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[everybodypanic]

Who: Jinx and You
When: Throughout Day 29
Where: All over the Carnival grounds
What: Just out and about and thinking about her upcoming first performances!

Right, now that they finally got done with saving the day and all that, it was back to business! Of course, what that meant for Jinx was basically just a day of keeping herself entertained with... whatever. Her thoughts were primarily focused on finally putting on a performance! She was a Daredevil and already had a bunch of ideas on what she could do.

One such ideas was hoops. She had set up a bit of an obstacle course in the Big Tent... Top with lots of hoops big enough for her to jump through. That alone was enough for her, and anybody in there could've likely caught her practicing and diving through said hoops while in her Star Guardian form. The act itself, however, was missing a little something.

It may or may not have been fire.

Actually she definitely wanted fire.

She had a bunch of other ideas and plans. Acts she could put on without needing anything extra. For example, having your own two spirits that each turned into a gun was really convenient. It was also convenient that said spirits were intelligent and could speak to and understand Jinx. It was like having her own personal stage assistants!

All in all, she's pretty excited about it.

Jinx eventually stops at the cookhouse for some food and hits up everyone else with a question about all the Star Guardian stuff that happened not too long ago. After that, she goes to hit up some of the games or the rides, like the Ferris Wheel! She also wonders if they ever got that Test of Strength game fixed up.

The same one she broke when she first made it here.

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[everybodypanic]

"Cool stuff. They got me performing on stage, which is pretty cool. I don't think I'd be all that good at just standing out here waiting for customers." She would get bored fast.

And probably start playing her own game.

Hey, actually that wasn't such a bad idea.

"So what's your pitch? You gotta get people here somehow, right?"

[hurtcomfort]

He does have a pitch! And Cole's been working very hard on the pitch, because he's been told by multiple people to 'try and persuade people to play the game' and 'don't spend all your time trying to fix other people's problems.' So he nods, before going right into the pitch.

"Throw a ball at the bottles to try and win a prize!" It's a shitty pitch. However, Cole's delivering it with utter sincerity, like it's the perfect thing to get people's attention. "I don't think I'm good at it. I like giving out prizes more than yelling."

[everybodypanic]

"Honestly?" And Jinx was never not honesty. "I like it!" She had a big grin on her face to show it, giving him an actual thumbs up, too.

"Like, you don't need anything super fancy to attract a crowd! Just say what's on your mind and they'll come to you."

Really, she just liked it when something was simple and easy to understand.

[hurtcomfort]

Wait. Really?

Cole looks a little shocked at the fact that Jinx likes it. He thought it was a good pitch. And he thought it would work. It's just that when you're a creepy slightly telepathic spirit, you can pick up on people's thoughts and confusion and apprehensiveness about said pitch more often than most. But if Jinx likes it...

"Then I'll keep saying that," Cole continues, in a matter of fact tone of voice. It's okay if other people think he's odd. Other people think he's odd anyway. But Jinx likes it, so he's going to keep doing it that way.

[everybodypanic]

"Yeah, for sure." Jinx says what she feels and likes it when others feel the same way. Honesty was much simpler to understand, too.

It was laid out bare right in front of her. But enough about that.

"So what kind of prizes you got to hand out?" It was time to talk about the most important part of a carnival game!

[hurtcomfort]

"Mostly stuffed animals." Which is probably for the best. They're easy to work with, they aren't breakable, and it's easy for Cole to figure out what would be best for which person. Someone missed their dog, someone else enjoyed cats, a third person liked birds, and so on and so forth. It's easier to tailor animals to one's personality than fake swords or water pistols.

"You can try to win one, if you want," he pipes up, obviously excited at the idea of Jinx playing the game. "You just need to play."

[everybodypanic]

"You're on!" That was it. That was all he needed to say before Jinx was on board. Proof that his pitch was already working really well. And maybe this time things would work out better than the first time she tried playing a game here.

All she needed to do was stay in her civilian form.

And not get mad.

"Just watch, I'm gonna get top score on the first try."

[hurtcomfort]

Good! Cole scurries behind his booth to quickly set up the bottles. There's six milk bottles stacked in a pyramid: one row of three, one row of two, one row of one. Once they're up, he offers Jinx a ball.

"You have three attempts. The big prize is if you knock all of them over, the smaller prize is if you knock a few of them over."

And then Cole scoots out of the way! He's already been hit a few times by stray balls, he doesn't want to be hit again.