Test Drive #1 - London, England, Earth 1845

[thegreatestlittlemod]

The last few days of a stop are always either the slowest, or the busiest. The gray days of London in the autumn don't seem to be helping this to be the busiest, with rain driving customers away.

There are still some customers jogging between tents and ducking under game awnings, using coats and hats to try and keep the water off, but tips are few and far between, and a lot of audiences are empty, leaving performers sitting and waiting, or ducking into each other's shows to watch or just say hi, and those on the game alley shouting across the aisle at each other. Food vendors move up and down the aisle and tents with hot cocoa and kebobs to keep people warm.

A few people are out in the city proper running errands for themselves, each other, or the Ringmaster, often in pairs. Maybe the goal is to find six spools of ribbon in one exact color, or to capture a whole bowl full of raindrops from under a specific shop sign, or to replace some pants you tore in your last show. Whatever it is, you're down to the last day to find it.

Are you determined to put on a show despite having an audience of five? Are you chatting with your fellow carnies, bored with the slow day and wondering where you're going next? Are you seeking out something strange and confusing in jolly old London with a friend?

Or are you determined to enjoy the circus on its last day in your city, not expecting a surprise in store for you when it starts to pack up its doors tomorrow?

Comments

[worthallthis]

"I could probably get through three if I was really hungry," Buck guesses. "But I'd probably make myself sick doing it, and frankly I eat more than most people anyway." Since he's eating for two, technically. The demon arm can eat on its own, but mostly it leeches nutrients directly from him. "So let's say two."

He reaches over with one snazzily-booted foot to nudge Hajime. "How about you, brother? How much could you eat?"

[chalicejoker]

Hajime seems surprised at the nudge. "Probably seven or eight." Is that a normal human amount? He does not know. He just knows that's about how many he can eat if he's really hungry.

This probably explains the massive portions he has a habit of dishing out to make sure everyone's fed, at least.