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Lily nodded and onward they went off to the right watching herself in the mirrors as they walked. The place was actually rather creepy after a few minutes and too quiet probably because their probably wasn't anyone else around. Another two paths came up and she decided to keep right, looking to Trevor with a grin and hoping she wasn't getting them more lost.

"I don't mind heading to the boardwalk for some game after we get out of here," she said continuing to walking, taking the next left turn without really even thinking about it. "I hope they have some panda bears. I don't know, but I'd kind of like one. Maybe I can win some prizes for you too?"

She stopped frowning at the mirrors not realizing she taken a few turns, "I think I got us lost," she said before jumping slightly, "did you hear that I think I heard something."

((OOC: Yeah, I totally just... conked out... XD PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE DEAD CHIBIGINGI BEHIND THE CURTAINS))

"Going surprisingly well... ever since I was promoted, feels like less things have beent trying to kill me," Buddingtonite said, giving a stretch and feeling a bit of anticipation trying to escape his carefully cool facade. That only made him act bigger, and his smile deepened trying to recall the promotion himself. "It was... shortly after I tried to bring a certain page to our side, with minimal success. There were complications and she's been given more time to review her decision. Anyway, I was taken to the Rift shortly after and there I was promoted."

He failed to mention how completely drunk he was, so drunk that he couldn't quite remember who the General-King or Queen was that offered him the promotion. It could have been a youma or a prankster for all he cared- a promotions a promotion!

Buddingtonite didn't think ill of the lieutenant for his admittance for not wanting to get too involved into the maiming. He didn't blame him. It was a life changing event, and stressful, and not to mention not their job. You wanted fighters, pull the likes of Serpentine and Mica, or any other striker from Howlite's little arsenal. Men like Amethyst and himself were more about the recruitment, but they could at least drain energy, for their Negaverse. "I wouldn't worry too much about the maiming part, then. Don't worry... I'm sure we'll get our amount of starseeds in before the night is through, and if I have a few extra, I'll lend them to you if you ask nicely."

He wouldn't go into detail about that last bit, but the look on his would have made the wise suspicious. He wave his hand a wave, revealing his communication crystal to Amethyst. "Besides, best leave the gruesome work to the youma, I think... I'll give the General a ring if things start looking grim and I'm certain she'll be happy to send the little beasties for reinforcement."



And yet the night seemed full of surprises, as no sooner had Gwen greeted Orah, she heard another familiar voice and looked to Arian. "Well, looks like the gang's all here! What a coincidence!"

Not really when one thought about it, and had Gwen not been too wrapped up in the excitement around her and the sight of her friends, she might have been a little suspicious of her run of luck. For now, she was just happy to be around friends.

She was going to say something to the effect of their little team up, but someone had bumped into her and cut her off before she could even get the words out. Gwen was more startled than angry, and some of that might have shown in the way she whirled around to stare at Sirsce. "It's okay! It's pretty crowded here, and..."

Gwen recognized the girl that had bumped into her, though she had never met her. But she definitely recognized her, and she racked her brain to try and put a time and place to her name, as she carried on talking about patterns and swimsuits. It was probably this that caused the memory to dawn on Gwen, and any anger she might have held for her bumping into her was completely gone as she exclaimed. "You're the girl that went to Sugar Shanty with those fabrics that day! I work across the street at Padma's Bouquet, right?"

She was essentially saying 'hi, I spied on you one day, but don't worry about that'. but Gwen didn't even consider it. The compliment to her hair, nor her drawings, went unnoticed, and now that Gwen was able to play the girl, she responded in kind. "Thanks- you kind of got the same thing going on, right? Why pick one color when you can have two? Nice drawings, by the way... you're a designer?"





Scott was already hesitant about this whole business, and the amount of people he saw going into the House of Mirrors only made the feeling worse. He had no idea who else was assigned to assist him, but he knew he'd be outnumbered. But he had no choice. He had his orders, and rather he liked them or not, he wouldn't question, nor disobey.

He heard someone talking to their friend and he couldn't help but eavesdrop, and he looked to his left to see two girls, about his age, making their way to the assigned destination. He wanted to shirk away and hide, but seeing another girl's fear granted him courage to speak, oddly enough.

Well, if soft, barely audible mumble could be considered speaking. "Um... yeah... really scary. You shouldn't go..."

Scott was terrible with the ladies, and he braced himself for their inevitable retaliation and the mockery that was likely headed his way. But still, it was the least he could do...

She wasn't the sort to spend money, not in a frivolous manner, and yet Winterlynn had decided to go to the carnival. And this was frivolous spending to her. The games were clearly rigged and the food wasn't even all that good, not to mention unhealthy in most cases, but she felt she needed to get out and entertain herself in a way that didn't involve powering up to Delphi.

She had actually avoided that for a while as she'd gotten rather busy with classes, exams, and finals for her classes. It was during the down time, not that she'd been a knight for long anyway, that she'd come to accept it and understand what she needed to do. Having Camelot help her had helped her beyond just saving her life. It had pointed out to her that the two sides were had a clear line between her and one side, not her side, was clearly the bad guys. If she could be attacked as a civilian, as she had been, then how many other civilians were being attacked in the city? She had been saved by two people and so she was now the one who had to do the saving of others.

This acceptance didn't mean she planned on being some social butterfly, that wasn't like her, but it did mean that with summer coming upon them she would be powering up and seeking to help people who were in need of it.

Tonight though was a night to spend money she normally wouldn't. The reason for this? She'd done well on her exams and finished the semester with all A's and B's. It was a treat to herself, a pat on the back, which she felt she deserved.

Once she'd bought her ticket Winterlynn bypassed the games, they were all rigged after all, and the roller coaster for now was ignored. It was the other rides she was interested in.

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Orah grinned as Gwen greeted her, rocking on her heels. "I would love to come with! The animals are one of my favorite parts, though its lots of fun to watch the acrobats too, and the clowns. Its been a long time for me too, since I went to the circus. Dad has taken us a couple of times, but usually only after I tell him we want to go since he tends to be absent minded about stuff like that."

The teen turned when she heard her voice, another smile appearing on her face now, though this one was a tad shyer than the last one she'd shared with Gwen. "Oh! Hello Arian! You came to the Carnival too, huh? Did you come alone?" Orah said as she glanced around to see if he had anyone with him. "You could come with us if, you know, you don't have anything better to do..."

Blinking, she looked back to find Gween talking with a girl she had never met. Wait, what was going on? With all the people and all the noise and lights, it was a little hard to keep track of what was going on.

Leucite was taking his time, and getting to know the area he'd been assigned. He'd already made his third circuit through the rides and was working on his fourth, making a mental map of every blind alley and potential hiding spot he could see. He didn't want there to be any surprises when this party kicked off.

He was also trying to find a good target for his first starseed pull ever. It was a hard choice - much like any other special moment, it needed to be something special.

He was having zero luck.

Sighing, the Negaverse agent leaned against one of the benches set up for seating and watched people walk by.

Nope, this was going to be a total bust just sitting here. Moving back into the crowd, he let his eyes glance up toward the top of the rides. He was looking for someone in particular. Finally, he slipped into the shadows and clambered up the ride that held his superior of the evening.

"Sir," Leucite snapped a sharp salute to the General who had taken refuge atop one of the many rides.

"Any luck seeing anything worth going after?" He wasn't sure exactly how this General liked to be addressed - but he did know that he was a general for a reason, and though he seemed a bit on the scrawny side - he had Leucite's repsect.

"Because I'm coming up with s**t nothing." Leucite wasn't afraid to admit he was still really new at this whole thing - so he wasn't even sure what he should be looking for.

Gwen had little love for Richard, given the fact that he was a pervert, an a*****e, and had landed her into a heap of trouble with a certain Negaverse general. However, the same could not be said for his dog, and Gwen's heart melted into an even bigger gush of goo at the mere mention of Baldwin. "I see him bring him into work sometimes! He's so big and lovable! He doesn't deserve him..."

Not that Gwen had any means of liberating Baldwin from his owner, nor did she really want to. Baldwin loved his owner and as terrible of a man as Richard may have been, he at least cared for Baldwin, more so than any other human she had seen. It was something.

"It's okay, I don't know anything about flowers either. I just run the register, clean up the store and run errands. Easy work." Gwen beamed happily, rather liking her job and her income, and once she was done with the animal pen, she was going to waste it all on games, probably get Anandi a stuffed animal. When Sirsce introduced herself, Gwen returned the favor, "Name's Gwendolyn, but you can call me Gwen since I have a feeling we'll be seeing each other a lot later. We're about to look at the animals, care to join us?"

She looked to Orah and Arian for their approval. "You don't mind more company, do you? With a larger group maybe we can squeeze our way to the front?"





It didn't take long for Nyasa to find a secluded area to transform, and even as she powered up, she did her best to remain hidden. She watched as more and more people crowded into the lines for the roller coaster, doing nothing to give herself away nor the thoughts running through her mind right now.

And yet it seemed a lieutenant had spotted her, and she looked towards him as he approached. He looked new, and as far as appearances went, he certainly looked interesting. The feathers, the war paint... the gleam in his eyes. Yes, all new to her, and very, very interesting.

It was why she rewarded him with a response, despite how random it seemed, and she looked to the stars that he wanted to bring attention to. "I have. And what would I give to pluck every single one from the sky?"

And as far as her plan went? Mica could do simple, when she wanted to. What she liked was his enthusiasm, but what she didn't like was that there wasn't a single utterance of the word 'please' in his request. "When General Painite gives the order, one of us will shut off the power, leave some of them stuck on the coaster. I can teleport, so I will strike the ones on the coaster, while you can handle those in line."