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⇨ TEST DRIVE MEME #1

WELCOME TO THE SHOW!↴

Or, more specifically, Lost Carnival's first 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:

You can read the full premise here.
Reserves open October 5th at 12:01AM EST.
Applications open October 7th at 12:01AM EST.
You can apply as a newcomer or as a "veteran" character who has been in the carnival for up to three years.
TDM threads can be used as game canon after the fact if both characters are accepted and the players agree to it.
If you are interested in additional IC and OOC plot responsibilities, consider applying for a Supervisor position.
Supervisor applications will start being processed a few days after apps open, and will be selected on a competitive basis. If you want a supervisor position, it is best to submit your application as close to the beginning of the application cycle as possible. If you don't get chosen for your desired supervisor position, you will be given time to rework your application to be a regular veteran, or to apply for a supervisor position that is not yet taken.
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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.

► 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.

► NOT YOUR WHEELHOUSE (NEW): 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?

► 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?

► 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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[Oh... that's... that's a little unexpected, actually. Or very unexpected. Gilgamesh blinks a few times, clearly caught off guard. Clearly expecting a crueler fate, not the kindness of a mere introduction. He can't even find it in himself to get angry or even annoyed, instead giving in and extending his hand.

He won, after all. Fair's fair.]

Gilgamesh.

[And I will be watching you for certain, now.]

[ Nobody is allowed to arm Sougo. How he even keeps getting his hands on things is beyond Mitsuki; at least in his own case, it's his body that's the weapon. ]

Yeah, but why? I'm sure somebody would've gone with you. And... yeah...

[ It's different! Don't ask too much, Tamaki. ]

Mister Childermass, the pleasure’s all mine.

[The wood his hand is made of, gnarled and natural, make the handshake a bit stiff, but Joker does his best to not make it an uncomfortable event. He’s had a couple of years to get used to it.]

Oh, we’re just gettin back into business after some renovations, that’s all! [You know, vampire attacks, stuff like that.] S’quite a good time, really, it’s only a matter of wranglin’ the Ringleader from her duties. Still, it wouldn’t do ta have an important guest like yerself waitin’ in discomfort. Could I interest ya in sittin’ down somewhere and havin’ a drink while ya wait?

[Another trainer? Small multiverse it would seem, she wasn't expecting to see any familiar creatures in this world, but that's hardly an unwelcome sight. She happily skips towards them wanting to be a good dimension sharing cousin]

Wow~ you must really be close to each other. Did you train him since he was a tiny Zubat?

Huh? I'm from Kalos.

_{[She calms down a bit, smile dropping from her face. He looks strange, but most of the people here do now that she thinks about it. If he knows about Pokemon but looks like this then what happened to him?]}

[That's definitely not creepy at all, nope.]

What are you doing.

[Well now, isn’t that rude. A legitimate reaction, but rude. Joker doesn’t seem particularly offended, however, just shrugs and leans back.]

I’m human, thank ya kindly.

[Or maybe he’s not anymore, but it doesn’t matter. Instead, he jerks his head back in the direction of the carnival.]

It ain’t up ta me if ya leave. That’s somethin’ ya gotta do back at the carnival. If I tell ya the specifics, will ya stop pointin' that sword at me?

[Things Joker could do: give the Doctor a straight answer.]

[Things Joker will do: not that]

[Instead, he bites back the desire to breathe in sharply or laugh, and just clears his throat.]

Well, they’re sneaky little buggers, wisps. Turn yer back, and poof! Left with nothin’ but the hairs on yer neck and a funny feelin’ in the back of yer mind. Hair-raisin’, it really is.

And how’d ya handle things like this in Hell? ‘Cuz I think I could sure use the tip, quite frankly.

Well… At least yer free ta do as yer like. While yer makin’ up yer mind about what ya want ta do, why don’t ya travel with the carnival? We'll keep ya safe, and you'll have plenty a time ta figure out what ya want ta do.

Our very helpful workers~.

[Sliding the walkie talkie back in place, he grins at Spyro.]

Also known as the poor folks who have ta keep everythin’ runnin’ in good order. They’ll switch things out for ya so ya can use the games. If not, we can always bother ‘em some more~. I mean, they’re thankful, they really are! Keeps ‘em from gettin’ bored.

[He may or may not be mildly lying.]

[If the dashing, rogue-like charms of the man could be considered what got the hook in his mouth, the compliment was what brought the 'fish' onto the boat. Hesitation melts away from Gottlieb's expression as he gives a confident nod and his eyes half-lid.]

You certainly have a way with words, sir. I feel totally safe in your assuredly skilled hands. If you would be so kind as to give a demonstration?

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For once, this is one fairy tale where the food isn’t the problem. So long as you pay, anyway, but Joker is willing to do a bit of “charity” here, so to speak. Workers are fed simply as part of the deal for staying here and working off their debt, and he doesn’t mind using that loophole for folks he’s trying to charm. He gestures for Kerubim to have a seat at one of the many tables that are around the cookhouse.

“Wait right here, and I’ll be back in a tic.” After all, as a supervisor and someone who’d been around a while, the cooks know him well enough. It only takes him a couple of minutes, maybe five at most, before he’s back balancing one tray in his hand expertly. Some sort of foreign fish on a stick, a bit of chicken (probably), and something that’s been deep fried to hell and back. He thinks it’s probably some sort of sweet.

Setting it down, he plops down into a seat himself and gestures to it. “Help yerself.” If anything doesn’t get eaten, well, there are plenty of hungry things around the carnival. While he lets Kerubim have his pick, Joker keeps talking. “Now, here at the carnival, we could use all types for all sorts of jobs… but I wouldn’t want ta bore ya with operatin’ a game booth. Seems a right waste for someone like you. But dependin’ on what other skills ya have, I think our boss could find real interestin’ positions for ya.” It’s not up to Joker, after all, although he can always make suggestions. “Security, somethin’ in the spotlight… And we’re always lookin’ for good scouts to look into our next travel spot. Any of that sound like yer kinda business, or should I keep goin’?”

S’just an offer, Miss. All it was.

[No answer on the beliefs thing.]

Anyway, you’ll want ta talk ta my boss about where in particular ya want ta get dropped off at, although, if I do say so, she can be a bit capricious. I think if ya win one of the games in the carnival, she’s a bit more inclined ta listen.

[ He clearly got something right, even if the actual fact of it is still kind of unclear. Knowing he's going in the right direction is enough to keep Mitsuki listening, though.

The question's an easy one, and Mitsuki smiles as he answers. ]

I'm a idol! It's the only thing I've ever wanted to be, and it took me a long time but I'm finally doing it.

[ And he's determined to do it well, somehow. The how is a little bit unclear, too. Lots of things seem to be. ]

How could a place like this help me? ... I guess knowing how to do magic tricks could be helpful.

[ Because in the end, the stars thing has to be a trick. Right? ]

[Ah, that's not a good tone... is Mitsuki alright?]

I ran away for awhile. Didn't want to talk to Sou-chan.

[That's right, Sougo and Tamaki are fighting. Again.

He gets up from the table and comes to lean on the counter, carrying his funnel cake with him.]

Now we're not alone.

[The voice pulls him away from his questionable entertainment, a look of noticeable surprise on his face. In the moonlight one can just make out the black sheen of a forked tongue rapidly moving in and out from between his lips.]

What?

[He slowly rises from his seated position, making another oddity clear - he has a tail. A long, thin tail tipped by a spade. It whips itself back and forth behind him, betraying the speed of his own movements.]

Yeah. I've had him a long time. You... know about Pokemon?

Kalos.

[He whispers it to himself. That's definitely a place in his world. Could she really be from the same reality? To be honest, his sense of what was real and what was not had become rather fractured over the past few months. He rises from the stump to slowly approach her, seeming oblivious to how she may regard his appearance.]

If I said I came from Kanto, would you know where that was? Or Johto?

MIRROR MAZE

[Leni...is, well...she doesn't tend to usually overthink things, and while normally some magic mirrors that eventually gain sentience and torment those on the other side would make most people unnerved, Leni is not most people. She's been stuck in that maze for two and a half hours, but she's not been lonely in that time.]

All I'm saying is a velvet scarf would look, like, totes adrobs on you.

"Awwww really? I thinking about wearing but then there was a super adorable teal one that I just had to try"

"But velvet and orange are like complimentary colors, and would work better with your jacket this season."

"But we all agree for that one shade of red? Like, totes gross right?"

Oh you bet.

WILDCARD

[It normally takes some coxing, but Leni usually loves nature and all the little creatures that dwell in it, hence why she decided to take a walk near the forest, it seems normal enough. There's even a little ball of fluff, that's gotta be a squirrel right there...right?]

Hello little forest friend, I don't mean to bother you I was...

[When she gets closer it starts to look less like a squirrel and something with more legs, it uncurls itself revealing to be a colossal hairy spider, before it even has to chance to move, Leni does what she does best when comforted by a giant arachnid...scream and run away flailing]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SPIDER SPIDER SPIDER! SOMEBODY KILL IT!

Edited 2016-10-08 05:30 (UTC)

Of course! [Well that has to be it after all! As for how to get in...Carly beams.

...If hummingbirds can do that.] I can bring you right to her! No need to pay at all, because you won't be there for the rides! Just stay with me and I can lead you there-I work there after all! [And she very much means it too! This won't give Medli a debt at all, provided she actually stays with the bird.]

[She barely notices, hard to say she even cares with what she's seen on her adventures ~~ooc: for the sake of the current rp let's say she's post-game~~]

You betcha, I'm from the Alola region. Though technically I moved there from the mainland, and now I moved again!...Kinda, can't say I was expecting moving to another dimension though.

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[Her perky demeanor is in great contrast to how stoic he's behaving. The stony facade cracks a little to allow for an amused smirk.]

You have no idea what you're in for.

[You remind her a certain Skull enforcer she knows]

People tend to say to me a lot. My name's Luna by the way, what's yours?

"Haha. Well, this way, we both got to win something," he said with a grin. The prizes all seemed to be large overstuffed plushies in the same of food items. He picked one that looked like a meatbun. It was kind of cute, with a face and everything. It also looked kind of delicious, so it was too bad he couldn't actually eat it.

"Guess I get one these." He showed it to her and gave the plushie a couple squeezes. "So uh, where do you wanna go next?"

Silver.

[He shrugs his shoulders at her carefree response. Couldn't say he didn't warn her.]

You seem pretty happy about winding up here. Have you gotten to check stuff out?

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sucks to be you you* because apparently I can't proofread ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Leni Loud | The Loud House | Newbie

i went to double check a thing; Carly can bring her -toward- but no IC Ringmaster interacting

Have any stance on spoilers?

I have seen everything there is to see for Sun/Moon. Lay it on me.

Always good to make sure ;>

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