CYOA - WEEK FIVE

[cyclists]

THE
SPARKLING PRINCE

Without warning, sometime in the middle of the day of your Tuesday, you'll find yourself beckoned to the gateway. Rather possessing its usual glow, the outside of it is glowing bright with silver, like moonlight. Once you step in - you're once again greeted with glitter and glam, but the music that follows as its heels is that much louder. You realize what the difference is immediately: there's people. They're so many people. Families wander through the town, children's laughter fills the air, and everyone is full of praises.

"Ah, Circus is really the best!"

Ah - but stop right where you are.



In a second, you're surrounded.

There you are, baa. You must be the new recruits, baa. Thank you for your service, baa.

Guess you're not here for some nice, comfy vacation, huh?



In this CYOA, characters have been set on a path in order to fight the corruption that's interrupting this perfectly delightful party. They'll be forced to act as new agents of Circus, and complete their jobs - but while maintaining their best customer service face. They'll be separated before congregating to face one final challenge together, and then hopefully be unceremoniously dumped back in the mingle after disappearing. They should ICly be gone for approximately four hours beginning on the afternoon of Tuesday.

Comments

ARRIVAL.

[cyclists]

There is something disrupting the systems of the Sheep, baa. One of us have gone rogue and needs to be brought in for repairs, baa. We have received communication that one of the Rabbits is also acting up similarly, baa.

In addition, Circus Member Yogi has been reacting negatively to the toxins in the air and has started to act strangely even while completing his duties as Nyanperona, baa.

All threats must be handled immediately and that is your assignment, baa.

[The sheep will then raise a pillow up - and on it rests four bracelets. There are four colors: pink, blue, red, and purple. Everyone present will need to take one.]

We have pinpointed the Sheep to be in the Big Top, and the Rabbit is in the parade. Circus Member Yogi currently unavailable, baa.

Once you choose your assignment, report to the costumes tent for fitting, baa. Remember that the happiness of the visitors is imperative, baa.

[compendiem]

[ Um. Hmm. Minato has a lot of questions, but he just reaches out and takes the pink bracelet, slipping it on his left rest over his other one.

He's good to go, he can figure things out on the way. ]

[cyclists]

It looks good on you, baa.

Which location will you examine, baa?

[omegathree]

[He stares at the sheep for a moment, before picking up the purple bracelet.]

Is Circus Member Yogi a Sheep, a Rabbit or something else?

[cyclists]

Yogi is a Circus Fighter assigned to Second Ship, baa. Male. 5'11". 21 and a half years old. Birthday: February 11. Hair color: gold and occasionally silver. Likes: chocolate, working as Nyanperona, the smiles and laughter of children. Dislikes: being alone, fighting, pain, hospitals, baa. His favorite food is candy bars. His least favorite food is carrots, baa.

[stillstands]

[ she has 99 questions and the current state of affairs is definitely one. but hey, she's taking the blue bracelet and slipping it on. ]

Do we just pick a target ourselves or are you assigning them?

[cyclists]

Temporary Circus Recruit Minato is pursuing the Sheep in the Big Top for Main Events. Where will you proceed, baa?

An update will be given once Circus Member Yogi is located, baa.

[leaberator]

[ before she can pick to go with minato like a FOOL -- ]

I call Miki! Vally, you stick with Minato.

[ he called? dibs? ]

[leaberator]

[ axel gets red because my life is a living nightmare, and. god. i WISH the weird sheep people bothered him more. I WISH kingdom hearts wasn't like this. ]

What kinda "threats" are we talking about, here?

[cyclists]

Malfunctioning systems within the Sheep and the Rabbit may cause disruptions to the shows and injury to audience members, which would be unacceptable, baa.

We are still determining what is causing Circus Member Yogi to behave strangely. It might be allergies, baa.

THE BIG TOP.

[cyclists]

[When Minato and Val enter the costume tent, they will be accosted by more sheep.

Your first question is this:

Who gets put in the mermaid costume.

Whoever gets put in the mermaid costume will then need to be deposited into a tank, which is on top of a cart that can be pushed to the Big Top. Whoever isn't in the mermaid costume, gets to wear an animal-themed suit and push the tank to the Big Top.

Please decide.]

[compendiem]

Dibs on the mermaid.

[omegathree]

Can you swim?

THE PARADE.

[cyclists]

Circus Member Yogi was assigned to be in the parade as Nyanperona, however he is currently not there. The children will cry if they do not see their hero, Nyanperona, baa.

Please fulfill your substitute duties, and do not forget Nyanperona's introductory speech, baa.

[Be a furry.

Whoever is not a furry gets an animal-themed suit.

Make your choice.]

[stillstands]

[ looks at the fur suit

looks at axel ]

That's way too big for me.

[leaberator]

We could give you stilts.

[ he says, tiredly, accepting his fate to wear a furry outfit for the second time this week ]

THE CLUSTERFUCK.

[cyclists]

[a lot of things happen at once, only ever so slightly away from the parade - probably closer to an emptier part of town. the ground beneath them begins to shake as vines start to crackle from beneath the cobblestone.

Miki runs from a rabbit with a knife.

Val, in a mermaid suit, gets carried back to the parade route on the back of sheeps and probably manages to make it just in time.

Minato, from the observation deck of the blimp, makes friends with a furry mascot character who decides to grab onto him, and jump from the blimp with an overwhelming amount of confidence to hurtle toward the ground below.

Axel, in a furry suit, gets kicked in his big fat mascot face by someone with an identical furry suit in front of god and everyone.

Minato is gently deposited on the now crumbling ground as Nyanperona II dramatically poses in front of everyone - ]

The Soaring Male's Spirit! The Heart-throbbing Sparkling Prince! Nyanperona is here - to face against an impostor!!

[never thought axel thought that he'd be the replica, huh.

but the sheep offer helpfully:]

Circus Member Yogi located.

[leaberator]

[ WELL THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE FLYING KICK IS THE FURRY HEAD FLIES OFF SO AXEL IS FREE

THE BAD THING IS he hadn't expected it at all and he's kicked right into a fucking building

holy shit. Ow. ]

[stillstands]

[ oh my

god ]

AXEL!!

[ welp. cover blown, she guesses. miki spins on her heel again and sprints past the bunny because fuck that guy in particular and back up to where axel just destroyed the local real estate. ]

That's the guy they couldn't find? [ His personality is big enough to be seen from space?? ]

HOLY SHIT IT'S OVER.

[cyclists]

[there's a special tent just for everyone to regroup! amazing! the med bay team is able to come in and everyone will have all their injuries professionally treated, and receive special healing that will at least make their injuries more manageable. it's not able to heal everything, but at the very least they're no longer at risk of infection. they'll be given little packets of medicines and ointments to keep treating their wounds after they go back home.

they also have four bowls of Hagakure ramen.

the party continues to rage outside - and the tent will have food, snacks, and remarkably cots for everyone to rest on if they'd like to regain their strength. eventually, a familiar face will dance into their tent, waving with one arm while the other carries along a few other things]

Good news - it looks like everything was taken care of! Whatever was making everything go haywire was dealt with, so thanks a bunch for helping us all out!

The bad news - uhhh, there was a mishap with all your clothes... Um, we found your stuff and the costumes are yours to keep though! Sorry about that.

[this is how i'm making you all go back to the mingle with your stupid costumes, no exceptions.]

And we found some other stuff too - is this all yours?

[and their spoils will be the following:

Golden rope binds that will suppress corruption in someone temporarily, as long as they manage to get tied up in it.

A first aid kit that's fully stocked! Holy shit. There's bandages and everything in there.

Friendship bracelets that can be given to two people in order to reforge a partnership between the two of them.

A pouch of medicial patches - there are three inside that can be used to knock people out, and temporarily suppress their powers.

(You’re free to ask about the items, but that’s what they do, for the record.)]

You're all free to stay here as long as you'd like to regroup - we really owe you! And let me know if I can help with anything at all too, I'm really really reeaaally sorry for all the trouble that I caused you!

[That said, whenever everyone is willing to head back - they'll be escorted out! Quite readily! By the sheep! They'll pick everyone up and more than happily carry them in a fluffy cloud back out through the gateway to deliver them to the mingle.

Baa.]

[stillstands]

[ she's yeeting herself at those binds, she doesn't have any need for the kits or to change her partnership so... ]

[stillstands]

[ also she's going to touch a sheep so that the bracelet gives her all that machine knowledge because dana told us what it would do like a fool

no this isn't a shitpost, SHE'S GONNA TOUCH A SHEEPS CONTROL PANEL. OR WHATEVER. ]

[compendiem]

[ Minato looks over at everybody else. ]

I'll trade you whatever I get for your ramen.

[leaberator]

[ well he's been medically treated! he has some more Neat Scars and also it still fucking hurts but you know what, it's fine. he feels great.

he looks like he got run over by a train on fire, but he's GREAT.

anyway, he picks up the friendship bracelets and, after a beat, takes off the top hat. hm. ]

Think I can keep this? Souvenir.

[ i'm just glad it wasn't a fedora ]

Re: HOLY SHIT IT'S OVER.

[stillstands]

[ yogi please handwave tell her what the binds do ]