The Park, All Day Saturday

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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

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Enter the Carnival

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

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[doesdoctorstuff]

"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.

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"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!"

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[doesdoctorstuff]

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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[voiceoverdue]

"Our dancers are the very best," he promised. "But why not judge for yourself? Step right this way - I'll give you a taste for free."

So to speak.

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[doesdoctorstuff]

Navaan looked intrigued for a moment and then shrugged. "Nah. Even if you have the best dancers ever, the rest of the carnival still sucks."

Not a single writhing cock to ride in sight!

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[voiceoverdue]

"But if you like the dancers, you don't ever have to leave that tent!" Ever. Cecil grinned. "I assure you, all our services are available in there as well as out here. In addition to their own special service, of course."

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[doesdoctorstuff]

Enh. Navaan was starting to get bored with the whole spiel. She knew where to go to get sexy dancers AND strip-chicken.

"Hey, do me a favor," she said, rooting through her doctor bag to pull out a handkerchief. "Does this smell like chloroform to you?"

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Cecil grinned. "I'm not sure. Is it flammable?" There was a torch on a nearby wall, and he broke one burning twig off and lit the corner of the handkerchief.

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[doesdoctorstuff]

If Navaan had any idea who this guy was, Cecil would SO be getting an F. At everything. Forever.

Instead, what he was getting was a loud screech and dust in his eyes and mouth as Navaan turned and fled, leaving Cecil, the carnival, and the burning handkerchief far behind.

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Fortunately for Cecil, he wasn't bangable as a student and she'd never met him as an adult before.

He sighed and dusted off his coat, eyeing the handkerchief unconcernedly. "It barely even burned. Maybe it was chloroform," he noted to no-one in particular.

Then he shrugged, smiled, and turned to welcome the next guests in.

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[fjordicswagger]

Tamsin hadn't bothered to show up yesterday. She hadn't been born yesterday, thanks: magical carnivals showing up in town? No way was that anything but a Fae feeding ring, and she wasn't going to get involved.

Of course, then the complaints had started to filter into the office, and now she was here, looking bored and mildly irritated as she bought the absolute minimum amount of tickets. "Ugh," she muttered. "The least you could do is stay subtle."

The man at the booth ignored her.

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[not_called_icky]

Ichabod had not visited the Carnival yesterday, but today curiosity got the better of him. What kind of amusements were there to be found here?

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"Welcome, sir!" Cecil grinned and swept a huge bow toward Ichabod. "Step right up; what's your pleasure? We have rides, attractions, sideshow acts, and a full midway!" Or at least a ferris wheel.

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[begmetwice]

Irene was not, surprisingly enough, much of a 'carnival' person.

Go figure.

She was, however, bored enough to eventually give into temptation, and Saturday found her donning comfortable flats (because she was not risking her Louboutins anywhere near where a child might have dropped cotton candy), and wandering in to buy tickets with an absent smile.

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[necroslacker]

Sam was actually fairly used to creepiness so the carnival didn't bother him that much. He was still going to be wary and he was going to make sure he checked out everything's colors and auras just to make sure he didn't piss off something big and nasty.