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[curiously_cora]

There were several go-karts lined up in a row, there was a pirate ship, there was a monorail and there was one teenage girl looking like a very happy, pleased explorer. There was so much to see and do and Coraline didn't know what to start with so she was going to fully explore all her options before making a decision

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For Coraline

[percy_jackson]

"Hey, Coraline," I said, sucking blue candy floss from my fingers. Yeah, it's kids food, but sometimes it's good to be a kid. Besides, the blue candy floss reminded me of Mom. "So, is this some Island trick, or did the place decide to do something cool for a change?"

Re: For Coraline

[curiously_cora]

"Hey Percy, oooh blue. Can I have some?" Coraline asked before answering her own question. Grabbing Percy's hand Coraline ate a blob of the blue sticky candy floss from his fingertips before smiling innocently at him. "It tastes like blue. And definitely cool, I mean no one has tried to main or kill me yet. I got glared at but no killing."

Re: For Coraline

[percy_jackson]

I raised my eyebrows at Coraline licking the candy floss from my finger, but that was just Coraline being Coraline. I offered her the rest of the paper cone.

"Who'd glare at you?" I asked, curious at who the killjoy would be.

Re: For Coraline

[curiously_cora]

Coraline took a pinch more from the actual cone but shook her head at the rest.

"The weird smirking man who was doing stuff to one of the rides. Only cats and villains smirk like that," Coraline said eating the mouthful of blue candy floss and wondering if she could find any more blue food. Or even better green limeade or sparkling apple.

[a_swan_diver]

Somehow Bella wasn't surprised to see Coraline truly in here element in this environment. She hadn't really talked to the girl much, but she'd seen her around the Homestead, of course, and she knew she was good friends with Jake, too.

Still holding her stuffed dragon, Bella walked up with a smile. "Hi, Cora. Enjoying the crazy out-of-nowhere carnival?"

[curiously_cora]

"Hi Bella. I love it but there's so much to see. I can't possibly explore it all and go on it all. I've not been on a rollercoaster or anything before I was always too little." Coraline said, brushing her hair through with her hand. It was hard to imagine Coraline now as ever being small, she was five foot eight nearly nine now and she kept joking she would keep growing until she beat Jake. Which was pretty hard to do, Jake was enormous. "I like your dragon, did Jake win you it? You'd think he would've won you a wolf."

[a_swan_diver]

"Maybe you can't go on it all, but I'm pretty sure you're going to do your best to try, aren't you?" Bella laughed, as if she wasn't guilty of the same. "I've been on a few of the coasters and you have to go, they're great! Especially the one that goes upside down and straight into a tunnel. It's fantastic!"

She held up her little dragon. "I actually won him for myself! My ability to knock things over came in handy for once. I actually haven't seen Jake yet today. Have you?"

[curiously_cora]

"Of course, not even Bill could stop me though he'd probably try if I told him what I wanted to do." Coraline said. Coraline loved Bill, he was her guardian and the closest thing she had to family here but that didn't mean she appreciated being told what to do. Especially now that she was fourteen and a little... well, precocious. "You're not that clumsy. A little clumsy. Well, okay you are that clumsy but see it comes in handy. I think Jake's with Belle, ugh."

Coraline was still not talking to Belle. She didn't care if she wasn't being very mature about Belle wanting to move out and leave her. Coraline didn't like anyone leaving at all.

for Lois

[lt_blade]

Sonya wasn't jealous.

Just because she hadn't been to an amusement park in ages, and now when it comes to the island, can't go on the rides because of her pregnancy-fuck it all, why'd the island have to proved this now? Why couldn't it have waited until next year-like in March?

The only consulation were the carnival games. If she couldn't go on any of the rides, she could still enjoy the carnival-and she could save up on a few stuffed toys for the twins. The food stands were nice as well, but with two tiny people taking up space, it was becoming harder and hard to eat more than a few bites of everything.

"I'm partial to cookie monster myself." yeah, her CO and Hanzo would have a fit about her going on about a 'cookie eating' anything, but hell, how could you not love the big, blue oaf.

Re: for Lois

[overtheheadline]

"I know but you gotta feel bad for the goldfish, what happens to them once this all disappears? Do they just go to that big goldfish bowl in the sky?" Lois asked before deciding to go with the Cookie Monster. She'd already amassed quite a few stuffed toys but well, one more couldn't hurt and besides she knew an awfully cute kid who might like one even if Clark wouldn't appreciate it. "Is it always like this? You go to bed one night and then poof next morning it's like a game of Theme Park?"

Re: for Lois

[lt_blade]

"No clue," She admitted. "Usually all we get is food, or maybe decorations which disappear after a few days. So maybe the toys and prizes will disappear, maybe not-hope they don't." Least not the toys-where else was she going to get the kids a few stuffed animals? Stuffed animals in her opinion were almost a necessity.

"As for the island, yeah, the changes are always over night. I remember my first Halloween here, the entire place turned into a B-rated horror movie-complete with some disembodied Vincent Price laugh."

Re: for Lois

[overtheheadline]

"Are you kidding? That sounds completely... awesome. I mean, come on B movies are the best. Okay, not as good as monster trucks but hey definitely beats a Saturday night in on your lonesome." Lois said, thinking about the times she and her cousin had sat and watched a martathon of cheesy movies. Lois had always been closer to Chloe than Lucy. "But I hope we get to keep these at least, I can always hoard them and keep one aside for one you pop, right?"

For Coraline

[not_so_smooth]

"Hey, Coraline!" Sam said, jogging after the girl. He'd been looking for her ever since winning the ridiculously oversized banana. For some reason he thought Coraline would like it. Or she would hate it, which was almost just as good.

"For you!" he said, thrusting out the banana.

Re: For Coraline

[curiously_cora]

"Hi Dread Pirate Sam," Coraline said before staring at the banana thrust at her. Coraline stared at Sam then back at the banana and then at Sam again before grinning brightly. "This is so cool! You're the best Sam!"

Coraline wrapped her arms around Sam happily, hugging him tight. No one had ever won her a giant banana before.

Re: For Coraline

[not_so_smooth]

"Hey, I couldn't not get something for the best first mate ever," Sam said, hugging her back. Even if they were not exactly the best pirates or the best sailors in the world, they were still captain and first mate.

"If you're good, maybe I'll even make it do the Peanut Butter Jelly Time dance."

Re: For Coraline

[curiously_cora]

"What's the peanut butter jelly time dance? Why would you have peanut butter flavoured jelly? It would taste weird and how would it wobble?" Coraline said making a face. Jelly was supposed to be strawberry or green flavoured not peanut butter. "And I really am the best first mate even though you are a terrible dread pirate. You don't even say as you wish."

[dishabille_mal]

It was difficult not to be aware of the fact that Coraline loathed being treated like a child if one lived on the island and spent any time near the compound or playground. Coraline was extremely vocal about the fact- about most things, from Maladicta's estimation- and while William was walking Olivia around, one tiny hand in each of his as he explained to her the duplicitous nature of carnival games- Maladicta was coppering. This was to say, she was leaned up against some brightly colored cardboard wall or other and watching for suspicious or disruptive activity.

What she saw was Coraline being vocal.

"Coraline," she said, when the girl was passing her within easy ear shot.

[curiously_cora]

"I didn't do anything," Coraline said automatically, looking for a moment like a startled gangly teenaged deer in the headlights. "Well, apart from walking around but that's all I've done today... ever. All I've done ever."

Coraline thought perhaps the life of crime was not for her. Not that she had in fact committed any crime but that was beside the point. She clearly wasn't cut out for it. "Um, hello?"

[dishabille_mal]

"You were raising your voice and sticking your tongue out at someone repairing one of the magical death traps," Maladicta said, looking generally unimpressed. Another trait that had served her well in her time as a police officer- her generally unnerving ability to be completely unflappable.

Except around cats, but that was different.

"Also, hello."

[curiously_cora]

"Oh, that. Well, have you seen him? He looks villainous and he was smirking weirdly. Only villains smile like that and cats," Coraline said making a face before taking a deep breath. Deep breaths were usually how you knew questions were coming, most people stopped her before she got to the actual questioning part. "How do you know he's fixing it? What if he's stealing it or breaking it or planting a bomb because he wants to kill everyone in a great big magical death trap disaster?"