POISON JOKE - WARNING: NAKED CADE!

[adventurerextraordinaire]

((WARNING: At some point during a thread here, Cade will touch the poison joke flower. It will make all of the clothes Cade is wearing or puts on turn invisible, though only to the eyes of all adult characters other than Cade! So, while Cade, children, drones, etc. will all see him as normal, any adult character will see him as naked.))

A. The Flower Shop
[Cade has returned to the flower shop with a box of delicious pastries to try and make amends for his behavior the other day. While he is there, he will spot a strange blue flower that somehow managed to get into one of the bouquets...]

B. John Doe Park
[Cade is now under the curse of the poison joke, but completely unaware of it, walking about apparently naked to the eyes of all adult characters. He decides that since he is not getting to do much adventuring here in Mayfield, he better keep in shape! So, Cade heads over to the park to do some stretches and warmups first. He can be seen doing standing hamstring stretches, hip adductor stretches, jumping jacks, etc.

C. Around Mayfield
[Cade, still oblivious to the Poison Joke, can be seen jogging around town, really working up a sweat. He may smile and wave at you as he goes by.]

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[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade looks a bit confused?]

"Wha-? No, it was right here when I came in!"

[Cade's clothes look much... thinner. His white shirt is fairly see-through, and you can see more shapes than you'd care to through his pants. It's odd, you'd think you'd have noticed something like that when he first came in...]

[queen_of_swords]

[She begins to chuckle at his protest, until she notices the thinning clothes.]

What is happening to your clothes?

[No, they weren't like that when he entered the shop.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade looks down. He doesn't seem to notice anything, though they are visibly becoming more and more transparent.]

"What do you mean?"

[Cade looks at you, slightly confused.]

[queen_of_swords]

Did someone give you those clothes?

[All she can think of is that someone had to much fun with the pranks at the beginning of the month.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade scratches his head. He is still trying to keep smiling at you charmingly, but a look of confusion is mixed in there.
Oh yeah, and he now looks totally naked. Yet he doesn't seem to notice at all!]

"I got these from the closet that was here when I arrived, just like all my other clothes... what's wrong?"

[queen_of_swords]

I think someone did something to your clothes.

[She is trying not to look at him, but past him.]

It just disappeared. Do you live with someone who uses magic, or steal something from a magic user?

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade looks down at his clothes. He even tugs at them. They seem real enough to him. You may or may not note that when he tugs on the invisible clothes, his skin does move accordingly, even though he appears to be tugging on thin air.]

"Disappeared? They look fine to me..."

[He grins at you, and talks as if you are making a joke and he's just now getting it.]

"Are you trying to play a practical joke on me?"

[queen_of_swords]

I don't lie about clothes going missing. Go home and get some more clothes on already. No one wants to see you running around town naked. You might even get arrested here for that.

[Still trying not to look at him.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade laughs, he still doesn't believe you.]

"What are you talking about, Olivier? They're right here!"

[He turns to the door and addresses the next fellow on the street, who happens to be a drone.]

"Hey you, what am I wearing?"

[The drone looks at him like this is a silly question.]
"A shirt. And a jacket. And slacks."
[The drones then turns and walks off.]

[queen_of_swords]

[She shakes her head.]

No, your clothes are gone. I still have clothes on right?

[She's slightly worried that her clothes are going to disappear.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade looks you up and down. Then he looks you up and down again. Then a third time, just to be thorough, very closely. The blue flower, still in his hand, brushes Olivier's hand.]

"I think it looks a little thinner?"

[At this point, it is just wishful thinking on Cade's part.]

[queen_of_swords]

I should close the shop then, what if everyone's clothes is disappearing. I don't feel like seeing everyone naked.

[She was not going to strut around oblivious to being naked like he was.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade thinks about this.]

"Or what if it's contagious? For the sake of everyone, let's quarantine ourselves in here!"

[Cade seems a bit hopeful in that last suggestion.]

[queen_of_swords]

[She opens her mouth to insult him, but words of agreement spring out instead, and she is suddenly crossing the room without even wanting to. She flips the sign from Open to Closed and locks the door.]

What am I doing?

[The question is muttered under her breath as she makes her way back to the counter.]

It might be better if we tell people what is happening, though. Or else the entire town could be running around naked by sundown.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade laughs at that and makes a sarcastic sounding retort.]

"Oh no, not naked! I honestly don't understand people getting all worked up about nudity. I say, relax! Be comfortable with your self! Eat, drink, and laugh!"

[Cade pulls out a flask of rum he was keeping in his jacket (to you it looks like it came from thin air) and starts to unscrew it.]

[queen_of_swords]

[She has a reply to his retort, but she can't seem to get it out through the urge to grab a donut from the box of pastries and devour it. Then, she grabs his flask from him and takes a swig. As soon as the liquid is down her throat, she's laughing. Between laughter, she manages to get out a few words.]

What did you put in those?

[She's staring at the box of pastries. Obviously he put something in them, that's why she had to do everything he said.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade looks a little freaked out, and couldn't quite tell what you were saying between bursts of uncontrollable laughter.]

"Olivier, what the hell is going on? What is so funny? Snap out of it!"

[queen_of_swords]

[She's never been happier to follow an order in her life as she stops laughing and glares at him.]

Did you eat one of those pastries on the way here?

[And as she asks, she realizes the other common variable, the flower. Strange mood altering flowers have shown up in town before, why not ones that did worse?]

Either there was something in those, or that blue flower is making me [She cringes.] compliant.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

"Of course I didn't eat the pastries! They were supposed to be a gift for you!"

[Cade pauses for a moment.]

"What do you mean, compliant?"

[queen_of_swords]

[She sighs, not wanting to explain, but she figures she might as well explain before she has no choice.]

I don't normally eat, drink, and laugh because someone tells me, but I couldn't stop myself from doing what you said.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade looks at you in disbelief.]

"Ok... so first you are fantasizing that I'm naked, and now you feel compelled to do whatever I tell you to?"

[Cade almost asks if you've been inhaling any "recreational plants" or are sure you aren't just acting out some fantasy of yours, but you look pretty upset. He is used to seeing you be all composed and intimidating, but now you are visibly distressed and have whipped cream all over your face.

Cade pulls a clean handkerchief out of his pocket (again, it seems to appear from thin air) and approaches you.]

"Ok, well, lets just calm down and not doing anything else crazy, ok? Here, let me clean that off your face."

[Cade is now uncomfortably close and gently wiping off the pastry cream that is smeared all over your face.]

[queen_of_swords]

I am not fantasizing that you're naked!

[And now calming down as he approaches.]

Why can't I clean it off?

[She wants to back up, but can't, that wouldn't be very calm, plus she has to let him clean off the whipped cream that's on her face. Instead she fixes her gaze out the window.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade grins.]

"Because I can see where all that whip cream is, silly."

[Cade finishes, then waves his hand over where you are looking.]

"Hellloooo? I'm right here, you know? Heh, if you were really seeing me in the buff, I'd think you'd be looking more, not less!"

[queen_of_swords]

[She glares, first past him, then at him when he waves a hand in front of her face.]

I'd rather not. If I wanted to see you naked, I would be taking you to my bedroom. I prefer to get to know someone before seeing them nude.

[Yes, she has to be woo'd, even if it may take different strategies than most women.]

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade's smile widens. With his short attention span, he's already pretty much forgotten your assertion that you have to do what he says.]

"Well, I can certainly respect that! So, tell me honestly, what kind of man does it take to woo tough major general Armstrong, hmm? What kind of tactics does it take to win that battle?"