Carnivale!

[jigoku_mod]

[ WHO ]: ALL! Mingle log.
[ WHERE ]: Jigoku's Carnival Grounds
[ WHEN ]: All through the carnival's stay! But mostly on the first night.
[ OPEN/CLOSED? ]: OPEN
[ RATING ]: TBA
[ WARNINGS ]: 2 SPOOKY
[ NOTES ]: Information post here!


Rides
Souvenir Stalls
Game Stalls
Food Stalls
Freak Show

Comments

[andallforone]

O-oh man... [He struggles in the thing's grip, but it doesn't let go. The best thing to do, in his mind, is just shoot the gun as much as he can and get the hell out of there. So he takes his second shot, and misses by an even bigger distance than before.]

[wearefriends]

[She gives a slow nod.] Be careful it doesn't drop on you - that would be terrible.

[etudes]

[ .. Well, it does sound like he'll take care of most things.. and all she has to do then is.. keep it company? Something like that? That doesn't sound too difficult, besides, even Kotomi gets a little lonely sometimes, so that means she'll have company too. It's a question whether she or the kitten needs more care, honestly.

It's why she gives him a tiny and hesitant nod. With some of the blood still on her, it still makes her look pretty miserable, but this is probably the best she'll get for now.. ]

[overwinters]

Um.. I don't know! That sure does sound like a strange prize to me though..

[ Yes, she really is seriously considering it here. It's why she doesn't really even watch where she's going now with the bumper car. ]

[triggeringbiggering]

Want to try to leave and get this little guy some stuff at the store? Then you can go back home and get washed up... [Except they can't leave right now. Oops!!!]

[wearefriends]

Watch out!

[Viola grabs the wheel to try to stop them from grinding a figure right against the wall.]

[desomnia]

[ WELL, THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY...

Thankfully Madotsuki is a pretty weird girl, so the subject jump doesn't even seem all that jarring to her. ]

.. They're.. not special. [ Nothing about her is, right? ]

[tooled]

[ Any normal person might express their sympathies to him, or laugh at him, but Peko is.. not.. as.. socially gifted.. so instead she's seriously pondering all this. ]

Are you sure you did not make it seem like you were together with her?

[ JUST LIKE HOW YOU WEREN'T CLEAR ENOUGH ABOUT THAT, PEKO.. ]

[overwinters]

Wah..!

[ She can't see for a moment, since Viola grabbing it happens so fast-- it's why she tries asking instead, since she didn't.. see.. anything wrong with the situation.. ]

W-what happened?

[etudes]

[ Lying to little kids is a sin, Once-ler!! .. Granted, Kotomi is 17 but she might as well mentally be 7, let's face it.. ]

.. H.. hmm. [ A small nod. ] Let's.. h-hurry, please.. [ She definitely doesn't want to stay in this creepy place for a moment longer than needed. ]

it's practically an h-scene up in this joint

[youlostme]

[ He stares bleakly at the befouled controls for a moment, suddenly ashamed of ruining this nice time. He really should have been able to control himself better... ]

Uh, Ilya, it's nothing--

[ It sort of is. After all, it's not the gore that bothered him. Nothing like that ever really gets to him anymore. It hasn't for a very long time.

It's just the mess and the smell, and if they were fresh dead bodies and not rotting ghouls he'd probably be fine, and--no, that's not true. It's also the dissonance of seeing Ilya surrounded by this gruesome scene, enjoying herself. ]

Why don't you go see where I can get a mop and a bucket, or something like that? I'd better clean things up. And don't make things hard for her!

[ He directs the last comment, with a weak glare, at a nearby shambling ghoul. ]

[youlostme]

No...

Honestly, I don't know. I've never been to a festival like this before. This whole thing is dangerous! Someone should put a stop to it.

[triggeringbiggering]

[Giving her the basket, he stands up and offers her his hand. Whether she takes it or not, he begins to lead her through the carnival. If anyone told him she was 17, he'd think they were lying to him - she seems so young and helpless... sort of like the kitten.]

Hey, what's your name?

[backinthehabit]

Yes, that sounds right! Should we look for the ringmaster and give him a piece of our mind?

[wearefriends]

Honestly... how can you have fun grinding down things that don't even react to it? [It might be worded as a condemnation, but it says a lot about her. The reaction is what's fun.] It's so... ugh.

[andallforone]

Er... well, not everyone is unclear about things... [LIKE OTHER PEOPLE HE COULD NAME...]

[carneouspuella]

No... no! They're lovely. You should be so pleased with them.

[She raises the edge of her smock, as if the meaty limbs under it weren't visible.]

I want them.

[desomnia]

[ Whereas anyone else might have gotten the general gist of this, Madotsuki is still thinking of it a little too simply. Not that she doesn't move away from the "girl" a little all the same, but it's more out of some general fear of people than anything else. ]

But they're mine.

inserts random sea creatures metaphors into my tags

[overwinters]

[ No way he can just be fine if he just threw up, right? Even if he says it's nothing, it doesn't feel like it's nothing. And she genuinely doesn't get what could have caused it since she really was enjoying all of this, it was a fun time at an amusement park with Shirou - the kind of thing she never got to have before and never thought she would.

It's why she stares in bewilderment for a few more moments before she nods slowly, like a kid who was just told to go to their room, and slowly climbs out of her bumper car. ]

I don't know if I can find something like that here though..

[overwinters]

.. Well, it's a bumper car ride.. the purpose of a bumper car ride is to bump others!

[ Yeah, "bump", not "drive over them", but to Ilya they might as well be the same with her lacking knowledge of the actual world out there.. she probably even had to ask Shirou what these were, really. ]

[carneouspuella]

But I need them more.

[She begins to advance.]

[wearefriends]

Well - go bump that car! [She points - imperiously.]

[tooled]

... "Not everyone"?

[ Completely going over her head. The point missed by three miles. ]

Well, I suppose clarity is a virtue. Or it might as well be. Miscommunication has been the cause of much trouble before. [ She isn't even referring to the whole deal with her and Yosuke but more stuff from home, but it sort of sounds ambiguous. ]

[etudes]

[ She does take it, at least! In fact, she's clutching it pretty tightly and close to herself as if she's afraid something will hurt the kitten otherwise.. ]

....

[ She pauses at his question, blinking at him. She's not really in the mood for a formal introduction like she usually does, but she doesn't have much choice here, huh.. ]

Nice to meet you. My name is Kotomi Ichinose, a senior from class A. My hobby is reading books. When referring to me, please call me "Kotomi-chan". [ It almost sounds mechanized from just how many times she's practiced it. ]

[desomnia]

... Go away..

[ It's said softly, but there's something more to her voice as she says it, taking a step backwards. ]