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{ haunted carnival | test drive #08 - october 2022 }
HAUNTED CARNIVAL
Full details on everything can be found here, but an important reminder that this event log doubles as our Test Drive Meme and information can be found in this section.
This means any outside characters participating in the log are canonly logged as appearing in Songerein in October and will remain in Songerein from the IC date of October 25 through 31 (this log is forward dated to the 25th). However, outside characters can only thread within this log, so for those seriously considering the game, you are welcome to use non-festival prompts for your toplevels. Anyone who apps in and is accepted will have their character count October as their first time in the game without any disruption, so all content will carry over. Those who do not apply will disappear which should not seem too unusual as people randomly disappear already, however players in game can choose to retcon and pretend a character was never there to begin with if it would be easier; or even think their presence was just a dream.
IMPORTANT! All outside characters MUST have "TDM" in their subject line, even if you might not app. This will help people differentiate those who are already in the game and those who are not.
TDM threads are required for samples. Refer to the Game Info for general information and feel free to toss any questions here. Reserves will open Tuesday, October 25th and Applications will open on November 1st. Our application cycles are bi-monthly so the next cycle after won't be until January.
TDM Toplevel Link Directory (click to view; updated 10/28)
American McGee's Alice - Alice Liddell
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Azula
BlazBlue - Noel Vermillion
Case Study of Vanitas - Vanitas
Dangan Ronpa - Chiaki Nanami
Devil May Cry - Lady
Final Fantasy VII - Cloud Strife
Genshin Impact - Albedo
Genshin Impact - Eula Lawrence
Genshin Impact - Kaeya
Genshin Impact - Razor
Great Ace Attorney - Ryunosuke Naruhodo
Helluva Boss - Blitzø
Helluva Boss - Octavia
Jujutsu Kaisen - Fushiguro Megumi
Kaze Hikaru - Okita Souji
Library of Ruina - Angela
Mikagura School Suite - Yuto Akama
My Hero Academia - Bakugo Katsuki
Octopath Traveler - Ophilia
Original Character - Kate Galloway (Jigoku CRAU)
Original Character - Marie Daenthelm
Original Character - Pauline Bonheur
Persona 3 - Ken Amada
Promare - Lio Fotia
Shadow Hearts: Covenant - Yuri Hyuga
Tales of Berseria - Magilou
Tales of Berseria - Rokurou Rangetsu
Tales of Berseria - Velvet Crowe
Tales of Hearts - Chalcedony Akerman
Tales of Hearts - Hisui Hearts (Aefenglom CRAU)
Tales of the Rays - Baldr
Touken Ranbu - Hizen Tadahiro
Touken Ranbu - Ichimonji Norimune
Transformers IDW - Soundwave
Your Wings and Mine - Shealtiel
I. CARNIVAL FUN
The moment a guest enters the carnival grounds, there is a high chance (read: optional) they will find themselves changed in some way to fit the spooky, haunted atmosphere. Instead of just wearing a vampire costume, the character will actually turn into one. Of course, how much of a transformation varies between complete to partial changes. It should be noted that this is only a cosmetic and ability change—no matter what someone changes into, they won't have any personality changes…unless one of the carnival attendants cast a small enchantment to make it so. Of course this is by chance as well (read: optional).
A. Haunted Food. While there is some standard fare carnival food around, the Haunted Carnival has some unique items with even more interesting effects:Caramel Apples: Tart green apples dipped in caramel and decorated with chocolate to look like they’re covered in spiders and spider webs. Eating one of these will have the dreamer feeling crafty and industrious, just like spiders themselves often are. Also, the idea of eating bugs (or even other spiders?!) suddenly seems strangely appealing…
Cherry Blood Popcorn: Popcorn drenched in cherry syrup and decorated with candy bones. The combination of sugar and dreamotion energy leaves the eater feeling giddy and cheerful, somewhat in contrast to the gruesome appearance of the treat itself.
Funnel "Brain" Cakes: Funnel cakes colored to look like brains when served. Comes in regular or zombie brain varieties. Eating one makes you feel lethargic and hungry, like the only thing that matters is your next snack fix, but you’re not willing to do much more than shamble toward it.
Mummies in a Blanket: Small hot dogs wrapped in biscuit dough and decorated to look like mummies. After eating this, you may or may not want to wrap yourself into a blanket and take a nap—ideally somewhere dark and spooky.
B. FUN AND GAMES. Mixed in with the food vendors are several booths advertising a variety of carnival games, including but not limited to the ones below.. The prizes you win may or may not be cursed. Best of luck!NERF Gun Shooting Gallery: Use dreamotion to shoot foam darts from a gun at various ghostly and ghouly targets lined up on a platform. Advanced players may want to try their hand at making the guns shoot other objects. Water? Fire? Glitter bombs? The only limit is one’s imagination.
Ring Toss: A series of witch hats are lined up, and the objective is to toss rings on the hats for points. Did something just peek up from under one of the hats? It’s probably nothing to worry about.
Potion Bottles: A variation of the milk bottles game wherein you throw balls to knock over flasks and beakers filled with strangely-colored liquid. In most cases, the spilled potion is totally harmless. Once in a while, however, it may have some interesting effects on the player and/or the booth itself.
Slime Pit: There’s a giant pit of slime with a sign next to it: prizes within for those willing to get a bit messy! Said prizes range from giant candy bars to random silly toys to skeletal limbs…? Oh that belongs to the skeleton having fun in the pit, they might want it back.
II. ATTRACTIONS
A. Hall of Mirrors. A classic maze of mirrors that are usually filled with special effects to make one's reflection look distorted. In the beginning the distortions are more humorous, making one look super skinny or extremely curvy. However, the deeper one goes, the reflections begin to look a bit…strange. The mirrors begin to reflect the "worst" side of an individual, but in a more embarrassing manner. When they first wake up in the morning, having a bad hair day, dressed poorly, being lazy on the couch—mostly benign things that would be embarrassing to show others. But there are some that may reveal one's darker self they wish to hide from others and are forced to face—especially when the reflections will step out and follow the original until the end of the maze. They won't do anything, just follow silently like a shadow, but even that may be taxing for anyone, especially if others see. The reflection must either be pushed back into an empty mirror, or it will disappear on its own when exiting the building.B. Wild Carousel. The creatures on this carousel are not just colorful painted steeds but are more frightening in nature and looking more undead than living. Skeletal horses, direwolves, fanged deer with bloody horns. What makes this ride truly terrifying, however, is that the creatures are alive, restrained only by the pole stuck through them. But there are times when they manage to break free, causing havoc as they run through the park. The only good news is they don't attack, instead aiming for the carnival food as if hungry. Either hang on or help capture them back!
C. Cirque du Souleil. Near the center of the carnival is a large circus tent, and it boasts a variety of shows that are death defying, terrorific, and guaranteed to make everyone scream in fright and awe. The usual acts are available to see: acrobatics, musical performances, theatrical skits, and using ghostly steeds to ride through the large arena. But what makes this circus unique is that all the performers are capable of separating their soul from their physical body, similar to astral projecting or dreamwalking outside of dreams and being visible to all. And now they're asking for volunteer pairs to either participate in a more simple act such as an acrobatic stunt on the swings or tight rope…or eat a special candy that will allow them to have an out of body experience via dreamwalking outside. The only "flaw" is their dreamwalking form will tend to float up to the top of the tent, so their partner who hasn't eaten the candy has to tether them via dreamotion to get through some simple obstacles. No worries, the professionals will help return the soul if they get lost.D. Spinning Bumper Cups. A combination of the classic bumper cars and spinning cups rides, this attraction has its riders in skull shaped bumper cars that will randomly spin. Riders have the ability to fire off "pumpkin bombs" at the others, which will splatter pumpkin goop to slow down their car. It will also make the car spin for a few rotations. Dreamotion will also help boost the speed, stabilize a spinning car faster, and make the pumpkin bombs more explosive. Just be careful—the barrier around the arena is made of bones and therefore quite brittle. It's not unusual to see a car spin out and lose control driving through the carnival grounds. Stop the runaway car and bring it back! Or shoot people with pumpkin bombs.
E. Ferris Wheel. Ah, the ferris wheel, a gentle ride that elevates one high in the air to allow them to see the sights below, in this case the entire carnival grounds and the surrounding areas like the bordering forests, the Observatory, and the edge of Reverein. However, as with everything in this carnival, the ride is not always so gentle. There are times when the entire ride accelerates to a faster pace, causing the (fortunately) enclosed cabins to rock dangerously as it rotates around. There are times when it keeps going, not letting anyone off until three rotations. And then there are times when the top half of the cabin disappears, exposing the riders to the cooler winds. Fortunately handle bars will appear they can hold onto, but no seat belts. Enjoy the view?F. Other Rides. There are plenty of rides and attractions at the carnival, too many to list all of them here. A roller coaster, tower drop, gravitron, bungee jumps, pendulum ship—whatever one might think exists, it's there in all its twisted nightmare glory. One thing they all have in common is the more fear and thrill and screams generated, the faster they go. Just hope the ride doesn't stall and get stuck…
III. HAUNTING CLUES
Although the main purpose for these prompts is to find the clues, anyone is free to use them for general use and not focus on getting the clue. For those who do participate, we'll be asking for thread during our Activity Check! Those who are TDMing regardless of application can also have their threads counted by commenting to this thread and following the directions.
#1. Haunted Dollhouse. There is a special building called the Haunted Dollhouse. It's similar to a haunted house, however this attraction is filled with moving porcelain dolls that will try to scare and chase those who enter (it's quite likely some members of the newly added Porcelain Town have volunteered to help). Sometimes, those who enter are cursed into a doll and are now vulnerable. They are also not always able to move on their own will. This is not great as sometimes the dolls kind of…malfunction and will actually become aggressive. The weapons they wield are also not props, so that's a problem. However, they are small and can only inflict minor wounds and can be easily taken out. The main clue here is "Villains!' I shrieked. 'Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear up the planks! Here, here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!" To help both those who have turned into dolls as well as get the clue, everyone has to find the right place where some candied hearts are hidden. Fortunately the "blood trail" (it's raspberry syrup) will help lead them to the right place.
#2. Abandoned House. A little away from the main attractions there is a run down house surrounded by trees…and a lot of ravens. A raven with red eyes will guide those who dare or wish to face a lost loved one to the house. Inside it's just filled with faceless busts and empty paintings, but soon they are filled with the images of those lost ones. It could be a person, pet, thing, but they are there, just staring. Only the eyes and mouths move, and what the person hears are their insecurities and fears related to how they lost whatever they see. Anyone else will either see the original blanks or their own personalized images. The main clue is "And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting // On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door // Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning // Shall be lifted – nevermore". To get out of this house, they have to first look for the bust that has the red eyed raven on it. This will be tricky as there will be many ravens with different colored eyes. Once they do, there will be a small picture frame. They must manifest one or more of the images they are seeing and capture it into the frame. This is simply done by waving it like a net, but the manifestation can move around. This can be as easy or difficult as a player wants, and how affected the character is from what they see and hear can also be a factor. The more affected they are, the easier it is to manifest but difficult to capture. The less affected, it will be more difficult to manifest as they have to tap into that raw fear, but will be easier to capture.
#3. Hay Bale Maze. Just outside of the circus tent is a large hay bale maze with the hay…looking as if it's seen much better days. It's filled with spooks that like to jump scare maze goers or bodiless limbs that reach out to grab, but aside from that it's harmless. Except for one particular figure.The main clue is "Who dares?" he demanded hoarsely of the courtiers who stood near him --"who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery? Seize him and unmask him --that we may know whom we have to hang at sunrise, from the battlements!" There is a red clad figure wearing a skull mask. He will randomly bust through the hay walls and engage maze goers into a fight. Those who are incapable will flee in terror while the figure will chase, which will be a pretty good clue as to where he is. Once engaged, any weapon and dreamotion can be used at their disposal and the challenge is to just simply best him in a fight (not to the death). Striking the figure even once will earn a victory and the skull mask will be granted.
#4. Musical Catacombs. For a bit more lighthearted fun, there is an underground catacombs that is filled with tombs. Some of them have actual skeletons and ghosts sleeping in them, but they won't harm anyone if bothered. Just be a bit cranky, maybe throw a bone. At someone's head. Down here it's quite lively, filled with music, dancing, and a lot of alcohol. Minors will only get sparkling juice. The main clue is "'Ha! ha! ha! — he! he! he! — a very good joke, indeed — an excellent jest. We will have many a rich laugh about it at the palazzo — he! he! he! — over our wine — he! he! he!' // 'The Amontillado!' I said." One of the games is a dancing game where the tombs will light up a certain color and participants have to properly hit the correct corresponding floor panel (basically a music rhythm/DDR themed game). Should they make a perfect score, one of the tombs will open and have a crusty wine bottle in it. It has competitor and co-op mode.
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AHHHHHH LAAAAAAAAAADY.......!
[Hearts sprout out of nowhere as Sanji relaxes his battle stance and starts... noodling in front of her. He's definitely excited to see a beautiful lady in front of him. Not to mention that she can fight and use fire attacks? He's falling in love already.
Sanji's dressed as a traditional vampire and luckily, he hasn't gotten thirsty for blood, but that doesn't stop his regular thirst--]
oh my GOD
Oh gosh, I'm so sor—
[She's ready to apologize, and gets partway through it, but her words die on her tongue when she sees... well, everything. She doesn't even know where to start???? The hearts, the... strange way that he's moving...
Tifa raises her brows and takes a step back. To give him room? Or to give her room? What is happening here? Even Aerona and Idris have stopped their barking so that they can stare.]
... Are you... okay?
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[Maybe it's the trick of the light or some dreamotion going on, but it almost seems like hearts are forming in his eyes. Sanji doesn't notice, however, too busy singing her praises to the sky and... everywhere.]
My life's now complete-- my dream has been reached!
[He's probably okay.]
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Oh...
She sees what's going on here, and she's suddenly feeling self-conscious about both her costume and herself. Tifa does a good job of hiding it, however. This wouldn't be the first time she's had to deal with a guy like this, and this is reminding her a lot of... Johnny... Most times, they were completely harmless, but she's going to try focusing on the reason she's in here.
The dogs, however are growling lowly at him, and Idris is baring his teeth, looking ready to jump at his ankles should he take any steps closer to her. Dad is going to get you for this, he tries to say.]
Well... [Her voice trembles a bit, so she takes a breath to steady herself.] I guess I wouldn't mind having someone else around to—
[Something bursts out of the wall then and bloodied fingers wrap around to grab Sanji's arm while Tifa shrieks again...]
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He's ready to speak, and that's when he finds fingers grabbing at his arm--
Somehow, he twists himself around and manages to kick the grappling hand with a foot that's suddenly on fire.]
CAN'T YOU SEE I'M TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH A BEAUTIFUL LADY, ASSHOLE?! DON'T INTERRUPT!!
[Dumb ugly gross hands!!]
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... and she hurls it over the wall before she's instinctively stepping close to Sanji, like she's seeking his protection.
Just... give her a moment to catch her breath after all that. She hates this. So much. And trying to put on a brave face is hardly working for her.]
We should keep moving, shouldn't we? Keep looking for hints?
[Except Tifa looks less inclined to, and her legs suddenly feel like sandbags.]
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[Sanji continues to grumble a bit, but he finally tapers off when he notices the stress that's coming from his lovely companion. She's really doing her best to appear courageous, but he can tell she's bothered. A worried look appears on him, concern instantly building in his chest for her.
Well, as a True Gentleman, he'll stay by her side and kick anything that gets near her!]
I'd love to look together...! [He smiles brightly and it almost looks like he's going to burst into hearts again, but Sanji sticks to a more reassuring calm.] I won't let anything harm you.
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[As in, Tifa will protect him if anything pops up. Or so she says, but she doesn't feel like she's doing a very good job of it right now as she practically clings to Sanji, grabbing hold of the back of whatever he's wearing and accidentally nudging him forward a bit.]
I just came from that way... [She motions behind her.] I didn't find anything, so maybe we keep going the other way?I don't even know what we're looking for, to be honest...
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He won't rest until she's safe! And okay, he wants to get out of this maze too.]
Would say that I could fly us out here, but have a feeling this shitty maze would retaliate. [...] Think we just have to keep walking until something pops up.
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[Nothing is ever as easy as flying their way out of there or, alternatively, burning it all to the ground which is where Tifa's mind immediately went to.]
The clue didn't even say anything useful, did it? [She tries to recall quietly to herself as they walk, and she sticks close to Sanji.] Something about a masked man, but not how to find him or draw him out.
There's gotta be a better way to do this...
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I remember reading about a masked man too. Something about if he appears, we kick his ass.
[Normally, he can use Haki to track the movements and sense danger around him, but since coming here, it's been harder to tap into. Frustrating at times, but at least he can kick hard still. Most important thing, really.
As for a way to draw him out... Sanji closes his eyes for a moment, before taking a deep breath and--]
OI SHITHEAD, COME OUT HERE!
[This feels like a Zoro or Luffy tactic and he's not proud, but he's going to try it.]
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But she looks as if she's just seen a ghost with how white her face is.
Never mind that there's a breeze that billows through the hallway of hay that they're standing in, and something like dread sinks in Tifa's gut.]
... Do you feel that?
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Yeah, I feel that.
[Sanji looks around, his expression hardening, still unable to fully pinpoint the location of the source, but it's definitely around. His leg starts to heat up once more, ready to strike as soon as this bastard dares to pop up in their vicinity.]
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Tifa is about to take a very stiff, very careful step when a shadow soars over them. For a moment, it drowns out the moonlight that's casting its light on them, but she sees it flutter over the ground before it disappears, and she glances up just in time to see—]
Look out!
[She pushes Sanji one way while she dives against the wall on the other side as a red cloak descends on them suddenly, and quickly. Its high pitched cackles are sharp as they echo through the air, and it turns its masked face on Sanji first.]
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Seems reasonable to him.
With his leg still engulfed with flames, Sanji spins and directs a kick straight at the masked face.]
Jabot!
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She is, however, pleasantly surprised and impressed by the kick he manages to land to the mask, but it seems it's hardly done a thing except... knock the cloaked figure backwards right into Tifa and the dogs who narrowly dodge it and instead, it barrels into the hay.
Aerona and Idris both take its cloak in their teeth with a growl and they both pull, yanking the cloaked figure back into the fray so that Tifa can now land a hit with her heel swinging around right into its gut. Or what she assumes is its gut. Does this thing even have a proper body?
Either way, it rattles around... but now her heel is stuck!]
I think this is our guy...!
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[Sanji jumps a few feet into the air, until he's above the piece of shit that's trying to hurt Tifa. He angrily stares down at him while somehow remaining afloat for a few seconds, before the blonde begins to spin mid-air, the flame on his leg still burning bright, as he extends his leg outward to slam the cloaked figure's head with his heel.
Well, assuming that he didn't take too long to do this.]
Concasse!
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The man whirls around to right himself, and Tifa grits her teeth.]
If I can just burn it...
[Then maybe she can scare this thing away... and get whatever it is they need from it.]
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[He's not sure what Tifa plans on doing, besides 'burn it,' but sounds like a plan to him. Usually his kicks are enough to burn a guy through, but looks like they need a little more firepower. Heh, this asshole is getting really annoying...
With the assumption that Tifa is preparing herself, Sanji continues his barrage against the masked man, his attacks now aimed at the body of their opponent.]
Extra Hachis!
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[Before she can so much as cry out her warning, he's already got a hold on the masked man's attention. He dodges each one of his attacks with ease, leaning this way and that like he can predict every one of Sanji's movements. But it also means that no matter how many times he tries to land a blow against Sanji, his swings are a bit clumsy as the two of them try to swap punches and kicks.
Well... He did what he said he was going to do, and Tifa is not about to let herself come up short on this fight. She has no idea whether they need to land a killing hit or simply chase him away, but—
She swings a fist through the air in an uppercut from behind, and flames arch out in a trail that catch onto the red cowl.
Hopefully this works!?]
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It doesn't look like he needs to wait all that long either.
The flames begin to spread on the masked man's cowl, driving the ghoulish man into a small panic. It's the opening that he needs and Sanji spins around in place, his leg now sparking a blue flame, before kicking straight at the mask once more.]
Ifrit Jambe.
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She's about to call Sanji's attention to it, but she isn't given any time to do so. The ghoul zips out from between them and takes to the air, a bony, skeletal hand snatching the mask, and with a cackle that ripples through the air and sends a dreadful shiver up Tifa's spine, he... takes off into the night...?
Flames are still billowing around her fists and she watches, almost a little dumbfounded, as it disappears.]
What in the world—!?
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[Sanji still has that blue flame burning from his leg, ready to fight some more, but the shithead just took off. The hell is all that about?! He doesn't even know where the asshole may have gone, so it seems useless trying to follow him. Besides, he doesn't want to leave Tifa all by herself out here!]
He just left after all that?!
[Unless he's planning on some counterattack now, which is probably a good reason to keep his leg ready, in case he decides he wants another kick to the face. Still, he manages to take one look back at Tifa, just making sure that she's okay.]
You okay there?
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[She brushes herself off and straightens the pieces of her dress, and looks down at the dogs, who are both barking up at the sky after the masked man before her attention turns back to Sanji.]
Are you? That was quite the kick...
[As she stares at his fiery leg, and then at the hay that towers around them. Be careful with that!!!]
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I'm okay. [No injury or anything like that, which almost is unusual to him, but he's not complaining. More importantly, Tifa is fine and that's all that matters. There's a small pause where the cook remains serious, but it doesn't last long, as Sanji turns to her with hearts floating around his head once more.]
But thank you for asking...! Knowing that you care about me is worth any injury I take~~
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