Reviving this because it's a quality thread, and the question of walk-up RP and motivations has come up a lot in chats and LS lately. Somehow we forget how important CHARACTER HOOKS are when engaging in collaborative writing!
Why Marcy would approach you:
1. You look like you have money. He hates paying for his own things, and lives almost entirely off others' pockets. Combined with an avid entrepreneurship streak and his ability to look like a sad, lost puppy at a moment's notice, this strategy is almost flawless.
2. You look like a musician. Even if you're tweaking your friend's lute and squeezing out the intro chords to Smoke on Water over and over, he is excited about anything related to music or poetry. Genuinely.
3. You have a really nice or a really ridiculous hat. Marcy's sense of fashion is eclectic at best, but hats are a source of every Bard's power, and he is determined to Collect Them All. Same goes for other strange fashion choices.
4. You are a Roegadyn woman. Somewhere between morbid fascination and a deep bias for women that look like they can break him in half, Marcy is yet to be disappointed.
5. You are pro-Syndicate, pro-profit, pro-slave labor and exploitation of any sort and announce it. Marcy will fight you, and lose.
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When approached he will respond to:
1. Someone in immediate distress. Marcy will, and has, Disney prince all over them. He feels a burning and strong duty to carry a handkerchief on him at all times, and will interrupt the most important conversations to try and lift another's spirits. Even if they deeply do not want it.
2. Someone claiming to be a past/current fan. He's extremely dedicated to upkeeping a good public persona, and will sign your chest, bicep, and panties. He will shake your hand and hold your first born. You have five minutes.
3. A proposition of a gig, venue, or patronage contact. Boy's gotta eat and his only source of income is singing -- this job relies on good networking, and business always takes priority.
4. A concerned and vaguely threatening authority figure. Bonus points for Brass Blade or Ishgardian Knight armor. He will do his best to prove that Marcy did Nothing Wrong.
5. You tell him you will feed him. He'll probably follow you home and stay there for as long as he's tolerated.
Why Marcy would approach you:
1. You look like you have money. He hates paying for his own things, and lives almost entirely off others' pockets. Combined with an avid entrepreneurship streak and his ability to look like a sad, lost puppy at a moment's notice, this strategy is almost flawless.
2. You look like a musician. Even if you're tweaking your friend's lute and squeezing out the intro chords to Smoke on Water over and over, he is excited about anything related to music or poetry. Genuinely.
3. You have a really nice or a really ridiculous hat. Marcy's sense of fashion is eclectic at best, but hats are a source of every Bard's power, and he is determined to Collect Them All. Same goes for other strange fashion choices.
4. You are a Roegadyn woman. Somewhere between morbid fascination and a deep bias for women that look like they can break him in half, Marcy is yet to be disappointed.
5. You are pro-Syndicate, pro-profit, pro-slave labor and exploitation of any sort and announce it. Marcy will fight you, and lose.
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When approached he will respond to:
1. Someone in immediate distress. Marcy will, and has, Disney prince all over them. He feels a burning and strong duty to carry a handkerchief on him at all times, and will interrupt the most important conversations to try and lift another's spirits. Even if they deeply do not want it.
2. Someone claiming to be a past/current fan. He's extremely dedicated to upkeeping a good public persona, and will sign your chest, bicep, and panties. He will shake your hand and hold your first born. You have five minutes.
3. A proposition of a gig, venue, or patronage contact. Boy's gotta eat and his only source of income is singing -- this job relies on good networking, and business always takes priority.
4. A concerned and vaguely threatening authority figure. Bonus points for Brass Blade or Ishgardian Knight armor. He will do his best to prove that Marcy did Nothing Wrong.
5. You tell him you will feed him. He'll probably follow you home and stay there for as long as he's tolerated.
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