event: portal five | the carnival

[mayfield_mods]

The fifth portal is in the park, tucked away behind a cluster of trees; as usual, any drones walking past simply ignore it. The cheerful carnival that can be seen on other side of this portal may strike many of you as quite familiar.

The carnival doesn't seem to have changed much since the last time it was open. The street that had been behind the carnival has disappeared, but everything else remains the same, down to the sky looking like it's been completely deleted and replaced by a gaping hole of nothingness. Despite this area being the smallest and most enclosed environment so far outside of the blimp, there are plenty of places to begin your search, from the Ferris Wheel, to the funhouse, to the various rides and stands. Just make sure to avoid the large glitch holes that seem to be all over the place.

Oh, and you might want to speed this one up, because you're not alone here. The faceless drones from the blimp are having fun at the carnival as well, queuing up for the rides and playing the games. They'll ignore you for now, but they're not the only ones you have to worry about. Here and there, you may catch glimpses of hideous, mutated drones...and they don't seem very happy to see you.

Comments

[endlesswitch]

[ She pauses. How odd that a witch would be protected... ] ... Hm. Let us continue, then.

[beamiracle]

[Well, Lion sort of feels responsible for Beato in a way, anyway because she is three years old.] I imagine it wouldn't be much fun distracting whatever's lurking around here...

[heavenfang]

So let's count our blessings...

-The funhouse comes into view. Hoo boy... there was no telling how bad this could turn at any second.-

[endlesswitch]

[ She looks to Tir ] ... Are you nervous? [ He is the one kind of in the lead right now... ]

[beamiracle]

Even if he is, we can still trust him, Beatrice-san. [Lion believes that much, at least.]

[heavenfang]

Even the bravest souls quiver from time to time.

[mayfield_mods]

[There's a scuttling from the shadows of the funhouse.]

[endlesswitch]

... How nice. It seems that we have company.

[beamiracle]

Hm...well, it was probably only a matter of time. [Whether or not the scuttling things would leave them alone, though...that isn't certain.]

[heavenfang]

All the more reason to not wait any further. On my cue, start running.

-Tir lifted up a piece of scrap, weighing it a moment before counting.-

One, two... -And then he tossed it to the side, somewhere it'd make a lot of noise.- THREE!

Let's go!

[mayfield_mods]

[A woman with no face rushes out of the funhouse, she has painted lipstick clumsily where her mouth should be.

She is holding a set of throwing knives, which she is flinging at the approaching team.]

[endlesswitch]

[ Beato's brows furrow as her pace quickens until she begins to run quickly. She couldn't say she was too surprised, but it was a pain to do this without her abilities ]

[beamiracle]

[Lion would like to think he expected something horrible to jump out at them at some point during this expedition. Of course, sometimes expectations aren't enough. All Lion can do is run as fast as he can and try to avoid those knives...]

[heavenfang]

-Tir twirled his staff before him, deflecting a good number of the knives. Once close enough, he repositioned heaven fang to deliver a sharp crack to the head of the creature, hoping to bring it down in one blow.-

[mayfield_mods]

[The woman bends at an unnatural angle to avoid the staff. She tries to sweep Tir's feet out from underneath him and then go in for an attempted kill.]

[endlesswitch]

[ Beatrice, perhaps unexpectedly, catches that from the bottom of her eyes, and shoves Tir out of the way.

Didn't it seem like he was friends with Lion? Otherwise, he was a stranger ]

[beamiracle]

Beatrice-san...! [Lion doesn't fail to notice what Beato just did, but that means both she and Tir are in danger. And as foolhardy as it may be, he simply can't just leave them there so that faceless clown can do who knows what to them.

So, in a move that he knows he's going to regret in some way or another, he picks up a knife that's fallen to the ground and throws it, hoping to distract the monster.]

[heavenfang]

-He thought they were both being stupid. But really, it doesn't matter in the end. The Rune was going to act for him.

From his right hand seeped its power. Inky, black, fingertips of the otherworld stretched out, finding the throat of the creature, and proceeding to choke the life from it, or anything resembling life anyways.-

Keep moving! -Don't watch it, Lion... please...-

[mayfield_mods]

[The drone twitches as it chokes. Finally crashing to the ground and leaving the way ahead clear.]

[mayfield_mods]

[The memento has been found. The carnival is about to get a lot more dangerous.]