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The E and S event got top billing though? I'd prefer it as the final event but QM just might make it first.
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Sophia can't go straight to the Shooting Gallery if Emma drags her to the roller coaster first. :wink2:

Hmmm. Emma also returns for the Ferris Wheel event.

So first we do Sophia, then Emma returns from Zoe because with sodas she came from the food stalls, and Zoe went for funnel cake, for Taylor and Sophia, and we do the Ferris Wheel, then she goes and grabs Sophia for the coaster.
 
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d10 + (5 + 3) for Sophia Diplo
2+5+3=10

Hey its double our base Diplomacy so...
FictionPack threw 1 10-faced dice. Reason: Sophia Diplo Total: 2
2 2
 
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Alright, now for the other two rolls -

I need a d10 + 10 DC 15 for Emma
a d10 + 10 DC 15 for Emma Reroll

and finally a *does some rolls* Snort

and finally a d10 + 5 + 21 against a DC of 9 for Rollercoaster
 
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Who Laughs Last Part 2 - Trying to Talk to Sophia
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    • [X][Carnival] Finding the biggest roller coaster in the park, Emma drags both you and Sophia onto it
    [X][Carnival] Emma, returning with cans of soda for the both of you, asks you to join her on the ferris wheel
    [x][Carnival] Meanwhile Sophia went straight for the Shooting Gallery, and you might be mistaken, but given the way that she paused right next to the giant stuffed Panther...
    So for now, your only real wish... is that the ride over can please stop being so... awkward. On the one hand, Sophia hasn't tried to start anything in the time that you've seen her today, but the girl is still giving you the proverbial stink eye. Frustration and a desire to not be here seeming to waft off every inch of the girl. So far she's just ignored everyone but Emma, instead playing with her phone and being surly. When someone does ask her a question directly, at best they get a single syllable for an answer, if she doesn't just end up grunting at you or Zoe instead.

    What is worse is that Emma is clearly trying to make things right between the two of you, which seems to be at least part of the whole reason why she wants to do this...

    If only it was working out better. Not that the failure is stymieing Emma's attempts in the least. Instead, it just makes the girl more determined. You're willing to offer a hand, it just seems that hand is one that is going to be rejected.

    Still it isn't long until the four of you arrive at the Carnival, and immediately everyone seems to veer off on their own, finding rides and interesting things to do.

    It only takes a brief moment, and already you've lost sight of your best friend among the throng of people making their way into the carnival. Is this place really that popular?

    You've... Well, to say that you aren't a fan of carnivals really wouldn't be a fair assessment, it's more that you've never had a chance to go, and never really had any interest in going either. It seems like it would be exactly what it is - Loud and hot and way more people than you prefer to deal with. There is a moment where you pause, catching sight of trio who definitely stand out among the rest of the carnival-goers. There is a massive man, easily head and shoulders and even elbow taller than you. The man is bald, with some...

    Some big, flat thing sticking out of his forehead, rising up along the crest of his skull like some kind of... plate or the kind of crest that you'd see on a particularly big crown.
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    Standing next to the man is a girl who can't be much older than you are, with long red hair pulled up into a pair of ponytails nearly as as long as she is tall. Actually, given that the only reason that they aren't touching the ground is the faint curve to the hair means that it has to be longer than she is tall.
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    And the last of the three is an older man, his skin wrinkled and pale, with just a few scraggly hairs across his head. The old man is clearly arguing with the young girl, but you don't have the slightest of idea about what they are talking about, given the distance.
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    After a moment, the young teen throws her hands up, before turning and following after the others as they make their way towards the entrance of the park. There is a moment where you want to try and follow them, to see what they are up to, just out of curiosity, given how different they are compared to everyone else, but before you get the chance, you spot something far more interesting.

    Sophia seems to have made a beeline straight for the shooting gallery, but even so you do notice the way that the girl pauses for a moment near the closest of the rewards that the shooting gallery has in front of it... An absolutely massive stuffed panther, like, when you say massive, the thing is practically the same size as a person. Hell, you don't think calling it life size would be incorrect.

    Could it be that Sophia is trying to win that thing? Could there possibly be a bit more of a soft side to Sophia compared to what you saw during that first day?

    Probably, and if anything, the whole reason that you agreed to letting Emma ask Sophia if she wanted to come was because you wanted to try and find some kind of common ground between the two of you. You're both Emma's friends after all, and the last thing you want to do is push the girl to choose between the two of you.

    So you take a deep breath, you close your eyes and focus for a moment. Right here and now, there is almost this itch at the back of your mind, a desire to just use the Omnitrix. Surely one of the aliens inside of the watch would be a better choice for talking with girl than yourself... But no.

    No, this is you. This is who you are, and you aren't going to rely on the watch for that. You can do this as yourself, or else how are you ever supposed to be ready to be a hero?
    d10 + Dip + 1/2Mar = 2 + 5 + 3 = 10
    [FAILURE]
    Taking another breath, you start to make your way across the crowds, making your way over towards Sophia. Only... The crowds are insanely thick, there are just people all over the place, and by the time that you make your way to the first of the shooting stalls, Sophia is gone. You quickly manage to spot the girl again, but somehow she's made it nearly the entire other side of the carnival games.

    So, again you start to make your journey over...

    And again, when you reach the spot where you last saw the girl, there she most certainly... isn't. Back and forth you find yourself all but running, trying to push through the crowds without being rude, and yet no matter how hard you try, the girl is never where you think you see her.

    And well, once is a happening. Twice is a coincidence, but six different times?

    That has to be intentional action. And now you are starting to think that Sophia is just going out of her way to try and avoid you. Which... It honestly doesn't hurt as much as you thought it would, it's just annoying, and more importantly rude.

    But at the same time, it is what it is, relationships are two way streets, and if the girl doesn't want to be your friend, then at the very least you've put forth the effort to try and be her friend. That is all that Emma can really ask of you, right? With a huff and a sigh, you start trying one last time to make your way over to where the girl is, but before you can get even ten feet, the girl is already gone again. Before you have a chance to do more than grumble, you spot Emma, making her way over towards you.
    d10 + Dip + Dip = 9 + 5 + 5 = 19
    [SUCCESS]
    Frankly... Fine, if Sophia doesn't want to hang out with you, then you aren't going to bother. You are here for Emma, not Sophia, and you would rather hang out with her anyways.

    "Tay!" The red haired girl calls out, as she carefully makes her way through the massive crowds, in each hand she's got a can of soda of some kind. "There you are!" Emma calls out, as gets closer. She's got a can of coke for you, but in her other hand... Well, like the utter heathen that Emma is, she's got a can of Cherry Pepsi for herself. You don't have the slightest idea how the girl can manage to stomach that swill, but she's your best friend, so you can overlook her horrible taste in drinks.

    "So," You start, now that the girl is close enough that you don't have to scream to be able to hear each other, "What's up?"

    Emma shrugs, not looking at you, but instead glancing out through the crowd. "Looking for Sophia?" You ask, before sighing. "I think she's avoiding me."

    "Well, we'll see about that." Emma mutters, and you can't help but chuckle. You always were the more talkative of the two of you, where as Emma was... Well, to be a little mean to your best friend (Especially after everything that has happened) You were always the brains of the two of you, but that didn't mean that Emma didn't have a Canny side, and in fact, while she may have been the beauty, she was always good at getting her way with people, commonly by coming up with some kind of wacky plan that inevitably always ends up dragging people into her schemes.

    In a way it can definitely be annoying, but at the same time it's one of your favorite things about your best friend. She always has a way with words, and more often than not she can get people to do whatever she wants without even the slightest bit of force. But with a huff, the girl shakes her head. "Giving up so easily?" You ask, and the moment you do, you know that was the worst thing that you could have said.

    Because no, Emma never gives up on her dumb plans. She just doubles and triples and even quadruples down instead. "I need a better place to plan." The girl hisses out conspiratorially, and it takes you a moment to try and understand what the girl means before she latches onto you, wrapping herself about an arm as tight as she can. "Ferris Wheel." The girl all but demands, and from the half-lidded look in her eyes, you know that not even Death would be enough to get you out of this.

    So, naturally, you don't even try. You just sigh and smile and nod, starting to make your way through the crowds with your best friend at your side. Once or twice you swear you spot Sophia in the distance, half hidden away behind the throng of people, but each time you take a second glance, the girl is gone.

    Thankfully, the line for the Ferris Wheel is short, which might have something to do with the fact that this is the single largest Ferris Wheel that you have ever seen. There is a moment where you have to stop, looking up and up and up and up and up. Just how big is this thing?

    As you get closer to the front of the line, you get a chance to see the sign where the line should be starting -

    Heights of the Heart
    World Record Holder for the Largest Ferris Wheel
    305 Meters Tall (1000 Feet)    ​

    ...How the hell did something like this get built here for some traveling circus?

    ...An even better question. Can you back out now?

    ...Given the absolutely excited look on Emma's face, and the way that the girl is clinging to you tighter than a vise, the answer is a definite NO.

    Oh Boy.
     
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    • Well, that is not suspicious in the slightest, it is only 55 meters (180 feet!) taller than the world's tallest IRL that was only finished last year after 5 years of construction... I forget if the ringmaster clown guy was an alien or not (might have gotten retconned at some point) but this is screaming disguised flying saucer.
     
    tygerbright said:
    Well, that is not suspicious in the slightest, it is only 55 meters (180 feet!) taller than the world's tallest IRL that was only finished last year after 5 years of construction... I forget if the ringmaster clown guy was an alien or not (might have gotten retconned at some point) but this is screaming disguised flying saucer.
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    Classic Zombozo was a lunch room janitor who got bitten by a zombie, left for dead, and got rescued by a circus. I'm not sure how the heck he got a Ferris Wheel that big set up, but it's worth noting that prior to the first asskicking Ben gives him, he's a local scale reality warper, so it's possible he just willed it into being.
     
    Zakara said:
    Classic Zombozo was a lunch room janitor who got bitten by a zombie, left for dead, and got rescued by a circus.
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    Wait, what? Where are you getting this? We never got a backstory on Classic Zombozo, and he was never even a zombie in Classic. He only was an actual zombie in Omniverse.

    Right now, he eats people's joy (though it may not be quite permanent???) and uses that to form tangible illusions and stuff. The Ferris wheel could just be a product of a tinker or something. He was a bit of a tinker himself, since he made the joy-sucking machine, so it's even possible the Ferris wheel is an upscaled version of that.
     
    BurnBright said:
    Wait, what? Where are you getting this? We never got a backstory on Classic Zombozo, and he was never even a zombie in Classic. He only was an actual zombie in Omniverse.

    Right now, he eats people's joy (though it may not be quite permanent???) and uses that to form tangible illusions and stuff. The Ferris wheel could just be a product of a tinker or something. He was a bit of a tinker himself, since he made the joy-sucking machine, so it's even possible the Ferris wheel is an upscaled version of that.
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    Wiki. I think it was some WoG from the producers or something.
     
    @Lunaryon: So... is Frightwig here supposed to be some fusion of Classic & Reboot? In Classic I think she was an adult woman, but in Reboot she was young enough to be like a fremeny to Gwen and Ben. Reboot-style Frightwig definitely gave her more characterization I think, and I do like the idea of recruiting her.
     
    I would have tried to win the stuffed Panther out of spite.

    After we beat up the owner and set the carnival on fire, because zombie, we should just take it.

    ...Wait is he actively infectious?
     
    BurnBright said:
    Found it. NGL, it doesn't make a ton of sense, given that he's not actually a zombie in his first two appearances... like, at all.
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    The implication is either that he was, but the feeding kept his body from rotting, or that the feeding kept the infection at bay, and without enough "sustenance" it killed him.

    As his appearance visibly improves after feeding in one episode of Omniverse, I'm guessing the first one.

    Oh, and here's a Canon Cape:
    Cradlegrave

    Breaker-Tinker 3 (Zombie Mech). Believed deceased as of the time of her trigger, Cradlegrave adopts her ghostly breaker form to build and maintain the mechanized suit that holds and sustains her decaying corpse and brain. Can set the suit to autopilot while going breaker to leave it and interact with the battlefield. Member of team Lich Five.
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    Lunaryon said:
    Wait... I wonder if that is a FNAF reference.
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    I don't think so? Seems to just be Wildbow doing a spin on the whole "zombie" and "ghost" thing. Plus, she's a mercenary hero:
    Team - Lich Five: A dark, magic-themed team, originally a splinter-group of three members from a team recruited by the Guild, to handle some biohazard and irradiated sites. Each possessed of some resurrection or revival ability, or some form of 'immortality', they pivoted into being mercenary heroes, recruiting two members along the way. Money was primarily earned by way of independent contract work with the guild and travel to hazardous locations with people in need.

    After two members went public with health issues, the group stopped taking contracts for two years, to focus more on assisting their teammates. They have made brief appearances to advocate for life extension and to support the Guild, but have primarily been operating in secret. They are typically considered itinerant capes, but are considered local heroes by the PHO Milwaukee board.
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    Honestly, I was a big fan of the Cinnamon Pepsi that they had around where I live about a year and a half ago, but I think it was a limited run.
     
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