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lostcarnival2018-03-17 07:08 pm
likethelight) wrote in lostcarnival2018-03-17 07:08 pm
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🎶 He's the left hand of God on the stage 🎶
Who: Allen and you!
When: Day 28 and onward
Where: Getting lost in the forest first, then reluctantly Around
What: The unluckiest hobo Exorcist clown-acrobat of an endearingly stupid shounen protagonist is here!
[ Once there was a boy with no home who joined the circus.
Actually, there was a boy who no home who joined the circus twice. Both times kind of against his will.
This was a very unlucky boy.
This was also a very very dubious boy who tiptoed around the carnival without announcing his presence the moment he was set loose on the grounds. Who eyed the trailer he was supposedly assigned to and....... decided to give it a rather wide berth and continue exploring while remaining unseen as he could. Funny, he acts more like a fugitive than some semi-well-dressed Victorian kid.. that's kind of a weird... tattoo he has on his face, too?Scar? But it looks like there's a pentagram..
Which is to say he lasted about an hour before he attempted to hightail it into the woods and escape. He has promises he made!! Screw this, he can't stay in any place for a year, let alone this one!! HE'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN GOING TO BE ALIVE IN A YEAR SO ALL OF YOU CAN SOD OFF
Which is also to say it takes him even less time to get woefully lost. And then a bit longer still before he finally admits it and finds some slightly less mossy rock to flop down on.
He rakes a hand through his somewhat overgrown hair. There are definitely some twigs there. ]
Haah.. even Timcanpy.
[ Does he sound a little sour? He sounds a little sour. He'd been shouting "Tim???! TIM!" for the last half hour after all. This is the worst. ]
[ Alternatively, after he comes sulkily back you may also find him:
1) In the cookhouse, surrounded by stacks of empty bowls piled far higher than he is tall and doubled over with gusto into demolishing his current one. No, seriously... it looks like this kid has just eaten thrice his weight in literally every dish that was being served. Including the ones he'd never heard of.There's a questionable-looking carcass on the table next to him...
2) In the medical tent after it's dark and he thinks he's alone, trying to very surreptitiously snag some gauze and unbuttoning his shirt to... look incredibly confused at not finding a wound on his stomach? And starts poking at it?? What?? Excuse him??
3) Sitting towards the edge of the grounds after dark, his back to a tree and looking up at the lights of the Ferris wheel in a way that's quiet thoughtful as much as it's... morose? No, it's just a faraway sort of expression that's as bittersweet as it is uneasy. Looking up at the Ferris wheel like it's been a very, very long sort of time as he sucks on his now very-polished spoon. Ah. Dinner had been smaller than he would have liked.
He'd also seem to have a plump sort of golden... ball? with wings? accompanying him now and seeming to mimic and compliment him as a small golden shadow might. He would appear to like sitting on heads.
Wildcard if you want, he'll be poking around everywhere! And tag in whatever format you are most comfortable in! I vastly prefer brackets for my personal writing; if they drive you nuts drop me a line and I can make adjustments. ]
When: Day 28 and onward
Where: Getting lost in the forest first, then reluctantly Around
What: The unluckiest hobo Exorcist clown-acrobat of an endearingly stupid shounen protagonist is here!
[ Once there was a boy with no home who joined the circus.
Actually, there was a boy who no home who joined the circus twice. Both times kind of against his will.
This was a very unlucky boy.
This was also a very very dubious boy who tiptoed around the carnival without announcing his presence the moment he was set loose on the grounds. Who eyed the trailer he was supposedly assigned to and....... decided to give it a rather wide berth and continue exploring while remaining unseen as he could. Funny, he acts more like a fugitive than some semi-well-dressed Victorian kid.. that's kind of a weird... tattoo he has on his face, too?
Which is to say he lasted about an hour before he attempted to hightail it into the woods and escape. He has promises he made!! Screw this, he can't stay in any place for a year, let alone this one!! HE'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN GOING TO BE ALIVE IN A YEAR SO ALL OF YOU CAN SOD OFF
Which is also to say it takes him even less time to get woefully lost. And then a bit longer still before he finally admits it and finds some slightly less mossy rock to flop down on.
He rakes a hand through his somewhat overgrown hair. There are definitely some twigs there. ]
Haah.. even Timcanpy.
[ Does he sound a little sour? He sounds a little sour. He'd been shouting "Tim???! TIM!" for the last half hour after all. This is the worst. ]
[ Alternatively, after he comes sulkily back you may also find him:
1) In the cookhouse, surrounded by stacks of empty bowls piled far higher than he is tall and doubled over with gusto into demolishing his current one. No, seriously... it looks like this kid has just eaten thrice his weight in literally every dish that was being served. Including the ones he'd never heard of.
2) In the medical tent after it's dark and he thinks he's alone, trying to very surreptitiously snag some gauze and unbuttoning his shirt to... look incredibly confused at not finding a wound on his stomach? And starts poking at it?? What?? Excuse him??
3) Sitting towards the edge of the grounds after dark, his back to a tree and looking up at the lights of the Ferris wheel in a way that's quiet thoughtful as much as it's... morose? No, it's just a faraway sort of expression that's as bittersweet as it is uneasy. Looking up at the Ferris wheel like it's been a very, very long sort of time as he sucks on his now very-polished spoon. Ah. Dinner had been smaller than he would have liked.
He'd also seem to have a plump sort of golden... ball? with wings? accompanying him now and seeming to mimic and compliment him as a small golden shadow might. He would appear to like sitting on heads.
Wildcard if you want, he'll be poking around everywhere! And tag in whatever format you are most comfortable in! I vastly prefer brackets for my personal writing; if they drive you nuts drop me a line and I can make adjustments. ]
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Then again how can he believe anything about the Ark, either. But it's not like he has a whole lot of trust to give lately. ]
...
[ Yeah he's just going to cut his losses. But his expression gentles a little and he settles back a little, drawing his knees closer to his chest. ]
Does that mean you're with the carnival too? [ One could be skeptical or concerned because she's awfully young... but Allen was the same age (and younger) when he was with the circus, so. ]
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[Actually, she'll make one thing Very Clear on that note-she is here willingly.] ...She's going to help someone, for me, so I'm here now... [...granted technically she's only there BECAUSE of someone's contract but...hey.]
... [Regardless. She studies the other-frowning, watching him curl up as he is. Mnnnn.] ...it's not a lie either. People make contracts so the Ringmaster does things for them. ...She just also gets a contract if you broke a rule too.
...She still puts you back at the right time though.
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killed and worse.
But he wasn't expecting that; her answer like that. That she did this for someone else? That's...
Kind.
He blinks for a moment. ]
..you really look up to her. [ He sounds a bit surprised. ]
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She's not sure 'look up to' is the...right term. She sort of frowns a bit, and thinks it over while her sparrow goes back to hiding in the hair.] Mnh....
...The Ringmaster doesn't do...smart things all the time I don't think, [She eventually decides, blinking.] ...But she's definitely a good person, and cares about people and wants them to have fun. ...She could do a lot of bad things, if she wanted-but she doesn't, and she definitely doesn't want to, [she adds, pretty sure of herself in this matter. She even nods to herself.] ...I don't actually think she thought it was a good idea, what I asked... ...but she still did it, even though she could have just made me go home instead. ...Because I asked.
[So that's pretty neat.]
...I like it here though, [Reira continues.] ...I'm learning lots of things here, like about birthdays, and holidays....
[no that's upsetting]
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That's a little surprising though. ]
You didn't know about those sorts of things before?
[ Was she a forest spirit then.. ?! ]
annnd we're treading slightly toward child soldier mentions-
And hooo...] ...The soldiers didn't care about those things, I think. ...So they didn't tell me.
'Mom' didn't want me for those things either, I don't think.
[Not a forest spirit, but this is a dark road.]
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... [ He recrosses his legs; sits a little more easily.
He has a sense about these things and thinks he might know where this is going — generally speaking, that it's sad and that isn't a thing to phase him — but speaks gently. ]
Why not?
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...So she didn't put that in my head.
[And now she's learning most people DON'T get things 'put in their head', so that's a whole other story wow]
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Aa, is that so? [ He — smiles. But there's something kind of sad and painted about that smile too.
Orders... was she a soldier then? Even the children the Order essentially conscripted to fight — Lenalee and Timothy... Lenalee hated it he knew and to this day was still traumatized by some things, but she'd never sounded like that.
(Had she, when she was that age? Before Komui took over? He doesn't know, but..)
But then that's also a part of the Order — not his Order, but Central — he'd hated. ] Then...
It's a good thing, isn't it? [ He cocks his head to the side, smiling gently. ]
Being able to learn lots of things like that now.
[ It's so sad. ]
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She focuses on what's 'good'.] Yeah. Mr. Childermass brought me 'school' books, so I'm going to do 'school' things now, too. ...Yuuya-niisan doesn't like school, but people said it's still important, and it's 'cool' too.
[She still isn't sure if she's using this word correctly.] And then other people are teaching me magic too, so I can do other things. And then there's the things I got from on the moon for the 'holiday'..! [See there's lots of good things get happier dammit]
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That certainly sounds like you've had a lot to do. [ Diplomacy. Maybe he misheard. ]
Everyone here sounds very nice.
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...It's a lot more than before the Carnival... [Quite a lot more. Anyway.]
...You still have to work here for the whole year though.
[So get used to all the nice people?? YEAH That's it.]
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ahahaha ]
Ah... [ not if he can help it ]
How long have you been here then? Miss Reira.
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...So, I already have 'one quarter' done. [hi she's learning fractions it's great]
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His shoulders relax — a little, and Timcanpy finally sits himself back on top of Allen's head — and he gives a nod. ]
What is it that you do then? [ I mean he... 'worked' for the circus when he was her age too.. ]
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Oh Boy you're in for a Big Storm Allen]I look after the animals, [she explains, pointing at Timcanpy, in fact.] ...Things sort of like that, I guess.
Or bigger things...or more 'normal' things..? [She adds, hesitant about that particular term.]