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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

[ladyliberty]

This is the greatest. I never got to go to a real carnival before!

[bashfulshifter]

...Do they n-not have them w-where you're f-from, or...h-have you just n-never had the ch--chance?

[Rick waits for Amelia to be fully engaged in ordering her own burger when, without really thinking about it, sneaks a hand over her arm to snag a tuft of cotton candy.]

[ladyliberty]

Never got the chance. I didn't exactly get out much when I was-- hey! [Amelia suddenly notices Rick's blatant thievery and smacks his hand away.] I'll bite you.

[bashfulshifter]

[Foiled again! Rick quickly pulls his hand away and goes back to nibbling on his burger as if nothing happened (although the shit-eating grin he's wearing gives him away pretty easily).]

--W-What? I w-was--uh--j-just p-p-pointing out the f-funnel cake s-s-stand, over there. [And he does, indeed, point in that very same direction.] See?

[ladyliberty]

[Amelia leeeaaaans right down into his face.] Don't play that with me, I know your game. I'm not messing around. I will totally bite you.

[bashfulshifter]

[Rick flushes pink and...oh my goodness he's pouting, Amelia what have you done]

...Y-You're not very f-fun. [The idea to try and take the cotton candy by force (i.e. tickling) briefly crosses his mind, but he's not terribly eager to get bitten for it, either.] I o-only wanted a l-little bit...

[ladyliberty]

[Wow she was totally just messing with him but now she kinda feels bad. He looks like a puppy.]

Well maybe if you'd asked nicely I woulda given you some.

[bashfulshifter]

[Okay, he can play this game. Head down, Rick glances sadly over the rims of his glasses.]

...M-May I p-please have s-some?

[ladyliberty]

Stop making that face!

[bashfulshifter]

...Will you g-give me s-some if I s-stop?

[ladyliberty]

Fine, I'll give you some!

[bashfulshifter]

Thank you!

[Rick gleefully accepts his prize, beaming as he nibbles on the handful of cotton candy that he's already grabbed.]

...W-Wow, this is g-good!...I-I m-m-might just g-get some of m-my own!

[ladyliberty]

Well you're not getting any more off me, that's for sure.