songerein | { 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.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Retaliation

[While normally as easy as a summer breeze, Zhao looks a little...perturbed at the moment. He looks like placing a few cookies here and there where he saw some of those yellow caps.]

Uh, hey. You might not wanna touch those cookies. Just FYI.

Protection

[Or when he's not pranking yellow caps, he's sitting near a pot of gold. He seems to be on some kind of look out. He's also armed with a saber.]

All right, move it along, nothing here for you, smart ass.

Or maybe there's more shenanigans afoot, go nuts, Zhao's your man!

[ For a man who's had numerous attempts made on his life, he definitely hasn't learned any lessons about eating mysterious public food. A free biscuit is a free biscuit. ]

Is that so? [ He stops the hand reaching for a cookie when he hears the warning. ] Are you attempting to poison some rodents, my good fellow?

[ And no, he hasn't noticed the proliferation of leprechauns. In fact, as a recent newcomer, he chalks it up as the usual state of affairs around town. ]

Trying to prank some guys in yellow caps that had the audacity to mess with my kitchen. They started this war.

[A kitchen is holy ground and defiling it is blasphemy. But Zhao also takes the time to eyeball the guy's outfit.]

Don't know many adults into cosplay but you pull it off good.

Ah, of course! The little devils in the hats! I can only imagine the havoc they'd wreak in a kitchen.

[ Sholmes is more than happy to accept any compliment, but the way that particular one is phrased ... and that odd word ... hm. ]

Cos ... play? I beg your pardon, sir, but the term is unfamiliar. Kindly enlighten me?

Yeah, they pissed me off and ruined what I was working on. So I had to get revenge.

Don't think these cookies are lethal but will definitely make you regret a lot of things in a few hours.

[Who the hell didn't know what cosplay was? He didn't even watch any of those shows but you couldn't help but absorb it through osmosis.]

You know. Dress like your favorite character. That's why you're dressed like whoever the hell that famous detective is from England or some shit.

Pray tell, did you lace them with a bit of antimony? In enough quantity, it does a bang up job purging the bowels. Sometimes with terrifying violence.

[ It seems this "cosplayer" is a practiced trickster himself. ]

And sir, I have excellent news: I am no facsimile! Before you stands the one and only Herlock Sholmes ... in the flesh!

Well...shit you know your stuff. More like that stuff that looks like chocolate but helps you clean out the insides but same thing.

So...you're real.

[He's pretty sure that the character was called something different but he's also not that big of a reader and what does he know, it's from England he has no clue.]

Just can solve mysteries like that hunh?

[ Sholmes can't say he's ever encountered chocolate laxatives, but his amused smile makes it clear that he finds the concept delightfully diabolical. ]

"Mysteries," yes, most commonly as they pertain to criminal acts.

With that in mind, it brings me no small amount of pain to hear that those tiny men defiled the sanctity of your kitchen. Might I suggest a barter: my assistance exacting retribution, in exchange for a meal?

So you wanna help me so you can scam free food? I mean, that is pretty fair, so sure.

What layers of revenge are suggesting I add on here, Sholmes?

No scam at all, Mr. Short Pants. Merely the exchange of goods and services!

[ He begins to conduct a slow survey of the area. ]

Have we determined from whence these yellow-capped scoundrels emerge? I suggest a focused strike there. Let them know fear in their own home.

[Hey, he's got leggings on too but yeah his pants are short. TOUCHE.]

I swear I saw a hole somewhere around here which is why I thought about dumping a bunch of cookies here. Got a better plan, man?

[ Look, Sholmes finds this man's whole sartorial situation very challenging. He's doing his best! ]

How do you feel about malodorants? [ Sholmes pulls his leather bag around, cracks it open and begins fiddling with the multi-colored vials inside. He pulls one that's a suspiciously sulfurous yellow. ] Oh yes, I could whip up a stench fit to clear out the whole of Trafalgar Square.

(Tsurumaru is about to take one of the cookies!)

...

(And stops, taking his hand right back.)

And who are you? The cookie master?

I made 'em, so yeah. Trust me when I say you'll have a real REAL bad day. They're meant for those yellow capped assholes who screwed with my kitchen.

(A glance at the cookies,)

How bad?

(Hello. His attention is caught.)

Well, ask yourself this:

Would you like to give your insides a deep cleaning? If so, take a bite. If not, just let 'em lie.

{ Leprechaun Madness }

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I apologize for Zhao's everything

No, I know Zhao's whole schtick and I'm here for it

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