4th Hat

[busy_fists]

[Action; 311 Miller; locked to housemates]

[Things have been busy in Mayfield since Christmas, and unfortunately Dad and Mom hadn't gotten around to opening their presents until today.  They've also been a little apprehensive, since they'd both heard that sometimes the town gives back bad things.  But today is certainly a joyous occasion and a cause for celebration, because in addition to Dad's MANGRIT and Mom's pink scarf that took thirteen years to get back to her, the entire house is now full of paintings of wizards and various harlequin-themed decorations.]

Well, well!  Isn't this a surprise!

[Action; outside 311 Miller]

[But that's not all, oh no.  Out on the front lawn stands the magnificent capstone to this hideously mismatched set of decorations - a twenty foot tall wizard statue made entirely of granite.  Yes, it is the majestic and noble visage of Zazzerpan the Learned, towering over the house for all to gaze upon in awe and admiration.  And Dad and Mom can be found outside doing just that - Dad smoking his pipe and nodding appreciatively while Mom sips at her fifth martini of the day with a somewhat wry grin on her face.]

[Phone; Dad to John]

Son, if you've got some time, why don't you come over for a visit?  I've got a surprise here for you!

[This clearly shouldn't worry you at all, John.  Especially not coming from your dear old dad, right?]

[Phone; Mom to the town; filtered from drones]

I am interested in acquiring the services of an artisan to craft a large statue.  If any are interested, generous compensation will be provided.

((OOC: Anyone who tags the second prompt will be tagged by either Dad, Mom, or possibly both.  No post order necessary, but feel free to specify if you want one in your comment.))

Comments

[acuity]

[ ... wow okay that's a huge statue. I hope you don't mind if a new neighbor from three doors down wanders over to take a closer look and try to make up her mind if it's classy or not... 8|a ]

[busy_fists]

Pretty impressive, isn't it?

[acuity]

[ trying to think of something innocuous to say... ]

It makes a good landmark...

Action; No post order is A-OK

[fthisgetmecigs]

[Badou casually strolls out of his house on 312 Miller street to get the paper. However the sudden giant shadow over the yard seems to have gotten his attention. He slowly looks to his neighbor's house...]

What.

[Blinks once. Then twice. And almost drops his cigarette. Usually he's not too compelled to stick around for extended pleasantries or any interaction really with the neighbors, but in this case he'll make an exception.]

Th'hell is that?

[busy_fists]

Zazzerpan the Learned. It belongs to my wife.

[pinkscarflady]

Quite remarkable, isn't it?

[It's hard to tell, but her smile is leaning slightly toward an amused smirk.]

Action

[cawtier]

[Flying along, flying along, flying along OH HOLY SHIT WHAT IS THAT!?]

Oh holy shit, what is that!?

[swerving not to run into that 20-foot monstrosity and landing in a nearby tree to catch his breath is one (1) orange crow with iShades. No seriously, what the fuck is he looking at here?]

Re: Action

[pinkscarflady]

[Mom tries not to look amused as she calls up to him.]

Are you alright? Terribly sorry if my new artistic acquisition gave you a fright.

[cawtier]

Hopy shit it's like Rose's terrible wizard fiction came to life. Un-life. Statue-life. Whatever.

[Oh hey you look probably familiar wow he never got around to meeting Mom and Dad hearing they were around, he is the flightiest of friends]

Yeah, still breathing and shit. No heart attacks here. I'm a fucking heart-attack free zone.

[lookinglively]

[Demyx's stare is not quite awe as much as it is astonishment and mild shock at the giant wizard statue that has appeared on the street he lives on.]

...Woah! How'd that get there?

[busy_fists]

Admiring my wife's new piece of art, eh? She told me about it before, but seeing really is believing.

[lookinglively]

I'm not sure I believe it even after seeing it! Getting something that big onto your lawn must've taken effort.

[After a pause.]

Why a wizard?

Action

[chastesaw]

*One of these days, Rose and Kanaya will have to tell her mother that they're kinda-sorta-dating. If she hasn't figured that out, anyway, from the frequency with which Kanaya is around her house.

Well, that's new. Kanaya's just going to... stare a bit.*

[busy_fists]

[Have a Dad.]

Oh, hello, Kanaya. You're here for Rose, I take it?

[chastesaw]

*No reason not to be polite here.* Salutations, Mr. Egbert. Your hypothesis is absolutely correct, though considering that my presence here has historically had similar rationale I imagine it was not hard to predict.

Action

[grimmdark]

[Today was not that day.]

Kanaya, thanks goodness. Have you brought your chainsaw? At a time like this, such an implement would come extremely handy. I suppose there is no further need for me to elaborate about what needs to be immediately removed from the immediacies.

Re: Action

[pinkscarflady]

Hmm, and here just a few weeks ago you were assuring me that you had absolutely no opinion on the decorations whatsoever.

I wonder what could have changed your mind?

Action

[chastesaw]

While I certainly sympathize with your predicament, Rose, I can't help but imagine that the forcible removal of such might not be the wisest of solutions.

Outside 311 Miller

[grimmdark]

[Rose was dying. Why couldn't she get droned at a time like this? But no, she had endure being suddenly surrounded by Mom's wizards, of all things. And Mayfield just got a little less bearable.

For now she's just going to stare at the giant wizard with deep apprehensiveness.]

[busy_fists]

So that's Zazzerpan, is it? It's even more impressive than your mother made it out to be.

[grimmdark]

Impressive is a word I would be very careful to use around it. I would say it stands better on the lines of incredibly obnoxious and definitively art insensitive, but that is just what I think.

[autosmuppet]

[ There was no way he was going to miss out on getting a look at this wizard statue. No way.

Bro is very suddenly in the vicinity, surveying this work of art with all proper majesty, possibly considering defacing it, debating whether it's not already ironic enough without it, wondering if he's supposed to be making actual 'ooh' and 'ahh' sounds like a classy motherfucker. ]

[busy_fists]

Mr. Strider!

[Dad waves him over.]

I see you're admiring our new lawn ornament.

Action 2, either is fine

[fineinthefire]

[Axel was just walking along, doing his usual daily stroll thing, when he saw what he could safely say was the most atrocious statue he had ever seen in his life. He's just gonna stop and stare at it for a little while then look at the couple standing near it.]

Please tell me you didn't put that thing there on purpose.

[busy_fists]

But think of how much stranger it would be if something like this arrived by accident. That'd be an oddly specific coincidence, wouldn't it?

[trolololol]