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CHANGE IS GOOD
The Gonk
2024-12-13 13:50:10
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"Snuffle snuffle."

You....and your team are so tired. While you managed to capture the creature during your expedition....the whole thing was nonsense you've never seen before.

"Huff....thanks for.....saving me from those 5 tigers..... ;D"
"Can't believe that bird almost stole my hat. ~v~"
"Can you believe that if we didn't have your hat we couldn't get into the "secret circus" club????? ;D"
Willow
2024-12-13 13:52:24
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"Oh my gosh!! When that buffalo started dancing on two hooves I was so scared!!"
"Do you.....think we actually came in contact with the Creator himself or it was just some sort of ruse? ;D"
I-203
2024-12-13 13:53:03
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"I don't know. Some things are better left as mysteries. Like whatever was behind that door marked "Beware ankles". ~v~"
Willow
2024-12-13 13:53:33
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"That room full of mirrors where we saw alternate dimensions made me…….. realize I should be a better person"
Maggie was riding on the back of her new tailmic- a centipede with tons of legs is good transportation for a creature with none! "…That ordeal was. Something, that's for sure."
"Well there's always time to change! I'm glad that all alternate dimensions of me were the same! ;D"
"Except for....the furry vision one....... ;D"
The... Hohun, barely able to keep up with the conversation, drags their new, honking Senator up to the group, his own offering no help whatsoever. "I just... That huge fuckin' buffalo, bull, whatever..."
"I just wanted its hat. How the fuck was I supposed to know it was a blessed... blessed?"
"I don't think I'll ever look at hats the same way again. Good thing I'm too small to wear most…"
"I'd also like to purge that jar full of what I can only assume to be basal ancestors or relatives of my kind from my memory. Sure, I should've expected the jar labeled 'leeches for the plague' to be full of leeches, but how was I supposed to know! There was a ton of stuff in that room!"
"Hats are skippable. I say let your hair flow, ain't that right, hammy?"
"..."
"Hey uh....maybe we should take off the hat of...you know, the guy in our group. ;D"
"What if there's something hiding under there again? ;D"
I-203
2024-12-13 13:57:55
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"I don't think so, it's staying where it is. I'm not taking any chances. ~v~"
"I THINK HE HAS SOMETHING UNDER THERE! TACKLE HIM!!!!! ;D"
"What a weird fucking flex. I don't know whether or not to be impressed by your bravery for the sake of headwear."
Willow
2024-12-13 14:00:55
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Willow tries to take the hat! "I'm not taking anymore chances after that lion!"
Willow rolls a 20 sided die. A 20 is rolled.

WILLOW NOT ONLY TAKES THE HAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME SMACKS THE LIMPOTURT THAT WAS UNDER IT TO DEATH.

"TOLD YOU!!!! Don't! Trust! Hats! ;D"
"Ew! Fuck! Gross, what is that thing?"
"..."
"Never trust hats."
"After fighting a god… nothing surprises me"
Unihermes
2024-12-13 14:04:01
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"...Huh! welp, that takes care of that!! at least it wasn't a whole horse like last time!"
"If I had a nickel for every time I've been mind controlled at this circus, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. ~v~"
"Hammy snorts in approval. He really, really wishes he could have clued in the group that he saw that coming, but it's whatever. He doesn't mind that he can't talk and that his little trotters are so cute and silly."
"Well, thanks for the assistance. Would've been pretty horrible if that thing had taken over my business. ~v~"
"I sure hope nothing else weird happens....... ;D"
"How far away is the hotel? ;D"
"I don't think it's too far, we might be there soon. I hope we are, I need to take a rest in some nice damp moss and leaf litter after that ordeal."
"Ermmm… maybe 30 or 40 blort paces?"
"I agree about the moss thing. It's so dark out here, feels like it's been hours."
A smoke screen fills the air!

From the smoke, appears.....

"HOWDY FOLKS!!!!!"
"I'm not going to jail again! ;D" Z-19939 flees!
"Ew, what is that?"
Willow
2024-12-13 14:09:33
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"Hai!!"
"Oh, just a clown. Hi."
"HELLO!!"
"Hello? ~v~"
"Hello?"
"I'm not just a clown! You travelers have finally made it to the center of the city! Welcome to my grand tent-a-roo!!!!!!"
"I bet you guys walks forever to try getting here!"
Unihermes
2024-12-13 14:12:25
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"We're at the what??"
"........ ......Hams, this isn't... buddy, I think your internal GPS is broken-"
"Well, I'd say Annie here did all the walking for me!" Maggie said, patting her tailmic. "…I… don't have any legs.
"That's good to hear. I've been trying to get here for a while. ~v~ "
"Hey uh, Look, I don't reeeeally have the permit to sell here. Prolly just took the wrong turn, do you know the way back-"
Willow
2024-12-13 14:13:41
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"Oh my gosh!!!! Doooo we gett liiiike SUPERMEGA CANDYBARS OR SOMETHING!!!!"
"YES!!!! You can have all the super mega cool bars you want-"
"Wait...you didn't mean to come here?????"
"Didn't you guys go through jester alley, or fight through the pirate lane?"
"…We've been trying to get back to our hotel. There were some issues involving hats and buffalo, amongst other thing. Not quite sure which way we came from, I wasn't paying attention much…"
Willow
2024-12-13 14:16:12
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"Oh I remember those!! They were sooooo lame"
"We might have? At some point? We went through a lot today. ~v~"
"I-I mean. I mean I think there were a few pirates - guys, there were pirates, right? Not just scoundrels? Could have just been rapscallions."
"YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN HAVE YOUR KRATOSSCOUT BADGES DO YOU?!?!?!"
"All I remember is that wretched jar of basal ancestry leeches."
"You were supposed to go on a cool awesome adventure....did you just.....walk around everything?"
I-203 try to find a Kratosscout badge on his person in hopes that he randomly picked one up during the day.
Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die. A 12 is rolled.

You have a badge.

Willow
2024-12-13 14:20:06
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"Ermmm I think I remember getting a little sticker!!"
"Yo, don't judge our journey! Bet I'm having more fun than you tonight, check out this cool pig I found! I think that's pretty fucking awesome." He holds up the flippered Senator, haughty in his prize.
Willow
2024-12-13 14:21:06
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"Is that a krotatososisufsnsi badge? Dooooo I get the suppper cool stuff?"
"I don't know about the adjectives you used, but I think we definitely went on some kind of adventure. ~v~" He show the badge.
"That is a very neat senator........" An idea comes to Circe.
"I can get you an even better one."
".........Go on."
Circe enters her tent. "If you just follow me~"
Harwon gets bad. Bad bad vibes. Not good. He loiters outside of the tent before seven starts tugging him along by the scruff.
"You heard the clown. Better pig."
"…I don't trust this. I'd be wary of entering that tent…"
Willow
2024-12-13 14:25:07
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"Let's go LETS GOOOO!!!!!"
Willow
2024-12-13 14:25:24
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"I've heard that tents grant you ponies!! Or like.. ermm… something!"
Circe leads you all to her stage, where many senators snort in their seats.
"Last time I went into some tents it took me and a whole group several hours to get out of that place."
Unihermes
2024-12-13 14:27:01
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"Woah!! That is a LOT OF PIGS!!!"
"Eh, I don't particularly care for senators. But I recall from the advertisement, weren't you supposed to grant people's wishes about themselves? That's what I heard. ~v~"
"Now, which one of you has the worst life?"
"Weird question. My life fucking rocks."
willow
2024-12-13 14:27:58
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"My life rocks too!!!! I got my little pony valuer annddd I have Mr Fluffles annd"
"…I'd actually say I'm pretty well-off. Do veterinary work for home, find cool animals, drink someone's blood twice a year. Pretty good life."
"I'm content with my lot. Can't complain, really. ~v~"
Unihermes
2024-12-13 14:29:03
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"Not me!! I have the bestdogsever!!!!"
"Everyone rate your happiness on a scale of 1 to 10!"
"10!!!!!!!!!!!"
"That seems reductive. ~v~"
"Yeeup. 11/10. It's awesome. I'm so fucking normal it hurts. Got a weird job. My pig hates me. I live in a guest bedroom, don't even gotta pay rent. It rocks."
Circe
2024-12-13 14:31:12
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"DING DING DING!!!! WE FOUND OUR WINNER. IT'S YOU! "REDUCTIVE FELLA." HEAD ON OVER TO THE STAGE!!!!!!!"
Circe
2024-12-13 14:31:21
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"Get in this here box!"
"I wanted to get picked…"
"You heard the orb. Get in. Go get us a cooler pig."
"If this is some magic trick, I expect you to explain how it works afterwards. I hate it when I can't figure out magic tricks. ~v~"
"…I don't trust this one bit…" Maggie mumbled, ducking down a bit and staying close to her tailmic.
He gets in the box.
...Harwon cannot believe what he's seeing. He keeps a distance, using his [secret finder] edge to try and sniff out anything suspicious going on here.

Harwon finds a key! Seems its been used to lock the entrance of the tent.......

Wait, why is the entrance you just come from locked?

SDR2 Execution songs
Circe
2024-12-13 14:37:05
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Circe closes the box on I-203.

"Alright!!!! Time for....."
"THE CHAIN SAW!!!!!!!!!!!"
!!!!...He's... smart enough to not call attention to the key, casually trotting back over to the group. He tugs on the clothes of the nearest person he can get the attention of, who just happened to be the small leech.
Circe revs the chainsaw and cuts clear through the box!

Circe is opening the box....I-203....is a senator.

"A classic trick!" The senators in the crowd, mostly cheekless cheer and snort.
"OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"YOU ARE SO ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"...Oink."
"..Hm? What is it?" She asked, not having noticed what just happened.
"Alright!!!! Who's up next!?!?!?!"
"Don't be shy."
"MEMEMEMEMEMEEEME!!!!"
Circe
2024-12-13 14:48:29
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"Come on in the box!!!!!"
Willow
2024-12-13 14:49:01
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"Now people won't mind when I bite their hands or eat their stuff!!!!"
"IT'S TRUE IT'S TRUE. NOW CLIMB IN."
Maggie stayed silent, patting her tailmic a bit. "Annie, I don't trust this. Do you think you can find something to help us out?" She whispered.
Maggie rolls a 20 sided die. A 7 is rolled.
Maggie turns around to go looking for an item but finds something bad! Senators are behind the group!
Willow
2024-12-13 14:50:55
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Willow climbs in!! She does a little twirl, knowing it'll be the last time she wears clothes. She gives a kiss to her bunny backpack, patting it between the ears.
Harwon bumps against the newly hogged I-203. And you can... understand him, through a thick accent. "Didn't expect to be on call like this so late. You there, fella, you can understand me now?"
"...Seems so. Not sure I like this very much."
"…Alright, that's not… the best. This is not the ideal situation." Maggie mumbled. "…The two of us are good at swimming, though. I doubt it, but maybe there's something… water-related that can help us, I'm not sure. Something we can swim in?" She whispered to her tailmic. "We gotta stop anyone else from getting pig-ified."

There's a big pool of water on the stage!

2024-12-13 14:53:24
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Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die. A 17 is rolled.

Circe closes the box on Willow, and takes out the chainsaw.

"Prepare for a new better you!!!!!"

Circe opens the box, Willow has been pigged up!

"Alright, whose up next?"
"oink oink!!!!!!!"
Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. An 11 is rolled.

Annie jumps in the pool of water and the other senators run over, they want to play in the pool too!

Maggie patted her tailmic's face. "This is our chance, Annie! Make a beeline for that pool! Make a distraction!"
"Listen now, no time. Found a key by the entrance. With our trotters, not lookin' like we're going to be able to actually use it, though. I've been on this planet for months before these knuckleheads showed up, if you ever wanna fit back into your suede suit again, you better help me find another way outta here."
"I think there's something else I could do that might help more." He attempt to tackle Circe and wrestle the chainsaw from her grip.
Seven
2024-12-13 15:00:01
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Seven hovers in the back, hands folded behind his back as he watches his group fall to the saw. "Y-you know, lady, this has been fun and all, but I think I'm, er, kinda comfy in my own... beak."
"Nonsense!!!! You look like a big ole grump, wouldn't you want to be much happier! Think of a light of lazing around, hunting for food with your nose and crushing melons with your big ole teeth!"
Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die. A 9 is rolled.
2024-12-13 15:02:58
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Circe just barely sidesteps I-203.

"Awwww you're funny!!!! The happiness hasn't yet sunk in to your head yet!"
Willow
2024-12-13 15:04:02
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New Willow stomps her feet in agreement!! This is so fun!!!!
He thinks. Really, really hard. Oh my god it would be so fucking awesome to just tear open a pumpkin with nothing but his molars. That would be kinda dope
...And he books it into the audience, while the pigs are distracted by the pond.
2024-12-13 15:06:03
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Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. A 9 is rolled.

Seven runs towards the exit but.......


It's locked!!!!

"…Alright, with Annie distracting those pigs… I gotta find SOMETHING to help stop this!" Maggie attempted to look around for anything to help everyone escape.
Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die. A 19 is rolled.
2024-12-13 15:08:01
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MAGGIE FIND CIRCE'S BACKUP CHAINSAW.

Harwon positions himself at Circe's feet, hoping to trip her on the next attack!
"Snort snooort! I've got this dame set to fall, hit her hard!"
Willow
2024-12-13 15:09:03
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Willow attacks Harwon!!! "Being a senator is so fun!! Why do you wanna stop her!!"
I-203 attempt to tell Prism to attack Circe. Unsure if it understands, senator noises though...
2024-12-13 15:09:13
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I-203 rolls a 20 sided die. A 3 is rolled.
2024-12-13 15:11:18
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PRISM ATTACKS THE FLOOR.

2024-12-13 15:11:30
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"........................................Arise."

"This is why I never take you along on cases."
"Squeeaal!! You- you can keep bein' a pig! Some 'a the rest of us aren't so content on giving up our thumbs forever, fella!"
Harwon
2024-12-13 15:12:41
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"Oh no!!! I don't wanna be a pig!!!!!!" The hermes unit picks up their blort like those really big guns and aims at Circie!!!! "PEBBLES! FREEZE! THAT! CIRCE!!!"
Maggie picks up the chainsaw, somehow! "Oof- this is somehow surprisingly lighter than I thought it'd be, huh." She mumbled, before turning it on. She lifted it up! "Annie, try to get that thing into the box!" She yelled to her tailmic.
Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. A 5 is rolled.

Circe is half frozen and cannot dodge! Any attacks aimed at her the next turn will be +5!

"Woah woah woah, no attacking the actors!!!!"

Annie throws herself out of the pool and tries to push Circe!

Fortuna rolls a 20 sided die with a modifier of +5. A 5 is rolled.
2024-12-13 15:16:10
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Circe is pushed into the box!

"Woah there folks, I'm not part of this act!!!!"
2024-12-13 15:17:47
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I-203 push the door closed.

Maggie waddled forwards, holding the chainsaw up high!

She swung!

Willow
2024-12-13 15:19:14
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SQUEEALL!! Willow tries to get her out, digging her paws against it!!!
2024-12-13 15:19:41
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Maggie rolls a 20 sided die. A 2 is rolled.
2024-12-13 15:20:02
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Maggie swings!!!!! and misses!!!!!!

Willow opens up the box, allowing Circe to escape!

"…"
"Thanks Ms piggy! There's a heck of tough crowd out tonight!!!! How about you and me bust out of this joint and get some old fashion ice cream!?"
Willow
2024-12-13 15:22:29
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"What's so wrong with people being pigs? You don't have to pay taxes!! You get free food!! You can lay around without junk being thrown at you!! You don't have to have a home!!" willow tries to charm everyone into agreeing with her.
"No offense but I'd rather not be a swine when my main job is biting people and drinking their blood."
Unihermes
2024-12-13 15:24:37
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"Noooo!!!! If I become a pig I can't take care of my dogs anymore!!"
Willow
2024-12-13 15:24:59
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OINK OINK!!!! Willow wags her tail, forgetting everything that was happening and nudges Circe with her snout. Ice cream!!!!!!
"Looks like we're getting ice cream!!!!!! See you, you clowns!!!!!!!"
Harwon realizes quickly he can't do much on his own, opting instead to retrieve the key he found before and bring it to Seven.
Circe throws a smoke bomb, picks up Willow, and disappears.
"...God bless that robot."
Harwon
2024-12-13 15:27:28
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Harwon snorts at the former detective! "You there, fella, check that box! Get in before it's too late to change back! It's too late for me by now."
"…Well…" Maggie mumbled, turning off the chainsaw and pspspsing Annie over. "…I'm keeping this chainsaw."
I-203 runs back in the box, hoping that maybe the chainsaw has a reverse setting?
"If nothin' else, thanks for the smalltalk, buckaroo, it's been a while since i've had a chat." Harwon bows his head, slightly, before trotting off again to deliver the key to Seven.
Maggie waddles over to the box, checking to make sure if the chainsaw actually DOES have a reverse setting. Maggie just shrugs and swings the chainsaw once more!
Maggie rolls a 20 sided die. A 14 is rolled.
2024-12-13 15:30:14
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The chainsaw cuts clean through and when the box is open, the notail is no longer a senator!

"...Never doing that again. ~v~"
Maggie finally turns off that chainsaw, looking at it. "…Yep. Still keeping this."

You all use the key to unlock the door. When you get back to the hotel, you have a hard time believing what happened. The truth you just learned.

Your friend (a devout Christian) has been turned into a hog, and stolen by some robot clown.....


LATER ON.....
A man experiences many things in his life. Many things that will blindside him, make him lose what little control he had. You had to be ready, stay on your toes, but sometimes even that wasn't enough. Sometimes you were turned into a pig.
But when you finally got past the struggle, made it through to the other side, it paid to remember who had helped you out, in your time of need. The notail stopped outside the hotel room, hesitating only a second before knocking on the door.
"Seven? You there? ~v~"
There's a hesitation at the door. You hear the shuffling just inside the door before the "hohun" opens it up, peeking out. "...Er... hi again?"
"Just wanted to check in, after today. I don't suppose... Harwon is around? ~v~"
"...Har-won... Harwon? Uh, no Harwon here, last time I checked? Was that the leech or s-"
He's cut off by the large senator shoving himself between the two, pushing the door wide open to greet the notail.
"Snort." It appears that the senator has been sorting the Hohun's pet order forms for him.
"Hey there." The notail thinks about patting the senator, but can't decide if that would be weird or not. "Well... I just wanted to say, I would've been in quite the jam, if it hadn't been for his help. He's quite the noble creature, got a good head on his shoulders too. You'd better treat him with respect if you want him to stick around. ~v~"
"Ohh, yeah. You're one of the guys who turned into a pig, right? When we were promised cooler pigs. Looks like you're back to normal though."
He clicks his tongue."Errr....Yeah. Sure? Whatever you said, look, I'm already paying for his takeout tonight since he's helping me with these orders. I'll throw in another couple egg rolls while I'm at it or something. Sound good, Hams?"
Harwon snorts, only half-paying attention to his roommate. After a moment, he gives I-203 a affirming, stately nod. "Snuffle snort." He bumps into their legs, and heads back into the hotel room to resume his paperwork.
Behind his face, the notail rolled his eyes. But if Harwon was fine with it, he wouldn't judge.
"Anyway, I just wanted to leave this here. It's... a toy. I'm sure he'll appreciate it. ~v~"
The notail hands something to Seven. It's a magnifying glass. One of the good ones too, the kind you could start fires with. Except, rather than the usual handle, it has a large ring. Too large for a regular person's fingers. But it might fit on something else. "That was all. Hope you have a good night. ~v~"
He leaves.
Seven
2024-12-13 15:39:03
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"Sure, you too."

Wrapping up the meet-and-greet, Sev tosses the strange magnifying glass over to Harwon, who picks it up almost immediately.

Just like the old times.
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