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The Summer Carnival is in town!
Who: Everyone!
Where/When: Goldenrod (August 18-24), Saffron (August 25-31)
Summary: Closing out the Summer months with a traveling carnival
The sun is setting a little earlier. Sometimes, there's almost even a chill on the evening breeze. August is slipping by and bringing the end of Summer with it, and flyers have been popping up on lampposts and community boards in Goldenrod and Saffron for the last couple a weeks:
CHINGLING SISTERS
TRAVELING CARNIVAL
Coming to you:
Goldenrod City August 18-24
Saffron City August 25-31
The bright, cheery advertisements promise fun for the whole family. When the date rolls around, residents and guests of Goldenrod and Saffron will find large lots on each city's edge erupting with color and sound. In Goldenrod, the seaside boardwalk has been cleared of vendors and news stands to make way for the event. Guests can enjoy the cooling sea breeze and sprawling ocean view as they're cresting the Ferris Wheel. In Saffron, the fair grounds are outside the city center, the attractions rising out of forest clearings and ample seating area set under the trees. The grounds are open every day from noon to midnight. Admission is public, and kiosks for the big-ticket rides can be found throughout the festival grounds.
The silhouette the pop-up park casts against the sky reveals its main attractions: A Ferris wheel dominates the skyline. After the sun has set, lights flash in technicolor along its spokes as it turns. A mini-coaster zooms in a compact tangle nearby, its weathered car train painted to resemble a Furret. Beside it is the Crazy Maushold coaster, faster and spinnier for carnival-goers looking for more of a thrill. The spinning sky swing and the pirate ship are ready and waiting for any trainers who like to Be Up High and Go Fast.
The carousel is outfitted with seats fashioned after Ponyta, Blitzel, and Mudbray lines. It's tucked away in a smaller area clearly intended for kids, but when it's past even a Summer vacation bedtime, no one will bat an eye if guests a little more grown snag the envied Keldeo mount. The bumper cars are fashioned after various electric rodents of uncanny similarity. The fun house is a right maze of glass and mirrors and alarmingly life-like paintings of Mr Mime that haven't been touched up since the new flip feature on the PokéGear was a big deal. There's a Really Big Slide, which requires no further introduction. And, of course, no moderately-cheap amusement park experience would be complete without one of those hydraulic monsters that could only be described as a recreational centrifuge. The Hitmontop Tumbler, it's called, according to the archway above the queue. Maybe do this one before you chow down on greasy carnival food.
If it's big, plushy, Pokémon-themed prizes you're after, there are plenty of games to test your skill (or, if we're honest, usually your luck). Basketball free-throw challenges with hoops that are definitely smaller than regulation, a test of strength, a dunk tank, and more variations of "throw this object at a tiny target" than any reasonable person thought existed.
There are more than enough dining options to choose from. Food trucks are cloistered in their own special clearing, offering a variety of easy grab-and-go meals. Tiny stands are also scattered along the carnival's thoroughfare, where it's easy to find cotton candy, caramel apples, fried dough, and takoyaki.
Thematically fitting, but presenting some serious questions about their survival instincts, Swirlix and Dipplin can be found in increased numbers in and around the fair grounds. Sometimes, guests may even encounter a critter blending into a food stand display a little too well. When in doubt, give that cotton candy a good poke before digging in...
Where/When: Goldenrod (August 18-24), Saffron (August 25-31)
Summary: Closing out the Summer months with a traveling carnival
The sun is setting a little earlier. Sometimes, there's almost even a chill on the evening breeze. August is slipping by and bringing the end of Summer with it, and flyers have been popping up on lampposts and community boards in Goldenrod and Saffron for the last couple a weeks:
TRAVELING CARNIVAL
Coming to you:
Goldenrod City August 18-24
Saffron City August 25-31
The bright, cheery advertisements promise fun for the whole family. When the date rolls around, residents and guests of Goldenrod and Saffron will find large lots on each city's edge erupting with color and sound. In Goldenrod, the seaside boardwalk has been cleared of vendors and news stands to make way for the event. Guests can enjoy the cooling sea breeze and sprawling ocean view as they're cresting the Ferris Wheel. In Saffron, the fair grounds are outside the city center, the attractions rising out of forest clearings and ample seating area set under the trees. The grounds are open every day from noon to midnight. Admission is public, and kiosks for the big-ticket rides can be found throughout the festival grounds.
The silhouette the pop-up park casts against the sky reveals its main attractions: A Ferris wheel dominates the skyline. After the sun has set, lights flash in technicolor along its spokes as it turns. A mini-coaster zooms in a compact tangle nearby, its weathered car train painted to resemble a Furret. Beside it is the Crazy Maushold coaster, faster and spinnier for carnival-goers looking for more of a thrill. The spinning sky swing and the pirate ship are ready and waiting for any trainers who like to Be Up High and Go Fast.
The carousel is outfitted with seats fashioned after Ponyta, Blitzel, and Mudbray lines. It's tucked away in a smaller area clearly intended for kids, but when it's past even a Summer vacation bedtime, no one will bat an eye if guests a little more grown snag the envied Keldeo mount. The bumper cars are fashioned after various electric rodents of uncanny similarity. The fun house is a right maze of glass and mirrors and alarmingly life-like paintings of Mr Mime that haven't been touched up since the new flip feature on the PokéGear was a big deal. There's a Really Big Slide, which requires no further introduction. And, of course, no moderately-cheap amusement park experience would be complete without one of those hydraulic monsters that could only be described as a recreational centrifuge. The Hitmontop Tumbler, it's called, according to the archway above the queue. Maybe do this one before you chow down on greasy carnival food.
If it's big, plushy, Pokémon-themed prizes you're after, there are plenty of games to test your skill (or, if we're honest, usually your luck). Basketball free-throw challenges with hoops that are definitely smaller than regulation, a test of strength, a dunk tank, and more variations of "throw this object at a tiny target" than any reasonable person thought existed.
There are more than enough dining options to choose from. Food trucks are cloistered in their own special clearing, offering a variety of easy grab-and-go meals. Tiny stands are also scattered along the carnival's thoroughfare, where it's easy to find cotton candy, caramel apples, fried dough, and takoyaki.
Thematically fitting, but presenting some serious questions about their survival instincts, Swirlix and Dipplin can be found in increased numbers in and around the fair grounds. Sometimes, guests may even encounter a critter blending into a food stand display a little too well. When in doubt, give that cotton candy a good poke before digging in...
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[But oh well. There she is...]
[Wrath and Son stop a few paces back and look the heraldic-beast-on-a-stick over appraisingly. Hmmm...]
[To his own chagrin... the former Homunculus is not able to muster much enthusiasm. But Son on the other hand... waddles up to the Liepard and places a small clawed hand on one of her paws. Wow!]
[Wrath can't bring himself to quash his son's innocent joy!]
[So he does his best to think of something nice to say. A compliment.]
... She is purple.
[At least.]
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[ Spoken solemnly as though he were giving a eulogy. ]
WHELP! Let's ride!
[ Beetlejuice hops onto the platform. He clambers onto the back of a Dewgong which is positioned a few feet ahead of the Liepard. ]
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[As gently as he can with his automail arm, Wrath lifts Son up to rest on the Liepard's neck before, somewhat awkwardly, hauling himself into the saddle. His metal fingers can't really grip the pole properly, so he stuffs it into the central pocket of his hoodie and just uses his remaining organic hand instead.]
[And then he... sits.]
... Do I have to do something to make it go?
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SPIN MASTER! Gimmi another round!
[ The kid hits Beetlejuice with a long-suffering look. ]
I think you've had enough, sir.
[ Beetlejuice, instantly furious, bounces in the saddle. ]
I'll fucking tell you when I've had enough!
[ With a sigh, the Spin Master throws the lever. ]
[The carousel slowly groans into life. Lights appear along every edge and a bell rings. The fiberglass Pokemon begin to gallop in place. Some of them swivel in their fixings. Their frozen screams flash in the mirrors that cover its center. The organ cries.]
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
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[Still, he sits in grim silence as the ride starts to move, taking his metal hand back out of the pocket to help steady Son.]
[SPEAKING OF SON, he is positively bouncing with excitement. As much as he's a quiet little guy, BJ's enthusiasm is contagious and there wasn't anything like this back in Elm's lab! Holding his bone-club out behind him, he mimes tapping it against the Liepard's neck like a jockey would do with a riding crop. GO, KITTY, GO!]
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[ The ride churns and plays its haunting melody. The lights flicker and the fair rushes past them in a blur.]
[ BJ glances over to note Son's excitement.]
Little guy's got the right idea!
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[Wrath, meanwhile, is watching the scenery go past in a whirl with an unreadable expression.]
[Around and around they go... seemingly moving yet ending up in the same place they started.]
[JUST LIKE HIS LIFE... IN A WAY.]
[He is learning that he does not love the carousel.]
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[ Beetlejuice readjusts himself, turning around in the saddle to beam at Wrath with slightly drifting eyes. He points at him like a game show host--or rather--points right at Son. ]
WE HAVE A WINNER!
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[Looking over his shoulder at Wrath, he waves his bone excitedly, hoping to incite some of that same enthusiasm.]
[... Buuut Wrath isn't really good at faking enthusiasm. He does, however, nod. Even if he can't be enthusiastic about it, there's not a trace of sarcasm when he agrees:]
Good job on winning.
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Wanna go another round, pardner?
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[He wilts.]
... Okay.
[Said like god's bravest soldier.]