⇨ GAME START INTRO LOG!

[ringleaders]

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.

Comments

brave new world

[linkedpenumbra]

[It wasn't much of a shock for nighttime to greet Shadow's eyes after his session with the Ringmaster, since daylight wasn't something his body could tolerate. And the amount of time that actually passed between his arrival and now doesn't matter much in his mind either.

With more than enough free time before that orientation nonsense, here he is floating along, minding his own business for the most part until that wind sends the bird girl head over heels into the dirt. Shadow's not hurt, he's just watching for a moment.

.... Just so you know, that gale wasn't him.]

Heh, surely you're a lot better than that at flying around here!

[The crash was amusing at least, if the smirk on Shadow's face is any indication. Once again, he totally had nothing to do with this.]

[dragonsattendant]

[ Oh, thank goodness. ]

Not really... I couldn't fly that well at home, either, and I'm still getting used to--

[ And then she looks up and sees Shadow. Really sees him. Her eyes go wide. Well, as wide as the Toon style will allow for, anyway. ]

Link?!

[linkedpenumbra]

[Well that's interesting. It makes Shadow pause in the middle of his sneering for a brief moment. He's positive that he doesn't know this girl or what she is, but if she still mistaking him so easily for his counterpart... The smile on his face returns, but it's not genuine at all.]

Yeah, that's me.

[Oh this already feels too easy and Shadow's loving it.]

It's been a really long time though.

[dragonsattendant]

[ She lights up. ] Oh, Prince Komali will want to hear all about your adventures! Did you figure out what Valoo meant? Did you save your sister?

[ Medli wants to hear all about it, too, apparently. ]

[linkedpenumbra]

[Hm. None of that's ringing a bell. And though he could easily say that "he" accomplished such things... well, what would this weird girl do if she did figure out his ruse.]

Well you should already know that I'm the hero...! There wasn't a puzzle or riddle too hard to me to solve and no monsters stood a chance if they got in my way.

[.... Convincing enough?]

[dragonsattendant]

Well... I don't know that you're the Hero of Time, but I'm sure if anyone would resemble him in deeds, it's you, Link.

[ Medli, pls. ] I'm so glad. But, there's still something... evil on the wind, isn't there?

[linkedpenumbra]

If you mean Ganon. Then no, not anymore.

[And there's the tiny sprinkle of truth to really sink it in. Though also the first tiny inconsistency to "Link's" story that Medli surely won't notice.]

[dragonsattendant]

Ganon... ? So, this Ganon was the reason monsters were appearing?

[ Medli feels like she should know that name. She's not sure why. ]

[linkedpenumbra]

Oh definitely...!

[Seeing Medli so enthralled with the information gets Shadow more and more into selling this act. Maybe almost feeling like he's being admired for heroic deeds? All he ever wanted was to be noticed anyway.]

It was a hard fought battle of course, but I had my sword in hand and my courage to keep me going until... well... you can guess how the rest of the story goes.

[dragonsattendant]

[ Something about Link's attitude was... different than what she thought he was like. Besides his appearance, which she chalked up to the carnival.

... maybe he'd just changed over the course of his adventure. Yes, that was it. ]

Well, I'm glad you dealt with him! So, you came here after that?