IK Racing - TEST RUN

Growing food and eating it occupied most of their time.

Best Costume

Poll ended at Sat Oct 31, 2020 4:32 am

Coney McGregor as a ghost
2
33%
Coney General Woundwort as Bunnicula
1
17%
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
0
No votes
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
0
No votes
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina
3
50%
Coney Connie as a Flower Girl
0
No votes
 
Total votes: 6

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There was plenty of hustle and bustle of hobbits dressed up in costumes running about getting the new track ready for this race. Flagging was put up, nice little wooden stalls for the prepping of race animals were built.

The stands were built and decorated for the festive season with fake cobwebs and paper bats and there the food hawkers were selling jelly worms and witches brew (which may or may not be alcoholic) There were flags with the various teams names. And just behind the stands there was a large box in the air with strange cones coming off the corners of it and an elf sitting inside it.

And then there were the stables and track, the track was for a nicely mowed section of a meadow with flagging around the edges in an attempt to make sure the animals racing stayed on track. There were also pumpkins and bales of hay to keep it festive, though occasionally one would see a bounder beating back an Rodent of Unusual Size.

The 'stables' for the most part were very nice crates since most of the racers were quite small, and there were lids on some of them to keep them from slipping out an eating the other racers.

There were many great rows of crates, each row a different size, and flagged with different colours, with the names of the kingdom over them. There was quite a ruckus in a few of them as some of the animals knew it was time to race and they were quite excited, others were lazy lumps and fast asleep. All of the crates held animals that any person might use to race for that particular kingdom should they not have their own.

Imladris crates hold hedgehogs and are posted under the colour #408080 (Teal)

Lothlorien crates hold foxes and are posted under the colour #00BFFF (Light Blue)

Khazad Dum crates hold badgers and are posted under the colour #FF40FF (Bright Foo Pink)

Gondor crates hold skunks and are posted under the colour BLACK (No colour code required)

Rohan crates hold raccoons and are posted under the colour #00BF00 (Light Green)

Shire crates hold coneys and are posted under the colour #800080 (Purple)

Fangorn crates hold squirrels and are posted under the colour #008000 (Green)

Isengard crates hold rats (of ususal size) and are posted under the colour #0040FF (Royal Blue)

Mordor crates hold snakes and are posted under the colour #800000 (Dark Red)

And beside the crates with animals are great big bags filled to the brim with costumes, an added little contest for the season of Halloween. Where those that wished to race animals could dress up their creatures in an attempt to get bonus points from the crowd.

Suddenly the cones on that odd raised box crackled to life - clearly they had been taken from Isengard as this was no hobbitish invention with it's wires and its noise-

"We invite all racers to chose whichever kingdom they would like to participate as, but please only participate for ONE kingom, all of our major announcements for the race will be made over this channel. (#FF0000 - BRIGHT RED)
And if you have any questions please visit the race announcing booth and ask!


Rules of the Race
Any kingdom member may race for any other kingdom.
You may not use multiple racers or represent multiple kingdoms per race
All posts must have at least 100 characters of RP accompany every post
Please post in your kingdom colour to make my life easy
Please make your rolls known at the bottom of your post in bold Examples: 1 D6 roll or 2 D20 rolls and 1 D6 roll
You may take multiple rolls if you so wish to a maximum of 15.
There are 15 turns per race.
Please make your last rolls by OCTOBER 30th.
GM updates will happen DAILY if there is racer activity

D6 Rolls:

1,3,5 - Move forward those amounts
2,4,6 - Move BACKWARDS half those amounts

D20
A spread of -5 to +10 depending on the roll. Some come with light Lore questions, and others with RP requirements in order for the movement to count! So please get these rolls in by October 30th (or earlier if you need time to RP them!)

OTHER RULES
Spectators please use #FF8000or#FFBF00 to post!
OOC is to be @myself and then whited out at the bottom of your post
Please no Signatures

Halloween Costume Contest
Racers may be dressed up by the person racing them however they wish but it must be RPed and used throughout the race (whether it is kept or utterly destroyed by an angry creature etc)
You may also use images but RPing is still needed!

1st place will get a bonus 5 movement to their racer
2nd place will get a bonus 3 movement to their racer
3rd place will get a bonus 1 movement to their racer
Please note that this will NOT be a standard part of the racing but a fun halloween treat
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Dwim with Coney McGregor 🐰👻

Dwim had been hearing stories about the old animal racing competitions since he was a child. He'd always wondered why the races had stopped all those years ago. They'd sounded like so much fun. Perhaps a little bit scary too, with people from every race of Middle-earth coming together with all sorts of strange creatures. But he was not a child anymore, and none of it sounded scary to him now. Just exciting. So when he heard that the races were coming back, and starting with a practice race in the Shire, he jumped at the chance to join and represent his fellow Hobbits.

He'd purchased a coney of his own from the markets, whom he'd named Coney McGregor. He was a speedy little thing. Light grey with a unique streak of white. He had an aggressive side to him too. Dwim had a couple of small wounds on his hands where McGregor had bit him. But the coney was coming around to his new owner slowly, and after a few test circuits around Dwim's front yard, the hobbit felt that his new pet was ready to race.

Together they arrived at the race track, which was done up quite fancifully. It was the time of year when the Shire held its Blotmath festivities, and there were pumpkins and creepy decorations all around the place. There were even big sacks full of costumes for the racing animals. Well, that idea was just too funny for Dwim to pass up. He rummaged through one of the sacks, then found what he was looking for. It was a simple little ghost costume. There were already eye holes cut out so that his racer could see where he was going. Dwim then cut a couple more holes so that his bunny ears poked out the top. A couple more cuts here and there for mobility, then Coney McGregor looked like one very cute little ghost racer. 👻 The hobbit carried him over to the start line and waited for the other racers to arrive.


If we're starting the race straight away... can I please have a D6 roll.

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Eamila Bolger with coney Connie

Eamila was so very excited! She remembered racing before. It was a long time ago though, before giving birth to little Myrthle and Tom. But now her precious two children were old enough to stay at home with grandma watching them and Eamila was back in racing business!
She had brushed Connie well and kept her in shape during the inactivity of the last years. Yes, Connie wasn't the youngest anymore but she did know how to race and had a very good sense of direction. She was more than ready!

On racing day Eamila went to the track full of expectation. She had a short, bright purple ribbon that she placed around Connie's neck. That way it would be easy to spot her coney between all the others.
The sound of all the gathered animals was impressive. Ea loved the badgers of Khazad Dum most, they were so funny! Somehow they looked slow, but she knew they were not. They were kind though, and not likely to cheat. Just like their owners. She hoped all participants would run a fair race.
'Well then Connie, here we go!' she said. 'Be careful of them snakes, don't get bitten by a fox and please stay away from squirrels that are throwing nuts at you. Have fun!' She left him right next to Dwim's coney Mc Gregor.
'Hi there Dwim! Don't you love racing as well? I really hope our coneys are going to do well! Let's go over there and watch them and cheer for them!'

She stepped away from the track and started yelling: 'Go Connie! Goooo!'

One D20 roll please!
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Silas Hardwick with General Woundwort

“Sit,” yelped Silas. “Stay!”

The cage rocked slightly. There was an ominous growling noise coming from within.

“Oh huckleberries,” burbled Silas, nervously gnawing his fingernails. There was a faint shredding noise that sounded like someone was eating part of his Hallowe’en outfit.

Cautiously, Silas tossed down the most enormous carrot he had managed to filch from the pantry, and, crawling on top of the cage, readied a collar just above the hatch; as he raised it just a fraction, the creature within barrelled out, forcing its head through the collar. Silas sighed with relief: a sound which quickly became a hiccough of alarm as he was dragged bodily off the cage top by the “rabbit” that was savaging his carrot.

“Uh... good boy,” he said weakly. General Woundwort bristled and flung back his cape. Yes: he was garbed as Bunnicula.

D6 please

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Jorgy, Hobbit dressed as a coney

He wasn’t to sure about this. Not the racing, Jorgy loved racing. Before he resurrected into a Hobbit it was his dearest wish to race again. He had been forcibly retired after an embarrassing noodle incident with Sil. He shuddered on the racetrack, remembering those horribly overcooked floppy things. No, he was ready. Sil wasn’t here and there were just rabbits here, no lava snakes (though Jorgy would have loved a chance to meet up again with Blinky). The young gentlehobbit in training was more unsure about his costume. Pearl, somehow bereft of a bunny to race, was beside herself with grief (she wasn’t actually, she was merely disappointed by Jorgy is… Jorgy). Ever the hero, Jorgy stepped up and said he’s be her racer. Little did he know…

So here he was at the racetrack, dressed in a giant pink bunny onesie costume, complete with floofy white tail on the bumflap and two massive ears.

But it was for Pearl, and that’s all that mattered.


D20, please
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Billy Blackwater, with Bufo

With much slapping of feet, Billy Blackwater ran towards the racing track, sure he was going to be late! He had taken sol long getting himself and his coney ready that the tween had quite lost track of time. But it seemed that in all the kerfuffle, he had managed to make it. The coney under his arm slipped slightly, and Billy hitched it back up into place. "This is going to be great, Bufo!" he whispered, and Bufo squirmed in reply. Billy made his way to the starting line and set Bufo down beside a giant white bunny with a hobbit inside (Jorgy), thinking that his racer definitely wasn't the most unusual thing on the track today. "You can do it, Bufo!" Billy cheered as he waited for the off. Bufo croaked loudly, and Billy shushed him, despite the general clamor that meant the noise was sure to be lost. Beneath the somewhat straggly grey fur, fluffy white cotton tail, and gleaming black eyes was a huge toad, much the size of a real rabbit, his cunningly sewn coney costume strapped into place beneath his chin and rotund belly with tiny fasteners to keep it in place during vigorous racing activities. Billy was absolutely certain that Bufo would win this for him! Coneys hopped. Toads hopped. And the festivities encouraged dressing up! Seething with confidence, Billy straightened the headpiece of his costume, a papier-mâché construction in red and gold and brown to match his outfit, in the shape of the head of a lava snake.

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H*. Jondo Mulligan, Representing the Interests of the Entish Society of Outsources Hastiness

There were few enough worldly Hobbits, and fewer still who would ever represent the interests of a kingdom besides the Shire. Indeed, when H. Jondo Mulligan trotted up on his smart, dwarfish pony there were some who would have said that he was not a Hobbit at all, but rather some long lost cousin. He was a grimy fellow -- only, he wasn't grimy at all. He was perfectly polished and Hobbitish in all of his ways, and yet somehow... It left people feeling grimy.

But here he was, and sharply dressed too, and the very modicum of manners, as anybody would report -- so there was nobody who would stop the little fellow as he hopped down off his pony and rapped, hard, on the top of the FANGORN crate. Inside, squirrel squirmed. H. Jondo nodded sharply, opened the crate, and reached into grab one of the little rascals by the tail. They reminded him of himself, truth to be told. He coughed -- just as a Hobbit ought to cough, when exposed to allergens such as those squirrel-tails -- and set the squirrel down at his feet.
"Hello, squirrel." he said to the cute little creature. "I will call you S. Jon."


*the H stands for "Hobbit", probably.

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Pearl Brockhouse

"Okay, Jorgy," Pearl had said earlier that day, turning around at his behest. It seemed he had a surprise in store for her! Pearl had smiled to herself and prepared to act surprised. You see, Jorgy's surprise hadn't quite been a surprise. She had crafted the pink bunny costume for him at his urgent request; he'd been quite insistent that he needed it for "an urgent cheering-up mission." Pearl was pretty sure that he'd commissioned this costume after they had seen the sign for the upcoming race o' coneys; she had been somewhat crestfallen at her lack of a bunny friend on that day, and apparently Jorgy had taken note. Jorgy was many things, but subtle was not one of them. Very kind, but definitely not subtle.

"Wow!" she had exclaimed, grinning happily and clapping her support of his transformation into a bunny. And so the bffs had happily approached the start of the race.

"Go Jorgy, go!" she cried, waving a little flag with the letter "J" embroidered onto it in red. "Go, go, go!"

She took up a position along the racecourse and waved and smiled at the other hobbits gathered (Billy, Silas, Eamila, and Dwim). "Hello everyone!" she said. "Lovely day for a race, isn't it?"
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"It looks like we are having an absolutely astonishing turn out for the Shire! And I see we have a racer for Fangorn all of which have taken to-" the voice trailed off as a hobbit dressed as a rabbit went to the starting gate. There was an audible sigh. "to the gate."

"Todays race has been brought to you by Swampers, your leading experts in the removal of Rodents of Unusual size. See them for all your over sized rodent needs!"

With that a bell went off and the gates flung open:


@Dwimmerlaik and Coney McGregor - (D6: 5) +5 (1/15)

@Eamila Bolger and Coney Connie - (D20: 6) +2 (1/15) Your bunny sees something interesting at the edge of the track and must investigate it. It appears to be an item that Mr. Bilbo forgot when he went off on his unexpected adventure. What is it?

@Sil Silas Hardwick and General Woundwort - (D6: 2) -1 (1/15)

@Whatever I Want Jorgy the Hobbit dressed as a Bunny - (D20: 19 ) -1 (1/15) You get frightened by a very loud noise. Where did it come from?

@skekSil Billy Blackwater and 'Coney' Bufo - (D20: 3) -2 (1/15) Your rabbit gets scared when a fox decides they need to share some gossip of a strange thing they sniffed under a tree while minding their own business what did the fox find?

@Androthelm H*. Jondo Mulligan and Squirrel S. Jon - (D20: 11) 0 (1/15) Your racer seems afraid to leave the gate what is making them hesitate?


Standings:
Dwimmerlaik and Coney McGregor +5(1/15)
Eamila and Coney Connie +2 (1/15)

Androthelm/Jongo and S.Jon 0 (1/15)
Whatever I Want/Jorgy as himself -1 (1/15)
Sil/Silas and General Woundwort -1 (1/15)
SkekSil/Billy and Buffo -2 (1/15)


Our current Costume Contest contenstants!
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula

@Zôrzimril Please don't use the racing colours as a spectator or ones that are so close I can't tell the difference Enjoy cheering!)

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@CHAOS - Pearl is Jorgy's "handler" in this race and is therefore racing on Team Shire, the only difference being that my racer is being played by another RPer. Totally understand not wanting my posts without rolls to get lost in the mix, but if you want spectators to use a different color, I'd suggest specifying which color to use in the OP as you've claimed a large number of common colors for the different kingdoms. I can also just put "Pearl, with Jorgy" at the top of my posts so you know!
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@Zôrzimril As you are not the one requesting the rolls I'll ask you use a spectator colour unless you would like to make the rolls for Jorgy and then he acts on them. That I could allow. True enough there are a good number of colours already taken I will officially add a colour to the Spectators then since you are right there are A LOT that are going to be hard to tell I"m going to suggest eitherFF8000 #FF8000or#FFBF00 Both are unused and were former racing colours I've added this to the OP instead of the don't use the racing colours.

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Dwim Took with Coney McGregor 🐰👻

Dwim was quite surprised by the turnout. He'd expected Coney McGregor would be racing against all sorts of animals from other kingdoms, but the only people who'd arrived were hobbits. Most of whom had coneys with them, except for H. Jondo Mulligan who was representing Fangorn with a squirrel. He wondered how fast squirrels were on land compared to coneys. He guessed he'd find out! And then there was that giant pink rabbit thing (Jorgy) who he had no idea was Jorgy until Pearl called out to him in support. Well this was nice seeing other members of the Walking Club, including Silas, here too.

"Hi Pearl," Dwim replied with a laugh. "What on earth is Jorgy doing out there? If I'd known he was going to race, I'd have hopped in there myself to compete with him!"

All of this oddness had distracted him from the actual race though, and he was pleasantly surprised and excited to see Coney McGregor had jumped straight into the lead, leaping forward in his little ghost outfit like a flash. Dwim knew he was fast, but could never have hoped for such a great start. Eamila had joined him at the starting line. Dwim was pleased to see her here too. "Hi there, Ea! Yep, I think I do love racing already," he replied with a grin. "Looks like our two are in the lead. Lets hope it stays that way!"

D6 roll please.

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Jorgy, being raced with Pearl

They were off! Jorgy was about to start bounding off at a good clip (he had spent the morning practicing his bounding and his leaping) when he heard something that started him. He tumbled, tripping over his costume clad feet. Thankfully the all the grass in the Shire is somehow manicured and perfect so he landed on what could be accurately described as a pillow of grass.

Perhaps he had been practicing being a coney too much? He was a very method lava sna- Hobbit, he got into his roles very deeply. He had taken to eating nothing but carrots for the entire day and, well that was a bad idea. So, when Pearl started shouting encouragement to him, Jorgy was so deeply entrenched in his coney personey that he tripped and yelped. He got up, dusted himself off, fixed his giant floppy ears, and began to hop and bound toward the finish line.


Another D20 roll, please

OOC: @CHAOS Just putting this out there, Jorgy is also in costume and Tara and I will be consulting on which rolls to make and will be trading back and forth, therefore she is Jorgy’s handler.

Fleeg, making a delivery

The phlegm green goblin popped out of the wormhole wearing a polyester Panic costume replete with unnecessarily sharp horns. He had been told by the powers that be, something he still did not quite understand (it was probably Reg), to deliver something to a Hobbit lass somewhere in the vicinity. Unfortunately for Fleeg, all Hobbits looked alike to him. They were all round and shoeless and… was the Jorgy? Oh no! He’d been tricked! He was going to have to spend time with Jorgy! He needed to get out of here fast. Thankfully the package and the message to go along with the package wasn’t too cumbersome. He strode up to a Hobbit, determined they weren’t the right one, then turned to another, still the wrong one. He looked at the badly drawn picture once more and looked around at the cavalcade of Hobbits running about. Aha! There she was!

He strode up to one @Eamila Bolger and handed her a blue feather. He stepped back, put his hands behind his back (as one does when reciting) and said, “It wasn’t a dream.”

Message delivered, Fleeg ran off in direction of the wormhole and vanished, escaping Jorgy.
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Tyrion with Dragon

Tyrion loved dragons, wine and books. Not badgers! His sister had insisted that he compete for the kingdom . Cersei almost always got her way. Of course the offer of the unlimited supply of wine is what really cinched the deal. The unlimited wine had even convinced him to wear a bright pink scarf about his neck and a pink feather in his race cap. And so here he was, sitting upon the skunk like creature - whom he named Dragon - in a special saddle he had constructed for the event which allowed his feet to sit high and not drag on the ground. A large wine skin hung over his shoulder.

Gazing around the empty field, he snorted to himself. Coney and squirrels seem to have been the main creatures to start the race, if the droppings were any indication. Quick they were, but tired easy due to their high metabolism. Badgers on the other hand, were like dwarves. They could roll along at a tremendous pace and even gallop, without tiring, when they had to. Tyrion knew this because he like to read. It made him smart. He needed to be smart in this cruel world, where a dwarf with crooked legs was seen as a jester.

Taking a swig from his wine skin, Tyrion dug his heels into Dragon's side and said, "Giddy-up Dragon! Lets catch the rodents...."

D20 roll please

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Silas with General Woundwort.

“No... no,” said Silas feebly. He had released the thick collar but had remained where he was, on his belly, in front of the open cage. Woundwort had savagely drained the carrot of all its juices, but instead of bounding onto the track, appeared to be sniffing in the opposite direction, looking for food. He could probably smell the candied apples. “Look - if you run, there’ll be a whole salad for you afterwards!”

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Menolly with coney Hopalong

Hopalong was technically a coney, although she was the smallest coney Menolly had ever seen when she turned up under her front porch, tiny and cold and clearly in need of help. That had been six months ago, and although Hopalong had grown in confidence, she had not grown in size to match. Menolly had not bothered with a crate and instead carried the tiny coney in one hand, setting her down at the starting line.

"Oh, just a minute, little one!" she said, seeing the pile of costumes. "I forgot to add the finishing touches." Hopalong might be the tiniest coney she had ever seen, but she had an attitude that would be threatening to creatures ten times her size. Menolly dabbed a bit of reddish paint on the coney's face (really it was blended carrots with a bit of beet juice, but it certainly looked like blood) and persuaded Hopalong to bear her teeth just a little wider. And voila, the itty bitty Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog was ready to take the field.

D20, please

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Eamila Bolger with coney Connie

'Hurray Connie, you're doing great!' Eamila cheered. 'They are really doing great, aren't they?' she said to Dwim who was obviously enjoying as well.
But somehow Connie seemed to be distracted. 'No, no, what are you doing love? Where are you going?'
Ea followed her coney along the side of the track. 'What is it that you've got there?' She bended over and looked closer. It looked like a piece of paper. 'No, don't eat it! Bad coney... you just keep running and I'll see what this is, alright?'
Carefully she picked it up. It was a piece of paper indeed. But not a letter or anything like that. There were ingredients on it, and instructions for preparation. A recipe! And it had the name of Bilbo Baggins on it!
'Look Conny!', Ea cried after her coney who had just started to run further. 'You have found something special here! A recipe from good old Bibo! Let me see, it's for coney st...' She suddenly stopped speaking. 'Eh, for coney salad! I'll make you some later!' she yelled. Quickly she put the sheet away deeply in the pocket of her apron. Her cheeks felt warm and red. Dear goodness. Coney stew. She better make sure Connie didn't see this!
Quickly she walked back to the others. 'How are they doing?' she asked to nobody in particular. 'Should I get us all a drink in the mean time? Pearl, Dwim, Menolly, Silas, Billy?' She looked in awe at Tyrion and Jondo in awe and wondered if they wanted a drink too?

A D6 roll this time please!
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Gwai with Rocky
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Rocky was getting older, and was a bit upset at being delegated to a crate for the trip to the Shire. Fortunately, he was also getting lazier, and took the opportunity to sleep.

Halloween costumes were the order of the day, and Gwai had a fabulous idea for Rocky. Granted, he would likely not agree.

She had planned ahead of time, and knelt next to the yawning raccoon, shoving a red wig over his head, a small tulled light green skirt, a raccoon sized brown corset, and a pair of aviator goggles over the wig. Some extra extra small arm gauntlets completed the outfit.

“You’re ready! Hopefully the last 10 years of training will give you better skills than you used to have,” she told him doubtfully.

1 D20 roll please
Costume: Steampunk Ariel

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"AND they are off! We have a few good coneys breaking away to the lead, followed by some late starters that are looking to put on a good show for you today!" The voice crackled over the strange speaker system. "And OH my, it looks like we have a killer bunny on the field, everyone best watch out for it's big pointy teeth"

@Dwimmerlaik and Coney McGregor - (D6: 3) +3 (2/15)

@This is Fine Jorgy the Hobbit Bunny - (D20: 6 ) +2 (2/15) You get a boost of speed, try to sell the other bunny racers your secret suppliment that you are crediting for your success!

@Tyrion Lannister with badger Dragon - (D20: 18) -2 (1/15) Alas something seems to have made your racer quite grumpy and they've decided to go back to their crate. Convince them otherwise.

@Sil Silas Hardwick and Coney General Woundwort - (D20: 6) +2 (2/15) Your racer thinks there is a better name to go incognito as than Underhill. What name does your racer give Frodo?

@Menolly with Coney Hopalong - (D20: 8) -2 (1/15) Your racer tries to sneak some of the treats from the winners circle and gets caught, how do they get out of trouble?

@Eamila Bolger and Coney Connie - (D6: 5) +5 (2/15)

@Gwai-Gon Jinn Gwai with raccoon Rocky - (D20: 4) +1 (1/15) Your racer decides it wants to eat some pumpkin from the side of the track and races to the first one they see. Convince them to continue racing without destroying the decorations.


Standings:
Dwimmerlaik and Coney McGregor +8(2/15)
Eamila and Coney Connie +7 (2/15)

Gwai with Rocky +1 (1/15)
Jorgy as himself +1 (2/15)
Androthem and S.Jon 0 (1/15)
Sil and General Woundwort +1 (2/15)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)
Menolly with Hopalong -2 (1/15)

Tyrion Lannister with Dragon -2 (1/15)


Our current Costume Contest contenstants!
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
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Menolly with coney Hopalong, stealing some snacks

For a tiny coney, Hopalong had a prodigious appetite. The moment Menolly let her go, she turned in a circle, hopped between her owner's large hairy feet, and made a beeline for the treats that were intended for the winners' circle. "Hopalong! Stop that right now!" Menolly called, but Hopalong turned around, her red-stained face busily twitching as she inhaled a large carrot, and gave her owner the saddest, most pitiful big eyed sulky face she could manage.

Despite her best intention, Menolly's heart melted a little, and she let Hopalong finish the enormous carrot. Maybe it would give her more energy to race in the right direction.

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Tyrion with Dragon

"Giddy-up Dragon! Lets move!" Tyrion kicked his heels into Dragon's side once more, but the badger was not moving. Dismounting, he took the saddle off of Dragon and let him graze for a bit. He wasn't about to get on the critters bad side. They, he, had a race to win. Walking over to a large bag near the creates, he looked in. "Ah, costumes!"
A short time later, back in the saddle again, both where decked out in fluffy pink ballerina suits. "If you were going to go all out, you may as well go all out," said the dwarf to himself.

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Tyrion and Dragon are decked out in fluffy pink ballerina costumes.

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H. Jondo Mulligan

Out the gate, S. Jon was doing very well. H. Jondo Mulligan couldn't have complained -- and that meant that his employers couldn't complain. That was the real issue: He didn't care, in the end, what happened to this blasted squirrel, but the Tree-folk...

He smiled thinly (his equivalent of a shudder) and tried hard not to think about the remains of things that had once been... animals... Orcs, perhaps, that they kept hidden in the deepest glades of the darkest woods.

H. Jondo looked back at the race. All was going well. One racer's idiot animal had gotten spooked by-- Oh, no, that was S. Jon. And the little fluffy rat had gotten so scared by a nearby bush (no doubt the poor creature thought it was some kind of young entling) that it had turned tail and hurried most of the way back to the starting line. That wouldn't do at all, no, that wouldn't do at all. H. Jondo hurried toward the course, hissing at the squirrel in an effort to move it along, and then -- speaking in as kind a voice as he could muster -- asked politely: "Come on, little buddy? Couldn't you do it? Just for me, so I don't end up strung among the branches of the trees? This skin is so nice, I'd hate to--" He gulped. No need to let the other hobbits know about that, now was there?

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Eamila Bolger with Connie the Coney

This wasn't all to bad! Connie was still going full speed even when she had been distracted for a short time.
'Good girl, keep it going!'
To her surprise someone came after her. Who was this??? What was this? A Goblin???
Before Ea could scream, he looked at her and handed her... a blue feather. A blue feather... and the words that it wasn't a dream. It wasn't a dream?
What wasn't?
But suddenly she realized what had happened not so long ago in the Green Dragon Inn.
Wait a minute... how did this goblin know??
Ea got so confused that she forgot to cheer Connie any further. She put the feather in the pocket of her apron and hoped nobody had seen.
'Right. Where is everyone? How are they all doing?'

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Jorgy, Racing with Pearl

Hey, there! It’s me again, Jorgy Underash! But shhhhh I’m going by the name Jorgy Hopalong today. I’m doing some racing again! I never thought I’d get to step on the racetrack after that noodle incident with Sil. But here I am! Can I talk to you for a minute about the thing that helped me get here? I know, I know, no one likes a sales pitch. Least of all me. I think all those guys are cloyingly sweet and their teeth are far, far too white. I only want to talk to you about this because I really think it’s helped me out. The supplement I think that really got me back on the racetrack and out retirement is called BFF. What is BFF you ask? Quite simply, BFF is your best friend forever. If you have a best friend, you can do anything. My best friend is Pearl. See her over there with the “J” on the flag? She’s the best. The best! I wouldn’t be here today without her. Quite literally, now that I think about it. If she hadn’t convinced me to wear this pink bunny onesie costume, I would probably be in my house trying to figure out how to wash dishes (I’m getting better at it). And here I am! You could be right there too; all you need to do is find that friend you’re willing to do anything for. Climb the tallest tree and have a picnic in the top branches? Travel across the country to return an heirloom to the store? Help with the dishes? BFFs can help with that. Well, don’t want to keep you too long, we’ve got a race to run… or is it hop? We have a race to hop. See you at the finish line!


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Dwim Took with Coney McGregor 🐰👻

"Yes, Coney McGregor!" Dwim called out as his racer continued to surge ahead. "You're doing so good, keep it up!"

His racer's little ghost costume was bright white, so it was helping the hobbit see him from a distance. Other kingdom animals had now joined the race too, including a badger (Dragon) and a racoon (Rocky). Well this was going to make things interesting! Dwim thought the racoon looked like it may be a particularly fast animal. He would be one to watch for sure.

Dwim was so focused on the animals that he hardly noticed a goblin (Fleeg) sneak up and hand something to Ea. He was very confused and alarmed for a moment, then his shock dissipated a little as he chalked it down to someone just wearing a costume for Blotmath. But the longer the goblin stood around, the more it became clear he actually was a goblin. When Dwim spotted the blue feather that he handed Ea, he suddenly realised what was going on. It was the trick or treat he'd ordered for her. He had not expected the delivery person to be a goblin though! She looked pretty confused by it all.

"Trick or treat..." Dwim said to her sheepishly with a small smile, wondering if she'd understood the reference of the blue feather, and hoping she wouldn't get mad at him for having inadvertently invited a goblin into the Shire!

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Pearl, Racing Jorgy

Pearl clapped a hand over her mouth when Jorgy toppled over on the grass. She recovered quickly, though, and shouted, “You can do it, Jorgy!!”

As the race began, Eamila offered to bring over a round of drinks for the watching handlers. “That would be lovely!” Pearl exclaimed. Her delight was short lived, however; the sudden appearance of a lime-green creature in their midst startled her something awful! If she hadn’t seen the magic of the blue cake at the Green Dragon she might have fainted right then and there. Speaking of the blue cake incident... what was that the green creature had delivered to Ea? A blue feather?? Pearl’s mouth fell open in a small “o” of surprise.

Eamila! What’s that you’ve got there??”

The sudden appearance and disappearance of the strange messenger had distracted her completely from the race. She turned her attention back to the various creatures (and Jorgy). Jorgy was doing great! He was now, in fact, expounding on the power of BFFs! Pearl beamed at the sight of Jorgy in his weird element.

“Hooray for Jorgy!!” she yelled, moving along the race course to keep up with the racers and waving her “J” flag exuberantly.
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"We've got two coneys making a spectacular break from the pack and the squirrel of fangorn is making a tremendous comeback! It looks like our badger racer simply wanted to take part in the costume contest and headed back for a costume!" The elf in the stand announced as the race continued on. "Don't forget spectators to get your limited edition jelly worms to snack on!"

@Menolly with coney Hopalong - (D20: 20) +10 (2/15) Your racer has found a short cut! Describe the path they take.

@Tyrion Lannister with badger Dragon - (D20: 2) +1 (2/15) Your racer decides after a short walk that he thinks this is very tiring work and wants a nap how do you bribe them to keep awake and moving in the right direction.

@Androthelm Jondo Mulligan with squirrel S. Jon - (D20: 20) +10 (2/15) Your racer has found a short cut! Describe the path they take.

@Eamila Bolger with coney Connie - (D20: 2) +1 (3/15) Your racer was doing good but gets a leg cramp, how do you get them back up to form?

@Panic AKA Fleeg Pearl with 'Rabbit' Jorgy - (D20: 3) -2 (3/15) You think you see a dragon, and run the other way explain what it is that you ACTUALLY saw.

@Dwimmerlaik with coney McGregor- (D20: 6) +2 (3/15) Your racer has found a pocket hand-kerchief and returns it to it's owner who's was it?



Standings:
Androthelm and S.Jon +10 (2/15)
Dwimmerlaik and Coney McGregor +10(3/15)
Menolly with Hopalong +8 (2/15)
Eamila and Coney Connie +8 (3/15)

Gwai with Rocky +1 (1/15)
Sil and General Woundwort +1 (2/15)
Tyrion Lannister with Dragon -1 (2/15)
Pearl with Jorgy as himself -1 (3/15)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)


Costume Contest Participants
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina

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Silas Hardwick with General Woundwort.

“What? No, that’s - that’s the audience. Don’t go in that direction. The race track is over this way.”

Something suspicious about that one, Masterrrr.

“Yes - that - that’s Frodo Baggins. He’s part Took, that’s why he’s so strange.

Bagginssss not a good name

“Um, they’re a very well established and thought of family. They experienced quite the tragedy, you know, when Drogo and -”

the Rabbits, we call him, we call him ... ahaha, we call him SAGGINS

“Now really - that’s just - that’s very rude.”

and we call him cousin CARROT-THIEF

“I don’t really see where all this is going.”

Frodo Furless, Frodo Flat-ears, Frodo No-tail!

“Is this, like, some sort of deep insult if you’re a rabbit?”

YeeeeEEeeeeEesss. What business hobbits have diggins such big burrows? Taking up all the best lands. Ruining nice warrens. Woundwort not going back to the hutch. DIE FIRST.

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Tyrion with Dragon

Lying back and gazing at the sky (the badger still not on the move and the wine going down smooth), Tyrion conjure up images of dragons and damsels shapes in the clouds. A pleasant pass time, no doubt, but not one that would win a race. It was time to get down and dirty, literally.
Not long after, the dwarf stood in front of the badger and wiggled an earthworm in front of its face, having read about this interesting fact in the book, On Miasmas, that badgers consume and are partial to earthworms.
"You know you love these, Dragon! There is more where this one came from if you start moving your Tutu! Lets race!"

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Eamila Bolger with Connie the Coney

When Eamila came back with a round of drinks for all the others, she realized something had changed in the formation of the group of racers. Dwim and his coney were still doing fantastic, but somehow Connie wasn't going so fast anymore. She hopped a bit strange and seemed to go slower and slower...
'Connie, what is it? Why are you going so slow!' Quickly Ea ran to the part of the track where her coney now seemed to go slower than ever. Had she made a wrong step and was she crippled? Did any of the other racers hurt her?
Ea frowned and looked at Tyrion and his dangerous looking dragon. But it seemed they weren't close enough yet to have done this.
'Let me see your little paw, dearest', she said. 'Oh, wait... you don't have cramps, do you?'
Her coney nodded.
'Oh goodness. Come now. Here is some massage oil. I'll try and help you.'
Carefully she started to make small circles on the painful muscles of the small creature. 'There now. Better?'
Connie nodded, but looked as if she was doubting.
'What is you problem then?'
Connie pointed one little paw towards the other racers and gave Ea a very stern look afterwards.
'Oh wait a minute... you want a costume too?' One firm nod was the answer Eamila didn't want. Where could she get a costume from at this moment???
But then she realized that there were flowers in the bushes nearby. Quickly she picked the nicest ones she could find and made a crown of daisies. She carefully cut a hole in the white handkerchief that she kept in her pocket and then put it over Connies head. With another ribbon, a pink one, she finished the costume. 'Well, now you are a flower girl, how about that?'
Connie needed no more. She was on the road again and running.

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Jorgy, Racing with Pearl

What was that! Oh third breakfasts! Jorgy ducked and scooted backwards as something flew at his face. He was so busy trying to get back on track that he wasn’t paying attention to the things that were right in front of him. He had been retired for far too long clearly. At first, he thought it was a dragon! It looked alien enough, looking at the terrifying beast head on. But it was a little too small to be a dragon. Well, actually Jorgy wasn’t sure how small dragons could get. This was green and had six legs. Did dragons have six legs? Or was it just two? Jorgy would have to ask Pearl when the race was over, unless she was so ashamed of his performance today that she never spoke to him again. Jorgy picked the grasshopper off his face. Oh, that’s what it was! It wasn’t a dragon at all, it was a grasshopper. In the heat of the moment, it’s easy to mix those two up. Okay. Okay. Okay. Jorgy, you get back on track and get hopping! Pearl is counting on you!

Jorgy hopped and hopped and hopped, slipped on wet grass, and got a green patch on the backside of his pink bunny costume. If this kept up, he was going to be more green than pink by the time he got to the finish line. The racing Hobbit brushed himself off and got to hopping.


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Dwim Took with Coney McGregor

Coney McGregor was a quick little ghost today. Maybe his costume had spooked the other animals into not wanting to race near him. That was fine with Dwim! He thought maybe he should dress his coney up more often.

Things were going really well, until all of a sudden McGregor slowed down for a moment. That was all it took for H. Jondo's squirrel to catch up with him. The coney had become distracted by a handkerchief that had blown onto the course. He was giving it a sniff with his little nose, his ears poking out of the ghost costume twitched with curiosity.

"Oh no, Coney McGregor, what are you doing! Forget the handkerchief, it's not important. Let's go!"

Dwim ran up the line to try and get his racer moving again. In the time it took the hobbit to get there, McGregor had decided that the handkerchief belonged to S. Jon's gentlemanly looking owner. He was trying to get the squirrel's attention so he could return the handkerchief to his owner.

But soon Dwim was on the side of the track, and the wind blew the handkerchief towards him. He scooped it up quickly. "That was very nice of you," he said to his coney. "But come on. No more distractions. Off you hop. Good lad!"

D6 roll please.

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"Looks like a good number of our racers are sprinting towards the finishe we just have one that looks like they're having a bad time with directions at this point! Spectators don't forget to get up and stretch that way when you wave your flags for your favourite racer you don't pull a muscle!"


@Sil with 'coney' General Woundwart - (D20:11 ) 0 (3/15) Your racer is looking at the stars and not racing, what doe they call the Stars of the Wain?

@Tyrion Lannister with badger Dragon - (D20: 6) +2 (3/15) Your racer thinks they see some dwaves from Bilbos Unexpected Journey and rushes to get autographs from them. Which dwarves does he see?

@Eamila Bolger with coney Connie - (D6:1) +1 (4/15)

@Anathema of Light Pearl with 'Rabbit' Jorgy - (D6: 3 ) +3 (4/15)

@Dwimmerlaik with coney McGregor- (D6: 4) -2 (4/15)



Standings:
Androthelm and S.Jon +10 (2/15)
Eamila and Coney Connie +9 (4/15)
Dwimmerlaik and Coney McGregor +8(4/15)
Menolly with Hopalong +8 (2/15)

Tyrion Lannister with Dragon +3 (3/15)
Pearl with Jorgy as himself +2 (4/15)
Gwai with Rocky +1 (1/15)
Sil and General Woundwort +1 (3/15)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)


Costume Contest Participants
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina
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@CHAOS( I'd love to be on top of the leaderboard, but you said that I have +1 and in the last standings I was no further than 8, so wouldn't that be 9 instead of 13? I am confused, lol! By the way, Connie is dressed like a bridal flower girl now.)

Eamila Bolger and Connie

Eamila was a bit angry at herself. What on Arda had moved her to start picking those flowers? It was autumn, there was ambrosia blooming just about everywhere. Had she forgotten how allergic she was to that?
Her eyes had been itchy since that moment and her nose was starting to run. She sniffed a few times and tried to be as bothered by it as she was now. Quickly she left the field and went back to the racing track, where Connie was still doing her best.

The path was getting a bit dirty here. Ea sighed when she saw Connie hopping happily through the mud with her white flower girl dress on. Soon it would be more brown and greenish, she feared. Every now and then with a big 'jump' a flower or two got loose. Hopefully none of the other contestants was having a hay fever. She would soon need her handkerchief, she knew that.
ACHOO! A really loud sneeze sounded all over the racing grounds. Ea grabbed in her skirt to find her handkerchief. She needed it NOW! But to her horror, her pocket was empty. Of course it was... that so needed handkerchief was used as a costume... what to do? She walked over to Menolly and Dwim. 'Does ady of dyou habve a hankkerdjief fob be?'

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H. Jondo Mulligan

"There you go!" H. Jondo felt something which was almost pride swelling up in his heart, as S. Jon got back on track and went scurrying off down the track. Or -- leaping? What was it squirrels did, in this language. In H. Jondo's native tongue it would be nai- Ah! But no, he would not even think about that. He straightened his coat slightly. It was only by thinking like these strange cousins that he would ever come to blend smoothly among them.

But what was this? Where had S. Jon gotten to? H. Jondo's heart sank as he scanned the treetops. Had the squirrel gotten lost? Decided to set off for Fangorn? Been eaten by a Hobbit? Did Hobbits eat squirrels? I mean, do we eat squirrels?.

No, there he was -- poking out of a rabbit burrow of all places, suddenly much further down the track.

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Tyrion with Dragon

Tyrion must have consumed more wine than he thought. He seemed to be hallucinating or in some kind of dream trance. Dragon had finally made a move and had galloped up, almost, within sight of some of the other racers. The badger stood catching his breath. Tyrion was digging for another worm. Suddenly a dwarf appeared. 'It was a dwarf with a blue beard tucked into a golden belt, and very bright eyes under his dark-green hood.' Tyrion looked around and saw the dwarf standing there. He waved his hand at him.
"Dwalin at your service!' said the dwarf with a low bow. "Would you like my autograph?"
Tyrion looked around at that, then looked around his surroundings to see if anyone was hiding in a bush, playing a practical joke on him. He wasn't sure who this dwarf thought he was but, he knew who he was, a lead actor in the Game of Thrones. Most people wanted 'HIS' autography, or to kill him. It wasn't a bad hallucination or dream trance. And Tyrion had finally found a worm for Dragon. And so he turned to the hallucinated dwarf and said.
"Not today good fellow. Maybe I will catch you on the way back from winning the race. Then we can share some wine and indulge in some enjoyable reminiscing of our past rolls."

*Never like those dwarves or the movies!*

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"Some of our racers are now a third finished their races and doing a fantastic job! There is still plenty of racing time left though so anything can happen yet!

@Eamila Bolger with Coney Connie (D20: 14) +3 (5/15) (You're right apologies! Brain was in off position it seems! have corrected) Your racer has heard a tale of a trio that covered forty and five leagues of distance on foot in four days and tries to emulate them... What was their leader given for the feat that Connie wants for herself?

@Androthelm Jondo Mulligan with squirrel S. Jon (D20: 2) +1 (3/15) Your racer has found some mushrooms. How do they tell if they are edible?

@Tyrion Lannister with badger Dragon (D6: 3) +3 (4/15) (I am pleased to see you used the Hobbit description I also have a great distaste for the Hobbit movies and dwarves)


Standings:
Eamila and Coney Connie +12 (5/15)
Androthelm and S.Jon +11 (3/15)
Dwimmerlaik and Coney McGregor +8(4/15)
Menolly with Hopalong +8 (2/15)

Tyrion Lannister with Dragon +6 (4/15)
Pearl with Jorgy as himself +2 (4/15)
Gwai with Rocky +1 (1/15)
Sil and General Woundwort +1 (3/15)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)


Costume Contest Participants
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina
Coney Connie as a Flower Girl

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Tyrion with Dragon

Luck was with Tyrion, it would seem. Dragon had kept up a steady pace after their encounter with the autograph seeking dwarf, Dwalin. He could make out two races ahead of them. Two coneys. One appeared to have a ghost costume on and the other, well, if the he wasn't mistaken, looked like that killer rabbit from the Monty Python movie. And speaking of costumes, Tyrion called out to his badger.
"Halt Dragon! Lets see what are tutu's look like before we meet up with those other races. We must look presentable. There, there, that is a good badger. You thirsty boy? You want a worm?" Tyrion rattled on as he brushed some dirty and debris from Dragon's pink tutu. He thought he might have needed :whip: to keep the badger in line. But it didn't appear necessary. And surprisingly, Tyrion found himself growing quite fond of the creature. Scratching Dragon behind the ear, the dwarf felt content.

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Gwai with Rocky
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"Rocky, no!" Gwai exclaimed, irritated, as the raccoon immediately veered off the track and over to a pumpkin. He immediately sat down, using his little hands to dig out pumpkin bits and eat them.

"You're supposed to be running, not eating!" she told him, exasperated. He knew this, it wasn't as if this were his first racing season. Plus he was starting to get his green tulle skirt dirty. He was probably sulking a bit about having to wear a costume at all, but Gwai didn't care, it was good for him to branch out. He couldn't always be a masked bandit.

D20 roll please!

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@CHAOS (I am so sorry, but what exactly do you mean with 'What was their leader given for the feat that Connie wants for herself?' Who's leader? Ot the three hunters or me as a leader of Connie? Sometimes the fact that I am not a native speaker of English leaves me confused...)
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@Eamila Bolger( Apologies it's a wee lore based question. The leader of the 3 hunters was given a name for traveling 45 leagues in 4 days what was it? As your rabbit wants to be given this name as well

IF that doesn't translate well I'll give you a different prompt to make life easier
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@CHAOS (Thanks! I totally understand now and like it! Just read that chapter in the Read along in Lore 👍🏻)
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Jorgy, Racing as Himself with Pearl

Alright! This hopping thing was easy. At least, it was easy once he got started and got focused. He was much more used to slithering along the ground and nearly did just that but, as he was dressed like a bunny and racing with Pearl, he though that might look a little weird. Weirder than a hobbit dressed in a pink bunny onesie with a cotton tail on the bum flap and massive floppy ears? Well it was a toss up at this point. It was much more fun hopping though. Jorgy put his hands together and leapt as far as he could with his legs together, in the air his arms would flail about, trying to push himself further along the path. He would land, crouch, then do it all again. Boy were Jorgy’s legs going to be tired when this race was over! He would have to tell Dwim he might not make it to the Walking Club tomorrow. On the other hand, if they were going to have those little puff pastries with the sausage in the middle Jorgy would definitely make it. What was he doing again? Oh right! He was hopping. Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce.


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Menolly with coney Hopalong, finding a shortcut

After gorging on carrots, Hopalong seemed to be feeling rather full and lazy, but Menolly chivvied her along. "Come on, that's a good girl! You can't eat all the treats before you finish the race! Or, well, I guess you can and you did, but can't you just...hurry along anyway?"

To Menolly's surprise, Hopalong did actually hop along, her little body half-disappearing in the tall grass at the edge of the track. Eventually Menolly could only see her little cottontail, and then even that disappeared. But even as Menolly searched frantically, Hopalong popped up out of the ground at a further bend in the track. "Was that...a badger den? Did you seriously just go into a badger den and come out the other side?" Menolly yelled at her little coney. "Short cuts usually make for long delays, but that one could have ended with you being a snack, you fool creature!" Hopalong twitched her nose, bared her very sharp teeth in something that might have been a grin, and sat down to nibble at the grass.

D20 please

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Pearl, Racing Jorgy

Oh no! Jorgy had briefly become distracted by a grasshopper! Pearl stifled a giggle, glad to see him continuing to bounce along despite his consternation and the grass stains that had bloomed on his bunny suit. She would of course offer to help him wash out the stains, but it was possible that these marks would be permanent. Ah, well! A lasting tribute to his first-ever race as a bunny!

His movements were becoming more and more wild and uninhibited, and Pearl supposed he must really be getting into character as a coney. And he was doing a fine job. She put her hands to her mouth and cried, “Excellent hopping, Jorgy! Keep it up!!”
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"As you can see we've got an amazing race happening here in the shire, we've got racers doing a fantastic job of running even though some of them aren't exactly going the right way entirely! SPECTATORS we ask that you stick around to help us vote on the best costumes coming up at the end of the race and how well they were worn by the participants while they run!"

@Tyrion Lannister with badger Dragon (D20:6) +2 (5/15) Tiyr racer gas decuded ti cgase after a food vendor what treat are they after?

@Gwai-Gon Jinn Gwai with raccoon Rocky (D20: 14) +3 (2/15) Tiyr racer sees something shiney and thinks they have found Bilbos horde. What did they actually find?

@Nyarlathotep Pearl with 'bunny' Jorgy ( D6: 4, D20:20) -2, +10 (6/15) You found a short cut describe it!

@Menolly with coney Hopalong (D20: 12) +1 (3/15) Your racer is giving you some sass. How do you get them to listen to you?


Standings:
Eamila and Coney Connie +12 (5/15)
Androthelm and S.Jon +11 (3/15)
Pearl with Jorgy as himself +10 (6/15)
Menolly with Hopalong +9 (3/15)
Dwimmerlaik and Coney McGregor +8(4/15)

Tyrion Lannister with Dragon +8 (5/15)
Gwai with Rocky +4 (2/15)
Sil and General Woundwort +1 (3/15)
SkekSil and Buffo -2 (1/15)


Costume Contest Participants
Coney McGregor as a ghost
Coney General Wound Wort as Bunnicula
Coney Hopalong as the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Raccoon Rocky as Steampunk Ariel
Badger Dragon as a Pink Ballerina
Coney Connie as a Flower Girl

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Dwim Took with Coney McGregor

Dwim turned his head in surpsrise as Eamila began to sneeze, really loudly! He noticed her searching her pockets for her handkerchief in a panic, then realising it was not there and asking if he or Menolly had one to spare. Well, as a matter of fact, he did!

"This wouldn't happen to be yours would it?" Dwim asked, holding out a handkerchief in front of Ea. "Coney McGregor found it on the race course. He wanted to return it to its owner, but of course I didn't know who that was! In any case, it looks clean enough, even if it's not yours."

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Having fallen asleep in the saddle, Tyrion , unexpectedly jerked his head off the badger's rear end. Dragon had started galloping and it shook the dwarf awake. Wiping spittle from his chin,(which had dripped from his gaping mouth while he slept), he called out to the badger.
"Whoa! Where are you off to at such a pace, Dragon? I almost fell out of the saddle! Whoa!"
But it appeared that the badger had rediscovered selective hearing, and galloped on heedless to the dwarf's command. Tyrion, bouncing about, his tutu twisting, held on as he looked ahead. In the distance he saw what looked like a vending booth. As they got closer, the dwarf could read the sign that was attached to the wooden booth.


SLUGS and GRUBS - Make Your Badger Happy Today!
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Eamila Bolger and Connie the Coney

Something strange was happening. Eamila wasn't quite sure what had caused it, but Connie was running at full speed now. She was ahead of all the other racers and it looked like she wasn't even going to stop at the lemonade and lembas break.
'Connie! You are doing amazing, but don't push yourself too hard, will you? You still have more than half of the race before you!'
But her coney seemed to go even faster. 'My goodness', Eamila said. 'This reminds me of the story I once heard, of a man, an Elf and a Dwarf chasing for our Middle Earth famous kinsmen Meriadoc an Peregrin. What was that name again, that King Aragorn was given by King Eomer, when they both weren't kings yet? Yes, Wingfoot it was! Come on Connie Wingpaws, you are doing great!'


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