Fall festival

[dontcryformememetina]

LET'S GO TO THE FAIR MEME It's time to go to the fair! Food, rides, games, historical reenactments, the choices are endless! Go with your friends, your family, or if you're feeling romantic, go with a date! Don't run out of tickets.

LOCATIONS 1. COUNTY/STATE FAIR From the hokey to the bright and brilliant, you've been waiting for this all year! Are those rides up to code? Can you find the perfect fair food? Damn, those churros look good. 2. REN/PIRATE FAIRE Is something a little older your style? Try out a Renaissance or a pirate faire! You can dress up like the times or just be a civilian passing through. Mead, turkey legs, butt grabbing... 3. AMUSEMENT PARK Screw fairs, you want to go to Disneyland! Or Legoland, or Universal Studios... Whatever, you just want to go to the REAL THING. Elitest. You're not better than us. 4. HAUNTED CARNIVAL You thought this was a normal fair, but something seems... off. Are the ghosts fake or are they real? Does that guy have fangs? What the hell is this, Scooby Doo? 5. MUSIC FESTIVAL Who needs fairs when you can go to a venue and pay $40 for a t-shirt and watch thirty bands in one day and get heat exhaustion while drinking cheap beer? That's what we thought. 6. HOLIDAY FAIR It's Halloween! Or Christmas! You want to see pumpkin carving! Or Santa Claus! Whatever, man. You just like holidays. SCENARIOS 1. RIDES The Tilt-a-Whirl costs how many tickets? This had better be worth it. 2. FOOD Holy shit, you have to try this chocolate covered, deep-fried ice cream! We'll stand by with some paddles. 3. EXHIBITS You want to look at photography? Art? Some kid's ode to his dog made of popsicle sticks? Let's go for it. 4. ANIMALS Are those tiny pigs wearing JACKETS and running a RACE? We have to go right now. Alternatively, pay to see the world's biggest live alligator. Her name is Susy. 5. GAMES You really want to win that giant unicorn but for some reason, the pins won't fall over even when you hit them dead-center. Is this rigged? 6. ROMANCE Whether it's the tunnel of love, jousting for someone's hand, or just sitting around sharing a dessert, we've got you covered on the date front. 7. MASCOTS Maybe you want to meet Mickey. Or Santa. Or, I don't know, whatever the hell that dude over there in a suit is. Careful though, a lot of times little kids can be real scared. 8. CONTESTS Baking contest? Are there funny notes in the grading cards for some of them? Maybe you want to look at how some nerd set a table. Check them out, try to steal one of the blue ribbons, whatever. 9. SHOPPING Everything here is SO COOL. Did you see that light up headband? That shirt with an emoji on it? Seriously, what will they think of next? Just don't get swindled out of your money! 10. CONCERTS This is it, this is the good stuff. You wanted some music and now you've got it; what kind of music is your jam? Will you be sitting comfortably or are you going to meet someone in the pit? If your scenario doesn't match the location, make something up or pick a different one, we won't tell! As always, these are just suggestions. Make up anything you want, as long as you're having fun!

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Eve Munson (Eleven AU) | Stranger Things | OTA

[not_011]

[Ren/pirate/tudor faire is the least likely option, but it's still on the list.]

[ididntrun]

They definitely make an odd pair as they make their way through the county fair - the metalhead and his kid sister - but Eddie has long since adjusted to being a defacto older sibling since Eve showed up in their lives. Besides, he probably would've ended up here anyway as any place with large crowds was a good opportunity to sell some weed.

He shells out the cash for their tickets at the entrance and they walk through the entranceway, the lights, sounds and smells of the annual Roanoke County fair buzzing around them. He looks over at Eve with a spreading grin, eager to introduce her to one of the good parts of classic small town Americana.

"All right," he says, clapping his hands together. "What do you want to do first?"

[not_011]

They hadn't clashed at first, not really, but there had definitely been some tension, partly because she was a new factor in an established environment, but also because she was reasonably used to seeing teenagers as A Threat.

Though luckily that had all fallen by the wayside before long, and while one would be hard-pressed to say they were inseparable, they were definitely partners in any number of crimes, mostly of the food variety.

She stuck close, and while it was busy, it wasn't yet crowded enough that she felt the need to hold his hand. More than that, she didn't even have to think twice before answering that question, however, "Animals." Every ad she'd seen had promised a variety of baby animals and she was going to make sure they delivered.

[ididntrun]

Yeah, the fact that Wayne had decided to take in a total stranger when they were already busting at the seams with just the two of them hadn't exactly gone over well. Mostly, though, he'd had a problem with the fact that he hadn't asked if he'd wanted a little sister. Of course then there'd been the super powers and the Feds and it became a no brainer. Fuck the man and fuck the Feds. Evie was theirs now.

He nods, tilting his head towards the back of the fair. "Animals it is." It's crowded and he moves behind her, putting his hands on her shoulders so he can guide her through the crowd. He could hold her hand, but this way he's got two hands on her and he gets to whisper things in her ear as they move. A constant stream of commentary.

"Oh shit, funnel cake - wait until you taste it, Evie. Best fucking thing ever invented, like a deep fried waffle with powdered sugar on top. We'll get some on the way back." They pass some rigged games and he laughs. "You know, you might actually have a chance at this shit with those abilities of yours. Pick out the biggest stuffed animal you want and we'll get it for you, but we gotta make it look natural."

[not_011]

She brightened at the prospect both of food -because she was about as close to a bottomless pit as a kid could be- and of a stuffed animal almost as big as she was -judging by the size of most of them hanging off the corners of booths- and given a few minutes to observe any of the games in question she'd probably be able to figure out how to use her abilities to her own advantage. She'd been practicing after all, and fairly regularly, just in case everything went wrong again and she actually needed to know what she was doing.

Right at the moment, however, she was on a mission, and while she was thankful that he wasn't about to let her go charging off through the crowd alone, and more thankful for the stream of thought commentating than she could say, as it was something to focus on besides how crowded it was, she wasn't going to be swayed from that mission.

She did draw up short as they approached the pens, because a draft horse was being walked past, either on the way to or from a show, and she hadn't realized that horses were quite that big, which was why she tilted her head sideways and back a little so that Eddie could actually hear her, but not about to take her eyes off the horse, either, "Are they all that big?"

[ididntrun]

One thing that he doesn't get tired of is the way that Evie sees the world that the rest of them take for granted. He laughs, squeezing her shoulder. "Yep. Most of them, anyway. Sometimes they have smaller kind, I think they're called Shetlands. They're a third that size and they let kids ride them."

At first he thought her naivete would be a pain in the ass, but he's actually grown pretty endeared to it, all things considered. Like it's something worth keeping and he'll give shit to anyone who tries to step all over it. He's not sure exactly when that shift happened, but it was swift and permanent.

"Go on, ask if you can pet it. They're not gonna say no to you."

[not_011]

The thing of it was, Evie knew about some things, but not the sorts of things a girl her age probably would, and that was balanced against the things she hadn't experienced or didn't know, though between Eddie and Wayne and Ms. Phoebe at the trailer park, they'd mostly managed to get her caught up as far as general education went, it was just times like this where it cropped up unexpectedly.

The fact that the handler had already drawn the horse to a stop was a reasonable indication that Eddie was right, and after a moment of hesitation she stepped forward, still cautious, to ask if she could pet the horse, and when the handler coaxed the horse's head down to her level, patting its nose to show her where, she mimicked the movement still cautious once, and then, with an exclamation of: "Oh, he feels like a big dog." She did so again with a little more confidence.

[ididntrun]

Eddie grinned, giving the handler a thankful nod as he crossed his arms and watched Evie pet the horse. He huffed out a laugh at her comment before turning on the handler. "What's it's name?"

"Pancake," the handler said, watching Evie. The horse nodded slightly and the handler reached in his pocket to hold a carrot out to Evie. "You want to feed him?"

"Do you have an Eggo?" Eddie asked, nudging Evie slightly with his elbow.

[not_011]

Evie sighed heavily, the put-upon sigh of younger siblings the world over even as she followed the handler's instructions on how to offer Pancake the carrot, replying, "It won't be my favorite just because it's named Eggo."

It was the statement as much as the tone that made the handler laugh, though he mostly managed to keep it in, "Well we don't have an Eggo, but we've got Waffle and Honeybun, they're our chariot team, next race is in about a half hour, if you want to see them in action."