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.
osteothropy: (pray to god our kids live long enough)

BEFORE - public carnival frequency 144.98750

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Even though he's speaking into the radio, his words always carry the tune of being spoken without capitalization or punctuation. It's just something about him.]

Ringmaster says its orientation time.

Mandatory orientation. 9:36PM. You know the deal.

Be sharp or the skeletons are gunna get ya.
dorkypantsuit: (Default)

[personal profile] dorkypantsuit 2016-10-16 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Are you sure they won't be too busy taking a nap?
osteothropy: (there is no cat and i am alone.)

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Nah. Tonight's the night of the living dead.

Special occasion.
dorkypantsuit: (++ii)

[personal profile] dorkypantsuit 2016-10-16 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
I thought you weren't dead.
osteothropy: (you are drafted into the skeleton war)

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I am. Dead tired.
dorkypantsuit: (Default)

[personal profile] dorkypantsuit 2016-10-16 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
I guess you and the dogs have had a couple of rough days.
osteothropy: by what-the-floofin@tumblr (i apologize to everyone)

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Guess the dog days are over, huh?
dorkypantsuit: (++iii)

[personal profile] dorkypantsuit 2016-10-16 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Apparently not if someone tries to skip out on the party tonight.

I mean, orientation.
waitingforplayer2: (66. EX: last sprint 3/4)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'm-- I'm on my way!

[ Fumbling with her walkie while she runs, so part of that probably gets cut off. ]
osteothropy: (i'm from hell)

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, he wasn't expecting the newbies to get on the radios so fast. He doesn't recognize that voice. Oh well.]

Good idea. It gets pretty spooky around here, at night.
waitingforplayer2: (42. IDEA)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Y-yeah!

[ She ducks as a shadow crosses over her -- a bird? A very tall person? Her cat ears swivel automatically to follow the sound. Nothing. ]

What does the Cookhouse look like?
osteothropy: (you are drafted into the skeleton war)

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Big wooden house thing in the middle of the Gamer's Circle. Can't miss it, kid.
waitingforplayer2: (18. what's co-op though)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Wait--

[ She stops and turns slowly. The Gamer's Circle. ]

I know where that is! I was there earlier, so...

[ She looks around. This Carnival's bigger than she remembers. She starts walking slowly in one direction. ]

Are you there, too?
osteothropy: (Default)

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Not yet. Where you at?

[Any landmark will do.]
waitingforplayer2: (20. attack success rate 100%)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Everything's different... [ She murmurs into the walkie talkie, looking around her. Lots of differently sized and shaped tents and buildings, not many labels. She squints. ]

Um... I think that's the trailers. The Ringmaster mentioned some.
osteothropy: (break your lips motherfucker)

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Suddenly she'll feel a presence behind her, and a voice.]

You sound lost.

[She'll hear it come from the radio at the exact same moment. There is absolutely a skeleton behind you, Chiaki.]
waitingforplayer2: (54. that ain't ok)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Huh-AHH!!

[ She jumps about a foot in the air. Her heart's going a mile a minute, but for once her ears refuse to flatten. They're standing straight up, at attention, in case Sans or someone else decides to unleash an attack.

She clings to the wall of a nearby building, staring at the skeleton, mouth refusing to work. This Carnival's definitely haunted. ]
osteothropy: (i'm from hell)

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Sans stares at her for one long moment, and then starts to chuckle. His bones glow faintly in the darkness with stored sunlight, and the black sockets of his eyes are dotted with piercing white.

His tail swishes behind him.]


Now that's no way to greet a new pal.
waitingforplayer2: (46. I MUST GO)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ The radio squawks in her hand, again, and it's enough for her to make the connection. ]

Th-that was you?

[ He's...

Monstrous isn't a great way to put it, actually. She's seen some strange things here and in her games, too.

It's more that it's hard for her to believe he's real. ]
osteothropy: (pray to god our kids live long enough)

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He leans back a little and shrugs. It's not like an immediate relief to the tension of his presence - one gets the sense that the thread he poses could be very real if he was inclined to act on it. It seems very likely he's not, though.]

Told ya it gets spooky at night.
waitingforplayer2: (47. what's that over there)

[personal profile] waitingforplayer2 2016-10-16 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah...

[ Okay. That was him, too.

She's still gonna keep an eye on him, though. ]


I-- did you say you knew where the Cookhouse was...?
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[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Probably a good idea.]

I can take you right over there, if you want.

Been to your trailer yet?

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[personal profile] fastestdraw 2016-10-16 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
You know, Sheriff, if it came down to startin' this show with a good old-fashioned roundup, y'all can be sure I'd be one of the first men ridin'!

[He... knows Sans is probably joking, but he himself, well, isn't. Not that he's sounding in his lilting along like it's anything more than a kinda fun (if hypothetical) idea.

Still, you know, a passel o' newbies would probably be more of a game to round up than some of the other types patrol's had to deal with in the past.]
Edited 2016-10-16 02:50 (UTC)
osteothropy: by what-the-floofin@tumblr (i apologize to everyone)

[personal profile] osteothropy 2016-10-16 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. At Ease-el, soldier. Doubt we're going to have any real problems with that tonight, if this batch has any smarts.

[personal profile] fastestdraw 2016-10-16 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Note of a chuckle!] I hear ya! But now, I got a hand on my lasso here all the same!