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TEST DRIVE MEME #7
WELCOME TO THE SHOW!↴ Or, more specifically, Lost Carnival's test drive meme! This is an opportunity to try out your characters in the setting before you apply, or to put together samples for characters you've never played before. There are going to be options for both new arrivals and veteran characters. Before we get started, let's lay down some details:
NEW RECRUITS↴  You gotta start somewhere, right? These prompts are for characters who are arriving in the carnival for the first time, and who are destined to sign a contract. How they go about that is up to you, but in the meantime they can enjoy the sights and sounds of something truly out of this world. Visitors to the carnival comes from many different worlds today, as the ringmaster casts out her recruitment lures. Will you become her most recent hire? ► ADMISSION FEES: After crossing into the carnival's realm and passing through the trees, most visitors will find themselves at the front gate - though not all choose to enter that way. If they enter legitimately, however, they will have to pass by a clerk who will trade admission and tickets for various attractions and rides in exchange for "anything of value." What is of value may seem highly subjective, and so some may struggle to produce payment at first, though in actuality the carnival will take anything from mundane currency to items of purely sentimental value. ► MIRROR MAZE: The mirror maze (pictured above) is a big attraction in the carnival, and stretches much further on the inside than it looks like it will on the outside. It's hard to get through, and what's more, after you've been in there for a while your reflections will start gaining a mind of their own - mostly in order to taunt and distract you with personal information. They don't know everything you know, but they know more than they should, and their mind games can be pretty hit or miss. ► GAMER'S CIRCLE: Almost all of the game booths are organized in a large ring around the Cookhouse, called Gamer's Circle. Your can play just about any carnival game you can imagine here, for a variety of prizes sometimes traditional, exotic, or outright magical. Dart tossing? Got it. That game with the water guns? Got it. Most of these booths are currently manned by humanoid spirits who look like they are made of smoke. If they can trick you into earning debt, they will. ► NOT YOUR WHEELHOUSE: Sometimes, even magical ferris wheels get stuck. The carnival's particular wheel is enchanted to create a particular out of this world experience - as you pass along the top, you feel as if they are so close to the sky that you can interact with the stars like baubles hanging above your head. Of course, the novelty probably wears off when the wheel is broken and you've been stuck enjoying the light show with some stranger for the last half hour. How are you going to pass the time? ► TRYING TO LEAF: No matter where you came from, you seemingly emerged from a forest. Obviously, to get back home you should be able to go back in the same direction, right? It turns out you can't. Worse, trying too hard to get through the wood will result in you getting lost, or turned back to the carnival. The trees here are not normal, and are varying levels of alien, including things like trees with glowing fruit or orange flowers that constantly burn like candles. ► WILD CARD: Anything else you can imagine in this setting! There are a lot of possibilities and you're free to explore them. Check out the rest of the game info or the locations page for additional inspiration. Want to make a starter with your character experiencing their first theoretical change? Go for it! VETERAN WORKERS↴  These prompts are tailored to the carnival's existing employees, the veterans. Odds are they've been here from somewhere between a few months and three years already, and know their way around the block. For them, this is just business as usual - and depending on their attitude towards their job, they may or may not contribute to a few people accidentally getting themselves a contract. Whatever you do, though, don't warn visitors away from the carnival - the ringmaster hates losing business like that. ► DO YOUR WORK: This one's pretty simple - just have your character doing whatever you'd like to have their job be! There is a big list of ideas over here, and you could use this to try things out with a character you intend to be a new arrival, as well. ► WILL O' WISPS: The ringmaster's will o' wisps have gotten free, and she's asked that everyone keep and eye out and help her reclaim them regardless of their official jobs. Wisps are small creatures that burn both hot and cold and comes in a few different variations of the same basic theme. Handling them physically (or psionically, or magically, for that matter) is difficult due to their near intangible nature. Touching and being around them can result in confusion and a sensation similar to being comfortably drunk. ► BREAK TIME: Whatever you were doing, it's break time! It's time for you to relax however you see fit. Do you enjoy some of the carnival attractions yourself, or is that old by now? Do you hang out in the Cookhouse to get a snack? Do you take a nap? Yolo, baby! ► RIDDLE GAME: For a bit of fun, the ringmaster has left a variety of locked chests around the worker areas of the carnival, each with instructions and a riddle written on their lids. The chest will accept three guesses from each worker before refusing to respond to them any further. If you guess the right answer, the chest will open and you will be rewarded with some manner of fun magical knick knack. If you've run out of guesses, maybe you can conspire with someone else and promise to split the prize? ► CAPTURE THE... EGG?: The Ringmaster likes to keep things exciting for her employees, and this time she's devices a game that mixes an Easter egg hunt with capture the flag. She's hidden various metallic "eggs" around the carnival that chime like bells when people get near, and divided participants into three teams (red, blue, yellow of course.) The carnival has been divided into three zones, and the objective is to gather as many eggs as possible for your team (three points for gold, two for silver, one for copper.) However, when you are in a zone that doesn't belong to your team, if they can snatch off your team flag they can take you to "jail" and confiscate any eggs you may be holding for their team. When in doubt, bullshit the rules! This is a prompt, after all. ► WILD CARD: Anything else you can imagine in this setting! There are a lot of possibilities and you're free to explore them. Check out the rest of the game info or the locations page for additional inspiration. Want to do a performance? Hang out in the Backyard? Choose whatever appeals! |
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[There was no pattern yet to who was a guard and who wasn't it seemed, certainly he was the first quadruped she'd seen. Not having a comfortable and easy way to categorize all these beings was going to be a headache and a half.
Blue leans back a little in her seat, looking bemused. This was all going to take much getting used to.]
Do other members of your 'patrol' wear an identification of some sort? I imagine you all look very different, if this place changes forms so much.
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The smile as usual, must be replaced with more perplexity however, as he finds the answer.] Mmm, we do not, actually! More than likely, this is in part due to the nature of our patrol; if a patron is aware that they are being observed by a member of such law enforcement, they will no doubt be more careful in their actions...even if they intend ill toward what is around them.
To be unknown as such therefore means that we are more effective in catching such perpetrators in the act.
[Despite his size, he is astoundingly quiet when it comes to patrolling, as a matter of fact.] We are most certainly different however...the Warden, in particular, is skeletal in appearance.
[Literally. He is a Skeleton.]
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[Maybe organics had a way to tell that she wasn't picking up on. It could be instinct, even! Some little part of their squishy brains telling them which ones are safe to run to instead of run from.
That the head of law enforcement here is walking bones eludes her, she presumes he just means 'really thin'. Blue's encountered that before, and while still odd by way of organics at least it was recognizable.]
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[He does, however, give an encouraging smile.] Many of us who are not patrol however, are fortunately able to perform some form of 'damage control'-a method of stalling for time until those of us who bear experience and training are able to arrive. At the very least, I, the man Gongenzaka, am far swifter on my feet than some imagine!
[Or. Well. Anyone who actually knows him. RUNNING IS NOT STEADFAST....]
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With so many, it seems reasonable you'd be quick on them.
[Although gems did not generally prefer a quadrupedal form, she knew that for organics things on four legs or wings always outpaced things on two. Given his size and that possible speed, he was probably very effective at his job!
Whether the rest were as much remained to be seen.]
What sort of troubles arise here most commonly? I presumed most were here as I am, willingly, but if this is not so, are uprisings a danger?
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...As for troubles...uprisings are surprisingly no issue, not at all. Most typically, what you are speaking of, is the matter of one who has entered a debt-those who have refused to offer proper payment to the carnival grounds, or have caused damage... ...The Ringmaster herself has used minor transformations as punishment for attempts to avoid such a debt, but truthfully, the carnival's own walls act as their own protection. Since acting against the property only incurs further debt, most attempt to flee instead.
...however, we are currently travelling through many dimensions and realms; the forest, as such, will not allow any to pass outside of it, instead leading them back here. ...Typically it is a matter of speaking to those who have become caught in such a state, as a result, [he admits with a cough,] Though...as I, the man Gongenzaka explained, the Ringmaster typically steps in as she feels necessary.
...There are, however, outside dangers occasionally. These are typically handled first by the Nightrider and Nightrunners-those who scout lands ahead, and act as an offensive force when necessary. ...We have only once in my time here, been attacked. ...It was dealt with with minimal loss, and was considered a rare event indeed.
[Also he was one of those losses so eh.]
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It seems as if the Ringmaster is at least an efficient ruler.
[Which is no small compliment, coming from a diamond.]
Presumably had the surroundings not turned a person around they would not find themselves where they hoped to be regardless, if this is a location-travelling business. Had I my proper resources I could perhaps have offered a little by way of defense of this place or patrols until my time is up..
[She knew exactly the gems she would assign too, the Amethysts would be climbing the metaphorical walls with glee, she was certain of it.]
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You would be correct however-more than likely, they would be no place near their original home! It is quite alright though, [he insists.] With who we have, we should fare fine.