Second Spell [Open Log]

[perfalmost]

Who: Magilou and Magi-you?
Which: Open Log,one dream-related part
Where: Around town
What: A series of Dream Board shenanigans! Plummeting through portals, reasoning with owl-cats and dealing with a Baku!
Warnings: Include any content warnings

A. Flunking with Portals

[There's an unusual sight around town at the moment. It's hard not to notice a pair of black portals in the middle of town: one on the ground and one above it in the air.

Someone keeps on plummeting from the upper portal into the lower one, then coming right back through the upper portal again! All the while letting out a scream. Though the continuous scream starts to wind down as she gets used to the situation - and tries looking around for anyone who can help her out of this perpetual freefall.]

Little help?! [She shouts out at anyone nearby!]

B. Too Hoot To Handle

[Magilou's found herself stuck with an owl-cat. One that just won't let her sleep! She's tried giving it food, but it's just not satisfied. So she tries going out for a walk... only for the creature to keep on following her and making noise.

Someone else might be out at night, or stirred awake by the owl-cat's loud hooting. Or perhaps one will instead by awakened by Magilou knocking on their front door. It doesn't matter if she knows the person or not, she might just be knocking on random doors out of desperation. In any case, once she finds someone, the tired witch will gesture towards the hooting owl-cat with a fatigued groan.]

Make it stoooop....

C. Baku-Gone

[On other nights, when Magilou can sleep, she's been haunted by these strange dreams where the delightful parts fade away in favor of nightmares. After doing some research, she's learned that she might be haunted by a Baku. She'll have to dreamwalk into her own dreams in order to get rid of the monster before it consumes all of her positive and neutral dreams!

So here she is, stepping into her own dream, where she's putting on an elaborate magic show to an exuberant crowd of Normins! She's trying to keep her eyes peeled for any signs of the Baku, but it's hard not to just get caught up in the energy of the dream.]

We have a very special show for you all tonight! Now, let me call up my first volunteer~!

[She will gesture towards one person in the audience who is probably the only non-Normin creature around (unless they've transformed within the dream!). Now, Magilou hasn't told anyone else about this, not wanting to risk anyone seeing parts of her mind she wanted to keep private, but maybe someone else managed to stumble or dreamwalk into this dream anyway. After all, she'll need all the help she can get!]

D. Wildcard

[Feel free to come up with an alternate prompt or hit me up for plotting!]

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[flamberge]

[now the spotlight is literally on him. all these odd creatures (what even are they??) are staring intently at him, too, even pushing at him with their teeny hands in effort to make him go. alright alright. peer pressure wins this time. with a sigh, kratos gets to his feet.]

Very well.

[thus he heads up onto the stage.]

What would you like me to do?

[perfalmost]

Woohoo! Everyone, give it up for Kratos the Magnificent!

[She gestures towards him as he steps up to the stage. And once he's up, she throws some sparkling confetti at him! And she laughs at his question.]

Oh Kratos. Such a joket! You know, it's time for your act. You've been practicing all week for this! Everyone's been waiting to see what you can do!

[She gestures towards a set of props off to the side, including magician props, musical instruments and gag weapons.]

Go ahead, show us your stuff!

[Being in a dream gives her more plausible deniability for making things up and acting irrational! But she's hoping that while the attention's on Kratos, that will free her up to focus more on observing the dream.

...That, and, of course, she really wants to see what Kratos does when put on the spot!]

[flamberge]

[some might already find it comedic with how kratos fails to react whatsoever at the confetti thrown at him. like a statue.

that same look, if one accompanied with an eyebrow raise, is also what results at the mention of his act. practicing all week? dream logic at work, he supposes. if magilou doesn't realize she's dreaming then this sort of logic makes sense. ...then again, if even she did realize it, this still feel very much like her brand of logic. so very well, he'll play along and head on over to the prop collection. what will he pick, ladies and gents???

a magician's hat.

thus he turns toward the audience with that consistently flat expression and reaches inside. what does he end up pulling out?

it's... another, smaller hat.

ta-da.]

[perfalmost]

[He has the Normins in the palm of his hand! They laugh at his stone-faced reaction, and then they cheer wildly at his trick! Magilou joins in with energetic applause.]

Wow, it's the one and only hat trick! Kratos's signature act! Isn't that amazing, Normins and other Normins?!

[The crowd remains excited! But there has been one change. The back two rows of Normins are completely gone, seats and all.]

[flamberge]

[the fact that these normins, as magilou called them, found this so entertaining can only be attributed to this being a dream. kratos is very much certain no one outside of a dream would find this act nearly so amazing.

one thing does catch his eye while looking at the crowd: the sudden missing backrows. odd, but also no less odd than anything else.

he'll regard that row a moment longer before turning toward magilou.]

What else would you have me do?

[perfalmost]

[She scans the crowd for a moment, her expression more serious, before she turns back to Kratos with a bubbly expression.]

Good question! You know, Kratos, you're a real stand-up guy. So let's hear a real stand-up act! Come pn, tell us the one about the invisible dream eater!

[flamberge]

[that brief flash of a more serious expression doesn't escape kratos' notice. seriousness from magilou, even in a dream, isn't something to ignore. her follow-up request results in a quirk of the brow from kratos. ah, he's beginning to understand. his expression remains neutral as he crosses his arms.]

Ah, yes, that one. Forgive me as it's a bit long.

[he hums thoughtfully.]

One day, on a day much like today, an invisible dream eater was curious about what magical dreams it could find. Thus, it ventured high and low, near and far, all in search for that tasty morsel. Alas, those magical dreams felt ever further and further out of reach. Then, just as our poor eater of dreams had nearly given up in its search, it stumbled upon a venue much like this one. Good fortunes of good fortunes blessed it as said venue was putting on a magic show. Surely a magical show will be full of magical dreams! None'd be the wiser as no one can see them!

"I'll finally devour that sweet dream!" thought our invisible protagonist as they ventured in.

Alas, when the dream eater entered, it was met not by the sweet treat it had hoped for as all eyes were on it. "Ah, what is this!? I'm invisible! How can you see me?!" Demanded the being as it stared at the magician on stage. The magician, with twirl, grinned as she stared back at it, "Simple: I sea you because I can't very well ocean you, after all!".

[had that last horrible punchline also involved a terrible attempt in mimicking magilou's voice? why yes, yes it had.]

[perfalmost]

[She knew Kratos could figure out. He can be a pretty smart guy! Ah, and she gets treated to one of his classic puns. She can't help but laugh at how bad it was and proceeds to lead the crowd in applause.]

Kratos, everyone! Isn't he a hoot? It's another magical miracle that anyone could think of jokes like that!

[She wipes a fake tear from her eye! But at the same time, her eyes scan the crowd - and this time she manages to spot some Normins in the process of disappearing, being sucked up by some invisible force. Immediately, she points.]

There! Get it!! [On her part, she wastes no time preparing an arte!]