy
* Carmen_Chapman helps manage the line, being burly and loud if she has to, to get people to obey and get in line
* Carmen_Chapman tries to manage things enough that MaddoX can go back and manage things in the tech/sound booth
* Maddox heads back to the sound and light area
<ProcyonDM> You manage it, but not before the first dude gets pushed off the ladder and hits the rope and then net
<Carmen_Chapman> "CHILL DUDES!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Geez"
<ProcyonDM> People start to chill a bit
<Carmen_Chapman> "Dont go shovin peeps around"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Were all trying to put on a good show here dont get all fuckin mean to each other!!!"
<Maddox> ((Did we ever decide how to determine the winner?))
<ProcyonDM> ((Don't think so))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((we started talking about it but never decided))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((oops hahaha))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((we talked about giving people multiple tries and taking their best time/score))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((so if they messed up once it wasn't game over))
<ProcyonDM> They finally start to queue up
<Carmen_Chapman> ((but we didn't talk much about how to measure how good they were))
<Maddox> ((Improvisation time I guess. Probably cheer amount near the end or whatever.))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((like points or something))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((cheering is a good idea))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((MaddoX can announce that stuff))
<Maddox> "Alright, here comes our first contestant! If they do something you like, let um know!"
* Maddox focuses the light on the current contestant
<ProcyonDM> The first person is a small lizard and starts going.
* Carmen_Chapman cheers
<Carmen_Chapman> "Woooo!!! U can do it!!!"
<ProcyonDM> It's clear they've never done this before. They hit the ground quickly afterward
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats all right get on back up!"
* Carmen_Chapman grins
<Maddox> "A good attempt, but could use improvement. Lets see who's next!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U can try again!"
<Maddox> ((Line waits are thing obviously.))
<Maddox> ((Gets back in line or whatever, right?))
* Carmen_Chapman gestures to the back of the line so the lizard who went can get back in line to try again
* Carmen_Chapman pats the back of the neXt person in line
<Carmen_Chapman> "U got this!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Show em whatchu got!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Just remember whatchu practiced today n take it steady!"
* Maddox does the same thing for every contestant, changing music between twelve or so tracks for each
* Carmen_Chapman hands them the balance rod and gestures for them to head up the ladder
* Maddox does not help telekinetically with the contestants
<ProcyonDM> He moves on. He's tall and lithe and perfectly nails the tightrope walk. People cheer quite a bit, and then he starts to stumble and falls. He looks quite freaked out.
<ProcyonDM> One notable person is a little kid. He does pretty well, and the crowd cheers quite a bit
* Carmen_Chapman compliments people as they come off of the net, gesturing to the line for them to rejoin and try again
<ProcyonDM> Probably not more than the second guy though
<ProcyonDM> It's mostly non notable after this
* Carmen_Chapman occasionally pulls out the bug jar to show people in line for motivation
* Maddox goes over to carmen during one contestant.
<Maddox> "We good to start eliminating contestants now?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Idk if u wanna? U can announce some like finale round or something?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I dunno how to do rules"
* Maddox waits until the last person in line has gone twice, after which...
<Maddox> "Alright, time to get things more serious!"
<Maddox> "Alright crowd, we're going to list off those still in line. Cheer if you want to see more of them!"
<Maddox> ((Working under assumtion we took names.))
* Maddox begins listing and waiting between names for cheers.
<ProcyonDM> There are some random people, the kid, and the lithe dude
<ProcyonDM> The rest are deemed unacceptable
<Maddox> "We are down to {Names}! Can all other contestants leave the line? You have all done well, but its time to get down to finding the best!"
<ProcyonDM> They filter back into the stands
<ProcyonDM> Theres lke 6 dudes lining up
* Carmen_Chapman walks back and forth along-side the line as they form up
<Carmen_Chapman> "U peeps got this!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Show us whatchu got!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Go show that fuckin crowd u deserve this beetle!!!"
<ProcyonDM> The kid is last
<ProcyonDM> the first dude walks up, its the lithe looking guy.
<ProcyonDM> He gets a bit of a running start and runs on the tioght rope.
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+5
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=8 ] | {13}
<ProcyonDM> ok he manages his trick, running and doing a little leap. he hops off and does a bow, looking a tad shakuy on the landing
<ProcyonDM> The next few guys walk onup
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=12 ] | {14}
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=1 ] | {3}
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=8 ] | {10}
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=8 ] | {10}
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=5 ] | {7}
<ProcyonDM> theres only one that was any good, he did an ok cartwheel, the others were kind of eh
<ProcyonDM> The kid steps up.
<ProcyonDM> The crowd is cheering, what will happen
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=7 ] | {7}
<ProcyonDM> He doesnt do very well, and looks a tad hurt.
<ProcyonDM> poor lad
<ProcyonDM> ((we'll say the cheering wazs proportional to their roles, but lithe dude and the cartwheel guy's weer about the same))
* Carmen_Chapman pats each of them on the back as they come down
* Maddox goes over to Carmen. "Give them one more shot each?"
* Carmen_Chapman nods
<Carmen_Chapman> "We can scrap the worst couple peeps"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Like..... how bout....."
* Carmen_Chapman looX over her shoulder at the 7 lizards
* Carmen_Chapman points casually to the third and sixth performers
<Carmen_Chapman> "They kinda seemed like they got the least cheers, ya know?"
<Maddox> "Yeah."
<Maddox> back at the mic,
<Maddox> "Alright, good attempts from {Name} and {OtherName}, but we have to narrow down the competition further! We are down to the final round between the finalists! Do your best. Cheer for the ones you like!"
* Carmen_Chapman keeps her fingers crossed for the skinny one and the kid
* Carmen_Chapman pats the two middle ones who got cut on the back
<Carmen_Chapman> "Good work out there!!! Ur p awesome!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I bet in the neXt circus ull b even more badass!"
<ProcyonDM> They dont seem to hurt, but dissapointed.
<ProcyonDM> ah well there can be only one winner.
<Carmen_Chapman> "Only one winner though so we gotta keep movin thanX for competin tonight!!!"
<ProcyonDM> The crowd is tense
* Carmen_Chapman speaks to the rest of them
<ProcyonDM> The remaining gather aeround
<Carmen_Chapman> "Okay peeps ur the best of the best"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Go out there n show us whos boss!!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman stands off to the side, anXious and tense with the suspense
* Carmen_Chapman whispers under her breath
<Carmen_Chapman> *cmon lil dude cmon lil dude cmon lil dude*
<ProcyonDM> One of the random gutys gets up
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=19 ] | {21}
<ProcyonDM> He attempts and nails a sick jump on the tightrope
<ProcyonDM> The skinny dude gets up
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+5
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {21}
<ProcyonDM> He also nails a jump witha  spin.
<ProcyonDM> The second rando gets up.
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=16 ] | {18}
<ProcyonDM> He does quite well with a jump, but the landing was rough.
<ProcyonDM> Theyve set the stage, the kid must do a jump on the tightrope.
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20 --> [ 1d20=11 ] | {11}
<ProcyonDM> His was unfortunately quite bad, he nearly falls.
<ProcyonDM> The crowd cheers quite a bit for him.
<ProcyonDM> they look to you
* Maddox goes over to Carmen. "I think it was a tie between the first two, even though the kid got some cheering."
<Maddox> "Have them go again?"
<Maddox> "Maybe throw the kid up there too in case he pulls off something awesome."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah sure go for it!"
* Maddox goes back to the mic.
<Maddox> "That was pretty close! We need to do one more round!"
<Maddox> "{Name1}, {Name2}, and {KidName}! Your last shot! Lets see it!"
* Carmen_Chapman waves to the couple of randos that got cut again, giving them a thumbs up but looking a bit sorry that they have to go
<ProcyonDM> The tall dude and the other dude look miffed.
<ProcyonDM> ((they mad, they dont want a kid to win just because hes a kid))
<ProcyonDM> ((they want to win))
<ProcyonDM> THe first dude steps up
<Maddox> ((Yeah. So they gotta do better.))
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+5
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+5 --> [ 1d20=5 ] | {10}
<ProcyonDM> He was off his game, and does an ok spin thing.
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+2
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+2 --> [ 1d20=15 ] | {17}
<ProcyonDM> THe second dude nails a pretty cool jump.
<ProcyonDM> The kid steps up
<ProcyonDM> !roll 1d20+1
<Kaiserbot[Dice]> rolled 1d20+1 --> [ 1d20=20 ] | {21}
<ProcyonDM> ((lel))
<ProcyonDM> and does a flip
<Carmen_Chapman> ((hahaha))
<Maddox> ((Of course lol.))
<ProcyonDM> the crowd goes wild.
<ProcyonDM> The two other guys swear and leave.
<Maddox> "And there we have it folks! The best trick of the night!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "WOOOO!!!!!"
* Carmen_Chapman heads up to the podium with MaddoX
* Carmen_Chapman whispers to him
<Carmen_Chapman> "u wanna have the potluck thingy n then do a big awards thingy?"
<Maddox> "Sure. You take over from here. Maybe give the kid the trophy at least though."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Okie u be all announcery and Ill get out the trophy"
<Maddox> "Come here {KidName}!"
* Carmen_Chapman summons her captchalogue tree and picks the leaf for the bug carving trophy
<ProcyonDM> He runs on over
* Carmen_Chapman holds the trophy high above her head for everyone to see
<Maddox> "You did amazing out there on that last trick! How are you feeling right now?"
<ProcyonDM> he stutters but manages to say very good
<Maddox> "Well, that's good! Here is your trophy!"
* Carmen_Chapman presents it to him dramatically
* Maddox then says to him off mic, "We'll make sure to get you the bug later. Don't want it stolen with all these people around."
* Carmen_Chapman kneels down to his level and hands him the trophy
* Carmen_Chapman winX
<Carmen_Chapman> "U deserve it kiddo!"
<ProcyonDM> He thanks you enthusiastically
<Maddox> "Can you tell us where you would like us to give you the bug?"
<Maddox> ((This is all off mic while the crowd cheers))
<ProcyonDM> HE tellsyou his address, EYepatch nods.
* Carmen_Chapman holds out her hand for the mic
* Maddox Gives it to her
* Carmen_Chapman stands up and starts hopping up and down
<Carmen_Chapman> "The funs just gettin started tho peeps!!!!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Its time to party!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I hope u got some tasty food to share n show off like we said on the posters!!"
* Carmen_Chapman points to the large tables they set up earlier
<Carmen_Chapman> "Go put ur food over there n then we can get eatin!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Imma be over there doin more carving with peeps who wanna make some sweet stuff!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "If u wanna do some triX of ur own like juggling or dancin or whatever, we got a bunch a space where the line was n MaddoX can getchu some music!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Lets get started!!!"
<ProcyonDM> Everyone heads on over to the food and tables.
* Carmen_Chapman cheers, removing her hat and launching cards from inside of it
* Maddox turns some backgorund music on to a medium level.
<ProcyonDM> Some congratulate the lad for winning
* Carmen_Chapman maXe her way back to the carving area to help the lizards who started earlier to finish
* Carmen_Chapman eXplains some tips and tricks to make their carvings look nicer
<ProcyonDM> people seem to be having a grand time
<Maddox> ((Skip ahead a bit now again? Pretty sure things will just eventually quiet down.))
<Carmen_Chapman> ((I'd be fine with that))
<ProcyonDM> ((sure))
<ProcyonDM> alright im down to just do that
<ProcyonDM> but after that im kind of tired so
<Maddox> k
<ProcyonDM> Alright party is over
<ProcyonDM> peple have dispersed
* Carmen_Chapman compliments people who brought particularly tasty food or made some sweet carvings
* Maddox is very tired from all the announcery stuff.
* Carmen_Chapman says goodbye to people and maXe a big showy farewell thing about this only being the beginning
<ProcyonDM> the kid is waiting there excitedly
* Carmen_Chapman heads over there with MaddoX
<Carmen_Chapman> "U ready???"
<ProcyonDM> He says yep
<Carmen_Chapman> "U got somethin to put it in?"
<ProcyonDM> He shakes his head
<Maddox> "Don't we have a jar?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah we do"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Guess we can just give him the jar too"
* Carmen_Chapman decaptchalogues the bug jar and gives it to him
<Carmen_Chapman> "Enjoy it!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Ull have that trophy for a while too so everyonell know how sweet u are at tightrope stuff"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Remember tonight kiddo!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "That curse is long fuckin gone n u proved it!"
<ProcyonDM> He nods, smiles, and accepts the things
* Carmen_Chapman pats the kid on the shoulder
<Carmen_Chapman> "Enjoy!"
<ProcyonDM> He says he will and runs off home.
* Carmen_Chapman turns to MaddoX, holding her hand up for a high five
<Carmen_Chapman> "Sweet work dude!!!"
* Maddox high fives carmen
* Maddox nods
<Maddox> "Dang, I'm tired from all that."
<Carmen_Chapman> "U were a fuckin baller announcer dude up there"
<Maddox> "Long day."
<Maddox> "Thanks."
<Carmen_Chapman> "Yeah... we like dont even sleep now either"
<Carmen_Chapman> "So weird!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "But thats how it goes here!"
* Carmen_Chapman bounces slightly with the beat of the land
<Carmen_Chapman> "Everythin just keeps goin n goin n goin!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "After that big fuckin hangover mess tho.... I feel ya"
* Maddox nods
* Carmen_Chapman shoots a few cards at MaddoX out of her hat, chuckling
<Carmen_Chapman> "This thing is so fuckin stupid hahaha"
<Maddox> "What on earth is your hat?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "I made it at home when we were alchemizin shit!"
<Carmen_Chapman> "U went to the bathroom n I made some more stuff"
<Maddox> "Oh nice!"
<Maddox> "Does it just spit out playing cards then?"
<ProcyonDM> ((tarot cards))
<ProcyonDM> ((right?))
<Carmen_Chapman> "Theyre some kinda weird cards I dunno what they are."
<Carmen_Chapman> ((yeah))
<Carmen_Chapman> "Got em from that fortune telling place in the pyramid"
<Maddox> "Ah. In any case, that's pretty funny lol."
<Maddox> "Should we head back to base?"
<Carmen_Chapman> "Thats chill with me"
* Maddox begins heading back to Carmen's house.
* Carmen_Chapman says goodbye to Eyepatch n that shell see him soon
<ProcyonDM> he says bi and heads home