welcome to mayfield: day 4

[mayfield_mods]

[This carnival seems to be getting less and less maintained by the day. Your nerves aren't the only thing fallen apart: what were previously holes in the sky have expanded to cracks. What parts of the sky that haven't fallen into that strange, warping nothingness are full of brown smog-like clouds.

The carnival itself has become filthy, with trash and grease spots littered everywhere. The walls of the tents, wooden stands, and houses seem to be slightly melted, for lack of a better term. The holes of corrupted nothingness aren't confined to the sky anymore: pockets of nothing litter the carnival, shifting tears in the fabric of reality that hurt your eyes to look at.

A faint buzzing noise fills the air, making it difficult to concentrate. If you listen long enough, it starts to sound like voices. For your own sake, it's probably best not to listen to what they have to say.

You're also not alone here anymore, for those of you operating under the assumption that you ever really were. If you've been missing the friendly drones of Mayfield, fear no more, because scattered throughout the carnival are a few drone families seeing the sights, riding the rides and playing the games. Curiously, unlike the drones back home, these ones don't seem to notice you at all, acting as if you're not even there.

Also curiously: their features are warped nearly beyond recognition. Some are missing limbs or facial features; others appear to have had those features scrambled by Picasso's paintbrush, with mouths on their scalps or teeth on their fingers. Still other drones appear to be fused together at the wrist, or waist, or face. None of them seem to be any more aware of their deformity than they are of you.

...and yet, somehow, you can't shake the feeling that when you're not looking at them, they're looking at you.

New here? That's alright; your missing friends have had plenty of time to get acquainted, and they'll be happy to show you around. Just watch your step, because some of these old rides need some maintenance...]

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

Comments

[silpheed]

I would consider it to be poor luck, honestly. Even something terrible happening is still something happening, correct? [now she's just asking for shit to happen to her...]

[encored]

[tmw boredom and death seeking kind of blend into the same thing... HE UNDERSTANDS.....]

If you don't have any idiots weighing you down, you could check the hall of mirrors again. There seems to be something there that's being hidden from us.

[silpheed]

[finally, someone here is logical enough to get it...!]

I suppose there could be a few here that I know of, [since Abel always gets himself into trouble for real] but quite frankly it is not my job to babysit them. Hopefully whatever is hidden there is actually worth finding.

[encored]

[bratty great minds clearly think alike!!]

They seem to be guarding it fiercely, so I have the same hopes. [it's too bad none of them actually learn it's an exit in time whoops] It would be a better use of time, at any rate. Those with the greatest inability to protect themselves are usually the ones who manage to get themselves into the most miserable situations, and it isn't feasible to help all of them. [including cain...'s body which is probably somewhere in the church by now....]

[silpheed]

There are sure to be some "heroic" type of people here as well, yes? Perhaps they will prove themselves to be somewhat competent for once and spend their time on something worthwhile. [it's not like she's a little lazy okay, just that why should she always be the one to have to the dirty work!!] Exactly. Even if they were to die, I would hope it would serve as a lesson to not be so pitifully helpless the next time something happened.

[oh cain... maybe rachel would actually take notice of it......]

[encored]

[see it's times like now that indestructobutlers would come in handy. alas they will just have to continue waffling about on their own...]

The heroic types are likely dead or injured by now. [because they're clearly all in the 'run in blindly first ask questions later' category...] Nearly everyone else is beginning to lose their patience at this point, I'm not very hopeful for any productive searching.

[a shrug] Perhaps. Those who die the most often are either the most thick-skulled or the weakest, and there isn't much to be done with either of those types. [very pragmatic; he actually isn't trying to be insulting for once!]

[silpheed]

[what kind of butler can't aid their master in getting out of some weird dimension after all, maybe they need to find new ones.]

Who wouldn't lose their patience at this though? Days of nothing but boredom in a small space and little else; even if their intent was to starve us all to death or force us to eat rats for the rest of our lives, it is hardly worth interest even for a sub-par villainous plot.

I can't really argue with that, unfortunately. Death never seems to teach such fools, no matter how glaringly obvious their last mistake was. [i.e. the story of rachel's life as she watched people die forever in timeloops]

[encored]

[desperate times call for desperate measures clearly, now all that's left is for them to hold those butler auditions]

Fair enough. Though I suppose one could make the argument that it's a rather ingenious villainous plot if their goal was to bore everyone to tears rather than starve everyone to death. [most nonchalant shrug ever

also wow being stuck in timeloops does kind of bring out the apathy in a person huh] Those who make mistakes grave enough to lead to their deaths in the first place tend to be the ones who learn the least from them. One would think their aversion to death even in a place like this would be enough to deter them, but mortal stupidity is a terrible affliction.

[silpheed]

[i'm sure everyone will be lining up to serve these two precious children right]

Now that truly would be ingenious, though I have doubts that they are capable of such cleverness. Still, being bored literally to death would quite possibly be the worst sort of ending possible.

[yep life is less hard and more just boring when you've seen everything there is to see] It truly is a shame that there is no cure for such stupidity. In fact, it only seems to me that people grow stupider as the years go by. Rushing blindly in and practically welcoming death so idiotically must simply be a result of that.

[encored]

[seriously, who wouldn't be tripping over their feet for such adorable harmless kids]

Perhaps that's been their intent all along, and all of this- [he waves a hand in a sweeping gesture to indicate the church and the little town on a whole, even if his gesture seems just a little sloppier than his usual concise movements] - is just a distraction. Though you're correct, it does seem a little above their capabilities.

[teach him the ways of the perpetually bored apathetic loner rachel] It seems the painful truth. Those drawn to idiocy and blind heroics are often one in the same, and they do tend to worsen with time.

[silpheed]

[ikr it's a miracle people aren't already groveling to take care of them

HOW DARE YOU EVEN BE SLIGHTLY SLOPPY CHARLES YOU MUST UPHOLD THE CLASSINESS OF KID VAMPIRES!! okay no whether or not she takes note of it she doesn't mention anything.] At best, I might say it was an accidental stroke of genius, though even that seems to give them too much credit.

[okay she'll start by killing his loved ones in front of him over and over will that help] It's a shame they cannot die for good and save us all the trouble. Even in death, they still amount to failures.

[encored]

[it is an outrage that needs to be corrected, obviously!!

RUINING THE NAME OF CLASSY KID VAMPIRES ONE STEP AT A TIME. he totally deserves points for that being his only slip-up though, when he first got out of the hall of mirrors he was having a much harder time... also he is looking way too amused by the idea of Mayfield just being a giant accident why] They do seem rather prone to accidents, though. If one of them turned out to work in their favor, I wouldn't be entirely surprised.

[sadly that doesn't drive him to apathy it drives him to being a yandere crazypants. there seems to be a fatal flaw in this plan already....] They're almost more trouble in death than they are in life, since there are bound to be imbeciles related to them who are spurred into foolish actions because of it.

[silpheed]

[soon enough they'll set this up, and then mayfield won't know what hit it!!

CHARLES PLS LOOK AT YOUR LIFE LOOK AT YOUR CHOICES THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT. but fine okay good job man, just cover up all your mistakes as best you can... and of course he should be it's a better thought than mayfield just failing constantly and sighing at how pathetic they are right] So in the end, Mayfield is nothing but a collection of accidents that just so happened to somehow fall into their plan? I don't know if I would call that incredible luck or an even sadder story than mere constant failure.

[he's got to run out of the yandere crazypants feelings sometime right otherwise they might be shit outta luck...] Ah, of course. I almost forgot about the fact that bumbling idiots tend to attract each other like moths to a flame. How they manage to function together when so much stupidity is gathered all at once is beyond me.

[encored]

[pity in advance for anyone who winds up actually hired for the job...

THAT'D TAKE TOO LONG it's better to just stick a bandaid on it and run, clearly. and yes it is a tiny step up. a tiny one.... giving this some serious thought!!] You know, I'm not entirely certain. On the one hand, it is a great amount of luck. On the other, that's so incredibly pathetic that it nullifies any decent associations with luck.

[he is a seemingly endless well of crazy heart-ripping yandere but maybe he'll mellow out after a few more centuries...] It's a bit of a modern marvel, is it not? To be able to function at all when in such a state of disarray. If only it happened to be something impressive instead of something mind-numbingly ridiculous.

[silpheed]

[what should have been a glamorous job will only end up being torture...

MAKE SURE IT WAS A DECENT-SIZED BANDAID AT LEAST YEAAAAH.] Yes, exactly. It seems rather ironic for luck to be needed in failing correctly, if such an oxymoron even makes any sense.

[then maybe we can save this plan yet...] Unfortunately, they seem to have neither the brains or the common sense to try and put their efforts into being anything other than buffoons.

[encored]

[at least these two brats will be happier for it...

GIANT BANDAGE YEAH or at least big enough to cover his glaring inefficiencies right now...!] It makes an unfortunate amount of sense, especially when applied to this town. That in and of itself is also unfortunate. It's just an endless loop of misfortune, is it not? [mayfield in a nutshell ladies and gents]

It's a waste of space and air, but there isn't exactly a clean way of dealing with them. How unfortunate.

[silpheed]

[and what matters most is their happiness right...]

It truly is. I only hope such a thing can make sense in this place; if it applies as accurately anywhere else, that would simply be frightening.

Unfortunate enough to be a tragedy, but everything here seems akin to a bad play.

[encored]

[naturally!! center of the world etc]

I'd shudder to think of an entire world running on the principles this town seems to run on. [shakes his head...]

Let us hope the bad play remains quarantined, then. If nothing else, I would enjoy being able to leave this place and deal with one that's slightly less moronic.

[silpheed]

[now if only everyone else could see it the same way]

Indeed. I never thought I would think of my home world as a bearable place, but after coming to here I realize how mistaken I truly was. As insufferable as it, that place is a blessing compared to Mayfield.

[encored]

Hm. [not quite full agreement, but he doesn't really feel like delving into the topic right now. carnivals are surprisingly not great springboards for discussion, who would have guessed!] It's been a bit of a learning experience, I suppose. ...Or an exercise in futility, I feel like either could apply depending on the particular situation.

[a beat] Speaking of exercises in futility, I do have a meeting with someone shortly that I should be preparing to attend.

[silpheed]

[clearly this is a mtter that should be discussed over tea... then again what shouldn't be discussed over tea that's the real question] Oh? I hope I am not keeping you, but if it is yet another exercise in futility, I must wonder what sort of meeting it even is.

[encored]

[the answer is nothing. everything should be discussed over tea

literally everything. but yep standing up and dusting his shirt off now, gesturing in the general direction of the rest of the houses.]

Killing a bit of spare time, attempting to lower the level of boredom; take your pick. I haven't personally had a look around any of the houses yet, and it's something to do.

[silpheed]

I see. I hope you find something there that will lessen the boredom here, but truthfully I have doubts that is even possible at this point. [she gives a small nod of her head or whatever the fancy people way of waving someone off is] Until next time.

[encored]

I have my doubts as well, but I don't feel like sitting around this place either. I do hope you manage to find something to fill your time soon. [especially when there are dead people inside! he doesn't really want to hang around Cain's decapitated corpse, it's a little unsettling...

he'd return the Fancy People Parting Gesture™ if he'd seen it, but she just gets an average raised hand instead as he ambles off the stoop to go on great and horrible adventures. HAVE FUN WITH THE BODIES.]