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The Carnival Meme

Reposted from memebells @ Livejournal

Who doesn't love a good carnival? The sights, the sounds, the...well, maybe not so much the smells. Going with your young siblings? Maybe you're taking your date for a good time! Maybe a friend dragged you along. Whoever you're there with, the important part is that you're having a good time!

[Rrrrrules]
1. Post with your character, canon and preferences in the subject line
2. Tag others and get your RNG on. Or just choose one.
3. LET'S THREADING
4. Fun times ensue!

1. The Midway!
Oh god, you want that stuffed unicorn so hard, it's just so incredible. Or perhaps you just want to show off to everyone else how AWESOME you are. Test of Strength? More like...Test of....Getting Owned With a Hammer. Whatever the reason, you're slapping down your cash and winning those games! ...If it's possible to win, that is.

2. Haunted House
PFFT! Who's scared?! These things are never that scary! ...Are they? That...That's not a real mummy, right? What was that sound?! ZOINKS!

3. Ferris Wheel
Did you ever wonder what the carnival looks like from such a high place? Or maybe you just want some alone time with your date. Do you find yourself thinking that this is a lot higher than it looked?

4. Fun House
What's so fun about it?! It's impossible to get through this stupid Hall of Mirrors! Agh, this tube is spinning, how can anyone stand up in this thing?! Wait, isn't that the same way you came from?!

5. Tunnel of Love
Awww, yiss. You're lookin' for a little bit of alone time, even if you are in a tiny, bird-shaped boat surrounded by shallow, dirty water. Or maybe your friends shoved you in before you had time to react. Have fun, love birds!

6. Carnival food!
Cotton Candy, corndogs, popcorn, ice cream, candy apples...! It's all so terrible and bad for you, but it tastes so good! You don't even know what that over there is, but it's deep fried and looks delicious in the most disgusting way. Be careful that you don't make yourself sick!

7. Petting Zoo
CUTE ANIMALS! You want to pet all of them! Or maybe the person you're with wants to. Though, whether the animals really want to be petted or not is another matter.

8. GRAVITRON!
Standing inside a giant ring that’s spinning at high speeds with no restraints. Yes. This is a good idea. Somehow. Hope you didn’t eat first.

9. Working
You’re not having fun because you’re WORKING here. Somehow, you got roped into this. Maybe you LOVE working here, SELLING DREAMS TO CHILDREN~! Or maybe you’ve had enough of being in the dunking booth or wearing that doofy animal costume. Maybe your friends won’t laugh too hard at you.

10. Other
You have other ideas? Play out those Carnival shenanigans!

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Maxim Horvath never intended to come here at all. He's at the carnival only because he suspects there's a dangerous Morganian lurking about, and he wanted a space of peace and quiet to think a moment. The combination of that and the press of the crowd shuffled him over to a darkened ride he took for being closed down... and he may be too close to the entrance by the time he realizes his terrible mistake.

The heavyset, well-dressed gentleman is clearly alone, and looks distracted.

Donna had been looking for the Doctor - where the hell had he got to now?! - when she had stumbled upon a darkened ride. Suspecting he might just be in there, she crept slowly and carefully into the darkness, calling out his name in a slightly raised whisper.

"...Pardon?" It's a deep, rolling voice, definitely not familiar.

The ride is dark, because that's supposed to be romantic, and they just may be unlucky enough to run into the ride operator momentarily.

She went towards the voice, still calling out for the Doctor. Why was it so bloomin' dark in here?!

Squinting through the gloom, she saw a figure, "Doc--" she cut herself off, this so wasn't the Doctor, "Who the bloody hell are you, then?"

He's a few inches taller than the Doctor, and substantially more solid. Looming in the darkness is a full face with a neat mustache and goatee, heavy eyebrows, and an out-of-place narrow, crooked, pointy nose. One of the thick eyebrows arches, and he looks just a little affronted. "There's no need to take that tone..."

A third figure bobs out of the shadows, with a desperate, wide grin. "Oi! Right, next boat's empty, on you go!" Hands flapping and pushing a little, the ride operator tries to shove them along to the little waiting boat.

Donna fixes the ride operator with a bewildered look, as he tries to shove her into the boat, "Wait-- what?! I'm not with him," she tries to explain, nodding to Maxim.

But the ride operator doesn't seem to be paying much notice to her and keeps shoving, "Oi, mate. You lookin' a slap? No? Well then, stop flamin' pushin' me!"

The tall, heavy gent has a cane, and a limp, and therefore is fairly susceptible to being shoved along despite his size. "I'm afraid you've misunderstood, I don't know her-!" He protests, stumbling a little, and possibly knocking into Donna purely by accident. At the edge of the little manmade moat, he catches at a post for balance, but it's just a flimsy thing holding the ropes to mark off the line for the ride- of which there isn't one. It's a bad thing to grab onto, anyway, and he starts to tumble into the boat.

"Hurry up, you don't want to miss the ride." The operator rolls his eyes, apparently not intimidated, and gives Donna a little shove into the already stumbling stranger.

That last push does it and Donna finds herself falling into the boat, gripping the sides as it rocks slightly in the moat. She glares up at the ride operator as the boat steadies itself and points an accusatory finger at him.

"Oi! That's bloody assault, mate. I can have you done for that!" she growls angrily at him, "I was just lookin' for my friend. I don't even know 'im!" She protests, gesturing wildly to Maxim.

She's lucky the other fellow has crashed in first, one leg still gracelessly over the side. He's more concerned with sorting himself out than shouting at the ride operator, but he's making the boat rock as he tries to pull his leg in. "Bloody... never should've come... bastard..."

"Sure, sure. You two lovebirds have fun." He pulls a lever, and the boat starts to move, pulled by some underwater chain or tread. There's an arch just ahead. It's heart-shaped, and the pink neon that outlines it is flickering and buzzing faintly.

Donna shoots a glare over her shoulder at the outline of the ride operator which is gradually getting fainter and fainter. She twists herself around and slides down slightly in her seat, mumbling, "I'm gonna flippin' kill that bloke once this ride is over."

She looks up at the neon, heart-shaped arch and grimaces, feeling more than a little uncomfortable beside Horvath. The awkwardness increases to an immeasurable amount as they travel through the arch and are assaulted with harp music and yet more pink and hearts. "Oh, my God," she murmurs.

It's not a huge boat, and her companion is a large man, doing his best not to bump into her again lest she take it as assault. His heel seems to have hooked on the edge of the boat, though, and he's having trouble with that while trying to stay on his side of the ride. When they go through the tunnel and glowing hearts and frills light things up within, though, he pauses to look up with an utterly stricken expression.

"...Dear lord." He removes his hat, and blinks around at the run-down saccharine decorations. "People ride this on purpose, do they?"

Donna sits as far away from Horvath as the boat will allow. She looks around her - anywhere but at him - and continues to grimace at the tacky decorations. Hearts and frills and harp music. It's all so sickeningly sweet and keeps reminding her that she isn't sat here beside a bloke she actually fancies.

"Yeah," she says in reply, "Can't imagine whypropose on these things!"

"Out of a very sick sense of humor, one can only assume..." He replies dryly, and gives a little tug that gets his leg over the side but sends him bumping into her.

The Carnival Meme!

I rolled a 5. This cannot end well.

ahahahahahaha!

Re: Could be evil... but fun!

Oh, yeah. xD

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lolol, that smiley made my day! xD

Old school smileys...

They're beautiful. In every single way.

Re: Smilies, or Donna and Horvath??

Both. Definitely both.

Donna and Horvath sitting in a boat... giving each other horrified looks.

Horrified looks forever haha.

Horvath is a little afraid she's going to hit him.