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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!

discard: (War....war never changes)

[personal profile] discard 2016-01-27 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I... have not, no. Not that I would be interested in such a thing.

[Except that he kind of...is?? He's telling the truth, though, he's never had gummies before, and definitely not massive gummies.]
discard: (Ah the poor people lot I see)

[personal profile] discard 2016-01-27 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Baymax pls??? You're not helping convince him!!]

What do you mean their rules seem to change?

[... and Baymax is... not wrong??? About the crowd, anyway. Especially since Leon is relatively small... he'll just try to shuffle off to the side of the path, though it's not working out too well.]
emotive: (Don't stop loving me the way you do)

[personal profile] emotive 2016-01-27 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[With his answer, Ai looks longingly at the giant gummis and then back at Leon.

Okay, she's made her decision.
]

Well, let's go find another stall where we can just buy some then! Safer than playing a rigged game right?
undaunts: (oh boy oh boy oh boy WEAPONS)

[personal profile] undaunts 2016-01-27 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Deal.

[She's just going to bounce in place excitedly as they place their order for TINY SUGAR MONSTERS???]
flaredo: (You didn't see anything)

[personal profile] flaredo 2016-01-27 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
My hair's kinda an important part of it, so--

[ She shrugs. ]

... You're gonna have to find a new game to try, though. Sorry.
flaredo: (Dramatic bending action shot)

[personal profile] flaredo 2016-01-27 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ YEAH JAUNE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT GODDAMMIT--

Which is why Yang isn't replying, coming down with a hard fist to the monster's head-- which will make it stagger, a wee bit drunkenly. ]
flaredo: (Annie are you okay--)

[personal profile] flaredo 2016-01-27 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
... So, do you want the winged ones or the bear... thingies?

[ SUCH OPTIONS. ]
undaunts: (WE'RE BEST FRIENDS)

[personal profile] undaunts 2016-01-27 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[The teamwork is nice, and it strikes Ruby again that she's going to have to bring up the idea of named combos with Hiro, because they could totally come up with some cool double-moves together--

And then she grins as she jumps neatly off of the monster's corpse, landing lightly on the ground. She's just going to give Hiro a thumbs up, because he's too far away for a fistbump.]


Pfffhaha nahhhh. [What's "overboard".] That was fun! [Monster-fighting, thrill-seeking tiny teens...what a combination.] By the way, those were some nice moves, Baymax!
undaunts: (whoa it's like a robot BUT NOT)

[personal profile] undaunts 2016-01-27 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I want the winged ones! The wings look so fluffy.

[A beat.]

But also, the little stripe-y ones are cute...
flaredo: (I hear the faint call of a damsel)

[personal profile] flaredo 2016-01-27 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
You could do five of each?

[ This is serious debate. ]
discard: (Thats no Bird. thats a Gym Instructor.)

[personal profile] discard 2016-01-27 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be more sensible than playing one of these games, yes--

[Wait.

Pause.

Process.]


We are not doing anything. You can do whatever you want to do--on your own.
Edited 2016-01-27 21:00 (UTC)
emotive: (Fade into view)

[personal profile] emotive 2016-01-27 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if you don't want to try the gummi candies... [She's catching on, oh no... Or rather, she likes food so much, she'd go on a tangent either way.]

... There's probably peach, green apple, and watermelon gummi rings...
mombastic: (Oy vay)

[personal profile] mombastic 2016-01-27 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A bite of her own-- and a cough. ]

I see it's still as greasy...
particularity: (f ✣ the view's)

[personal profile] particularity 2016-01-27 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's just another day in the life...]

Nah... I mean, there aren't many people here who look bad. [Everyone is pretty. Or close enough to it.]
particularity: (s ✣ let's go and cross over emptiness)

[personal profile] particularity 2016-01-27 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[RUNNING RIGHT AWAY. He is more than willing to listen to her instruction here. He is quick, too, all things considered. He hadn't been confident in his ability to run away and not get grabbed by a tentacle in the time it would take him to turn to run, is all.]
masakados: (even though i’ve realized the truth)

[personal profile] masakados 2016-01-27 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
...Beats me.

[Naoki surveys where the damage was done and then he nods.] Okay, just let me-- [With a snap of his fingers, Long appears, hovering in the air over their heads.]

Long. Mind using your ice around here? [The demon hmffs, scratching his chin, before opening his mouth. Blasting ice, it seems Naoki's having him build up a wall to replace what they had before...]
masakados: (i can’t believe it)

[personal profile] masakados 2016-01-27 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, flying's no problem. [Naoki grins. Pixie, meanwhile, is totally aware of the attention and seems to be... preening?] I've hitched a ride on one of my demons now and again.
emotive: (Please take your tags more seriously)

[personal profile] emotive 2016-01-27 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm. The smokiness of the bacon should shine through more in my opinion.

[Ai, that is not the issue here]
masakados: (that of a tilted head)

[personal profile] masakados 2016-01-27 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
...So basically, mine wasn't even groan worthy.

[SO SAD]
discard: (But has anyone ever seen one?)

[personal profile] discard 2016-01-27 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I am not interested in candy in any way.

[liar.]

... I fail to see why they require so many flavors, too.

[No, he just wants to taste all of them.]
emotive: (I build my thoughts from the ground)

[personal profile] emotive 2016-01-27 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Whoooooa, big dragon. Ai watches in awe as Long creates an ice wall to enclose their furry friend and then it occurs to her...]

Oh! I know what to do--...!! Oops, sorry there buddy.

[She kind of made the poor beast bob up and down due to her excitement, but she does have an idea of what to do.]

I'll set him down once you're done, but we need him to calm down. I think I can manage that though.
fatalstriker: (pic#8056012)

[personal profile] fatalstriker 2016-01-27 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I'll get by somehow. Looks like I got a free prize out of it anyway.

[by which he means the darts he's holding up. not yang, obviously.]
flaredo: A for Awkward as hell though (E for effort at least)

[personal profile] flaredo 2016-01-27 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Puns were not your forte, demon lord. Sorry.

[ She still loves you. ]
emotive: (Weeds will grow)

[personal profile] emotive 2016-01-27 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll try them all myself and tell you how they taste later if I do find some in this carnival.
flaredo: (Kanyeshrug.jpg)

[personal profile] flaredo 2016-01-27 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, free kitchen knives.

[ Yang, please. ]