Test of Strength - RPLOG
Participants
Date
24/5/477
Log
This day in firmament, along the busy main concourse with the shops and Inns and the travel heavy pathways, a peculiar stand has been set up, a bear folk behind it waving to folks who are all gathered to see people make a spectacle of themselves. "Step right up, that's right, right up and test your frame, a crown for a chance at one of these lovely little bobbles." he says as he gestures to some items. "All you do is smack the board with the hammer, smack it good, and see if you can make the metal up top cry out like a baby with a rank bottom!" Behind him is a rather crudely built oddity, a board which seems geared to push up a loose bit of metal on a pole in a see-saw fashion, and slots on it for various weighted devices to be shoved on. A boar steps up and slams the hammer down, the device going up a way towards a crudely marked section, labeling him a sucker on the board nearby.
Issi was wandering through the city when she came across... this. This should be interesting, if not for the heavy clans trying to overcompensate, certainly for some of the smaller folk posturizing. The smaller viper takes a view point behind the crowd, watching the little event the bear had going on. She rests against her staff, just making note of the rest of the surroundings. Looks like this was the event of the day.
Rainer must have a song stuck in his head, as he seems intent on inflicting it on everyone he passes, strutting on down the concourse shimmying and shaking and clapping his hands to the rhythm that exists entirely in his own mind. Not so engrossed in his solo dance party is he, however, that he fails to overhear the barking of the carnie, and so he sashays over for a peek, marvelling at the fantastic wooden contraption like it's on par with the wonders of the Creators. "Ah-haha, that is brilliant! How has nobody ever thought of this before?!"
A flick of her three tails, and Flora slinks into the area. "Simple. Nobody needed it before, no. That's why nobody thought it up. Nobody needed it, and nobody connected the dots," she mumbles as she looks between Rainer and the device, rolling her shoulders lightly and flicking her ears as she looks about the area, shrugging lightly as she looks at the carnie herself.
"This way, lass!" A lion claims boisterously as he looks back over his shoulder to check up on the tigress following him in. "O' at least, I think so." Dio scratches his cheek for a moment, standing at the entrance to the area and looking all about amongst the crowd. And speaking of crowd, his eyes eventually fall upon the attraction of the hour. "Ah ha!" He exclaims with a satisfied clap and a rub of his hands. "'ere we are. Let's go."
Making his way through the crowd while occasionally making sure Kaelli is still following, the coat toatin' feline steps right up as requested. "Oh! Oh!" Stuck in the crowd, Dio puts his arms in the air and begins waving for the bear's attention. "I desire to test the the metal o' my frame an' win fame, fortune, glory, an' bobbles!"
Kalt slowly makes her way through the crowd, her poncho pulled tightly down over her form to keep wandering eyes away for the most part... Although, the Sheep folk Nurse following after her, chattering incistantly into her ear does indeed draw some attention. "... And that's why I'm more than happy to bring you out to the square Kalt~ You can help me pick out the next batch of cloth for the new stuffed animals I'm making, and oooo~ I could make one of you! What do you say?" The Vixen's ears pressed flat as the woman speaks, before she spots the Carny and grins gently, turning on a heel to face her escort. "Uhm... M'havin' a better idea, why don'tcha pick out some cloth, an' I pick out sumptin, an' then we go an' make them all surprised together eh?" The Sheep woman giggling happily at the suggestion, before hugging the Vixen as she runs off.
With the Vixen now free from her escort, she's left to sigh in relief as she makes her way over to the scene. "S'cuse me, pardon, thank you kindly... AH! Hey there Rainer, an' Flora. Goin' up to do this all an' see if'n you got what it takes eh?" A pleased grin crossing her muzzle as she looks to the friendly faces, giving a chuckle at Dio before shifting her position to peer more openly at the machine.
There was a thing! A new thing! And what feline didn't enjoy nosing about shiny new THINGS?! Ears perked up, the pale tigress followed her companion's lead and moved over towards the little leverage-based contraption. Tail flicking about in curiosity, Kaelli examined the bear and his device through the crowd for a moment before looking over to Dio's enthusiastic display. One hand rising, the feline concealed a grin behind her fingers while the crowd mostly masked her faint giggle.
The bear looks out over the crowd, he has two fresh ones, and he points out towards Kaelli and Dio. "Felines abound, come on around! Seen that and I think you've got the itching, why don't we get you going? It's just a crown!" he says with a smile, gesturing out over the table. "And we do have bobbles sir! I bet you'd go great with this little one here! What do you say?" he adds, the boar from before rubbing the back of is head and patting his belly fat with a laugh before lurking off to the side for his friends to rip and or cheer him up.
Issi hmms, watching Kaelli and Dio step up to the machine. There was some trick to this, but it was just a contraption. She keeps to the back of the crowd watching what goes on. Its not that she just thinks that its probably not going to be something anyone was going to win. Given that it was just a game made sense. She shrugs, her mind liked to wander like that. It was something to do and watch for the day to alleviate boredom.
"How, exactly, was there never a need for a thing that you can smash with a hammer and not break before?" Rainer is unconvinced of Flora's reasoning, and he fixes the tiger with a skeptical squint, though he can hardly keep the kid-in-a-candy-store grin off his face in the presence of so much spectacle, showing off all his teeth when he turns that smile on Kalt. "You bet. I'm just giving some folks a chance to embarass themselves before I get up there and style all over them, y'know, hahaha!" His hands to go his hips, then, and he immediately after angles his head down to look at them, like he realized something that ought to be there was missing. "Oh, uh... right. I kinda threw my coin pouch away the other day. Can y'spare a Crown?" Thus he fixes the fox with his best pleading puppydog face.
"Flora isn't going to try, no.. Flora'll just watch, yes... Flora doesn't like lifting heavy things. Also, miss Kalt can follow Flora to the manor afterwards, yes. Flora has some designs for the arm, yes yes," she murrs with a smirk, tails swaying behind her, before she looks at the device again, almost as if mentally taking it apart. "There are things that don't break when being hit... But there's very few uses in daily life for a little metal thing to move when you hit another part of the device... And then hits that little metal... Thing on the top. Flora suspects it's meant to make some sound... Guns excluded, but since beings have to power this device, Flora doubts the little metal bit can go fast enough to do lasting damage."
Dio rubs his hands together in excitement and grins. "Alright then, let's make this interestin'." Digging into his coat pocket for a few moments, he pulls out two golden crown coins and puts one in Kaelli's hands. "I'm a bettin' man o' sorts I'm sure ya know. So let's see..." The lion scratches his chin, looks towards the contraption, and then back at Kaelli. "If ya manage to ring the bell an' I don't, then... I'll take a bath o' somethin'! An' if I ring it an' ya don't, then... Hmm... 'ow 'bout ya tell 'ow ya really feel 'bout this ol' lion 'ere? An' if we both hit it, then I suppose we'll just go get some lunch. Either way, lasses first an' all."
Kalt snerks gently at Rainer, and reaches into her poncho to pull out two coins, tossing one to him and holding the other herself. "Fine, but M'gonna make it interestin'. If'n I get better than you with one arm, than you're gonna have to go cleanin' out the manor gardens an' such... An' if'n I lose to you, then you get a free meal from me." She nods to Flora as the listens, before patting the satchel at her sides. "Right then, got some other stuff to go showin' you that were handed to me." Her gaze then turning to the scene at hand as she grins and waits to see how successful the two felines would be.
Kaelli rather enjoyed games and showmanship and so had no hesitation in joining in on this strange contest! Winding her way through the crowd, the tigress canted her head gently as she gazed up at the top of the device for a moment before those mismatched eyes drifted over to peek at the prize-baubles. She DID enjoy trinkets.. Feeling the press of the metal against her palm, she sends the coin dancing across her knuckles as she listens to the lion's wager. Laughing at the bet, the tigress nods in agreement and exclaims, "A deal!"
Stepping up to the contraption, the feline hands the crown to the bear and moves to take a turn as the boar had before her. It seemed a simple enough concept - get hammer, hit target, ring bell-thing. Right? Right! Hefting the hammer for balance, the tigress gave it a shot and sent the mallet down against the target!
The tigress strikes hard, sending the bell up to the near top, a little tick and the sign simply say "ALMOST", and yet... as it starts to decend there is a faint tink! "Well! You DID do it, so here you go!" the bear says as he hands the bobble to Kaelli, smiling and pushing the hammer at Dio. "Let's see what you have!" THe crowd seems impressed and cheers for Kaelli.
Issi nods. This little contraption was interesting. It was working, and it did what it was supposed to do, play a little game. She keeps watching. Someone like her was not very strong, well not unless she started putting magic behind her moves. Still she suspects that if she was picked, she'd at least try. The smaller viper switches feet to lean on, as she keeps watching.
Rainer takes a partial bow as a show of gratitude to Kalt as he catches the coin out of the air. "Isn't it already exciting? I'll take that bet, if you need the incentive, though." He twirls the coin back and forth between his fingers, not even keeping an eye on it as he instead observes Kaelli and Dio's attempts. "Haha, looks like it's not that hard, kinduv a shame. When I win that bobble it's yours, only fair, seeing it's your coin and all, so don't even try to refuse out of stubborn pride, or something!" And then another thought occurs. "What is a bobble, anyway?" He looks to Flora, "You know what a bobble is?"
Flora looks at Rainer with a raised brow, before gesturing at Kaelli, then at the carnie. "Both of them have one or more bobbles, yes... Ask them?" she mumbles, raising a brow at Kalt and her satchel, her tails puffing up lightly, before she brushes it down and looks back to the device, again studying its make-up and flicking her ears.
"Oh hoh!" Dio claps his hands together and cheers lightly at Kaelli's display. "Not too bad, lass. Not too bad." A shame though, considering how he wouldn't be able to obtain his part of the bet, but such is life for those who choose to gamble. "Now I'll really 'ave that bell screamin'." Confidence abound, the lion grips the hammer and stands in front of the contraption. Making sure to get nice an lined up, he hovers the tool over the target area for a few moments, rears back, and slams down upon it with all his leonine might!
Kalt chears at Kaelli, before turning to grin at Rainer. "I ain't needin' the bobble, but alright then. S'more to see if'n I can beatcha with one arm an' all!" A quick nod of her head given before she raises her hand for the Carny to see as she tries to get a bit closer for him to see the vixen as well.
Kaelli surveyed the progress of her attempt and simply gave a laugh of enjoyment at the little distraction. Bowing to the carnie in thanks, she took her little prize and moved off to the side to let her companion take his turn. Noting a few people in the crowd she recognized, the feline gave a little wave before watching Dio's strike. She had a feeling she was going to lose this bet, eyes following the little marker as it sailed up the board.
The bell rings clear as Dio smacks the hammer down, and the bear smiles and says "Well wasn't that something? You're made of some tough stuff, take this medal of your power." in a jesting tone, as he hands Dio a bobble and grins. "Anyone else, for this?" he says as he gestures to the device, and the crowd cheers for Dios victory.
Issi claps as Dio manages to ring the bell, well that was two who managed to best it. She glances over at Flora and Kalt... The one armed one she recognizes, though Flora not so much. The tigress has changed since she last saw her a long time ago. Kalt must be talking the arm she drew up. It should be interesting to see her reaction to the designs.
Rainer slicks his ears back and raises his eyebrows at the response from the tigress. "Well sheesh, here I thought you had all the answers." His tone is playful, and he follows it up by aiming a wink at Flora, but his attention soon turns back to Kalt and he waits for her to be acknowledged before he thrusts his donated Crown way up over his head and waves it around, bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet in what is likely more effort than he need expend to get the bear's attention. "Ahaha this is gonna to be -great-!"
Kalt makes her way into the clearing then to walk over and hold out the crown for the Carny with a grin. "M'gonna take you up on that." She says, waiting for him to take the payment, before reaching down to switch over her soul gems and get ready.
Flora blinks a few times. "Nobody has all the answers, no... Flora doesn't believe anyone does, not even the Creators... Although they have many more answers than Flora, yes yes. Lots of answers that beings still need to discover," she murrs, before leaning back and watching Kalt. "Miss Kalt said she had something to look at?" she mumbles after a while, a slight frown just barely visible on her snout, before she moves to the side. "As for having knowledge of things, Flora does not usually dabble in... Games of this sort, no.
Dio gives his muscles a good flex and hands the hammer down to the next contestant. Taking his prize in hand and soaking up the crowd's cheers, he heads back towards Kaelli and puts an arm around her shoulder. "A good game! As fer the bet, I suppose we'll be gettin' some lunch together after this. What 're ya feelin'? Ya know, there 're a bunch o' those new creator meals that beings 'ave started servin'. I 'ear that they're pretty good!"
Kaelli cheers for her companion, hands coming together in an enthusiastic clap for Dio as the bear gives his assessment. Moving further to the side to make room for anyone else who may want to try, the pale tigress smiles over to the lion and lightly pats his chest as she comments, "That is very curious, we should try them!" Her attention drifted back to the device after a moment, curious to see how the others did.
The bear grasps Kalts crown and gives her a look before nodding. "I can make it easier if you want... and then you! ANd you!" he says pointing to Issi then Rainer. "Let's get you squared away and ready for a back to back showing!" he says, moving to take their crowns as well, clinking them together.
Kalt snorts slightly as she grasps the hammer in her hand, gripping it tightly as she shakes her head and takes her spot. "Naw, ain't needin' no handy cap..." She nods for a short moment, before moving in one fluid motion to swing the hammer back, around and over her head, before slamming it down into the device!
As Kalt grasps the hammer one handed and gives the board a thwack that would make her a professionial whack-a-moler in another time and place, the bell lets out a nice little tink, clearly there was power there! If only she had two arms, she might have made the world hear. "Well a good try for... your condition. Here take your prize." he says with a grin, waving Issi over.
Issi nods, walking up. Sure she was scrawny, but she could at least swing a broadsword. A hammer should do as well. The viper picks up the hammer, hefting it a moment, before taking a nice heavy swing at the little game.
With her small frame the crowd seems against Issi, but when she manages to plow the device into a resounding sound the crowd cheers, the impressed bear handinganother bobble over. Seemed everyone and their one armed friend could do this one, he would have to make it a little harder.
"AWRITE KALT!" Even though he's only a few paces away he cries out like he's trying to compete with the entire city for her attention, hopping as he pumps his fist in the air and clapping when he lands. "For whatever it's worth, -I- knew y'had it in ya." Rainer aims a congratulatory pat at the middle of her back as she makes room for Issi, and while the serpent is taking her turn he's bobbing from foot to foot like a professional boxer, rubbing his palms together, tail wagging up a storm. He looks ready to burst by the time the viper is stepping away, barely containing himself long enough for her to move clear before he bounds forward, offering a big, eager smile and a wave to the crowd as he goes to lift the hammer single-handed. It proves heavier than he expected, as his grip fails and he slips right off without budging it, barely maintaining his balance as he stumbles back. A snort, and forward again, taking it in both hands, wiggling tush and then hefting it right up, and even then he can't resist showboating, swinging the hammer a-round and a-round and a-round before finally bringing it crashing down...!
When Rainer comes up to swing their hammer, the bear ducks for cover, scowling but smiling a bit when they fail to bring the device up anymore than "Bear minimum", perhaps a typo perhaps a pun. The crowd lets out a few awws after the build up, the bear chuckling and patting Rainer. "Maybe next time son." he says before he waves to the crowd, a giraffe catching his eye. "Yes keep the show going! We're here all day!" he says with a smile.
"Some o' them 're..." Dio pauses, attempting to find the right word to describe the curiosities that are creator meals. "Interestin'! I suppose that's the way to put it. Ya know, when I imagined what the Creators were eatin' an' such, I always thought that they'd be eatin' some super fancy meals I could hardly understand, ya know? Like a creator device o' somethin' and then ya get full." The lion scratches his head and soon lets out a rather large laugh. "But I gotta admit, a hamburger sounds pretty tasty," he claims, imagining the taste while watching the other competitors.
Issi hops off the platform, stowing bauble in her satchel for the time being. At least it wasn't a boring day. She wanders off to a good listening spot to see flora's reaction. With her designs being the way they are, it would be hard to mistake them for anything else, really.
"What an odd name for them.. I would enjoy trying new food though! Yes, that sounds lovely!" the tigress enthuses, sliding her arm around the lion's waist and leaning lightly against his side. "This has been a fun outing," she adds, the comment given with a soft laugh as she watches the activity and the carnie's expression as many little prizes are handed out.
Kalt rolls her shoulder for a moment and winces, giving a thumbs up to Rainer before adjusting her poncho. "I uh... Well. Guess you're doin' yard work ain'tcha?" She snickers for a moment before returning to Flora, as she pats the Satchel. "M'free to go headin' with you when you're ready an' all Flora. Can show you the stuff there an' all." A dip of her head to Issi as well as she takes a moment to glance in order to make sure the sheep hadn't returned yet.
You can practically see the precise instant Rainer realizes he's botched it, the way his otherwise unflappable, open-mouthed grin diminishes at about the same rate as the weight slows to a halt and plummets. "Wuh... buh..." He shakes out of his daze quickly enough as the bear's patting guides him out of the way for more challengers to step up, and he's smiling again by the time he catches up with Kalt, if sheepishly so, and he rubs the back of his neck as he remarks, "Well, crud. At least you got one of those bubbles for yourself, or I'd -really- feel bad, haha."
Flora nods and mumbles softly, her tails flicing behind her, before she gestures towards the castle district. "Flora is free right now, yes. Best to head there as quickly as possible, probably. Flora will want to take a nap later today," she mumbles, before leaning back again.
The day rolls on and the bell resounds many times over! The crowd comes and goes in throughout the day and as night cracks the device is packed up and the bear takes his leave.
