[OPEN] Scooby Dooby D--wait wrong cartoon

[ineptus]

Who: Dipper/terci and Mabel/ineptus and you!
When: A few days after the amusement park suddenly appeared.
Where: Amusement park, a candy shop, a grocery store, anywhere else!
What: Mystery Twins Inc at your service. Clue hunting, candy advertising, shopping assistance, a variety pack of options!
Rating/Warning: Doubtful there will be a need for any type of rating or warning, but if that changes, I'll add it here.

Mystery Hunting in the Amusement Park

[Today is a busy day for the Pines twins. They've got a lot to do, and of course they don't mind some company while doing it!

To start off the day, bright and early the twins arrive to the carnival, backpacks on back and notepads in hand. Or well, just one hand. Dipper's, that is.]

Alright Mabel, today we're gonna search every single crack of this place, to find out anything we can about the people who brought us here. A carnival that appeared out of nowhere like this? That's definitely suspicious, especially since the rides are so deadly, for lack of a better word. I mean the people keeping us here are supposed to protect us, aren't they? [He sighs and shakes his head.]

Anyway, you look over on that side and I'll stick to this side. Make note of anything that's weird and try not to die on any of the rides. [And with that, the two twins split. So, if you come to the carnival this morning, you'll find them searching everything they can for clues or suspicious things, either alone or together on the rides, at the prizes, the foodstands... anywhere.]

Dipper as the Candy Clerk

[Later this afternoon, you can find Dipper working at a local candy shop, wearing the shop's uniform and a warm smile on his face. While you browse the store, he'll come up with a platter of a variety of organ shaped gummies, and shove it your way.]

Hi! Would you like to try a free sample? I know they look pretty gross but I can guarantee that they're really good! [He picks up one of the eerily realistic looking gummy hearts and eats it, giving a thumbs up.]

I mean the red liquid in the middle kind of makes it weird, but we've all wanted to try cannibalism at one point right? Right? [Dipper that's not how you sell your food..]

Mabel as the Grocery Store Attendant

[Or maybe today you are doing some grocery shopping! Maybe you're looking a little lost, or are trying to find something, or you're doing just fine and minding your own business. No matter what you're doing though, there's going to be this happy little girl in her white blouse, black slacks and little apron bouncing up to you with smile.]

Hello! How are you today? Are you finding everything okay?

[Don't discount her just because she's barely over 4' feet tall. She is Very Professional! Is there anything Mabel can help you with?]

Wildcard

[And of course, you can find either of them flitting around the city in general too! Maybe you'll run into them shopping or playing games either alone or together, or you'll come across them eating some greasy food option together while going over their notes and clues and evidence gathered from the theme park! You can catch them just about anywhere but the Pleasure District, so feel free to make up your own adventure.]

Comments

wildcard! both / either twin works!!

[cordated]

[ Makoto doesn't intentionally eavesdrop on people — under normal circumstances, he typically tunes out any intermittent bursts of chatter as he sits cupping a glass of iced tea and periodically catches himself glancing at his now-outmoded digital watch out of old habit.

One hour into the wait for a friend and he's half-tempted to fish out his CereVice and call it a day, but he pauses mid-dial at the sound of certain buzzwords (namely "ferris wheel" and "funhouse", which are now ubiquitous connotations for potential places for demon exorcism, as far as he's concerned). And while it'd be better to either resume holding tight for his companion to arrive or give up the ghost, his interest is piqued enough that he swivels on the bar stool and draw up an amiable, if not slightly abashed, inquiry to the twins pondering over the notes strewn all over their portion of the counter: ] Oh, were you talking about that Christmas festival CERES held a few days ago?

Sorry for the delay, you're getting Mabel for now!

[ineptus]

[Mabel looks up from some of the notes she was making micro notes on, looking at Makoto for a second before nodding!]

Yeah! That thing with those rides that tried to kill everyone, right? Or was there a Christmas festival and I somehow missed it?

[If she missed a festival that might have been enjoyable she's going to be really mad!]

don't even stress, it's all good!! lmk if this okay

[cordated]

[ Makoto's expression appropriately flatlines in recall, eyebrows scrunching up in thought. ]

I think it was a little bit of both? They had a lot of holiday-themed novelties in the stalls around the rides, but I thought it was a little weird how they kept trying to —

... wait, k-kill?! I thought they were just trying to scare people.

[ Granted, he was the weenie who rode the two most watered-down rides at the theme park before calling it quits forever, but as far as he knew, no one had actually died like they were all extras in Final Destination ... ]

aah good! and this is fine!

[ineptus]

Yeah we're pretty sure they were trying to kill us. I mean I don't think any ride should have flying robot Santas with swords swooping down and taking swings at the passengers! Swings that actually hit them!

[Beyond giving her and her brother some nasty wounds (she can show you a few of them, she's still healing after all,) they totally ruined her sweater.]

I finally went to the fun house and rode the Ferris Wheel earlier, so maybe those were just trying to scare us, but the roller coaster? That one is a baaaad idea don't ride that one.

[cordated]

[ HE'LL GLADLY OPT OUT OF THE WOUND EXHIBITIONISM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. His voice pitches high at the thought alone. ] This really isn't something you should let slide? They're supposed to warn people if rides are malfunctioning [ — yes, this is the excuse he's rolling with for the sake of his sanity — ] or glitching out. It shouldn't have been opened to the public in the first place?!

... I appreciate the warning, though. I went on those two but I didn't get hurt, so I just assumed the rest of the rides were the same case. [ A plaintive wince. ] Are you alright? I heard there was a hospital of sorts around here, but I haven't gotten the chance to look for it myself. If there's anything I can do to help you, please let me know.

[ineptus]

[YOU SURE THEY'RE KINDA COOL NOW. But she nods vigorously, because right??]

We're trying to figure out what happened! Or why they didn't say something and acted like it was all cool! Because when we complained after we got off the roller coaster, all they did was give us free snow cones...

I'm okay though! My brother protected me for most of it, so he was worse than I was, but we've been through even worse than that so it's no big deal really. Some pretty bad cuts and stuff, but I think we bandaged everything up okay...

[cordated]

But it is a big deal! I'm glad you guys were able to look out for each other, but you realize that isn't proper reparation, right? I couldn't find a manager there, so I wasn't sure who to report to, but it's hard to believe than anyone else didn't raise an uproar about the rides.

[ LISTEN, THIS ISN'T WHAT HE SIGNED UP FOR? Badass wounds aren't supposed to be a positive point ... ]

There's no question that it was malfunctioning, but do you think it might've rigged, somehow? One way or another, all the rides seemed to be jinxed.

... W-Wait, you've had worse?