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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

[technologic]

[And she's blushing again.]

W-well, it's hard to go wrong with cake, I think.

[alephbet]

I still think it's good taste. Can we share some?

[technologic]

S-share? Oh, um, y-yeah, if you want! [She'll just go grab them some funnel cake then.] Ah, does a half each sound good?

[alephbet]

Sounds fair to me. You can get the big half.

[technologic]

[She splits the cake in half, and Aleph gets handed the bigger half.] You're bigger than me, so you get more.

[alephbet]

[He shakes his head.] I insist. I want the smaller half.

[technologic]

You're bigger so you get the bigger half. It's not fair otherwise.

[alephbet]

Don't you want to get taller?

[technologic]

I, well, yes... But you need to eat more than me.

[alephbet]

You should eat more so you'll grow. I'm not going to shrink if I eat less.

[technologic]

B-but don't you need more energy...?

[alephbet]

It's not that much less of a cake....

[technologic]

[Pout. And then she takes the bigger half of the cake.] Mmm, if you're sure...

[alephbet]

Positive.

[Delicious smaller half.]

[technologic]

[And she nibbles at her bigger half.] ... So, what do you think of it?

[alephbet]

It's great! I really like this carnival.

[technologic]

Mm, so do I! It's nice to have something fun, for once... Even if I'm still wary about those rides.

[alephbet]

The teacups will make you sick. People aren't meant to spin around so much.

[technologic]

Ah... I'll avoid that one, I don't like spinny things much.

[alephbet]

But the roller coaster can be fun.

[technologic]

[Blink.] ... The roller coaster?

[alephbet]

The up and down thing.

[technologic]

Oooh... And they're safe?

[alephbet]

I think so, at least.

[technologic]

Aha, that's good... Um, should we go on one, then?