Item:Flashy Talorc marionette

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flashy Talorc marionette
Look: As befits the king of the gypsies, the little puppet has gold earrings of heroic proportions, a tiny violin, a mustache from ear to ear, and bright clothes from scarf to stockings. Given a free hand, you think you can PUSH, PULL, TURN, POKE, TAP, RUB, CLEAN, POINT, WAVE, BREAK or SCREAM at the little puppet to make it perform.
Weight: 10 stones
Metal: Unknown
Appraised Cost: 6,250 Kronars5,000 Lirums <br />4,510 Dokoras <br />6.25 LTBpoints <br />6.25 Tickets <br />6.25 Scrips <br />
Properties:
  • This item is a toy.
  • This item has more than normal or unusual verbs.
Dimensions: 3 length x 1 width x 1 height
Sources: Source is Toy Box (1)

Verbs

  • PUSH: You tug at your Talorc marionette's strings, causing it to flail its arms as if it were casting a spell!
<Person> gives a flashy Talorc marionette's strings a good tug, sending its arms flailing like a wild spellcaster!
  • PULL: You pull the strings of your Talorc marionette and send it into a crazy dance!
As <Person> pulls the strings, a flashy Talorc marionette dances and flops around like a drunken bard!
  • TURN: You turn your Talorc marionette around, twitching the strings to make it trudge wearily along.
<Person> twitches the strings of a flashy Talorc marionette, making it trudge wearily around the area.
  • POKE: You jerk the strings of your Talorc marionette, causing it to shudder under your control before collapsing to the ground -- that'll teach it!
<Person>'s little Talorc marionette shudders briefly under her control before collapsing in mock death throes!
  • TAP: Holding the strings at arm's length, you allow your Talorc marionette to dangle helplessly under your control -- you power freak!
<Person>'s Talorc marionette dangles limply at the end of its strings.
  • RUB: You twist the strings tightly for just a second before letting your Talorc marionette spin in insane circles!
<Person> twists the strings of a flashy Talorc marionette, then releases them to send the little puppet spinning in a berserker frenzy!
  • CLEAN: You untangle the mess of strings attached to your Talorc marionette. Maybe if you weren't so rough with it, you wouldn't have to do this as often!
<Person> spends a moment untangling the strings on her Talorc marionette.
  • POINT: You point theatrically at a flashy Talorc marionette, twitching the strings to make it take a bow.
<Person> points at a flashy Talorc marionette, which bows with a theatrical flourish.
  • WAVE: You wave at a flashy Talorc marionette, giving its strings a deft twitch to make it wave back.
<Person> waves at a flashy Talorc marionette, which waves back at her.
  • BREAK: You try to make your Talorc marionette dance a wild jig, but only manage to tangle the strings beyond repair! You're going to have to find four new strings if you want to fix it.
<Person> tries to make a flashy Talorc marionette dance a wild jig, but only succeeds in making a mess of the strings. Looks like she's got her work cut out for her to fix them!
  • SCREAM: You scream a few choice words at your Talorc marionette. It stares back vacantly.
<Person> screams a few choice words at a flashy Talorc marionette. With a vacant look, the marionette stares back at her.

Repair

Uses four gut strings as replacement strings.

PUT STRINGS ON MARIONETTE: You tug at the old strings, freeing the strings from the hopeless muddle you've made of them. Working quickly, you tie the new strings to the braces, carefully connecting the other end to various points on the little puppet.