NPC: Diminutive Dolly's page

Derry looks up from Cashara's holster and says, "You're an even greater gunfighter than CB, Pardner!"

Dimmy peeks out of Vetalia's purse and adds, "Shelyn bless us, everyone!"

Cashara's first pull of the trigger sends a tiny bullet into the snowball's body. The hole is so small, only the diminutive dolls can see it.

"Speaking of hell," Derry says to her sister, "what the hell was THAT?!"

Though no bang-flag unfurls from the barrel as expected, Cashara double-pulls the trigger. Several tiny pellets shoot out of the tiny gun at a rate of over a hundred rounds per second! Each hit covers the snowman in a splotch of paint—neon pink! Bold vermilion! Earthy-crunchy greens and every blue from ice to midnight!

Over the rapid thumping of the tiny gun, Dimmy replies, "I made a special paintball shooter. I thought you and CB could play games where you shoot people without hurting them."

The colorful spray might not hurt a person, but the same can't be said for the Snowball From Hell. Rainbow colored steam swirls about his sizzling body. A rainbow puddle begging to spread out from under him.

The two dolls hastily load one more bullet into Cashara's seven-shooter, though judging by Dr. Marvin's progressing transformation, the dolls wonder if their "Pardner" will even need another bullet.

(@WW, Cashara can already tell that the derringer inflicted significant damage.
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Dr. Marvin still gets to act, so the dolls reloading is simply symbolizing that the round's not over.)

Cashara loads the derringer. The dolls see Dr. Marvin being lifted off the ground. Dimmy says, "The nerve of that guy!"

Derry says to Cashara, "Shoot that big, dumb jerk in his fat, snowy butt!"

@Cashara, you can shoot now!
@Vetalia, so can you!

@WW, the dolls would have loaded the derringer if you fired your gun this round. Since you didn't, the dolls can reload your seven-shooter instead, if you permit them to.

You probably have enough bullets in it anyway, but full capacity would ensure you have enough if, for some reason, this battle takes more rounds than I expect.

Derry and Dimmy offer to reload the seven-shooter to its maximum capacity while Cashara loads the derringer. "...if that's okay with you, Pardner."

By the time Cashara scoots over the Vetalia, the doll in Vetalia's pouch ("Dimmy") has already removed the gift—a very small bullet.
"Sorry to open your gift for you, Derry. I thought you might be in a hurry."

"Oh!" Derringer Dolly (a.k.a. "Derry") grins at Cashara. "Looks like you got another Crystalhue miracle, Pardner!" She points to the bullet. Cashara can plainly see that it is ammo for a derringer.

"I won't be able to make another until summer, but use it if you need to!" says Dimmy.

"So you won't think me tacky for regifting this to Pardner?"

@WW, you have one action left this round.

Derringer Dolly giggles at the unicorn comment.

As for the additional bullet, the doll replies, "Sorry, Pardner. I don't know how to make those. My sister does, but it takes a really long time."

The doll in Vetalia's pouch peeks out and waves in Cashara's general direction. "Hi, Derry!" she calls out.

The doll in Cashara's holster perks up as she turns. "Hey, Dimmy! What are you doing here?"

"I followed you. I have a Crystalhue present. Maybe I should give it to you now?"

She holds up a gift bag that is only an inch or so tall. Derringer Dolly's eyes widen at the sight of it.

"Hey, Pardner?" she says to Cashara, "Can you scoot closer to the lady with my sister in her pocket?"

@WW, you can move and still shoot at the snowman this round.
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Alternatively, you can move without shooting, allowing you to make another action this round after "Derry" receives the gift from "Dimmy."

Will post the doll's reply to Cashara later.

The doll in Vetalia's purse scratches her head. "Does Calistra celebrate Crystalhue too? I only learned about Shelyn. I think it's Her birthday today, or ...Coronation Day?" The doll shrugs. "I only know she likes glitter and colors and snowmen. Not scary giant killy snowmen, but the regular kind."

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The other doll with Cashara peers out of an otherwise empty holster. (She apparently dove in for cover as the Snowball From Hell rolled by.) She sees the monster ignored Cashara to go after Dr. Marvin. She asks Cashara, "Why's he so super extra mad at Peppermint Scarf Guy? I know he melted the snowman's face, but your shot with the derringer hurt way more." She cups her hands over her mouth to project her voice to the half-melted-but-still-really-huge snowman. "YA TURNED YER BACK ON THE WRONG GUNSLINGER! SHE'S GONNA SHOOT YOU A RED BUTT CHEEK! THAT'LL LOOK GOOD WITH YER YELLA BELLY!"

She yee-haws as Cashara shoots the snowman in the backside, but observes, "Snowmen don't bleed, so I guess you can't color snow with bullets. Guess only my face is red." The dolls cheeks glow extremely bright red for a moment. Then she turns the 'blush' feature off, presumably so the thundering herd of ice-minotaurs on centaur-back won't notice her.

Derringer Dolly is very excited by the colorful flames. Straddling Cashara's left forearm, she removes her hat and yells, "YAHOO!" She then turns to Cashara with an ear-to-ear grin. "You put a Crystalhue gift to use, and the fire is rainbow-colored—the colors of Shelyn! I believe you made a Crystalhue miracle happen!"

The doll launches her own BANG-flag at the snowman. Tiny colored flames blow up in his face. On brimstone eye rolls off of the snowman's head and onto the ground, though it's not clear whether the doll's gun did any real damage. That eye lost it's glow after the snowball unleashed his cold fire attack.

The other two snowman eyes continue to burn with hellish fury.

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The doll in Vetalia's purse says, "That snowman was very rude to you, Nice Lady. I believe you owe that mean monster a Crystalhue miracle!"

The doll peeks out from Vetalia's pouch and shakes her tiny fist at the Snowball From Hell.

A flag that says BANG sticks out of Cashara's derringer.

The doll tells her, "You gotta pull the trigger twice to launch the missile. The flag is just so CB can outdraw a human without blowing him to bits."

@WW, you can either:
• A. Leave your roll as is and fire the derringer' missile next round (as a standard action).
or
• B. Cancel your second attack and launch the missile now (as a full round action). I'll describe the effect and damage in the GM post.

Anyone looking in Cashara's general direction sees a very small toy (~6" tall) sitting cross-legged on the small gun in Cashara's left hand. The doll is wearing a tiny hat, boots and a frilly dress. Over the howling wind, her voice can faintly be heard by Dr. Marvin and Vetalia as a series of rapid, giddy chirps. From the air, Caledon hear the doll at all.