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melodiesofcrack2016-06-16 04:25 pm
21stcenturyguy) wrote in melodiesofcrack2016-06-16 04:25 pm
Carnival Meme
Step right up, folks! It’s a non-terrible AU Crystallis carnival! No Calamity, no Palitutu, no dead or crystalized friends. Just some good, old-fashioned carney fun.
- 1. Food: We all know why we’re here, and it’s deep friend and on a stick. Sample the local delicacies, like kupo nut funnel cake, deep fried Touch Me-nuggets, chocobo egg custard, and Marlboro tentacles on a stick (warning: may cause Poison).
- 2. Games: They’re rigged, and the prizes are cheaply made, but it’s a point of honor. Only the best and most skilled Heroes can win the prized Fat Chocobo Plushie!
- 3. Rides: Aqures Ixen doesn’t have much by way of roller coasters, but there are chocobos with brightly dyed feathers and even a modified magitek unit for kids to ride on. Maybe some Heroes will lend their various mounts?
- 4. Contests: There will be dance-offs, bake-offs, eat-offs, craft-offs. Whatever your Hero knows how to do, do it best and you may go home with a blue ribbon!
- 5. Music and Dancing: There’s a small dance floor set up, and some locals are playing their instruments and singing. Anyone who wants to can join in to dance or play. There’s been enough drinking and merriment at the carnival so far that nobody will care if you suck or not.
- 6. Charity Events: We have to think of those poor Hypello families whose boats have been commandeered by the Heroes of Light. Help raise money to get them back on their sea-legs by volunteering at the Kissing Booth, Pie Throwing Stand, the Dunk Tank, Face Painting Stand, or other such carnival staples. Won’t you pleash helpibble the Hypellosh?
- 7. Fortune Telling: Come have your fortune told by the great yet tiny tarutaru mystic, Madame Fortururu! (Accuracy of the fortune is NOT GUARANTEED)
- 8. Tunnel of Love: Yeah, there’s not actually a stream flowing through the middle of the city…but in AU-qures Ixen, there totally is. Float along in a scuffed-up old swan boat with that special guy or gal, and think to yourself, what a wonderful world.
- 9. Other Assorted Merriment: Make up your own carnival prompt.
6. At the Pie Throwing Stand
[So now that he's here at the pie booth, he's pretty sure he can goad some people into trying to hit him with pies to earn some gil for those weird blue fish people. It's actually a pretty sweet set-up. The stand itself is built using some really neat tricks in forced perspective. Santa's planning on moving into the pies that kids through...but the Heroes might find it harder to hit him than they think.]
[And if he does get hit, he's not too worried. Jokes on you, he really likes whipped cream.]
C'mon, step right up. One pie throw for 20 gil, or 6 for 100!
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[Without hesitation, Rukia plunks down a small bag of gil before turning to smile at Santa with saccharine sweetness. Well hello, fancy meeting you here! She gets to support a good cause and peg her ally in the face multiple times with pies? This might be one of the highlights of her past month!]
I'm surprised. What made you decide to take this job in particular?
[EAT PIE.]
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You sure you can handle that many? Your little arms might get tired.
[His lips spread into a smirk.] What makes you think I'm not a nice guy who cares about charity? [His tone is all sarcasm, but really, it's an honest question. Punks are allowed to help people out to when they wanna.]
Put your money in the donation box. You can start with what's on the table there, but you're gonna have to wait for them to make more pies if you want that many.
[He can't wait for her to throw the first one and miss. It's going to be incredible.]
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[Thanks to slinging all those kidou spells at targets in the shinigami academy. Granted, this is a little different, but she's pumping herself up with confidence. As long as she hits him once, she'll be satisfied. But she expects to get her money's worth. The money goes into the box and she approaches the table, hefting up one of the pies. A child toddles past, and Rukia calls out to him.]
Oi! Want to help me throw pies? He'll have a harder time dodging if there are two coming at once.
[She might as well have told him that Christmas is coming early this year, the way his face lights up.]
'Yeah!'
[The youngster picks up a pie, and Rukia fixes Santa with a fierce little smile. Then they both pitch their pies on the count of three.]
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[Well, actually, the pies land at his feet, splattering his shoes with whipped cream. It's actually more painful to Santa than a pie to the face would've been. But whatever. He'll tough it out.
At least he thought to wear an old pair to the carnival.]Welp, kiddos, looks like you're gonna have to try harder than that. [He is fully aware that his taunts are gonna get him SO MANY PIES in the face, but if you can't taunt a person throwing pies at you, what kind of life are you living?]
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[She nods firmly to her child accomplice who returns the gesture, and they both reel back before pitching another pair of pies. If they miss again, she'll just have to rope more kids into this. Her arm would get tired after throwing sixty pies, after all.]
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8. Tunnel of Love
[Akane isn't standing in line for this ride, because it's kind of sad to go alone on this one. Even someone as naive as she is knows this. But she likes to hover nearby, hands resting on the plastic chain that cordons off the boardwalk from the mini stream and keeps people from wandering absently into the water. She looks at the ugly swan boat with a faraway look in her eyes and a quiet smile.]
[What she wouldn't give to step into that boat with
JumpyJunpei. It would have been really beautiful.][So maybe she can't ride it, but she can daydream, and that's almost as good in her opinion.]
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5. Music and Dancing
[Have you ever seen a drunken cow dance before? If so, then that's probably the closest equivalent to Chrom's talents as he clumsily tries to match the steps of a lithe and sure-footed village girl. She can't help laughing as he struggles to keep up with her, and nearly runs into her as he attempts to give her a twirl.]
'You're terrible! I thought princes were supposed to be good at this sort of thing.'
[Chrom smiles wryly. He IS trying, appearances to the contrary.]
Forgive me. I think I skipped out on that particular lesson more than a few times to train with Vaike.
[The dance finishes, and at least he can bow politely to his partner who curtsies, then runs off giggling to gossip to her friends. Chrom heads back to take a seat and catch his breath. That could have gone better. Maybe he'll just. Watch.]
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7. Fortune Telling
[Ellie holds herself still, one hand ungloved and turned palm up. The tiny fortune teller holds her wrist, stroking her chin thoughtfully as she studies the callouses and lines on Ellie's rough hands.]
'You hold many secrets. Many secrets indeed.'
[She frowns slightly.]
I don't see how this pertains to the future, or my fortune.
[The tarutaru glances up at her with a knowing little smile.]
'It will. Some of these secrets you hold have been forgotten. But you will remember them soon enough.'
[Now that causes her to sit back, blinking in mild surprise. Well. She supposes that's impressive enough. She'd best hold her tongue and let the woman work. She's been skeptical about this, but so far the results have been curious.]
'Interesting...you have more friends that are not human than those that are.'
[The tarutaru traces a small 'v' on Ellie's palm. Ellie arches a brow, but doesn't argue this. She speaks true; Ales and Toro are both nowhere near being human, and neither was the Warlock Magician. He was a gnome.]
'I see a crown in your future, depending on the choices you make. And a handsome stranger, with fair hair. What a tumultuous love line...'
[Ellie removes her hand quickly, but not roughly, and pulls her glove back on. She'd rather not discuss matters of romance, even if she is curious to know what she means about the crown. She tosses a couple of extra coins onto the table.]
I believe that's enough for tonight. Thank you.
[The tarutaru cackles.]
'Come back soon~'
[No.]
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4. Contests (Whack-a-Mole)
[Lust pays her fee to play, and lightly grasps the padded mallet in her elegant fingertips. A couple of people have paused to watch the lovely lady who stands before the rows of staggered holes. A buzzer sounds, and the first rounded head starts to emerge.]
[WHAM.]
[Two more begin to--]
[WHAM WHAM.]
[Anoth--]
[WHAM! Almost as fast as they appear, Lust demolishes them. She doesn't deliver just dainty taps, either. There's a sort of odd intensity gleaming in her violet eyes, and she's smiling just a little too widely to be completely comfortable.]
[DIE MOLES DIE DIE DIE DIE!]
[When the buzzer sounds again, she replaces the mallet, her movements graceful, and she steps back to fold her arms below her breasts with a triumphant smirk. She may or may not have been mentally projecting Dante's face onto each of the moles, and the end result was...quite satisfying, honestly.]
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5. Music and Dancing
[Now THIS looks fun! Rialynn has been to a couple of village fairs and festivals, but they're not nearly as colorful or grand as this one. The games look like they might be fun, she's enchanted by the fortune teller's tent, she laughs as she sees Santa egging someone on at the dunk tank, and the kissing booth NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE]
[Rialynn immediately changes her path and strolls somewhere else entirely.]
[Eventually she finds herself near the center of the carnival, swept up in the music and dancing. Everyone seems to be having a wonderful time, and she's quick to join them. She lifts her arms and steps into the spin, clapping her hands once before spinning the other way, moving in time with the others who seem to know the dance well.]
[As soon as her eyes fall on someone she recognizes, her face lights up, and she dives forward to seize that person's arm and drag them into the dance. There is no escape.]
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6. Face Painting
[Rukia's art skills might be lacking, but every little girl who approaches and asks for one of her bunnies or bears to be painted on her cheek will leave the booth absolutely delighted with the end results. Rukia paints with painstaking care, making sure her art is colorful and perfect.]
[Perfect by her standards, in any case.]
[After her client leaves, she rinses off her brush and smiles. Dare to ask her for some of her trademark crappy art on your face? Or perhaps you're in the kissing booth stationed right next to her that she not-so-secretly signed you up to work at? Either way, Rukia is having a great time.]
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[Tyche is one of the few natural colored chocobos in the bunch, but Ramza has put a daisy crown on her head to make her look less intimidating to the children. He offers his cupped hands as a leg-up for the little riders to hop up on her back and carefully guides his bird around the ring.]
[Anyone who knew Tyche a few months before would notice her greatly improved behavior. She bares the riders with only minor chirping and only takes the occasional bite at Ramza's cowlick. It is truly a touching picture.]
6- Charity
[Ramza is standing near the charity booths. He has a bundle of balloons he is peddling to passersby, but he is near enough to the dunk tank and the kissing booth that he could get roped into either.]
Would you care for a balloon? [He has learned a new trick, twisting the balloon into a sword shape. It is obvious from his pleased grin that he thinks this is quite a fine accomplishment.]
6. Charity
[Rialynn has never seen a balloon before. They haven't been invented yet in her world, and what she expects to be a thick bladder-like sphere is shockingly light, and feels fragile to the touch. She's even more amazed when he shapes it so cunningly, and laughs as she takes up her 'weapon.']
Where did you learn to do this?
[Some titters catch her ear, and Rialynn looks back to see some of the ladies at the kissing booth eyeing Ramza, and exchanging not-so-subtle words that it might be nice to have at least one man there to draw in passing females, that he's quite handsome and would be sure to earn a lot of gil. She surreptitiously sidles right in front of him, trying to block him from their eyes as if that will surely solve the problem. Never mind that she's only 5'3", and neither as tall nor as broad. But she's trying to protect him anyway, he'd surely get suckered in with the 'for a good cause' bait. She speaks a little more loudly, trying to make sure he doesn't hear their obvious schemes that they definitely want to be overheard.]
SO! Business is good?
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The hypello who owns this 'Balloon cart' taught be when I volunteered. She can make dogs and hats and other such things. She told me I had a talent for swords and snakes, and that I should 'focush on my schtrenshs'.
[That is, she had not thought he could handle the harder shapes, but had not wanted to quell his enthusiasm. It was very diplomatically done.]
Business has been very good. [He nodded toward the gil till on the cart. It was partially full of shining gil coins. He did not even notice the talk at the kissing booth. Assassins and monsters, he could pick up from any direction, but gossip and suggestive talk tended to go right over his cow-licked head.]
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[Because that sounds really easy.]
[Well if he's not going to pick up their hints, they're just going to have to be more aggressive. One of them starts to approach, and another is close on her heels. HORSE APPLES. Rialynn's hands fly out to turn Ramza in place in an attempt to herd him along toward something safer.]
Well hey, there are some other exhibits here, have you had a chance to check them out? You might be able to better sell your balloons somewhere with...uh...more people.