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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?
eloquentness: (we could maybe...?)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-05-26 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Girl, no one's ever ready for that weird, life-changing discovery.

[ she makes a face, thinking back to her own portrait being a coveted prize... by some very creepy weirdos... ]

But yeah, it's a little weird that they'd ambush you over here, of all places.
fauxmarth: (i mean. ok. but like. uh.)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-05-26 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[her eyebrows raise. wait...this is...common. common enough for Iris to have already gone through?

...wow. this place sure is something else. Lucina looks back toward the game tents with a mix of wonder and unease.]


Perhaps I ought to have suspected this...it being designed solely to gather people like us. ImPorts, that is. [her eyes wince.] Oh, I really hope they didn't ambush Leo, too...
eloquentness: (got it from here)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-05-28 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know. I mean, it's still a Swear-In, and those usually don't bring all the paparazzi to the yard.

[ Her decade-old reference aside, Iris glances over to make sure no one's really followed them away from the carnival games... ]

I hope they didn't either, but it's hard to tell with these guys. [ she sighs, ] It's not like any of us wanted to be famous...
fauxmarth: (i mean. ok. but like. uh.)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-05-28 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed not. At least, I'd rather it be by my own merits, rather than just being a stranger here. [she exhales in turn, too, matching Iris' tone.]

Would you help me look for him? Just to make sure he's not been accosted to the point where he starts levitating people out of the way...
eloquentness: (reconsidering it)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-05-29 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Part of her kind of thinks those natives would deserve a levitation, if Leo's been pushed to that point, but... a public commotion would be the opposite of helpful here. ]

Of course. [ Her expression softens, ] What part of the fair do you think he'd visit first?
fauxmarth: (owain's on fire again. actual fire)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-05-29 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
The tourney, I think. [she nods, more convinced by the second as she glances toward the garish inflatable shapes in the distance.] We were discussing what sorts of festivals we had in our own worlds, and what could compare... Perhaps we ought to begin there.
eloquentness: (lineface)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-05-30 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Great. Iris can't say she expected to play "Capture the Flag," but Leo's safety > Iris's desire to push through other imPorts in the midst of a thralling game. ]

Got it. [ she nods, standing straighter. ] We'll see if he's watching or actually playing when we get there.
fauxmarth: (i mean. ok. but like. uh.)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-05-30 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
If he is participating, [she links arms with Iris again, and off they go.] we'll only need to look up at the sight of several people floating helplessly in mid-air...
eloquentness: (uh-huh)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-06-05 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that's one way to take care of a crowd....

[ there's a momentary pause as she wonders how to phrase this, before just going for it - ] Also, admittedly, a little less violent than I would've guessed.
fauxmarth: (i...guess you can eat cake that way)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-06-05 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[she chuckles, nodding in agreement.] That's what I thought, fist time I encountered him, actually. He was clad in his kingdom's finery, which, honestly...looks rather menacing. And he'd levitated a good portion of traffic at a crossing, so my thinking was I was facing some kind of fair-faced villain! [shaking her head.] Little did I know... I never expected to just stumble across Owain's liege lord like that!
eloquentness: (reconsidering it)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-06-16 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The mental image in her head just got a million times better: like some guy from a Ren Faire had escaped, and he was determined to master the fine art of a traffic crossing.

Iris barely manages to keep her laugh contained as she keeps moving forward, ]


I wouldn't have either. Just so we're clear - he does know how a traffic light works now, right?
Edited (wait i can read) 2018-06-16 22:19 (UTC)
fauxmarth: (i like that just fine)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-06-16 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, of course! [laughing a little, herself.] He's very clever; he picks up on things fast. [it's just...a matter of whether or not he wants to abide by certain norms, really.] Honestly, I've never met anyone who can devour as many books as he can since my dear friend Laurent. It rivals the amount of coffee you consume, I'd wager.
eloquentness: (we could maybe...?)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-06-20 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Girl, I can only hope he reads more than I drink because that's a battle I want to lose.

[ She could probably use several naps, now that she thinks about it. Ah, well, another problem for future-Iris to tackle. ]
fauxmarth: (i...guess you can eat cake that way)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-06-20 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I definitely agree! [don't think she hasn't been keeping an eye on you at work, Iris! it only makes her time spent away much more important.] Please do tell me you've tried something new here, at least. Something not of your own making. There's so much!
eloquentness: (we could maybe...?)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-06-22 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I've had the tempura? [ it's not new to her, but when at the carnival... ] If only because the cheesecake, and frankly, most of the other stuff looked suss...

[ fried vegetables on a stick counts, right? ]
fauxmarth: (owain's on fire again. actual fire)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-06-22 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Suss"...? [blink. frown.

beat.

oh!]
Oh, suspect, you mean? You suspect poor quality?
eloquentness: (run that by me again?)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-06-23 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it can also mean "suspicious." [ Iris bites on her lower lip, ] I'm no expert on food preparation, but some of those booths didn't smell quite right. Even for a carnival.
fauxmarth: (i mean. ok. but like. uh.)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-06-24 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Lucina gives this a moment of careful thought. unqualified food vendors, is it...?]

...Oughtn't someone sniff them out, then have them sent away? Lest someone fall ill to poorly prepared food?
eloquentness: (uh-huh)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-06-24 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Normally, I'd agree. But either they're bribing the health inspector... [ in other words, a problem beyond her, ] or it's too minor for the fair to worry about.
fauxmarth: (BUT NOT THAT WAY!!!)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-06-24 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
What-?

[Lucina looks scandalized, stopping in her tracks.]

Iris, that's... We have to do something about that! That's unjust!
eloquentness: (run that by me again?)

[personal profile] eloquentness 2018-06-24 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ hold on - her idle commentary was a call for action? Iris presses her lips together. ]

And we can, after we make sure your friend's alright. I doubt those carts are going anywhere.
fauxmarth: (:TTTT)

[personal profile] fauxmarth 2018-06-24 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[:T................


sigh.]


...Yes. You're right. Let's go.