Professor Poppetwick's Peculiar Parade
A steam-powered pageant of improbable proportions
Once a year—entirely by accident—Professor Aloysius Poppetwick, renowned inventor of things-that-shouldn’t-work-but-do, launches his Peculiar Parade. This airborne carnival of clockwork misfits, levitating llamas, tea-blasting cannons, and musical trolleys floats over cities in complete disarray.
The parade doesn’t follow a route.
It follows vibes.
People join without meaning to. A street sweeper looks up, and suddenly he’s the Grand Marshal. A tea shop explodes into confetti and becomes the Bureau of Biscuit Propulsion.
And Poppetwick himself?
He’s probably asleep in a hammock held up by squeaky mechanical ferrets.
Main Attractions Include:
The Trolley of Tiny Tap-Dancing Top Hats
No one knows who trained them. They’re unionized now.
The Steam Snail Symphony
Music played very slowly, very dramatically, and with extreme flair.
Lady Blunderbottle’s Bureau of Elevating Umbrellas
They work. Mostly. Occasionally at awkward speeds.
The Jellyfish Hot Air Ballet
Glowing, floating jellyfish-shaped balloons performing interpretive dance. Also possibly sentient. One’s dating a chimney sweep.
Once a year—entirely by accident—Professor Aloysius Poppetwick, renowned inventor of things-that-shouldn’t-work-but-do, launches his Peculiar Parade. This airborne carnival of clockwork misfits, levitating llamas, tea-blasting cannons, and musical trolleys floats over cities in complete disarray.
The parade doesn’t follow a route.
It follows vibes.
People join without meaning to. A street sweeper looks up, and suddenly he’s the Grand Marshal. A tea shop explodes into confetti and becomes the Bureau of Biscuit Propulsion.
And Poppetwick himself?
He’s probably asleep in a hammock held up by squeaky mechanical ferrets.
Main Attractions Include:
The Trolley of Tiny Tap-Dancing Top Hats
No one knows who trained them. They’re unionized now.
The Steam Snail Symphony
Music played very slowly, very dramatically, and with extreme flair.
Lady Blunderbottle’s Bureau of Elevating Umbrellas
They work. Mostly. Occasionally at awkward speeds.
The Jellyfish Hot Air Ballet
Glowing, floating jellyfish-shaped balloons performing interpretive dance. Also possibly sentient. One’s dating a chimney sweep.
