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Mystique's Show; [5 March 5151]
Topic Started: Sep 24 2012, 11:53 PM (216 Views)
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Mystique was right about to preform her first show in Canterlot, having just gotten into the country recently. It was going to be legendary and awesome. She had all her tricks and gizmos ready for her show. All she needed was a crowd to get started. Then she would go. And boy would they love it. This wasn't her cutiemark for nothing. "Mares and gentlecolts. Born in the South Amarican Jungles, I bring you ME! Mystique! Here to bring you some magic. Any pony can come right up and ruffle my mane. I'm not hiding a horn in there. I am an actual factual earth pony."
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Having just returned to Canterlot after doing a quest in order to repay the Beggar's Guild of Canterlot - and to make a little cash on the side - the pony looked different than the last time he had been through this section of Canterlot.

Where before he carried a long sword, he now carried a ball mace. Where before he was eager, energetic; naive, now he was exhausted. Since his encounter on road with bandits, his first time to fight for his life and the lives of others, to see a pony die, he hadn't had much rest. He had opted to return to Canterlot promptly, but, without the bits he spent to find the caravan in the first place, he had no means to survive. He made a few bits after trading his castle-forged sword for a durable, utilitarian ball mace, and proceeded to find the beggar who had helped him before.

The beggar had promptly sent him on a time-sensitive quest that required him to carry a closed package to a “friend” on the outskirts of the Everfree Forest, and now, after the long journey, he was eager to collect his coin and enjoy some well deserved rest. However, after hearing the outlandish claims being made by some charlatan as he walked by, he turned and looked to see what sort of pony would shamelessly scam people so.

She was a bluish-indigo pony, with large sunglasses, and a large, gaudy silver shoe.

At least the charlatan isn't wearing robes and a pointy hat.

True to her word, her size, build, and lack of horn clearly distinguished her as an Earth Pony, and it was inevitable that her outlandish claims would clearly distinguish her as a fraud. He felt bad for the Earth Pony colts and fillies that had already begun to gather. The twinkles in their eyes as they all began to fill with dreams of doing magic. It would be easier to take the life of the guilty, something he loathed to do, than to watch the glow in their young faces be crushed by lies. He began to be filled with rage, amplified by the lack of restraint sleep deprivation brought, and it was all he could do not to go ruffle her mane... and throttle her. He would watch the show, knowing how it would end, too tired to even wonder what might happen if she were to be proved false.
Edited by JIntegrity, Sep 25 2012, 11:31 PM.
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Mystique lowered her head for a moment to let a little filly ruffle her mane. It really really got ruffled. When the filly was certain she stopped and Mystique straightened, pulling a hoof over her hair to bring it back to its perfect do. That wasn't magic. That was just pure awesome how she was able to get back her hair to perfection. "Ladies and gentlecolts. I'm going to start with… She pulled a sword out of a bag on stage. "This!" She said, then easing the sword down her throat.
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Cherished' eyebrow rose slightly. While this isn't exactly what he'd call “magic”, it would definitely be an impressive performance if she didn't kill herself first. Hopefully, before the show was over, she'd be sure to warn the young colts and fillies not to try this stuff at home. He could already imagine a colt trying to swallow a knife. He shuddered.

Despite his fatigue, however, he was now interested in seeing what happens next, even though he still believed he was here to witness a charlatan and protect the children. A sleep deprived mind was not exactly prone to reason, after all. Regardless, whether he knew it or not, he was already captivated by the show.
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Mystique looked over her eagerly watching audience and noticed that one of them was looking quite skeptical. And concerned. She could see him glancing at the children. True. Good point. Mystique started pulling the sword out to reveal a boutique full of flowers. "Don't try that at home colts and fillies." She said, nodding at Cherished. Part of being a magician was reading your audience after all. "Now peeps. For something everyone can enjoy. Who wants to be hypnotized?"

"You won't be doing anything you don't want to, or reveal any terrible secrets under the influence of hypnosis. It doesn't work like that at all. I'll need about five audience members. Not everyone is exactly capable of being hypnotized. It varies from pony to pony."
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Cherished would sigh in relief as she seemingly read his mind, only to grow even more concerned at the mention of “hypnotism”. Cherished would step forward, not even waiting to be picked. He wanted to be amongst the five just in case this was something less than benign. A true knight always placed himself in the way of danger without a second thought.

Once he was where it was indicated he would stand, he'd place himself in such a way as to be the pony in the middle: the point man. In theory, if something dastardly was afoot, he'd take the brunt of the blow, so that the young ones might be spared.

Normally, a voice in his head would have sounded long ago that he was being unreasonable. That voice, however, was currently asleep. His obsessive vigilance had kept him up, and his sanity was balanced upon a razor's edge. His eyes couldn't seem to focus. His mind felt as if his thoughts had come from far away through a thick, obscuring fog. His movements were heavy and sluggish. If a pony were ever prone to suggestion, it would be this one.
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Though… He was clearly a skeptic. It was written all over his face. So that might make it hard. Just as well that she had four others. Believing was part of the whole process of hypnosis. It couldn't really happen if you were a skeptic. You had to kind of want it. Mystique might be wrong, but from her overall judgement, she was thinking Cherished would fall through as far as hypnotism went. "Okaaaay. Soooo… Lets see…" Mystique said, looking over the crowd, trying to decide who to pick from the volunteers.

She started wandering through the crowd. "I pick you. You. Aaaaaand lets seeeeee. You in the back. And you right there. Come right up to the stage."
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Cherished would watch as the young colts and fillies lined up on either side of him. They were so excited, so eager. He began to feel guilty for taking his place among them so inconsiderately. However, he was still not thoroughly convinced this pony was completely benign. She seemed so garish, without any hint of shame, as excited to be surrounded by the crowd as the crowd was to surround her.

She's a good show pony.

The realization made him begin to doubt his initial deduction, and feel a little embarrassed. He suddenly felt how exhausted he was. It was all he could do to retain his composure and put up the facade of alertness. Hopefully, the hypnosis would be over quickly so that he could slip out of the crowd, receive his pay, and find an inn to sleep in. Part of him wondered how it looked to have a Knight of Equestria standing amongst colts and fillies, but he was, quite frankly, too tired to care.
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Now that she could see the guy closer she could see he looked rather tired. Just as well that hypnosis was also a good way to feel well rested. (True fact, her role-player has been to more than a few shows) "Close your eyes and focus on the color black. Listen to my voice. Only my voice. My voice is the only one here." Her voice had become smooth and velvety, an alluring, but not sexually so, voice. Calming, quite calming. "Breath in for four counts, breath out for four counts. Slow your breathing."

She herself sounded calm, she needed to make them so as well.
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