Those invited can pick up your hat
OOC and thanks Arr for the idea :-)

//---DM everyone give me a perception roll with disadvantage for those that remain  at the table.---//

Update: I rolled for Coltinar and Paladin, (game log)

The three elves welcome everyone on stage thanking them for accepting to participate. They put everyone in front of the stage, next to each other. Dramatic music begins to play. For a few seconds, a cloud of colorful dark smoke covers everyone on stage but the three artists. The music and the smoke suddenly end, and it is seen that the participants have changed their clothes with each other in a funny way. Everyone laughs and applauds. Then a shower of silver falls on the guests who get their clothes back on.

Then, an Elf gazes at Arr wearing the cowboy hat and their dark glasses, and says, "Nice outfit, Sir." The Elf proceeds to gesture in the air. A diminutive red Arr materializes, soaring amidst the others. Additionally, seven tiny planets orbit about, accompanied by a smoke inscription above, stating: "I shall rescue the universe" which completes the illusion that makes everybody vibrates.

Following, the two changelings emerge pushing a two-door cabinet to the stage. Coltinar and the Dragonate are blindfolded with a red silk scarf and are ushered into the closet. The drums play strong for a few seconds as the Elves pretend to argue about whether to close or not the cabinet door. So one of them closes the door and the other instantaneously decides to open it, but Coltinar and the Draconate are no longer inside. The music change for a dramatic piece when two beams of light flash illuminating both guests as they emerge on the salon next to their tables, already without the blindfolds and with the red scarf fastened to their clothes like a pretty bow, surprising the audience that applauds again.

Ruven then asks Rylia to whisper to Arr the name of an animal while he is far away. The Elf then approaches again, performing a dance around Rylia, creating a breeze that blows off her hat and reveals the miniature version of the exact animal she whispered to Arr, which is playfully moves around her neck.

Bryn watches the performers with interest, more from a professional perspective than for entertainment. How did they move? What combination of actions did they employ to represent different aspects? As soon as the first changeling shifted forms, he knew what they were. His heart rate increased as the realization, and implications, dawned on him. Would they know anything about his lost family? Could they be distant relatives? 

Hearing Rylia's voice inside his mind brings him back to the moment and this place, and he smiles. But before he can respond to her, the actors come down and place a funny hat on her and call her up to the stage. Bryn watches Rylia, interested in the others invited to the stage but focused on her. (Perception w/disadv: 13) He knew she was going to be called up, and he also knew that she was at the very least equal in musical talent to this group of performers. The change in what he was expecting was a bit unsettling, though, and the rogue was on edge for the first time this evening...

Arr simply follow along with the instructions given to them, marveling at the magic and the performers’ skill. “Thank you, sir,” they reply to someone that was commending them but was already turning away apparently not waiting for their answer. Slightly distracted, from time to time, Arr glance over to their companions on the stage and the ones remaining at the table (perception: 12)

Looking around at the crowd, Braxiel stands awkwardly on the stage bobbing up and down off beat.

perception check:7

(Not sure if participants roll Perception? For Rylia: 16)

Rylia goes along with the show happily. She ends up whispering 'fox' to Arr as instructed, before the miniature fox appears to prance about her neck.

2 19 10

“And finally, you will receive a little bit of our Phiarlan house to have with you for a few hours, so, you would remember us fondly.”

The three elves stand themselves next to Rylia, Braxiel, Arr, and the Dwarf. They start gesturing with their hands, mimicking drawing in the air. Their hands emit glimmering lights that look like shining LED lines, gradually forming tangible shapes.

They throw the shapes to each other, causing them to hover in the atmosphere resembling a graceful ballet. Dulcet flute melodies permeate the surroundings, encapsulating the four drawn figures as they perform their aerial dance. One moves to the left, adhering to Arr's right forearm. Another gently settles on the Dwarf's left cheek, while a third hovers and slowly lands at the base of Braxiel's neck. The final shape completes a dance circuit around Rylia, gently alighting on her left thigh.
All of you on the stage and at the table, except Braxiel, perceive that the two elves nearest to him exchange surprised and disturbed glances as if something had gotten wrong.

The four participants now have beautiful arcana tattoos shining on their bodies and everybody applause.
You felt nothing but a smooth breeze while the tattoos adhered to your skin.
“Thank you very much for your participation,” says Ruven while the other two join him in a bow. He then explains that those are just replicas of the House Phierlan´mark that will soon disappear, to 6 up 24 hours, and during this time they give you some inspiration, as the red lack from our friends over there", Ruven says point to Coltinar and the draconate.

// --- DM those with the tattoos and the red silk-bow have a D4 to use as inspiration, while it exist ---//

The changelings then invite the participants to return to their seats, except for Rylia, as everyone applauds.

Paladin watches Braxiel. It's hard to read warforged emotions, but he is clearly interested in the wizard whom he has not yet gotten to know well. 

Arr, stunned by the spectacle that just happened all around them, stare at the new painting on their forearm. ‘Or is it a painting? Or is it etched onto their plates?’ Arr wonder when they carefully examine with their other hand the piece of art that all of a sudden decorates them. Rubbing his forearm slightly, not trying to rub it off, mind you, but more like making sure that they can still sense touch, Arr make their way back to their table. There they comment in a hushed tone, “Anyone saw the glances they shared at the end, just before we’ve got this?” Then they lift their forearm for them to see, and continue, “For a split second, we expected the stage to explode by some mishap from these elves. Though from what I saw the show was perfect.”

"And now, for the ultimate performance tonight, we will ask for everyone's assistance." Says enthusiastically one of the changelings acting as master of ceremony. "We are about to have a thrilling triple musical duel. On your tables, you will find two small bags full of vibrant magic dust - one blue and one red. These represent the respective colors of our duelists. 'The House' represents the red color, while our guest will embody the blue. Your task is simple: release the sand of your preferred duelist's color into the air while they are performing their parts of the duel.
There will be three rounds, necessitating this action to be repeated three times until a victor emerges.”

“And for this grand finale, we have a remarkable guest who has graciously accepted the challenge of this triple musical duel. You already know her, and I am confident that you will adore her... Once again... I am delighted to introduce... Miss Rylia Lionrage!!!”

A spotlight shines upon Rylia as the other changeling gives her violin which he took on the table with her friends.
A beautiful magical blue cloak embraces Rylia as the other three elves take their red cloaks.

First round
The Elf that was near Braxiel is who starts playing in his lute a kind of lively folk, but something goes really wrong. He seems a bit disturbed and the sound echoes terribly. Then he ends quickly making something funny to disguise and steps back pointing to Rylia as a sign that is her turn. Only one table on the back releases some red magic dust in the air.

So, Rylia plays a nice piece while blue magic dust sneeze in several spots of the salon.

At the back of the stage, emerges a picture of a huge beautiful four-head Hidra, that turns red or blue depending on specks of dust in the air, and that now is almost completely blue.

Second round
The second Elf skillfully plays his flute, starting softly and gradually increasing the speed, delivering an almost flawless performance. The previously blue-tinged air now takes on shades of red, just like the Hydra.

In this second turn, nerves betray Rylia, who doesn't do so well, and the blue dust doesn't overcome the reds. The Hydra now has two red and two blue heads, and her body has shades of both colors demonstrating a draw. The audience vibrates, anxiously expecting the last round.

Third round
Ruven is the last elf to showcase. He has hanged an arrangement with four drums of different sizes that he plays energetically. This great presentation gets a lot of applause from the audience which spreads red dust in the air making the Hydra gain a more reddish nuance.

Rylia, who during Ruven's showcase was concentrated on trying to regain her focus, starts the last performance of this duel. Her flying snake appears floating sweetly around her and she, oblivious to her surroundings, closes the night with a simply stunning performance and makes the audience explodes in applause and manifestations of enthusiasm.

The dusts disappear and now the hall is filled with blue beams of light that cross the air. The Hydra takes on a beautiful, brilliant shade of blue.

"That was s-pec-ta-cular!!!” Says the changeling. “And we have a winner, ladies and gentlemen! I ask a big round of applause for our duelists and especially for our guest and winner who ended our night so brilliantly!  Congrats, Rylia Lyonrage! And thank you to everyone who watched us today! We appreciated it a lot"

Vibrant music invades the surroundings to end the show while the artists, one next to the other, make consecutive bows. Ruven takes Rylia's hand so that she is in the center of the stage near him and, looking for Bryn on the table, waves calling him to join them.

Bryn quickly reaches the stage and joins Rylia, Ruven, the other two elves, and the two changelings as the audience continues to applaud until the curtain closes in front of them.

(//--- DM
- Rylia can better describes her presentations if wish (and I guess she will 😊)
- I assumed that Bryn accepts the invitation when Ruven calls him. Let me know if doesn´t and I update this closure---//

Bryn enthusiastically throws his blue dust into the air after each of Rylia's performances, and whoops loudly after he final and most amazing performance yet! He is shocked to be called up to the stage and looks to Rylia as he makes his way up. On stage he grabs her hand and raises it high in the air, pointing to her with his other hand in an effort to garner more applause for her.

Rylia is fascinated by the final display of light, colors, and shapes. When the House Phierlan mark lands on her thigh she's a bit surprised. But as everyone is sent back to their seats, and she asked to stay, she has little time to examine the arcane symbol more.

For a moment she worries about retrieving her viol from where she'd been seated. But she quickly sees that one of the changeling has brought it to her.  Rylia gives them a smile and quick whispered, "Thank you."

She then looks to the audience as the light hits her and she's surrounded by the blue cloak.  She gives a curtsy to the audience then very briefly runs her bow over the strings to make sure they're in tune.  Satisfied, she waits to see what happens next.

She feels a bit bad for the lute player who begins the first round.  She knew he'd just missed one note in his chords, but the error was clear.  His rhythm and playing had been good otherwise. She tried not to show any reaction though. For her part, she started with just repeating his melody, though without the intonation issue. She then twisted a variation, with some added trills and a couple small runs of notes. 

The next performer played an absolutely stunning flute piece.  She couldn't help looking at the Elf with rapt attention.  As it shifted to her turn, she was worried. 'How could I ever match that?' she thought.  She again started off trying copy what he had played.  It of course was more suited to flute than viol and it sounded a bit dull.  And her nerves resulted in a less than perfect performance.  She was a bit angry at herself for getting so overwhelmed. But as she saw the even mix of colors, she knew she still had a chance. 

The third player was really very good too. But Rylia was determined this time.  She plays a furious sequence of music, heavy on rhythym. It does not exactly duplicate the drum rhythm, but delivers the same beat and energy.  Then on top of that is a happy cheerful melody accompanied with technically difficult string crossings and double stops.

She doesn't even have to see the blue dust in the air.  Regardless of result, she feels very satisfied with this last piece. When she hears that she did indeed win she is ecstatic. "Woo Hoooo!" she yells out loudly.  Several times she moves and spins about on stage, her skirt flying out around her. Beaming, she allows Ruven to direct her towards the center. She cheers for the others as they take bows. 

When Bryn is called up she can't help but cheer some more. As soon as he's near she grabs his hand, giving it a squeeze. 'I'm so glad you're here,'  she says telepathically.

After the curtain closes she carefully puts her one free arm around Bryn as she holds her viol and bow with the other. "Can you believe all of this!?!!"

Brother Coltinar stands after throwing the blue dust up for Rylia, “Bravo performers, Bravo.  Magnificently done by all.”  He claps and sits cheering.

ooc - iPhone post

During the duel, Arr sometimes find themselve distracted admiring that beautiful figure. They have the feeling, while lightly rubbing the tattoo, that the shine is fading out a bit, compared to when it adhered to their plate, however, it is still really interesting.

Rylia, when returns to the table, can finally properly admire that enchanting arcane tattoo. It doesn’t shine but has a beautiful dark pink tone with grayish lines and some off-white dots that contrast perfectly well.

Braxiel, however, doesn't seem to be having an experience as pleasant as his friends with his tattoo. The spot where the shape was drawn, between the top of his right shoulder blade and the base of his neck, burns a little as the figure glows in different and vivid tones of purple.

Braxiel will grab onto his neck with a whence but stay silent. 

Brother Coltinar just now takes a peek at the mystical tattoo wondering what powers it may have, "A most intriguing tattoo.  Most of us have them.  Paladin where is yours?  I was so busy with the show that I'm not sure what happened.  Some others I think were given them too.  Perhaps acquaintances of the three changlings?  I'll go introduce myself and see if there is a connection perhaps.  Anyone is welcome to join me."

Brother Coltinar examines his tattoo while moving to introduce himself to the other two individuals that got tattoo.

"Hello, I am Brother Coltinar.  I noticed that you were given tattoo as I did and some of my companions.  Do you know the performers or are you on an adventure for someone that knows the performers?  I am just curious, but if you prefer anonymity, I will bid you a good night.

Paladin shrugs and mumbles "I didn't get a tattoo."

He looks at Braxiel and leans in close. "Braxiel, are you alright? This seemed in good fun, but it's wise to assume it could be many things as well. Just... Don't wander off alone." 

//--- DM Sorry, I didn´t understand who Coltinar´s talking to

To recap:
Were invited to the stage:
Arr, Coltinuar, Braxiel, Rylia, a dwarf who is on a table in the back, and the female Draconate who is on a table next to you.

Coltinar and the draconate got a red silk scarf when they participated in the cabinet number
Rylia, Arr, and Braxiel got the tattoos.
The artists were three elves and two changelings. The Elves did the magic and the music numbers, the changelings did the juggling performance, and act also as a kind of assistants.

Both the tattoo and scarf give 1d4 to use as inspiration points.