welcome to mayfield: day 3

[mayfield_mods]

[Those who wake up in the town on the third day will soon notice that something's definitely off. The cracks in the sky are appearing more frequently and lasting for minutes at a time, and there's a strange white fog drifting over the clouds.

For those who've just arrived, welcome to our new little town! We're sure you're glad to see your missing friends again; nothing to worry about here, they've just been too busy enjoying the upgraded carnival to go back home. Any bleeding limbs or serious wounds you may spot are obviously just a sign of how much fun they've been having.]

OOC: If your character damages or affects the carnival or town in a noticeable and normally permanent way, please comment here.

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GAMES

[mayfield_mods]

[All the classic games that you've enjoyed playing in Mayfield are still here, but it looks like someone upgraded the prizes! Instead of broken-down toys, brightly colored stuffed animals line the shelves, looking like they were just bought from the store. Even the jewelry's gone from cheap costume glass to what seems almost like genuine pearls and precious stones.

Of course, with no drones running the stands, there's nothing to stop you from simply reaching out and taking the prize of your dreams. It's certainly better than whatever you might have won in the other carnival, right?

Just kidding! Cheaters never prosper, after all. Not only does reaching for a prize have a chance of vanishing your hand like yesterday, but those of you who stole one before will find that it's disappeared, along with a good chunk of whatever it happened to be touching. Let's hope you weren't already wearing that necklace.]

[badladyscramble]

[Someone has no interest in games or prizes. This is simply the first area outside the funhouse that Remilia stumbled upon, and she is now tearing through it just like she was tearing through the carnival on the other side, breaking down stands, throwing everything around with wild abandon as she rampages about with more strength than her little frame would imply.]

Flandre! Flandre, where are you!?

[atailoftwoworlds]

[Ooooh, jewellery! Zidane wonders if he could take some himself.

Except he stops for a moment. It sounds too good to be true - why have expensive-looking stones at a carnival? Hmmm...]

Last chronologically?

[cueball]

[He isn't touching anything here. He doesn't trust it. And this carnival is frankly getting on his nerves. That's what happens when you don't eat for three days. He can do without water to some degree, thanks to the cotton stuffing that replaced his blood, but he's becoming irritated. And maybe it's time to test the limits of a place that looks like it is beginning to crumble and fall apart anyway.

No one will miss it right? This place is a mockery anyway.

He looks at the booth for a moment before focusing his sight on the top. If he destroyed parts of the top then the rest is sure to crumble down and destroy the rest. Not too much work on his part.

And so the top area of the games booth suddenly explodes into green, as Scratch concentrates a blast of energy at it. He as well begins to have small green flickers coming from his body - sometimes it is there briefly and sometimes his entire body is sparking green and yellow before he reverts back to normal. Regardless of that, the game booth won't be lasting long.

And he'll do the same for any other game booth he sees. They're all eyesores and he wants them gone.

ooc: if you want to stop him you can try, but he's almost definitely not going to stop destroying the booths until none of them remain.]

Balloon pop round 1

[voiceofauthority]

[She hasn't tried playing the games. Maybe in doing so she could find something more out. So Jenny puts down the payment and takes aim at one of the balloons. She does so three times.]

FOOD

[mayfield_mods]

[Hey, who knocked over the food stand? It looks like someone got a little angry that their milkshake was a little melted and upturned the whole thing onto its side. Luckily, even fallen over and splintered, delicious food will still appear on the ground when you order off the menu. The food is the same as yesterday - yummy and fresh and not filling in the least, with a chance of taking an internal organ or two when it vanishes from your stomach.]

[ex_seventh238]

[...And nothing here should be touched at all cost.

Robed since yesterday and being unable to speak because she stepped up voluntarily to prove exactly that, Ciel is nevertheless going to spend some time here blocking anyone who might be tempted to grab a bite. How? Well...

You don't need a tongue to lay out half a dozen Black Keys around in an attempt to create a binding spell that any normal human would be unable to walk through. Eyes narrowed and wearing a cold and expressionless face, she will also purposefully be openly leaking killing intent. It may not intimidate everyone, but anyone who gets too close will definitely get a chill at the back of their neck, with their common sense and basic survival instincts strongly urging them to turn away because keep going would be a bad idea.

So with a woman in a nun's habit lurking close to the food stand like a guard dog ready to bite anyone who comes too close... Still willing to take a chance, anyone? --Unless you know her. She certainly isn't like this usually, is she?]

[balzams]

[He can't stand it. He's scared and starving and everything smells so good but he knows he shouldn't. Latvia paces up and down besides the upturned food stall, shovel still tightly clutched in hand. He knows better than to eat off the floor, and he knows it's not really but maybe that'll make it okay? Even if it won't help his hunger maybe it'll create some kind of placebo effect at least. Just a little something wouldn't hurt, right?]

[priceofmagic]

Huh? Is it super windy here?

[ Satou is getting a bit tired from running about in search of her friends. She puts her hands behind her back as she walks over, peering down at the delicious and tempting food. All she brought with her were a few cookies and some water... this looks so much more filling... ]

Hm... I wonder if I have even money to buy something? [ She opens her "survival purse" and begins fishing around for money. ]

FOOD

[brokiomi]

[You know.. I don't think Tokiomi has gotten enough of a warning about the food. ...Mainly because he has now decided to take a funnel cake and bite into it. There's nothing odd about it to him... But, y'know, for being one of the smartest Magi out there... he seems to be pretty dumb.]

FERRIS WHEEL

[mayfield_mods]

[Looks like the Ferris Wheel's gotten a bit of an upgrade! There's no one running it, but just have a friend pull the lever while you and your sweetheart climb into a seat, and away you go! Other than the occasional problem of the seats suddenly becoming insubstantial under you, the ride runs extremely smoothly, so go ahead and enjoy the spectacular view of Mayfield from the top. Unfortunately, there seems to be a spot of bad weather, as there's an extremely thick white fog obscuring the sight of anything beyond the carnival and the small street behind it....

The fog has lowered to the point where anyone riding the Ferris Wheel will be surrounded by it when they get to the top and will be unable to see anything except white space. Some of you may find yourselves coming back down changed....]

[the_girl_who_waited]

[ Here comes one Amy Pond who's all too eager to take a ride on the ferris wheel today. Danger? What danger? She's traveled with the Doctor and with the appeal of potentially gaining a better look of the area from up high, she's not going to deny herself that chance.

For now, she's poking around the lever (having left it untouched thankfully), trying to find out if there's any way to guarantee a safe ride. There just has to be a button that turns off the danger, right?

A few minutes later and she'll be plopping down into her own seat with some enthusiasm. ]

[crazyclownwoman]

[Harley looks up at the fog. She's hungry and thirsty and yeah, what the hell. Might as well get a good view of the place.

She'll sit down in a seat.]

[roadroller]

[after finally emerging from the fun house and getting over the initial shock of the changed appearance of the carnival, Rin has been wandering around the carnival, doing this:]

Len~? ♪

Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen? ♪

Len!!! ♪

[... and her search has brought her to the ferris wheel. Her calls silence momentarily, as she looks up in contemplation. If she went up there, could she spot Len? But there's all that fog hanging down...]

Hmm.... maybe I can see through it. ♪

[Rin approaches the wheel cautiously, looking up at it. It sure is creepy, though.]

[emperor_cowboy]

[Hol Horse had been wary about everything. Even more so now that he was attacked in this place. He had taken note of his surroundings and glanced up at the ferris wheel as he passed it by.

A pause.

Casting a glance to the left, and then to the right... he decided he would have a try at this thing. Sitting down in a seat, he figured nothing bad could happen.]

[extraordinarily]

[ Haruhi is most definitely wary of this place now, and the mere fact that the weather's changing horribly is not a good sign.

However, that's not going to stop her from taking a closer look at the sky through the ferris wheel. After all, she did bring binoculars and she doesn't want them to go to waste.

Though if you're nearby, she might drag you to pull the lever. ]

Re: FERRIS WHEEL

[destroytheblueone]

[Dr. Eggman can't help but look up at the Ferris wheel and how it seemed a whole lot better... except for the fog lingering over the top, the seats passing through it.]

I'm certain this wasn't like this before I got here... and as much as I like to investigate that fog, I don't trust it one bit!

[At that, two of the Egg Pawns saunter up to one of the seats as a third hops to the switch. As the third pulls the switch, the two start to move... only to fall through the seats partway up, hitting the ground with a thud.]

[ukelelenogood]

[You enjoying your ride on the Ferris Wheel? It can be a nice atmosphere at times, to just get to be alone or with someone you know and care about for a moment.

Well that's kind of going to change. Most people when they ride a ferris wheel ride it by sitting in the cage.

Haruko on the other hand does not just ride Ferris Wheels. She conquers them. She is climbing and jumping all over the structure of the damn thing, clinging to the front of cage by cage and smiling in at whoever is inside.]

Hey. What's up?

[As for the fog? She doesn't give a shit about that. Man. What could some funky old fog do?]

[kinship]

[He's not stupid enough to get on the ferris wheel, not by a long shot, but he can't stop looking at the fog snaking around the top-most cars.

What was happening here?

He glanced over to where Abel was nearby, making sure other people were safe, before turning his attention back to the fog.]

TUNNEL OF LOVE

[mayfield_mods]

[Where the freak show used to stand is now a grandiose Tunnel of Love. The swan boats have been destroyed, but you can still walk along the side or tread down the shallow moat holding hands with your sweetheart. The only decorations in the tunnel are paintings and photographs of a certain red-haired woman, although it seems like a few of them have been torn down....

Walk too far down the tunnel, however, and you'll find yourself hitting a dead end where the ride cuts off into nothing but a blank, dark space. If you get caught here, you'll find yourself endlessly falling through what can only be described as nothing. If you're lucky, part of you may find its way back to the entrance to the funhouse here. There also seems to be things scurrying around in the darkness....]

[queen_of_swords]

[Eager to see if she can find one of the creatures Henry had mentioned to her, Olivier enters the tunnel. She walks slowly along the side, sweeping the area with the beam of her flashlight which she's taped atop a pistol in hopes of finding a vent of some sort the creatures may be hiding in. A length of rope is looped across her chest and her free hand sits on the hilt of her sword.]

[godcomplexed]

[He takes a piece of the swan boat and tosses it experimentally. He was certain he only broke a few of them in his explorations, certainly not the whole fleet. Perhaps someone had followed in his footsteps? Or... his actions taken the furthest extreme by some trick of the town.]

Now that's interesting.

FUNHOUSE

[mayfield_mods]

[Feel free to re-enter the funhouse. If you search hard enough, you may even be able to get past the funhouse into the main area you explored before. But there seems to be something moving in the utter pitch darkness...]

((OOC: If your character makes it past the hall of mirrors, please put MAIN AREA in the header.))

main area

[forgottenmagia]

[Whatever that scurrying sound is, it has gotten on Byakuren's last nerves, with the combined stress of the past two days. She is done being elegant. She is done being helpful and pacifistic. So she starts flinging spells every which way. Fire spells, ice spells, water spells, energy spells of questionable origin, she tosses them absolutely everywhere trying to hit whatever is running around in the darkness with her.]

HOUSES

[mayfield_mods]

[There are four standard Mayfield houses lining this short street, two on each side. The first house on the right has the number 501 printed on the mailbox; while the front door is still locked, the window on the side has been broken.

The other houses have no numbers on their mailboxes and are unlocked. The interior of all three houses are bare - there's a working stove and sink in the kitchen and the upstairs bathroom has a fully functional toilet, but there's no other furniture to be found and some of the floorboards have been destroyed - the third house, in particular, looks like it's been torn apart inside by a couple of miscreants. There's also phones in every room, but all you can hear if you pick them up is static and extremely vague voices in the distance. Some of the voices seem to be screaming.]

(OOC: If you're going into a house, please put which one in the header: 501, House #1, House #2, or House #3. Please note that attempting to enter 501 will highly likely result in serious injury or death.)

501

[godcomplexed]

[Okay, here we are again. And he hasn't forgotten the injury he recieved yesterday. The Doctor observes the house through the broken window. Giving it a good sonic before reaching into his coat pocket, grabbing his slingshot, and shooting a rock through the broken glass.]

CHURCH

[mayfield_mods]

[The inside of the church is the same as before, empty even of rats. Out on the doorstep of the church, however, it looks like someone was kind enough to leave a crate full of bottles of ice-cold milk, chock full of essential vitamins and valuable nutrients! What a relief for those of you tired of eating rat, huh?]

(OOC: Anyone who drinks the milk should not expect a happy ending.)

[forgottenmagia]

[...oh shit

With a sigh, Byakuren picks up a bottle from the crate, dumping over the side of the porch. She starts poking at the spilled contents with a magic-tipped finger, at least hoping it doesn't suddenly dissolve her like acid...]