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[pipers_son]

Who: Everyone and anyone!
What: The Eve's Garden Circus is open for spring! Come one, come all, and have the time of your life!
When: March 14 (and the rest of the week through the weekend, the circus doesn't close)
Where: Goldenrod





The Eve's Garden Circus has been a constant in Goldenrod for four years, now. It's brilliantly colored Big Top can be seen even from down the street, and it makes a fine marker for anyone flying in. Past its ticket booth guarded gates lie rows of game stalls, food alleys with heavenly smells, and various set ups from local shops or craftsman with everything from face painting to handmade goods available. While it's often been open, with the main shows playing on weekends, this month it's been especially ramping up to welcome spring.

So come in, enjoy some food, watch a show, and relax!




♤ Flight Service

Before the handy days of teleportation, the Circus offered its own Fly service to help people get to the Circus with a one-way ticket, or a return one to get right back to where they came from! Needless to say, these days, there's not much use for it.... However, some still prefer a more scenic view coming into Goldenrod, or they just want to get a nice view of the city before coming down for a little bit. Either way, various Flying types, courtesy of Falkner, are available for anyone, for a small fee.





♤ Gamer's Alley

It wouldn't be a circus if there weren't any games, would it...?

And boy, are there a bunch of them in this corner of the circus, all of them with their own various prizes to win from simple "magic" wanders to stuffed toys bigger then most people. There's something for everyone, from simple balloon popping to corkgun aiming to picking a floating toy Ducklett with a potential lucky number on the bottom. Heck, pick up a hammer and test your strength!

With everything being metaphorically and literally fun and games, feel free to try some a game or five! And only a couple of them are rigged. Just be careful not to cheat... Among Joker's personal 'troupe' of Pokemon are more than a few Psychic types, and they'll quietly alert stall owners if they think someone is cheating with either skill or Pokemon of their own.

Along with the usual games, however, there are also plenty of other things which are more of an experience than anything. A carousel with all sorts of Pokemon, known and Legendary alike, is available for a simple little ride for children, and people who like getting dizzy. There's also a funhouse of a maze available for people to wander and get lost through, with mirror mazes and moving floors galore.





♤ Circus Food

Now what could be called the best part of the circus.

For those who love the classics, don't worry. The scent of buttery popcorn fills the air, and one rarely needs to go far before stumbling onto someone selling cotton candy. Want a hot dog? There's plenty. Want to try something fried that should never be fried? Yeah, don't worry, there's those, too.

It's not all wildly unhealthy food, however. Welcoming in spring means that there's a lot of seasonal foods being sold as well, some more light than the heavier junk food that's about. Sakura mochi seems to be a pretty popular thing that's being sold at more than a few stalls... Sakura is in a lot of things, actually, from desserts to... lattes? There's also a lot of fresh strawberries from certain stalls, some dipped in delicious things like chocolate and others plain. There are also simple things such as chicken and corn on sticks, and other things.

There's something for everyone, so make sure to dig in and enjoy yourself!





♤ Shopping Stalls

For all that they're definitely the draw of the circus, delicious food and fun games aren't the only things it has to offer. Eve's Garden Circus likes to think of itself as a place where various small creators can promote themselves. Who knows- if you run a business, perhaps you've been invited to set up shop!

Either way, there are all sorts of things on sale to welcome in the new year. Some are artists, offering drawings of trainers and-or their Pokemon, or to paint their face with something. Others offer much more physical goods: blankets with various Pokemon patterns, homemade plushes of just about every Grass and Bug type you can imagine...

And did you know that flower crowns are in right now? Oh, sure, floral accessories seem to be a constant in general, whether those are simple earrings or pressed flowers made into light glass bowties. But it's really the flower crows that are a hit, and anyone venturing in will find plenty of people trying to sell them. Hey, it's spring. Why not give it a go?





♤ Showtime

What really makes a circus aren't the games, or the food, or anything else... but the show lying behind the flaps of the Big Top. There, people will get to see all sorts of dazzling things, from a certain daring young woman performing daredevil tricks on her steed, to a pair of 'siblings' doing an amazing trapeze act high up in the air. Should that small child be allowed around throwing knives? Don't worry about it.

It's not only humans who are taking part of the act, either! All of Joker's troupe have a part to play, whether that's the Charizard zooming high speed in the air, or a shiny Zoroark creating amazing illusions to take people's breath away.

Sit back, and enjoy the show. Plenty of applause is more than welcome when the finale hits, as various flowers float throughout the air.

...Just don't try to follow the performers, Pokemon or otherwise, through the backdoors to the staff area. They'll kick you out if they find you, which they will sooner than later. This is a place for rest, drinks and snacks and all, and it's employees only.





♤ Welcoming Spring!

To celebrate the warmer weather coming back... All trainers who enter with a grass type Pokemon in their team will get a discount! But that's not all... Those very same trainers will be given a shimmering rainbow ribbon, which their grass type Pokemon is encouraged to hold onto. (Only one per team, Ivy.) They, and any other trainers who come through, will be told of a game that's being played...

Capture the ribbons!

The name of the game is getting other ribbons from other people in the carnival, whether through cunning, battle, or just asking nicely, if that's your thing. Trade in your ribbons for fantastic prizes!

Not only that.... but Joker's own Pokemon are taking part in the festivities! For anyone who manages to nab one of the special ribbons for the ringleader's own, they'll find a special prize for those...

Here's the list of things that can be exchanged for the ribbons!

1 ribbon: A candy Pokeball
5 ribbons: A marble Bulbasaur succulent holder! Succulent included.
10 ribbons: A backpack shaped like a Bulbasaur's bulb! Very sturdy.
20 ribbons: A life-sized Serperior plush. Yes, the full ten feet. It is fortunately not 139 pounds, although the amount of sturdy stuffing in it sure must be impressive.

For those who capture one of Joker's pokemon and their ribbons, they get the honor of being allowed to choose two different TMs from the Department Store, and the Circus will happily foot the bill! But only two.

So go out, celebrate spring, and have fun!

Comments

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

"Heather, that was amazing!"

Harry is there of course and he's probably one of the few people who realize how much riding around covered in flames, even if they didn't burn, is progress for her. He's really proud okay.

[starry_forehead]

Dipper will totally try to grab ribbons. And also go for one of Joker's pokemon's

A

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Harry meanwhile just has a cup of coffee at the moment as he walks over to say hello.]

I saw one of your performances. You were wonderful up there.

[foolishwren]

AHA... the man of the hour.

Because yeah, this performance was extra special.

She's performed for friends and family before, sure. Henry attends the shows when he can get time off work sometimes, or even hangs out in the bleachers during rehearsals on free afternoons, snapping shots of artfully-placed hay bales and catching embarrassing candids of the weird faces his little sister and best friends sometimes made in the middle of stunts.

But she legitimately never thought her father would be able to watch her do this, except maybe in some abstract, vaguely-spiritual sense from beyond.

"Dad!" She turns, beaming, and opens her (not even singed!) arms for a hug. "See, no mortal wounds."

[garbagechild]

"What have you got, Wrath?" "A KNIFE!" "NO!!!"

By now, the local attendees of the circus all know exactly what to expect when the small boy in the artfully-tattered purple silks comes dashing out into the ring... but that never stops the theatrical, collective gasp of surprise (and often a little bit of horror) from newer audience members when he gleefully whips out what are clearly a bunch of knives, their blades glinting in the lights.

That's right.

Someone, whose name starts with a 'J' and ends with an 'R', decided to make Wrath the circus knife-thrower.

And clearly this was not an entirely oblivious decision, as quite a show is made of the clowns dramatically panicking, fleeing, or hiding behind comically-undersized props when Wrath makes his appearance. The boy even cackles and chases after some of them in big leaps and bounds.

But when the actual throwing starts, by some miracle none of the blades end up embedded in any living beings.

Unless you could the gag where one clown gets a dagger to the butt, which is clearly a large pillow stuffed into the back of his pants, and jumps three feet into the air with a loud honk sound effect. Because the kids love butt jokes, especially ones with sound effects.

[pipers_son]

With hard work, Dipper will be able to get 9 ribbons!

As for one of Joker's Pokemon? He'll manage to get a ribbon from one of them, although the dice say it'll take a bit of work!

[pipers_son]

The ribbons have been brought! 5 ribbons, to be exact. Of course, she can always go after other player characters for their ribbons if that's not enough for her...

OTA

[exeggutorhead]

The Flying Trapeze

For this act, the spotlights swing high, high up in the air, following the death defying stunts of the pair swinging from the high wires, flipping through the air and catching each other with practiced ease and perfect synchronization. The sequins on their flashy, matching outfits sparkle and catch the light, and Envy and Lust have done this for long enough that they're able to do some of the really nail-biting stunts without taking any untimely falls into the net below.

Even as hard as he's concentrating, Envy finds it hard not to grin from ear to ear as the act goes on, the thrill of the whole thing not having lost a bit of its charm for him, even after all this time.

And after they're back on the ground again and bows have been taken, it's back to the sidelines for Envy, where someone might be able to catch him as he makes his way back to the staff area. Although once he gets there, he'll be sitting right down in the first available chair, because as exciting as it all is, his limbs are noodles now and breath needs to be caught.

BREAK TIME

Between his and Lust's performances and making sure that all the costumes are in order, Envy doesn't have a ton of free time...or at least not free time that isn't spent draped over a chair in the staff area. But come on, it's the circus and the weather is actually nice. Envy's gotta spend at least some time out among the stalls. There's fried food out there! And, even better, the very real possibility of attention from fans of the show!

Because he has to admit, at least half the fun of being a performer is the admiring audience. He can be found mostly in the stalls nearby the big top, just in case he's needed for something, happily bragging about the act to people who are willing to listen, or maybe grabbing some cotton candy to snack on. At his side walks a shiny Salazzle, although Mercury is liable to scurry over to anybody wearing anything interesting to give them a quick look-over.

[a_sin_for_him]

Oh, thank you.

[Lust looks up from her feeding, polite enough to wipe her mouth with a handful of paper napkins, now that she has company.]

We've been doing it for years, now. Many of our old life skills aren't terribly applicable to employment, but we found our niche here at the circus. Please, sit down.

[starry_forehead]

Dipper is made of hard work.....and math calculations. There's probably going to be a lot of those. Especially because he'll be going after....

Billy the Gogoat

time to take another chance at carnival games

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

He grins and returns the hug with a laugh.

"Of which I'm highly relieved to see. But you've convinced me."

He'll still worry in that abstract dad way whenever she did something really tricky but it was actually a relief to see her perform because she was good and he trusted her not to push herself too hard. Especially given the fire involved.

[a_sin_for_him]

[Well there's a pair of familiar faces. Lust moves from her vantage point and heads over to where Jane and her Audino are playing one of the carnival games.]

She seems to be getting the hang of this...

[Chuckling as she draws near enough to witness Dinah's actions.]

[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

Thank you.

[He'll take a seat then. Styrofoam cup in his hands still.]

I'm glad to hear that. Finding something that you're good at and enjoy is always difficult.

[agent3]

[Fire is pretty good, for real.]

Good pick! Super cool.

[cyan_maid]

Oh! Lust, hello!

[Dinah chirps a greeting, pointing to Dart as he tries to sneak the Ducklett toy back into the pond to exchange it for a prize. The stall runner is trying very hard not to laugh audibly.]

It only took her ten tries, but she finally got what she wanted. I don't suppose I'd be better off ordering those things in bulk for myself, would I?

[sleepallthewayhome]

Thanks.

[It's the best.]

I like this place. I had food they called cotton candy. It was really good.

[pipers_son]

We believe in you, Dipper. Fight, win.

[starry_forehead]

2 questions

1. is tagging the pokemon ribbon theft out mandatory to get the ribbon
2. what do we get in exchange for the ribbons or will that be said later?

[pipers_son]

Willow is in the process of helplessly bumping into the various Litleos that are collapsed all around her, squeaking whenever she stumbles into one... and doing an extra loud one when Materia snags the ribbon.

And that is one ribbon got!

Which is around the time a voice from the side speaks up. "Bleedin' hell, Cissnei, yer a menace. I'm a little bit frightened now." Despite his words, Joker is still casually sipping at a cherry blossom latte.

[notmyrealname]

Materia does a happy little dance as he gets the ribbon that Reno happily joins in on, prancing around the Shiinotic with a happy flick on his tails.

"I have no idea what you mean, Joker," Cissnei mused with a grin, folding her arms as her Pokemon celebrating and glancing over at him. "Lovely setup you've got here. I'm sorry I never got a chance to come see it before."

Her Pokemon take notice of Joker and Materia just blinks, holding his ribbon prize close while Reno gives a bark yap of greeting. Hey he knows you!

OTA--or: Botan unleashes her ghost children on the world

[styxiedust]

A. Let's play a game

[Botan isn't using her Pokemon to cheat or anything like that.

In fact, she brought all of her Phantump children (+ the Gengar Quintet hiding in her shadow as usual) to enjoy some fun and games at the circus. Yes, the Phantump are all participating in the games. Tomoe and Luciano are staying by Botan's side, of course, but the rest are all at various booths having a grand old time while Botan watches them with a smile. Andy and Leo set to popping balloons with darts immediately, giggling and joking with each other to see who can do better. Kathryn, Marilyn, and Fritz situated themselves at the Ducklett Pond--the two girls mutually agreeing that they would give over their prize of a stuffed toy to Fritz and said younger Phantump merely observing them (and trying to stay as close to lights as possible as he was afraid of the dark.) Lotte and Rolando were fighting over who would test their strength first with Beverly and Alan trying to mediate. Botan won't intervene, though, instead she'll move on to check on the rest of her Phantump who...]

B. Buy something, will ya?

[...Have congregated around the booths to see what they can beg Botan to buy for them (though they have an allowance of their own and shouldn't need to). Luci, Nicolai, and Anne Sofie have stopped at the flower booth, Anne Sofie trying out a variety of flower clips for her branches (the more feminine the better), Luci checking to see how the glass bow ties look on her, and Nicolai...well. He's a down in the dumps stump as usual. When Botan gets closer to them, she takes a flower crown and plops it on the Pokemon's head.]

Come now, Nic, circuses are meant to be fun!

[Nicolai fusses and flails his small arms as the other nearby Phantump giggle. After a while, Botan leaves this area to find where the final five of her Phantump have gone.]

C. Cooking Mama

[Ah, to the food--it does smell quite good. The woman stops to get candy apples for Tomoe and Luciano, which they munch on happily (how? Don't question it).]

Now, let's see, it was Robert, Nellie, Willow, Hel, and Rosa I didn't see...where have they gone? [It seems she took too long to ponder as Luciano taps her on the shoulder and points over to the deep fried booth where the others seem to be goading Robert into eating as many deep fried pickles as he can.]

Oh my gosh, Robert! Stop that! You're going to get sick! [At this point the Gengar have now emerged from her shadow to gather around and cheer on Robert, though one that is notably wearing a bowtie and has a general air of prissiness is joining Botan in the scolding.]

D. The Down Time

[After the fun and excitement of watching the show (the Phantump enjoyed the show very much, cheered quite loud at the performances, Botan had to return some Gengar to their Pokeballs so they wouldn't be tempted to play pranks) our Reaper friend is taking her time preparing to take the kids home so they can be put to bed. She can be seen anywhere around that guests are allowed and hailed for some healthy talking sans her millions of ghosts.]

[a_sin_for_him]

Hello. She certainly did. I remember a summer or two ago...I can't even remember which festival. Timothy won me a stuffed prize at one of these sorts of games. A little stuffed Eevee, I still have it. It's a time honored tradition.

[Lust tips her chin approvingly in Dinah's direction. Though the Pokemon has a very unique approach to it.]

[a_sin_for_him]

You've no idea. I hadn't any traditional work experience before I came here. Most of my education was in a very specific branch of science that doesn't exist here, or areas one can't make a living at."

Not in any way she'd want to, anyway. Lust has no idea what Johto's Red Light landscape is, and she's perfectly happy never knowing.

"I lived off of wealthy friends for months. I had a monthly allotment from a friend, and Greed always paid for everything when we were together, he liked showing off that he had money. We were travel companions, before we bought the house."

[cyan_maid]

[Dart returns with a tiny plush Pokeball, the kind that's on a keychain hook, and gives it to Dinah. She looks at it in puzzlement. What's this for?]

A - oh, oooh, I see what you mean. [She smiles a little mischievously.] I am honestly not sure if her actual plan is to woo him or befriend him, but she keeps trying, so that must be worth something.

[maybeitsmabelline]

AW YEAH HERE WE GO