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livinglot2016-09-29 10:38 am
ringleaders) wrote in livinglot2016-09-29 10:38 am
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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! |
hyrule warriors has this effect I'm finding...
[That sounds...Strange. Impossible, even! There has to be something keeping her here then!] Umnh...mhnn... [Something she needs to think about.] W-well...
What were your duties, then?!
it really does
... Ah! Sorry if I got a little carried away, there. [ She's just proud of her work. ]
-gently convincing my friend with the shadow link to drop by in the meantime- <w<
[It sounds a bit like being a Dark Signer!
It is nothing like being a Dark Signer.] Hmnh...then, maybe if you can't leave...[She turns her head toward where she feels the Carnival should be, before looking back to Medli.] Maybe the Ringmaster knows about that? She could help with things like that, I'm sure!
[It seems a bit rude to lock someone in just to try and offer help but THAT RINGMASTER, MAN. SUCH A CHARACTER...either way.] It sounds really important after all!!
:3a
[ Medli crosses her arms, deep in thought. ]
Well, how will I get to see this Ringmaster? I don't have enough rupees on me to get into this place... but is there any other way?
i went to double check a thing; Carly can bring her -toward- but no IC Ringmaster interacting
...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.]
thats cool, as long as i can get enough for a sample we good fam
[ She gives it some thought. She had no reason to believe otherwise. And, maybe she might see something interesting along the way?
Medli smiles, her mind made up. ] Okay! You lead, I'll follow. Let me just get down from here and...
[ Her arms once more transform into wings, which she starts to flap so she returns slowly to ground level... but a wing catches a branch, and Medli, with a distinct lack of birdlike grace, falls on her butt with a yelp. Oh well. ]
WILL DO MY BEST TO PROVIDE!!! (It's thanksgiving here wheezes-)
[F-FALLING-] AAAAHHH!!! C-C- Careful-!!
[The hummingbird darts down, and in a flurry of feathers there is a rather odd looking woman with even odder wings off her back, clumps of velvety feathers and orange markings all over.] H-Hey, are you alright..!?
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[ Medli trails off, and her eyes go wide at the transformation in front of her. She was only part bird, herself, so seeing someone go from full bird to partial? ] W-wow! How did you do that?!
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[Her panic, thankfully, is easy enough to cast aside for excitement when faced with praise. With a wide smile, the girl's wings even start to wiggle a little.] Oh! With magic!
I asked for a way to move faster, and got that spell!
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Rubbing her backside with a quiet "ouch", she manages to get back on her feet, and although she tries not to stare, she can't help it. ] I've never seen a Rito with wings on their backs before...
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Aah-! I'm human actually! You just start to look different when you work here long enough, it's normal!
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That bit came from dying and being revived as a cult zombie.] Th-That's just something I've had for a while, let's go meet the Ringmaster now!! [she sputters, hurriedly walking toward the carnival's gate-or at least where she feels it might be.] It's not worth questioning..!
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[ The girl has to jog a little to catch up. Walk and talk, now. ] So... what's this Ringmaster like?
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She uses that to go around the dimensions spreading excitement!
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[ She takes out her harp, and pauses a moment to examine it. Prince Komali's grandmother had told her it would be important for her to practice it, and practice she did, but she never really understood why.
It'd be important one day, surely, but when? ]
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[She sighs, the two coming to the gate already.] For me, I'd love to just be able to see how many people she can cheer up-it makes every new place worth it~!
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[ But alas, her duties say otherwise. She looks up at the entry gates. ] So you're sure this is okay, right?
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[Anyway. Carly goes right to the ticket master, and!] I'm bringing her to see the Ringmaster, she's not a customer ok?
[A few seconds after, she waves for Medli to follow.] It's ok!
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No, what was she thinking! She had a very important duty to fulfill! ]
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Well...if he was able to go right back to any point in time that he wanted, then I guess so!
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[ WELL THEN. Medli will be happy to elaborate! It's the legend that endured the Great Flood, after all. ]
They say the Hero of Time traveled back and forth between the times when he was a child and an adult in order to save the world from an evil man who sought to rule it. And he succeeded, too!
How goes app work btw? :0!
This person definitely sounds-] Oohh! So he's like a hero that you see in legends..!
IM SHIT AT PERSONALITY WRITING but if it's fine as is, i just need another sample and im good to go
[ Link was wearing the hero's clothes too, wasn't he? Thinking on it, they really suited him considering all he'd done for the Rito. ]
AWWW YEH wait like another thread or
Most traditions like that are just in small villages...
yea another thread. just need a few more comments for it tho!
Awesome!!
Re: Awesome!!
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waiting for app processing is the worst
\o/
a bit of theorizing here BUT its a popular theory
I mean lbr they've pretty much confirmed it,,,
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time to wrap this up for GAME THINGS-