Carouse the night away

[madreen_rua]

The Night Circus

"The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night." - Erin Morgenstern

As you wander the grounds of Le Cirque des Rêves, black and white striped tents on all sides try to catch your attention. Which tent will you choose? Who will you meet in the tent? Or maybe you're a performer, ready to dazzle your audience as they walk in.

How does this meme work?
1 - Post a comment with your character's name and canon in subject.
2a - If you want to be a performer, add a tent number.
or
2b - If not, leave it blank.
3 - Tag others. Do NOT roll if they already have a number in their subject line. Roll (or choose) if they do not.

The Choices

1 - Isobel - The fortune teller. The tent is dark and silent. As you walk in, the noise and laughter of the rest of the circus falls away. As you feel blindly along the velvet tent walls, you encounter a beaded curtain. On the other side is either a fortune teller to tell you your future. Or maybe the fortune teller has left for a few moments, leaving behind nothing on the table but a set of black and white Tarot cards.

2 - Tsukiko - The contortionist. The contortionist does not have a tent. Round a corner, follow the path that circles the tents and you are likely to find the contortionist performing, feats of extraordinary dexterity and flexibility, slowly stuffing herself (or himself!) into a small glass box on the ground.

3 - Widget and Poppet - The animal trainers. The trainers perform outside of the tents, coaxing a multitude of black and white kittens to dance, to leap through hoops and run up and down curious and delighted audience members. Or maybe slip into the tent behind them, where two other animal trainers do similar tricks with leopards and panthers.

4 - The Illusionist - The illusionist performs in a small, black and white striped tent that holds no more than twenty. With theatrical gestures, the illusionist transforms a gentleman's scarf into a half-dozen white doves, produces flames that dance but do not burn, and even causes a tree to grow from an empty seat, pure white and silver blossoms blooming before the audience's eyes. Is it magic?

5 - Celia and Marco - The lovers. The fantastic circus and all its wonders are nothing but a backdrop for the forbidden love that has blossomed between the two of you. How will you keep your love a secret? Kisses stolen between striped tents? Bittersweet goodbyes as the sun rises and the wrought iron gates of the Night Circus closes for another day?

6 - Cloud Maze - This tent is one of the tallest in the circus, and once you slip between the black and white striped flaps, you see a tower of fluffy white mist. As you touch the mist, it is soft and warm against your hand. The more you explore, the more you see hanging platforms, ropes, and ribbons hidden among the white clouds. Through them you can climb to the top of the tower of white cloud. Do not be afraid of falling or jumping off the tower or the platforms, for the white misty clouds will support your weight, catch and envelop you in white.

7 - Bedtime Stories - This tent is small, almost hidden among the rest of the circus. Within is a room filled with shelves and tables, and bottles and jars litter every flat surface. Open a bottle, and a scent escapes. Breathe deep, and a story unfurls for you, so real that you can feel every touch. Will you share the stories with your companion? Or dare each other to try ever stranger experiences?

8 - The Wishing Tree - There is nothing in this tent except a sprawling tree that bears candles instead of leaves. Many of the candles are lit, their flames flickering in the slight breeze that permeates the tent. A card on the tree instructs you to take a candle from the tree and make a wish on it, lighting it with the flame from another wish. What will you wish for? It's said that wishes lit on the Wishing Tree come true...

9 - The Ice Garden - Everything inside this tent is white, and it takes only a moment to notice that the sprawling garden within the tent is created entirely of ice. Every posy petal, every delicate branch of a tree. The 'grass' beneath your feet is pure white snow, and brushing by a tree will send another sprinkle of white onto your head. How will you and your companion explore this place?

10 - The Labyrinth - This tent is just like any other from the outside, but as you walk in, it changes. Perhaps you'll find yourself in a library that smells of leather and is lit by flickering candles. Or a valley full of fine white sand flanked by rolling hills. Or maybe you find yourself in a giant silver birdcage. The possibilities within the Labyrinth are endless, but there are always two constants:
1 - the way into each new part of the labyrinth is not the way out.
2 - there is always a way out.

11 - Wild Card - There are more wonders at the Night Circus than the list above. Watching the acrobats or trapeze artists? Run through a Hall of Mirrors that shows uncannny insights? Eat delicious circus treats until dawn? All are possible!
How much of Le Cirque des Rêves can you explore before dawn?

Credit: funvee 

Comments

Jerry | Detroit: Become Human | OTA

[wearejerry]

[A host and part-time performer of basic sleight-of-hand, smalltime acrobatics, and just generally being A Delight^tm. There are a bunch of him wandering around making your carnival experience enjoyable.]

p.t. barnum ( the greatest showman ) ota

[flopdoodle]

[ He's the ringmaster, obviously. Happy to play this like the circus is either benevolent in nature, or hiding more malevolent, darker intentions. ]

[knockemdead]

[Clowns at the circus. The two go together like bread and butter, and this one looks like he's having fun. The strangest thing, however, is that if Barnum has any sort of perception...whoever this clown is, he's clearly not under the employ of the ringmaster.

Yet, that doesn't stop him from happily juggling out in the opening, approaching Barnum the second he spots him.]

So, how 'bout those elephants, huh? That was a real sicko move.

Stiles Stilinski | Teen Wolf

[ingoodcompany]

[ Stiles stands, scrolling through his phone. He's almost hidden behind the folds of the gaudily decorated tent near the edge of the grounds. (Just how a black and white tent could be gaudy boggles the mind.)

A rope bars the entrance, the sign hung reading: Back in 5 :)

There's not many people around, the noise from the rest of the circus oddly muted. The few that do wander near are more interested in the games than the fortune booth; with its placard proudly proclaiming that bullshit is for one ticket, and everything else for two. ]




((ooc: slow due to work. OTA. can work something out if you want your characters to have a 'real' fortune told via PMs

Or you can choose your own prompt if this doesn't work for you.))

Dr Angela ' Mercy' Ziegler | Overwatch | OTA

[watching_over_you]

*Caged Angel on display.*

[angelic_phale]

Aziraphale has always hated these places.

Oh, of course, it's all meant to be good fun, and performers have a hard enough time these days impressing others and making money. It's all just a novelty now, and people expect it to be fake; rich, coming from the same people who worship the Internet.

Which Aziraphale still hasn't gotten the hang of. One day.

But he's not here to marvel at the daring acrobats or have his fortune read (he's fairly certain Isobel is playing with a stacked deck, if you know what he means), he is here because the poster for this circus boasted a captured angel. And while he's about 99.9999% sure it's all farce...well, some part of him has to wonder. And after much teasing from his favorite demon, he's come to check it out, anyway.

Look, it's just very unlikely an actual angel would be held captive. But if someone is displaying themselves like this just to make money...which also makes little sense...or to alert the world to their existence, he'll have something to say about it.

[watching_over_you]

*Apologies! I was at a convention, but please feel free to not feel up to tagging back!*

Angela (a fitting name) is indeed a novelty to the show. A rare breed of a fallen angel, banished due to using the feathers of her wings to help others yet in an act of mercy, she's able to still keep them and their healing properties. Their abilities, though, are a close kept secret to only the ringmaster of the circus and makes sure to have the bottom of her cage wired to capture anything of her wings that falls out.

This leaves her having to stay on display like a bird rather than an angel and given nothing but a simple white attire to help 'sell' the goods, a tent all her own, and a very strict policy of no touching or crowding.

Lifting her head when a rather- familiar sensation seems to enter the tent, Angela perks herself up a little and tilts her head. Though normally tucked close to her back, her wings spread, fluff up a little, and move with her with wide, curious eyes glancing out behind her bars.

The Joker | Batman: The Animated Series | ota

[knockemdead]

[Duh.]