[OPEN EVENT LOG] Welcome to the Market.

[scorchednpcs]

Who: Anyone
When: Throughout the Fair!
Where: Dismas, the Wondergrounds in District 4
Format: Choose your poison
What: There's a fair! With stuff to buy! Come and buy stuff!
Warnings: It's an open log in Dismas, so who knows? Also, NPC dwarves etc. may randomly bother your characters with sales pitches and/or chatter. If you'd like to be left

Comments

SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[girl_unlocking]

[The air is full of smoke.]

[Heady, intoxicating melange of things almost familiar yet distictly and very sharply ...not.]

[Knotted silks twined round the wrist of a passing girl, a teasing trail of peacock hues, shot with silver and disappearing into the murmuring crowds.]

[Dawn Summers stands staring at a gaslight. Unlit, forlorn and still against the backdrop of gilt and automata, its unilluminated gaze regarding her with a solemn hello as it curls skyward.

[It followed the smoke.]

[She followed the bells.]

[Tinsel-tinkle, slight and light and setting her nerves on fire - the sound of steps against her blood pulse, filling her ears and beckoning her to join the dance.]

I-it's the smoke. It's--

Oooh. Shiny.

[Oh my God the light. It's like---]

Wow.

[Smoke creeping in as the shadow had gone before and giving chase to its incorporeal cousin--]

//The shadow of the shadow, one might say.//

[---it danced through her brain, stealing past the darkness gathered there - past recent shock and tempered sorrow -

Re: SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[thejewelergem]

Look like they'd be a pain to walk in, though, don't they? [It's a Johan with no Ruby, but he *does* have a duel disk out on one arm, turned on and ready to go.]

SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[girl_unlocking]

I've never even tried to walk in...

[A whirr emanates from the strange shoes - and the heels begin to fold into themselves, bit by bit until the entire heel is flattened. Dawn turns to Johan, slackjawed.]

Oh! Well...that's just about the most convenient thing ever.

Re: SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[thejewelergem]

. . . . [He's startled enough he even lets his duel disk drop a little.] Where did it all go?

Re: SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[girl_unlocking]

I...

...think it's all up in the...

..woah.

THAT IS. SO. AWESOME.

Re: SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[thejewelergem]

[Johan, meanwhile, is picking one up and tilting his head around in funny directions to see beneath it.] . . . . I didn't know they could do that.

Re: SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[girl_unlocking]

I didn't either. That's pretty useful.

[Tilts her head in similar directions, squinting at the shoe.]

Maybe it's voice-activated. Where's Ruby? Is she getting her leg looked at?

Re: SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[thejewelergem]

[He grows suddenly solemn.] No. She can't appear down here because there's no sunlight. And even if she could I'm not sure I'd want her out in Dismas.

[He stares at the shoe.] Well, go on, then, if you're voice-activated, go back the way you were.

Re: SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[girl_unlocking]

Oh. I'm sorry.

[She looks around suddenly, still smiling a little.]

Is she sunlight activated? Or is sunlight more like a food? I-is it dangerous here for her, where we are?

[I think it was Dismal? Disma.... Dismas. Yup, that's it.]

[She just couldn't recall what was actually in Dismas.]

Yeah. What he said. Be an impossibly high heel again.

[Click. Whirr. Click click click. Heel!]

Re: SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[thejewelergem]

No. I have to use some kind of power to make her appear, and you can only use it in sunlight here, for some reason.

. . . . that thing is unreal.

SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[girl_unlocking]

You have powers? That's awesome! Does everyone with cool hair come with powers, too?

Isn't it though?

[Waving to the Tunnelman to get his attention, hoping to negotiate. She notices the duel deck.]

What's that? Did you get that here?

Re: SHOES. OMG SHOES. [betch]

[thejewelergem]

[ . . . . . cool . . . hair . . . ?] Er, thanks? [It's lucky if it gets properly brushed four times a week. As long as it's not ratty, he doesn't care.]

I don't know. A lot of people here seem to be able to do something.

[He glances at his duel disk, and his face lights up as he grins.] No. It's a duel disk. From my world. You can play Duel Monsters with it . . . if you have anybody to duel with.

These shoes rule

[princely_calyx]

[Utena keeps an eye on Dawn as she looks through the wares. It's clear Dawn's quite mesmorized by the weird shoes in front of her. But, if it makes her happy, especially at this time, why not encourage the girl to try a few new things?]

Hey! Those are pretty neat! Try'em on, Dawn. Do they do anything?

Not sure when you'd where them though...

>.>

[scorchednpcs]

Not sure where you'd wear them!

[A gruff voice cuts into the conversation, and next thing they know, a metal hand is holding the shoes aloft.]

You could wear them anywhere! Let's say you've got an appointment. Could wear these shoes.

Re: >.>

[girl_unlocking]

An appointment? B-but I don't have an...

Oh! Wait. I've got. This.

[Her eyes widen as she digs in her front pocket. She's clumsy, overexcited, and after a moment she produces a smallish, glimmering crystal on a chain.]

I-is this something that I could trade? For the shoes? I have more at home in my room. Different stones, but...

Oh! And I have a ring.

Slipping it off her finger, she holds out an ornate ring. The center stone is large, very black and flanked by smaller yellow stones - maybe citrines, but she's not sure. The metalwork itself is fluid - serpentshaped and very bronze.

...can I try them on?

Apologies for the slow!

[scorchednpcs]

[The dwarf-- err, tunnelman-- seems very interested in these offerings. He watches her present them with a little gleam in his eye, and then gives a swift nod and sets the shoes on the ground for her to try.]