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The Park, All Day Saturday

Aug 09, 2014 01:40

On Saturday morning, the smell of cotton candy permeated the island once again as the booths at Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show began to turn on and light up. There were more attractions to see today than there had been yesterday, and wasn't that just wonderful ( Read more... )

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Enter the Carnival fh_thumbprick August 9 2014, 05:40:56 UTC

Come in, come in! Buy tickets for the rides, don't mind the crooked smile on your salesperson's face!

Re: Enter the Carnival doesdoctorstuff August 9 2014, 06:41:29 UTC

"Pffft," Navaan said, going for a stroll through the carnival after dark. "The Whack-A-Mole game doesn't even have real moles! What kind of shady carnival is this?"

She made a mental note to round up a few of her monks and make them come back to show this stupid carnival exactly what it was missing.

Re: Enter the Carnival voiceoverdue August 9 2014, 16:29:06 UTC

"We keep all the best things for the best customers!" a smooth and cheerful voice said as Cecil stepped up, grinning.

Did he look a little like a grown-up version of one of her students? Maybe if she'd paid enough attention to Cecil in class. Was his grin just a little too wide? Very possibly.

"What's your pleasure, dear lady?" His smile grew almost impossibly wider. "The Temple of Temptation, maybe? Our dancers will give you a real show!"

Re: Enter the Carnival doesdoctorstuff August 9 2014, 17:37:22 UTC

Eh! Maybe if she paid any attention to any of her students this would be different. But this was Navaan and none of them were bangable so...enh? She might have been able to pick some of them out of a line-up if she tried.

But probably not.

"Just how good are these dancers?" Navaan demanded. "Because unless there are some high-quality dancing and higher-quality drugs, I'm just about ready to go."

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Concessions fh_thumbprick August 9 2014, 05:42:24 UTC

A stand in the middle of the carnival's clearing holds innumerable treats. Above all, there is the cotton candy, which seems glossy and full and inviting.

Surely taking a bite won't hurt. Or another. Or a third. The kind woman with the beard manning the booth will be happy to keep serving you... for as long as you want.

[[ the cotton candy is addictive, and eating more of it will make the addiction worse. ]]

Carousel fh_thumbprick August 9 2014, 05:43:11 UTC

A beautiful carousel sits just to the left. It's an antique and intricate work. Each seat is a horse, stretching out majestically, hooves polished and face nearly lifelike. The carousel makes wonderful music as it turns, and turns, and turns...

[[ the carousel will age you up or down, depending on its whims. ]]

Re: Carousel nobloodymessiah August 10 2014, 00:46:42 UTC

And then Eleanor was running, away from the fortune-teller, away from the monster wearing Celia's face, away, except there was no Away. There was just a maze where every alley was a dead end.

A carousel spun before her, dark and inviting. It was blocking her path. She could -- hop onto it, and dash across the horses, and jump off on the other side. It was easy.

The carousel was spinning too fast. The revolutions were making her dizzy. She was just going to stop here, at the center. Just for a moment. Just a moment.

Re: Carousel nobloodymessiah August 10 2014, 00:48:32 UTC

A carnival! Eleanor was so excited. This was so much more fun than Ryan Amusements. That just had boring robots making talking faces. This had rides! And ponies! How exciting!!!

Mirror Maze fh_thumbprick August 9 2014, 05:43:35 UTC

It's a hall of mirrors, bent in a hundred different ways. The light bounces off each one, back and forth - can you find your way out? Or will you be distracted by what you see?

[[ can show you your own memories, distorted versions of yourself, images of people who've been co-opted into joining the show and scenes of how it happened; the maze will drive you mad if you stay too long ]]

Re: Mirror Maze not_called_icky August 9 2014, 14:24:32 UTC

Ichabod stopped briefly at the hall of mirrors, but didn't stay long. After just look in the first mirror, which showed him all warped and distorted, he exclaimed:

"What hellish form of torment is this?"

Re: Mirror Maze filleauloup August 9 2014, 15:34:19 UTC

Sure, more than a few things about the carnival still seemed shady, no less so than they had yesterday, but Éponine still wasn't overly bothered by that. As far as she was concerned, no traveling-show huckster was going to outsmart her; she knew how to play their game ( ... )

Shooting Alley fh_thumbprick August 9 2014, 05:44:27 UTC

The man who staffs this alley has a crooked smile and plenty of rifles to hand out. Behind him is a row of targets, moving back and forth: little wooden ducks and tigers and snakes and lions dance back and forth, waiting for your attention. Or... did one of those just hiss?

[[ the targets will come to life if you try to shoot them, growing larger and attacking you. they might be wood, but they have sharp claws and teeth ]]

Re: Shooting Alley willbethenight August 9 2014, 20:06:54 UTC

Driven mad by the laughter in his head, Bruce stumbled his way toward the shooting gallery. He could see the ducks, hissing at him! The lions, too, so much hissing! The snakes were weirdly silent. HE COULD HEAR THEM THINKING ABOUT HISSING. Hisses were laughter, laughter was hissing, all of it clanging around in his head like a duck.

Until he picked up a gun, aimed at a duck, and fired.

The gun backfired and broke, sending gun pieces through his head. As Bruce fell back, his last thoughts were that the backfire sure sounded like the gun hissing laughter at him.