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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! |
DO YOUR WORK II
I don't want to be a bother, but do you have any apple cores or pumpkin seeds in the kitchen currently?
[She was good with her magic, but not so good that she could create a plant from nothing. She needed seeds, but why go to the forest and do things the hard way, when she could possibly get some much closer? Besides, she had yet to see either apple or pumpkin in the forest.]
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Not at all. I have both, actually.
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Could I bother you for a few of each if you have them to spare? A few strawberries would not be turned down either.
[She'd been working at the carnival for about six months now, yet she rarely came to the cookhouse for food. Far too used to cooking and providing for herself, but still, it was clear that something in the air had caught her attention. Yet she would not indulge in the food here for some reason.]
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Not with plants of course.]
Of course. I'll be right back.
[She quickly excuses herself. Without five minutes, she has a few small bags, tied neatly with ribbon. Apple cores and seeds, pumpkin seeds and strawberries.]
I hope this will suffice?
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Honestly, she was somewhat surprised that nobody had yet to ask why she avoided eating anything from any of the carnival stalls or the cookhouse.]
Oh! Thank you so much. I can find a lot of plants in the forest, but these are just impossible to find.
[She has a bright smile on her face, quite happy that she didn't have to try and find them herself or attempt to make substitutions.]
Can I try to find anything for you in the forest the next time I go out? I've seen a number of herbs and edible plants in there.
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[She takes out a piece of delicately folded paper.]
Its not much, but if you can find any of these - or anything that might be of use I haven't got on this list - it would be much appreciated, dear.
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I'll certainly do my best.
[She gives the list a quick once over, noting if she'd seen any of the plants on the list or not. The nod of her head as she reads, easily gives away that she'd seen at least some of them.]
I've actually seen a few of these while I was out wandering. How much of these were you hoping for, and when would you like them?
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[Pointing to them.]
...and the lettuce I will need a dozen unbolted plants. The rest, two stalks should suffice.
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[Ferlwin frowns a moment as she recalled that most of the lettuce she'd spotted had gone to seed already, then blinks and laughs. She kept forgetting that she was no longer restricted in her magic as she once was.]
Actually, no it won't. I keep forgetting I can just make it grow to the right stage from seed. Shall I bring them by later tonight, or tomorrow morning before you start serving breakfast?
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[She does smile, at least.]
You do certainly have useful powers for cultivating. I might have to ask you for help with a garden for the kitchen.
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[The mention of a kitchen garden gets a smile from her.]
If you'd like to do that, I would be more than happy to help.
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[The wheels in her head turn as she thinks.]
It would be prudent - not every world is necessarily abundant in supplies. If there comes a time where self-sufficiency is needed, I'd like our food to at least be prepared for that possibility.
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Perhaps we should approach the Ringmaster about building a small greenhouse? The hybrids and odd plants I've been breeding near the forest border do seem to attract a good deal of attention anyways...
[Pausing and doing a few mental calculations she adds]
Maybe not so small if it was supplying a large amount of food, but... hmm... I don't think it would be hard to make it an attraction, as well as an emergency supply.
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[...
That was a joke, yes]
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Yes it sure would.