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''"Well, the fire-eater is quite the show-woman. And those plate-spinners are rather amusing. But look - a monkey! Weren't you supposed to be doing something here? Never mind, it can wait a little longer. This place is most distracting."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Look_for_the_disciple|Look for the disciple|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ''"Well, the fire-eater is quite the show-woman. And those plate-spinners are rather amusing. But look - a monkey! Weren't you supposed to be doing something here? Never mind, it can wait a little longer. This place is most distracting."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Look_for_the_disciple|Look for the disciple|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
During a fad for bones and skeletons in [[London]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Flood_of_Bones|A Flood of Bones|Fallen London|}}</ref> Mrs Plenty established a new '''Tent of Terror'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sell_a_complete_skeleton_to_Mrs_Plenty|Sell a complete skeleton to Mrs Plenty|Fallen London|}}</ref> and stocked it with horrifying skeletons purchased from the [[Department of Menace Eradication]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mrs_Plenty|Mrs Plenty|Fallen London|}}</ref> | During a fad for bones and skeletons in [[London]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_Flood_of_Bones|A Flood of Bones|Fallen London|}}</ref> Mrs Plenty established a new '''Tent of Terror'''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sell_a_complete_skeleton_to_Mrs_Plenty|Sell a complete skeleton to Mrs Plenty|Fallen London|}}</ref> and stocked it with horrifying skeletons purchased from the [[Department of Menace Eradication]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mrs_Plenty|Mrs Plenty|Fallen London|}}</ref> | ||
Another attraction that was recently set up<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Brass_Grail_(Story)|The Brass Grail (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"There's a new tent there."''</ref> is a prize-fighting tent<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Brass_Grail_(Story)|The Brass Grail (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"A Goat-demon Prize-fight."''</ref> where a seven-foot tall [[Goat-Demons|goat-demon]] named '''Yule Lad''' faces various contenders in a ring of honor.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Brass_Grail_(Story)|The Brass Grail (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] a goat-demon champion takes on all comers. He's seven feet tall [...] The word 'YULE LAD' has been sheared into his shoulder-fur."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Brass_Grail_(Story)|The Brass Grail (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"You may box or wrestle as you prefer. [...] Welcome [...] to the field of honour"''</ref> So far, no challenger has made it past the first round.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Brass_Grail_(Story)|The Brass Grail (Story)|Fallen London|}} ''"A new contender! [...] Perhaps this bold soul will last the first round!"''</ref> | |||
=== The Feast of the Exceptional Rose === | === The Feast of the Exceptional Rose === | ||
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"Smoke and mirrors! Light and shade! Bright paint and squealing children and the roar of lions! And the music, as a great man once said, is like electric sugar."[1]
Mrs Plenty's Most Distracting Carnival, or Mrs Plenty's Carnival, is a year-round fair held in London.
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Distracting
"Have you been to Mrs Plenty's Most Distracting Carnival? Wondrous. Wondrous! – but watch your purse. Good place to make friends."[2]
Mrs Plenty's Carnival is popular and crowded attraction in London.[3] It's a spot of brightness in the darkness of the Neath that's decorated with lights and paint with delightful music ringing throughout.[1] Mrs Plenty is the Carnival's owner[4] and she arranges and manages the Carnival's festivities.[5][6] The Carnival is located near Spite.[7] It can be accessed via a path through the Prickfinger Wastes,[8] but the route is surrounded by the Wastes' sharp stone formations. A single misstep can be a one-way trip to the tomb-colonies.[9]
The Carnival is a great place to meet others and make friends.[2] Since the stuffy rules of polite society are relaxed, individuals from London's many social classes and factions mingle freely here.[10] The Carnival's both wealthy[11] and brimming with inattentive patrons,[3] so it's also a favorite target for pickpockets[2] and other criminals.[11]
The Carnival's stalls require tickets from customers.[12] Tickets are usually purchased through a machine that accepts moon-pearls and dispenses tickets automatically.[13] They can also be obtained in exchange for secrets from Madame Shoshana, who uses the secrets in her fortune-telling business.[14] Tickets can also be bought using souls,[15] and the cashier's tent has thousands of souls from clientele stored within.[16]
The Big Top
"A riot of colour! A sea of sound! A place where polite society's rules relax and a costermonger may rub shoulders with a bishop."[10]
The Big Top is the main tent of the Carnival.[10] It has performing wolves,[17] bears,[18] sword-swallowers,[19] fire-eaters and fire-breathers,[20] plate-spinners, a monkey,[21] and caged tigers.[22] Hephaesta, a strongwoman of Mahogany Hall fame, also performs here.[23]
Disguised Masters of the Bazaar also visit the Big Top, guarded by Neddy Men. Mr Apples and Mr Wines are typically genial towards patrons, but Mr Iron is very much not.[24]
The Sideshows
"The ragged little tents around the edges of the carnival. Throw quoits! Bet on the shell game! Get a tattoo! Have your pocket picked five times in an hour!"[25]
The Sideshows are the less grandiose tents found near the Carnival's outskirts. They boast shell games, quiotes,[25] weasel pits,[26] a musical donkey,[27] and a drownie choir.[28] They also offer tattoos with outlandish designs that are popular among zailors.[29][30]
There's also an Overgoat here.[31] We request no further inquiries.
Refreshments
"The pavilion is less civilised than it sounds. Some of its wares are surprisingly tasty, if you're brave enough to try them."[32]
The Refreshment Pavilion offers many interesting foods and drinks.[32] Rubbery Lumps are the Carnival's most famous delicacy, which are apparently made of battered and fried zee-monster meat. Their texture can be tough, but consuming Rubbery Lumps may incite feelings of vigor and a desire to swim in the Unterzee. Or induce further hungers.[33] Spore-toffee is another snack that onlookers consider popular among criminals. It has a sticky texture but is remarkable at healing wounds. The Pavilion's cooks sometimes include a shard of glim in the pan when making spore-toffee, along with a quick incantation for luck.[34]
The Pavilion also offers cheap wine that's improved through heating and spice.[35] Other foods served here include pink-colored moss-floss and toffee-puffballs.[36]
Carnival Games
"The air thrums with the furtive energy of money changing hands. Games of skill. Games of chance. The occasional thrown lizard snatching a bat from the air. What could be better?"[37]
The Games Tent hosts many games of both skill and chance. Dice games are hosted that use dice with symbols instead of numbers. Known symbols are honey-drops, bats, daggers, hearts, and candles.[38] The Tent's lizard throwing game has players throw a lizard in the air to catch bats. Blue lights are set up nearby to attract moths and the bats who hunt them.[39] Card games are also played at high and low tables and use jade chips for stakes.[40][41]
Philonous the Uncanny is the Carnival's mesmerist and mnemonist who wears neathglass goggles to cover his eyes. He challenges visitors to a game of chess, but his gaze can be distracting.[42]
A game known as Mrs Plenty's Shooting Range is known to exist, and it offers prizes for crack shots.[43]
Beneath the Neath
"At MRS PLENTY'S CARNIVAL, ENJOY a DIVERTING EDUCATIONAL AND THRILLING RIDE into the CHASMIC ABYSMS of SUB-SUBTERRANEAN TROGLODYTRY! SEE the FOSSILS OF the ELDER PAST! ENJOY our PAINSTAKING RECREATION of the HELLS OF ANTIQUITY! (REFUNDS NOT AVAILABLE in case of UNWISE DEATH.)"[44]
Beneath the Neath is a ride built from a partially submerged big wheel[45] that takes passengers into a cavern below the Carnival. All passengers (typically) return soon after.[46] The cavern has large fossils embedded in the walls[47] and is also used as a hiding place for valuables. Known hidden goods include jade trinkets,[48] or souls and infernal contracts.[49]
The first section of Beneath the Neath has riders travel through various underworlds. First, riders are taken through a recreation of the classicial Hades. Then, they are taken through a recreation of a fire-and-brimstone Hell. The latter recreation is staffed by actors who may or may not be actual devils.[50]
The second part of the ride is in a deeper and pitch-black part of the cave. Glowing horse-sized slugs are the only source of light down here. A mysterious pulsation reverberates throughout the surroundings, like a heartbeat or breathing. The ride ascends back to the surface soon after.[51][49]
The House of Mirrors
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"The House of Mirrors squats like an ape in a quiet corner of the carnival. Strange mirrors are labelled in a neat, scholarly hand. It is not a popular attraction."[52]
The House of Mirrors is an unpopular attraction in an obscure section of the Carnival. It contains many labeled mirrors with strange properties.[52]
- Dream's Mirror is decorated with bronze cats and silver lizards. Looking into this mirror shows no reflection, but making contact leads to a new view of the world, and a trip to the Royal Bethlehem Hotel.[53]
- Heart's Mirror smells like blood and dust. It also shows no reflection, but anyone who makes contact is instantly killed.[54]
- The Winged Mirror is a mirror of dark glass and a frame covered in black feathers, with a corner chipped and removed.[55] This mirror is associated with July of the Calendar Council.[56]
- A mahogany-framed mirror is inscribed with beetles and tree-roots. Anyone who studies this mirror is sent to the Mirror-Marches.[57]
- A bronze-framed mirror has a frame with gargoyles said to be carved by a student of Dalou, a famous French sculptor. The mirror's surface is said to be made from glim melted in the furnaces of the Brass Embassy. This mirror has the inscription: "BE WARY".[58]
- An iron-framed mirror has a frame said to be made from cannonballs from the Crimea, and a backing made from silverware stolen from a church. This mirror has the inscription: "BE UNDEFEATED".[59]
- A gold-framed mirror has a frame forged from idols stolen from the Pale Tabernacle, which is a place of "unearthly delights" spoken of by zailors. The inscription on this mirror is unknown.[60][61]
- A lapis-framed mirror has decorations said to be from the Second City, but the mirror itself is recent. It has the inscription: "LOOK BEHIND YOU".[62]
The Anatomy Exhibition
"The NOTED PEDAGOGUE Mrs Plenty presents an INFORMATIVE and EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITION of ANATOMY and DANCES of ANTIQUITY for DISCERNING GENTLEFOLK. You will BE IMPROVED!"[63]
The Most Educational Anatomy Exhibition is an strictly educational exihibit staffed by various performers.[63] Known performers are Miss Forward[64] and Mr Adonis. There is also a tomb-colonist performer, who's really Mr Adonis wrapped in bandages.[65]
Rubbery Men also perform at the Anatomy Exhibition. Sadly, they are often heckled by audience members.[66] The Rubbery Men also do not approve of the arrangement, and they often rescue their fellows from the Exhibition in daring escapades.[67]
Other Known Peformers
"Madame Shoshana's shabby, perfumed little tent is tucked away behind the House of Mirrors. Cross her palm with silver, er, tickets, and choose your method of divination."[68]
Madame Shoshana is the Carnival's fortuneteller. She has a tent behind the House of Mirrors,[68] and she uses tea-leaves,[69] palm-reading,[70] unique tarot cards,[71] and a crystal ball for her divinations.[72]
Jervaise, butler to Mr Wines and husband to Mrs Plenty, works as the Carnival's Bearded Lady.[73][74]
Mlle Lefebvre is a renowned French accordionist who's known to perform at the Carnival.[75] The Human Cannonball is another known performer.[76] The Carnival is also known to employ acrobats,[77] contortionists,[78] and pole-vaulters, as well as firework displays, trampolines, and trapezes for flare.[77]
Other Attractions
"Well, the fire-eater is quite the show-woman. And those plate-spinners are rather amusing. But look - a monkey! Weren't you supposed to be doing something here? Never mind, it can wait a little longer. This place is most distracting."[79]
During a fad for bones and skeletons in London,[80] Mrs Plenty established a new Tent of Terror[81] and stocked it with horrifying skeletons purchased from the Department of Menace Eradication.[82]
Another attraction that was recently set up[83] is a prize-fighting tent[84] where a seven-foot tall goat-demon named Yule Lad faces various contenders in a ring of honor.[85][86] So far, no challenger has made it past the first round.[87]
The Feast of the Exceptional Rose
"In honour of the Feast of the Exceptional Rose, Mrs Plenty has set up a pleasure garden of heady delights. These include an 'exotic' roast chestnut stall, and a miserable juggler."[88]
To celebrate the Feast of the Exceptional Rose, the Carnival hosts a decorative garden[88] that includes a lounge,[89] dancers,[90] a chestnut stall, and a juggler.[88] It also serves a food called Deviled Hearts that taste of fire and can set the mind alight. The food's unique blend of spices can form sigils in a consumers eyes for a split second.[91] The garden also displays a fake Exceptional Rose,[92] and presents the Wheel of Affection, a miniature replica of the Carnival's big wheel. Each model gondala contains a small delightful token, such as a charming poem, or a dead bat in a box (charming!).[93][94]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mrs Plenty's Carnival, Fallen London
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Going to the Carnival, Fallen London
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Work the Carnival, Fallen London
- ↑ Have a chat in the shadow of the wheel, Fallen London
- ↑ Put on a little show, Fallen London
- ↑ The Bohemian Sculptress has a Moderately Improper Suggestion, Fallen London
- ↑ Tell fortunes, Fallen London
- ↑ Route: Mrs Plenty's Most Distracting Carnival, Fallen London
- ↑ Learn the way to another part of the city, Fallen London
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 The Big Top, Fallen London
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Steal the Carnival Strong Box, Fallen London
- ↑ Buy tickets to the Carnival, Fallen London
- ↑ Buy a ticket with moon-pearls, Fallen London
- ↑ Buy tickets with Whispered Hints, Fallen London
- ↑ Buy the stallholders' help, Fallen London
- ↑ Searching the heap of souls, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet your bohemian friends, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet some of the Widow's agents, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet some Constables you know, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet some devils, Fallen London
- ↑ Look for the disciple, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet tomb-colonists, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet some high society types slumming it, Fallen London
- ↑ ...an incognito Master?, Fallen London
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 The Sideshows, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet some revolutionaries, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet some Rubbery Men, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet with spies, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet some zailors, Fallen London
- ↑ It's the zailor that horse-butcher in Spite mentioned!, Fallen London
- ↑ Meet some criminals, Fallen London
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 The Refreshment Pavilion, Fallen London
- ↑ Lu-umps! Get yer rubbery Lu-umps! Pride of the Neath!, Fallen London
- ↑ Try some spore-toffee, Fallen London "They [...] mutter a spell."
- ↑ Try some hot wine, Fallen London
- ↑ 'Meet me at the contortionist's tent at midnight.', Fallen London "You wander [...] eating toffee-puffballs [...]"
- ↑ The games tent, Fallen London
- ↑ Try your luck at dice, Fallen London
- ↑ Lizard Throwing, Fallen London
- ↑ Cards: the low tables, Fallen London
- ↑ Cards: the high tables, Fallen London
- ↑ Chess against Philonous the Uncanny, Fallen London
- ↑ Gamble for silver!, Fallen London "You can't stop winning. [...] like a soldier potting prizes at Mrs Plenty's Carnival Shooting Range."
- ↑ WHAT LIES...BENEATH THE NEATH?, Fallen London
- ↑ Have a chat in the shadow of the wheel, Fallen London
- ↑ Beneath the Neath!, Fallen London
- ↑ What's that?, Fallen London
- ↑ Below the Neath, Fallen London
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 Go and see what else you can find, Fallen London
- ↑ Go for a ride, Fallen London "The first parts [...] decorated as underworlds. First a classical Hades [...] There follows a [...] Hell [...] with [...] red grease-lamps and brass cages. [...] are those real devils?"
- ↑ Go for a ride, Fallen London "Then the ride descends deeper. [...] the darkness is palpable [...] Phosphorescent slugs the size of ponies pulse in the darkness. [...] a deep slow rhythm throbs. The heartbeat of some immense creature [...]"
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 The House of Mirrors, Fallen London
- ↑ Gaze into Dream's Mirror, Fallen London
- ↑ Gaze into Heart's Mirror, Fallen London
- ↑ Lost in Reflections, Fallen London "Gaze into the Winged Mirror [...] Dark glass [...] fringed with [...] black feathers. [...] fragment is missing from the top corner."
- ↑ Lost in Reflections, Fallen London "You do not appear in the mirror. In your place stands [...] July!"
- ↑ A mahogany-framed mirror, Fallen London
- ↑ A bronze-framed mirror, Fallen London
- ↑ An iron-framed mirror, Fallen London
- ↑ A gold-framed mirror, Fallen London
- ↑ What is the Pale Tabernacle?, Fallen London
- ↑ A lapis-framed mirror, Fallen London
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 Most Educational Anatomy Exhibition, Fallen London
- ↑ The female specimen, Fallen London "[...] Miss Forward [...]"
- ↑ The bandaged specimen, Fallen London
- ↑ The rubbery specimen, Fallen London
- ↑ Arrange an escape from the Carnival, Fallen London
- ↑ 68.0 68.1 Visit Madame Shoshana, the Neath's Foremost Clairvoyante, Fallen London
- ↑ Have your tea-leaves read, Fallen London
- ↑ Have your palm read, Fallen London
- ↑ Try the tarot cards, Fallen London
- ↑ See what the crystal ball can foretell, Fallen London
- ↑ Jervaise at Mutton Island, Fallen London
- ↑ Report a story of Mutton Island to Mr Wines, Fallen London
- ↑ Carouse at Mrs Plenty's Carnival, Fallen London
- ↑ Por Una Cabeza, Fallen London "The fellow who runs the Beneath the Neath ride? Allowed [...] When you ask the Human Cannonball to clarify [...]"
- ↑ 77.0 77.1 Upwards (Story), Fallen London "Call [...] Carnival acquaintances [...] the acrobats arrive [...] to a chorus of fireworks, [...] After a day of pole-vaulting, trampolining and intensive trapeze work [...]"
- ↑ 'Meet me at the contortionist's tent at midnight.', Fallen London "'The MOST ACROBATIC [...] CONTORTIONISTS!"
- ↑ Look for the disciple, Fallen London
- ↑ A Flood of Bones, Fallen London
- ↑ Sell a complete skeleton to Mrs Plenty, Fallen London
- ↑ Mrs Plenty, Fallen London
- ↑ The Brass Grail (Story), Fallen London "There's a new tent there."
- ↑ The Brass Grail (Story), Fallen London "A Goat-demon Prize-fight."
- ↑ The Brass Grail (Story), Fallen London "[...] a goat-demon champion takes on all comers. He's seven feet tall [...] The word 'YULE LAD' has been sheared into his shoulder-fur."
- ↑ The Brass Grail (Story), Fallen London "You may box or wrestle as you prefer. [...] Welcome [...] to the field of honour"
- ↑ The Brass Grail (Story), Fallen London "A new contender! [...] Perhaps this bold soul will last the first round!"
- ↑ 88.0 88.1 88.2 The Perfumed Pleasure Garden, Fallen London
- ↑ Enjoy the decadence, Fallen London
- ↑ Join the dancers, Fallen London
- ↑ Mr Hearts' Devilled Hearts, Fallen London
- ↑ The Exceptional Rose, Fallen London
- ↑ The Wheel of Affection, Fallen London
- ↑ Gift of Scorn, Fallen London
