CARNIVAL MEGATHREAD

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[ WHO ]: All residents of the apartments are invited! Tag yourselves in!
[ WHERE ]: The carnival.
[ WHEN ]: The carnival runs from sundown on Monday, August 2nd through dawn of Monday, August 9th, so set your threads for any point in time during that!
[ OPEN/CLOSED? ]: Open to all!
[ RATING ]: Try to keep it around PG-13
[ WARNINGS ]: The usual

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Merry-Go-Round

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Backdated to the night of the 8th >.<

[stormhelm]

Cloud wasn't sure why he expected, even for the slightest moment, anything less than a grotesque parody of what a real Merry-Go-Round was supposed to look like.

The faintly creepy carousel music seemed to be mocking the wretched creatures impaled on the bars, which were bounced up and down and rotated like meat on the spit. From what Cloud knew with the aid of photos and illustrations and descriptions from those who'd been to the Gold Saucer, the merry-go-round was supposed to have brightly coloured statues of chocobos on, that anyone from age six to sixty could climb onto and ride round and round, round and round, to the painfully cheeful music.

These animals, however, were not chocobos. He didn't know what they were, only that they looked a little less like statues and a little more like hangings of still-wriggling meat with the skin flayed off, however, somehow still alive

[amerihero]

America was bored. There were had been exactly ZERO hamburgers at the midway.
Seriously, it was like the carnival was playing him for a fool.
Stuffing his hands into his pockets, he shuffled around, looking idly at the pretty attractions. Seeing that there was someone else there, he sidled over to the other figure, looking at the Carousel.

"Oh hey, it's a demon... horsey... ride." He gave Cloud a sidelong glance as if questioning whether or not he was actually crazy enough to ride the damned thing.

[stormhelm]

He gave a small jump of surprise, having been a little hypnotized for a few moments watching the creatures go around and around, and relaxed when he recognized America's familiar, expressive face.

"Horsey..." he mused aloud, letting the word roll off his tongue and glancing back to the carousel. The animals had reverted, yet again. "Is that what those things are called?"

Midway

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Midway

[sword_of_k]

Games of skill were not typically Muraki's gambit. While he enjoyed them, it was much better to play a game that his opponent could not hope to win. No, it wasnt the pride in winning that motivated him so much as seeing his victims twist in despair before giving in to their pitiless fate.
This evening, however, he saw a prize worth gunning for. Despite careful rationing, he was running dangerously low in cigarettes. He could go without, certainly, but he'd rather not have to deal with that eventuality right now.
Remembering the dangerous games, he was thankful to notice a distinct lack of that choking ring game mess from the year prior. Seeing the ballons, all bright and shiny and pristine, he stepped over to the booth, picking up the darts laid out for him, preparing his first throw.

Midway

[aboardhaettrain]

He had done what he could to cool off in his apartment, but it came to a point where fighting with Drain Girl just wasn't worth it anymore. You couldn't cool off when she was trying to rip your face off, could you?

So he'd dried off and slunk out of the apartment complex, making his way to the Carnival that blared its calliope music all over the town.

None of the rides really tickled his fancy, and he wasn't stupid enough to try them. But the midway stalls seemed interesting, likely filled up with all kinds of nasty tricks and horrible surprises.

He stood back, watching Muraki select his target and aim his dart...

And just to be a jerk, he stepped close to him, grabbed his arm, and said, "Boo!"

Midway

[sword_of_k]

Muraki started, but to his credit, did not let go of the dart.

"Is that strictly necessary?"

Roller Coaster

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Sky Carriage

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Sky Carriage

[petalsofdeath]

Bakura probably would not have approved of this, if he had known about it.
It was the restless heat of the summer nights that led Marluxia out to the carnival once more. Avoiding the bumper cars from last year, with the memory of Sasuke, the joyless little ninja, he headed to the Ferris wheel, perching atop one of the carriages, clambering to the top as it creaked its way up to the apex.

Sky Carriage

[whiskeykillshot]

Aaaaaaaaaaand guess who was on the basket just before Marly's?

Hearing the creaking of a second occupant just behind and below her own compartment, Rubi cracked open one eye and raised her head from where she had both eyes closed and her head tilted back into the worn seat cushion to better appreciate the soft breeze. Surprise surprise. Of course it had to be just her bestest frienemy in the world.
"...You're going to snap your neck one of these days, princess." Wry as ever. Yup. That's Rubi.

Sky Carriage

[petalsofdeath]

He looked up, peering at the face from inside the cart.
"Perhaps one day, but not today."
Idly, as if it were a natural and not at all psychotic thing to do, he took the edge of her carriage into his hand and pushed it, rocking the cart on squealing hinges.

Scrambler

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