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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

[lethechained]

Oh...! I see.

[She almost says 'that sounds nice'.]

Are you two close?

[terreifying]

Mm...pretty much. I'd say I'm as close to her as I am to you.

[lethechained]

[--...]

I'm very glad...! Hopefully you'll be able to look after each other, too.

[terreifying]

We do. We killed a monster together. And then I stuffed it.

[lethechained]

--....

You stuffed it? Why--?

[terreifying]

It makes a nice toy. And it's a good booby trap.

[lethechained]

[... Wow, Rei. Not morbid at all.]

A booby trap for what?

[terreifying]

[Rei has amazingly morbid hobbies.]

Monsters or drones who try to touch the collar fluid.

[lethechained]

[She's noticing.]

... Oh. So you mean to frighten them away, or...?

[terreifying]

Frighten or disable thing. Just as long as the collar fluid is safe, because that's important.

[lethechained]

[She nods, contemplative.]

I see.

[....]

... Have you ever had to hurt one?

[terreifying]

Monsters? Yeah. Drones...not really. I leave that other the others.

[lethechained]

[She's... a little bit relieved, at least.]

Oh. Okay. I... hope they don't give you too much trouble.

[terreifying]

We're all strong. It's never a problem.

[lethechained]

I suppose. Accidents happen, but... I'm glad.

[terreifying]

Hey, if you joined our team, we can work together! All the time.

[lethechained]

[-- Blink.]

I don't know if I'd be much help...! Wouldn't I just get in the way? I can't fight very well at all.

[terreifying]

There's other things to do than just fighting. You could help do science stuff.

[lethechained]

Science... stuff? But I don't know how to do science.

[... Other than being a test subject, but that's neither here nor there (nor anything she wants to discuss).]

[terreifying]

What about writing? Are you good at doing notes?

[lethechained]

I don't do a lot of writing. I-- suppose I could if I tried.

[terreifying]

Then you can definitely help as a recorder. You'd be better at it than Gamzee.

[lethechained]

[--Hm.]

Gamzee? [Head tilt.]

[terreifying]

The guy currently taking down stuff. He's kind of a jerk at times.

[lethechained]

[-- Oh. That's no good.]

Only kind of? What does he do?