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.
solaris9: (gojyo: baseball)

[personal profile] solaris9 2016-10-22 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yep, a dragon! And he's so cool, too. He's been helping them by driving them to India. But it seems like Gottlieb is more interested in the kappa, for some reason. ]

Gojyo? Uh...he's kinda long and skinny...? He's got red hair about this long. [ He points to himself, somewhere below the shoulder. Sorry, Goku's not that great with detailed descriptions of people's looks. He thinks a little harder. ] Long...eyelashes?
veinglory: All art by me (Good 'ol fashion loverboy)

I am sorry. He is a shameless hussy.

[personal profile] veinglory 2016-10-22 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[As he gets a mental picture, the vampire's eyes half-lid pleasantly.]

Oooh. Well. If he ever shows up here, I should very much like to meet him.

... and! All your friends, of course. If they're as delightful as yourself.
solaris9: (smokin')

Quite all right! ;D

[personal profile] solaris9 2016-10-22 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay...?

[ He's not exactly sure why. It's not like Goku gave an especially amazing image of him (he thinks, anyway. But the way he pictures Gojyo is probably not the same as how Gottlieb apparently does). ]

I kinda wish I could at least let everyone know I'm okay. Do you know if we're allowed to do that?
veinglory: (Awwww!)

[personal profile] veinglory 2016-10-22 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lightbulb!]

Young man, that is amazingly clever! I never thought of such a thing. Surely it's within the realm of her powers, but... to be quite honest, I'm a little frightened by her.
solaris9: (oranges)

[personal profile] solaris9 2016-10-24 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Frightened? [ He ponders on this a little. She does seem to be very powerful, but he's not sure if she's necessarily terrifying...]

Well it can't hurt to ask, right? How come you're frightened though?
veinglory: (Weh-pire)

[personal profile] veinglory 2016-10-24 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
She's quite the... imposing woman. What she's capable of is more than a little unsettling.
solaris9: (orly)

[personal profile] solaris9 2016-10-28 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
What IS she capable of? [ He figures lots of things, but he's not entirely sure...]
veinglory: (The rare neutral face.)

[personal profile] veinglory 2016-10-29 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
The full extent? I haven't the foggiest. But what we've seen here around us is impossible enough, don't you think?
solaris9: (unsure)

[personal profile] solaris9 2016-10-30 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
I guess.

[ She does seem pretty formidable. ]

Do you think she's like a god or something?
veinglory: (Did someone say lunchtime?)

[personal profile] veinglory 2016-10-30 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
A god... ?

[The suggestion seems to especially perplex Gottlieb. He was hardly the religious sort, but those around him always seemed quite sure there was just the one God. Now that he racked his brain, however, didn't the Greeks have multiple gods? They were all a representative of something, right?]

A god of what?

solaris9: (moss green)

[personal profile] solaris9 2016-10-30 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Carnivals? Haha. I dunno.

[ He thinks about it some more. He might have lived in a monastery, but that doesn't really mean he knows a lot about gods or Buddhism. ]

I met one before, though. [ Well, technically, Seiten Taisei did. Goku doesn't remember it but he was told about the encounter later. ]

She was the goddess of mercy and compassion.
veinglory: (Oooh rock me Amadeus!)

[personal profile] veinglory 2016-10-31 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Was she a beautiful creature? With long, ethereal locks and a dress spun of sunshine?

[Someone has a very healthy imagination, and his eyes go dewy imagining what such a goddess would look like.]
solaris9: (orly)

[personal profile] solaris9 2016-10-31 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh. Well, I don't really remember, [ he says with some embarrassment. As to why he doesn't remember the encounter -- it's a little complicated. He wishes he could've seen her, though. Gottlieb's description sounds more like Sanzo though, in Goku's mind. He was shiny and pretty when he first met him. Like sunshine. ]

Gojyo said her clothes were see-through, though.
veinglory: (and called it macaroni)

[personal profile] veinglory 2016-11-01 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ooh, Gojyo is quite the feisty one, hm?

[Hands are brought up to his mouth to barely suppress a giggle.]
solaris9: (smokin')

[personal profile] solaris9 2016-11-04 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Feisty...?

[ He's not really sure what it means in this context... ]

Maybe?
veinglory: All art by me (Good 'ol fashion loverboy)

[personal profile] veinglory 2016-11-04 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Ahem. Well. At any rate, it sounds like you lead quite an interesting life for one so young!
solaris9: (guy in a suit)

[personal profile] solaris9 2016-11-06 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Haha. I guess so.

[ Pause. ]

How old are you?
veinglory: All art by me (Default)

[personal profile] veinglory 2016-11-09 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
272 years old! Do I look good for my age?
solaris9: (smokin')

[personal profile] solaris9 2016-11-15 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm I dunno. I guess so? I mean, you don't look like that old.

[ Then again, Goku is technically 500 and something. So.... ]