Editing Mrs Plenty's Carnival

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<font color = red>It is the midnight hour.</font> [[Mrs Plenty's Carnival...|Can you make it in time?]]

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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> and 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> It can be accessed from a path through the Prickfinger Wastes,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Route:_Mrs_Plenty%27s_Most_Distracting_Carnival|Route: Mrs Plenty's Most Distracting Carnival|Fallen London|}} ''"You know one of the safer ways to the Carnival on the edge of the Prickfinger Wastes."''</ref> but the route is surrounded by dangerously sharp crystal formations; a single misstep may lead to a difficult [[death]] to recover from.<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. [...] If you fell against one you'd probably wake up in the tomb-colonies."''</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 through a machine that dispenses tickets automatically.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Buy_a_ticket_with_moon-pearls|Buy a ticket with moon-pearls|Fallen London|}} ''"You deposit your pearls in the machine. Moments later it dispenses a roll of tickets. Ah, technology."''</ref> Tickets may also be bought using souls,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Buy_the_stallholders%27_help|Buy the stallholders' help|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] eventually she tells you she gave it to her grandson to spend at the Carnival."''</ref> and the cashier's tent has thousands stored away from customers.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Searching_the_heap_of_souls|Searching the heap of souls|Fallen London|}} ''"The cashier's tent at Mrs Plenty's Most Distracting Carnival houses a vast pile of bottled souls. Thousands upon thousands of them."''</ref>  

[[File:TICKET.png|alt=A yellow ticket reading "ADMIT ONE".|thumb|A carnival ticket.]]Notable performers at the Carnival include [[Madame Shoshana]] and [[Hephaesta]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_Madame_Shoshana,_the_Neath%27s_Foremost_Clairvoyante|Visit Madame Shoshana, the Neath's Foremost Clairvoyante|Fallen London|}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_some_high_society_types_slumming_it|Meet some high society types slumming it|Fallen London|}} ''"They're admiring Hephaesta, the strong-woman, on loan from Mahogany Hall in Spite."''</ref> [[Jervaise]], butler to [[Mr Wines]] and husband of [[Mrs Plenty]], also works as the Carnival's '''Bearded Lady'''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Jervaise_at_Mutton_Island|Jervaise at Mutton Island|Fallen London|}} ''"It is Jervaise, Mr Wines' very own butler, who moonlights as the Bearded Lady at Mrs Plenty's Carnival."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Report_a_story_of_Mutton_Island_to_Mr_Wines|Report a story of Mutton Island to Mr Wines|Fallen London|}} ''"A happy union! [...] Their marriage, renewed, reforged!"''</ref>

===Main Attractions===

<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>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Refreshment_Pavilion|The Refreshment Pavilion|Fallen London|}}</ref></blockquote>

The '''Big Top''' is the Carnival's main attraction. It boasts a variety of performing animals,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_your_bohemian_friends|Meet your bohemian friends|Fallen London|}} ''"Artists and poets of your acquaintance are discussing the wolves' rather lacklustre performance."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_some_of_the_Widow%27s_agents|Meet some of the Widow's agents|Fallen London|}} ''"You see them over by the performing bears."''</ref> stunt artists,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_some_Constables_you_know|Meet some Constables you know|Fallen London|}} ''"Some Constables who you have dealt with before are interviewing a sword-swallower [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_some_devils|Meet some devils|Fallen London|}} ''"A number of junior devils are taunting the fire-eaters and fire-breathers."''</ref> and spectacles like caged [[tigers]].<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_tomb-colonists|Meet tomb-colonists|Fallen London|}} ''"Some tomb-colonists of your acquaintance hover gloomily near the tiger cages."''</ref> Even the [[Masters of the Bazaar]] sometimes visit, indistinguishably cloaked and under heavy guard.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/...an_incognito_Master%3F|...an incognito Master?|Fallen London|}} ''"A hunched figure wrapped in a [...] cloak and cowl [...] A vigilant throng of neddy men menaces anyone coming too close."''</ref> Near the Carnival's outskirts are the '''Sideshows''', a haunt of the less societally respectable; this area features various games,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Sideshows|The Sideshows|Fallen London|}} ''"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> [[Weasels|weasel]] fighting pits,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_some_revolutionaries|Meet some revolutionaries|Fallen London|}} ''"Several members of what they call 'the dynamite faction' are betting at the weasel pit."''</ref> further novelty performances,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_some_Rubbery_Men|Meet some Rubbery Men|Fallen London|}} ''"A gaggle of Rubbery Men is gathered around the musical donkey."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_with_spies|Meet with spies|Fallen London|}} ''"A few spies you recognise are meeting discreetly near the drownie choir."''</ref> and tattoo artists offering outlandish and risqué designs that are popular among zailors.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Meet_some_zailors|Meet some zailors|Fallen London|}} ''"A gang of zailors is getting this week's tattoos. [...] They're keen to show off their latest decorations [...] a three-headed mermaid on fire."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/It%27s_the_zailor_that_horse-butcher_in_Spite_mentioned!|It's the zailor that horse-butcher in Spite mentioned!|Fallen London|}} ''"The fellow rolls up his sleeves to reveal what could be the most indecent tattoo in the Neath. [...] 'I got this beauty at the Carnival. [...]"''</ref>

 

===Other Attractions===

'''Beneath the Neath''' is a partially submerged Ferris wheel that descends into a cavern underground.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Beneath_the_Neath!|Beneath the Neath!|Fallen London|}} ''"The carnival's big wheel lowers brave customers into the earth."''</ref> Passengers are first taken through a recreation of a classical Hades, then through a fire-and-brimstone [[Hell]] which may be staffed by actual [[devils]]. As the ride dives deeper, mysterious pulsations reverberate that evoke a heartbeat or breathing, and glowing, pony-sized slugs provide the only light. Soon after this interlude, the ride ascends back to the surface.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Go_for_a_ride|Go for a ride|Fallen London|}} ''"The first parts of the ride are decorated as underworlds. First a classical Hades [...] a dispirited-looking Charon without a river and a Tantalus who looks a little too well-fed. There follows a genuinely unsettling Hell decorated with smoky red grease-lamps and brass cages. [...] And are those real devils? [...] Then the ride descends deeper. [...] Even for one used to the Neath's dimness, the darkness is palpable and oppressive. [...] Deeper still. Phosphorescent slugs the size of ponies pulse in the darkness. [...] Almost too low to hear, a deep slow rhythm throbs. The heartbeat of some immense creature or a feature of the air moving in the chasm? You are not entirely sorry when the gondola starts moving upward. [...]"''</ref>

*A bronze-framed mirror decorated with gargoyles is said to have been carved by a student of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Dalou Dalou]. The mirror's surface was supposedly forged from [[Moon-Misers|glim]] melted in the furnaces of the [[Brass Embassy]]. It is inscribed: ''BE WARY''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_bronze-framed_mirror|A bronze-framed mirror|Fallen London|}} ''"'The cavorting gargoyles round the frame are the work of a student of Dalou; the surface is not glass but glim, clarified in the Embassy furnaces...' An inscription in the frame reads: BE WARY.</ref>

*An iron-framed mirror is said to have been forged from cannonballs from the Crimea, with a backing made from silverware stolen from a church. It has the inscription: ''BE UNDEFEATED''.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/An_iron-framed_mirror|An iron-framed mirror|Fallen London|}} ''"'The frame of this mirror is cast from cannonballs recovered from the Crimea. Looted church silverware was melted to silver the glass.' An inscription in the frame reads: BE UNDEFEATED."''</ref>

*A gold-framed mirror is said to have been forged from idols stolen from the '''Pale Tabernacle''', a place of "unearthly delights" spoken of by zailors. The mirror's inscription is unknown.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_gold-framed_mirror|A gold-framed mirror|Fallen London|}} ''"'The gold leaf of this mirror's frame was scraped from idols stolen from the Pale Tabernacle, or so claims...' You don't even read the rest of the label. You're looking at your reflection. Good God, you're gorgeous."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Sidebar_Snippets#Wolfstack_Docks|What is the Pale Tabernacle?|Fallen London|}} ''"What is the Pale Tabernacle? [...] A tall tale told by zailors. They say it's a place of unearthly delights [...]"''</ref>