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livinglot2017-07-13 11:02 am
ringleaders) wrote in livinglot2017-07-13 11:02 am
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⇨ TEST DRIVE MEME: SUMMERLANDS
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:
CURRENT STOP↴  The Summerlands are an idyllic realm inhabited by a population of former Summer Court fae. Generally speaking, they are a species of magical humanoids with pointed ears, unearthly beauty, sometimes wings, and a penchant for magic associated with the power of the sun and growth. They live a peaceful but uneventful existence here, under the leadership of their ruler, the Summer Maiden. The carnival is visiting here for a couple weeks to recuperate after some serious trouble caused by their last tour location, and for a few days of their stay the carnival grounds will be open, and newcomers/returning members will be drawn in for the festivities. While outside visitors will be restricted to the carnival grounds and will not be able to explore the rest of the Summerlands, there are a few common features the carnival's current location will add to the usual experience. ► THE SUMMER FAE: There will be a mix of randos from across the multiverse summoned in by the Ringmaster, but the majority of carnival visitors are the local summer fae. While not exactly aloof, the summer fae there tend to be somewhat uncomprehending of the problems most mortals face. While they do have a concept of ethics, it is hard to compare to that of most of the carnival's visitors, and their outlook on things tends towards that of a very neutral perspective. Rather than having much interest in war or politics, they are primarily focused on enjoying existence and the celebration of nature. ► THE SUMMER LANDSCAPE: Though the winding forests will still prevent outsiders from leaving the carnival grounds, the shining mountain peaks and architecture of the fae can be seen on the horizon. If you want a better look, the Ringmaster's advice is to sign on as a full member, for the reasonable price is a single year of your life. Those who app in during this TDM's run will be entering the game between Day 140 and onward - when signing your contract, you do not always leave the tent on the same day you entered. Sometimes the Ringmaster will create a time skip that causes you to emerge after festivities have wrapped up for convenience sake, so there is some flexibility as to when precisely you enter the game. 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. 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 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. ► TUNNEL OF "LOVE": A brand new attraction in the carnival, the Tunnel of Love is mostly what you'd expect from such a ride - two people sit in a boat together which journeys through some glitter filled caves, complete with mood music. Unfortunately, there is also something else in there with you... in the form a moody kraken living in the waters, who has very particular opinions about shipping, and may either stubbornly interfere with any attempted intimacy, or may politely encourage it. Or they may just generally be a dick if they're in no mood for either. The Ringmaster insists it is a romance expert. ► 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. ► 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! ► DUNK TANK: Sometimes acting like a dick will earn you the gentle reprimand of being sent to work in the Dunk Tank for the afternoon - you know that game where people throw balls at a target, and if they hit it you get dropped into the water? It's like that, only sometimes there are daunting (but harmless) critters in the water, or some other strange magical affects to spice things up. Hopefully, the visitors will have bad aim. ► 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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Yeah, I can't find my kids. Twin boys, it's hard to miss 'em if they're together. Yukio has glasses and moles on his face, and Rin is extremely loud.
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Is a long and awkward pause.] .............................you...said kids..?
...How old are they, exactly...? [BECAUSE THESE TWO SOUND FAMILIAR AND THEY WERE NOT REALLY 'CHILDREN' BY DEFINITION...]
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Fifteen, actually! They're right at that age where they think they know what's best, except they really don't and then I have to go bail them out all the time. It's really troublesome, especially when we get lost in a forest and find a strange carnival of some sort. You'd think they would know better by now.
[He actually sounds quite fond while he says that, despite what the actual words are. He'll talk shit about his kids, but he really does love them.]
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Th-That's way older than you had me imagining you know..!!! I thought you were talking about really small ones, who don't know what to do when they're lost..!!
[There is....a cough.] ...A...anyway, I'm pretty sure they work here, or at least one of them does...
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[Or maybe that's just Rin.]
Is it Rin who works here? Because I told him to get a job, but I didn't think he would go look at the circus of all places.
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[Yeah probably just Rin, but any how.] Well, it's a Carnival not a Circus...
But if he's the one with a tail, that's definitely him!!! And blue fire, right?
[UM.]
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Blue fire? You're taking his name a bit too literally, I think.
[Since 'Rin' means 'Phosphorus' and all.]
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Well, I guess if that's what his name means, it makes sense that he'd get that sort of power while here...
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[That would explain her sudden appearance and weird-ness, at least.]
There's not any deals with the devil going on here, right? Because as a priest, I'd have to object to that.
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Mnnn, sort of..? It's more a consequence of being here too long...
This is a Faerie realm after all!!! If you spend time with Fae, you start to become a little fae, that's how it works until your contract is up!
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And welp. At least that's something he understands. Because 'the Fae' sort of exist in his world, though they're a little different than they are here.]
Bah! Of course it's the Fae, they're the only ones who'd dream up some shitty carnival like this.
Do I need to go in and do some negotiations with these Fae? Because I'm severely under-prepared for something like that right now, I don't have any gifts with me.
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[GOSH!! GOSH!!!!] ...And he's not going to leave until he's finished his year of work you know...
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[Shiro starts to scoot down his branch, shimmying back to the trunk of the tree so he can slide down it. He is definitely going to go find Rin and rescue him from this person who tricked him.]
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What kind of faerie are you even working with if you're comparing them to monsters!!!
And for all you know he just broke one of the chairs here!
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[And all of those groups are pretty much just different names for the same kind of thing where he comes from.]
And if you've been working here for a few years, shouldn't you have paid off your debt by now?
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And it's not that I haven't paid it off...I just wanted to work a little longer. She actually won't let you unless you ask for something, even!! And if she thinks it's something that was already happening, she'll tell you to ask for something else...
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And if you want to work here, then that's good for you. However, my son is underage and I didn't give him permission to work here, so I'll have to negotiate his freedom.
[He's sliding down the tree trunk, but Carly is free to follow him if she wants!]
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[Also, she's definitely following at a hover.] And faerie don't recognize those laws!! As far as the Ringmaster is concerned, he made a contract, so he has to finish his work! He's already a few months in you know!!
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[Sorry Carly, once his mind is set on something it's pretty hard to dissuade him.]
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But one year and one day-that's the price, no matter what.
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