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With the Carnival in full swing, Painite saw her chance to start the fun. And what was phase one, exactly?

Youma.

Youma everywhere.

She had been gathering them for some time, with help from others, and they had begun to gather on their own. Maybe all the chaos in the air, the promise of so many helpless sources of food and starseeds gathered in one place, was as tantalizing to them as it was to Painite herself. Whatever the case, they were there, and they were chomping at the bit.

It took a few little teleportations from the General to encourage and herd the youma out of the surrounding forest and their hiding places, but the monsters soon made themselves known as they charged into the carnival, spilling into every area, from the entrance to the farthest corners of the rides and the picnic areas. Even the lake did not seem youma free.

The General took a moment to admire the sudden hellish terror that burst forward as people realized this was not some gimmick from the carnival itself. She gripped her communication crystal, and then sent out a message to all the Negaverse soldiers in the area.

"Bring me all of their starseeds. Take every ounce of energy you can. Use the youma as your distractions: drain this place dry."

Let the games begin! With the youma running wild and the exits sealed, the carnival is at the mercy of Chaos! It is up to the White Moon and anyone brave enough to rise up to do what they can to spare some lives. Chaos, your goals remain the same: there is no hiding here, no need for subtlety. Painite wants everyone to let loose. You can consider that an order.

Show them your power, whatever side you fight for!

I've done my best to make the games interesting and prompt fun RP! I don't know how well everything will work so if there are any issues or concerns please PM me, as I can never think of everything!

Dana Caffrey had entered the carnival screaming and squawking about absent sisters and had been on something of a sullen mission to find Lydia and tell her Evelyn wasn't coming. Stupid Evelyn. Stupid Lydia. She didn't know why Evie couldn't just ditch work or call her herself, but whatever.

When the attack hit, she wasted no time finding somewhere to power up and running into the fray. She wasn't sure if she was horrified or excited, since the chibi senshi Columba hadn't seen much action, and youma popping out of games? That was kind of awesome.

Except she did have a mission of sorts here. She still had to find Lydia, even if rescue wasn't on her mind. She was a senshi too, and she figured he was probably powered up by now anyway.

She cupped her gloved hands and braced herself to shout, "IREEEE--" but it turned into a scream by the end. She'd been blindsided by a youma from the nearest game in the worst way and hit the ground in a daze before a claw wrapped around her calf and dragged her closer to the game box it was rooted in.

She tried to kick her way free and get up to no avail and she was a little embarrassed she actually screamed for help, but hey, she was too young to get eaten. Barely out the gate and already down for the count was not her ideal way to go.

Anthony Darrow grabbed his wife, Kyndall, as soon as he had half a chance to. He saw youma everywhere, already on the attack, though his brain couldn't process everything. There were Negaverse soldiers here, and he had to focus on finding Kyndall a place to hide before he could think about hiding himself enough to power up.

He moved to one of the Ring Toss games, and thankfully there was nothing hiding inside it. He looked at Kyndall.

"Hide in here, behind the counter," he said, touching his hand to her face gently and smiling reassuringly. "Be careful, I saw a Negaverse soldier, and there are so many people here... protect yourself. Our baby." He knew she would want to try and power up and help, but in her state he couldn't let her. He would defend her if that meant trying her down some place safe.

Dogby whined and scooted after them, her stomach low on the ground and a series of scared noises escaping the corgi as she wobbled her way to stand against Tony's leg, looking up at him desperately, silently asking him to pick her up and cuddle her and make her safe.

Once the chaos started Kyndall looked horrified by what she was seeing. A simple night out suddenly took a sinister turn and she couldn't do anything to stop it. The urge to power up was dampened by knowing she was pregnant and it wouldn't make her safe either way.

She backed up and a tentacle wrapped around her wrist from one of the games she bumped into, making her scream.

"TONY!"

She yanked her arm away, freeing herself from the tentacle's grasp with a quick yank leaving almost no trace that anything had happened. She was shaken more than anything and trembled, staying well away from the game she'd strayed too near. This was like something out of one of her nightmares, only opening her eyes didn't seem to make it disappear.

He took her out of the way and she pulled Dogby into her lap, soothing the pup's scared whimpers if only so no one could be alerted to where they were. There was fear in her eyes.

"This is really happening, isn't it?"

"I'm scared."

All of the reasons she's stopped powering up to begin with came flooding back to her now. She cuddled her husband, cuddled Dogby and indulged in bitter fear for a few long moments before she remembered something else that frightened her nearly to the bone.

"Harmony! Oh, God, Tony! I have to go get her!"

She nearly got up right then and there to go find her baby. She struggled to but was hindered by Dogby in her lap and perhaps by his grip. They both knew what was at stake, the girl had died before at the hands of the Negaverse and there was no guarantee that this time some redeeming force would mysteriously bring her back to life.

"You have to power up, Tony. You have to leave me here."

She needed to know her daughter was safe.

It figured that Marissa was actually going to give him a chance to suggest things that he'd want in exchange for giving her information, was the time that youma started to attack left and right. "Well I guess we'll need a rematch," he grumbled, jumping away from the air hockey table as a youma burst through the wall, pinned with balloons, wishing someone with good aim would think to ping the monster while they were at it, seeing as their game was suddenly interrupted.

"s**t," he hissed, dropping the mallet so he could barely dodge out of the way of the attacking youma. There were enough people around, yelling and screaming about the sudden appearance of the monster to give him some cover, and Michael ducked behind the now abandoned balloon booth so he could transform unseen.

The youma was persistant though, and even though there were plenty of other distractions, it turned after him and lunged. He'd barely had enough time to pull his storm glass from subspace and conk the monster on the head, but so far he remained thankfully unscathed.

Hopefully that was the same for the company he'd been keeping.

Rolls:
1 - 10 (7): Attacked by youma.

Chaos broke out around him, and Serpentine sprung into action like a wire that had been tied back too tightly for too long. Youma... more than he had ever seen, outside of the Rift, flooded the area. Repulsive creatures, in certain ways, but the Negaverse's creatures. They would perform their tasks, as ordered.

In the eruption of activity, he grabbed hold of the nearest person--a teenager, gender currently unknown since he wasn't paying that close of attention. The energy contained within was more important than the outer vessel. Additionally, to learn more about these they hunted now--pawns, not enemies--was a poor use of resources. Serpentine was no sadist; as such, he felt efficiency more important than lingering over a victim.

The lieutenant was still getting used to this energy draining technique, and it showed in his lack of speed. Still, he was clearly siphoning energy, and speed did not seem to be that much of a necessity. The energy desired would be obtained, sooner or later.

[Anyone is welcome to try and stop--or help--Serpentine! Just gimme a quote. <3]

[Roll #1: 8]

(Giving Painite a go. Will probably attack a white moon?

edit: LIKE A SISSY)