Carnival Meme

[21stcenturyguy]

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.

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[shepherd_prince]

[OOC: I'm fine with ALL of these prompts, so I just picked one at random for a starter. Feel free to write your own, if this doesn't pique your interest and something else does.]

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.]