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livinglot2017-10-28 03:48 pm
ringleaders) wrote in livinglot2017-10-28 03:48 pm
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⇨ TEST DRIVE MEME: HEARTSTONE MANOR
WELCOME TO THE SHOW!↴ MORE INFORMATION BENEATH THE CUT. In the meantime, 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. 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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There's no sound or indication of someone having walked up, not with Childermass. He just appears where the was no one before, right out of the shadow the game's booth is throwing across the ground, severe old-fashioned clothing, raven feather sideburns, and all. Upside, he's definitely one of the more human-looking workers here and also definitely not a spirit, feathers aside. ]
They aren't actually smart enough to rig a game, ma'am, so you may want to rethink just how great that aim of yours is.
[ He says in an even, generally unimpressed way. Technically, dealing with trouble-making patrons isn't his job, but he was in the area and bored, so here we are. ]
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[ it is a purely kneejerk exclamation of surprise, because what the fuck, dude, who sneaks up on people like that? but after that moment passes, eleanor's immediately squinting at him, because...feathers? feathers. alright, she's dead, so whatever. ]
What do you mean they're not smart enough? Your average carnie barely has a GED. All carnival games are rigged.
[ which is why she's totally gonna cheat just to prove it. ]
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An average carnie? [ Childermass turns to look at the shade, which... carries on standing there and waiting. Not much else. Then again, enough people assume this is a dream, so he supposes it doesn't matter to her. ] Well, if you think that, one must wonder why you play them at all.
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[ cheating. she means cheating. ]
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If you say so. [ He'll reply as simply as that, though not without raising his eyebrows at her first. ] So just how are you going to manage this one, then? I'm curious to see.
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[ she half-turns back to the lineup of water guns. ]
These babies are usually set up so that the water goes off to the side. All you've gotta do is adjust accordingly, and bam. You get the giant fluffy bunny with the creepy mall Santa vibe.
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Is it really cheating if all you do is aim at it funny?
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