Oh, the dashboard melted, but we still have the radio [OPEN]

[flashover]

Who: Rin, the new arrival! And whoever he comes across! Plus a closed prompt for Sora.
What: A new hire settles into the carnival.
When: Post Atlantis, before arriving in PARTYWORL.
Where: The trailers, the cookhouse, wherever!


A] Trailer #15 -- Closed to Sora

[Rin looks like someone who has already been at the carnival for some time -- the swishing black tail and pointed ears definitely mark him as something other than human. But the fact that he looks a bit lost doesn't match with that story. He has a sword in a red cloth bag slung over his shoulder, and another large bag seemingly filled to the brim with stuffed animal prizes from the carnival. He approaches trailer fifteen, a small twin-tailed cat padding behind him. The cat meows curiously and Rin nods, looking at the slip of paper in his hand]

Yeah, Kuro... it looks like this is where we're going to live while I work off this debt... [he sounds pretty dejected about it -- if Yukio knew about this, he'd get an earful for being so stupid] But hey! Look, there's even a little cat door for you! Let's, um... meet our new room-mate, I guess?

[Kuro looks apprehensive, folding his ears]

Don't be that way. I'm sure he's nice. The Ringmaster wouldn't put us with someone who doesn't like cats, I'm sure of it.

[Rin collects himself and knocks on the trailer door before entering] Ah... Hello? Anyone here? My name's Rin, I'm gonna be... staying here a while, I guess? Oh, it's pretty cute and cozy in here...

B] Out in the carnival -- OTA

[Having met his new roomie and settled into his trailer, Rin is now off to find the place he's supposed to work -- the cookhouse! He gets to pay his debt off by cooking! That's, like... not even a real job, in his mind. That's just fun.

But Rin doesn't know the lay of the land, yet, and he's... well. He's lost. He stops whomever he sees nearby, lightly tugging on shirt sleeves if needed]

Hey! Uh, I'm new around here. Can you tell me where the cookhouse is? I'm supposed to get to work there, but I'm kind of overwhelmed.

C] Games -- OTA

[directions get! Now on the way to the cookhouse, Rin has to stop and look at one game in particular; Test Your Strength. It looks... remarkably intact.

It was not that way when he left it.

Indeed, breaking this game was a big part of his debt]

Wow... someone already fixed it? I busted it pretty badly... Woops.

D] Cookhouse -- OTA

[Finally! He's reached his destination. Rin can smell delicious food inside, and he enters the building with a bright grin on his face, full of confidence.

Now, whether that confidence is real, or just bluster, remains to be seen] Never fear! Okumura Rin is here! I guess the Ringmaster decided this place needed some real good home cookin', and so she hired me! Wahaha!

[someone tell him he's just a line cook, please]

E] Jokers Wild
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Comments

[wild_magic]

[Susan laughs again, looking it over.]

Well, I blew one up on accident so yours isn't so bad! At least they got it put back together.

[flashover]

Woah! You... blew it up? How?!

[wild_magic]

Well... I was trying to beat the game using my magic, but sometimes when I do that it makes other things happen... And I guess it decided to make a fireball again and blew it up. [Even for a story like that which might be embarrassing or upsetting to someone else, he's still smiling a little, although it is smaller than before. He's too used to this thing to know any differently.]

[flashover]

Haaa? Using magic to play carnival games? Doesn't that kind of feel like cheating? I mean... I could knock off all the milk bottles with my fire powers, but that sort of defeats the purpose, you know? Still...[he wags his tail] What kind of magic do you do, huh?

[wild_magic]

I guess it's kind of like cheating... But it was fun and that's really the point of games, right? To have fun? [It makes sense to him, anyway.]

I can do lots of magic though! Like lighting and fire... Oh, and I can turn into animals! And I can move things with magic, too.

[flashover]

Yeah! I guess you're right! But some of the fun comes from the challenge, too. At least, I think so. I could put in cheat codes for all the videogames I play and make it easy, but... I think it's probably more fun to play the game as intended. [!!] You can turn into animals?! Man! You're like, a little wizard!

[wild_magic]

No, even better than a wizard, I'm a sorcerer! Wizards are boring and just read books about magic.

[flashover]

Oh, I see. [Rin smiles and puts his hands on his hips, adopting the tone you use to make sure kids know you're interested in what they're saying] Well, that's a really big difference, isn't it!

[wild_magic]

[His smile falls a little as he picks up on his tone of voice, but he continues anyway.]

It really is, I can make my magic do anything I want to, I don't have to read and memorize all the spells.

[flashover]

[Rin is pretty good with young children, but he has a bit of a harder time with those ones who are just on the cusp of teenagerdom!]

So... like, how's that work, anyway? A wizard has to read spells, but sorcerers just... feel them?

[wild_magic]

Um... [He has to think for a second how to explain it, since it's hard to do when it just comes as naturally to him as it does.]

It's like... The magic's just there, all around, all the time, and I can just tell it what to do? And then it does it. [He hopes it makes sense. He's not good at explaining magic.]

[flashover]

So it's like... in the air? And you can... sort of... [he makes a grabbing motion with his hand] Pluck it up and do what you want with it?

[wild_magic]

Yeah, kind of! It's hard to explain, really... But it's really easy, just like that.

[flashover]

Huh... [Rin holds out his hand and engulfs it in blue flames, looking at them curiously] My "magic" definitely comes from inside me. Maybe that's why I can only really do one thing? Hehe. But I do it real good.