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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] dragonsattendant 2016-10-17 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ She's been doing a lot of this tonight (and her back is starting to ache a little for it), but regardless she bows in greeting. ] I'm Medli, sir. And you?
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[personal profile] faking 2016-10-17 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[For once—for the first time in probably a while—Alois is quite flattered, and this girl's propriety endears her to Alois immediately.]

A pretty name for a pretty girl, [he says charitably. In all actuality he finds her appearance strange; but he's seen stranger, during his time with the Carnival, so he's able to compliment her instead of recoiling. And there is something cute about whatever sort of creature she is.] I'm Alois. Alois Trancy. Well, Earl Alois Trancy, really, but nobody cares about titles here. Sad, right?

[He smiles boyishly, presumably harmless at least for her sake, with manicured teeth.]
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[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-17 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She smiles back, somewhat shy. ] It's nice to meet you, Mr. Alois. [ What are surnames? ] I... might be a little ignorant about this, but what does being an Earl mean? Is it like royalty?
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[personal profile] faking 2016-10-17 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, well, he can't find it in himself to be curt with her. If she were an adult, sure, he'd be mocking and crow his higher knowledge or whatever ridiculous thing, but a kid doesn't know that much, right? Alois didn't know the difference between an Earl and a Viscount and a Marquis when he was younger, to be sure. It's pretty complicated, and he had to spend a while learning.

It's probably dangerous for his heart, and he knows it, but he ends up going soft for the little ones, most of the time.]


Mm, not quite, love. An Earl is more like someone appointed by royalty. A man and a family who are entitled to special things, but not so many special things as the Queen. I have a household, you see, and I'm in charge of certain places.
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[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-18 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ Medli nods as he explains. ] Oh, so you're a pretty important person back at home, then! I think Windfall Island has someone like that, though I'm not sure who appointed them, since... the Royal Family's been gone for a long time...

A-anyway. I take it you've been here a while, sir?
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[personal profile] faking 2016-10-18 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
Not so long as some, but enough to know a little. [He's taking in her words with curiosity, and her body language with approval. Probably he ought to offer her a seat, that would be the nice thing to do, but the shy way she postures herself makes him feel good about himself. He's only kind to a point, of course...

But he's still quite gentle with her.]
Windfall, another pretty name. Is that where you live?
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[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-18 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Honestly, Medli prefers to stand. She gets anxious if she's just sitting around and talking. Standing gives her the illusion that she's keeping busy. ]

Well... that is where most humans live, sir. But I live on Dragon Roost Island with the rest of the Rito... it's not far from Windfall, I think.
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[personal profile] faking 2016-10-20 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds quite... [Bizarre? Well, not as bizarre as it once would have been. Okay, it's not really bizarre at all compared to the things he's experienced during his travels with the Carnival. He lets out a little breath, and carries on with his small smile.] Charming, [he decides to say.] I don't suppose there's actually a dragon roosting?

[You never know.]
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[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-20 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
There is, that's how the island got its name!

You see, sir, The Sky Spirit Valoo is the guardian and patron of my kind, the Rito. And I have the honor of being his attendant! [ She beams with pride at that fact. ] Or, at least until I came here...
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[personal profile] faking 2016-10-21 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Alois pauses to clear his throat. Okay, a real dragon, then. Sooo...]

How does one attend a dragon, may I ask?
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[personal profile] dragonsattendant 2016-10-21 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Deep breath. ] Well, I bring him food and translate his speech for others, cause he speaks a language that no one on the island but me understands. And I oversee young Rito who come to him to receive their scale, which lets us fly.

[ In case Alois' next question is how they fly when there are no visible wings, Medli's flings back her arms, which instantly transform into a pair of white wings. After a moment she brings them back down, and the wings vanish once more. She'd demonstrate her flight, but she's done that enough tonight, and she's tired.

She beams.
] It doesn't sound hard, but I can't fly to the top very well, and I don't completely understand his language... But I'm proud to have it!