♌ A True Hat-trick - [OPEN]

[fundemetal]

who: Leo and Anyone
what: hat shenanigans/pranking
when: All week during the curse week starting 6/17.
where: All around Vatheon - starting in the plaza, but feel free to have your character run into him anywhere public.
style: Starting with prose, but will change to match.
status: OPEN

Leo loved a good prank. He hated the last curse, but this one? Was a whole other bag of tricks. Or more accurately a bag of tricky hats. When the mark had glowed last night he hoped he wouldn't be affected by whatever wicked scheme the scientists could come up with to make his (and everyone else's) life hell.

He wasn't expecting this. But oh, was he loving it. The first hat he found was a thinking cap. He was already a pretty good thinker, but the idea of a thinking cap sounded promising, so he put it on and immediately began coming up with the best ideas! (Or what he thought were the best ideas.) He wrote them all down on a pad of paper as they came to him. But one idea stood out from the rest!

See, he had just come across the table in the plaza and it was piled with hats! All sorts of hats! It would be a lot of fun to try them all on. He went to remove the thinking cap to try on a space helmet. He quickly realized that he could not remove it. But, maybe he could put it on someone else. And how awesome of a prank would it be to go around putting these hats on other people? He picked out an array of interesting hats and began putting them into his tool belt.

A supply of hats was necessary to pick from to prank anyone he came across. And surely people would do everything they could to avoid the plaza once they caught wind of the curse, so he needed that supply to be mobile and stealthy.

[ooc: Let me know in an ooc note whether or not you want him to be able to get a hat(s) onto your character. I'm up for both successful and failed pranks as well as your character pranking Leo in return!]

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[zipperlips]

[ooc: yes to hats! But good luck getting it on.]

[Leo's luckier than he realized, because he's already got a victim to take advantage of. This one will be kind of difficult, though. Kurloz is already really tall, and his huge horns don't make it much easier. Leo might need some help setting this one up.

Help he might not get, considering Kurloz is already waving a greeting.]

[fundemetal]

[Well, there goes the quick way of doing things. Leo's not gonna be able to sneak up on Kurloz and even if height wasn't an issue, he's been spotted. He waves back.] Sup?

[He'll figure something out. He does have a thinking cap on after all.]

[zipperlips]

[For the moment, Kurloz doesn't resort to morse code. He just shrugs casually, to indicate 'not much.' Of course, even if something was happening, there's always the chance that he would keep it secret anyway.

The next thing he does is gesture at Leo's hat. That's a pretty crazy one right there. He's impressed.]

[fundemetal]

[Leo points to his own hat.] Yeah, this thing's pretty sweet. I see you're not wearing a hat. They're a lot of fun, dude. You should put one on.

[Well, if he can't sneak up on Kurloz to hat him, maybe he can convince the dude to put on a hat of Leo's choosing.]

[zipperlips]

[It's a good thing for Leo it's the beginning of the week and Kurloz hasn't had much time to observe people's silly hat antics! As it is he's just going to think that this is just Leo being a silly human.

He gestures to his horns, and makes a sad face. The problem with hats is there aren't many that fit him right.]

[coolerthansora]

Roxas was a pretty easy target. Not only was he short enough to put his head in easy reach of most anyone except Laharl, but he didn't pay the most attention to his surroundings. Sure, spotting certain wilder hairstyles out of the corner of his eye might have caught his attention, but most other people could get by under the radar.

And of course he couldn't stay inside, because there were important errands to run, like ice-cream-buying.

((Hats are go!))

[fundemetal]

Leo spotted his first completely unsuspecting victim. He started to follow the kid as he recognized him from the network. They hadn't spoken yet, but what better ice breaker than a prank? It was a perfectly great idea!

He reached into his tool belt and pulled out an Ed Hardy trucker hat. Leo wondered what sort of effect a hat this tacky would have on someone. Only one way to find out. He shoves the hat onto Roxas's head, setting it at an angle that only douche-bags and wannabe thugs wear their hats.

"Sup, dude?"

[coolerthansora]

When he first felt the hat settle onto his head, Roxas thought it must be one of his friends messing with him, and there'd be friendly banter before he took it back off again. But then he turned around and realized two things: one, it was a stranger, and two, the hat wouldn't come off. And that really seemed to sour his mood.

"Hey, what's the big idea?"

[fundemetal]

"Just having a bit of fun," Leo said with a shrug. It would probably would have been better to go with a hat that he knew the effects of to tell what sort of effect if any the hat had on Roxas. It also would help if he actually knew him but oh well. Too late for that.

plz be-hat him with whatever random hats Leo wants

[420]

Sure, a lot of people would avoid the plaza, but not Gamzee. Partially because he doesn't actually know yet what is going on, and partially because... he just doesn't care. He has been through so many curses already, he has learned to just roll with them. They were rarely bad enough to really keep him off kilter. And hey, he had experienced some fine fucking miracles like this too.

So, here Gamzee was, making his merry unfettered way to the coral. He doesn't really seem the be paying attention to his surroundings. In other words, the perfect target.

[fundemetal]

This was going to be a challenge. Gamzee was tall. Very tall. However Leo had a trick up his sleeve, or rather his tool belt. Along with the hat he pulls out of his stash, he pulls out a claw arm to grip the hat and reach the top of his head.

From his position behind Gamzee, Leo places a top hat on his head. Once it's in place, he tucks the claw arm into his tool belt before walking around to see him face to face.

"Sup, bro?"

[420]

Gamzee didn't even notice the hat plopping down on top of his wild hatchet of hair. Seriously, these curls were so thick and messy, ain't nothing what penetrated through to his skullbones safe perhaps a proper pounding.

(and even that was kinda unsure)

His dopey grin grew wider when he spotted Leo, raising a paw in greeting. "Top of the motherfuckin' morn at you, ol' chap."

A pause.

"Woah."

That was some shit tumbling from his facegash what never had gotten to tumbling outta there before.

[fundemetal]

"Ol' chap?" Leo burst into a fit of laughter. Oh, this was too funny. And far as he could tell, Gamzee had no clue the hat was even there.

[pranksterheir]

[John is wandering around the table and perusing all the different hats, unsure of what he wants to try first because there's so many interesting looking ones. It looks like a good opportunity to just play around and be a goof, and it's always more fun to be a goof around other people. His attention is drawn to Leo as he sees the other guy collecting hats, recognizing him from the festival.]

[fundemetal]

[Leo notices John and waves. Well, there'd be no sneaking up on each other now. He walks over with a cowboy hat in hand.]

Yo!

[pranksterheir]

Hey! [John waves back.] Find any hats that aren't plain and boring?

[fundemetal]

Yeah. I found a bunch that could be cool. Like this viking helmet. [He pulls it out of his tool belt.]

[shippingmath]

It isn't difficult to find Dirk. This curse (or lack of, when it involves him) isn't the kind that's likely to make anyone hide in their house all week long, unless their hat is the sort that would cause a person to do that. Because he hasn't found a hat like that, and because it hasn't occurred to him to try, he's been out in his garage/workshop all day.

Considering how close together they live, it shouldn't be hard for Leo to find Dirk, especially not when the door to the workshop is open. The most difficult part, in this situation, will be sneaking up.

[[No hats for this guy.]]

[fundemetal]

Leo was heading back home when he spotted Dirk's door open. He casually walked in, not even bothering to speak up. Why should he? Anyway, whenever Dirk notices him leaning against the door frame he'll see that Leo is dressed a little (okay maybe a lot) differently than normal. For starters, he's not wearing his tool belt. That's back at home. Instead he's wearing one of those slouchy knit hats that hipsters wear. He's also wearing a slim fit v-neck t-shirt with an ironic design and a pair of black skinny jeans.

[shippingmath]

Dirk seemed to become aware that someone else was there shortly after Leo came in. He looked up from whatever project he was working on, then turned toward the door, throwing one arm over the back of his chair. Apparently he'd been very focused on his work, because there was a smudge on his nose where he had pushed his shades at some point.

It only took a moment to realize that Leo wasn't in the kind of clothing Dirk was more familiar with seeing Leo in. "Well, shit, what's the occasion?" he said, gesturing toward the shirt. "It's even my favorite style."

[fundemetal]

Leo looked down at his clothes then back to Dirk and shrugged. "There's no occasion. Just what I felt like wearing." Never mind that he carefully selected this outfit some time after he wound up with the hat. These weren't even clothes he had owned before this curse. Not that he'd admit to it. It would tarnish his hipster credibility. Which he also wouldn't admit to. And he certainly wouldn't acknowledge the compliment even though it made him a little happy to get it.

prank her you know you want to

[dashingloyalty]

[You know what Leo needs? He needs to meet a colorful winged pony. Dash sees him grabbing some hats and she's dying to know what the guy's doing.]

Yo, dude, whatcha doing?

[fundemetal]

This. [Leo said as he plopped the hat he had in his hand onto her head. It just happened to be a nurse hat. Maybe that was a bad idea.]

[dashingloyalty]

[Leo why. Rainbow Dash immediately flies up to his face and puts a hoof to his forehead.]

Are you sick? I mean, being in a bubble is fine and all, but all the foreign germs and stuff can really ruin a human's day, you know. You haven't been experiencing any weird symptoms have you?

[fundemetal]

I'm fine. Not sick at all.

[With her hoof all up in his face, it's difficult to see to remove the hat. This was a terrible idea.]