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

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[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.]

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.]

FERRIS WHEEL

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[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....]

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....]

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.))

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.)

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.)

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.]

[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.]

[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...]

[queen_of_swords]

[Olivier had been taking inventory of her supplies when the necklaces she'd taken from the midway games had disappeared right in front of her along with the box of flint and tinder she'd set them on. Anyone nearby will hear her muttering unhappily to herself as she packs up her supplies back into her bag.]

[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.

[forgottenmagia]

[Why hello stranger.]

Different from yesterday, I presume?

[encored]

[boy is he glad to see the Doctor still alive and kicking. or throwing chunks of swanboat around, as it were...]

What's interesting?

[theboywiththebook]

[Hey Olivier, remember when you said they would probably would part? Yeah, Henry's following you after he saw you go in. He's shining his flash light after you as he follows behind her.]

I thought I saw you come in here.

[Henry looks, somewhat okay. His clothes are cut up and there are obvious gashes along his arms and legs that are bandaged. His bag also has a noticeable chunk taken out of it.]

[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. ]

[godcomplexed]

Well, different is to be expected. Things change when acted upon by force. The problem is, it's a little too different.

[adventurerextraordinaire]

[Cade wakes up to her grumbling. She was still keeping watch over him, right?]

"What's wrong?"

[godcomplexed]

I broke these boats yesterday. Well, I broke some of them, mostly on accident by the way, not the entire fleet. No more than three and now [He waves his arms about. Supposedly this indicates the entire room.]

They're all broken now.

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.]

[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!?

[godcomplexed]

[Dropping down beside her.

S'up mom.]

Do have the slightest inkling how annoying it is to have to chase after you and keep you out of danger?

[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.]

[doesnotgetit]

[Anyone inside or immediately outside of the church might notice a loud shriek from a girl who had been lounging on one of the pews, sleeping just moments before.

She's hunched over in the seat, clutching at her leg. Anyone who is curious or concerned enough to approach will notice blood -a decent amount of it - quickly welling up between the girl's fingers.]

O-Ow... ow... what....

[hairflyingheartpounding]

[Rapunzel is inside the church, slumped against a wall. She's tired and scared and she just want this nightmare, so to speak, to be over.

She's half-asleep, really, which... Is probably a bad idea. Someone might want to wake her up... Although she's already awake enough to be singing to herself quietly.]

Greensleeves was my heart of gold, and who but my lady greensleeves...