Public Satire

[Kardel 1054]

 

A group of performers, clearly hired by someone who disapproves of the current leadership, gather in front of the library, quickly setting up a makeshift scenery of paper mache and cardboard props. The fools arrange themselves quickly, a group of them standing on the lookout. Three of them pick up instruments and begin playing a satirical tune made popular in the human realms.

 

 

Four especially fat performers emerge on the field, with a backdrop of a mountain at their backs. One performer has orange hair and carries a giant axe. The other has similar hair but is dressed in white and green. One performer has a long dark beard, overly exaggerated, and is eating an iron ingot. The last is dressed in a gown of purple adorned with stars, and has a witch hat. Visible behind the gown is a hairy chest with some makeshift iron plates fashioned to the gut.

 

 

The four comical figures march around, laughing and drinking. A small crowd of other actors adorning dwarven beards dressed to resemble sheep gather around them. They bleat, as at first the one with the giant axe comes forth, acting like he is giving a valiant speech, when in truth, all he is blurting out is "Blah blah blah!" Meanwhile, the other actors go about the back of the crowd and pretend to pickpocket them. The seemingly rabid looking actor who was chewing the iron ingot at first winks at the crowd, presenting them with a bag of minas.

 

 

One sheep turns around, and points at the pickpocket, and one of the four fools yells "LIAR!", while pointing at the pointing sheep. The other sheep bash him down, bleating in unison "Traitor! traitor!" The four main figures laugh, and dance back to their beginning position, throwing the makeshift minas they stole in the air and having a blast.

 

Suddenly, the sheep return, and bleat in unison "King! King!" The thanes look at eachother, and smile devilishly. They then return a sheepish smile, chanting back in agreement "King! King!" The dwarf dressed in white and green retrieves a voting box from the side, and passes it on. Then, all the sheep retrieve papers from their packs, inserting them into the box, feigning 'voting'. The thanes laugh, and retrieve four puppets. Meanwhile, two sheep with crowns try to come onto the stage as candidates not elected by the thanes, but the dwarf dressed like a mock mage hisses at them, and goes to whisper in the peasant sheep's ears. The commoner sheep then turn their back to the two individuals with the crowns, scorning them, and turn to the thanes. The thanes place crowns atop their puppets, and show them to the sheep. The sheep, then, point to a puppet, nodding in unison in agreement with the thanes. The thanes snicker, and sit the puppet upon a chair, controlling it by strings attached to it from behind the makeshift throne.

 

The sheep prance about, but then one of them stops to think. It then turns and yells at the puppet upon the throne "BAD!" All the sheep then seem to realize something and  yell in unison "BAD! BAD!" The four original characters kick him out of the throne, scorning him. The same dwarf with the big axe gives another mock speech, ensuring the sheep this would never happen again. They place another puppet on the chair, as all the sheep nod once again in agreement, but the same action re-occurs, and the puppet is kicked out of the chair in protest.

 

This time, the dwarves dressed like sheep urge forth a dwarf from their own crowd with dark hair and green marks on his face, who growls at the thanes in protest, yelling "CORRUPTION!" . The fools playing as the thanes hiss at him, but the dwarf with the facepaint takes out a big wooden sword and whacks the thanes aside into a corner. The sheep cheer. He then sits on the throne prop and acts like he is ruling, as the commoner sheep prance about happily. Suddenly, one of the thanes hunched in the corner jumps up, yelling "Aha!" He then grabs a few ropes, and with the other thanes tries to bind the new king like a puppet, but the dwarf breaks free of the ropes. The four original characters hiss at him in unison, as the axe wielding fool goes to hypnotize the peasant dwarves with more gibberish. The sheep, who at first were pro the new king protest against him, as he is kicked from the throne by the fools and the sheep.

 

 

Suddenly, the ginger axe-wielder dwarf  stops to think. He then grabs his big axe, and whacks the other conspirators out of the picture.  The dwarves dressed in the fashion of sheep cower in fear, as the dwarf with the grand axe yells, and three armored actors appear from behind the mountain backdrop, seizing the sheep. The dwarf with the big axe crowns himself and sits himself on the throne, laughing in ecstasy as his armored minions beat up the sheep, bringing him their money. 

 

 

The performers then run away, taking their props with them and quickly loading themselves and their belongings onto a cart, riding away furiously. The show has ended

[The Fact Core 511]

The Boogie Man is spooked but also fascinated by them.

[ETRoto 22]

Swinehart laughed heartily at the performers while chugging mugs of ale. As the ale dripped from his lips down to his chin he happily cheered...

 

"Feckin' Grandazz King is gon' be gone befor' we know 't!"

[Serf 647]

-Thoak Goldhand stands and listens to the performance before muttering to himself-

"Even a few petty street performers knoo' t'at tis kingdom is weak, an' full 'o corruption an' greed. Wot shame."

[Cpt_Noobman 1954]

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[ThumperJack 927]

Norik simply picks up a decent sized rock, aims, and chunks it at any performers stil there. Then he grumbles and yells at all around "Ye all 'ave nae idea ov wot else is tuw deal wif! YE POWEH 'UNGREH BRATS!"

[Cairn 9]

*Blinks, looking at the performers in bewilderment* "Feck Politics," he says, going back to his ale and pipe. "Bu' I duh laek tha' song..."

[Glyc 234]

Moved to the Great Library. It shall be sorted into appropriate category shortly.