Haha yeah, it's a very Nym-style display, although hers would probably be a bit more rainbow-coloured :D.

Some of the crowd that had previously been dispersing now starts to gather around this new display - even the four performers on the stage seem happy to stand and watch, the dragonborn having also now noticed. There are a few "oohs" and "aahs" from the crowd, and laughter from the children.

As the firey ball was thrown back into the air again, this time it remained high above hovering there.  The ice ball immediately followed, colliding with it and merging the two together in a crackling and hissing of steam, forming a small cloud in the air while Kaelynn caught the lightning ball and tossed it lightly from hand to hand.
As the cloud finished forming above her, she then spun around and threw the lightning ball upwards where it struck the cloud, emitting a flash of lightning and a rumble of thunder, as though a miniature storm was suddenly brewing overhead.

Forming a small green glowing sphere between her cupped hands, Kaelynn threw this upwards to strike the cloud, causing it to explode into a dazzling multicoloured shower of firework-like lights and sparks which dissipated as they floated downwards.
Grinning slightly, she took a bow and looked around.


OOC: End with a bang, as they say :)  Back home, Kaelynn never really got to show off like this before, seems to have found a new hobby :)
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Mortaar had stood back, almost as if to be simply part of the crowd, and gave a small smile at the energetic display.


No, he's not stepping back because of the mention to Nym and concern for the immediate vacinity and stray magical energies, nooooo.

Hey, at least Kaelynn is a Wizard and not a Sorc ;). And presumably she really is actually an eladrin as well ;).

There is applause from the gathered crowd. The two halflings on the stage also applaud quite enthusiastically while the tiefling does so in a more polite fashion whilst smiling. The dragonborn settles for a nod of acknowledgement before returning to the back of the stage to continue rummaging around in whatever is there.

"Marvellous!" calls one of the halflings.

"I'm glad you waited for us to finish before you did that!" calls the other, grinning.

OOC: Presumably...  ;)


Kaelynn blushed noticeably at the reaction.
"Glad you liked it" she replied.


OOC: And that was the night we chose to abandon our quests and join the world of travelling theatre, and the rest is history! :)  hehe.

Mortaar decides to leave Kaelynn to her moment of adulation, and moves across to the dragonborn.

"I think my companion deserves her moment in the spotlight," says Mortaar to the dragonborn in the way of an opening greeting. "Can I help you in any way while I wait?"


Yep, goblins boring, spotlight ... soaring?

I'm gonna assume you kind of walk around the side of the stage rather than stepping onto it and walking past the three other occupants ;).

"Hrmm?" grunts the dragonborn, seeming surprised at the approach. "Oh, no, no help needed. We're taking a break. You want to see another performance, you need to wait till we're done. Or you can just watch your friend, there - she seems pretty decent at attracting a crowd."

Meanwhile, on the stage, the tiefling gathers up her instruments and starts walking over, while the two halflings seem about to join her. The gathered crowd, on seeing that this second, unexpected performance seems to be done, starts once again to disperse.

Kaelynn gave a cheerful wave to the crowd then moved to follow Mortaar to the stage.


OOC: May as well have a chat with them :)

The halflings, who are both male, look over in surprise. The rust-scale dragonborn, meanwhile, produces some small packages of food which she hands to them as they walk across the stage. The tiefling also arrives and is handed food, which she takes with a nod and watches the gathering curiously.

"Something we can do for you?" inquires one of the halflings. "I'm afraid we're not going to be performing for perhaps another hour."

Mortaar seems bemused to be in a circle of attention, and gives a small disarming smile - at least disarming for a minotaur. "No, just giving my friend a moment to herself to enjoy the attention. Since she seems to be done, I suppose we can find some other way to amuse ourselves for another hour until you come back on."

Kaelynn moved closer to Mortaar and gave a cheerful smile to the performers.


OOC: Hmm, might be suspicious Kaelynn is going to steal their audience :)  hehe

Well, one of them did say they were glad you wait till they were done ;).

The halfling nods.

"Oh, fair enough." he says. "Well, enjoy the day!"

He raises a small chunk of bread in a mock salute before turning away with his companions to enjoy his lunch.

Mortaar turns around to Kaelynn. "Did you want to stay here, or look around elsewhere?" he asks, after giving a nod of farewell to the performers.

"Up to you" she replied.  "Might be interesting to see what else is around here though."


OOC: May as well see what else is here, before Kaelynn gets lynched by angry street performers :)

They didn't seem angry - they seemed to enjoy your performance as much as most of the people who stood around to watch ;).
Anyway, we don't need to fully RP every last detail of your afternoon if there's nothing more specific you guys wanted to do - there's plenty to see and do in the city but without money I suppose your options are somewhat limited for now ;).

Happy to move on and be generally entertained unless Kaelynn the player wanted to see / do anything with the time.

OOC: Nah, can't really think of anything to do for now.

Okies...so the rest of the day is pretty uneventful - feel free to get in any more RP you want between you, if you want to go back to the inn, have some food, go to your room, whatever you want to do before you get some sleep/meditation :).

Mortaar enjoyed the relative stress-free day, seeing the various sights in Raevin. However, he did have a distracted air, especially as the day wore on. He was probably getting more focused on - or excited for - the goblin hunt with fellow warriors tomorrow.

By the time they ate that evening, he seemed to be deep in thought.

Kaelynn also seemed to enjoy the sights of the city.
She didn't pause to try more magical performances, perhaps retreating back into her usual more shy attention-avoiding side.  Although she did occasionally try conjuring a small illusory shape briefly, as if experimenting further with her cantrips out of interest.

That evening, she was studying some notes in the spellbook she carried with her while eating.
At one point though, she looked up at Mortaar, as if his silence had become more noticeable to her.
"Everything ok?" she asked.


OOC: Sorry for inactivity lately, too much stuff to deal with...  Running low on Sanity Points!
(@.@)'

Please look after yourself and keep yourself above 0 San so you don't become an NPC! Even if it would be a fun mad inventor using Cthuluian technology to build rifts in reality with interesting applications.

Mortaar came out of his revelry slowly, taking a moment to recall the question. He shrugged without apparent concern. "Yes, yes. Just thinking of past experiences. Future opportunities. I wondered if Nova and the kobolds were doing well. I wondered where Durneg and my old companions might be at the moment. I'm still trying to process if we've seen the last of the wizards that captured Gregg and myself, or if their evils still continue. Thinking on what we've seen of Raevin and the Komtor and the rest of the people here. Just wandering on what is to come in our investigations, if there is anything we can find. And of course just preparing myself for the goblin hunt tomorrow." Mortaar paused a moment as if to say more about that, but then stopped himself.

He shrugged again. "You? Are you enjoying the peace? No second thoughts about the hunt tomorrow?"

"Can't say I'm as enthusiastic about it as others" she replied after a short pause looking at the tabletop.  "I only have the word of others that the Goblins here are a threat, though the ones we encountered before do prove it to some extent.  But I don't personally have much reason to consider them all as enemies, so can't really enjoy the idea of killing them."

She looked back up at Mortaar again.
"Still, I promised to help you where I could, and I trust your judgement.  And those of the Circle I've encountered and read about so far seem noble-minded enough to want to lend my aid to them too.  So you can count on me to back you up, whatever you choose to do."


OOC: Basically "not really much for killing, but I trust you and I'll help you out anyway" :)  What are friends for, if not decimating the local goblin population alongside you?

Now I'm envisioning a Call of Cthulhu investigator version of Mollie.  Distant ancestor studying weird magitech stuff at Miskatonic University perhaps? :)  Always wanted to try playing that game someday.

Kill 'em all or drive 'em insane, the battle cry of all players and game masters!

Mortaar again seemed to have something to say regarding the goblin hunt, and this time after a debate with himself decided to speak up. "Before we ran in to each other, when I first moved on to these lands near Raevin, my party was set upon by a goblin warband. They seemed to be interested in nothing but attacking us for the sake of it. While perhaps there may be other tribes similar to the kobolds we met, I can imagine the ones makiing their presence known are more likely to be the ones similar to those who were torturing those drakes."

Mortaar seemed almost about to leave it there, but then with a sigh carried on. "During that battle I fell. I had challenged the leader of the goblins, but of course he would not fight honorably and had other around. It should not have been an issue, it was perhaps a lucky blow... still, it was not something I expected to happen. Of course, I had companions around, but I had rushed off to the challenge. It is perhaps my training and my people. I trained for fighting one on one, and even in battle there is less tactics and more...well, bullclash I suppose. Out in my adventuring in the other lands, I developed a rapore with Gregg, who I could count on to watch my back, though in return I suppose I may have stayed closer to him to protect him. Hmm..."

Mortaar thought agian for a moment. "I suppose I am not as proficient in fighting with a group. And yet, I suppose that I should learn more discipline in that regard. This rage spirit that is supposed to power me seemed to need focus. And I suppose there is a possibility if I become stronger I may be a danger if I cannot control it."

Mortaar struggled to find the right words. "What I am trying to say is that I suppose I have some small nerves that I would not normally have for tomorrow. I do not want to let a group down again, but am not quite sure how to adapt my fighting style." He then nodded his head to Kaelynn. "Also, I do not want to neglect my duty to watching your back, as you I know will watch mine. I do not normally have to...think... about battle. It is my purpose, and in my blood. It is quite unsettling."
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Kaelynn nodded.
"That's understandable.  I'd like to help, although I don't understand spirits as much as someone like Ishkiri might.  For now, I'll help as much as I can during battle.  I can cast the protective ward against arrows and thrown spears as I did before.  I can't move it once it's established, but if you want me to save it for a tactically-significant area or a fall-back point, just let me know.  Beyond that, I can attack enemies from a distance, so don't worry too much about me."


OOC: Well, don't worry about me, unless something actually comes after me! :)

Hehe yeah, squishy wizard is squishy :D.