Post by Megis on Aug 9, 2023 18:05:44 GMT -5
With so many different people questioning his presidential campaign, Megis decided that now might be a good time to get a gauge on just how good his chances of winning actually were. He had told basically every single person he had interacted with over the past two months that the election was more or less over, and that he was the clear winner. Judging by the responses he had received he was now heavily doubting whether or not that was actually the case.
None of the votes were actually cast yet, and as far as he knew there wasn't any sort of early voting system that he could glean for information. If he was going to try and get an understanding of how popular was he was going to have to do it the old fashioned way: ask. Now considering the power that Megis had, combined with the usual shyness of Earthlings he knew that asking directly might result in some less than truthful answers: he'd have to think of something a bit more cleaver.
So, using his magic Megis would create a disguise which he thought was quite genius (it wasn't) and would allow him to go incognito around the Humans. Combined the the hair that he had obtained from Bing, he added in some traditional Earthling clothes including denim jeans combined with a biker jacket, which he thought he suited quite well. To go along with those he physically stretched out his legs, which took his height from a meager four feet tall up to a quite nice six feet (with half of that being legs).
He practically felt like a new Majin when looking in the mirror. Now Megis just had to decide on a location for this little experiment of his. There were any number of places that he could have choose, but he though the ideal one would probably be one of the big cities. South City had been the place he had done the most campaigning out of the big four, so that made the most sense to check out. Thankfully Megis was already there, which saved him plenty of time.
There were a number of different ways he could go about conducting this experiment, such as going around and asking people honestly who they were interested in voting for... but Megis eventually settled on a ruse. Seeing as he was quite skillfully disguised he didn't see anything wrong with doing things quick and dirty; it's not like it would come back to him, right? If he really wanted to see who people would vote for, all he needed to do was convince them that it was election day.
Megis took control of a little hall building and got to work setting up the fake election booths. With his magic it only took a few moments to get everything into place. At the back of the hall were 'hidden' booths where people would cast their votes, when in reality the votes would flood directly into a room underneath which Megis had access to. Of course no one was dumb enough to believe that it was election day based on his word alone, so a little more magic was needed.
Outside of the hall he had taken control of, Megis produced a large clock which sat outside. On this clock the date read October, which was the election was set to take place. Genius, isn't it? Megis thought so. Plenty of people walking by would probably ignore this farce, believing it to be some sort of mistake, but enough should foolishly walk in to give Megis some sort of sample size to work with. The Majin would help speed things along by acting as town crier, declaring that it is time to vote to all who pass by.
"Listen here! Listen here! The day is reckoning is upon us! Cast thy votes down and choose: who shall lead you forward? Will it be the pink haired man, who calls himself Derry? Will you let this fool lead you into the abyss? Or shall it be Megis? The small hero, who wishes to lead Earth into an enlightened era? Or shall it be another candidate, who's name is not yet known to this humble crier? Cast them now, and let the choice be known for all!"
Subtle. Just the way Megis liked it. With a message like that, he didn't think it would take very long to get people in doors... as it turned out, it would end up taking about three hours just for Megis to get his first bite. It was a stout looking man; probably not a whole lot going in the brains department, but with muscles like his the Majin took an instant liking to the fellow. "Is thi-" Megis jumped in immediately. "Don't worry; you've found what you're looking for. Please! Come right in."
Megis practically shoved the man inside, gesturing him to go into the stalls. "Um. Sir? I was looking for a bathroom? Is the-" Megis again had to interrupt. "Bathroom? No, no! This is for the election. You do know about the election right? It's time for you to choose who shall lead humanity in the future." The man looked at him with a blank expression, as though Megis had been speaking in a language had had no knowledge of.
"Um... the bathroom. Can you point me in the direction of the bathroom? I really need to go..." Now Megis was getting frustrated. Clearly this guy wasn't the most intelligent, but how hard was this to comprehend really? All he wanted was a damn vote; was that too much to ask? East... stay calm; let's not blow up in this guys face. "Sir... you really want to use the bathroom that badly? Fine. You can... as soon as you give me a damned vote!"
Megis practically threw the man into the booth, forcing it shut behind him. "I'll let you out as soon as you make a choice, understand?" He got no response. Megis sat patiently outside of the booth door, making sure that there were no escape attempts. About ten minutes passed before he heard a knock coming from within. Megis opened the door, finding a sullen looking figure within. "Is it done?" The man nodded, to which Megis smiled.
Clapping his hands, Megis produced a toilet stall near the front of the hall. "There you go. And be quick! I don't want you scaring anyone else away." The man happily ran over to the booth, and while he did Megis slipped down into his hidden room where he found that piece of paper. The Majin closed his eyes as he unwrapped, too nervous to look right away at what he mind find. When he finally did open his eyes he saw a single word written down on it: Deri.
The Majin nearly exploded right then and there. Instead he flew through the floorboards and found himself back onto the main floor. Rushing over to the toilet stall, Megis threw it up to find it empty; the fool had more brains that he thought, but Megis was out of patience now. This whole experiment... he was beginning to feel like the whole thing had been a waste of time. Megis threw down his voting booths before going back outside where he smashed his phony clock into pieces.
Megis... he was going to win. He didn't need to 'check' things out ahead of time. Those people who questioned him... they were wrong. They were trying to get in his head. They were probably agents of Derry, weren't they? That would explain a lot. Ever since the two had encountered each other during the incident with that Tuffle boy Bael, he had known that Derry wanted him dead. The president had even tried to destroy him then and there, but Megis was too durable to die like that.
Now he was trying to ruin his campaign. But no more! Megis didn't need to listen to that sort of filth. He believed in himself, and that's what really mattered. To Hell with Derry and his cronies! The Majin, thankfully still disguised, threw down a storm of ki blasts over his hall, destroying any remnants of this farce that remained. "That's what I think of you, Derry! And that's what I think of your campaign! You're going down, you know? Come October you're going down!"
This whole thing had left a bad taste in his mouth. He needed a palate cleanser, and something strong. Fast food? Maybe, but too much oil upset his stomach... maybe Mount Puccino? There were as many sweets on Puccino as any one Majin could ask for. Yes... Puccino sounded good to him. Megis gave one last look down at his 'work' before heading off, eager to put all of this crap behind him. "Come election day none of what they said will matter. Megis was be president... that's what matters."
None of the votes were actually cast yet, and as far as he knew there wasn't any sort of early voting system that he could glean for information. If he was going to try and get an understanding of how popular was he was going to have to do it the old fashioned way: ask. Now considering the power that Megis had, combined with the usual shyness of Earthlings he knew that asking directly might result in some less than truthful answers: he'd have to think of something a bit more cleaver.
So, using his magic Megis would create a disguise which he thought was quite genius (it wasn't) and would allow him to go incognito around the Humans. Combined the the hair that he had obtained from Bing, he added in some traditional Earthling clothes including denim jeans combined with a biker jacket, which he thought he suited quite well. To go along with those he physically stretched out his legs, which took his height from a meager four feet tall up to a quite nice six feet (with half of that being legs).
He practically felt like a new Majin when looking in the mirror. Now Megis just had to decide on a location for this little experiment of his. There were any number of places that he could have choose, but he though the ideal one would probably be one of the big cities. South City had been the place he had done the most campaigning out of the big four, so that made the most sense to check out. Thankfully Megis was already there, which saved him plenty of time.
There were a number of different ways he could go about conducting this experiment, such as going around and asking people honestly who they were interested in voting for... but Megis eventually settled on a ruse. Seeing as he was quite skillfully disguised he didn't see anything wrong with doing things quick and dirty; it's not like it would come back to him, right? If he really wanted to see who people would vote for, all he needed to do was convince them that it was election day.
Megis took control of a little hall building and got to work setting up the fake election booths. With his magic it only took a few moments to get everything into place. At the back of the hall were 'hidden' booths where people would cast their votes, when in reality the votes would flood directly into a room underneath which Megis had access to. Of course no one was dumb enough to believe that it was election day based on his word alone, so a little more magic was needed.
Outside of the hall he had taken control of, Megis produced a large clock which sat outside. On this clock the date read October, which was the election was set to take place. Genius, isn't it? Megis thought so. Plenty of people walking by would probably ignore this farce, believing it to be some sort of mistake, but enough should foolishly walk in to give Megis some sort of sample size to work with. The Majin would help speed things along by acting as town crier, declaring that it is time to vote to all who pass by.
"Listen here! Listen here! The day is reckoning is upon us! Cast thy votes down and choose: who shall lead you forward? Will it be the pink haired man, who calls himself Derry? Will you let this fool lead you into the abyss? Or shall it be Megis? The small hero, who wishes to lead Earth into an enlightened era? Or shall it be another candidate, who's name is not yet known to this humble crier? Cast them now, and let the choice be known for all!"
Subtle. Just the way Megis liked it. With a message like that, he didn't think it would take very long to get people in doors... as it turned out, it would end up taking about three hours just for Megis to get his first bite. It was a stout looking man; probably not a whole lot going in the brains department, but with muscles like his the Majin took an instant liking to the fellow. "Is thi-" Megis jumped in immediately. "Don't worry; you've found what you're looking for. Please! Come right in."
Megis practically shoved the man inside, gesturing him to go into the stalls. "Um. Sir? I was looking for a bathroom? Is the-" Megis again had to interrupt. "Bathroom? No, no! This is for the election. You do know about the election right? It's time for you to choose who shall lead humanity in the future." The man looked at him with a blank expression, as though Megis had been speaking in a language had had no knowledge of.
"Um... the bathroom. Can you point me in the direction of the bathroom? I really need to go..." Now Megis was getting frustrated. Clearly this guy wasn't the most intelligent, but how hard was this to comprehend really? All he wanted was a damn vote; was that too much to ask? East... stay calm; let's not blow up in this guys face. "Sir... you really want to use the bathroom that badly? Fine. You can... as soon as you give me a damned vote!"
Megis practically threw the man into the booth, forcing it shut behind him. "I'll let you out as soon as you make a choice, understand?" He got no response. Megis sat patiently outside of the booth door, making sure that there were no escape attempts. About ten minutes passed before he heard a knock coming from within. Megis opened the door, finding a sullen looking figure within. "Is it done?" The man nodded, to which Megis smiled.
Clapping his hands, Megis produced a toilet stall near the front of the hall. "There you go. And be quick! I don't want you scaring anyone else away." The man happily ran over to the booth, and while he did Megis slipped down into his hidden room where he found that piece of paper. The Majin closed his eyes as he unwrapped, too nervous to look right away at what he mind find. When he finally did open his eyes he saw a single word written down on it: Deri.
The Majin nearly exploded right then and there. Instead he flew through the floorboards and found himself back onto the main floor. Rushing over to the toilet stall, Megis threw it up to find it empty; the fool had more brains that he thought, but Megis was out of patience now. This whole experiment... he was beginning to feel like the whole thing had been a waste of time. Megis threw down his voting booths before going back outside where he smashed his phony clock into pieces.
Megis... he was going to win. He didn't need to 'check' things out ahead of time. Those people who questioned him... they were wrong. They were trying to get in his head. They were probably agents of Derry, weren't they? That would explain a lot. Ever since the two had encountered each other during the incident with that Tuffle boy Bael, he had known that Derry wanted him dead. The president had even tried to destroy him then and there, but Megis was too durable to die like that.
Now he was trying to ruin his campaign. But no more! Megis didn't need to listen to that sort of filth. He believed in himself, and that's what really mattered. To Hell with Derry and his cronies! The Majin, thankfully still disguised, threw down a storm of ki blasts over his hall, destroying any remnants of this farce that remained. "That's what I think of you, Derry! And that's what I think of your campaign! You're going down, you know? Come October you're going down!"
This whole thing had left a bad taste in his mouth. He needed a palate cleanser, and something strong. Fast food? Maybe, but too much oil upset his stomach... maybe Mount Puccino? There were as many sweets on Puccino as any one Majin could ask for. Yes... Puccino sounded good to him. Megis gave one last look down at his 'work' before heading off, eager to put all of this crap behind him. "Come election day none of what they said will matter. Megis was be president... that's what matters."