Open log: A wild Carnival Night Zone appears!

[chaoticninjitsu]

Who: Anybody bold enough to jump through a mysterious warp ring.
What: A giant carnival zone!
Where: In a pocket dimension, nearby island, or just AU, depending on how serious you want to take it.
When: Now?
Warnings: F for FUN!

 

Without notice or explanation, a giant, spinning gold ring had appeared at the edge of the island. Through the center one could see what looked like roller coasters, carnival games, and lots of balloons, among many other things. Timing a jump through the ring was tricky, but doable.

 

A mysterious spacial distortion obscured the area beyond the carnival. Anyone hoping to escape the mansion entirely would find it was hopeless through this warp ring. However, the entertainment value probably seemed tempting to anyone growing restless with nowhere to go. Why not grab a buddy and have some fun?

[[Sorry if this isn't allowed. Let me know if this is beyond the boundaries of where the game wants to go from here on out.]]

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[magicdancer]

"Well, no, but how bad could it be?" she asked. "I've been in dangerous spots before! And this is on a track!"

She happily continued to tug him through the queue, practically bouncing on her heels in excitement. She was a thrill seeker at heart, after all.

[trustycrowbar]

"Okay, if you're sure." He replies. Once she stops at the end of the line, he drapes his arms around her from behind and points up to the massive metal supports of the coaster, just as one of its cars roar overhead.

"You know, there're a hell of a lot of forces at work up there, and yet a couple of hollow metal tubes are all it takes to keep that car in place. I always thought that was cool."

[magicdancer]

If Gordon's words were meant to intimidate Shantae... they failed miserably. Instead, she followed his finger with her gaze, grinning broadly at the sight. "You're right, that IS cool," she told him, rubbing her hands together. "This is gonna be GREAT! Look how fast they're going up there!"

[trustycrowbar]

It wasn't meant to intimidate her, really. He's just in science mode, and just as oblivious as she is as to how his words sound.

"Ah, here we go." He says, filing into the cars next to her. "Ready for this?"

[magicdancer]

Good. Shantae may not have understood a lot of science, but she loved hearing him explain things to her. Especially when it sounded and looked awesome!

She filed into the car, practically bouncing in her seat before the bar came down to lock them in. "I am so ready like you couldn't believe," she told him, beaming up at him as the car started to move, climbing higher and higher up the hill. Shantae seemed to only get more excited the higher up they got.

...this is all one big euphemism, isn't it?

[trustycrowbar]

She wasn't the only one that was excited; he hadn't been on a ride like this in years. As the car crests over the first hill and starts its plunge, Gordon raises his arms, and not even to catch his glasses, that's just what you do on coasters. Also some of the others may scream, but he's simply grinning.

...For the record, however, somewhere around the second bend he DOES have to catch his glasses.

Re: ...this is all one big euphemism, isn't it?

[magicdancer]

Shantae threw her arms up too, and while he was silent, she screamed out loud. She wasn't afraid, she was SO EXCITED. She could feel her heart racing as they coasted down the first plunge, then jerked right back up and around a hairpin turn, on the way to another hill. She laughed eagerly as they crested the second hill, sparing a glance Gordon's way and laughing anew as his glasses nearly were lost to the ages.

[trustycrowbar]

Gordon mashes his glasses back onto his face in time to see her cackle at the sight. That didn't happen often, and he smiles awkwardly. Eheh.

It's a wild, neon-soaked ride, a knot of twists and turns and crests, and hey coast to a stop at the end with the vibration of the ride still buzzing in their limbs.

[magicdancer]

When the ride finally pulled to a stop, Shantae threw her arms up in the air, still seated in the ride car. "THAT. WAS. AWESOME!" she declared excitedly, face bright with enthusiasm.

[trustycrowbar]

His heart still pounding, he grins at her enthusiasm, and it isn't a bad look on him.

"So. Now that it's over, I've got an important question for you, Shantae."

He meets her eyes.

"...You want to go again?"

[magicdancer]

Their eyes met. Her heart pounded. She took Gordon's hands with her own, and said simply, "Oh GOD yes."

[trustycrowbar]

He steals a kiss. "Ha, I knew it!" And he steps out of the coaster car with one of her hands still in his.

This would be the second in several turns on the roller coaster, to say nothing of the spinning rides around it!

[magicdancer]

Shantae the adrenaline junkie was having the time of her life hopping on whatever rides Gordon suggested, and she almost didn't want it to end. Eventually she had to take a seat on a bench, laughing in her excitement when they finally took a break. "This day has been AMAZING, Gordon!" she told him with a beaming smile. She leaned back on the bench, chest rising and falling as she caught her breath.

She looked up at him and smiled. When they first met, her initial impression of him was a stuffy scientist. But he turned out to be so much more than that. He was passionate, fun-loving, and absolutely at home wtih all the weird. He indulged her in all her curiosity and thrill-seeking, with a smile and a laugh. She brushed some strands of purple hair out of her face, as she looked him over, thinking over her options. She leaned foward onto her elbows. "But you know what? I can think of one way it could be perfect," she told him. "We could, you know... go back to the mansion and finish what we started in the tunnel?" she offered with a wink. Perhaps it was the adrenaline making her feel more adventurous. Whatever the reason, she really wanted to be close to him again...

[trustycrowbar]

He'd thrown himself onto the bench next to her, arms draped over the back, head back, letting his breath slow. Hell, in a way he kind of relished the weird. He's never going to say that he was glad that the resonance cascade happened back home, but he can honestly say that his Mondays have never been dull since.

His eyes open again when she says that, and he picks up his head to look her way. She was beautiful, fun-spirited and oh-so-unusual, and keeping up with her was a delightful challenge that he doesn't want to end. And she trusts him enough to...

He swallows and adjusts his glasses. "You're right. That WOULD make it perfect. Come on, let's go home."

Huh. He just mentally called the place "home." He'll have to think about that later.