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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-01-01 19:02:00

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200 — Anniversary Festival!

Happy Anniversary, Marina Nova!

The bots have been busy cleaning up the dome and setting up decorations for this momentous occasion, and by now there isn't a nook or cranny left un-pimped! Bright blue MarinaNova flags wave happily in the artificial breeze together with the colorful ribbons that have been wrapped around poles. The streets are illuminated by strings of lights and paper lanterns and each sector gate has been lovingly decorated with fragrant flower garlands.

Of course, that is far from all! There wouldn't be much of a festival without entertainment and your loving wardens have made absolutely sure that there's something for everyone!

Sector 0 Fairground: If you want to go faster, you have to scream louder! Sector 0 has been taken over by a fairground where you can find such old classics as the bumper cars, a haunted house of mirrors, a more romantic tunnel of love, a roller coaster, a classic merry-go-round and, of course, a ferris wheel.

Game Booths: Step right up! Test your skill and win a prize! Throughout the dome there's a variety of game booths, ranging from the classic ring toss and high striker to kissing booths and dunk tanks. There's also a duck pond game, balloon darts and goldfish scooping game — with mechanical goldfish, of course!

The prizes are all of the carnival variety, including but not limited to: stuffed animals, fake tattoos, cheap bracelets and necklaces, stickers, rubber reptiles, silly hats, wiggle snakes and sticky hands or other sticky things.

Performances: The other way to show your skill! There are two stages set up in the dome: the first one with sound equipment and instruments suitable for a musical performance — or perhaps just karaoke! If no one is using the stage, it will automatically play randomly selected music from a wide variety of genres. The second stage is set up to accommodate physical performances like gymnastics and when no one is performing you're treated to a projection of ball room dancers, gymnasts, modern dance, ballet and similar things!

There are also street performers scattered throughout the dome. You can watch robots juggle, eat fire, swallow swords or charm robot snakes! There's also face painting and the occasional robot dressed up as a human statue for your amusement.

Food: The food carts in sector 0 are now carrying food fit for the occasion. You can find classic carnival food like popcorn, cotton candy, corn dogs, funnel cakes and pizza slices, but also takoyaki, okonomiyaki, candied almonds, gyros, pirogues, egg rolls and of course snow cones and ice-cream cones. The theme has of course extended to the drink selection and you're welcome to quench your thirst with lemon shake ups, butterbeer, mead and malted milkshakes.

Enjoy!

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	matter 2013-01-01 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	[ elena's here for moral support. not kisses. she's leaning on the booth, behind the booth, but she's off-duty now, okay? and she has a thinky face on. ] I'm trying to figure out how kissing is rehabilitating. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	amplified 2013-01-01 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	How is picking up trash rehabilitating? It's basically just doing what you don't want to do, right? [ she gives her friend a bit of a smile, though it fades a moment later. ] Wait, so what did you do? Officially? That earns you a punishment? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2013-01-01 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	[ elena returns the smile - it's of the same caliber. she has a point. none of this is particularly rehabilitating, and most of it is pointless. aaaand now elena's quiet a moment, pulling in a breath. good question. she's going to answer oh-so-casually. oh, she just: ] Stabbed Stefan. He attacked Sookie. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	amplified 2013-01-02 12:57 am UTC (link)
	Wait- What? They punished you for that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2013-01-02 05:41 am UTC (link)
	Apparently. They give out punishments belatedly now. [ so dry about this. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	amplified 2013-01-02 05:42 am UTC (link)
	But you were helping Sookie. [ scowl!] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2013-01-02 05:51 am UTC (link)
	I was stabbing Stefan, which is a crime. [ she was just as indignant about it; it makes no sense. she thinks of talking the veridical this morning, how aggravated she was and still is. but: ] I didn't even bother arguing about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	amplified 2013-01-02 06:00 am UTC (link)
	Hey, Stefan's my friend, okay? But if you hadn't he would've really hurt her, right? [ she frowns still because she doesn't want stefan hurt but he was kinda asking for it. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

matter
2013-01-02 06:36 am UTC (link)

[ elena wouldn't say asking for it - but it had to be done. it pains her, upsets her, but in ways she's trying not to focus and linger on. stefan is caroline's friend; he's her friend too, first and foremost; and he's those things, a good friend because there's good in him. good people don't deserve to be stabbed, or deserve to have a hunger they can barely control. (although there's a still a spark she feels - an anger. seeing him attack sookie, remembering how he attacked her, on senior prank night. it wasn't his choice, but the pain she feels, felt is very real. all of that afterwards, during, before, is.) ] He might have. If Eric didn't show up.

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	amplified 2013-01-02 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	[ caroline's face falls at the idea of stefan still acting out.] And Stefan's in trouble too, huh? I heard the kiosk say something. [ like hell she's calling it by it's 'name'] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2013-01-02 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. He got the dunk tank. [ awesome, she knows. and she knows because stefan visited her at the kissing booth whoops. speaking of her time at the kissing booth... she begins tersely: ] I told Ric. [ the 'everything' is unspoken. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	amplified 2013-01-02 04:43 pm UTC (link)
	[ she laughs at the idea of stefan at the dunk tank. terrible friend, terrible. especially since she's totally gonna dunk him. of course, her laughter and smile fades at what elena says next.] Oh. Is he... what did he say? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2013-01-02 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	About Klaus being here or him being dead? [ it's a weight, rhetorical question. she doesn't expect caroline to answer, and goes on right ahead to answering herself. ] He didn't want it to be true. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	amplified 2013-01-02 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	[ caroline blinks like elena smacked her or something. okay, so yeah, dumb question. she nods glancing down at her hands, she's still not sure how to feel about ric killing her dad. she doesn't blame him, because it wasn't him? ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2013-01-02 05:08 pm UTC (link)
	[ if the question sounded harsh, she didn't mean it to. it wasn't a dumb question, just a sad one, and so was elena's. elena blinks herself, stops to look at caroline. ] Are you okay? [ about her dad. about all this. how can she be okay? it's asked more in a tone of how are you feeling? ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

amplified
2013-01-02 05:11 pm UTC (link)

I'm not sure what I am. [ honest answer. ] I mean, it hasn't happened yet. Any of it. [ and somehow she keeps hoping that there's some timeline thing that can happen, you know, like in the movies. it sounds lame but it's easier to hope for that then accept what's going to come and know that there's nothing she can do to stop it.] I keep hoping it won't. It doesn't help that Klaus is being all... Klaus.

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matter
2013-01-02 05:16 pm UTC (link)

It never helps that Klaus is being all Klaus. [ who can forget their earlier conversation, or the one she heard about from caroline. elena drops the dry wit though, because... obviously. she feels similarly. it hasn't happened. not yet, and she doesn't want it to. (she doesn't want to lose ric, or not be human. she doesn't want bonnie to lose her mom or caroline to say goodbye to her dad.)

and there's no telling what's going to happen now, here, if anything. she tries to think of something to say, helpful or... ] We got through it. We'll get through this here too.

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	amplified 2013-01-02 05:31 pm UTC (link)
	[ caroline reaches over to give elena a squeeze, nodding.] We always do, right? [ it sounds more numb than hopeful however.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2013-01-03 04:31 pm UTC (link)
	[ elena nods - of course they do, and squeezes caroline back. she hears the numbness, and maybe they are just convincing themselves - but she thinks that's okay, this time. that's okay, if that's what they need to keep going, to face klaus, to face all this. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	amplified 2013-01-03 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	As long as Klaus doesn't come to the kissing booth during any of our shifts then I'm fine. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	matter 2013-01-06 12:35 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, it's... a little too late for that. [ here's elena's thoughtful about-to-mention face. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	amplified 2013-01-06 10:58 pm UTC (link)
	He came by yours? [ she was off... getting cotton candy or something. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

matter
2013-01-08 03:16 am UTC (link)

Yep. [ she sighs, adjusts where she put her bag on the stool next to her. she's trying to sound sardonic, or like it doesn't matter, but it does. elena returns her eyes to caroline. ] He didn't threaten or anything. Not directly. I think he just wanted me to know he's here. [ here, and ready with real threats, actions, all of it. whatever he's planning, however. ]

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	amplified 2013-01-09 12:47 am UTC (link)
	He's so charming. [ she rolls her eyes so hard. so, so hard. ] Can I just punch him in the face next time? (Reply to this) (Parent)

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