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[animusmods]

Characters: Anyone coming to Zo's carnival
Setting: Cafeteria; please specify the date and location in the carnival in your subject header!
Format: Anything
Summary: Zo has set up a carnival for the residents, but it's not meant to last. Anyone wandering after the bombs go off might see things they never wanted to see...
Warnings: Psychological and body horror
Note: Characters entering the carnival from the 27th to the 30th will experience visions! Please refer to the info post for details and reply to this thread if your character enters the carnival during these days.

[The carnival has taken up the entirety of the cafeteria. A large roller coaster and ferris wheel tower over the residents, while a child-sized roller coaster, a merry-go-round, and spinning teacups project much less daunting silhouettes. Stands are set up with standard carnival foods available, from ice cream to cotton candy. These stands do not ask for anything as payment.

On the twenty-seventh, the carnival appearance changes. The machinery all appears rusted and broken down, as if weathered with decades of rain and snow. Plants grow up and around the rides, ruining them, and all the food is rotten.]

Comments

[midgarhorizon]

Good luck with that, ya might survive.

[terreifying]

If I do, you wanna get on one of the less risky ones with me?

[midgarhorizon]

[Examining the teacup ride, he raises an eyebrow and shakes his head; the rides at the Gold Saucer were better.]

I'll pass.

[terreifying]

Okay then.

[A pause]

Hey, do we have anyone watching the collar fluid still?

[midgarhorizon]

Not so loud. I was gonna go deal with it after breakfast, but I came down for food and found the kitchen turned into a roller-coaster.

[In another day, and another age, he might have thought a sentence like that would never have made sense. Sigh, Tower.]

Don't worry about it.

[terreifying]

Mm, sure. Okay.

[She takes a peek behind her, finding a lot of drone units flitting around. Including the one that's been following her since this morning.]

I guess the drones are a little broken these days. So maybe it's easier to keep them from getting into stuff.

[midgarhorizon]

[Now he hadn't noticed that yet, and does a double take.]

Is that one followin' ya? Since when did you get one of those?

[terreifying]

Just today. I got out of bed and it was following me.

[midgarhorizon]

[Oops.]

Uh... you got any ideas on how to lose it?

[terreifying]

Nope, not a clue. Not for now, at least.

[midgarhorizon]

Maaybe you should say away from Richtofen for a while, 'til ya do. Xion's got one of those things around and it watches what you're doing. Ruana's way of keeping tabs on everybody.

[terreifying]

Yeah, I guess. Wonder why Ruana would want to watch me, all of a sudden.

[midgarhorizon]

Yeah... that's kinda suspicious. Keep your eyes out for trouble.

[terreifying]

[She nods.]

You too. Hope you don't get anything following you next.

[midgarhorizon]

Psh I haven't been doin' anything. Just mindin' my own business.

[His pants are on fire, but he says it with a wink.]

So what if I happen to be in the vicinity of certain mad doctors.

[terreifying]

That's the spirit!

[She gives him a thumbs up.]