let's go to the carnival!

[shelliemay]

the carnival meme

WHAT TO DO: 1. Post with your character! 2. Pick a scenario and reply to people! 3. Have fun and try not to get sick on the roller coaster! OPTIONS: 1. Games: From classic ring toss to the shooting gallery, here's your chance to win a prize for yourself or for that special someone. Some say the games at a carnival are rigged, but maybe, just maybe, you'll get lucky! 2. Food and Drink: The sweet smell of funnel cake and the familiar briny aroma of popcorn draw you over to the food and drink tent. There's cotton candy, candied nuts, and cheep booze, all here for your enjoyment. 3. Classic Rides: The carousel, the ferris wheel. All carnivals need these classic rides for kids and adults who aren't looking for the excitement of the faster-paced rides. Snuggle close to your partner and see if you can see your house from the top of the wheel. 4. Something More Exciting: This is for thrill-seekers. Here you'll find the Tilt-a-Whirl, the Gravitron, the Screamin' Swing--all the rides designed to make you lose your lunch. Hope you didn't have too much cotton candy! 5. Freakshow: Do they really have a bearded lady in that tent? It's time to find out. Buy a ticket and see the greatest oddities the world has to offer. 6. Tunnel of Love: Or perhaps tunnel of mild boredom. The red-tinted lights and quasi-romantic music are meant to make this ride a great makeout spot, if the chemistry is there. 7. Hall of Mirrors: You and your partner entered, thinking it would be easy to get out again, but dead ends abound in this wacky mirror-maze, and each mirror seems to show a more and more distorted image of each of you. 8. Fortune Teller: Whether one of the creepy machines or the even creepier women dressed up in a culturally insensitive costume, you cross someone's palms with silver and get your future told. Will it be happiness forever with your partner, or will ill tidings be bound your way? (Feel free to use this online tarot spread for extra fun!) 9. Wildcard: Any situation of your choosing happens in a carnival today! Go with the flow.

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[batgirl_babs]

"That kinda day, yeah," she says, with a giggle.

"Are you ready to order?"

[goingthroughaphase]

She nods. "Yeah, I'm all set."

As a server passes by, Kitty waves them over.

"You go first."

[batgirl_babs]

"Why thank you," she says, in an exaggerated manner.

"And I'll have the double cheese please, with a double side of fries. Oh, pickle on the side, please."

[goingthroughaphase]

Kitty smiles, and when Barbara finishes ordering she takes her turn. "I'll get a veggie cheeseburger with sweet potato fries, please."

[batgirl_babs]

She waits until the waitress is far enough away not to overhear, then leans forward, head resting on her folded hands.

"Watching you enjoy this will be almost as good as having my own burger. I call a non-zero chance that you try to convince them to move the Mansion closer to Gotham after this."

[goingthroughaphase]

She snickers a little. "Hey, it would definitely make it easier for us to visit each other."

[batgirl_babs]

"Visit? We'd almost dig a tunnel between our places if we could," she rejoined.

"And I'd be around at odd hours to hang out with you, and get autographs, maybe."

[goingthroughaphase]

"Autographs?" she asked with a giggle. "For what?"

[batgirl_babs]

"For being awesome!" she replied. "And also I don't think it happens enough, so it should. So I would. Speaking of..."

She slides a napkin across the table, gesturing at it.

"Might as well practice your signature."

[goingthroughaphase]

There's a smile on her a face even as she rolled her eyes. "I really doubt it'd be worth much in the future."

Even so, she looked for a pen. Just to indulge her.

[batgirl_babs]

"Pfft, who cares? I just want to ask. And if I'm lucky, be the first one to ask."

It's all true, and it's also encouragement. Kitty does have a true believer across the table from her, in her talents and where they'll take her.

[goingthroughaphase]

With another giggle, she finally locates a pen and signs her name on the napkin.

"Well, unfortunately I can't say you're the first. I was in a musical at school once and I signed a few programs." She snickers. "Students got extra credit for going and getting a signature from someone in the show."

[batgirl_babs]

"Boo," she replied, but carefully put the napkin in her purse. "But that being said, I should warn you I'm an unrepentant scrapbooker, so at least it'll be kept."

[goingthroughaphase]

"All right, but you've gotta show me that scrapbook sometime."

[batgirl_babs]

She nodded. "Done and done. I'm not sure who I got my Packrat genes from. I suspect it's Dad, but he's better at hiding it."

She chuckled.

"In any event, I suspect you'll have enough exploits to make it a pretty thick one."

[goingthroughaphase]

"I don't doubt it." She paused a moment to take a sip of her drink. "You'll be including this visit in the scrapbook, I hope?"

[batgirl_babs]

"It feels like a vacation for me, too, so you bet I will be."

"I've never quite had a time like it. And not in a long time, even if I had."

[goingthroughaphase]

"I know what you mean. It's like any downtime we do get is just biding our time until the next crisis, y'know?"

[batgirl_babs]

"Ugh, yes, I feel that so much," she replied.

She shook her head, laughing briefly.

"Do your foes, at least, not go in for the crazy huge nonsense? Like, airships full of toxins kinda nonsense?"

[goingthroughaphase]

She snorted. "I dunno, does revealing Mutants to the whole world or trying to rule humanity count?"

[batgirl_babs]

She snickered.

"Yeah, especially the last half. We've had a couple of those putzes. They're all dramatic speeches and 'Titanic Destruction Will Rain Down' sorts."

[goingthroughaphase]

"For sure. And honestly, if they really wanted to do something, you'd think they'd spend less time talking about it."

[batgirl_babs]

She gestured with both hands at that, eloquently expressing 'finally, somebody GETS IT.'

"Yes, exactly! They just yak away, and end up botching their own plans! Over and over!"

[goingthroughaphase]

"Seriously! Like, you might actually get something done if you don't waste time telling us what you're doing!"

[batgirl_babs]

"And it's the same ones that do the same things, too!" she added, visibly excited to finally get to talk about this.

"Like, ok, so Riddler's supposed to be going legit, right? But he starts leaving clues to his next crimes on live television! Same thing he does every night, Pinky, but right out in the open where every single potential juror on the planet can see it."