The Forgotten Wish

Cladmir follows the instructions to the letter, trying to look heroic while inserting the discs.

Rick asks the room, not especially quietly,

"Why does Not Bandit's face look like Not Bandit is pooping?"

Cladmir's (former..?) captain keeps yelling for him to not do it, but at this point the fact Nuria is actually there and able to watch him (heroically) put in those disks is likely the deciding factor. After which, it takes just one press on the button behind the machine for the obsidian disks to begin spinning one by one... And with the right order, no disastrous thing seems to happen as the lens on the device lights up with multicolor light. And upon the grand stage, the big red curtains slowly begin to part.

Rick moves to Khond's other side.

Rick wisely moves between a buffer made of pony. On the stage, the red curtains part, and reveal.

...Dirt? Rock? A large, grayish circular globe slowly spins floating above the ground. And before one can spend too long starting to think on what it could be, a voice seems to come from high above.

"Before it all began, the world was naught but a dry, lifeless husk. Upon, one day..."

From behind, something much larger begins to appear. A figure that takes up almost all the stage, and humanoid in only the most abstract senses. Dark, obsidian like skin, more like something hewed out of rock rather than a person. One can't help but get the feeling that this is supposed to be an "abstract" representation.

Although a tentacled, six-armed being, with eyes upon each of its palms and six more eyes upon its face, large enough that this spinning globe would fit in its palm, is likely still somewhat intimidating, as its gaze lowers down upon the world. The world shifts ever so subtly as the narrator continues, clouds forming.

"On the first day, Father came upon the world, and his breath formed the first spark of life."

"And yet, upon the second day, Father cried for how desolate the world was, and his tears filled the oceans and lakes of the world."

And indeed, the creature cries, even if there's no noise, and the slowly spinning globe becomes a mix of blue and green.

Cladmir, while equally fascinated and horrified, also slowly steps back, trying to not be obvious in his retreat while also angling to back himself in Nuria's direction.

He also wondered when was the last time he used the restroom and did he need to.

Rick whispers to Khond,

"Not true. World was created when the Cat Lord hacked it up." 

Breldo is impressed what they are able to do with paper mache and cables. Whoever it is that's running this farce could make a decent bit of coin at a fair or the like rather than rotting away in a dungeon.

Various thoughts go through the group as the display starts, Nuria and the others also watching intently. The captain and other captured guard seem terrified as the scene continues.

"But while the world began to breathe, still it lacked life. And so, upon the third day, Father mixed his blood with the soil, and from this sprouted life. They say first came the elves, and then everyone else,"

Again the scene displays the act described by the narrator, this time a large claw used by the creature to render its own flesh, and a stream of dark liquid channeled upon the world below. Small miniatures appear upon the world, before the planet shifts ever so subtly.

"But Father saw that the new life upon the world needed guidance, and he stood too far above to be a proper judge. And so, on the fourth day, Father plucked out his eyes one by one, placing them upon the world to bring forth the titans, his presence upon the world."

It is something that is again, gruesomely depicted, as the entity starts plucking the eyes out of its palms, then its face, one by one placing them upon the planet below, before the tone once again shifts.

"Oh, and all titans were important of course, but the most important one of all was none other than The Fool!'

With theatrics, and a slight flash of multicolored light, "Comedy" appears upon the stage. A bit taller than before perhaps, the faun-shaped mask-wielding being stands tall upon the stage, albeit not as tall as "Father". Though judging by how Sylvera immediately tries to call out to it and gets absolutely no response, it's either very good at ignoring them, or not truly "there".

Breldo reconsiders, this might be a bit too gross for the fair circuit, maybe one of the private theaters in the capital. 

He looks for the trap door the actor popped up through when the flash of lights distracted him.

(Perception check?)

Rick absently scratches his neck,

"Ya..."

Cladmir doesn't know how quite to react.  Part fascinated, part terrified, with a lot of confusion but more importantly of all a growing dread that he may really need to use the restroom now that someone has mentioned it.  Thank fully when the mulicolored lightshow started he forgot all that and was thrown so far off balanced he ended up standing there with mouth agape like a confused child.

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Breldo tries to look for the hatch or similar that the figure dropped in through, but fails to spot it. Must be well hidden, or just the angle... While the show continues to be watched with mixed emotions, from merely awkward to indifference from Asimi, or annoyance from Sylvera waiting for the show to get to the point. While on stage, the show continues unhindered, "Comedy" now gesturing broadly to humanoid puppets also upon the stage, the size of dolls compared to the fey being.

"After all, was it not me who said; Oh, look upon these poor mortal creatures! The elves have their emperor, but what of these others, held only in lower regards? Oh, aid from the titans they receive, but how shall they ever stand proudly upon their own two feet?"

"Oh, Father, do you hear me? Look upon these poor pitiful souls. Won't you help them?"

"And Father, in all his benevolence, agreed. And so on the fifth day, Father bestowed his flesh upon mortal champions, and elevated them to the role of gods."

What follows next is once again rather grotesque, as "Father"'s limbs fall off one by one. Only its torso and head remains by the end.

"And so, on the dawn of the sixth day, Father was tired, and went into a deep slumber. Meanwhile..."

But the 'meanwhile' seems like it will be unanswered, as the entire scene suddenly distorts. The planet stretches and glitches, warped wide and unrecognizable, alongside "Father" and "Comedy", as the previous narration becomes replaced with a loud buzzing sound. Most people instinctively cover their ears as this plays out for a few long moments, Asimi half looking like she wants to bash in the machine that is somehow responsible for this, until it all stops as suddenly as it began. At the end, only the planet and "Father" are still on stage. It looks slightly different, but it is hard to say exactly how.

"...And yet, despite everything."

"The world continued to spin."

For a moment it seems as if that is the end of the show, leaving the adventurers to guess on what they are supposed to do next until it becomes obvious the sound of footstep is not their own. A figure slowly stepping out onto the stage from behind the cover of the red curtain. An elf; Male, with sleek black hair, dressed in golden, regal clothing. Sylvera seems more than a bit shocked, as they eventually speak.

"...So here we are. After all I've done for this world, this is the thanks I get? Betrayed by my brothers and sisters, my own blood, ungrateful heathens, false gods?"

"If this is truly what the world thinks. Perhaps I should simply exit the stage."

The man stands there, sullen, head cast down to the ground and facing away from the actual party. The curtains begin to close.

But only for a moment.

"...No."

(Give me initiative rolls everyone!)

Rick Init: 21

Breldo: 18

Init: 17

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Shellshocked by the events upon Sylvia's stage, Khond watches the full play almost in a daze.  So shaken he is, even as the play is disrupted he barely even mumbles about such a cardinal sin.  As the elf comes onto the stage, though, something sets off alarm bells in the centaur's head.

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