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{ Leprechaun Madness }

MINI EVENT: LEPRECHAUN MADNESS

PROMPTS

A. Pranks and misfortune. April Fool's is coming in a little early with one group of leprechauns with yellow caps running around causing pranks all over. From minor "shoelaces suddenly tied" to "paint falling from scaffolding," anything goes with them. In doing so, they are spreading some bad luck which can be countered a few ways. Those who participate in the pranking will be seen as an ally to this group and won't be pranked on. In addition, those who wear any amount of green on them will be spared from more severe pranks.

Finding good luck. Are you one of the unlucky souls who has been pranked? Try to find some ways to get rid of the bad luck that goes along with it by finding four leaf clovers, finding some rabbits that are willing to let you rub their feet, doing some good deeds around town, etc. As long as you believe it’ll help with the luck, it should work. But you have to actually believe that it will work.
Pranking around. Or perhaps you’re one of the ones doing the pranking in the first place! The yellow caps won’t stop you if you decide to join them in pranking people. The more pranking, the merrier!
Prank war.. For some, the best part of being pranked is retaliation. There’s nothing stopping people from escalating this into a full-on prank war. Counter pranking is welcomed and encouraged–just be aware that the leprechauns will escalate in their pranks as well.

B. Shoemakers. Another group of leprechauns sporting blue hats are hoping to start their own business in town, specifically in the shoe making and repair business. They are quite skilled in their work and will happily take custom orders so long as materials are provided as they start preparing more general stock for the ever growing populace. However some freshly are recruited apprentices are a bit too zealous in their work.

New shoes. New shoes are all the rage this month, and everyone is managing to snag a pair without even trying! How lucky! Or perhaps not so lucky. With or without permission, shoes are being redesigned and altered to a "flashy, fresh" new look, and while some are earnest in their endeavors to match the style to the owner, some take their artistic liberties to the extreme. To make matters more complicated, some even try to add some magic to give an extra "lift" to one's step. As in, making them fly or run fast. Some yellow caps are also interfering by casting bad luck on the shoes, making them more prone to trip, step on things, or making them feel too heavy to lift.
Stolen shoes. No craft is without its fans. And where there are fans, there are superfans who will go to any lengths to acquire a collection of trinkets to show off. These shoe superfans are grabbing shoes wherever they can find them: people’s homes, store fronts, right off of people’s feet. Whether a victim, someone trying to return the shoes, or trying to convince the over zealous fans to stop, it's chaos. To make matters worse, somehow this "superfan zeal" is contagious and if someone isn't careful, they might end up trying to join in the craze and take some shoes for themselves.

C. Pot-O-Gold. The green clad bearded men are well known for their greed, with legends telling of their gold kept in special pots that appear at the end of the rainbow. And what luck that rainbows are appearing all over the place with the weather! However, keeping their gold in special pots has its problems, especially when the rainbows they were hidden under decide to move around. Should favor be gained by these leprechaun, they may consider sharing their gold.

Catch the rainbow. The leprechauns are out looking for their pots of gold and are being quite aggressive about it, shouting at anyone who happens to have a rainbow above their homes or is playing in the colorful rainbows. Some rainbows are actually floating away with that pot of gold attached to it. How does one wrangle a rainbow? Hint, they like to stay in sunny, warm places.
Found a pot, now what? Should anyone stumble upon the pot, it's better to leave it alone or immense misfortune will fall upon them like a curse. What kind of curse will vary (ie, up to the player). Securing and helping the distressed leprechaun, on the other hand, will bring about immense wealth and will improve relations with this group. So what choice will the finder make? Just beware…being around the gold for too long might make them start feeling a little greedy.
Protect the gold! Alternatively, you can gain favor with the leprechauns by preventing other would-be treasure hoarders from carrying the gold away themselves. According to the leprechauns, the gold should be protected by any means necessary. Stop those thieves, or risk becoming one!!

D. Red Cones v. Red Caps. There is a smaller contingent of leprechauns who don special red coned shaped hats that can actually be used as a weapon. They prefer to live out on the edges of the Wildlands near the Cliffs, however the Redcaps have been bothering them and so they seek to recruit any who wish to help aid them in a glorious battle between the small men.

Recruiting fighters. In the name of wanting to be left the hell alone, the Red Cones are recruiting strong fighters who are willing to stand up to the Redcaps and convince them to stop their pestering once and for all. Taller fighters are especially in demand, all the better to tower over their enemies menacingly and whatnot.
Way of the Coned Hat. A select few fighters for the Red Cones will be trained in the secrets of their hat weapons. With the proper infusion of magical (read: dreamotion) energy and the proper incantation, they can be launched at enemies like tiny red rockets. The incantation varies from hat to hat depending on its owner, so players are encouraged to be creative with the magic words needed to set these projectiles flying.

[Mod Note: Details on this mini event can be found here and we request all thread submissions to be made here. The leprechauns from the mini event will last throughout the entire month, with their appearances spaced out to suit whatever time best fits the players.]

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Ouuhhh...

[ He deflates almost immediately, staggering to a stop. His arms fall to his sides as he deals with the crushing reality that the elusive Giant Bloody Chicken is not to be.

aaand that's half a second before Sana stumbles into him, because he didn't even try to move.

he just wanted a giant chicken :CCC why is life so hard!! ]

[ Maybe one day he can dream a giant chicken into existence and all of his pure(??) hopes and dreams will come true.

But for now, it's just a bunch of feathers and a paint bucket and a person clonking into him with a muffled yelp.

SORRY. ]

[ :'C it will be the grandest day of all time. Hoboken Chicken Emergency won't have nothin' on HIS dreams!!

When he has them, that is. Even if Sana successfully bowls into him, she is very...tiny. And he is taller than her, so even if he stumbles a little (getting smeared with feathers and paint as a result), he doesn't do more than take one slight step back to steady himself.

Then he just sorta looks down at her, reaches up all nice and slow...and lifts the bucket off her head. ]

[ There she is, considerably more paint-splattered since the last time he saw her. Kind of hard to miss, maybe.

Give her a minute to carefully wipe paint away from her eyes so she can actually see her liberator. ]

Nanashi-san...

[ Hi. ]

[ --Oh!!! It's TINY CUTIE, hello there ]

--Auhwah!

[ It's obvious he's excited to see her...but then he takes stock of her appearance and the feathers and paint and that enthusiasm turns quickly to confusion. Sana...why are you covered in all of this.

He makes a short sound and reaches to pluck a sticky, red feather from her cheek. ]

Ouh... Uh?

[ is this a fashion statement ]

Edited 2022-03-08 20:14 (UTC)

[ No. Maybe in some cultures people dress up like giant bloody chickens and put paint cans on their head, but not here. Probably. Not today.

It probably doesn't make things less confusing that Sana just looks outright miserable, even as she makes the placating gesture of "it's okay". ]

[ Yeah...that doesn't look very convincing :c Sana looks kinda awful--emotionally. AESTHETICALLY SHE IS JUST FINE, but red and feathered definitely isn't her colour.

He gives her a slow nod when she tries to assure him she's fine. He doesn't exactly understand the concept of a lie yet (or just being super-stubborn!!), but he thinks that maybe Sana is...wrong? about feeling fine.

He thinks for a moment, floundering, but in the end he decides to lift one sleeve-covered hand up and gently dab at some of the paint and feathers on her cheek to clean it up. ]

[ That is probably where things go even more wrong. Because Sana can handle (kinda) a lot of things (sort of) without drawing too much attention to herself (because she's normally invisible). But any kind of fussing is still fairly new and when he reaches out with his sleeve to carefully wipe at her face--

Her expression crumbles and she starts sniffling.

SO YEAH HE WAS RIGHT. ]

U, uuuuu...

[ Oh no Sana nooo, don't cry??? He's never seen anyone cry, he'll think her eyes are melting or something.

Right now he's worried he's done something to upset her and his hand flinches back. There's a few panicked seconds where he isn't sure what to do and he flounders, making concerned noises. ]

[ Her eyes are not melting, thankfully, but she is crying while realizing at the same time that this is making him panic and so once again she's trying to gesture that it's fine.

While looking like this.

It's hard to convey that it isn't his fault, but she sure is trying. ]

[ She is! and he'll try lifting his cuff again to test if she'll pull away and (assuming she doesn't), he starts to dab very gently at her face again :c there, there ]

[ She won't. Because she doesn't want to give him the wrong idea that he's the one upsetting her.

This is just a little embarrassing, though. One day. One day he's going to run into her and she won't be causing worry.

For now, she just kind of stands there and tries to calm down. ]

[ It's okay Sana... It's okay.

More certain now that he hasn't done something to upset her, he'll continue to dab at her face until he's smeared the worst of it from her cheeks, one at a time. It messes up cuffs and sleeves up, but he doesn't mind. Once she's looking a little less feathered, he ducks his head and tilts it to peer at her in question. ]

Auh...?

[ u ok sana :c ]

... Sorry.

[ She knows he can't understand her like this, but she just clasps her hands together now; her fingers are trembling. He's gotten even messier, thanks to her. ]

I'm so sorry, Nanashi-san...

Ouhh.

[ No apology necessary. They can be a mess together! Especially once he reaches up to lay the fingers of one hand over top of her clasped hands and offers her a kind look. He doesn't need to understand what's happened to know that it must be especially tough for her--especially considering how their first meeting went.

So he gives her hands a gentle tap, then reaches up to pat her head. ]

Auhwuh... Uh.

[ Don't even worry about it!! ]

[ Her head dips a little as she reaches up to wipe at her eyes and takes a shaky breath. Right. She gets the message.

So slowly she reaches out to tap his hand, too. She doesn't want to risk getting paint on him any more than that. ]

[ Good girl♥ That's encouraging. He gives her head another pat before letting it fall so he can take her hands in his. He takes a step back and gives the barest of tugs, a prompt for her to follow him--he can help her with the rest of her paint and feathers, and since he's just an unwavering font of positivity, he's safer than your average dreamer when it comes to those nasty pranks. ]

[ Oh.

Well, this is easy enough to understand, so Sana slowly steps after him, looking past him just to make sure he doesn't bonk into anything. It does seem like he probably won't get into as much trouble as she has? Maybe?? ]

[ Don't worry, he won't be backwards for very long! Just enough to make sure Sana is following along before he offers her a smile and let go of one hand so he can lead the way proper.

I'm assuming there's a water tap...somewhere....in this city, so he'll take her to the first one he sees and then let go of her hand. He'll hurry over and turn the tap, cupping his hands under the steady stream. Once his hands and sleeves have been cleaned, he'll turn to her with a grin and come back to dab at a bit ore of the red on one of her cheeks. ]

Auh... Au.

[ He'll have you cleaned up in no time Sana C: ]

Ah, it's okay, I can--

[ this is more motherly than her own mother?? But she'll step closer to the tap to begin vigorously scrubbing both her hands and also at her face, following his example. Otherwise they'll be here a while if she lets him wipe off her face and she'd also feel bad?? ]

[ Shhhh he's happy to do it it's fine!! I mean he won't stop her from doing it herself; he's more pleased that some determination has returned to her instead of all that mopey energy she had going on before.

He'll smile as she hurries to wash herself up, going so far as to join her JUST BECAUSE he could probably use a face-wash himself. ]

[ Well. This is fine. It also means she can cautiously look him over to make sure he wasn't the victim of any previous pranks. Just in case. ]

[ Don't u worry Sana...he's so overflowing with positivity that those fiendish pranksters have left him well enough alone. If anything, the haggard nature of his appearance stems from his battered and fraying (dirty) clothes and the fact that he could use a bath or two.

or three. ]

...?

... I think you should probably get some new clothes at some point...

[ And she's frowning at just how raggedy he continues to look, though it's not as though he can understand her words right now. ]

Ouuh....?

[ He tilts his head at her, because no he does not understand ;w; ]

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