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

[thenewnancydrew]

[ She follows his gaze, tilting her head. ]

What if the answer to getting out of here is in there? We can't just not try.

[atailoftwoworlds]

Yeah, but....

[A pause. He then tries to open the window again.] Okay, stay there. I'm gonna check it out. If I don't come back within twenty minutes, don't follow me, okay?

[thenewnancydrew]

What? No way!

[ She crosses her arms over her chest and stares him down. ]

I'm not just going to wait out here while you do all the investigating. That's not fair.

[atailoftwoworlds]

Uh....do you even know what's in there? [Okay, he doesn't exactly know what's in the house either but that's not the point] There might not even be anything to investigate in that house. That's why I'm goin' in first - to make sure it's safe.

[thenewnancydrew]

It's probably not safe, if some guy lost a leg in here, so "making sure it's safe" [ oh yeah, she just pulled out the quotey fingers ] is kind of pointless.

I'm coming in with you, whether you like it or not.

[atailoftwoworlds]

[Okay, she has a point. Still - it really does look like he won't be able to get rid of her] Er.....how 'bout we check out another house instead? [Still trying to talk his way out of her coming along and making him having someone else to worry about. Although if Bella insists on going in 501, he'll follow her in, anyway]

[thenewnancydrew]

[ Have the biggest 'are you serious?' look ever. ]

Yeah. So not happening.

[ She moves closer to the window. ]

I'm going in this house. If you wanna go check out a different house that's going to get us no where, be my guest.

1/2

[atailoftwoworlds]

Hey, wait a sec- [Okay, it looks like she's serious and there's no way to stop her, no matter how much he tries to talk her out of it] Damn.

[atailoftwoworlds]

[He sighs] Okay, stand back. [And he takes off his rucksack and swings it against the window, hoping to smash it that way]

[thenewnancydrew]

[ Wearing a triumphant smile, she steps back to let him smash the window to bits. ]

Did you try just opening it first?