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

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FREAK SHOW

[jigoku_mod]

[desomnia]

[ If you happened to wander into the freak show and are freaking out yourself, there might be one small beacon of light. And that's the fact that there's a girl standing there, staring at the monsters snapping behind the fence, and she looks perfectly calm. A little too calm, maybe - there's absolutely zero sense of emotion on her face, like she's maybe even bored.

.. Or sleepy. In fact, are her eyes even open?! ]

[carneouspuella]

They're very interesting, aren't they?

[Madotsuki might feel someone's breath at the back of her neck. When (if?) she turns around, she will see Visi smiling at her. The Fleshchild turns her attention to the monsters.]

I wish I had my conjoined effect. It'd be nice to see how they reacted...

[desomnia]

[ She takes a step away, to the side. Away from Visi, that is. Madotsuki sure doesn't mind monsters or whatever, but the moment something actually speaks up to her it's much more dangerous than any monster could ever be in her eyes. It's why she doesn't say anything at first, just eyeing Visi warily despite what she might be, before she hears that word.

.. Huh..? "Effect"..?

That word is the reason she doesn't just plainly run away or pull out her knife. She just stares, not as blankly as before though but more almost scared. ]

[carneouspuella]

I have more to come to me. I know I do. It's just hard to dream as deeply as I used to, back with Mother's heartbeat all around me.

[She tilts her head at Madotsuki. The long curtain of her hair shifts delicately to the side.]

Have you found that? All your sleep is shallow?

[desomnia]

[ Maddy nods a tiny bit in return, if not just because she didn't expect anyone to ask her. It's true though, her dreams are.. different. Not like back home. She can't find the people that are usually there, there's no Masada, no Monoko, no Monoe, no-- ]

.... You're.. lucky.

[ It's all she says in a very quiet voice. ]

[carneouspuella]

Lucky?

[Visi frowns.]

How do you mean?

[desomnia]

I.. wanted to dream like that too, always..

[ She doesn't look at Visi as she says it, instead staring at the monsters behind bars, blinking slowly. There's almost something nostalgic in her tone. ]

[carneouspuella]

Well, I can't here. So you're not alone!

[Visi hooks her fingers in the mesh of the cage.]

I wonder what they are?

[desomnia]

[ She doesn't remark anything about it again. But honestly, it doesn't change anything. She's alone - she's been for such a long time, and even now she's alone to a point where it all feels so.. useless. Like she could just end it.

She doesn't say out loud. Not even how much she envies her. ]

.. Things.. [ Her answer is very, very helpful, isn't it. ]

[carneouspuella]

[One of the monsters snaps at her fingers. She pulls her hands back, but doesn't seem too worried.]

Yes, they're definitely things!

[She points.]

That one looks like me.

['That one' is a girl in a white smock with a red, fleshy growth coming out of her left side - a dead twin.]

But my twin is alive again.

[desomnia]

[ At least she slowly lifts her head when Visi points one out, just to look at it. .. Huh... she blinks. It's true that this girl-thing doesn't really seem too much like that, but of course it wouldn't be visible if her twin was alive.. right? ]

.. It's.. not stuck to you.

[carneouspuella]

Her twin is dead. [She shrugs.] That's why it's like that on her.

[painsaw]

Up and at'em Mado-chan! The freaks are all waiting for you to say hi!

[ VICIOUSLY TICKLING YOUR SIDES!! ]

[desomnia]

[ NO ONE EXPECTS THE URO INQUISITION... Especially not Madotsuki who was half falling asleep in here. Her eyes shoot open and she makes weird noises at being tickled, almost as if she forgot how to laugh instead. ]

W.. [ It's hard to even get out a word inbetween the tickling. ] W-w-w.. waiting..?

[painsaw]

[ grinning wildly at startling her - Madotsuki had the cutest reactions. she lets up on the tickling, instead shifting to wrap her arms around her middle and use her head as a rest for her chin. ]

Waiting? For who? You don't have a date do you?

[desomnia]

[ She shakes her head.

She's never waiting for anyone, right? Because there's nobody to wait for anymore. There hasn't been in a long time. Not even back home. Often not even in her dreams, they won't show up until she comes to them.. ]

I.. was just watching. [ She points at the things behind the bars. ]

[painsaw]

Yeah? You like freak shows? These guys all just look pretty sad.

[desomnia]

[ She shakes her head. She didn't really come to watch them, but.. ]

It's.. more quiet here.. [ She didn't have to deal with all the people outside from the apartments. ]

[painsaw]

Yeah, sure, but a load of freaks are starin' at ya'.

[ but she...sort of understands the feeling, actually. ]

[desomnia]

They're not too bad. They don't even talk to me.

[ As long as they're not normal people, it's fine. The things here are more like things from her dreams to begin with. ]

... You.. like people..?

[wolfishsurvivalist]

[Mika stared at the past residents, shaking her head at them no matter how much she could tell they were pleading with her. Dante looked terrible with the blood crusted on his lips. Link was hooking his fingers around the bars while Butterfly leaned against them. A dozen faces or more that she knew, Deuce was looking almost angry with her for not letting her out yet, but Mika just stood.

Shaking her head at them.

A dozen faces she knew so well, people she'd helped and fought with and next to and dug through God only knew what in their attempts to escape and there they were again. Voiceless. Judging. And it took everything she had to stand there and tell them all no.]

It's all fake. I know them better than that, Dante alone could've broken those bars and walked out any time he wanted to. I'm not stupid.

[Still, it must have been raining indoors, as she felt something hot and wet dripping from her chin as she looked them in the eyes.]

[backinthehabit]

Would he?

[A monstrous form ripples before Mika. All of the eyes on its body focus on her. A monster that burst from containment? Or something else belonging to the carnival? It's certainly not a resident.]

If he was eaten by this place, could it not turn his strength against him?

Could it not use his image to torment you?

[wolfishsurvivalist]

He would have. In a heartbeat.

[Something about this place keeps her from being too shocked, or maybe Mika just expects these things in the carnival. She's certainly not screaming.]

The latter's more likely. This place always does that. When people disappear, their ghosts always remain. This is only different because they're solid, and probably more dangerous for it.

But this town's been messing with me for years now, I don't see why it would stop now.

[backinthehabit]

'The latter'? 'More likely'? You are hearing what you wish to hear, to cement your own beliefs that you have convinced yourself are true. I gave no latter, only a continuation of the former.

[The creature flows over to the bars. It looks within, but some of its eyes keep focused on Mika.]

If this place has swallowed him, his strength is its. He would not be able to tear down these bars. He would be choked with his own guilt. That is how the godless die. That is how you will die.

[It begins to morph - not into anyone just yet, just changing its form form slightly.]

Perhaps.