ringleaders: (moonlighter)
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.
waitingforplayer2: (18. what's co-op though)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! [ She's a new hire! Chiaki had just assumed that Medli was a veteran. ] You're new, too? Where are you working? [ She missed Medli's annoucement. ]
dragonsattendant: (happy)

[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-16 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh-huh! [ Medli grins. ] I'm a beast tamer, believe it or not! Though... I'm not sure exactly what beasts I'll be working with, but I hope they don't eat Rito.
waitingforplayer2: (55. is that a gun)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You just have to have the right buffs! And maybe a weapon or something... that's how you usually do it in games, I think.

[ But it does sound really dangerous and not something that Chiaki really wants to deal with. ] Or maybe... music can soothe the more savage beasts?
dragonsattendant: (what?)

[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-16 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Buffs? Games?

???
]

I... don't really understand what you're saying, but... that might be a good idea! Songs have power, after all. Maybe I can learn one that calms them?
waitingforplayer2: (36. i think this is fun)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah!

[ Her ears twitch as she thinks. ] Hmm... you could try it on some of the workers here... maybe that'd be safer? I guess with all of the magic, we're not exactly human.
dragonsattendant: (what?)

[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-16 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I could, but... hm, I don't know. Do you think it would offend them if I tried that?

... oh! I wasn't a human to begin with, if that's what you mean.
waitingforplayer2: (18. what's co-op though)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh... maybe. [ She doesn't really know. ]

Hmm... if you could find one that works on humans, too... your harp already felt pretty calming when you played earlier! It's like your talent...

What were you before? Or... what are you, I guess?
dragonsattendant: (default)

[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-16 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a Rito! We're sort of like bird people. I don't think anything's changed about me yet... [ That's right, everything you see aout Medli is original to her, from the beak to the red eyes! ]
waitingforplayer2: (18. what's co-op though)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Can you fly? [ She blurts it out before she knows what she's doing. Her ears flatten a little. ]

Oh, and... these are new, for me. [ She points at the lynx ears. ]
dragonsattendant: (proud)

[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-16 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ To answer Chiaki, Medli jumped into the air, her arms instantly replaced with white-feathered wings. She flaps in place for a few seconds, then lands again, her wings vanishing. ] But I can't fly as well as the adults can, yet...

[ She glances up at the feline ears. ] Honestly, I hadn't noticed them as being off... the weirdest thing to me is that the humans I've seen don't have pointed ears!

... I-I mean. I'm sure it's normal for them, but...
waitingforplayer2: (27. NEW GAME)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-17 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
It isn't normal at all! I just got these. [ She rubs at them -- they itch. ] They're cat ears.

But flying sounds a lot more fun! You can go anywhere... [ How many games has she played with flying? How often has she wished that she could? ]
dragonsattendant: (ugh...)

[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-17 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Well... maybe once you've mastered it. But actually, if you don't have the stamina for it, flying can be really difficult. I haven't flown further than the shores of my island before-- what if I run out of energy and fall into the Great Sea?

[ She shudders at the thought. ] That would be the end of me!
waitingforplayer2: (31. ummm)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-17 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
It still sounds really fun... maybe while you're here, you can learn?
dragonsattendant: ((X) Doubt)

[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-17 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A little indignantly:] I know how to fly!

I'm just not very good at it yet. But that's why I signed up, so I could fly better.
waitingforplayer2: (18. what's co-op though)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-18 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Fly-- fly better! That's... sorry. [ what she meant ]

That was your contract? Is someone going to teach you?
dragonsattendant: (hmm...)

[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-18 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ She deflates before long. ] It's okay, it's just... I may not be perfect, but I'm a little more capable than the adults give me credit for...

Well, not really. Miss Ringmaster gave me some wind magic that will make the lift of my wings better. So now I've just got to... adapt, I guess!

[ What she doesn't say is that she's now thinking that there was something more important she should have asked for, but it's too late to take it back now. ]
waitingforplayer2: (20. attack success rate 100%)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-18 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds really useful!! Mm... I wonder if that'll help with your beasts... it gives you a dexterity boost, at least.
dragonsattendant: (what?)

[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-18 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Dex... terity?

[ VIDEOgames.png ]

I-if nothing else, it'll help with a quick escape if things go south!
waitingforplayer2: (02. Welcome to Hope's Peak)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-26 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I mean! A dexterity boost is when you roll to escape. It's perfect if you want to flee the jaws of a hungry dragon.