[Fin] The Carousel of Chaos (role madness murdergame)

[Caret]

Valania cringes a bit upon seeing Khom knock himself out.

"Oh dear. That definitely hurt a bit. I really hope he's going to be fine."

> get Khom to a safe place

[Oggy123]

A small puffball and a little fairy woke up.

"W-where are we?"

"What the heck, poyo!?"

[noodlesnook]

Bronwyn turns their attention away from Khom and to the duo that just woke up. There's something about the little pink fellow that worries them...

[Oggy123]

The puffball looks around in confusion.

"Ribbon, where are we?"

"I don't know!"

[Florien]

You're in a- a tent where they're going... to- going to harvest our organs! Or worse!

comes the muffled response from behind the bleachers.

[Whistle]

Oh god oh god oh god...
The fox slowly starts to realize something, clutching her robotic arm in the little dent she made one time during a meltdown. She hadn't seen Liz anywhere. Not for months.
/search around for a phone

[Florien]

MY ORGANS ARE IN BAD CONDITION! I DRINK HEAVILY! I ONCE... DRANK MANY ALCOHOLS! I TAKE DRUGS! ALL THE DRUGS! MEDICATION! GRAPEFRUITS! DRUGS! MY ORGANS ARE WEAK AND IN POOR CONDITION! I SMOKE! ALL THE TIME! I EAT CANCER PLANTS!

All those things sound like lies. Well aside from smoking, as the burn scars do imply that at some point, some of Avril's flesh smoked.

[Oggy123]

"Poyo? I don't think anyone's out to get your organs."

[Florien]

BECAUSE MY ORGANS ARE BAD AND NOT WORTH TAKING!

Also why ELSE do you think we're here... small... pink... thing? We all just show up in a tent? Mysteriously? Not remembering how we got in here? And there's no way out? No, they're going to organ harvest us, or torture us, or worse! Some of us have no one to pay our ransom, so it's not for ransom, so there aren't good options for why we're here outside of those! We're all going to DIE!

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Yes, it's possible we could all die here. But don't you think it only makes things exciting? After all, having your life on the line only makes things more fun. The people watching us are having a good kick out of it.

[NebulaChimera2211]

Leonie wakes up a bit later than the rest. Maybe it's because she went to bed late. Nerd.
In any case, the noise disturbed her sleep a little, causing her to toss and turn in her sleep.
Careful, milord. They'll fight harder now they have nowhere to run.

She takes one look around in the madness, then pinches her arm and smacks herself hard on the wrist. Realising this isn't just a crazy dream of hers, she stares in blank horror/amazement for a few seconds.
What.

"This is how it always works in roleplays, ain't it," she thinks to herself. "At least, the lion's share of 'em. Random nobody gets sent to Nowheresvile--"

She's interrupted by the sight of the two dragons, one more humanoid one unconscious on the floor and the other being a nervous wreck and ranting about how we're all going to die. Wonder fills her eyes.
WOW! Ain't like the other ordinary circuses I've been to!

She suddenly becomes thoughtful and quiet.
Better not be any creepy murder clowns around here. Been stripped to the bone, that one. Not even accurate.

[Florien]

Murder... clowns?

Avril's voice shifts slightly, to... well, it would be a chirp, but its so big that what qualifies as a "chirpy" tone is probably not accurately described as such, what with how deep its voice is.

That... is an amusing idea. Clowns, but out for blood... How funny!

But then Avril remembers where it is and any hints of positivity immediately drain from its voice.

Oh... you're just trying to distract us from the inevitable tortures. They're probably going to rip out my claws, they're going to... ohh no no no they're going to Martyngale us, and then they'll leave whatever's left in the suntoburnandidontwanttobeleftinthesuntoburnnnnnihatethesun!

Avril resumes... well, it's debatable if it's considered sobbing, technically, but certainly remaining in some state of distress under the bleachers. Maybe it'll calm down a little... in a bit? Maybe? Probably?

[Zanreo]

"Hey, chill out, I don't think anyone's gonna die here! Maybe this is just some kind of weird prank..."

"Oh yeah, I never introduced myself, did I? I'm Fourto!" they say.

[Oggy123]

"Ooh, this sounds bad."

"Yeah, but we can still get out of here, right?"

[NebulaChimera2211]

There's gotta be a way.

> Look around.

[PointMaid]

...You don't really think they'd let you leave, do you? Surely that would set a bad precedent. If this is indeed the sort of situation we're all apparently assuming.

[noodlesnook]

“And what do you mean by that?”

[Oggy123]

Meanwhile, Ribbon seems to be creeped out by Jack.

[PointMaid]

“And what do you mean by that?”

If not the Hunger Games, this certainly looks like the setup for some kind of death game. That is what you're all assuming, isn't it? I'm quite sure Jack is. Correct me if I'm wrong. But I rarely am.

[wingedcatgirl]

/search around for a phone (@Whistle)

Any phones Autumn (or anyone else) already had on hand remain intact and mostly functioning, though they have no reception whatsoever.

There are no phones in the circus tent.

> Look around. [for a way out] (@NebulaChimera2211)

The tent simply has no exits. Which raises the question of how you got in here, actually.

[Caret]

"I'm hoping that this isn't like that one Earth novel about teenagers killing each other or something. But if it is, then I'll do my best to survive until the end!"

Huh, it is strange that there are no exits. How did everybody get in here?, Valania thought. Maybe they were teleported in? That would explain a lot, actually. Maybe she ended up in some strange alternate timeline where dragons are still extant and foxfolk are actual anthropomorphic foxes instead of humans with fox ears and tails.

> fire a stream of air at the walls of the tent just to see what will happen

[Oggy123]

"We're trapped!"

"Calm down, Ribbon. We'll be okay! At least, i think we'll be okay, poyo..."

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

Okay... We're trapped here... Stay calm
.. stay... Calm... NOT CALM!

Kizuna tries to blast a quick fire spell and >break through
..

[wingedcatgirl]

> fire a stream of air at the walls of the tent just to see what will happen (@Caret)
>break through (@Despair's Archon of Memes)

The tent walls billow with the impact. ... But not much else happens.

[Kennifer]

"Okay. We're not killing each other just because some guy in a gold suit thinks it'd be entertaining, right? We outnumber him. We just need to find a way out, or a way to get phone reception... I can help with charging the phones but not reception."