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mylittlejamjar2013-04-08 09:23 am
surpriserainbows) wrote in mylittlejamjar2013-04-08 09:23 am
1st Diversion - Action
[Now that she's fairly well convinced that she isn't dead and this is some bizarre afterlife/her mind's death throws, Surprise has found it kind of a necessity to get busy. If she keeps from work or from doing something for too long, she inevitably begins to ponder. And just as inevitably pondering tends to force her mind to go down some dark, dark roads she's rather keep from even setting hoof on. The question for a bit had been what to do with her time. She'd already decided going back to Cloudsdale and the Weather Factory wasn't worth it, and that for the most part she wasn't sure she could take going back and seeing what it was like in this world. But something she did know was that she needed to make money. And it was a few days ago that a plan started to form.
In the square where many of the ponies have shops and fruit stands Surprise has started her own. It's a small little wooden stand, not much different from a kid making a lemonade stand, though it at least seems more sturdily built. The sign on the top of the stand, written in white paint, reads "REPAIR AND PAWN SHOP".
Anyone bothering to really look at the sign will notice in much smaller and neater letters under the main sign has been written "All sales final prices subject to change". It's not particularly reassuring, but hey at least she said it outright. Sort of.
As for the stand itself, it seems to have several very simple mechanical goods scattered on it and around it: alarm clocks, watches, a toaster or two, some of those stupid mechanical bobbing birds that drink water. Most of it was junk Surprise had found around town and managed to repair. It had, in fact, been finding and repairing it that gave her the idea to even try this.
As for Surprise herself, she's wearing an incredibly loud purple suit and tophat. She isn't exactly the best salesman, however, as her plan to draw attention seems to just be pointing at random ponies passing by on the street and shouting.
Right now she seems to be trying to pass off one of the many, many little mechanical drinking birds she has.]
Hey, you know what you need? You need this little guy right here! Wow, just look at him go! I mean, I guess you could see him drinking water if I actually had a glass of water, but if I did oh man he'd be drinking that water so much it'd be crazy!
...Okay, so you don't like the one little mechanical bird. Okay, okay! How about....
Two mechanical birds! Wow! Can you believe how crazy it's getting here?
[Her sales pitch could use a bit of help.]
In the square where many of the ponies have shops and fruit stands Surprise has started her own. It's a small little wooden stand, not much different from a kid making a lemonade stand, though it at least seems more sturdily built. The sign on the top of the stand, written in white paint, reads "REPAIR AND PAWN SHOP".
Anyone bothering to really look at the sign will notice in much smaller and neater letters under the main sign has been written "All sales final prices subject to change". It's not particularly reassuring, but hey at least she said it outright. Sort of.
As for the stand itself, it seems to have several very simple mechanical goods scattered on it and around it: alarm clocks, watches, a toaster or two, some of those stupid mechanical bobbing birds that drink water. Most of it was junk Surprise had found around town and managed to repair. It had, in fact, been finding and repairing it that gave her the idea to even try this.
As for Surprise herself, she's wearing an incredibly loud purple suit and tophat. She isn't exactly the best salesman, however, as her plan to draw attention seems to just be pointing at random ponies passing by on the street and shouting.
Right now she seems to be trying to pass off one of the many, many little mechanical drinking birds she has.]
Hey, you know what you need? You need this little guy right here! Wow, just look at him go! I mean, I guess you could see him drinking water if I actually had a glass of water, but if I did oh man he'd be drinking that water so much it'd be crazy!
...Okay, so you don't like the one little mechanical bird. Okay, okay! How about....
Two mechanical birds! Wow! Can you believe how crazy it's getting here?
[Her sales pitch could use a bit of help.]
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You gotta pay for it though.
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[Zetta is... admittedly, incredibly poor, but even an Overlord never robs from a shop. He tosses out one of the coins this world uses as currency with his magic.]
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[Stupid friggin' unicorns. Why does everyone she's met have to turn out to be obnoxious.]
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[Zetta, meanwhile, has hauled the bell off onto the ground and is staring at it intently, power gathering around his horn.]
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Aw c'mon man if you just wanted a bell you could've just bought that!
[Instead of tearing apart the little alarm box she made for it. Man.]
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[Bam! The bell disappears in a flash and a column of light. When said light fades, standing in its place is a unicorn. With a particularly vapid grin on her face.]
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[Okay. Whoa. Surprise just looks at the unicorn that's appeared in clear shock, wondering what just happened. It takes her a moment, but she just stares at the new unicorn before saying.]
Uh...hello?
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[Zetta clonks the minion's skull with a hoof, and the minion just giggles.]
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...you missed my explanation of this plan on the scroll, didn't you. [Zetta is more irritated by this than anything yet.]
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Yeah, good luck with that. You try it and the next time you use the scroll you'll have had your friggin' throat burnt out with molten silver.
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[The Overlord seems even more angry about this.]
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Uh, well, maybe not man! I mean don't worry about it! I'm sure if she was going to horribly mutilate you she wouldn't have waited!
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You can be an Overlord or an Up and Overlord or whatever. That doesn't really mean anything man. You still aren't going to do crap to the Princess.
Now you gonna just keep standing in front of my store and blocking others? Cause I've got a business to run.
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[Zetta chuckles as he steps back.]
I'll come get some more crap from you when I need more minions.
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What makes you think you can even do anything? You sure weren't powerful enough to not get dragged here.
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That's for unrelated matters. Destruction of the universe and cosmic keystones and stuff.
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You're crazy man. All you boneheads are.
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"Get off" the concept, or get off the world?
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[Surprise, meanwhile, is busy just setting up line after line of those little mechanical birds. Man. She has way too many of these things.]
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