RE: The Ballad of Adler Young, Canto 2.5
11-16-2022, 11:44 AM
>Adler: Your heart is still jackhammering in your chest and you are still rushing with fear infused Adrenalin, you start panicking. Ack! What are you going to do? You have less than an hour to prepare. Your presentation needs to be flawless! These are a bunch of edgy, social outcast teenagers. A volatile combination. If you don't grab their attention in the introduction they'll lose interest and leave and then start spreading stories about how dumb and lame you are! Everything you've been working for will fall to ruin before it even starts! What are you going to do??
>Burnside: If they're social outcasts then why would anyone listen to them or care if they start saying Adler's lame?
>Typantronn: You state the Adler that panicking is only going to waste more time. Does he really need to put on a huge show anyway? ... Well, you know one trick that will calm him down. *Ahem* You ask Adler what would miss Vernier think if she saw him in this state.
>Adler: You stop panicking and freeze as self awareness washes over you. What are you doing? You're going to have to deal with situations like more many more times in your life. You're just going to have to deal with it and roll with the punches. You push your fear and panic back down from whence they came and brute force some confidence in it's place. After a deep breath you put on your game face.
>Adler: Alright, you would have liked some time to write a speech and rehearse, but you're going to have to improvise. Still, when dealing with lowfolk theatrics are always helpful. It'll help if they think that they're being tested so you want the first thing they see when they approach is Burnside standing guard. Since Burnside has become a local legend for herself it will certainly impress them that the "Raccoon Monster" is working for you. Burnside's part will be simple, she just needs to look intimidating, but not too intimidating, and when they approach instruct them to enter the stone circle if they are worthy and brave enough. When they enter it would help if they see that you have more servants so the Ixies should make a show of buzzing around like they're doing something important. The ixies can then start rhetorically asking if they're worthy and maybe argue amongst themselves if they are or aren't. This is all to put them on edge and hopefully play up to their expectations of what a powerful elf has at his disposal. Also to just look generally mystical. They ixies can argue with each other for a little while and maybe taunt the coven a little bit over their "worthiness". Once they're sufficiently softened up one of the ixies can declare that you're approaching. The ixies all scatter then dissapear. Then quiet. If Rebecca's early behavior is anything to go by, these people will all be outcasts wanting to gain power to achieve some form of revenge on society. This is what you want to steer them away from. To that end, your dramatic entrance should make you look intimidating and powerful but make it absolutely clear that you are an agent of seeliness and goodness. An agent of light. Yes! You will appear with bright lights and give yourself a booming "righteous" voice. Give them the notion that you and your enlightened ways are far more powerful than whatever dark spirit they were hoping to find was. You can tell them that you know they have wicked desires in their hearts and this displeases you. This will definitely put the fear of Fuma in them. In a good way. How you should proceed next will depend on their reactions. Scaring them straight and showing them how much more powerful the light is compared to the dark should open them to your sales pitch for them to become agents of good and messengers of Fuma. You can turn the light show and booming voice off and become more approachable once they seem to be on board.
>Ixies: Sounds good.
>Adler: Alright, once they're close, everyone take their places.
>Burnside: If they're social outcasts then why would anyone listen to them or care if they start saying Adler's lame?
>Typantronn: You state the Adler that panicking is only going to waste more time. Does he really need to put on a huge show anyway? ... Well, you know one trick that will calm him down. *Ahem* You ask Adler what would miss Vernier think if she saw him in this state.
>Adler: You stop panicking and freeze as self awareness washes over you. What are you doing? You're going to have to deal with situations like more many more times in your life. You're just going to have to deal with it and roll with the punches. You push your fear and panic back down from whence they came and brute force some confidence in it's place. After a deep breath you put on your game face.
>Adler: Alright, you would have liked some time to write a speech and rehearse, but you're going to have to improvise. Still, when dealing with lowfolk theatrics are always helpful. It'll help if they think that they're being tested so you want the first thing they see when they approach is Burnside standing guard. Since Burnside has become a local legend for herself it will certainly impress them that the "Raccoon Monster" is working for you. Burnside's part will be simple, she just needs to look intimidating, but not too intimidating, and when they approach instruct them to enter the stone circle if they are worthy and brave enough. When they enter it would help if they see that you have more servants so the Ixies should make a show of buzzing around like they're doing something important. The ixies can then start rhetorically asking if they're worthy and maybe argue amongst themselves if they are or aren't. This is all to put them on edge and hopefully play up to their expectations of what a powerful elf has at his disposal. Also to just look generally mystical. They ixies can argue with each other for a little while and maybe taunt the coven a little bit over their "worthiness". Once they're sufficiently softened up one of the ixies can declare that you're approaching. The ixies all scatter then dissapear. Then quiet. If Rebecca's early behavior is anything to go by, these people will all be outcasts wanting to gain power to achieve some form of revenge on society. This is what you want to steer them away from. To that end, your dramatic entrance should make you look intimidating and powerful but make it absolutely clear that you are an agent of seeliness and goodness. An agent of light. Yes! You will appear with bright lights and give yourself a booming "righteous" voice. Give them the notion that you and your enlightened ways are far more powerful than whatever dark spirit they were hoping to find was. You can tell them that you know they have wicked desires in their hearts and this displeases you. This will definitely put the fear of Fuma in them. In a good way. How you should proceed next will depend on their reactions. Scaring them straight and showing them how much more powerful the light is compared to the dark should open them to your sales pitch for them to become agents of good and messengers of Fuma. You can turn the light show and booming voice off and become more approachable once they seem to be on board.
>Ixies: Sounds good.
>Adler: Alright, once they're close, everyone take their places.