Geek
This mission that's been given to you by the Ring Master has gotten you all shook up. You don't want all this pressure, yet you're too scared to leave. This is the only place that accepts you somewhat.
You're too distracted to even get a drink! You'd rather not have to deal with Charley or especially Ajax right now either. Sometimes you just wish you didn't have to live an utterly pathetic existence.
While you're attempting to find some place dark to crawl into and hide, you literally bump into Remarkable Randal.
"Oof! Watch it you smelly, ugly, Geek! Honestly it's bad enough this Carnival has Freaks and criminal Midgets, but honestly having YOU here defies all logic. If I ran this Carnival things would be different! What are you doing out of your cell anyway? Doesn't the Ring Master usually keep you locked up until show time?"
"Oh, um he wanted to talk to me about something."
"She did? What about?"
"Oh about my act, and uh doing um something."
Randal's normal distain for you changes to one of interest. He studies you for a moment before speaking.
"So the Ring Master has entrusted YOU to save this place? Hah! She MUST be desperate!"
"Huh? What? How did you know?"
"Madam Orbec has been teaching me how to contact the spirit world and read into people's souls. And yours is an easy read indeed, such as it is perhaps our meeting has its purpose however. After reading your soul I can see something within you that may be worth saving. I never thought it possible, but I think I may be able to help you and your situation Geek."
"I don't understand."
"Yes you do. Maybe you try to block it out of your mind with that swill you drink from Charley, but deep down you hate what you are and your retched life. And you should. You're a sorry excuse for a human being, in fact you aren't really even human anymore, you're sub-human. However, you have a chance to regain your humanity back, and even become a useful member of this Carnival again. And I'll help you, if you help me."
"How am I supposed to help you?"
"A simple task really. All I want you to do is go get Madam Orbec's black book. She keeps it by her bed. You'll know it when you see it."
"What?! You want me to steal from her? I thought she was supposed to be your mentor or something!"
"Shhhhh! Keep it down Geek! Look. Madam Orbec IS my mentor and I'll always be grateful for what she's taught me. I've always believed in magic, but without her teachings, I wouldn't be a magician, I'd only be an illusionist."
"There's a difference?" you interrupt.
"Oh yes, Geek. Oh yes. Anyway, you're not stealing the book, I just need to borrow it for awhile because its time for me to learn more. I think Madam Orbec is afraid I'm not yet prepared to learn the secrets that lie inside her black book. But I know I am, and its time for me to prove it to her. She'll be so proud when she sees what I'll be able to do."
"So what're you going to do with it?"
"I'm going to use its powers to help me take over the Carnival of course."
"What?! I'm not helping you do that! I'm supposed to be helping the Ring Master anyway!"
"Why? Seriously, what has the Ring Master really done for you? Given you a job? The Ring Master is exploiting you for his own personal gain. She cares nothing for you. He just saw a useless dreg of society and turned you into something that could somehow make money for her. Assuming you helped the Ring Master and were even successful, think about it, you'd just go back to your living your miserable life. Is mere existence just enough for you? Isn't it time you wanted MORE out of life?"
You're quiet. You don't think anyone's even asked you that question, even before you became a geek, and you're really surprised to hear it coming from Randal. Someone who has nothing, but distaste for you.
"I dunno, I think I'm pretty bad off. I don't think there's anything I can do to improve myself at this point."
"Nonsense, there's always a way and your first step is by helping me. Look. Maybe you are what you are and I don't like it, but I do see that underneath it all you ARE a Normal. You should be on my side anyway; I can help you be something more than a geek. With magic anything is possible! Retrieve that book for me and I'll turn this Carnival into something much more than what it is and I'll turn you into something much more than what you could've thought possible."
Something about Randal makes you believe him. You can understand why people do tend to want to follow him. Maybe things would be better if he took over. He certainly seems more caring than the Ring Master and a hell of a lot better in general than Charley.
"Okay, I'll help you, but I dunno how I'm gonna ste I mean borrow the book."
"Well I leave that up to you, but make sure you get the book to me before show time and don't come back to me until then."
Randal leaves you to it, but you're still not sure how you're going to go about this. If Randal can read your intentions then Madam Orbec will certainly be able to read yours. It occurs to you, that you might need some help from the less "moral" people here. And you can't ask Charley to help you for several reasons.
You could go to Pervus for help. If murder and sexual deviancy is no problem for him then surely a little theft won't be either. And he's usually up for doing anything remotely illegal.
You could also go see Salina. Besides prostitution she's known to be good at theft as well, though her helping you is a real long shot.
You're too distracted to even get a drink! You'd rather not have to deal with Charley or especially Ajax right now either. Sometimes you just wish you didn't have to live an utterly pathetic existence.
While you're attempting to find some place dark to crawl into and hide, you literally bump into Remarkable Randal.
"Oof! Watch it you smelly, ugly, Geek! Honestly it's bad enough this Carnival has Freaks and criminal Midgets, but honestly having YOU here defies all logic. If I ran this Carnival things would be different! What are you doing out of your cell anyway? Doesn't the Ring Master usually keep you locked up until show time?"
"Oh, um he wanted to talk to me about something."
"She did? What about?"
"Oh about my act, and uh doing um something."
Randal's normal distain for you changes to one of interest. He studies you for a moment before speaking.
"So the Ring Master has entrusted YOU to save this place? Hah! She MUST be desperate!"
"Huh? What? How did you know?"
"Madam Orbec has been teaching me how to contact the spirit world and read into people's souls. And yours is an easy read indeed, such as it is perhaps our meeting has its purpose however. After reading your soul I can see something within you that may be worth saving. I never thought it possible, but I think I may be able to help you and your situation Geek."
"I don't understand."
"Yes you do. Maybe you try to block it out of your mind with that swill you drink from Charley, but deep down you hate what you are and your retched life. And you should. You're a sorry excuse for a human being, in fact you aren't really even human anymore, you're sub-human. However, you have a chance to regain your humanity back, and even become a useful member of this Carnival again. And I'll help you, if you help me."
"How am I supposed to help you?"
"A simple task really. All I want you to do is go get Madam Orbec's black book. She keeps it by her bed. You'll know it when you see it."
"What?! You want me to steal from her? I thought she was supposed to be your mentor or something!"
"Shhhhh! Keep it down Geek! Look. Madam Orbec IS my mentor and I'll always be grateful for what she's taught me. I've always believed in magic, but without her teachings, I wouldn't be a magician, I'd only be an illusionist."
"There's a difference?" you interrupt.
"Oh yes, Geek. Oh yes. Anyway, you're not stealing the book, I just need to borrow it for awhile because its time for me to learn more. I think Madam Orbec is afraid I'm not yet prepared to learn the secrets that lie inside her black book. But I know I am, and its time for me to prove it to her. She'll be so proud when she sees what I'll be able to do."
"So what're you going to do with it?"
"I'm going to use its powers to help me take over the Carnival of course."
"What?! I'm not helping you do that! I'm supposed to be helping the Ring Master anyway!"
"Why? Seriously, what has the Ring Master really done for you? Given you a job? The Ring Master is exploiting you for his own personal gain. She cares nothing for you. He just saw a useless dreg of society and turned you into something that could somehow make money for her. Assuming you helped the Ring Master and were even successful, think about it, you'd just go back to your living your miserable life. Is mere existence just enough for you? Isn't it time you wanted MORE out of life?"
You're quiet. You don't think anyone's even asked you that question, even before you became a geek, and you're really surprised to hear it coming from Randal. Someone who has nothing, but distaste for you.
"I dunno, I think I'm pretty bad off. I don't think there's anything I can do to improve myself at this point."
"Nonsense, there's always a way and your first step is by helping me. Look. Maybe you are what you are and I don't like it, but I do see that underneath it all you ARE a Normal. You should be on my side anyway; I can help you be something more than a geek. With magic anything is possible! Retrieve that book for me and I'll turn this Carnival into something much more than what it is and I'll turn you into something much more than what you could've thought possible."
Something about Randal makes you believe him. You can understand why people do tend to want to follow him. Maybe things would be better if he took over. He certainly seems more caring than the Ring Master and a hell of a lot better in general than Charley.
"Okay, I'll help you, but I dunno how I'm gonna ste I mean borrow the book."
"Well I leave that up to you, but make sure you get the book to me before show time and don't come back to me until then."
Randal leaves you to it, but you're still not sure how you're going to go about this. If Randal can read your intentions then Madam Orbec will certainly be able to read yours. It occurs to you, that you might need some help from the less "moral" people here. And you can't ask Charley to help you for several reasons.
You could go to Pervus for help. If murder and sexual deviancy is no problem for him then surely a little theft won't be either. And he's usually up for doing anything remotely illegal.
You could also go see Salina. Besides prostitution she's known to be good at theft as well, though her helping you is a real long shot.