Planescape:The Musical!

As it turned out, the metal plate was a plaque on a door which read:Entertainer's Guild, musicals troupe. If it can be expressed through copious amounts of song and dance, we express it.

Also, by some strange quirk of fate, Davan arrived at the door at the exact same time as Raziliciel.

"It is called the Dramatizer." Finneous says as he stopped in front of a curtain and pulled it back to reveal a most bizzare looking device. It was a floating sphere that had holograms of thousands upon thousands of different musicals, songs, and plays flowing all over it's surface. Even more noticable are the various small masks floating around it, each seeming to display a different emotion. Finneous smiles and says "This is the heart of the device, but it's range extends much farther thanks to these." Finneous pulls two amulets out of a pocket and hands one to Raziliciel and Davan before continuing "Those amulets will extend the influence of this artifact for a few miles around you, regardless of location. The device itself is ingenious, it subtley manipulates thought patterns into songs, resulting in everyone under it's effects bursting into song quite often for not much reason at all. There's no way to resist it's effect either, even powers are affected by it." Finneous stops his excited little speech abruptly, goes over to a desk, and grabs a few pieces of paper off it. "I suppose I should start you off small, one of the more experienced members of the troupe will acompany you on this job. His name is Drak and he is an assimar. You will find all the details you need in these papers." Finneous nods and hands over the papers to Raziliciel before going back to the desk from which he got the papers, sitting down, and promptly falling asleep.

OOC:The portal opens, I assume you jump in immediately

The portal opens up and you both jump through. Luckily for you, none of the orcs manage to get through before the portal closes. On the other side of the portal you are greeted by the sight of a large feast hall, looking behind you, you see that the portal is in the door to an outhouse. About a minute after your arrival a human with a slightly golden tint to his skin wearing classical viking clothes(right down to the horned helmet) walks up to you and says "Hello, welcome to Ysgard. This may seem like a big assignment, playing for a power and all, but it's really quite easy. Just follow my lead and you should be fine. Your main job will be to provide the music, along with assisting in the chorus of the songs. We have a few hours to practice and suggest we do so immediately. Follow me to the building with the instruments we'll be using."

OOC:Practicing will allow you to take 20 on your performance roll, it's up to you whether or not you want to though. You are currently at the building with the instruments.

OOC:You know what? Number of players be damned! I have too many plans for this campaign to watch it sink! I'll continue on regardless and anyone who feels like PMing me a character sheet can join in... It's showtime!

As you make your way into the building wherre you'll be playing the first thing you notice is the large tables with feasts of all sorts on top of them, the second thing you notice is Kord himself, standing there looking well muscled and godly(as he should, people would be dissapointed if he was wimpy after all, I mean, what kind of god of strength would that make?). The third thing you notice are all the warriors feasting at the tables with great enthusiasm.

"Well then! Let's start the show, just do it like we practiced and things'll go great!" Drak says in Davan and Raziliciel's general direction.

All 3 of you walk up to a stage and bow, Davan and Raziliciel provide the music while Drak sings...

I often wonder where I'd go if it were not for here...
Where oh where would I go to find the battle and the beer?
Well I can say one thing that's most certainly true...
It's good to be in Ysgard! I love it here, don't you?

It's good to be in Ysgard! A battle every day!
If I had to stick to a single plane it's surely here I'd stay!
You fight all day, you feast all night, then do it all again!
Ysgard is a great place, and I hope it never ends!

A plane so filled with glory, is surely quite the best!
And if you really question that just put it to the test!
The company you keep here is truly very great,
all the greatest warriors are here to celebrate!

(It is at this point that the dramatizer starts kicking in, you feel your amulets grow slightly warm and everyone in the hall, even Kord, starts singing along to the chorus)

It's good to be in Ysgard! A battle every day!
If I had to stick to a single plane it's surely here I'd stay!
You fight all day, you feast all night, then do it all again!
Ysgard is a great place, and I hope it never ends!

From battlefield to grandiose hall it's really quite the same.
And since you all just ressurect it's really just a game!
But don't think that that devalues all the fun there is to have,
Just cause you ressurect, doesn't mean the battles arn't a blast!

It's good to be in Ysgard! A battle every day!
If I had to stick to a single plane it's surely here I'd stay!
You fight all day, you feast all night, then do it again!
Ysgard is a great place, and I hope it never ends!

OOC:My limited creativity for song writing runs out about here, we can ssume it does perhaps 1 or 2 more verses before ending. Please excuse me if the song sucks, I'm afraid I'm not all that great at coming up with songs and I thought that up on the spot.

The song finally ends and you all bow before getting off the stage and Drak turns to you "Congratulations on your first successful performance, you did gr-" Before Drak can finish his sentence a loud boom eminates from outside the hall and several warriors rush out to see what caused it. "Hmmm, Methinks we ought to check what's going on. Shall we?" Drak says before following the warriors to see what caused the boom.

OOC:I also read about a system of leveling up that I rather like and I plan to use it because I'm rather lazy. This system is simple, you'll gain a level whenever it seems appropriate to the plot and XP won't be bothered with. This means generally I'll have you gain a level after every successful mission(or "gigs" if your prefer to them that).

When you get outside the building you see a a small crater, inside this Crater you see a human(male) fighting a large golem. The golem is covered in intricate designs and you can see engraved on it's chest the words Deus Ex Machina. The man is wearing armor of the mail variety and a cloak, his weapon appears to be capable of changing on the fly and morphs from form to form almost continuously as he fights the golem. The man and the golem seem to be pretty evenly matched...

When the man notices people watching him fight he yells "What are you just standing around for? Help me!"

The Golem also speaks "Do not interfere in the elimination of this being, this is none of your concern. Any who interfere with my mission will be obliterated."

Several warriors rush forward to engage the golem in combat and are promptly knocked back a good few yards by a single backhanded blow from the golem.

As you begin to play the song the dramatizer amulet once again grows warm and starts to vibrate slightly. The effect this has on your music is incredible, it seems to amplify and focus it. In response to the dramatizer enhanced music the runes on the golem begin to glow brightly and it seems to hesitate for a moment which gives the man fighting it just enough time to deliver a blow powerful enough to knock it backwards. After knocking the golem away the man chants out a spell quickly and vanishes. The golem, runes still shining brightly, shakes it's head for a moment before vanishing in a burst of light.

Drak looks at you and says "well, that certainly was an odd sight! You should go report back to Finneous now, he'll certainly be glad to hear our performance was so well liked."

You head back through the portal and see Finneous busily looking through various pieces of paper, you can discern that all these pieces of paper actually have writing on them. Finneous turns his head towards you as you step through the portal and says "Welcome back! How did the show go?"