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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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various game booths - open

quips
2013-01-02 09:02 am UTC (link)

[ cordelia has always had an eye for how to make a buck or two, and being here, at the festival, is no different. she's looking over the game booths, scolding herself for not tapping into her vision-seeing ability as well as setting up a booth with a crystal ball and a nice box for money. ] The Magnificent Cordelia. Doesn't quite have a nice ring to it.

[ and if what she says isn't caught, she's walking around the booths, not quite game to try anything or participate. having fun is the one thing cordelia isn't sure how to have anymore. ]

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	vikingly 2013-01-03 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	Considering becoming a show mistress? [Yes, he did kind of sneak up on her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

quips
2013-01-09 09:42 am UTC (link)

[ see cordelia jump. talking to oneself is a very intense kind of job. with a hand to her chest, she turns to look at eric. or look up at eric, since i have to get a height joke in here somehow. ] Jeez, where a bell!

[ she'd hit him, but she remembers his face and his inability to understand basic social functions when it comes to girls. ] It's a good thing I really didn't take the fortune telling booth thing seriously because I should've seen you coming.

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	vikingly 2013-01-09 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	[ so sorry, cordy, except probably not really. yes, most people do have to look up to eric. ] Not really a fan of a collar for myself. [ he's actually much more accustomed to being hit than anything. sookie basically punches him once a week at least. ] Such a shame. It's been so long since I've had my palm read. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

quips
2013-01-10 12:05 am UTC (link)

I wish I could read them. I forgot to keep up to date with your girlfriend flower-buying saga. [ she'd take palm reading over mind-splitting headaches any day. she crosses her arms over her chest. it doesn't make her appear any taller, especially in front of goliath, but it does prepare her for some gruelling. if she can't have a love life in marina, someone else - no matter how tall or pale or quiet their footsteps may be - should. ] How did the whole girlfriend thing go? I'd offer you a palm read about that, but I'm sure picking really nice flowers or sneaking up on her and scaring her half to death would woo her just fine.

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vikingly
2013-01-10 06:34 pm UTC (link)

It has gone well. [He holds up his wrist, bare in the tee shirt he's wearing, to show off the blue band there.] I bought her jewelry, flew her up to the island garden where I'd set up a picnic with flowers and wine. She'd much rather I used the word 'girlfriend' than 'mine', but we're coping with each other's differences of opinion. Thank you for your advice. It did help. [He's gotten her an entire semi-private garden for the evening after all.]

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quips
2013-01-14 06:02 am UTC (link)

[ cordelia's not quite sure what to make of the band, so she's glad that he continues on. it's nice to hear something has been working out for someone else, though. cordelia's not quite sure what to make of marina, but hearing something happy ⎯ and normal (if the band is ignored) ⎯ is making her think whether or not she had this place pinned down wrong.

and now she wishes she had been the one to snag this giant fish. ] Please tell me you have a brother and that he's here and completely available.

	thoughts 2013-01-19 03:48 pm UTC (link)
	Eric. [ among other reasons which include being looked down upon like she was some sort of freak all her life, but eric's the easiest one to address. ] He'd go all overprotective vamp and start glamouring people away if I even tried to set up one. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	alwaystraveling 2013-01-14 05:45 am UTC (link)
	I don't mind. I know some have, in the world I was. I never felt I needed it. [She'd been relied on for it, but did nothing because she couldn't. The humans would interpret whatever meaning they wanted without her speaking. Actually, she could have used such an ability after all, considering what happened shortly before her arrival here.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)