⇨ 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

[hoasen]

[She blinks as he looks at her, but it's not something that bothers her, she's just more confused.]

Oh? Not very long. It is chosen to be Sen Linh Đoàn, and so if you choose to, you can call me Sen. But it has to be in three parts because at home, in my country having two names may not be enough.

[rescuee]

[ The answer seems to leave him mildly surprised, and a moment after he laughs. Ah, he sees the confusion here. ]

Actually, I'd meant — how long is your life? But that's a very pretty name. Do you have a preference between Vietnam and Sen?

[hoasen]

[SHE'S A FOOL, NOW SHE'S EMBARRASSED. But that's her default state so people might as well just laugh at her.]

A-ah! Y-you can call me whichever you wish...I-I have no preference. [What a loser.] I am over one thousand years old. Closer to another five hundred, to estimate. [She doesn't remember anything earlier than that too clearly, so she estimated.]

[rescuee]

[ He's not totally sure how years as she knows them translates to years as he knows them — but 1,500 years old has to be pretty old by anyone's count. He looks impressed, even as he tucks away that part about the name for future reference. ]

That's... quite a while. I... [ this part is awkward, asking someone's species is so intrusive! but he's real curious, so: ] ...don't mean to be forward, but are you human? I didn't think they lived so long.

[hoasen]

[It sure is! Though she still feels young...for an old person.]

It is, but time moves strangely for me. [She then nods firmly!] I am a country in human form! [Don't drop bombs like that so suddenly, but it has only been a year, so she still has a terrible habit of forgetting that not everyone knows of embodied countries like the humans do back home.]

[rescuee]

[ Jajo blinks, smile gone a little frozen. Then stares at her. Then blinks again.

He'd probably misheard that. ]

I'm sorry, what was that?

[ A flawless recovery. She'll repeat something that makes much more sense the second time around, and they'll move on with the conversation. ]

[hoasen]

[NOT BAD DUDE, it wasn't as big of a reaction as many others!]

A country in human form.

[Now calmer, and quieter...] Perhaps it is easier to think of me as a spirit.

[rescuee]

Oh.

[ The frozen smile isn't going anywhere; he has absolutely no idea how to deal with this bit of news. But... alright. It's a wide universe, surely things like this happen sometimes in it. In fact, they do happen, he's just met proof of it. Apparently. ]

Alright. [ That's a little stiff, a little hesitant. ] I can do that, then. Thank you. [ Does this change how he should interact with her...?? ]