Umbra

Topaz was a Jolteon with a straightforward dream- to become the best guitarist on the planet. Mostly self taught the 30 year old woman would spend her evenings in the Crystal House garage strumming along to music compositions in her head while staring at the ceiling. She had a partner in her older sister Ruby, but the two hadn't really taken any steps to get out and be seen. Whenever either one of them thought about it the other would object saying 'it's too soon!' with excuses flying from costumes to the fact one of them had casually grown to a size where their feet were bigger than entire cities, and while people didn't really care about giants stepping on them at this point due to the reviving nature of the planet, it would still be awkward to ask the same people that got flattened to follow a sound cloud or bandcamp or some similar music hosting site.

The two girls did have a fan or two that would stop by their practices here and there but the dream was to always go for more. Accomplish more.

It's what led to Topaz using a gizmo taken from Sift's lab to shrink dozens of random passerby and collect them into a small clear Tupperware box. Something that most likely made the people inside fear that they were now food for a giant Jolt- a more surprised expression on their faces when the container was merely placed on a nearby table in the Crystal garage.

"S-sorry gang. I've been passin' out posters trying to get people to come to one of my sessions and it just wasn't working out, so tryin a different more aggressive approach to get people to listen up. I'll grow ya' back after all this. Promise." Topaz smiled nervously. "So uh, don't let the whole abducting thing cloud your minds. Your gettin free tunes after all!"

Topaz would strum her guitar, the chord hanging in the air as she flicked a bang of hair and nodded along with the fading note. "Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. Sounds alright." Topaz would nod to herself, letting the strings squeal as she rode her fingers up and down the length, her pinky flicking roughly at the base of the tool. "Alright, you guys ready?" She would ask to the nervous handful of people she had collected, a smile wide on her face. "Let's rock!" She boomed as she started playing.

Her eyes would close as she entered a zen like state. Her fingers rising and falling on her guitar as a slow build up led into a impressive crescendo- sparks of energy flaring forth as she began to show a more determined look on her face. Eyebrows furrowed and growing more fierce, her calm neutral look changing to that of a determined scowl, her head now rocking more in tune as her toes clenched inside of her black and yellow sneakers.

A few notes may have slipped in the performance but to her it didn't matter as practice was practice- and ultimately her self composed song concluded sounding good. Something Topaz could easily be proud of even if it needed slight refinements.

"Ahh... that was awesome!" She gasped out, the song still going in her head as she could only nod along. "You guys agree right?" She asked in a chipper tone as she set her guitar aside and hopped off her stool to hurry to the container... only to see every single person knocked cold or too dizzy to talk.

"...Uh.. you dudes okay...?" She would ask before the obvious dawned on her.

"I was about to say I didn't think my song would be such a literal knock out but uh... it's just the volume my speakers are... and you're all like, less than a inch. I didn't account for that..." She admitted to the fainted few. "You know what? How about a proper apology. T-then you can give me a unbiased review when you totally feel better!" Topaz laughed nervously as the Jolt scooped up the small plastic container and very lightly tipped it towards her exposed cleavage.

"Wooow you're so lucky... getting to hang out in the rack of a up and coming rock sensation!! I'd take pictures if I were you!" She tried to tease her still mostly unconscious crowd, a worn expression hanging over her like a rain cloud as she set the dish back down and slumped against the garage wall- hand raking through her hair as she wore a frustrated look. "Come on Topaz. You really, really need to think before you act more." She muttered as she pulled on her t-shirt to eye the few no doubt confused awake people on her bust.

"Well least they're having fun... man it's going to be awkward when I grow everyone back but... t-that's showbiz I suppose." She muttered gathering herself for yet another awkward day in the life of the up and coming star.

The values and morals of entities, peoples, and beliefs that I am not apart of and do not subscribe to or participate in will not and cannot grasp me. I cannot be made to be shaped or look to the guidance of the haggard and heinous for a guiding star or mission statement and ethos. Deign my existence as monstrous as you damn well want to, bitches, you have no real power here.