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The Amusement Park OF DOOM

THE AMUSEMENT PARK OF DOOM

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Everyone loves an amusement park: the rides, the games, the sights and sounds and smells of cotton candy and popcorn. It is a child's dream, an adult's playtime, and a source of fun and entertainment for all who visit.

At least until the sun goes down.

Welcome to the amusement park of doom, where darkness brings a complete transformation. Beware the rides, brave soul, unless you care to risk more than an upset stomach. Venture not into the haunted house, unless you want to find more than you bargained for. And never, never touch the food.

HOW IT WORKS
♦ Post a comment with your character name, canon, preferences, etc. Are there options you do or don't want?
♦ Others will post and join you at the amusement park. You can use RNG to pick an option, or just choose one.
♦ Try to get out alive. Or don't, if that's your thing. I don't judge.

1. FOOD VENDORS - The popcorn, corn dogs, funnel cakes, and deep-fried Oreos may look and taste exactly the same as they do during the day, but once consumed can have some very interesting effects which vary from one person to another. Maybe it's like you just downed the most alcoholic drink ever. Or popped some LSD. Or maybe you just suddenly have to pee really, really bad and the amusement park no longer has any restrooms. Who knows?

2. MIDWAY GAMES - Instead of cheap plush toys, the prizes are now some really creepily realistic dolls whose eyes follow you as you move. And the targets for the shooting gallery look an awful lot like people, as well. The ring toss has to circle an assortment of upraised hands rather than pegs, and when you hit the circle on the "test your strength" game it doesn't send a metal ball to hit a bell - instead an arrow flies upwards into a box, and you win based on how much blood oozes from the hole afterwards. Be careful not to lose too often, though, because those prizes and targets have to come from somewhere....

3. ROLLER COASTER - Sure, the roller coaster may look fun, but once it gets going, it goes fast. Really, really fast. And you never know where it might suddenly stop - like, for example, while inverted at the very top of the loop-the-loop? If you make it back to the starting point you're a fortunate person indeed.

4. BUMPER CARS - As soon as the bumper cars start up all the bumpers vanish and cages spring up around edges of the floor. It's demolition derby time, folks, and only one person can walk away alive. Is it going to be you? Or can you not bring yourself to bump off the competition? (Be aware, there are often park employees in one of the other cars, just to encourage everyone to fight back.)

5. FERRIS WHEEL - As soon as darkness falls the creatures appear. The open-car ferris wheel is no longer positioned on a concrete platform, but in the middle of a swamp, and at the bottom point of the wheel the cars are half-submerged in the water - within reach of the various monstrous creatures that reside there. And there are massive birds that might decide to swoop down and pick out some of the prey held so helpfully up high for them.

6. LOG FLUME - The water in the log flume is no longer water - or, at least, it certainly doesn't act like it. If any splashes onto bare skin the skin begins to change, developing scales and fins; get enough of it on you and you might transform into a full-fledged water-dwelling monster. Good thing there are ponds in the amusement park, isn't it?

7. GRAVITRON - When the ride begins to spin the riders are pressed back against the walls, as is normal - but then creatures of any hideous type or shape start climbing out from the center, and for some reason they aren't affected by the centrifugal force. Never tried to fight zombies or werewolves while being held back by increased gravity? Well, now's your chance.

8. TRAIN - The train circles the outside of the amusement park, giving attendees a way to get from place to place without having to walk the entire way. It might seem normal enough at first, but as soon as it enters a tunnel...well, "there's no earthly way of knowing which direction they are going". Where you come out will certainly not be where you were intending to be. It could be anywhere, anywhen, and very, very likely unpleasant.

9. TUNNEL OF LOVE - As you travel farther into the tunnel, the light from behind you fades...and nothing replaces it. There is no light. No sound, but for the quiet wash of the water against the sides of your boat as you travel on. Or - is there? Was that a sound? Did you hear something? Or are you and your companion the only people who now exist?

If you want to go that route, there might be powerful aphrodisiacs in the air - but be careful, because if you tip the oddly unstable boat you might end up in the water with who knows what creatures lurking down there. Or worse, whatever is waiting to either side of the water-filled track.

10. HAUNTED HOUSE - You only thought those ghouls and ghosts were animatronic. Maybe they were during the day, but now? They're after you. You could go upstairs, but there's a poltergeist in the attic. You could go into the basement, but there are even more terrifying things that lurk down in the darkness. And none of the doors or windows to the outside will open. Enjoy.

11. WANDERING - Maybe you aren't around any particular rides or attractions, and are just wandering the pathways of the amusement park. You could still encounter some of the victims of the other rides, the twisted and deformed creatures that were once costumed mascots or clowns, or get too close to the shadowed alleyways, ponds, or overhangs that house monsters that would love to draw you in close for a visit. Or, you never know, the next parade coming down the main street might be zombies. How fast can you shamble?

Also, of note is the fact that those who linger a bit too long in the amusement park might find themselves undergoing a few changes....

12. OTHER - Is there another ride that strikes your fancy? Another dark fate you want to have in store for your character? By all means, go for it!

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[ooc: cross-canon welcome!]

Edited 2017-06-28 04:18 (UTC)

[ooc: do you have any preferences or will i hit you with rng?]

[hit me up with that rng, my man!]

[Whoever's idea it was to stop at this shitty amusement park is getting their ass kicked, as soon as Taako finds his way back to the rest of the crew, including Lup, who he's sure he'd been with just a second ago. There had been a clown with a knife, and Taako had pulled her into the haunted house to wait for it to pass, except when he'd turned around to look at her, she was gone.

He's been walking around looking for her since then, but there are... things, moving throughout the house, and it's leaving him more than a little unsettled, caught between wanting to call out for Lup and not wanting to draw too much attention to himself by making any noise. Something tugs at his hair as he moves past a window, and he whips around trying to see what it is, only to be met with the empty air. This annoying little game lasts for another few minutes, the ghostly feeling of fingers on the back of his neck or pulling at his clothes sends shivers down his spine, until he's finally had enough.]

Lup? C'mon, this stopped being funny like five minutes.

[Maybe if he just pretends that it's her messing with him, he'll stop feeling so worried.]

[There's a slender set of fingers falling down upon his right shoulder that don't quite feel as ghostly as the other touches he's been assaulted with since entering this attraction. This touch is too solid and heavy, pinching at his shoulder before slipping away. But if Taako turns to see what was behind him, he'd find the space just as empty as before. Though it was only upon looking forward again that he was provided with a new shock entirely.]

Boo! [And just like that, Lup is there in front of him, beaming wickedly with a gleaming, toothy grin. She's looking all too proud of herself for this particular prank, and the laughter that she just can't hold in is all too evident of that.]

Shit, I wish you could have seen your face! [Utter delight takes over her expression.] Oh wait, you can! [To add insult to injury, Lup does her very best imitation of what Taako had looked like to her, only it's highly exaggerated, with eyes bugging out and a mouth open wide in mute horror. The whole thing just makes her dissolve into another fit of laughter, the noise echoing loudly off of the walls of the haunted house. There's a resounding creak of the floorboards above them, but Lup is too captivated with her own prank that she doesn't even notice it, instead wiping a stray tear from her eye as her laughter shifts to giggles.]

[Taako nearly jumps out of his fucking skin, and it's probably lucky that his instincts are flight, not fight, because he half stumbles away from her rather than doing something like trying to punch her (which is what Magnus would probably have done).

As soon as it clicks, though, his eyes narrow and he tries to scowl, except it looks way more like a pout.]

You're the fucking worst.

[Normally this would be funny, and he'd be laughing with her once he got over being embarrassed, but he can't shake the feeling that they're not alone here.]

This place is creepy as hell, can we go? Like, can we be anywhere but here? If I get groped by another ghost I'm gonna flip my shit.

[That pout just has Lup trying to contain her wide grin, though she's just as unsuccessful of hiding that as she is any other emotion. Instead, her mouth twitches and she presses her lips together tightly, but somehow she's still beaming brightly, even in the dim lighting of the house.

When it's clear that Taako isn't going to laugh along or even congratulate her on what was totally a Rank A goof, Lup finally rolls her eyes and concedes.]

Fiiine. [She draws out the word like it's some major inconvenience to her, but she's doing it anyway for her brother's sake. Sister of the fucking year over here!] There's nothing else to do in this rundown shack anyway. It's mostly just gross, antique shit. Not even the good stuff for swiping. [Stepping around Taako, Lup heads towards the door, which is only just a winding hallway and a room away. Not long till freedom.

She peers over her shoulder, shooting her brother a grin,] Hey, maybe we can try the Ferris Wheel again?

[His serious expression almost cracks, just a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth, because even if he's unsettled by this place, it's hard to be scared of anything with Lup around.

Still, when she moves past him to head towards the door, Taako quickly turns on his heel to follow after her, bumping his shoulder against hers as if to chastise her for being a little shit, though really he's just after the reassurance that she's real.]

I got a question for ya. Did I like, absorb all your self-preservation instincts in the womb?

[The only thing he wants to do is get the hell away from this place, because that's what a sensible person would do!!!]

[That barely there hint of a smile is exactly why Lup teases and torments as relentlessly as she does. If Taako was ever actually hurt, she would have dropped that act decades ago. But teasing one another is just what they do, what they've always done, even if they go about it in different ways.

Taako following after her with a brush of his shoulder--Message received! She's rolling her eyes back at that--Lup raises a hand as if to physically wave his concern away from her.]

Oh, c'mon. You're not actually scared of this place, right? It's a fake haunted house in a lame-ass amusement park that hasn't been updated in like, centuries. There's nothing real about this place. It's one hundred percent fake. [a brief pause, as Lup finally steered them to the front door, her grin as she turned to wink at him utterly triumphant.] ...Besides, even if there were ghosts here, we both know it's my butt they'd be after. You'd be perfectly safe.

[Her hand moves to the door knob and she pulls. Nothing happens. Her grin drops immediately.]

What the-- [Lup's grip on the door handle tightens as she twists and pulls again, grunting at the use of her full strength when it still doesn't seem to budge.] Did you lock the door behind you or somethin'? This is bullshit... [Without waiting for an answer, the woman was planting a solid foot on the door frame and using both of her hands to tug with everything she had...

But the door knob just pops off, flying out of her grip and very narrowly missing Taako's head before crashing into something glass on the other side of the room.] Oops.

Edited 2017-06-29 06:30 (UTC)

[There's so much he has to say about the fact that he's pretty sure this place isn't fake, but you know what, he's going to let her struggle with that doorknob because even if he's not actually annoyed at her, he's still a little bit petty.

So when the doorknob pops off, he just looks vindicated.]

What did I fucking say! [It's the elevator smugness all over again.] This place is messed up and we're going to die in here and become shitty amusement park ghosts.

[... Okay, maybe that's a bit over-dramatic, but he stands by the rest of what he said.]

[Lup blinks at Taako mutely as the glass from the china cabinet in the back of the room shatters, her expression momentarily frozen as an unpleasant, but familiar knot of dread tightened within her chest. They may be experts at working their way out of tricky situations without harm, but there was only so much the two could do when Taako was already shifting to overdramatic declarations of their death. Fab.]

Taako. Chill out for like, two seconds. [A hand goes to his arm, fingers loosely looping there. Whatever happens, Lup needs to keep a tight hold on him. They've always stuck together through this kind of shit and that hasn't changed.] So, we're kind of the most badass wizards in the history of ever, right?
There's gotta be another door. Or we can bust through one of those windows in the front room. Or go up to the roof and Feather Fall down. And, I mean, if it really comes down to it, we can just blast the whole place to bits. We're deffo going to be fine.

[The thing is, as soon as Lup acknowledges that something Isn't Right, Taako calms down, because now it's about them versus whatever the fuck is going on, instead of just him. That's a lot easier to handle.

So he chills, exhaling slowly as Lup talks, still not feeling super great about this situation but she's right, they'll figure something out.]

If we're gonna start blasting, might as well go big or go home. You wanna fireball the door or should I do the honours?

[It's what they do. The Taaco twins have always managed to get by on luck and wits alone, to wiggle their way out of Bad Situations and always land gracefully on their feet. This is just another one of those situations.

Lup regards her brother intently for another moment before she just shrugs, all too casual. This whole thing is weird and something definitely is tingling at her nerves, but it's just a shitty haunted house in an even shittier theme park. A stupid door isn't going to stand in the way of their freedom.] You know I'm always down for a big fireball, but I'll graciously give you first dibs. Just this once.

[Maybe giving Taako a little control in blasting their way through will put him back in better spirits.]

I'm marking this one down in the record books.

[It's rare that Lup gives up the chance to throw a fireball at something, so he knows that she's doing this to make him feel better about the situation, but that's fine. Mostly because he knows it'll work.

Taako takes a half step back, levels his hand at the door, and casts fireball.

And the spell itself works, the fireball smashes into the door, singeing the wood and the carpet at the ground, filling the air with smoke, but when it clears, the door is still intact. Blackened, but intact.]

Son of a bitch.

[Lup waves a hand casually in front of her face to dispel the smoke that immediately clouds up the entryway, but there's no missing the way her slender brows arch upwards in surprise at the sight of a blackened, but wholly undamaged door. Well, shit.]

Step aside, bro. [And because she's still not completely convinced they are in any real danger, Lup extends an arm and teasingly pushes him back. As if she really needs the extra space.] Let a real pro show you just how it's done.

[Even if Taako's fireball didn't make much of a dent, Lup has other evocation magic at the ready, powering one of her favorite low-level spells up a rank. Casting burning hands, a bright sheet of flames shoot out from her splayed out fingertips, striking the door straight in it's center. Wood groans beneath the intensity of the blast, but after waving more smoke out of the way, the pair find the door remains unscathed. That seems to finally be what it takes to wipe the rest of Lup's grin from off her face.]

Okay, what the fuck is going on?

[The floorboards above their heads shift, groaning beneath a new weight.]

[He rolls his eyes VERY HARD, but allows Lup to nudge him out of the way to cast her own spell, knowing that she likely won't buy something is up with the door until she has a crack at it herself. They're fairly evenly matched, when it comes to magic in general, but being an evocation wizard gives her an edge in this particular area.

Still, he's not shocked when her spell fails to make a dent, though he is a little startled at the sound of something moving, and he points his wand at the source, just in case.]

You know what, I'm gonna try something. Blowing shit up isn't always gonna work.

[He points his wand at the door again, but this time rather than a fireball, he casts passwall, and....

Nothing happens.]

Well, fuck. Whatever magic's on this is weird as hell.

[Unfortunately, even that slight edge doesn't mean a thing against whatever is keeping this door intact. At her side, Lup's hand curls into a fist as Taako tries a second spell. But once it proves just as ineffective as the last, her jaw tightens and she can't stop herself from stalking forward to aim a sharp kick at the door.

But it stands just as tall and sturdy as before, not reacting to the abuse in the slightest.]

This is completely bogus. [She shoots one last glare at the blackened door before spinning in place and stalking back through the hallway they'd just come from. Try and keep up, Taako. It was all going to go downhill from here.] C'mon, let's go kick the shit out of some windows and bust out of here for good.

[There was a slightly high chance that she'd be setting the whole carnival on fire after this night was over, not just this shitty haunted house.]

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