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.

[personal profile] babbylon 2016-10-19 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Their bodies will do just as nicely.
trustme: (doorway)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-10-19 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
Even lower then. Amazing.

[personal profile] babbylon 2016-10-20 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
And who are you to judge, hm? Humans are barbarians, and you look no less human than the rest.

[Is this a challenge? Quite possibly.]
trustme: (goof)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-10-21 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh pu-leeease! [ Doctor snorts. ]

You're a long way from leaving behind your human qualities. Somewhere hidden behind all that arrogance you know it. Your greed reminds me a lot of the most barbaric of humankind.

[personal profile] babbylon 2016-10-21 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I never said I was an exemption.

[For once.]

I am the culmination of human greed, bravery, and legend. So that would be a natural conclusion to draw.
trustme: (goof)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-10-21 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Doctor starts digging in his coat pocket. ]

Can you repeat that? I want to get a recording or the other carnies won't believe me when I tell them you admitted that much. What an amazing stride forward you just made! Bravo!

[personal profile] babbylon 2016-10-21 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Certainly.

[He's not being sarcastic, either. He loves the sound of his own voice.]

I am Gilgamesh, and I am, without a doubt, better than you.
trustme: (looking up)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-10-21 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Better at forgetting basic vocabulary more accurately. I said repeat, not tell lies. Guess it's back to square one with you.

[ Doctor stretches out his legs and arms with a small satisfied groan. He can do this all day, though going in circles will bore him eventually. ]

[personal profile] babbylon 2016-10-21 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
It says nearly word for word in my Epic "Gilgamesh is better than you".

[...well, he has a point.]
trustme: (sonic baton)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-10-22 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
And in some legends I'm described as having a long beard down to my knees. I really don't recommend using a legend to supplement your ego. Tends to lead to big problems.

[personal profile] babbylon 2016-10-23 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Your legend...?

[Indulge him, doc. Some of that insufferable ego has given way to earnest curiosity.]
trustme: (sonic baton)

this was kinda weird considering Gil's castmates. like Doctor = Merlin for example in his universe

[personal profile] trustme 2016-10-23 11:36 am (UTC)(link)
I've lost track of most of them. It's not that I'm not flattered but I'm not caught up in the fame. Different time periods, different languages, different planets and races. I don't ask for people to pass stories about me down the line but apparently it's happened many times. River would always roll her eyes and tease me about it. [ As if Gil knows who the heck The Doctor is talking about. ]

She'd say, "Rule of thumb, if there's a legend with a good wizard in it, it always turns out to be him."

I actually tried to prove her wrong, went back in time to find the real person, got distracted by trouble, then returned to find out she was right and I had just done the deed.

[ Does any of that make sense? ]

this gonna be goooood

[personal profile] babbylon 2016-10-24 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Albeit unintentionally, it seems the Doctor has chosen well with this venue of conversation; much of his venom evaporates in the face of a riddle, which he can't resist. The word wizard serves as his only clue, but Gilgamesh is a clever beast. He knows of only one such magus whose infamy precedes all the others, across space and time.]

Merlin?

[...though he doesn't look like he quite believes it. Only one of his kind would know for certain, and they're not here. Fortunately.]

You indeed appear a bit too curious to serve in the Arthurian court. Or perhaps not curious enough.
trustme: (hello there)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-10-27 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
That's one name I've been called by in stories, yes. You're familiar with it?

Thankfully between perception filters, a large wardrobe, and easily fooled psyches I've managed to blend in most of the places I go.

[ He might be exaggerating that last part. Oh he's been considered odd or curious by a loooong list of individuals. ]

[personal profile] babbylon 2016-10-27 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
I am familiar with everything.

[Point blank:]

You are indeed a magus. A particularly slimy variety, by my measure.
trustme: (goof)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-10-27 08:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh I don't really care what you think of me. You have terrible judgement when it comes to others. That's been clear since we first met.

I care about what you do to the newest members of our staff.

[ Getting back to the original reason they're in the same vicinity. ]

[personal profile] babbylon 2016-10-27 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
Don't.

[Best advice he can give. And the only advice.]
trustme: (sonic baton)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-10-27 09:29 am (UTC)(link)
Don't worry for the sake of the newcomers? Bit late for that. I'm already here.

[personal profile] babbylon 2016-10-27 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
Do not interfere. It is not your place.
trustme: (fez glee)

[personal profile] trustme 2016-11-04 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ He either didn't hear that or completely ignored what was said because now Doctor isn't talking to Gil and is instead springing to his feet to walk towards a newbie freshly out of the ringmaster's tent to greet them. ]