lostcarnival | ⇨ GAME START INTRO LOG!

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⇨ GAME START INTRO LOG!

Who: EVERYONE!
When: NOW!
Where: Around the carnival grounds, and in the Cookhouse.
What: Carnival worker orientation, Ringmaster style.
Warnings: Alcohol consumption, maybe drugs. Other things?

BRAVE NEW WORLD↴

► THE NEW: It doesn't matter when you entered the tent to discuss your new contract with the Ringmaster, you exit it beneath a blanket of stars. Pointedly alien stars at that - currently the carnival grounds are being treated to a show of shooting stars, and what appear to be unnaturally large and living green moons hanging just a bit too close. The carnival was bustling when you entered, but now it's in the latter stages of being shut down for the night. If you manage to find a clock, it states that it's around 8PM.

Workers from during the day will be passing through the grounds, attending to various pieces of business. None of them will seem very surprised or concerned by the goings on, though some may be sympathetic enough to pause and answer your questions. If you put some effort into finding out how it became nighttime, you may discover that it's been anywhere from a few hours to 7 days since you originally signed your contract. Someone may explain to you that it was probably some kind of time bubble, meant to keep you out of the way until the Ringmaster had time to deal with you.

Every few minutes another new person will pop out of the tent, looking just as confused and under the impression that they had only just finished discussing things with the Ringmaster. Weird.

She passed you a note before you left. Opening it up, you'll see you've been assigned a trailer number, and been given the instructions to drop off any excess belongings and do what you can to get settled in. You have until exactly 9:36PM to do so, because that's when you'll be expected to attend what is listed only as "WORKER'S ORIENTATION".

This is, perhaps, more abrupt than you were expecting - but what can you do? You're here for the long haul.

► THE OLD: If you've ever seen a mass recruitment before, then this is no surprise. People enter the tent when they're recruited, and then sometimes how up again days later when the Ringmaster is ready for them. She isn't a big fan of wasting her time on individual orientations when she's expecting a crowd.

Maybe you're too jaded to all of this to care much, but you'll see the newbies wandering around, probably confused and maybe a bit lost. Maybe you're the kind whose is sympathetic enough to pause your role in clean up and give them some directions, and maybe a word of confidence. Maybe you'll just jeer at them, because you're some kind of asshole. Either way, you expect you'll have the chance to see them later tonight.

Whether by world of mouth, radio, or written note, supervisors will be passing out the following message: all workers are to report to the Cookhouse at 9:36PM sharp for "orientation." If you are at all familiar with how things go around here, you probably have a good idea of what this implies.

Mandatory Karaoke Night.

MANDATORY KARAOKE NIGHT!!!↴

At 9:36PM, the main dining hall of the Cookhouse will be found heavily decorator with various coloured lights and at least one disco ball made of what is ostensibly high karat gems. There are a bunch of cushions and additional seating set up along with the usual tables, and at the head of the call there is a state set up - a karaoke stage. For veteran workers, this is no surprise. Karaoke nights are fairly frequent as activities go, even if they are not usually mandatory. Some of you probably have signature songs already prepared.

The karaoke machine is set up with mostly karaoke tracks that would be popular in the 90's and 00's on the average modern earth, with a few that are more recent. It also has some other random stuff from other worlds that people rarely sing because they are confusing and in languages no one understands. Here is a big karaoke list for your inspiration! The more stereotypically karaoke the better.

Beyond that, there is plenty of food and snacks that were prepared by the cooks earlier, as well as a bar set up for alcohol and other vices. The selection is, as most things in the carnival, eclectic.

Music will be played in between if nobody is singing, and otherwise veterans are encouraged to bring along their own fun and show the newbies a good time. The Ringmaster does ask that vets attempt to be courteous to their new coworkers.

It's just being a good host.

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the new

[Pandaren faces aren't usually given to worry. They're a friendly, open people, and Jou Shan epitomizes her race--save now, her brow is furrowed and while she doesn't look terribly upset, she's also not cheery as is normal.

Still, she'd made an error, and she'd set it right. Jou took the time to scan her paper, brow furrowing again--the letters are a bit different, and so she needs to take a moment to make sure she's got everything right.

Well, she'd best drop off her backpack at her trailer, because she doesn't want to be late...]

orientation

[Jou Shan...has no idea what she's doing, but she's going to karaoke anyway. She'd heard of it before, but she'd never had a chance to do it. Why? Mostly because she hung around the wrong type of people.

Still, nervousness has her too antsy to sit still, so when her turn comes around, not only is she going to sing a little song by the Foundations, she's going to dance along like a nerd, too.

Maybe this is really why they accepted her to the circus? Everyone needs a little comic relief in downtime, after all...]

The panda dancing onstage is enough to set Chiaki giggling again. She's settled a little closer to the stage this far into the night, and wonder of wonders -- she's starting to enjoy herself a little bit.

There are many worse things.

And once her song is done, she gives a little wave and smile to the girl as she steps offstage. Surely a big cuddly panda lady can't be all that scary, right?

"Hello! Are you new, too?" Because she certainly could be a circus veteran, but it didn't seem that way, from Jou's point of view.

She's engrossed in her game by the time the performance is done. Her cat ears swivel and notice the panda before the rest of her does. She jumps a little bit at being approached.

"Y-yeah."

Jou Shan gives a bow, then--slightly unsteadily, as she's had at least one hard drink before taking the stage--and then rights herself.

"I am as well. My name is Jou Shan Aleflower! And who are you?"

She's more than a little curious about the device the girl has, but politeness has her refraining from being too forward. The shyness practically exudes from this young--well, Jou thinks she's human, but. Cat ears. Would not do to assume.

"Chiaki..."

She stares at the panda for a moment, then stands abruptly, thinking that maybe it's rude to be greeting someone while sitting down. "It's nice to meet you... where are you working?"

"I will be a nurse! I suppose that is a good way to put my healing abilities to use!" Jou chuckles at that, and bows again, more steady this time.

"I have not yet met the doctor, but I have been told she is here somewhere, and that I should look for a four footer. I shall have to make her acquaintance sometime. What of you? What do they have you doing?"

Jou flaps her hands at the girl, encouraging her to sit back down, and takes a nearby seat for herself as well, curving her red-panda tail over her lap slightly.

"Oh! She's a zebra." Chiaki looks around the room as she sits back down, pursing her lips with thought. To her surprise, her ears pick up the faint sound of hooves from all the way across the room, swiveling towards the sound, and she looks in that direction. "Over there! You see her? She patched me up earlier...

"Um, and I'll be in the Gamer's Circle."

"Oh, I will have to come and visit sometime, then, perhaps..." But Jou sat up a little, looking around. Shouldn't a zebra (zhevra?) be easy to find? The Pandaren would think so, and yet there's still too many people for her to pick out the doctor easily.

"I think I see her, but I can find her later. And I am sure she will have her own orientation for us!" More because Chiaki seems terribly nervous, and they at least seem to have gotten off on friendly footing. So Jou doesn't want to leave her entirely solo in a big crowd like this.

Even if she might be happier messing with her little device.

"Mm... she'll be around, I guess." She's not sure how big the Carnival is, but it doesn't seem huge. "Were you a nurse before?"

[ Among the things Yukine can safely say she had never done in her life is singing beside a dancing panda-girl, and it was an incredible realization she somehow resisted her laughter as she sung beside her. She just came up the moment she offered to be part of the chorus to form a duet, heart pounding rapidly, and just went with it. ]

"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again
But you're late, I wait around and then (bah-dah-dah)
I went to the door, I can't take any more
It's not you, you let me down again

[ Mid-dance, due to Jou Shan's sheer size in comparison to Yukine's small frame, Yukine occasionally bumps by accident mid-dance, and yet soldiering on and singing with too much fun. ]

Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you mine
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo

[Jou Shan saves her laughter for after the song ends, but she's jolly with it, shoulders shaking as she bows a little. She hadn't expected an impromptu chorus, but she was happy for the backup!]

I think you are a better singer than I am, though you seem more familiar with the song! I did not hurt you when I hip checked you, did I?

[Because that would just be her luck, hurting someone she had only just met! At least if she had, she was a nurse, and there might just be a bit of bruising left after Jou was done!]

Would you like a drink after that? Sure, they are free, but I at least owe you one. Or maybe I could make you some tea! I mix up my own blends. It might take a bit since I have just gotten here, but. I would be happy to!

N-No! You didn't! Don't worry.

[ It still left Yukine rubbing her hip a little, but making her look at the gigantic panda-girl with no less wonder and awe, especially by how alike she acted to her classmates back in Hikarizaka Private High School. She could have been a classmate in another world. ]

I am seventeen. I'm afraid I don't drink a lot.

[ a lot being the key words, especially when many of her peers didn't. In her defense, she was most usually the sober one. Somebody had to drag people back home. ]

But I would like that. My name is Yukine Miyazawa, from the cooking division. I am from concessions. [ She held Jou's hand, accepting her offer. ] It's a pleasure to meet you.

Well, it is not all alcohol, here. Some people do prefer clear heads all the time. So I am sure there is something that will serve!

[If she knew her proportions were so epic to the girl, Jou would probably be tickled. She isn't the tallest at 5'3, but Pandaren pride themselves on being curved and rounded and chubby, so...]

I am Jou Shan Aleflower, and I will be serving as a nurse! It is nice to make your acquaintance as well! So, do you like fruit drinks, or something else? And I do not mean alcohol...they have to have some juice at least, if only to mix in...

[Panda is resolute on finding them both refreshment, let's be honest.]

[ Yukine is a short, slim girl, at a mere 5'2''. Having known bears were at least quite thick creatures, it still took her by surprise mid-dance to have her that size. Not that Jou Shan wasn't adorable, in Yukine's opinion, the more she saw the curious characters! ]

Fruits drinks do sound good. I would like something you know, and I would be glad to make something for you. [ She led her a pair of brews she made from tea, coffee, and a new purple-glowing drink that tasted sweet. ] I am not in Japan anymore, but as long as I measure myself, I don't think it might be so bad if I drink a little...

[ God knows karaoke often requires copious amounts of alcohol. She offers Jou a cup of the alien drink. ]

((OOC: And apologies! I didn't know how tall was Jou!))

[The dance plus the singing seems to earn a good response from the crowd and that's something Joker is always keeping an eye out for. As Jou Shan steps down from the stage, Joker is nearby grinning over to her.]

Now I definitely know ya weren't put down as a performer of any type, and I think that's a bleedin' shame, ha ha!

Oh no! I am probably right where I need to be in the nurse's tent! [Jou's paws fly to her cheeks, and she shakes her head--it could be mistaken for amusement, but Pandaren can't blush, and she's more than a little embarrassed.]

I have heard people say they murdered songs, or they slew them, but either way, the one I just sang is very, very dead!

Nah, nah, I think it was thriving and dancin’ ta yer tune.

[Another laugh, and Joker makes a gesture for her to join him.]

Have ya had much in the way of food and drink?

Drink, yes, though I probably should eat. [More. Technically eating was what got her into this mess, a few hours ago.]

Well, at least you know if you need something silly in a pinch, to go to the nurse's tent, eh? I should hope there are not so many injuries that I will always be busy.

[Jou does hope that; however, she will do her best at the job she's been given. Still, she's the type to help out if that's a need.]

Well, it depends, I suppose.

[He rolls his head a little, thinking.]

I mean, we just got a bunch of new faces like yerself, so all sorts of little accidents can happen, but nothin’ too bad, I think. The occasional scuffle between coworkers who don’t like each other, and sometimes the worlds we visit are… excitin’, ta say the least, ha.

[When she reaches her trailer, that's when she'll see Vietnam, trying to tidying it up to make sure that it's suitable for two people now. She may have been a bit relaxed because she's had it to herself for a while.

It's looking very nice, actually!]

I think that should do it.

[But she hasn't quite noticed that a pandaren is making her approach!]

[Jou Shan has also slowed, mostly because she hadn't expected to have a roommate. Though, giving it some thought, she realizes that she certainly should have! It's a carnival, and space was at a premium, even at the one on her world. At least, until Darkmoon got their own island and made everyone come to them...]

Hello the trailer! Am I to be sharing it with you? [By now, she's overcome what little surprise she had, and is waving.]

I am Jou Shan Aleflower. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance! [And at that, she bows.]

[Pretty sure Vietnam has probably had some non-human looking roomies before, so she's not really surprised! Rather, as soon as Jou Shan arrives, she quickly tries to look like she already has finished preparation. And bows her head politely.]

H-hello! Yes, if you are talking about this trailer, than we are to be roommates. I am Vietnam, it is nice to meet you, Jou Shan Aleflower!

This is twenty-seven, hai? Then it is the one I have been assigned! [She bows again, as she's already said it's nice to meet the lady. Though Jou Shan is secretly glad that she is not one of the members of the Horde who have problems with--well, Vietnam seems to be mostly human, so.]

Since you were here first, are there any rules you need me to abide by? Or anything you would prefer I not do? I like to think I am not difficult to live with, but I do snore, sometimes...

[usually it's when she's drunk, but she can hold her liquor pretty well. It's a Pandaren talent, like cooking or being bouncy...]

Indeed it is, number twenty-seven! [She even gestures with both her hands at their trailer number, neatly marked on the side. This new roommate seems eager and energetic. Considering that she's generally more demure, she thinks they might make a good balance.]

Let me see...I suppose the only rules are really the common ones, such as keeping it clean and such. But otherwise I have no issues. I used to live in a large family, so I would like to think I am quite easy going.

[A pause.]

And I can sleep through snoring.

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