LATE SUMMER FAIR (NSFW DESSERTS)

[spoofer]

Characters: Ensemble cast, any/all characters of Xistentia!
Summary: The slow transition from summer leads to a fair, complete with whacky treats and activities from other holidays and festivals from around the Multiverse.
Date(s): August 26-September 2
Warnings/Notes: None, please mark your subject headers with content.

Late Summer Fair

I play my part and you play your game

Welcome to Xistentia's first fair, F.A.T.E.S.' excuse to mingle. The setup appears overnight on the edge of town, a nonsensical mash of themes and places from the multiverse. Haunted house and circus tent, facepainting, ferris wheel and carousel, game stands that seem to self-operate, dozens of empty shopfronts, self-regenerating popcorn stands. Pretty soon, however, the people start to come, bringing their own goods and wares. The population of Xistentia is 333, which is more than enough people to fill a fair.

As far as fair food goes, there are penis-shaped waffles^[NSFW] in various flavors, two-sticked popsicles for sharing with a partner, turkey legs, fried dough, cookies as big as your head, fried fish, fried lizards, glutinous fruits, and lembas.

And let's not forget, there is an abundance of alcohol everywhere. Beer, wine, you name it.

But of course, let's not forget the games. Many of them are low-key and prizes vary from the ability to change your daemon's color to any other natural hue, to free food, horrible writing pens, and stuffed animals. Games vary from whack-a-mole to bobbing for apples. Everything is free to eat, drink, and play, barring some excuses for barter with some of your friendly neighborhood natives.

Some games, however, are less casual if not necessarily more costly. The contests of finesse and strength come with special prizes from F.A.T.E.S. and...

THE WINNERS ARE

Note that the "prizes" do not stack. Runner-up winners will not get multiple of the same type of prize, and those who experience a critical failure won't suffer particularly severe consequences. If your character receives a dream or a "unique item," you will receive a reply to your comment on the mod announcement with more information.

Contests of Finesse

DARTS
First Place	Vanyel Greyjoy	The ability to "say just the right thing" once this week
Still Good	Era, Alec, Nico, Vex, Rosie, Aymeric, Jace, Amanda, Zeke, Kavinsky, Janus	Emotional intuition boost
Yikes	Magnus, Barclay	Daemons totally lose filter and start saying the most awkward shit
RING TOSS
First Place	Jace Wayland and Magnus Lightwood-Bane	The ability to "say just the right thing" once this week
Still Good	Era, Alec, Nico, Vex, Rosie, Vanyel, Rafaello, Amanda, Zeke, Barclay, and Janus	Emotional intuition boost
Yikes	Aymeric and Kavinsky	Daemons totally lose filter and start saying the most awkward shit
ARCHERY
First Place	Alec Lightwood-Bane	The ability to "say just the right thing" once this week
Still Good	Nico, Vex, Aymeric, Zeke, Magnus, Kavinsky, and Janus	Unique items
Yikes	Rosie and Barclay	Uncooperative powers (very minor, non-dangerous incidents) and accurate memory of silly dreams
SPARRING
First Place	Kavinsky	The ability to "say just the right thing" once this week
Still Good	Era, Nico, Vex, Rosie, Aymeric, Rafaello, Zeke, Barclay and Janus	Emotional intuition boost
Yikes	Alec, Vanyel, Jace, and Magnus	Daemons totally lose filter and start saying the most awkward shit

Contests of Strength

ARM WRESTLING
First Place	Ezekiel	Precognitive dream later that night
Still Good	Era, Alec, Nico, Rosie, Aymeric, Vanyel, Rafaello, Magnus, Kavinsky and Janus	Unique items
Yikes	Vex and Jace	Uncooperative powers (very minor, non-dangerous incidents) and accurate memory of silly dreams
HIGH STRIKE
First Place	Era	Precognitive dream later that night
Still Good	Alec, Nico, Vex, Jace, Zeke, Magnus, Kavinsky and Janus	Unique items
Yikes	Rosie and Aymeric	Uncooperative powers (very minor, non-dangerous incidents) and accurate memory of silly dreams

See also detailed dice roll information for: darts, ring toss, arm wrestling, high strike, and archery.

Kissing Booth

And what would a fair be, without a kissing booth?

Just like the rest of the fair, the odd thing is that there is of course no payment required.

Instead, a large and lovely lantern hangs behind the booth. It seems to glow a little brighter every time a kiss is transacted. It's hard to know exactly what this means, but considering that emotional intimacy lights the streets of the city, one might guess that F.A.T.E.S. is saving up this particular energy for something special.

But until then, it's a good excuse to make out.

Comments

[remarkablymodest]

[ Don't worry, Tony. Nidhogg was only a dragon. He was also the biggest asshole of all the dragons, so. It's for the best he had his eyes torn from his skull and thrown away. ]

Drinking together does breed a certain sense of camaraderie. [ He's more a fan of a good lager though than the ales the common realms seem more fond of. At least F.A.T.E.S. has a decent selection at the lounge, but the fair's beers are... lacking. Still, he wouldn't be opposed to a drink or two later in the evening. ]

Era has told me of a place called Haukke Manor with witches and ghouls. Is that similar to the idea of "Haunted House"? [ And if so, Era totally went in armed because absolutely all of the things in there tried to kill her so. ]

cw ableist language

[servomotor]

Fake witches, [says Tony, already wondering what kind of extreme nonsense that the notion of real witches and ghouls may have led to. He doesn't yet know about Era and her shenanigans, but he is sort of picturing Thor being in there, and though the god of thunder has a rather good sense of humor, he can easily imagine that going badly awry after a misunderstanding. New Mexico was never the same after the eldest Odinson left it.] Fake ghouls.

It's for fun. You know, how we listen to sad stories and watch movies about evil people for fun? [He points at the Haunted House.] Sometimes it's a good time for somebody in a plastic dollar store costume to spaz your ass out.

[remarkablymodest]

[ Final Fantasy is a wild canon, Tony. Era likely would not be appreciative of jump scares. He knows his friend is more than brave enough to face down primals that dwarf her but he isn't sure how she'd respond to being purposefully being spooked. Especially since things that attempt sneak attacks on the Auri woman usually don't live to tell the tale.

Despite the fact that he recognizes it'd be all in good fun, it's not a chance they should probably take if the haunted house wants to remain standing. It also probably doesn't help that, ]

I am unfortunately accustomed to most things that leap out at me wanting to make an attempt on my life, [ he says, simply. It comes with the territory of his position. Getting stabbed though, 0/10 would not recommend. ] And I'm afraid that I'm not sure what a 'movie' is so the comparison is a little lost on me.

[servomotor]

Ask your daemon to find you one, [Tony proposes, brightly.] Look specifically for Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. Or the Breakfast Club. Two very different but culturally significant American classics, which evoke Xistentia in unique ways.

[Ragtag, diverse bunch of losers hanging out in a room together, is basically Xistentia. Also, the weird making-out between doe-eyed ""progressive"" tourists in a foreign land. Tony kind of mumbles some of this out loud, diminishing in volume so much that Aymeric can't actually hear him?? before his head snaps upright.] I'll get my daemon to send this important information to your daemon. Hopefully you won't be too busy trying to represent your friend murder in a court of criminal law someplace.

[remarkablymodest]

[ One of his brows quirk up at the mention of 'dirty' and 'dancing' in the same title. He's from a place where none of the dances are particularly risque. Traditional yet sprightly, perhaps, but not anything that he'd call dirty.

The Breakfast Club sounds alright though. While anyone would dedicate a club to breakfast foods is beyond him but he supposes there are stranger ways still to spend one's time. ] I'll look forward to it, ser.

[ Whoops. Sorry, Tony, formality is kind of a given with this Elezen. Still, ] And hopefully not. Though I have testified on Era's behalf and would gladly do so again should the need arise.