Finished [Ryke - Stonewall] (Caelia Barony) A gift of Joy for the Little Hearts.

Tag and character goal:
Megilagor Alister Marrok - Make a good show for the kids; Get those kids some plushies; Maybe get an assistant from those kids.
TheTimePiece Teuihua - Assist Alister with Play, Make sure everyone is well protected.
Shatter Shard Cleo Rom - Networking Evaluation and Relaxation
Cutiefly Kasai Motome - Make friends.
Elvario Regula Caelia - Getting [Favourability] Asset, to work towards Complex Barony Asset; Handing out the plushies + Tail fluffage
Alister Marrok
Languages: Common | ^Ancient Hermese^
Mention: @RavenSong , Cutiefly , Shatter Shard , Elvario , TheTimePiece

Alister said as he went to the prop chests, producing the stuffed parrot only to hand it out to Cleo for him to use. The parrot did look alive, if you ignore the fact it was frozen stiff.
"I should have a stuffed parrot in the props, one of the previous cast left it here before they got sick. Yes, I know it's not the same type of bird but it's better than nothing."
He simply answered with a small cheeky grin on his face, for some reason one could tell he was used to the dark.
"I am not afraid of the dark."

When everyone just began to practice their parts, Alister saw from a corner of his vision a familiar figure, it was Miyuki, she was approaching the stag,e apparently she convinced herself to come and play the part. Which was truly nice of her.
"Wait up people. I think I see our missing actor coming right up."

Miyuki runs towards the scene with great haste, her face somewhat flushed. When she was nearing the stage, she stumbles, nearly tripping over her own feet, and yes she catches herself with a gasp.
"Am I late? I-I hope I'm not late, it hasn't started, right? Sorry, s-sorry! Sorry, I got distracted and time flew by and- r-right, I can do the play! W-what's the play, what are the lines? I don't need long, I've done this kind of thing before, oh I really hope I didn't screw up by being late"
Her words tumble out in a panicked stutter and with an embarrassed expression, her eyes darting around the stage area. She manages a shaky smile as she catches sight of Teuihua, Alister and Regula.
"Hello, Teuihua! Alister." She then looked at Regula and with a small bow said. "And hello to you Lady Caelia." She said with a flustered smile.

She would look back at the others, her eyes wide and excited despite being embarrassed. "So where's the script?"

Alister would grab a copy of the script, walk towards Miyuki, handing her the script in question with her parts underlined. He would then go back a little to enjoy how it would play out.

Miyuki nods as the script is handed to her. She then begins to read its first page which simply explains who plays who, and after quite a while, as if her reaction was delayed, the realization hits her. She looks at Regula, her ears flattening against her head, her face turning a bright shade of red.

"B-but she's right there, y-you're gonna ask me to play Lady Caelia instead of her herself? I-I mean, I can b-but wouldn't you prefer the original? I'd uh... h-hate to mess up her likeness, playing her is a big ask... "
Her voice trails off, her eyes downcast. She nervously coils her tails around herself, her body radiating anxiety.
"Do not worry, Miyuki. It was my choice for you to play her role, and that choice was made with her approval and seal of consent."
Alister retorted, with a serious tone even gesturing to the parts in the script which were clearly written with Lady Caelia's handwriting.
Thankfully she was quite easy to convince once a few things were pointed out to her along with words of others.

"A-Alright, uhm... c-can I have a look at the script? I want to know what it's about... um... I-I'll do my best to play you, Lady Caelia, I hope you don't... um... find it too cringy or something, I've never been an actor for a real person... e-especially not someone so close that I'd um... hate to... mess up... "
When the script is handed to her, she dives into it, her eyes scanning the pages at an alarming pace. As she reads, her speed slows, and she begins to furrow her brow, her head tilting as she ponders the script's nuances. She steals a glance at Regula, a hint of curiosity in her eyes, and then, almost unconsciously, she glances towards Regula's backside, searching for a tail she might have missed.

Mentions: Megilagor | Kasai Cutiefly | Cleo Rom Shatter Shard | Teuihua TheTimePiece

She'd smile at Cleo's relatively humble reply. “Doing what you can is already more than most.” A sad truth, but also a reason for her compliment to be sincere. “It seems my advisors made the right call in setting you up with a warehouse.” Her doubts about his motives were still there, but they'd definitely faded now that she'd met him face to face.

Regula laughed when Cleo worried about being a ventriloquist. “Neither was George and Littlefoot didn't talk, at least not in a way I could comprehend. So long as you just pretend like the bird talks to you and reply in kind with the lines given, I think it'd be more than enough to entertain the kids.” He was making it a tad too complicated now. Him visibly moving the prop around shouldn't be too bad either. That said. “If you ever drop it or make it look too funny, lean into it. I'm sure you'd get some laughs out of it.” She'd suggest.

“That's great to hear.” She'd reply to Kasai, hoping he wasn't merely bragging. It meant she wouldn't need to change any parts due to lack of confidence at least. “Attack, loose and pretend you explode whilst I use Pocket Dimension Magic to bring everyone in to make it look like you all disappear. Only for Cleo, Teuihua and Miyuki to return on-stage again after letting the kids sit at the edge of their seats for a bit.” The was the main important part he had to play. “The rest will be in here.” She'd hand him the script.

“Hello again! I'm glad you could make it~” She'd greet Miyuki with a smile. Regula shook her head. “He's right, it's not my role to play. This isn't going to become about me. It's about a fun story for the kids.” As much as she'd have personal wants to see Miyuki act her part, the main reason was a bit more legitimate. She really did not wish to be on stage and risk making this too big of a deal to remain fun for the kids it was intended for.

“So long as the kids will enjoy it, it'll be all good. That's the only goal here.” She'd say to calm Miyuki a bit. As she felt Miyuki stare, she'd flap her wings. A great excuse, right? Substitute wing movements with nine-tailed movements. Clearly no personal motives at all. Heh. Heheh. Hehehe. Perhaps a few. Yet! It was mostly just some innocent stuff. Surely. Definitely.

Megilagor Elvario Cutiefly
"Yes, you should do well with that prop, Cleo, I recommend doing as what the Baroness says, the bird did not speak in any way which was comprehendible to me when I was at the scene either."

As for the feedback to Kasai, Teuihua nodded in agreement. "Yes it was a most aggressive construct wasn't it?"

"If you wish to appear more like that construct did, try for less fluid movement then you would usually move in, and more patterned..and reactive as a construct would. As for your aggression you should try to maintain a constant level during engagement until the climax, after all our kind are known for being unrelenting, naturally taking into consideration not to be too over the top given the audience's age. I give this advice with the insight I have, if Alister does not agree with me or you do not fancy my suggestions, please do feel free to ignore them in that case."


"Greetings Miyuki, I'm pleased that you could join us." Teuhua gave her a wave.

"You need not be concerned, Miyuki, I can assure you that Alister and the Baroness are more than capable and are excellent judges of everything which pertains to this production, including the role which you've been given and the script which we are working with, to the props which we have been working on and making use of."

The guardian golem continued to try to do his best with the script he had been given and his lack of acting skills, still feeling rather pleased he could just react how he imagined himself to in different scenarios as he was himself. Whether or not it'd translate to being great on stage was another story however. For the time being he would continue to assist where he could and do his best to ace his parts of the script.

Tag and character goal:
Megilagor Alister Marrok - Make a good show for the kids; Get those kids some plushies; Maybe get an assistant from those kids.
TheTimePiece Teuihua - Assist Alister with Play, Make sure everyone is well protected.
Shatter Shard Cleo Rom - Networking Evaluation and Relaxation
Cutiefly Kasai Motome - Make friends.
Elvario Regula Caelia - Getting [Favourability] Asset, to work towards Complex Barony Asset; Handing out the plushies + Tail fluffage
Alister Marrok
Languages: Common | ^Ancient Hermese^
Mention: @RavenSong , Cutiefly , Shatter Shard , Elvario , TheTimePiece

"O-oh" Miyuki said as she realized that her tail was the substitute for Lady Caelia's wing movements. Not wanting to mess things up she began to read the script attentively, flipping page after page engrossing herself in it.

Seeing everything fit into its place Alister felt that things began to fit into each other thus giving him time to change into his costume himself, but before that, he handed Miyuki her Regula costume.

Which truth be told made Miyuki embarrassed a bit. The costume was quite well done of course it had no wings and it had slots for Miyuki's tails to go through so they could go out from it.
With a bit of a flair, costume changes, and everything else, the actors and the stage were ready, all that was needed was the rehearsal and then the proper play for the children.

Alister now in his costume would clap his hands twice saying loudly. "Ok everybody to your stations, let's get this rehearsal going, and off into the play we don't really have much time before the kids arrive."

Mentions: Megilagor | Kasai Cutiefly | Cleo Rom Shatter Shard | Teuihua TheTimePiece

“Although George did talk to Littlefoot as if Littlefoot spoke to him, I you want to try stay true to the original.” She'd add to what Teuihua said. “I'm not sure if that was due to Littlefoot actually communicating or due to something else, but I think it'd make for a fun enough bit regardless, when it comes to our play.”

A shiver went down her wings when Teuihua mentioned it was most aggressive. Her wings had nearly become Caelia Fried Baroness Wings in that explosion. Well... not nearly. Actually. Only her healing magic had gotten her out of that mess. “I'd not mind it if I were to never meet a danger like that again, that much I'll gladly admit.”

“Some big Constructs exchanging punches would probably be entertaining enough to some kids by itself, so I'd say try what Teuihua says, but don't overthink it.” She would nod to Kasai. “Ideally, they'd learn to distinguish between those we can trust like Teuihua and those they can't, like the one from there, but that might be a stretch.”

“You're correct.” She'd mention when Cleo stated she didn't mind a possible stumble or two. “I'm not an expert on kids, but I think they can be a cruel audience when it comes to being entertained, but not as much when it come to seeing flaws or stumbles.”

She'd chuckle at Cleo acting with the bird. “Well, that surely puts a lot of faith into you managing the role well. Off to a great start, I'd say.” It was definitely giving some 'George' vibes already.

Oddly enough it seemed Miyuki bought the excuse of substituting tails for wings. Perhaps Regula really did have talents as a playwright, if even that somehow worked. All she knew is that she'd be enjoying the show from behind the scenes whilst narrating and that she'd probably need to be careful not to get distracted. It's a shame they couldn't capture this moment somehow so she'd be able to look back on it later.

Upon seeing Miyuki in the 'Regula' costume, she couldn't help herself. “Greetings, baroness Caelia. It's an honour of you to join us in our play.” She'd give the Kitsune a formal bow.

She'd nod towards Alister. “You got it!” She'd give him a thumbs up. Then she scrape her throat and went to read. “Our story starts with...”

Teuhiua gave Alister a response, "Understood." He knew that it was go time now, hopefully it'd all go well.

Teuihua nodded when Regula mentioned it being a fun bit, and again when she mentioned not minding not facing a danger like that again. "It would be most preferable if we did not need to get into a fight that intense again." He agreed.

"I certainly hope they aren't left thinking less of all constructs, some are allies others are enemies after all as is the nature of beings with sentience it would appear organic or inorganic regardless. I suppose that is just a matter of life." Teuihua then said the latter part to no one in particular.

"I also believe the Baroness' thought has merit, While I believe we should do our utmost to do the best we can, ultimately as long as they're entertained well enough it should be successful even if everything doesn't go perfectly, boredom on the other hand is much more difficult. "

Regardless of his low contributing dice roll to the final product , Teuihua would do whatever he could do to ensure his parts of the rehearsal went as well as possible in playing himself when he time came.

Tag and character goal:
Megilagor Alister Marrok - Make a good show for the kids; Get those kids some plushies; Maybe get an assistant from those kids.
TheTimePiece Teuihua - Assist Alister with Play, Make sure everyone is well protected.
Shatter Shard Cleo Rom - Networking Evaluation and Relaxation
Cutiefly Kasai Motome - Make friends.
Elvario Regula Caelia - Getting [Favourability] Asset, to work towards Complex Barony Asset; Handing out the plushies + Tail fluffage
Alister Marrok
Languages: Common | ^Ancient Hermese^
Mention: @RavenSong , Cutiefly , Shatter Shard , Elvario , TheTimePiece

The rehearsal went quite well, all in all. What they did not expect was the kid's arrival shortly after their rehearsal ended. With a bit of help from the older kids, whom Alister had previously bribed convinced them to help out with making this play happen by managing the younger kids, especially the rowdier ones. Alister and the play's crew had no more than a few minutes to rest and fix or change a few things before they had to begin the play.

Alister from behind the stage said with a loud voice so all of the kids despite their talking could hear him clearly.
"I welcome all of you to today's play. I hope all of you will be entertained by it and will remain for its entirety, as we have a nice little present for all of you for later. Now children sit down, look at the stage, and enjoy the show which will start shortly."

He gave the kids a solid minute or two to get seated and stop talking or at least lessen their tone of voice so they all could enjoy what soon would unfold.
First was Regula with her narration, or rather her hush, a pregnant pause before her nearly angelic voice would float out from behind the stage and carried by the winds would be heard for all nearby to be heard with great clarity. Her tone was soft, calming, and yet imbued with a power that commands attention. It was not just a story she was telling. No, to some of the kids' vibrant imaginations, it was as if they were there, witnessing the scene that she narrated. Her every word carried a meaning and a cue for the actors to act upon.

First on the stage was Alister playing Drew, he appeared on the stage as he passed the wooden pillar, his tone sounded carefree and yet serious enough that others would take him seriously. Shortly after him, Miyuki playing Regula as well as Teuihua playing himself entered the stage. Miyuki played the modified role quite well, considering her bodily features though in comparison Teuihua paled in comparison, It almost felt too robotic for him playing himself in that scenario which was truly bizarre to see from the stage, but seemingly the kids did not mind it as much or at least they did not voice their opinions out loud.

A bit of the scene played out, the heroes of the story moved to one side of the stage, and began to walk in place as Regula once again began narrating their actions. With her help, some of the props on the stage were exchanged with those backstage to help change the scene. And with her words Kasai playing the evil construct entered the scene, wearing his black armor playing his mute evil construct persona quite well one might add. The act of Regula putting Alister/Drew in the pocket dimension and its impeccable timing amazed quite a few kids. Though shortly after being released from it, he would leave the stage running away. But in fact going behind the stage and preparing the dolls and refreshments for the kids, as he had time for that.

And in his place arrived Cleo playing George with a small fake parrot on his shoulder attached well enough for it to not fall down. His acting as George was... well... How to say it very on the script. Or for lack of better words, it was as if he was just reading from a script, his lines with no tone at all with his movements being quite stiff at that.

And yet the play went on till it finished. Everyone gathered on the stage, or at least everyone who wished to say hello to the kids outside their roles. Thought whatever Regula would come out from behind the stage was her choice.

But once those who choose to stand on the stage for the credits of the play, so to speak arrived, the kids would give out their honest opinions. The play was enjoyable despite its jank and some people's utterly poor acting skills, but it was enjoyed nonetheless.

Alister would, with a whisper and a no,d remind others of the dolls yet to be given and the refreshments behind the stage, as he himself had a bit of a talk to do with one of the older kids.

Mentions: Megilagor | Kasai Cutiefly | Cleo Rom Shatter Shard | Teuihua TheTimePiece

Thankfully, it seemed to play went well enough. Their audience not being the most critical was surely helping. Deciding things were still casual enough, she wouldn't join the others on stage, but she would help bring out the dolls for the others to hand out.

Giving some to Miyuki so that she could hand them out to the kids in turn, Regula spoke up. “Here, you can hand these amazing 'baroness' dolls to the children yourself. I'm sure they'll be honoured.” She gave her a wink. “I'd say you managed to pull it off really well. The kids seemed to think so too, so I'm sure these plushies will be an even more amazing gift to them thanks to that~” Then she'd lean in and whisper. “Although the real deal is still the best.” She'd give one of those nine tails a playful pet, before getting back to business.

As her eyes met Cleo, she'd nod. “Well... It was passable. With how little preparing we could do and with this being new territory, I'd say it was good enough...” She clearly wasn't exactly impressed, but she wasn't exactly disappointed either. “Although business seems to be your bigger talent. Regardless, thank you for helping out with something like this. It's the small things that sometimes show someone's character more than any big deed ever could.”

On the topic of that, she'd look over to a not-so-small thing. “Teuihua, could you hand out some dolls as well? That should help show the kids you're not to fear.” It was odd though. “Weirdly enough you looked less like yourself. I guess acting really makes things different?” She wasn't entirely sure how that worked.

Seeing Alister pass by, she'd also double-check with him. “So, how was it to be put in a Pocket Dimension? Drew seemed rather panicked, although that likely was due to the overall circumstances as well.” She did still feel a bit bad about him having been caught up in all that. “Either way, I guess it's gone well enough, no? You played Drew rather well, I think. The kids seemed to enjoy it overall as well.”

That left Kasai, who also came in to help out with refreshments and dolls. “So, how did it feel to be playing the evil construct? I hope you didn't end up finding your real passion in life from it?” She'd add a joke to lighten the mood a little. “Either way, thanks for the help. I think we struck a good enough balance between making it exciting without it becoming too scary.”

Elvario Megilagor Shatter Shard Cutiefly

It seemed Teuihua did what an ancient construct did who was created for border patrol and body guarding when trying to be in a play under very tight time constraints, he did his best, but with no real acting experience or prep time it was probably rough around the edges. Nevertheless the golem did his part to the best of his ability under these conditions. Perhaps more robotic than he usually was himself on account of stage directions and trying to follow them. Regardless he thankfully hadn't ruined the play as the kids seemed to have liked it well enough.


After they did the final unified stage bit probably for a bow, Teuihua said, "Good work and thank you." to those who had acted after the show, regardless of how well they did the important thing was they had all been there to make it happen and Teuihua felt that was worth mentioning.

He then looked out to their audience and gave a friendly wave.

"And thank you all for coming to see the show."

Teuihua then looked to Regula and nodded, "I believe I described to you there being social constructs from my time who would have excelled in this capacity so I apologize that I could not meet their level of ability, but this is my first production which I have even partaken in, however I am certain there are areas I could improve if I were to try this again."

He then nodded once more.

"Of course." He'd take an arm full of the dolls, maneuvering himself carefully and gradually through the space setting out to offer them out to kids with his more dexterous arm and hand. Knowing well enough that sudden or aggressive movement could be seen as scary otherwise, that much he was very knowledgeable about as it was a skillset that he used to be an effective border guard, even interrogating people crossing when necessary so Teuihua knew well enough to do the opposite of that with people he was trying to be friendly too.

Tag and character goal:
Megilagor Alister Marrok - Make a good show for the kids; Get those kids some plushies; Maybe get an assistant from those kids.
TheTimePiece Teuihua - Assist Alister with Play, Make sure everyone is well protected.
Shatter Shard Cleo Rom - Networking Evaluation and Relaxation
Cutiefly Kasai Motome - Make friends.
Elvario Regula Caelia - Getting [Favourability] Asset, to work towards Complex Barony Asset; Handing out the plushies + Tail fluffage
Alister Marrok
Languages: Common | ^Ancient Hermese^
Mention: @RavenSong , Cutiefly , Shatter Shard , Elvario , TheTimePiece

Miyuki would graciously receive the dolls given to her by Regula, but would stumble when she claimed them as baroness dolls, the wink, whisper, and more so the tail pet tease did not help one bit. It only left her even more of a mess, a happy mess, but a mess nevertheless. Trying to get her mind out of this, thinking she would begin giving the dolls away to kids.

Some were far more interested in Miyuki herself than the dolls, some were so star-struck they just got the doll from Miyuki and scurried away immediately being too shy to even thank her from up close but the sight of just their smiles and how happy they looked with the dolls made it known for her the kids enjoyed the dolls.

As Alister passed by Regula he replied to her question. "This Pocket Dimension is somewhat familiar in a way, though far, far more friendly than the ones back home. But overall, it was a nice place to let my senses take a rest. Hmm, the play has ended well, the kids are enjoying it, and the dolls, it might not have been as professional as I liked, but why bother our goal was to make the kids enjoy it, and we fulfilled that goal."

Having replied to Regula, he would continue his walk to those older kids he spoke with before, passing them a few coins for their job managing the kids well till play time, he would also talk with them about something, but seeing by their reactions, only one would agree with it.

Few kids came up to Teuihua at first, to receive the dolls, but all it took was one sloth beastmen kid climbing onto the big arm of Teuihua and falling asleep there for a lot of kids to swarm Teuihua some to receive dolls from his others to use his big arm like some sort of a jungle gym. Weirdly enough, the sloth kid just slept through the other kids playing on Teuihua, hopefully with his permission.

The kids who came to Cleo to receive the dolls were quite nice kids, if not a bit off-putting, as most of them were trying to comfort him about his poor but enjoyable acting. But one kid stood out to him the most, as it came up to him with that cocky sure smile saying. "Do not worry, you might have been a poor actor carried by the acting of others, but I am willing to give you some tips on it." Of course, when he received his doll, he would just walk away.

Weirdly enough the second biggest swarm of kids near someone headed to Kasai, some of the kids had a determined look in their face while other were just excited. All of them received their dolls while saying something to him. The most popular seemed to be "I will one day be strong enough to beat the monster you played." or "I hope I never have to encounter such a thing." but the one that most likely cut wings from Kasai's back was this one. "Don't worry, I will protect you." Spoken by one boy to a younger girl.

All in all, it took some time for all the kids to get their dolls, though it sped up once Alister came back, having gotten the help of a few older kids in this doll giveaway.
Once all the kids got their dolls and scattered away, only the actors, Cleo's merchant friends, the older kid who agreed to something with Alister, and the sloth kid hanging from Teuihua remained.

"You all can go if you wish. The stage will either be moved to storage or taken down tomorrow, while I and she." He said, pointing to the older kid. "Will get the kid sleeping on Teuihua back to the others. And once again, thank you all for helping me out on this."