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⇨ TEST DRIVE MEME: WISMUTH

WELCOME TO THE SHOW!↴

Or, more specifically, Lost Carnival's 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 (and should) read the full premise here.
Reserves and Applications are currently OPEN.
Recruits can be either willing or tricked this month.
You can apply as a newcomer or as a "veteran" character who has been in the carnival for up to three years. In the case of veteran characters, you will need to come up with an explanation of why they haven't been around the carnival recently.
TDM threads can be used as game canon after the fact if both characters are accepted, the players agree to it, and it makes any sense contextually.
If you are interested in additional IC and OOC plot responsibilities, consider applying for a Supervisor position. Head Cook and Treasurer are currently open. Otherwise, we're pretty much down for anything, roles wise.

CURRENT STOP↴

⇨ WISMUTH ⇦
Wismuth is a large coastal city on the east shore of what would usually be the United States. The world it's part of is an Earth variant, meaning that while some aspects may be different, overall it will contain a similar look and feel to Earth many are accustomed to, including some overlapping celebrities, corporations, and technologies. Its most notable feature is that this planet is a part of what is called a 'Pillar of Creation' - a focal point of Creation's energies in the multiverse. The effects of this feature are the only aspect of the setting that will be relevant for this testdrive, as recruits will be entirely within the carnival as opposed to out in the city.

► VIBRANCY OF CREATION: The immediate effects of this trait are that everything in Wismuth, and in the carnival because of its connection to Wismuth, is filled with an unusual sort of vibrancy - colours seem brighter, sounds seems to resonate more deeply, and all other physical sensations will strike visitors as oddly intense, including their own emotions. It's a subtle effect rather than anything that will be overtly disorientating, but it's almost as if everything is more "real" here than it is anywhere else. Obviously, the locals, whom are mostly just ordinary looking humans, have had plenty of time to grow accustomed to this. On the bright side, as a tourist, you have the opportunity to experiment with this sensation as a form of recreation.

Recruits from this month will be signing on with the carnival between Day 8 and Day 11 on the season calendar.

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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

a - stupid forests

[At first, Shura thought she must be hallucinating. Too much stress from the day or so, obviously. She thought she had a pretty good grip on her sanity, but maybe she was overestimating herself? After taking in some of the sights, Shura changed her mind. This was the work of something not human, and she flat out does not have time for this.

Getting out is a lot more difficult than getting in. Shura knows this. But there's a trick to this somehow, somewhere, and the forest is as good as any place to start looking for the way out. But just what kind of forest was this?? A jacked up one with trees that had fruit that was probably radioactive from the way it glows. Touching it is probably dangerous, but night is falling and Shura didn't exactly come with a flashlight. She had to get something to light the way if she didn't want to try camping out in the middle of a strange forest.]

This place... Coulda come with a guide or something, jeez.

[So maybe she is stressed out enough to talk to herself out loud as she kicks at the ground. What a pain!]

b - sneaking around

[The big show of the evening started about twenty minutes ago, but Shura's not interested in that. It's the perfect time for some snooping; around the Big Top, near Gamer's Circle, near anywhere that she people shouldn't be, including employee's quarters. She has to get information somehow, after all, and how better to do that than sniffing around?

Not getting caught would be ideal, but she has an excuse when she attracts someone's attention.]

Ahh~ I'm sorry, I was just looking for the restroom and got a little lost. Please don't be mad ♥

[no one knows her here, right?? It's easier to get away with the cute and coy act when she's around strangers.]

[[...But a few additions happened recently, so I'll describe m here. TAG IS JUST GONNA GET KINDA PROSEY AS SUCH...]]

[If a guide is what Shura seeks, then a guide is what she shall receive. To a point, at least. The massive taur-like beast coming slowly from behind at a walk is perhaps nine foot-and aside from being fairly fur and plant covered, the canid-faced beast bears a set of near antler-like horns, nearly hidden in his mane.

Naturally, that means that when he speaks, it'll probably not be the horns that draw attention. If anything specific stands out, it would probably be either the left arm-replaced, it seems, by a robotic one-or his right eye-scared, and solid silver, in contrast to his other one.

He seems in relatively good, or at least calm spirits however, as he greets the other.] I, the man Gongenzaka, see you have wandered into our grounds, [He remarks, sounding quite like he would fit in with an old samurai film as one of the overly humble, overly traditional sorts. In line with such tradition, he gives a short bow of sorts in fact.]

....Or perhaps, you have been seeking to leave, instead?

[So.

There were demons in the forest. Or somethings or someones that made extensive contracts with a demon at the very least. That doesn't surprise Shura. She can feign vague indifference even when she's uneasy. As calm as this guy may be, she's still an intruder on someone else's territory.]

That's right, mister~

[Who was this guy? He's huge.]

I was on my way back, but it looks like the way out is a lil' longer than the way in.

Aauh, it is like that, [he admits casually, nodding.] ...Though, if you have been trying to leave...

...Did you perhaps not pay someone while within the Carnival itself?

[Straight to the point, there's typically...One Really Big reason that people suddenly can't leave.

They incurred a debt, and need to pay it.]

Are you askin' if I owe anyone anything?

[wait was he the carnival's collector?? Crap, did she do anything stupid??

... No. She would remember. She stayed away from the obvious temptations.]

I didn't take anything that wasn't mine to begin with, so no.

[She shouldn't owe anything. But crap, if she was dealing with demons, just breathing the same air was probably counting for something.]

[Collector, no. Security....yes, but the most he'll be doing here is using Words.

So he shakes his head.] No-I, the man Gongenzaka, am asking you if you failed to pay one of the game keepers, or perhaps even the gate keepers. Those who attempt to leave without, are unable to do so-it would be the easiest way to explain why you are stuck, in other words.

...Of course, if that is not the case, then things are perhaps....more complicated than expected, which would require asking the Ringmaster for answers.... [He scratches his cheek.] ....Though with that in mind, I, the man Gongenzaka, suppose the Ringmaster shall be getting involved regardless then...

[This guy has a weird way of talking. If he wasn't a demon, then he had spent plenty of time with some.

But it wasn't a game or the front gate that snagged Shura. No, it was catching part of a show while snooping. Oops. But she won't be able to connect that together yet.]

This is the kinda place that looks to snag people up in petty debts, isn't it?

[She isn't accusing him, just being as straightforward as he was earlier. It's easier like that.]

.........Yes.

[WELL AT LEAST HE'S CONTINUALLY HONEST...]

This is a Faerie Carnival-and Fae are, unfortunately, rather particular about their 'rules'...even one as lenient about them as the Ringmaster. Among her rules, is the matter of fair trade. If you did not properly pay for all that you participated in...then she requires you make up for that lack of pay!

[...But that said.] ...Naturally, it also means she will not let you leave until such a time...

[WELL she already figured out the game, even if it was too late to save herself, but she appreciates his honesty.]

A Fae thing, huh?

[Demon, faerie, they all boiled down to the same thing--not human. It wasn't always a bad thing, but this was a problem. a big one. Shura had enough of demon contracts. Even if the timing was better, she'd still but furious.]

Just what kinda pay is this Ringmaster expecting?

shura kirigakure | blue exorcist | new recruit

A | heads up- Gon is VERY change heavy-a picture links from 'changes' on his info...

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spoilers ig....

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