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doublefried) wrote2022-09-03 09:22 pm
doublefried) wrote2022-09-03 09:22 pm
HAWKS PALACE
The process of entering the palace is... smooth. Painless.
You are falling, but it's not scary at the speed you're going. You drop through the pre-dawn sky like a feather, light and easy on a breeze, descending towards a bright and multicolored island in a sea of dark trees.
When you land, you are somewhere new.
You are falling, but it's not scary at the speed you're going. You drop through the pre-dawn sky like a feather, light and easy on a breeze, descending towards a bright and multicolored island in a sea of dark trees.
When you land, you are somewhere new.
TICKET BOOTH
The ticket booth stands as the only entry or exit point into what sounds like a very busy ... attraction of some kind. It's either a zoo or an amusement park, based on the sounds of humans and animals beyond the tall, solid fence.
In every direction outside the fence is forest. Thick, deep jungle forest. It seems to stretch on infinitely, in a way that is simultaneously inviting and foreboding.
Inside the ticket booth is a perfectly generic-looking human and perched directly on top of the booth is a bird the size of an elephant, made entirely of fire.
Hawks is nowhere to be seen.
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One ticket please?
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Are you the ticket seller? Are these tickets fire proof?
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[time to check out the booth]
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Gonna gonna go.
Towards the amusement.]
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. . .is there one of those rocketship rides?
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Hello...again?
[she isn't completely sure if this is the same bird she met or a different one, okay]
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Good afternoon.
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[glancing up at the fire bird, blinking a few times]
. . . oh.
Hi.
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Can I have a ticket?
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[sighing and stepping up to the booth]
Is there a price of admission?
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[ The Noomba rolls over towards the ticket booth ]
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MAIN STREET
The sun overhead is bright and beaming down as you enter the brightly-colored main street of Hero World. The park is packed. Families with children, couples on dates, school class field trips, and everything in between are making their way through the park without any hurry. Sometimes they'll stop to sit on benches or admire a fountain or flower bed. For them, of course, it's a vacation.
Food stands and sideshows dot the sides of the wide street, and various signs point off in multiple directions -
[ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS]
[RIDES]
[MUSEUM]
Hawks is nowhere to be found, and he'd probably stand out, even in this crowded place. On the bright side, you can get ice cream or corn dogs or mini donuts or cotton candy and have a seat if you want.
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Could I get a pack of donuts please?
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But he's even more pleased by one specific thing:
He finds himself hovering a food stand.]
Hello~
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1/2
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Man, this place is like. Really nice? Is someone really trapped here?
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but, for now, she won't be distracted from her purpose. TO...THE MUSEUM]
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ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS
The sun here is still blazing hot, but the air is slightly cooler, mostly because of the many decorative rivers and waterfalls in this area of the park.
It's set up to imitate the natural habitat of, uh... something. It's hard to tell what. There are animals of every type here, not restrained in any way. There are goats and sheep and birds and lions and tigers and giraffes and zebras just sort of roaming.
Signs in multiple locations say in multiple languages [PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PET THE ANIMALS], which probably isn't standard for a zoo, but…?
Of course, there are multiple snack stands here as well, usually with animal-themed snacks.
A couple of administrative buildings are tucked away under imitation foliage.
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maybe not goats, that's a little weird ]
Oh shit, this is the best zoo.
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RIDES
The amount of stimulation coming from this area is INTENSE. The smells of junk food waft from every direction, changing whenever there's a breeze. The sound of screaming - excited screaming, not murderous screaming (probably) - is everywhere, mixed with the loud stock noises each attraction has - the ringing of bells and the playing of jingles and the shouting of the attendants trying to draw your attention to their specific grift where you can fail to win a prize.
Or succeed at winning a prize! It's not the real world, right?
More important are the rides, covered in flashing lights and garish bright colors, each bigger and more impossible than the last.
Hawks isn't within immediate sight, but considering exactly how much is going on here, it's hard to know if you'd be able to clock him.
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But the games... ]
Hey. Is it cheating to use an elephant in a hit the bell strength test? The elephant can pay. I'll pay for the elephant. Kid, do you want a prize?
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BACKSTAGE
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The doors along the sides of the hall appear to be prison cells - modern ones, with heavy thick solid doors with tiny viewing windows.
It branches off in two directions:
<---- EXIT
EXIT ---->
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[ peers through one of the tiny cell windows;;;; ]
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MUSEUM
Welcome to the Heroic Public Safety Commission Presents: The History of Heroism Museum!
The area is clean and quiet, well-maintained, and looks like a comic convention. Every exhibit is on some superhero or other, none of which seem familiar to anyone. Huge men and buff women in spandex feature heavily, as well as less conventional heroes, and there is of course a well-stocked gift shop.
Admission is free for all guests of the park.
The featured exhibits today are the History of Heroes exhibit, the Origin of the HPSC exhibit, and the History's Worst Villain exhibit.
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EXIT
There is nothing in all directions except for poorly-maintained grass - the type of growth you get near highways and streets that nobody cares for because it doesn't belong to anything - and one house (more of a shack, really), barely standing, leaning to one side.
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