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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[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.]

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.]