New Premium Items: The Muscle Sets!
Posted on March 04, 2022Take the role of The Muscle, for example. You'd often see him appearing in a puff of Moonlight Muscle's Garden Magic, then stalking through the Muscle's Lamp Street Scrying Spell with his Spirit Muscle's Dragon Magic prop beside him. Acting like nothing scared him… Feh. He was a renegade Role – rebellious by design.
When I was young, it was a rare role that was allowed to speak his mind and say whatever he wanted. The Narrator delighted in the perversity of casting those who were always pushing the limits. Doing things like shoving up their masks so that you could see their Grief Muscle's Goatee, or getting a Pumpkin Patch Muscle's Garden Tattoo and Flame Muscle's Dragon Tattoo without waiting for the Narrator's permission.
The Narrator seemed to find it funny.
Until, of course… He didn’t.
If you paid attention to the coats, you could see it. The Role was always being recast. From the cheerful irreverence of Spotlight Muscle's Flowing Coat, to the cocky swagger of Sugarmancy Muscle's Blazer, and then to the more hardened Forest Muscle's Boss Jacket and Twilight Muscle's Elbow Blow.
By the time we saw Bloodlust Muscle's Knife Fight, flashing his knives… The Muscle had become just another Nightmare of the stage, only serving to uphold the Narrator’s order. Just thinking of it raises my hackles.
But this Benefactress… What was her goal, creating rules that outlived her?
Hmph. I suppose we have to wait for the plot to unfold.
In the meantime, if you want to honor The Muscle’s original memory… Nicholas is stocking both sets of the Muscle's Costume Badge Bundle & Pick A Part: Muscle's Costume Badge and the Muscle's Magic Badge Bundle & Pick A Part: Muscle's Magic Badge in his Headmaster's Office.
