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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2016-10-15 06:47 pm

⇨ 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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[personal profile] beunbroken 2016-10-16 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Elizabeth blinks. "Oh, I think this was the cover," she says, gesturing back at the stage. She was from 1912. No way Cyndi Lauper existed then. Who would spell their name with a Y and and I in the wrong places? "What sort of games?"

She frowns. "Oh come on! It's good fun! I'm sure you can sing!"
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[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
She doesn't know music all that well, so Elizabeth may very well be right.

"Games like Grand Theft Auto... where there's a radio station, but the publishers don't want to get sued."

She glances back at the stage, where somebody else has taken the mic, and swallows. "Well, I've played Guitar Hero and Rock Band, but there isn't usually a crowd there..."
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[personal profile] beunbroken 2016-10-16 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
She frowns. "Grand Theft... what? why would anyone make a game about a band of rocks?" She's very literal when it comes to video games.

"I'm sorry, I don't have anything like that where I come from."
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[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, no...! A game where you play rock music! Like the Beatles. It's sort of like this..." She gestures up at the karaoke machine. "But you can do it at home."
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[personal profile] beunbroken 2016-10-17 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Elizabeth looks at her for a moment before deadpanning: "Who are they?"

The idea of karaoke at home, though, seemed amazing. She usually just sang along to her records, or the piano. "I'd love to find something like that, when I go back home." Or even here, if she was stuck here for a year and a day.
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[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-17 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
"They're a really good band... I think." She's not a music expert.

"Maybe after they're done using the machine tonight, we can borrow it?"
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[personal profile] beunbroken 2016-10-17 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh- I haven't heard of them. But that doesn't mean they aren't good." Band of rocks that named themselves after a bug. Okay, sure, she'll take it.

"Maybe- oh! My name is Elizabeth. I suppose I should introduce myself." She holds out her hand to Chiaki.
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[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-17 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mm...!" She offers her hand as well and shakes. "... I'm Chiaki. It's nice to meet you. So... you're new too, right?"
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[personal profile] beunbroken 2016-10-18 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lovely to meet you, Chiaki!" She gives a decent handshake. Look, new friends!

"I am. I feel very new to, well, everything."
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[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-18 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
She nods. Everything feels very different. Especially the ears, wiggling under her hoodie.

"Do you know what you'll be doing here?..."
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[personal profile] beunbroken 2016-10-19 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, yes! They told me I was going to be a nurse." Which was a huge responsibility, and Elizabeth was going to take it seriously. "Though I've never practiced on a real person before."
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[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-19 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, you too?" She turns to scan the room. "YOu should see Zecora... she patched me up."
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[personal profile] beunbroken 2016-10-19 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've met Zecora!" Elizabeth's already quite fond of her boss. "She's so... exotic."

She had no idea that that wasn't exactly the best word to use to describe a rhyming zebra.
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[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-19 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"She's really nice." Chiaki's kind of taken to her. "She rhymes a lot, which seems hard to do."
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[personal profile] beunbroken 2016-10-21 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
"She... does? I didn't notice." But now that she'd been told, she'd never be able to unhear it. Thanks, Chiaki.
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[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-26 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Mmhmm. Every line, I think. It has sort of a rhythm to it... but it's kind of soothing."
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[personal profile] beunbroken 2016-10-27 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
"It is. It's very... musical." Perhaps that's why she was already so drawn to the zebra. Also maybe because she was, y'know, a zebra.