⇨ SPACE OLYMPICS

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 30 - Day 44
Where: The carnival, Zargon, and Olympic Spaceship
What: Things return back to normal as the carnival performs for aliens of all sorts at the Space Olympics. Or at least, as normal as it can be when you've got an underfunded and falling-apart spaceship hovering over a deadly planet.
Warnings: Sports and people's inability to do them.

REACH FOR THE STARS↴ At first glance, the Space Olympics seem marvelous. Aliens from all over the universe, of all shapes and sizes have joined together in an intergalactic display of teamwork and sportmanship. What could be more inspiring than that? It's only when you hang around for a bit that you notice things aren't exactly in tip-top shape. ► OLYMPIC SPACESHIP: This is where most of the events are held. It's a massive spaceship spanning hundreds of miles and consisting of multiple floors. Teleportation discs and space public transport can take you anywhere on the spaceship in a blink of an eye. It has almost every amenity an athlete can think of: multiple gyms, practice arenas, saunas, etc. Likewise, there are plenty of things for civilians and spectators: merchandise stands, shopping malls, grocery stores, and television screens everywhere so people can watch the event. Shuttles to and from Zargon arrive on a regular basis. ► ZARGON: Facility wise, Zargon itself is less impressive than Olympic Spaceship. The carnival and the athlete's village comprise most of the habitable areas. Both are concealed underneath a large biodome, the main thing making the area livable. Enterprising Zargonites have set up stands that let people explore outside of the biodome. Rent a spacesuit and you too can enjoy Zargon's natural wonders, such as the distant red plateaus and the stunning solar winds. Just try and stay away from the toxic mold, naturally occurring pockets of hallucinogenic gas, and ten foot tall Zargon Death Flytrap. ► 1980s TRAINING MONTAGE: Since carnival members can only attempt to medal in one event, why not try different sports to see what that one event is? There's equipment for all sorts of sports: gymnastics, swimming, biathalon, snowboarding, etc. They've even somehow brought space horses up here for Space Dressage! There's also equipment for sports that carnival members might not have even known existed: Space Gymkata, Space Pooh Sticks, Space Limbo Skating, etc. The sky's the limit! ► A BIT OF A BUDGET SNAFU: The Space Olympics is kind of falling apart. After performance week, the carnival is drafted to help out and keep the Space Olympics running as smoothly as possible. This means fixing buildings, breaking up fights, helping in the kitchen, trying to sell merch, etc. If there's a feasible problem, the carnival members will be drafted to help fix it. The biggest problem of all is the multiple mechanical failures: artificial gravity stops working, temperatures on the ship rapidly shift from hot to cold, and the snow machines for Space Slopestyle won't turn off. ► PERFORMANCE: Performance week will start early this stop, to try and get everyone back into the swing of things after the chaos of Wismuth. Athletes from the village roam the carnival, taking in the sights and sounds. A lot of them haven't ever seen anything like the magic of the carnival and it's workers and will proceed to ask question after question about how all of this works: turns out that sci-fi and fantasy don't crossover as much as one would think. Still, don't be alarmed when you turn the corner and there's a Hutt trying his hand at test your strength.

Comments

[worldlyafflictions]

Shima would infinitely prefer to be some kind of crazy cyborg horse man thing, though he would like to reduce the number of legs involved. Not that he's paying that much attention to that right now, still busy um... kind of just rolling around convulsively about this trauma that has befallen him...

"nooooooo"

[betheman]

There's nothing wrong with being a mecha-sliepnir-taur now, Shima- but that aside. He stoops down-a difficult, but no less possible task-crouching more closely to the 'bug's level.

"....I, the man Gongenzaka, would ask if you need assistance, but..." Well, he's sort of curled up and wheezing a quiet 'no'. So. "....It seems that does not require an answer..."

Ahhh. His lens stares. "...Exactly...what is the matter..?"

[worldlyafflictions]

"--It ain't obvious just by looking?! J-just.. look at this!!"

He uncurls enough to gesture illustratively at.. all of himself. HE'S HIDEOUS. Well actually his appearance is pretty harmless, and kind of fuzzy and soft looking... But none of that matters in the face of the fact that he's pretty much just a giant bug. WHAT KIND OF ALIEN IS THAT?!

[betheman]

....

"...I, the man Gongenzaka...presume you refer to your state as a caterpillar..?" It's. It's the only thing there is, really. He's not sure what to think of it, other than the fact that he can name a few people on one hand who would find this cute and huggable.

[worldlyafflictions]

"Right?! T-this is a c-caterpillar, right?!! How did this happennn, just kill me!"

He's gone into hysterics again.

[betheman]

"HMM!? D-Do you not feel that a bit rash!?" he protests, choking with digitized sounds as he backs up a bit. "What is the trouble of resembling a caterpillar as it is..! You are still yourself, are you not!?"

Well, Actually, He's a caterpillar-