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C E R E A L I A ★ M O D S。 ([personal profile] reparator) wrote in [community profile] estoria2016-01-25 04:33 pm

//EVENT025.EXE

Who: Everyone who chooses to go to the fun, new alien carnival (and those who don't, but end up there anyway)
When: OOC: 1/26 - 1/30 ; IC: 5/13 - 5/15
Where: Entertainment District, Temporary Traveling Circus of Tjghsldiwk
What: The circus is in town! Temporarily. Everything is fine.
Rating/Warning: PG-13 for violence and some scary situations; please let the mods know if the rating needs to go up or the log needs to be locked!




//event025.EXE



Bright lights! An abundance of color! A cacophony of laughter and delighted (?) shrieks! Welcome, everyone, to the carnival! Enough of those nonsense protein shakes and that hoity-toity recycling; it's time to let loose, have some fun, and live a little! No judgment will be allowed today, not when everyone’s dressed up in ridiculous costumes and eating those unnecessarily huge turkey legs (it... is turkey, right?). For you see, CERES has invited the Traveling Circus of Tjghsldiwk (they hail from a different planet, but here's a hint: the h is silent) to bring some joy to the colonists. This is a safe place to let your inner wild child out, really. Definitely safe. Promise.

Yet for those who are a little less easily convinced to follow the sounds of laughter and amusement (bless your sensible hearts), they will find themselves grabbed and forcibly dragged by a pair of friendly souls in matching costumes. Everyone should be able to enjoy the festivities, don’t you think? Can’t have them missing out on all this jolly good, innocent fun!

The Public Announcement System crackles with... well, a fit of coughing first. But then a gravelly voice speaks! It seems the ringmaster has an announcement for you all. What joyous news can he bring?

Listen... I know that we’re supposed to keep these idiots entertained for at least another day or two but the machinery’s starting to complain. I think I heard the gates of the petting zoo groan – they’re on their last legs.

... Wait, this isn’t the direct line

Oh.

Ohohoho!! Have a great time, everyone! Everything is perfectly fine!

//SCENARIOS.EXE


PHASE I

[ 11:00 ] Come one, come all!! There’s quite a large amount of people here, isn’t there? You’ll find yourself tugged this way and that – up until you get dragged right into a changing booth. The helpful attendant meets you with a worryingly large grin – how is her face not breaking? – before pushing you right through the curtain. Then you’ll be given your choice of one of these lovely garments to change into. Look, one of them has to match your skintone, right? Don’t be picky about it! You also have... 90 seconds to figure out how to wear it before you’re tossed out into the middle of the crowd again. Have a good festival!

If you’re not willing to put on the outfits though, that’s fine. Instead, they’ll top you off with a cape and crown, shoving you out onto a... stage? Your adoring public cheers for you, yells your name, and throws confetti in your honor! Then a jester appears again, announcing your grand title:

The Ugliest in All of Cerealia.

Don't worry, that's just your introduction to the carnival; enjoy the rest of your time here! (They may or may not have given you back your clothing.)



PHASE II

[ 16:00 ] Do you hear that? Cymbals crashing together, trumpets blaring off-tune, the march of absurdly tired feet – a parade is coming! Best move off to the side before an acrobat quite literally tumbles into you. If you are an unfortunate casualty, they’ll actually just start to fall asleep on you because they’re tired… so very, very tired.

Yet the parade continues to march on without them and you can let yourself be distracted by the impressive jumping around and festive partygoers (who seem to be joining in the parade as they please, in various states of undress). But be wary. Distraction will only make you easier prey for the very hungry caterpillar that’s coming up the street next. Run if you can, but it has so very many legs and it’s coming after you.

For those unable to make it away from the caterpillar, they will find themselves gulped right into its gross, drooling mouth – and about five minutes later, they’ll be released out again onto the streets covered in a pink slime. It looks like you won't be able to free yourself from the stuff, so hopefully you can find a friend to get some help! Or one of the strangers around you? Unfortunately, when a kind soul finally comes by to pull you out of the slime, they’ll find that the outside of the gunk is not only immensely sticky but also slippery. If they're not careful, you'll both end up stuck to the gunk together.

You both better get out of that stuff quick because once someone joins you, the slime starts to move. Quick and gooey, it'll pull you and the hapless soul with you down the street at a much too quick pace. Hopefully you won't slide into too many people as you skid your way through the streets of the Entertainment District like some sort of demented Katamari Ball. This is why you should never trust giant bugs!



PHASE III

[ xx:xx ] In a smaller booth, toward the outskirts of the carnival, some may find a familiar face manning a quiet little shack on her own. Although those who have been in the colony long enough may have first encountered her as an 8-bit version of herself, Aria the fortune-teller is now back and more than willing to drag unsuspecting people into her hands again. Once you step into her stall, she takes one long look at you before sliding over a fortune cookie and a mask. What do you mean you didn’t ask for a mask? That's too bad, because it's yours now. She won't say anything more than that, giving nothing more than a quiet dismissal with a hand and an enigmatic smile to match.

When you step back outside, you’ll find that you just can’t get rid of the mask. If you toss it into a trash bin, it’ll be right back in your pocket. Throw it at a friend? It’ll be in your hand in the next second. Throw it away enough times and it’ll suddenly plant itself on your face -- which leads to all the alien carnival goers in the nearby vicinity suddenly going still with fear before moving to get as far away from you as quickly as possible. Well... you seem to be able to take it off for now if you still want to enjoy the carnival. It just won't go away, and every time you try to throw it away, it'll attach itself to your face. Might as well just keep it.

But... still, it's strange how none of the aliens running the carnival will look you in the eye now, isn't it?



PHASE IV

[ 12:00 ] For those who aren’t interested in dealing with the abundance of people, there’s also an assortment of critters gathered around for the petting zoo! They all seem to follow a general theme… kind of. That might be floppy ears and a tail if you... squint. The alien staff is right there and quick to ask you not to worry, they're perfectly harmless -- they don't eat humans! It would be bad for their diet, so feel free to pet them, if you can gather enough courage to do so.

Unfortunately, it seems as though this part of the circus was not put together very well; the rickety fences and cages don't really seem to do much against these giant...creatures. Towards the end of the circus' time here, it looks like those cages will start breaking down more and more, too.

The animals rattle the makeshift fences of the petting zoo, until finally, the fences just... collapse. Oops. The ground shakes as the animals stomp and immediately move to break out of their little ring. Well, would you look at that? You’ve apparently found yourself in the middle of a little stampede -- and those warnings about these animals not eating humans doesn't seem to hold much weight when now they're looking at you -- and they look pretty hungry.



BONUS

[ why: o'clock ] Left and right, there are voices shouting for your attention. "Hey pretty young miss!" or "Excuse me, you stud!" or "Look at this, jackass!" – that said, aliens think that you all manage to look the same, so who knows if they’re yelling at you in particular – and they’re all daring you to come and try your hand at their carnival game.

It’s run of the mill stuff: shooting games, tests of strength, and knocking down a couple of milk bottles. You might actually be doing well! Or... you might be embarrassing yourself in front of whatever cute person you’re trying to impress! But regardless, in the last allotted ten seconds of your game, no matter what, you’ll find your point score plummeting right into the negatives. Did you get a bullseye? What do you know, that’s now worth -1000 points! You missed? -5000 points.

The stall assistant seems to be having a grand old time, laughing at your pain and when the clock finally runs out, they'll give you a large grin. "Look at that score! Well, you know what that means, don’t you? Now, we win you!" With that, metallic tentacles suddenly sprout from the booth itself, looking to capture you and whoever you’re with. Welcome to the carnival, now you're one of the prizes. And it seems you'll be here for quite some time. That is, of course, unless someone can win you back from these really horribly rigged games.

Looks like you'd better get comfortable hanging motionless from a display, like an oversized stuffed animal. You'll be here for a while.




[ Remember to apply proper warnings on threads with sensitive or inappropriate material and do let a mod know if your thread careens off into maiming or canoodling so we can lock the log. ]

//RUN.EXE

Welcome to Cerealia's JANUARY event! Please visit the OOC information here, and should you have any questions, feel free to ask them here! You can also check the FAQ for more general inquiries. This event will last from 1/26 to 1/30, or IC 5/13 to 5/15. Should this event log hit Captcha, there is an all-purpose overflow here. Thank you!

antagonize: (035)

[personal profile] antagonize 2016-02-06 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Open palm, receive your 8000 credits. Or however the heck transactions with this type of currency work.]

Pleasure doing business with you, sir.

[JUST. Shit eating grin all the way. The sound of muffled screaming is like music to his ears. Thanks for hanging around, pal.]
Edited 2016-02-06 00:36 (UTC)
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[personal profile] forceofnature 2016-02-06 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[continued here!]
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[personal profile] forceofnature 2016-02-06 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[continued here!]
sortileges: (73)

[personal profile] sortileges 2016-02-06 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ah, it's just another Tuesday-- wait. ]

What about all those peo-- [ Well, there goes another. You know what? He's just. Going to follow. ] Never mind. Run!

[ He has no idea what kind of magic will even bring down a giant bug sadly... This is the best plan they've got. ]
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[personal profile] antagonize 2016-02-06 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
( continued over here! )
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[personal profile] cresthopes 2016-02-06 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
You really think so?

[he said before tilting his head to the side. While he couldn't quite see what she was talking about, he wasn't going to disagree with her!]

Then we'll just stay in line a little bit longer! It will eventually come to us when everyone else has a turn! Otherwise, it'll just be mean if they never got to us!
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[personal profile] psycholawgy 2016-02-06 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh wow. she wasn't expecting this at all. she might be a master of psychology, but she never imagined merlin to be competitive. then again, she barely knows who he is!

she looks a bit dumbstruck as she follows merlin's gaze, then she sees the grand prizes. a bunch of giant plushies of all sorts. and luckily, there IS a dolphin amongst the prizes!

the attendant tells merlin that he has to bring down the bottles blindfolded. and he only has one shot. can he do it?!

athena just looks at him expectantly. oh, and she better let go, shouldn't she. ]
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[personal profile] sortileges 2016-02-06 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Competitive isn't necessarily the best word for it. Incredibly self assured and potentially pig headed over his abilities however? Yes. Definitely.

He glances down at the ball in his hand then, throwing it up as if to test the weight of it. Instead of looking too smug he just gives her a small shrug. ]


It can't hurt, surely?

[ It will take a lot more concentration though, using more magic than he's ever really had to focus with before. Especially once the blindfold is on. It's all about memory, closing his eyes and letting the world flow around him. The ball almost becomes an extension of himself, even as he whispers something softly, something foreign as if to help him be guided.

It's probably a surprise when his arm reaches back and then when he throws the ball forward it smacks right into the middle of the milk bottles, this time knocking over four of them in one go. ]


Did I get it? [ He tugs the blindfold up, blinking while he tries to see. What a cheater tbh. ]
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[personal profile] givesalittlewhistle 2016-02-06 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think they'd do that. The carnival only just stared a little while ago, right? It'll probably keep going until long after we both have to go to bed.

[And, sure enough, the people in front took a whole step forward. Slow but steady!]

I don't mind waiting in that case, do you?
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[personal profile] dawnsprincess 2016-02-06 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
All right, let's do this! How many credits are we betting!
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[personal profile] aslyfox 2016-02-06 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's rather cute on the smaller form of the uchi and Kogi gives Naki's hair a gentle fluff (and little fox a few pats) before nodding and beaming down at the both of them. ]

Foxes have to stick together! Besides, I wouldn't know what to do if both of you got lost or vanished into thin air. A place like this, it would be easy for something like that to happen... it's rather busy, isn't it?

[ But he'll start talking to the food vendor in hopes of acquiring his secret to tasty carnival tofu! It's probably one of those secret recipes that one has to work really hard at getting... ]
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sorry for the delay!

[personal profile] trueend 2016-02-06 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
( continued over here! )
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[personal profile] psycholawgy 2016-02-06 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ athena watches it all. from the attendant putting the blindfold on merlin to him moving back to where he was standing. from merlin breathing before tossing the ball to the balls going down as if a wrecking ball had it it instead of just a baseball.

everything's amazing. and it comes off as a blur to her despite paying attention to all the details.

it's just to childlike of her to receive so much happiness just from winning a carnival game. but she can't help it. the jump she does is actually really high. and she keeps jumping up and down in excitement as she claps her hands together in delight. ]


Oh my gosh! You did— I mean— Wow!

[ okay, breathe, athena. remember to breathe. ]

I mean, I could've done that, but wow! You did it in one go!

[ SO DELIGHTED. ]
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[personal profile] sayonaradumbass 2016-02-06 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
[the vendor squeaks happily right on back, mimics his words and gleefully turns to Kaneda

who can be heard shrieking something that sounds a lot like fuck you over and over again. amazing.]
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[personal profile] itcamefromthe1950s 2016-02-06 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[His eyes shoot back and forth between the two for a moment, before giving Nico a nervous smile.]

Right! Right. Sorry. I uh, just wasn't expecting to see, um. [He shrugs; you understand as you're the one with the three-headed dog.

If Nico sneaks a look, his notebook has fairly accurate drawings of the animals penned up, with some notes about them jotted in the margins. He ends up closing it and tucking the pencil in the binder rings, though.]


I was just taking some notes was all. Pretty interesting stuff in here, y'know?
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[personal profile] itcamefromthe1950s 2016-02-06 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[The carnie turns around just in time to see the bottle tip over. Freddie looks elated, while the carnie looks put out at having to deal with doling out another prize of the winners choice, which he tells Naki begrudgingly. Freddie shoots him a thumbs up. WAY TO GO, BRO.]
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[personal profile] playboyknight 2016-02-06 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He says this very plainly and bluntly.]

One hundred, nothing more and nothing less.
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[personal profile] heiwana 2016-02-06 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's true, but then again Sayo and Kousetsu's relationship was strange. The whole Samonji family was in a way. ]

...yes you are right Kogitsunemaru-san. Change takes a very long time to happen, but I am glad that you think I have done so.

[ For spirits like them it was always hard to change in their ways, having lived through so many centuries and wanting only to remain as they were. Having a constant in their life was something of a luxury, but perhaps here Kousetsu and the others could find that finally. ]
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[personal profile] mysophobic 2016-02-06 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh my god?! Shigeru startles when that happens. He...he was not expecting that hgiusgh. He's really sorry?! He just looks worried now as he tries to give the mask a good looking at. ]

That's terrible! Why...why is it doing that?

[ GOOD QUESTION SHIGERU. ]

Does anything weird happen when you put it on?
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[personal profile] dereban 2016-02-06 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
I guess not. I'll keep an eye out in case something happens.
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[personal profile] heartsandcrafts 2016-02-06 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Hajime flips through the air and lands lithely on her feet, straightening back up right as Nonon takes action.]

Oooh!

[Hajime watches with wide eyes as the other girl transforms - it's so flashy! Like a magical girl! Only... lewder? She claps anyway]

That's so cool! So you can transform too?

[That attack is really impressive and Hajime has to cover her ears when it clashes with the elephant]
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[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2016-02-06 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
You aren't. Please do not lie as lying is neither necessary nor becoming. [Best to put a kibosh on such statements from Nonon.]

I have no issue with anyone being close friends with Rei, but do not use her friendship as something to give you an advantage over another. If you were good friends with her, you would one, not refer to her as "priestess" but rather her name, and two, would not use your relationship with her as if to brag and mock another who is friends with her. Never mock a relationship with Rei in the future, please, or I will not be nearly so pleasant in my reprimand.

[She gazes at the hole that Nonon made.]
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[personal profile] moribound 2016-02-06 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
I agree. [Minato rests his head lazily onto his right hand, taking another scoop of his ice-cream and popping it into his mouth listening to Yu talk. While he's noticed Yu being slightly alarmed about what happened to him he's not about to panic either, knowing that they would have to keep calm and investigate as much as possible while everything was still safe.

His gaze is turned immediately to Yu's mask following the tap- right, of course Hiro would want to do something, not that he could blame them for it when these 'happenings' tended to leave no one unscathed.]
What kind of test? There could be something hidden in it, and I guess breaking it is the only way to find out.
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[personal profile] covenantal 2016-02-06 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that was my theory. That's why I texted him about it in the first place. [ He leans back in his chair, ice cream momentarily forgotten as he muses over what he'd been thinking about at the carnival earlier in the day. ]

You remember the chips in the library books?
hoasen: (waves)

[personal profile] hoasen 2016-02-06 11:08 am (UTC)(link)
[And time to follow after her!] It is nice to meet you, Hajime. [A polite bow of her head as she walks after--] My name is Vietnam.