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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:
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! |
Daiki Aomine | Kuroko no Basket | newbie
[ All right, the game plan was simple enough to follow: stay at the carnival, do his job and wait for the Ringmaster to do good on her word to send him back. Or maybe punch someone until it worked, whichever came first. But for now, he's going with the former, and his job almost seems like it was tailored to him: running a mildly rigged mini basketball booth, where the unsuspecting victim is supposed to make the basket thrice in a row.
The rig? Probably Aomine himself. It's not quite a one-on-one, and he's not really allowed to stand from his seat to get in the way, but given his height and skill, all it takes is a lift of his arm. Not that he's giving out any warnings, of course. ]
Hey, you. [ Comes his bored calling, followed by a ball tossed in the nearest passerby's direction. ] Up for a game? You can win a prize if you're good.
ii. Trying to leaf
[ What does one do when lost in a forest filled to the brim with big, weirdass trees? Clearly the answer is to climb said weirdass trees-- or at least that's how it goes for someone with feline instincts. And unlike an actual cat, Aomine won't be easily distracted by shiny glowing fruits or trapped up there waiting for rescue.
Alas, even from his vantage point, there's nothing but green and carnival lights in sight. And, as someone who gets easily 1. bored and 2. pissed off at about the same rate, he's quick to leap off the branch he had been perching himself on.
And if anyone happens to be wandering around his neck of the woods just as a 192cm tall human cat leaps down from the shadows, well. He can only hope they weren't too... startled. ]
iii. Wild card
[ Choose your own scenario!]
ii.
Hey pendejo watch where you're going!
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[ Aomine looks around to check where the voice was coming from, but the only reasonable conclusion he can draw from his empty surroundings is that he had finally lost his marbles and the cussing had, indeed, come from his own mind.
... he can't say he remembers ever having learned Spanish, though. ]
This fairy shit must be messing up with my head real good...
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[Near one of his feet is a black snake, and if snakes could look upset this one is.]
You nearly crushed me with those huge feet.
i!
I can't say I'm any good. [She answers as she comes over.] But what is the prize...?
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You can pick from this stuff-- [ He makes a vague motion of his hand towards the back, where the usual carnival prizes - teddy bears and cute little trinkets - lay in neatly organized stacks that Aomine most certainly did not work on, himself. ] --and this other stuff-- [ More lazy gesturing, this time towards his right, where slightly more valuable prizes - small electronics and jewelry, for the most part - tried to lure more customers in. ]if you're really good and can do three rounds of three. Interested?
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She watches carefully as he tells her what can be won, looking over basic goods (cute...) and the most intense ones, and three rounds of three? She's not even sure if she can survive one.]
I can try. It's not going to be impressive, but I am not one to say no to a challenge.
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Here you go. [ He at least takes the care to place the ball on the counter instead of tossing it at her, which he would have done under different circumstances. Then, with a motion of his head towards the basket, he adds: ] Do your best shot, ma'am.
[ This is going to be boring, he can feel it in his bones. ]
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She picks up the ball, holding it in her hands, and looking like just another young woman ready to bounce balls and...
You know what, screw the posture, maybe if she does one completely wrong, she'll either fluke it, or he'll correct her.
So she pretty much throws it at him with all her power straight at the ring. Duck, Aomine!]
i
[The basketball hit the unsuspecting Rei in the arm, and he watches as it falls to the ground and bounces off. He stoops to go after it, then straightens back up and looks at Aomine's booth.
A basketball game? Rei stops to take a look, hesitant to try. He's not very good at basketball... but he does like a challenge.]
Hmph. Well. [He adjusts his glasses, trying to look more sure of himself than he actually is.] I suppose I can give it a try. I wouldn't mind winning a prize.
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Yeah, yeah, whatever. [ It's a miracle he can hold his snide remarks in, but he supposed to be attracting unsuspecting prey to his business, so it's best not to warn him of who exactly he's going up against. At least not until Aomine has made a good dime off his back, anyway. ] You gotta make a basket three times in a row to win. If you can even see the hoop, I mean.
[ Nobody said he had to hold back on being a snarky asshole, though. ]
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You win no points for that pun.Is that a slight against his height or a slight against his vision? Well, it doesn't matter, Rei will try to prove that this guy is wrong either way!]
Just three baskets? Should be easy enough.
[He lifts the ball, aims, and then shoots. His arch towards the hoop is a bit low, but it looks like it's on target to at least stumble its way through the hoop.]
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Great job, champ. [ There's not a single drop of enthusiasm in his voice as he passes the ball over for Rei's second try. ] Now try to at least make a clean shot, will ya?
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[True, he's trying not to spend so much time calculating anymore, but he supposes thinking through the physics a little more this time won't hurt.
He aims again, spending a little longer in that position this time, before finally shooting. He ball is a little more on target this time, though it's still far from the best free throw ever.]
i.
Um...don't games cost money though?
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Tell you what. [ He leans over the counter, in a theatrical show of secrecy with maybe a dash of thoughtfulness, too-- the poor child could hurt her neck if she kept looking up like that for too long. ] First game is for free, but only if you promise to have fun even if you can't make the shot, got it?
[ This has nothing to do with the fact he's not actually that much of an asshole and that, more than anything, he wants others to enjoy basketball - even the kiddy play version - as much as he does, absolutely not. ]
(i) like there was another choice for this guy
The look he gives Aomine as he catches the ball tossed at him is absolutely withering. ]
The second clause was unnecessary. What are the prizes on offer?
ofc not c:
What, your glasses not working or somethin'? Look for yourself! [ All needless pretenses of courtesy are thrown along with the ball, because this isn't a run-of-the-mill customer-- hell, he's not even a run-of-the-mill basketball player. The game is on. ] Three baskets in a row, three rounds of three if you want the good stuff. Got it?
[ Aomine hates to admit it, but since this is Midorima, he'd better take this more seriously, too. There's no way he can let that four-eyes ruin his profit. ]
Re: ofc not c:
Instead, he turns to face the booth, already assessing the distance to the hoop. It's much closer than he's used to shooting but the midway is too cramped for him to get far enough away. He'll have to make do. ]
Yes, I've got it, basic mathematics is beyond you, not me.
[ With that, he tips his hand up and shoots... and it bangs off the back of the rim, arcing up and away.
Well. That could've gone better. ]
I
Sure. What's the best prize you got? Because I'm gonna take it from you.
[ He totally spins the ball on one finger and sizes up his sitting opponent. ]
ii let's shake it up
Unfortunately, he's lost.
He's just coming around a tree when suddenly someone falls to the ground right in front of him.]
WHOA-
[He jerks back, instinctively shielding his face. But when he slowly lowers his arms, the recognizes the human cat before him.]
You- what are you doing here!?
shakes the booty
Either way, thankfully that one particular item is cross-referenced to a marginally longer list: "Things I Don't Give A Fuck About." ]
Same thing you are, genius. [ He snaps back, pushing himself up to full height and brushing off his knees like that leap had been no big deal. ] Unless you came out here to do some crazy monkey business and practice your jumping, that's definitely not why I'm here.
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[Because that's the most salient point here. Kagami rubs at the back of his neck, trying not to scowl and failing.]
I'm trying to find a way back. The carnival was cool and all, but we have a practice game tomorrow.
[And Kagami will never turn down a chance for Ball.]