day 5

[mayfield_mods]

[The fifth day doesn't dawn at all. In fact, the sky simply isn't there anymore; the only thing visible if you look up is pure black nothing. Most of the carnival itself is no longer visible, having been blanketed by thick white fog; any attempt to enter said fog will result in your body rapidly disintegrating. The street at least still seems to be intact, but with no way out and the fog slowly creeping in, who knows how long that'll last?

Luckily, it seems like the cavalry has finally arrived.]

(OOC: This marks the last day of the event! Anyone who has won a prize from Mayfield's carnival will be able to access both Mayfield and this area through the funhouse, and will be able to take one person with them on each trip they make. If your character is not rescued by the end of the day, they will be disintegrated by the fog and will wake up the next morning in Mayfield with the standard revival effects. You are free to comment in this post regardless of whether your character signed up for the event.)

Comments

[roadroller]

Probably. I found a corpse in the wall two days ago. ♪

[She frowns at the wallpaper. The way it curls up, she can't quite make out the shape of whatever's lodged in there.]

Is it bad that I still want to poke it? ♪

[she retrieved her sword. She can totally poke it.]

[a_gentle_boy]

Wait.

[In rapid succession, Lucas casts Shield, and then Defense Up three times. Given that Rin is already a robot, her damage reduction is probably something like 95%. Lucas is a solid 75% himself.]

OK. Go ahead.

[roadroller]

[Rin looks surprised for a moment, then almost laughs, breaking into a grin instead.]

Well, thank you! ♪

[now she feels like a proper RPG hero with her sword and her buffs. All right, time to get impressive on this wall.

Actually she'll just stick her sword under whatever the lump is and try to push it up. Let's try not to break anything this time.]

[a_gentle_boy]

[...Lucas wonders if Refresh works on a robot, and decides that doesn't make much sense. He'll just have to hope that this is enough to protect his true love friend.

[mayfield_mods]

[An angry dinosaur comes barging out of the wall and eats her face off!

Just kidding. An old newspaper scrap falls out from the gap between the wallpaper and the wall.]

[roadroller]

[it's a t-rex aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

no wait it's just a piece of newspaper. Rin kneels down to pick it up, and reads over it. She can feel her eyes rolling halfway in, but she finishes reading it.]

... You've got to be kidding me. What is this? ♪

[a_gentle_boy]

Lucille Bell...

[Lucas frowns a little as he examines it, too.]

It's like... a sarcastic clue. Lucille. Lucy. ...Maybe this is why he looks like a little girl.

[roadroller]

I really hope not. ♪

[a_gentle_boy]

It might make sense. He went insane for some reason, remember? Why not if... someone he cared about was murdered? If any of this is true at all...

[Lucas pauses.]

Maybe I'll try an experiment when I get back.

[roadroller]

You mean "solving the mystery"? ♪

[a_gentle_boy]

Aha...

I'll probably get killed pretty badly if I leave a note saying that I know who killed her, right?

[roadroller]

[a shrug]

Maybe they'll send you to Port West. ... and fill it with Piranhas. ♪

[It may be an invitation for trouble. Still, Rin looks out the window thoughtfully.]

But you know, there's a 501 Mailbox here, too. ♪

[a_gentle_boy]

H-Hey... At least I'd die in the sun instead of in a lot of fog.

[Lucas will run towards the open door a little and glance out.]

...501? This is 501?

[He hadn't noticed.]

501... Ricardo. This is where the Smiths live in the future. Back in Mayfield.

[roadroller]

[Rin gets up in a hurry at that.]

Seriously?! ♪

...I had no idea where they lived... I always thought they stayed hidden like the Mayor and so on. ♪

[A quick glance around the room.]

But they live here? ♪

[Rin holds up the newspaper clipping again.]

Maybe he is trying to tell us something important. ♪

[a_gentle_boy]

No, they live right next door to Pokey. We were invited to their house once for a party...

[That had not been one of the best moments of his life. He recalls the sensation of having his face burned off with a grimace.]

Let's try to bring that back to Mayfield. I think it could be important.

[roadroller]

All right, fine. ♪

[Rin folds the paper up and shoves it in her pocket.]

... I don't know how we'll get out of here though. This house looked like it was the only safe area. ♪

[a_gentle_boy]

I've looked around. The rides, the games, the food... It's all gone.

[Lucas shakes his head a little.]

There's one place that's still around, though - the room with all the mirrors. The one where we came from.

I think that might be our best bet.

[roadroller]

I think it was destroyed by the fog. I didn't sleep, so I saw a bit even though it was dark. ♪

[Rin looks behind her into the house.]

We probably can't spend much more time here before it starts blocking the way, huh... ♪

[a_gentle_boy]

Blocking the way?

[He looks surprised.]

...You mean the fog will take it soon, too.

[roadroller]

Maybe not this house, [since it's looking inexplicably better than the last time Rin saw it,] But it could get in front of the funhouse, right? ♪

[a_gentle_boy]

A-Ah. ...Right.

[Lucas nods and holds out a hand.]

It'll be alright. I think... this is all we're going to find here, anyway. Mayfield's not that nice about leaving us hints, right?

Let's go to the funhouse. I just think there's something important there we should see. The children were guarding something...

[roadroller]

I don't know.

... What children? ♪

[Rin will take his hand anyway and stare out into the gloom. Which makes her squeeze a little tighter.]

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas will squeeze back in what he hopes is a reassuring manner.]

The clown children who attacked us. ...It's kind of a long story. But I think there was something back there.

C'mon, let's go. The sooner we can solve all of these mysteries, the better.

[roadroller]

[Rin nods.]

If you think something's back there, then I wanna see it! ♪

[She steps off the porch, pulling him along with her. With the street being the only thing in tact, at least it's not hard to figure out where to go.]

So these clowns... do you think they'll still be there? ♪

[does Rin need to steel her mind for clown wrangling, seriously.]

[a_gentle_boy]

I hope not.

But I think I know how to fight them better, this time. They like to swarm, so you have to make sure you don't get surrounded.