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Galla (Amaia) ([personal profile] lastofthebog) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2018-05-12 02:59 pm

May Swear In

WHO: Everyone!
WHERE: Nonah's Fairgrounds
WHEN: May 12th
WHAT: May Swear In
WARNINGS: None expected; please warn in threads if necessary

Spring is finally beginning to fade into summer with weather starting to warm, and the trees and flowers beginning to blossom into their peak, and what better way to celebrate the welcome change in weather than with a FAIR?



The fairgrounds have been transformed overnight with a swath of rides and attractions filling the field from one edge to the other. There is, of course, a booth for imPort registration that's positioned near the entrance of the fair. Even so, imPorts with an interest in registering may have to ask a fair worker for directions. The signage on the registration booth is, for some reason, faded and easy to miss among the bright and bold banners and lights drawing attendees to the different game booths that line the paths further into the grounds. Must have just been poor planning on someone's part!

Further into the park there are a wide array of the standard carnival games. Games include from balloon pops where you can win your very own "signed" copy of imPort photographs, but does anyone actually remember signing any photos…? There's also a ring toss that no one can seem to win, but the prizes include items like a water bottle discarded by Tony Stark, or dried flowers from one of Persephone's actual vines! Or maybe you'd like to prove your sharpshooter skills by knocking milk bottles down with a pellet gun? Prizes range from cheap, poorly painted figures of popular imPorts, to a handful of detailed and poseable figurines of both imPorts and famous media characters for the very best shooters.

Past the games are the many, many different food booths. You can chow down on Fried Stuff On Sticks, offering fare ranging from deep fried cheesecake on a stick to deep fried corndogs on a stick to a variety of tempura on sticks. (It counts!!) Or perhaps you prefer a healthier roasted meat? There's no shortage of options for that: roast turkey, roast beef, roast bison, roast alligator? Strangely few, if any, of these booths offer any vegetable options, but intrepid imPorts can find a booths offering superfood smoothies, quinoa bowls, or fruit parfaits tucked away at the very end of the food court.

And don't forget the main attraction (at least, the attraction Galla is most pleased with): CAPTURE THE FLAG. A parcel of land roughly the size of two side-by-side American football fields has been fenced off, and a brightly colored banner that looks like it manifested directly from the 90s is hung across the entrance, inviting all to enjoy! Inside, there is a scattering of trees to provide some natural cover in addition to man-made structures like sections of wall, pieces of large construction pipe to crawl through or hide in, and, of course, the different flag bases:



Yes, those are inflatable dinosaur heads inside an inflatable Jurassic Adventure. The flags are located inside of the temple the top of the "mountain" which, conveniently, has a rock climbing facade just in case climbing to the top of an inflatable hill is too difficult for some players.

Capture the Flag games are held hourly, and imPorts can choose to compete against each other, against natives, or even to team up with local native attendees! When competing against or with natives, imPorts are asked to refrain from flight, mind-reading, or teleportation, but it isn't a rule being strictly enforced. In fact, apart from those requests, imPorts are encouraged to use their powers as much as they like! There are natives lined up around the perimeter to watch the games play out, so why not give them a show to remember?
shesalittle: (Are You Kidding or What)

[personal profile] shesalittle 2018-05-18 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
We're... learning how to. [Which is good because they've got a nemesis and everything] This place sounds like it's gonna be good practice.

[She wants to say something encouraging to him, but she's drawing a blank, so she turns to Nico.]
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[personal profile] sanguinespell 2018-05-24 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, Nico wants to say something, but she doesn't want to pry. She doesn't exactly know Kavinsky super well.]

Hey, no pressure, just--hit me up later if you need to talk, dude. I'm shit for advice, but I know how to listen. [She nods, moving on.] But yeah, we're learning as we go.
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[personal profile] pillz 2018-05-24 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
What--? [kavinsky looks fractionally perturbed for an instant. the problem with having been brainwashed into being an unempathetic psychopath is occasionally you forget that other people can tell what you're feeling even when you've blocked out all of your own emotions.] Oh.

Nah, I'm cool. But thanks. [that much, he says with sincerity. there are obviously more enjoyable ways a girl could be keeping her partner company in a brave new world than talking down a strung-out dream thief.] Have some fun. I'm sure you're gonna start running into fanart of the both of you any day. You might even find some worth keeping. [it's oddly formal, the way he reaches out to offer karolina a handshake good-bye. it doesn't quite seem to fit the tats crossing his knuckles.]

See you around.
Edited (fix) 2018-05-24 07:13 (UTC)
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[personal profile] shesalittle 2018-05-25 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Karolina takes his hand and smiles as encouragingly as she can.] Seeya. Take care!

[She's not wholly taken off guard by the mention of fanart, but she wonders if she should bring it up after he leaves]
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[personal profile] sanguinespell 2018-05-27 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Nico nods a little uncertainly, waving once as Kavinsky excuses himself. This isn't the time to push it, even if she knew him well enough to feel okay going there.]

Later. [Glancing to Karolina again once he's gone, shrugging.]

So, yeah. imPorts have fans, which means...

[so much weird fanwork.]
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[personal profile] shesalittle 2018-05-28 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
[She already knew that was coming, and Nico didn't even actually say anything, but she still manages to look supremely uncomfortable] I figured.

We don't need to look at it, right?
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[personal profile] sanguinespell 2018-05-28 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
We don't. Some of it's all right, but... [She shakes her head, before reaching out to take Karolina's hand.]

Anyway. What do you wanna do next?
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[personal profile] shesalittle 2018-05-28 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[She half mutters 'the stuff about us?' before switching to actually answering]

I dunno. I don't think I've actually eaten anything from a nutritional perspective, but I don't need to try that stuff again either.
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[personal profile] sanguinespell 2018-05-31 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Nico laughs, leaning against Karolina's shoulder as she laces their fingers together. She's not going to answer that question. Not that she's really seen art of them together, but you know.]

How about a funnel cake? Then we can try to win each other some dumb prizes, or whatever.
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[personal profile] shesalittle 2018-06-01 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think I can really win you much, but I'll try.

[And then she fixes Nico with The Most Serious Stare Ever.] Is funnel cake actually any good? Or is this just gonna be like the corn dogs?
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[personal profile] sanguinespell 2018-06-21 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[nico laughs, eyes flicking down for a moment before resting a hand on karolina's shoulder. she's so charmed right now.]

It's like-- it's basically just weird pancakes with powdered sugar. It'll be fine.
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[personal profile] shesalittle 2018-06-23 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
But you... [She kind of wants to push this whole fried food thing more, but she's well and truly lost on that. Instead, she just plants a quick kiss on Nico's forehead.]