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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

[seventhsong]

[TEACUPS. RIDES. LORELEI WANTS THEM ALL, RIGHT NOW. Unfortunately 'pacing' requires he wait, or he'll run out of things to do! As Rei is spotted, and then he's invited onto the ride, he hesitates only a moment.

Mostly to make sure that nobody else was going to take her up on her offer instead. When this doesn't happen it seems he's more than happy to clamber into the cup and plunk down, beaming.]

Are all of these fun?

[Surely she already knows!]

[terreifying]

Yep! Everything's really really fun! And the food is good too! And play the games! You get prizes!

[She rambles even as the door closes and the ride begins to spin.]

[seventhsong]

[Good lord, it spins. This is fascinating. If Lorelei's hanging onto the edge of the teacup it's probably because he's never done this before.]

Really? What kind of prizes do you get? I found some of the food, is it all made out of bacon or grease?

[terreifying]

Stuff like stuffed animals. Or squeaky toys. Or breath mints.

[She would shake her head, but the ride is going too quickly.]

Nope. There's a lot of sweet foods too. Not just oily ones.

[seventhsong]

[Shaking one's head while the teacups are spinning is a good recipe to lose all the previously eaten snacks. Lorelei is not going to try it and find out the hard way.]

Breath mints? I suppose that's necessary with so many things out here to eat. Do you recommend any of them? I'm not really ... familiar with most [any] of this.

[terreifying]

Hm...the popcorn. Definitely the popcorn. With lots of butter. Because it's the best thing to eat while watching funny things happen.

[seventhsong]

[Popcorn. He's not sure.. what that is.]

I've seen corn on the cob, is it like that? That was pretty good! Especially with a lot of butter. And salt. But it was pretty messy too, I think I dripped butter on me earlier.

[terreifying]

Nah, it looks really different from regular corn. But corn on the cob is good too! It's a good thing you can eat them both with lots of butter and salt.