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{{Neath_Location||image1 = Carnivalheadermidnight.png|caption1 = Midnight.|location = Unknown|allegiance = [[Mrs Plenty]] (owner)|notable_inhabitants = [[Mrs Plenty]]}}<blockquote>''"You rush down the last stretch of the path to the Carnival, sleeves dusted with crystal-shards. Are you in time?"''<ref name = "go">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Go.|Go.|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
{{Neath_Location||image1 = Carnivalheader.png|caption1 = Midnight.|location = Unknown|allegiance = [[Mrs Plenty]] (owner)|notable_inhabitants = [[Mrs Plenty]]}}''"You rush down the last stretch of the path to the Carnival, sleeves dusted with crystal-shards. Are you in time?"''<ref name = "go">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Go.|Go.|Fallen London|}}</ref>


<font color="red">'''Mrs Plenty's Carnival...'''</font>
<font color="red">'''Mrs Plenty's Carnival...'''</font>
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== Distracting ==
== Distracting ==
<blockquote>''"It's hard to be sure, sometimes, exactly what's real. Perhaps you only imagined that little ritual. Perhaps you'd have arrived on time in any case. Perhaps all those secrets were only fog. But here you are."''<ref name = "conjunction">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_conjunction_of_crypticisms|A conjunction of crypticisms|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
''"It's hard to be sure, sometimes, exactly what's real. Perhaps you only imagined that little ritual. Perhaps you'd have arrived on time in any case. Perhaps all those secrets were only fog. But here you are."''<ref name = "conjunction">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_conjunction_of_crypticisms|A conjunction of crypticisms|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Blackgaz.png|alt=A black rectangle.|thumb|130x130px|[[Mrs Plenty|A Lady of the Well]].]]
[[File:Blackgaz.png|alt=A black rectangle.|thumb|130x130px|[[Mrs Plenty|A Lady of the Well]]]]
[[Mrs Plenty's Carnival]] is located between [[Spite]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Tell_fortunes|Tell fortunes|Fallen London|}} ''"You set up a stall in Spite, far enough away from the Carnival [...]"''</ref> and the [[Prickfinger Wastes]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Learn_the_way_to_another_part_of_the_city|Learn the way to another part of the city|Fallen London|}} ''"Mrs Plenty's Most Distracting Carnival, on the edge of the Prickfinger Wastes."''</ref> It is owned and managed by the one and only [[Mrs Plenty]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Have_a_chat_in_the_shadow_of_the_wheel|Have a chat in the shadow of the wheel|Fallen London|}} ''"Catch Mrs Plenty when she nips around the side of the wheel for a smoke. [...] 'Gerrofoutofit, you. I've got a bleedin' carnival to run. Go on, sling yer hook.'"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Bohemian_Sculptress_has_a_Moderately_Improper_Suggestion|The Bohemian Sculptress has a Moderately Improper Suggestion|Fallen London|}} ''"Dear heart, I was at the carnival, and the proprietor – Mrs Plenty [...]"''</ref> who has [[Mr Eaten|duties]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/One_more_loss|One more loss|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] I never [...] formally resigned from bein' a Lady of the Well. So I get to play crossroads, 'ere."''</ref> she could [[Mutton Island|never let go of]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22What_do_you_care%3F%22|"What do you care?"|Fallen London|}}''"You can take the gel out of the Mutton, but you can't take the Mutton out of the gel. Not all the way. So what about you? Why're you chasin' yer doom so 'ard?"''</ref> It is unclear if this Carnival is even real; it may all be a dream.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/One_more_loss|One more loss|Fallen London|}}''"When you wake up - and you're about to wake up - [...]"''</ref> Regardless, it can be accessed via a ritual<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_conjunction_of_crypticisms|A conjunction of crypticisms|Fallen London|}} ''"You know enough about the hidden workings of the world to press your thumb into its weak spots. If you time your departure from your lodgings exactly between this tick and that tock -- if you wear your hat at the proper angle -- if you have not touched raw meat between now and the new moon the moon-pearls predict--"''</ref> or by arriving on time at exactly midnight. But it's a gamble. A single misstep can be [[Mrs Plenty's Carnival|most distracting]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Go.|Go.|Fallen London|}} ''"Are you in time? Or was this whole thing some twisted joke?" (Wake up.)''</ref>
[[Mrs Plenty's Carnival]] is a popular attraction found near [[Spite]] in [[London]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Tell_fortunes|Tell fortunes|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Work_the_Carnival|Work the Carnival|Fallen London|}}</ref> ''This'' may or may not be the same Carnival.<ref name = "go"/> [[Mrs Plenty]] is the Carnival's owner and namesake.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Have_a_chat_in_the_shadow_of_the_wheel|Have a chat in the shadow of the wheel|Fallen London|}}</ref> She has [[Mr Eaten|duties]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/One_more_loss|One more loss|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] I never [...] formally resigned from bein' a Lady of the Well. So I get to play crossroads, 'ere."''</ref> she could [[Mutton Island|never let go of]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/%22What_do_you_care%3F%22|"What do you care?"|Fallen London|}}</ref>


The Carnival's stalls require tickets for admittance,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Buy_tickets_to_the_Carnival|Buy tickets to the Carnival|Fallen London|}} ''"The carnival stalls accept tickets. They must be purchased, or exchanged for secrets."''</ref> which are purchased with moon-pearls for the price beyond price. Admit one.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pearls_beyond_price_are_the_price|Pearls beyond price are the price|Fallen London|}}''"They will spill from your hands like foam."''</ref>
The Carnival's stalls require tickets from customers.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Buy_tickets_to_the_carnival_(SMEN)|Buy tickets to the carnival (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref> Tickets are purchased with moon-pearls for the price beyond price. Admit one.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Pearls_beyond_price_are_the_price|Pearls beyond price are the price|Fallen London|}}</ref>


=== The Big Top ===
It's unclear if this Carnival is even real; it may all just be a dream.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/One_more_loss|One more loss|Fallen London|}}</ref> Regardless, it can be accessed via a ritual<ref name = "conjunction"/> or by arriving on time at exactly midnight. But it's a gamble. A single misstep can be [[Mrs Plenty's Carnival|most distracting]].<ref name = "go"/>
<blockquote>''"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."''<ref name = "big top">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Big_Top_(SMEN)|The Big Top (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>


The '''Big Top''' is the grandest tent at the Carnival. It is completely empty. Performing onstage will draw jeers and mockery from no one.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/PERFORM|PERFORM|Fallen London|}}''"You range the tent from side to side, leaping like an ape, ripping banners, heaping up furniture. Jeers rise from the empty seats. Your efforts impress no one. That is the fate of all who dance here."''</ref>
== 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."''<ref name = "big top">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Big_Top_(SMEN)|The Big Top (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref>


=== The Sideshows ===
The '''Big Top''' is the grandest tent at the Carnival.<ref name = "big top"/> It's completely empty. Performing onstage will draw jeers and mockery from no one. All who perform here know this.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/PERFORM|PERFORM|Fallen London|}}</ref>
<blockquote>''"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!"''<ref name = "sideshows">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_sideshows_(SMEN)|The sideshows (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>


The '''Sideshows''' are the less grandiose tents found near the Carnival's outskirts. They feature the [[Big Rat]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_the_Big_Rat|Speak with the Big Rat|Fallen London|}}''"It shakes its borrowed face sadly, and your eyes roll in their sockets. "I'm a complicated creature, certainly. But you might have made the effort." You do not part as friends."''</ref> and the [[Eater-of-Chains]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_the_Eater-of-Chains|Speak with the Eater-of-Chains|Fallen London|}}''"So many chains, still," it growls. Its voices is the rasp of file on iron. "I will gulp them like sausage-links. You may watch me if you wish."''</ref> Neither has much to say.
== 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!"''<ref name = "sideshows">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_sideshows_(SMEN)|The sideshows (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref>


There is also a [[Bestiary#Fungus-Column|fungus-tower]] here. Further inquiries are welcomed. ''(Ouch.)<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_a_fungus-tower|Speak with a fungus-tower|Fallen London|}}''"You pat its flank affectionately, and it exudes enough digestive fluid to raise stinging welts up your whole arm. Perhaps later, when it's learnt some manners."''</ref>''
The '''Sideshows''' are the less grandiose tents found near the Carnival's outskirts.<ref name = "sideshows"/> They feature the [[Big Rat]] and the [[Eater-of-Chains]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_the_Big_Rat|Speak with the Big Rat|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_the_Eater-of-Chains|Speak with the Eater-of-Chains|Fallen London|}}</ref> Neither has much to say.


=== Refreshments ===
There is also a [[Bestiary#Fungus-Column|fungus-tower]] here.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Speak_with_a_fungus-tower|Speak with a fungus-tower|Fallen London|}}</ref> Further inquiries are welcomed.
<blockquote>''"The pavilion is less civilised than it sounds. Some of its wares are surprisingly tasty, if you're brave enough to try them."''<ref name = "pavilion">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Refreshment_Pavilion_(SMEN)|The Refreshment Pavilion (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>


The '''Refreshment Pavilion''' offers many interesting foods and drinks. Visitors may consume raw meat, fungi, nearby poles, their own memories and limbs...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Gorge_yourself|Gorge yourself|Fallen London|}}''"The more you eat, the more you need. Your belly gnaws at you as you gnaw at raw meat, fungus, tent-poles, fresh cats, childhood memories, your own limbs. Perhaps you should continue."''</ref>
== Refreshments ==
''"The pavilion is less civilised than it sounds. Some of its wares are surprisingly tasty, if you're brave enough to try them."''<ref name = "pavilion">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Refreshment_Pavilion_(SMEN)|The Refreshment Pavilion (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref>


=== Carnival Games ===
The '''Refreshment Pavilion''' offers many interesting foods and drinks.<ref name = "pavilion"/> Visitors consume raw meat, fungi, nearby poles, their own memories and limbs...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Gorge_yourself|Gorge yourself|Fallen London|}}</ref>
<blockquote>''"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?"''<ref name = "games tent">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_games_tent_(SMEN)|The games tent (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>


The '''Games Tent''' hosts many games of both skill and chance. But only one seems to be played here right now. The [[Red-Handed Queen]] is in a chess match with the [[The Beleaguered King|Beleaguered King]]: a rather long match, mind you.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Watch_a_chess_match|Watch a chess match|Fallen London|}}''"The Beleaguered King is playing the Red-Handed Queen. Each takes their time. It promises to be a long match."''</ref>
== 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?"''<ref name = "games tent">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_games_tent_(SMEN)|The games tent (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref>
 
The '''Games Tent''' hosts many games of both skill and chance.<ref name = "games tent"/> But only one seems to be played here right now.<ref name = "games tent"/> The [[Red-Handed Queen]] is in a chess match with the [[The Beleaguered King|Beleaguered King]]. A rather long match, mind.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Watch_a_chess_match|Watch a chess match|Fallen London|}}</ref>


== Above the Neath ==
== Above the Neath ==
<blockquote>''"You realise that the sign has changed; and that the wheel now ascends into the roof of the cavern, far above the false-stars. It would return you to the Surface, where the sunlight would shrivel you like a slug."''<ref name = "above">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/ABOVE_THE_NEATH|ABOVE THE NEATH|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
''"You realise that the sign has changed; and that the wheel now ascends into the roof of the cavern, far above the false-stars. It would return you to the Surface, where the sunlight would shrivel you like a slug."''<ref name = "above">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/ABOVE_THE_NEATH|ABOVE THE NEATH|Fallen London|}}</ref>


'''Beneath the Neath''' is a partially submerged Ferris wheel that takes passengers into a cavern below the Carnival. ''Most'' passengers return.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/BENEATH_THE_NEATH_(SMEN)|BENEATH THE NEATH (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}''"The carnival's big wheel lowers brave customers into the earth. It almost always brings them back, too."''</ref>
'''Beneath the Neath''' is a partially submerged Ferris wheel<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Have_a_chat_in_the_shadow_of_the_wheel|Have a chat in the shadow of the wheel|Fallen London|}}</ref> that takes passengers into a cavern below the Carnival. ''Most'' passengers return soon after.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/BENEATH_THE_NEATH_(SMEN)|BENEATH THE NEATH (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref>


But the sign has changed. Now the ride takes passengers far above, where <span style="background-color: purple">[REDACTED BY THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC DECENCY]</span>.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/ABOVE_THE_NEATH|ABOVE THE NEATH|Fallen London|}} ''"You realise that the sign has changed; and that the wheel now ascends into the roof of the cavern, far above the false-stars. It would return you to the Surface, where the sunlight would shrivel you like a slug."''</ref>
It would, if the sign wasn't changed. Now, the ride takes passengers far above, where <span style="background-color: purple">[REDACTED BY THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC DECENCY]</span>.<ref name = "above"/>


==The House of Mirrors==
==The House of Mirrors==
<blockquote>''"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."''<ref name = "mirrors">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_House_of_Mirrors_(SMEN)|The House of Mirrors (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
''"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."''<ref name = "mirrors">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_House_of_Mirrors_(SMEN)|The House of Mirrors (SMEN)|Fallen London|}}</ref>


The '''House of Mirrors''' is an unpopular attraction in an ignored part of the Carnival. It contains many labeled mirrors with unique, often dangerous, properties.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_House_of_Mirrors_(SMEN)|The House of Mirrors (SMEN)|Fallen London|}} ''"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."''</ref>
The '''House of Mirrors''' is an unpopular attraction in an ignored part of the Carnival. It contains many labeled mirrors with unique, often dangerous, properties.<ref name = "mirrors"/>


But it is completely dark there now. No mirror can be distinguished from another.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Find_the_one_mirror_you_need|Find the one mirror you need|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] in the sunlight that leaks from your eyes. In one mirror, [...] In another, [...] This one is all maw: [...] But this reflection here [...]"''</ref>
But it's completely dark there now. No mirror can be distinguished from another.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Find_the_one_mirror_you_need|Find the one mirror you need|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] in the sunlight that leaks from your eyes. In one mirror, [...] In another, [...] This one is all maw: [...] But this reflection here [...]"''</ref>


=== MADNESS ===
== MADNESS ==
<blockquote>''"You can contain many, but not multitudes."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/MADNESS|MADNESS|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
''"You can contain many, but not multitudes."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/MADNESS|MADNESS|Fallen London|}}</ref>
[[File:Mad.png|alt=A shadowy man with a long mask.|thumb|[[The Royal Bethlehem Hotel|An escape?]]]]
''"CLEFT FOR THEE HIDE IN ME"''<ref name = "pig">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/My_Kingdom_for_a_Pig|My Kingdom for a Pig|Fallen London|}}</ref>


=== DEATH ===
<font color="purple"><span style="background-color: purple">''"Eyes in the temple walls. They watch. Carved irises and eyelids and pupils dilated, chiseled to observe the rites the priest-king works upon the stone altar. They will never stop watching. Never. They are always open. They are painted, and plated with radiant bronze. The walls are wrong. The walls are always wrong."''</span></font><ref name = "pig"/>
<blockquote>''"Once again, you have gone too far."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/DEATH|DEATH|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>
 
== DEATH ==
<font color="red">''"Once again, you have gone too far."''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/DEATH|DEATH|Fallen London|}}</ref></font>
 
''"FEED US"''<ref name = "pig"/>
 
<font color="purple"><span style="background-color: purple">''"Teeth clogged with gore. Red. Dripping. More. Beasts slaughtered, feasts spread on the floor. Our fingers probe their bones. We chew. Amongst the smoke, the popping fat, we devour the dead until our hungers have been fed. Feed us. Feed us more than the dead."''</span></font><ref name = "pig"/>


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