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    Aurora's Avatar
    Aurora
    Spells
    Striking Looks
    (Riveting)
    Presence
    (Confident)
    Fame
    (Entertainment)
    Madison Cross
    (Sleeper ID)
    Gnosis
    Aurora
    Aurora

    Dedicated Magical Tool

    Multicolored copper bracelet with intricate loops winding around her right wrist.
    Nimbus

    The sweet, fragrant smells of roses mixed with lilacs emanate from her as she casts magic. The scent intensifies, bordering on intoxicating, when Life magic is cast. When Aurora casts Vulgar magic, the scent takes a nasty turn, to the putrid, nauseating odor of a rotting corpse. The stronger the magic, the more those around want to retch at the smell.
    Monthly Spells

    Monthly spells done on character sheet.


    Pulse of the Living World[POT 6]
    Organic Resilience[POT 6]
    (PrP Treasure Hunt)

    Active Spells: 1/6
    [Detect Substance]Bone
    Personal Spells: 2/3
    Vulgar:
    Mana:6/8
    WP:3

    2
    FAME
    +1
    SL
    4
    PRE

    It was a beautiful winter evening, and the perfect weather for performing! Faye had come to the park to put on her show, but she wasn’t the only artist or performer there. A lot of artists had come out and setup their booths or tables with various items. Some had paintings, some had little baubles of jewelry they had made, some even played live music! It was getting close to the holidays, and they were out trying to make money, and give people access to original and fun gift ideas! For her, it was about doing what she loved and maybe making some connections.

    This performance would be a little different, her suspension guy managed to build her an outdoor suspension rig. Her first outdoor suspension, and with it came different risks, from the make shift rig, to the possibility of infection, but she wasn’t worried. She had Fate and luck on her side, plus, she had full confidence in her guy, he never let her down.

    As he got the rig set up, she focused on drawing a crowd. Her hair was gathered in pigtails, one dyed red, one dyed green. Cause Christmas! Her outfit was a pair of black pants that were not really pants, but a mixture of tights with designs and sheer in some places, with a leather hot pant upper half. Her flat and toned stomach was on display by a black halter top with straps that wrapped around her tiny waist. The snug fit was important for playing with fire, loose clothes tended to catch fire easy, which would not be good. Her feet were bare, which made movement easier. She had glitter around her eyes which would catch the light of the fire.

    To draw the crowd, she had her box setup on a wooden platform, a couple feet off the ground. Opening the door, she slides on leg in and begins to contort her body into the small space. Once inside, she closed the door, wide smile on her face as she peered out at the small crowd that had begun to form. Oh yeah, people loved the tall girl fitting into the tiny box! As a few more people stopped, she opened the door and got out, time to keep their attention. Arms go above her head as she slowly brings her left leg up and her arms reach back to grab the foot. Leaning forward, she pulls and stretches the leg, it looked impressive, but used more for stretching. The leg is released and she bends forward until her hands are on the ground in front of her. Shifting her weight to her hands, she raises her feet off the floor, then one rests on her head while the other stretched along her thigh. A few other moves were done, each a little more impressive than the previous one. Seriously, was the human body supposed to be able to bend like that?!

    When the final pose was done, she holds her arms out to the side, beaming with pride. She goes for her fire equipment, time to really impress them, the fire always drew them in. She picks up one of the sticks and proceeds to light the end on fire. Then, she spit into the fire making the flame explode like an angry dragon. She was in her element. The gathering crowd grew larger cheering, oohing and awing as she performed her stunts. Once she was satisfied the whole crowd was watching, she moved to eating the fire, always a crowd pleaser. Who doesn’t like seeing a pretty girl eat fire? In keeping with the fire theme, she pulled out the hula hoop, which was leaning against the box behind her and swung it around her hips for a few minutes. Turning as she did, the hoop going up around her neck, then up around her wrists, back down to her hips before she brought it to a stop, a small cheer going through the crowd. Holding a finger up, and a sly grin appearing on her face, she went about lighting the six prongs on the hoop, a collective murmur going through the crowd. But what was really fun, the flames were green and red. Music began playing as she slowly started senesually moving her body. .
    She spun around and dropped to her knees as the hoop continued its hypnotic spin around her. This seductive dance went on for a few minutes before she stopped the hoop and bowed deeply to the crowd.

    Up next, her sword came out of its holder, long and sharp on both edges, with a fancy hilt on the top. She steps up to the crowd, picking a young face from the gathering, “Would you feel this sword and tell everyone if it is real or not?” she asked with a smile. The girl gingerly reached out and touched the sword, “Careful of the edges, they are sharp.” Faye warned, and the girl touched the center, nodding her head, “It feels real and hard.” She said, turning to what could have been her mother with astonishment. Nodding her head to the girl, she resumes her position in the center of the wooden stage. “I assure you ladies and gentleman, it is a real sword, passed down to me by my father, who trained me. I am going to do something that should never be attempted by anyone.” She said carefully, as she extended the sword in the air, hilt up. Swallowing a few times, she opens her mouth and slowly and carefully slides the sword down her throat, past both gag reflexes. Most people only knew of the first gag reflex, but the human body had two. Once the hilt neared her mouth, she bent at the waist, hands out at both sides, turning slightly to show the audience. Hearing the roar of applause that erupted she straightened up, raising a hand to the hilt and slowly pulling the sword out, bowing to the crowd. She loved to perform, it got her blood pumping.

    Now to shock them. Stepping off the wooden stage she moves to the rigging that had been setup beside the stage. Sitting in a chair facing the crowd, she smiles and winks. Behind her, her suspender holds up the hooks, making sure the crowd saw their size before leaning over to clean the areas on her shoulders. He then pierces the skin with the hooks, slowly working them in her skin until they were correctly positioned. When he was done, she takes a few breaths to get her blood moving before she stands, and turns. Arms spread to her sides, she lets the crowd she the hooks in her skin.

    Walking below the rig, the hooks and chains are positioned and he looks at her to know when she was ready. Nodding her head, she takes a deep breath in and raises her eyes to the sky above her. Slowly she feels the familiar, though somewhat uncomfortable, pull on her back. Inch by inch she is raised above the ground until she was hanging about fifteen feet in the air. Slowly she began to swing, back and forth, really giving the crowd a show.

    She remained suspended for about five minutes, before she was lowered back to the crowd, bowing. Show was over.


    Rolls

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    Emma French's Avatar

    Emma French

    (blush)Vitae 1 Spent
    2
    PRE

    Emma's casual patrol lead her to the park tonight. There was the usual homeless on the outskirts. She casually left brown paper bags on benches with sandwiches, bottles of water, peanut butter crackers, and fruit. It wasn't much but it made her feel good to help where she could. As she strolled through the park she saw a larger gathering near the lights. Her curiosity got the best of her and she approached. Booths were set up and there were performances. The holiday joy permeated the air. She walked and smiled at the fun and joy people were having. Then a flash of fire caught her eye. She personally had no real fear of fire but it worried her so close the trees. She drew closer and found a lovely performer dancing with fire. The fire and the fluid movements of the performer fascinated her. As she continued to watch the girl then swallowed a sword.

    "No way." Emma said out loud. She continued to watch. What happened next was, wow. The girl had hooks pushed through her skin. The smell of blood excited Emma. She took a step back to get control. Then the girl was suspended by the hooks and pulled into the air. When she was lowered Emma clapped loudly, "Bravo!!" This was a girl she wanted to meet.

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    Alex Rivers

    Alex came to the fair looking for some interesting trinkets and maybe a performance worth watching. Well, no, actually he's here for the distraction. Anything to get him out of the house and keep his mind off of the gloom hanging over the Freehold. All the missing faces. Aftershocks from the nightmarish struggle in the Hedge... But despite his low expectations, Alex is drawn in by Faye's performance. The fire tricks are impressive enough, although he suspects there may be something fishy going on with that sword. The hooks though... he's not sure how you'd fake that. Ouch. Despite himself he moves up for a closer look... When she is mercifully, finally released from the hooks, he joins in the applause...

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    Morgan Bellanar's Avatar

    Morgan Bellanar

    (Harden Mask)Glamour 1 Spent
    2
    PRE

    Morgan couldn't help but be awed at what she was looking up to on the ground. She was hanging upside down by her feet from a nearby tree. Intentionally so, as she watched Faye's firey feat, followed further with fascinating feature performances. She'd been using the park after a "run" across the city as a cool down jog. And spotted the show getting set up. Not liking the crowd and being low to the ground, she'd opted for the tree.

    As for the upside down part? She figured it was better for the sweat on her head to drip down that way. It made logical sense to the Beast. Plus it was almost as calming as doing it from a fire escape.

    Morgan applauded with her hands clapping and her mouth shouting, "Excellent! Most heh excellent!" But she was conspicuous enough to garner her own looks form the crowd. It'd be worse if she'd NOT tucked in her tank top, though the fresh duct tape on her khakis were doing a good job of catching the light from the fire. Her well worn riding jacket was still on her, though gravity was trying to correct that and take the blue tank top with it.

    And then the hooks came out. "Fuck," Morgan couldn't help but wince, her eyes instantly darting away as that happened. Self inflicted pain was not a thing Morgan liked at all. Her repulsion caused her to lose her footing. She wasn't that high up but her reflexes were quite good.

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    2016-12-09 20:27:56 Morgan rolls 11 to Raccoon falls from tree (10 Again) 2, 10, 7, 7, 4, 2, 2, 1, 8, 3, 2, 1 2 successes

    She'd meant to use her hands to go into a roll...and instead ended up doing a hand stand as her balance wavered. Then she just fell on her face. She got up after a minute, spitting out grass. "Blah, nay an herbivore," she mumbled as she dusted herself off. She looked back to the stage and shuddered again at the hooks in the flesh, her eyes darting elsewhere.

    When the applause starts she looks back. No more hooks? Morgan joined in applauding.

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  9. #5
    Aurora's Avatar
    Aurora
    Spells
    Striking Looks
    (Riveting)
    Presence
    (Confident)
    Fame
    (Entertainment)
    Madison Cross
    (Sleeper ID)
    Gnosis
    Aurora
    Aurora

    Dedicated Magical Tool

    Multicolored copper bracelet with intricate loops winding around her right wrist.
    Nimbus

    The sweet, fragrant smells of roses mixed with lilacs emanate from her as she casts magic. The scent intensifies, bordering on intoxicating, when Life magic is cast. When Aurora casts Vulgar magic, the scent takes a nasty turn, to the putrid, nauseating odor of a rotting corpse. The stronger the magic, the more those around want to retch at the smell.
    Monthly Spells

    Monthly spells done on character sheet.


    Pulse of the Living World[POT 6]
    Organic Resilience[POT 6]
    (PrP Treasure Hunt)

    Active Spells: 1/6
    [Detect Substance]Bone
    Personal Spells: 2/3
    Vulgar:
    Mana:6/8
    WP:3

    2
    FAME
    +1
    SL
    4
    PRE

    It was exhilarating! Performing for a crowd again, the weightless feel of the suspension, AND the applause! Yeah, this Enchantress was running high right now!

    Emma caught her eye first as she waited patiently for JB to remove the hooks from her back. Sure, they could stay in, but it was kinda an inconvenience and everyone wanted to look at your back. Once they were removed and he had safely packed them away, there was no need for bandages, her back had calloused enough that blood wasn’t an issue anymore.

    The bravo compliment brought another bow from her as she walked over.

    “Why thank you!” she exclaimed, applause never got old. “I take you enjoyed the show?” she asks with a grin.

    A smile was then offered to the handsome Asian man with a bow of her head. "How was the show?" she asked.

    It was kinda hard not to notice the woman hanging in the tree, something on her reflecting the fire. And one doesn’t simply not keep an eye on someone in a tree, cause it wasn’t something you usually saw. Well, sword swallowing and contortion weren’t that common either, but meh.

    As the woman dropped, er, fell from the tree, Faye feels herself smirking. Well, after the harmless girl got up and appeared ok.

    “Almost stuck that landing,” she says with a wave, “You ok?” there was concern in her voice.

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    Emma French's Avatar

    Emma French

    2
    PRE

    Emma had a big grin on her face, "I really enjoyed your show. It was..." She searched for a word, so many flooded her mind but she simply said, "It was exhilarating. Not only the acts and feats but your showmanship was superb. Thank you so much for preforming for us today."

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    Star's Avatar
    Status
    (Entertainment)
    Status
    (News Media)
    New Identity
    (Jack Hoyle)
    Nimbus

    The Mirage: Star appears translucent with overlapping and slightly offset images of himself in different identities/disguises.
    Supernal

    1
    OCC
    2
    PRE

    Moron.

    Pretty harsh, coming from a guy who fell off of a telephone pole. But? He's pretty sure whoever climbed that tree wasn't working and didn't have a transformer explode.

    I Am Jack's Holiday Spirit.

    Well, at least the roasted nuts were. He shifted the bag into the crook of an arm to applaud. It's sincere. Has it been almost two years? Something like that, since he'd first seen Faye work on her show. And it looks like it came together. Even if she didn't do the box 'disappearing' thing. But the suspension finale was pretty cool.

    He finger waved.

    Then went back to his roasted nuts. Seriously, the best part of this time of year.
    Nimbus in MiniSheet 2. Cloaked spells, no overt magical res. Scrut for deets.
    '...Watch With Glittering Eyes...'
    - Roald Dahl

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    Alex Rivers

    Alex nods. "I came out here expecting amateur hour. The usual buskers, a few bucks in a guitar case... but that was quite impressive." He has to restrain himself from peering around to glance at her back. He couldn't imagine himself standing around making small talk after getting holes drilled into him...

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    Morgan Bellanar

    2
    PRE

    Morgan spat out some more grass, not bothering to dust herself off. She returned the wave, "Oh, heh, yeah Imma good. I hath taken dives offa buildings so that twas naught to worry upon, heh." she waved off her fall.

    "Thine performance twas most stellar, heh, as compared to my own folly especially, heh...uh, didn't really see the last part," she sounded relieved at that, "um, didn't anticipate the heh hook part, heh."

    After a pause she added, "Uh, I really liked the happy flames, erm," well Fire had felt happy about the show to Morgan. She didn't think that was good to explain. So Morgan changed the word: "nay, I liked the heh hope fire dance...not gonna say twas cool cause fire tis the opposite of that," she nodded and grinned.

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    Ume Aihara
    Vampire | Shade Shard
    Allocating Dots, to PRES 3, and Striking Looks 2


    Ume is beautiful. This is a fact. She's everyone's deepest want, their secret need. People stop and stare, but she didn't get as far as she had by existing in a realm of passivity.

    She slips in and out of the crowd with a tantalizing smile, and a few teasing, risque touches. Only to stop. Perhaps looking like she was entranced with the show. But no. The hollowing youkai within had caught the scent of another. She freezes as she tries to calm the much diminished youkai clawing at her the flee!

    Ume's deep into unknown territory, paranoia wasn't just used for comedic affect in those horrible television shows. Sitcoms - but they were in a crowd. The thought reassures her, Surely this unknown Kindred wouldn't be so crass to do anything with this crowd of kine about...especially since she was simply here to soak in the sights over these beautiful people and their creations...with her rosy complexion, and the adherence to not be known as a poacher, the thought, abhorrent. She could admit with full truth that she hadn't set a fang out of line.

    The sleek lines of the Asian man were met with approving eyes. The sprawled form of the women who'd fallen out of a tree, was dismissed. Unimportant. Irreverent, in the face of the blond who was taking the time to help the creature.

    "That truly was something darling." comes her posh voice, her vowels plummy and elegant. She had worked, very, very hard on her accent. Her delicate hands gently clapping the accentuate her point as she draws closer to the performer. "Not many have the talent to achieve all that you have." Idly, Ume wonders if this riveting blond had a patron, a cousin of her's perhaps.


    So as I was trying to come up with 'ing NPCs my brain gave me a vampire :P

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