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OPEN MINGLE | County Fair Fun
Who: general mingle
What: Little Love County Fair!
When: Throughout September
Where: Little Love, Kansas
Content Warnings: Animals, animal waste products, deep fried everything, crooked fair games, animals used for food.
Little Love is one of those places that allows you to forget all the hustle and bustle of city life. Except there's a fair bit of hustle of a different kind at the county fair. This is one of the big events of the year, and everyone is keen to show off the fruits of their hard labor. Animal shows and produce exhibits take center stage as people show off their attempt at the season's biggest and best.
Local artisans have crafts of every kind up for display and sale, as well as entered in attempts to win a blue ribbon. Did you want to purchase some apple-head dolls, or maybe you prefer the corn husk variety? Both are plentiful and shown with a variety of skill levels. The local wool and fiber guild has a lovely petting zoo and spinning workshop set up, complete with hands-on learning for anyone who stops by. Or maybe you're more interested in the groups demonstrating and selling tools to churn your own butter, make your own cheese, or even brew your own alcohol of various kinds. Homemade and handmade are the keys to a unique and enriched life, after all.
And of course there is entertainment. In the evening, a whole bunch of live artists take their turns entertaining, with headliners showing up for the weekends and smaller local talent during the less prized weekday slots. And while there's only a simple ferris wheel and some kiddie attractions for rides, one could spend time getting lost in the Maze of Mirrors or the Tunnel of Love. Most of the daytime fun is in the midway, which is expansive and full of people promising that everyone's a winner, although the number of people actually lugging around the giant plush toys is about what you'd expect.
You can't forget the food, either. Sweet, savory, and everything in between. Kettle Korn, sweet grilled corn, meats of every kind grilled to order and put on a bun for your enjoyment send up enticing smells everywhere you look. The cotton candy vendors are serving up a brisk trade, with some specializing in unique flavors of spun sugar and others just winding up clouds of colorful, fluffy sweetness. The deep friers can't be forgotten. If you can put in on a stick and coat it, they're serving it deep fried. Ice cream, butter, snack cakes of every variety take their place alongside the more prosaic corndogs and funnel cakes. There's something for everyone! Well, as long as you aren't counting your calories. Good luck finding a nice salad amongst all the fatty deliciousness.
When the judging is done, there's always time to hit up the auction block, as the 4H kids and other folks put up their livestock for sale. If you're looking for some new friends, you might be able to get them cheap, as long as you're in the market for hoofstock or domesticated fowl. There might even be some lovely peafowl up if you're looking for a little color on your farm and don't mind the noise. Surely everyone could use a few goats or chickens, or a nice yearling steer to fatten up? But you don't have to decide now, unless you actually win that lot.
[OOC: A mingle for all those who want to spend time at the fair. There aren't many rides, but animals are everywhere in every variety, and all the usual fair staples are present. Feel free to add specifics if you want.]
What: Little Love County Fair!
When: Throughout September
Where: Little Love, Kansas
Content Warnings: Animals, animal waste products, deep fried everything, crooked fair games, animals used for food.
Little Love is one of those places that allows you to forget all the hustle and bustle of city life. Except there's a fair bit of hustle of a different kind at the county fair. This is one of the big events of the year, and everyone is keen to show off the fruits of their hard labor. Animal shows and produce exhibits take center stage as people show off their attempt at the season's biggest and best.
Local artisans have crafts of every kind up for display and sale, as well as entered in attempts to win a blue ribbon. Did you want to purchase some apple-head dolls, or maybe you prefer the corn husk variety? Both are plentiful and shown with a variety of skill levels. The local wool and fiber guild has a lovely petting zoo and spinning workshop set up, complete with hands-on learning for anyone who stops by. Or maybe you're more interested in the groups demonstrating and selling tools to churn your own butter, make your own cheese, or even brew your own alcohol of various kinds. Homemade and handmade are the keys to a unique and enriched life, after all.
And of course there is entertainment. In the evening, a whole bunch of live artists take their turns entertaining, with headliners showing up for the weekends and smaller local talent during the less prized weekday slots. And while there's only a simple ferris wheel and some kiddie attractions for rides, one could spend time getting lost in the Maze of Mirrors or the Tunnel of Love. Most of the daytime fun is in the midway, which is expansive and full of people promising that everyone's a winner, although the number of people actually lugging around the giant plush toys is about what you'd expect.
You can't forget the food, either. Sweet, savory, and everything in between. Kettle Korn, sweet grilled corn, meats of every kind grilled to order and put on a bun for your enjoyment send up enticing smells everywhere you look. The cotton candy vendors are serving up a brisk trade, with some specializing in unique flavors of spun sugar and others just winding up clouds of colorful, fluffy sweetness. The deep friers can't be forgotten. If you can put in on a stick and coat it, they're serving it deep fried. Ice cream, butter, snack cakes of every variety take their place alongside the more prosaic corndogs and funnel cakes. There's something for everyone! Well, as long as you aren't counting your calories. Good luck finding a nice salad amongst all the fatty deliciousness.
When the judging is done, there's always time to hit up the auction block, as the 4H kids and other folks put up their livestock for sale. If you're looking for some new friends, you might be able to get them cheap, as long as you're in the market for hoofstock or domesticated fowl. There might even be some lovely peafowl up if you're looking for a little color on your farm and don't mind the noise. Surely everyone could use a few goats or chickens, or a nice yearling steer to fatten up? But you don't have to decide now, unless you actually win that lot.
[OOC: A mingle for all those who want to spend time at the fair. There aren't many rides, but animals are everywhere in every variety, and all the usual fair staples are present. Feel free to add specifics if you want.]
Mayuko Shiraki | Fruits Basket | OTA
[The news has been sent out over OurPowers that with the County Fair going on, round-trip teleporters are available for all metas to use in Central, Excelsior and Sunset Falls if they would like to visit Little Love. For those in the Diadem, it’s a chance to preview a possible home base. For the unaligned, this is one of the few opportunities to get a hold of a teleportation device, if only for a day.
Mayuko has been wanting to see another of the meta-communities before the deadline, so she’s in line for a teleporter. By all accounts, Little Love is “nice and quiet”. She has had experience with living in the Midwest, so she has an idea of what to expect. So long as you don’t loop through the corn fields, she thinks with a shudder. No mazes for her, thanks.
If you want to catch her before she heads out, she’s checking her bag over by the side ONE MORE TIME JUST IN CASE.]
Best Show in Town
[Mayuko is surprised by the size of the fairgrounds, and the number of exhibits on display. Early on, she can be found checking out the blue ribbon arts, crafts and plants, and oohing over the whole-class projects sent in by the regional elementary schools. But the livestock competitions grab her attention. So many kids washing and wrangling their animals beforehand, dressing in their predominantly white uniforms to go into the show ring, and relaxing with their cohort in the barns afterwards. The noise and activity draws Mayuko in, past cattle haltered in their barn, lambs being shorn in stands, and pigs flopped in pens with the fans on full blast. Or even finding more exotic entrants. She waves you over to her latest find….
The roofing over the show ring and scores of high bleachers around make this area a good spot to rest and spectate. A little more distance to appreciate the animals as they’re led around the ring. Mayuko sips on her soda and is happy to bring newcomers up to speed on the current competition.]
Midway Misgivings
[One of the last areas Mayuko checks out at the fair is the midway. After going through the craft stands, picking up decor pieces for her future home and pet accessories, she buys an egg-roll on a stick to munch on as she considers the attractions and game booths.
She did bring cash to spend, enough to play a few games. But now that she is here, a chill runs down her spine. Once upon a time, on another Earth, there had been a carnival in cornfields. The attractions had been twisted, and at one point a front for cultists in service to a monster. Other parts had been… fine. She remembers walking with her student looking for cotton candy, made with real sugar. The first taste of sugar in a long time.
Well. The afternoon is drawing on, and it won’t hurt to try a few games. Maybe you catch her doubtfully eyeing one of the many games calling for accuracy. "How hard does she want to go for that unicorn?" Vs. "lol abysmal aim". At least the skee-ball games are fun? And she won’t turn down a challenge!
But if she sees any prizes in long robes with clawed bird feet, she’s going to be outta there so fast.]
Wild Card
[Mayuko is game to check out whatever you tag in with around the fair, I'll go along with it! Any ideas you want to toss at me first, please poke me at librarydragons @ plurk]
From Central City
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Ready to see the sights?
no subject
no subject
[Mayuko rejoins the line, flipping through a brochure for the fair.]
Besides that, I want to see the town proper. See how it's like before I have to move.
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Gotham has all kinds of street fairs. But bringing in animals is not feasible.
Trying to decide where you'll stay? I stuck with Central, because it's the most familiar- and where the others from Gotham are. Maybe I should've kept my options open, though.
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[She sighs. Best not to dwell on that.]
Excelsior's a hard no with the anti-meta feelings still high out there, Sunset Falls was okay. I haven't heard much about Little Love except that it's rural and had giant potatoes that one time.