Ah, that makes sense (though, I kinda like Razenth's explanation ). But surely there's other folks in your city who have high Arts! Why aren't they helping?

I hope you're at least putting up staues of yourself or something, since you're doing all the work!

Before you is a creature of an indeterminable species. When standing on two legs, she reaches just shy of one foot tall. Her entire body is covered in short whitish fur, the exception being some odd purple markings on her belly and ears that resemble wind-currents and celestial objects. Her forepaws are a bit too long, and end in slender paws with three digits and a thumb on each, while her hind paws have clearly defined ankles. Small claws poke out through the fur on her paws, allowing her to easily grasp at the ground and objects around her. Her ears are long and wide, almost circular, and twist around towards any and all sources of sound. Her face is round and typically cute, with small features arranged to give her a perpetually happy look. Small round eyes are positioned on the front of her face to give her depth vision, and those same eyes shine with a childlike curiosity and appreciation of the world around her. She has a cute black button nose smack in the centre of her face that occasionally twitches. Her mouth is quite average, with slim lips and two cute upper-fangs perpetually sticking out of her mouth. Her most distinct trait however, is the long, flexible tail that ends in a dish-like appendage shaped like a star. The tail seems to constantly sway around in erratic patterns, and the star-like appendage twists and turns towards everything of interest.
It is an enchanted statue.
A cen rune is glowing on the base.
A gyfu rune is glowing on the north side.
A ger rune is glowing on the south side.
An eh rune is glowing on the east side.
An ansuz rune is glowing on the west side.
A peorth rune is glowing on the top.
It is tuned against enemies of the Commonwealth of Hallifax.
It is tuned for members of the Commonwealth of Hallifax.
It has been enchanted by Kiradawea.
It has 251 months of usefulness left.
It weighs about 375 pounds.

I have X hours left to log in before someone else I'm supposed to meet in-game logs out, and one of my characters must put on a likely-humiliating performance for this person.

And I keep drawing blanks on how I'm going to do it!

What kind of performance?

I have X hours left to log in before someone else I'm supposed to meet in-game logs out, and one of my characters must put on a likely-humiliating performance for this person.

An acrobatic performance!

And I'm not even a Bard (on this character)!

That sounds fun! Are you gonna do the sort of performance where you stick all your landings, or will you do the sort where you wobble a bit and maybe fall down, but get back up and keep going?

Most of my 'performances', even as a Bard, tend to be joining a raid and killing people.

Expansive use of emotes is totally not one of my skills, but... my character probably can manage the right landings, though not for acrobatic reasons!

I was already in somewhat of a bad mood, and then I had to log in to play...

You tell Arte Skyplume, Caller of Storms, "Kira's working really hard on those
statues! Don't you think she deserves a favour for the huuuge artistic effort
that takes?"

Arte tells you, "Hadn't thought about it like that."

You tell Arte Skyplume, Caller of Storms, "Well, it kind of is! I mean, statues
are works of art, are they not?"

Arte tells you, "I like the cut of your jib."

You tell Arte Skyplume, Caller of Storms, "Yep yep."

Requiring mudsex is issuable!

Damn, I was about to suggest that for Geomancer advancement in the guild I'm playing right now.

Damn, I was about to suggest that for Geomancer advancement in the guild I'm playing right now.

Sad, sad, sad that I can't bid on an Endowment Of The Arts. I would have saved for it if I would have known! I would have saved!

(Any chance one will be auctioned off laters?)