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The Showstopper

Finally it's here, the event you've aaaaall been waiting for!

[ The woman, clearly the ring master of all of this, has a commanding voice as she invites the contestants to the stage. ]

Here we are, darlings! Each and every one of you have braved the Cirque du Vrai and found yourselves enough to make it to the final stage! I hope you're not too intoxicated with temptation to withstand some final truths. And the one who makes it to the end, well.. let's just say they won't be who you expect.

[ A curtain flashes in the background, the silhouette of a pendant behind a curtain. ]

Who will win Attleton's most prized antiquity? Who will be our champion? [ The crowd cheers as she eggs them on, some of them seeming far more excited than they should be about a competition of this nature. ]

There are three rounds. The talents round- impress our audience and move on, fail and feel free to watch from the sidelines. Round two will test your mettle, guts, and stomach. And round three.. well, only those who make it that far will know the darkest of tests.

Let's begin!

OOC: Pairs for round one will each receive a comment. Please discuss OOCly who will win the round based on capabilities/luck/etc., then feel free to play it out! Once you know who will win, comment here to let a mod know and you'll get set up for your round two match as soon as there's another winner to make a pair. Please note that all round one games and pairings have been randomized using random.org's List Randomizer. Please also note that things will escalate very quickly after the first round, so if you are not okay with your character getting hurt, possibly lethally, you need to have them be eliminated quickly and are responsible for doing so. Characters are still wearing their masks and costumes and will be referred to not by name but by "Player 1" or "Player 2" to keep anonymity as much as possible.

UPDATE! (5/3): Round two winners please reply here to report winners.

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Comment here if your character is a round one winner after discussing it OOCly with the player of your character's opponent.

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Dance Dance Revolution Til You Drop
Non-stop DDR round with stand-up station (not controllers). Whoever stops dancing or fails first loses.

Edited 2017-04-29 18:21 (UTC)

Pies On You
Bake a pie and throw it at your opponent first! It will be judged by taste right from your opponent's face by a circus strongman, so make it with love!

Lemonade, Crunchy Ice
A twist on the old hand-clapping game! First one to lose gets a bucket of lemon juice dropped on them. Hope you don't have any open wounds!

Fright Fest
Contestants must create a prank to scare a third party. They may choose who, but difficult targets will result in higher scores.

Shuffle!
Contestants play a game of shuffleboard.

Edited 2017-04-29 18:26 (UTC)

Drinking Contest
Whoever passes out first loses. Done with Everclear so it won't take long.

Edited 2017-04-29 18:27 (UTC)

Eating Contest
Whoever eats the most deep fried pickles in 5 minutes wins!

Rock, Paper, Scissors
Best 2/3. How easy!

Too Much on Your Plate
Contestants engage in a plate spinning contest! First to lose both of their plates loses!

Ring Toss
First to get the ring over the red bottle wins. Targets are moving, so you'd better have good aim.

Edited 2017-04-29 18:29 (UTC)

Pump up the jam!
Time for a little one-on-one basketball.

Karaoke Party
Contestants sing the same song back to back, voice detection gives points based on note and lyrical accuracy! Highest score wins.

Step Right Up
Contestants use a hammer to ring a bell. A contestant must ring the bell to win. If both contestants ring the bell, it will be measured by force with which they hit the pad. (Measure in pad.)

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[As soon as the Succubus and bardess, Pidonus Marasia, had seen the nature of the contest, she almost openly laughed maniacally. A singing competition? Clearly, she'd been offered a 'gimme' to advance to the next round easily! Very good for exciting the crowd, this sort of thing.

As she strutted onto the stage in her blue chinese-style dress and simple opera-mask, Pidonus smiled with a borderline sadism...]

[... Before she took one look at the music and completely and utterly froze in place.]

Wait. Where's the timing markers? This just shows the note progressions and the flow between them! Never mind the language and writing style it's in is... Kinda ancient I think? How do you...

[The demoness trailed off into confused muttering. For Dante, the music in front of him would be immediately familiar - a traditional Latin church hymn. There was no need for timing markers when he knew the timing from his teachings.]

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Have a reddish like dark mask on Dante is going dark red for the occasion and a little twist on red and white to show off what he went through.

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He is wearing a cross on his neck.

The costume Dante is wearing is making the audience cheer on Dante's side as he walked out, rather calmly.

He eyed his competition and the song which shocked him. Was this ... song based off his favorite church song?

Thank you...

He took the microphone and slid it into his hand, smirking at his opponent.

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Apologies for intruding, ms..

But this is MY favorite song.

Dante proceeded to what do they call it "burn" his opponent at this song in Latin.

[Clearly, Pidonus only had one shot at winning this: Pay extremely close attention to how this person sung, and figure out the timing that way!

The tone was alien, the timing not quite following a precise rhythm... No, more like it was precisely arhythmic, in a way that would require a precisely-trained choir who ould operate in perfect synch.

That meant one thing, she realized... This was a religious piece. And from the power of the man's faith, a holy one.

Which meant that, by the time her turn had started, she was visibly sweating...]

Well. Here goes...

[... Ten seconds later, the succubus was literally on fire. And, in spite of it not seeming to hurt her much, not in the good way.

Dante had just burned his opponent in a sliiiightly more literal fashion than intended.]

... I'll just. Take my leave.

[... And with that, Pidonus just sort of walked off.]

Dante just held the microphone and stepped back as the succubus became on fire and eyed her "Demon, feel the power of my song!"

The Song ended and his opponent had been "burned" literally.

He nodded "Thank you Beatrice, Heaven etc.."

[Round 1 done, Dante A has won.]

Dante A won his first round.

[ Mercury isn't exactly dressed for the sport, and his mask probably won't help him much unless it happens to psyche out his opponent. Still, he seems pretty cocky as he steps onto the court, hands on his hips as he cracks his neck one way, then the other. ]

Ball goes in the hoop. Easy enough.

[It's a secret, but the devil love to dance and enjoy the music. Waltz, minuets, sonatas, he love them all. So for the first task, a dance competition, this is a piece of cake.

To his opponent, he made a small bow curtsy before the round begins. The bright large monitor displays the music video of the song, the stereo blasting "Beethoven Virus" to start them off, and a fury of arrows ascending from the lower part of the screen.

It's not everyday to get an audience watching you perform, and Sebastian feels he's really shining as it has been long since he gives quite a show. Tempting as it is, the demon found this game...fun and he was bored for quite some time, as he's been in Genessia for a long time and there's a part of him that missed his homeworld. For now, the game is a fun distraction.

Except nobody knows who is the mysterious masked dancer, as he's silent and didn't give his name. It adds to the mystery. When asked before the competition begins, he simply said his name is "Mr.Black" to match the color of his suit.

All the crowd sees is a tall guy, wearing a classy white and black tuxedo with a black bow tie, wearing a crow mask (with real black feathers), a small black top hat, and a pair of black gloves. The crow dancer can sure really dance, stepping the flashing arrows on the platform with much accuracy with his feet, racking up the combos with his impressive moves.

When the song is over, he made a gesture to his opponent, being a polite bird, to allow Soma pick the next song for the next round. Sebastian isn't long-winded either. He's battle ready and dance ready!]

[Imagine all those times Mina dragged him off to those ancient arcades having this kind of payoff. He had encountered this game before; had even, to his embarrassment, gotten quite good at it. Enough to be completely on point throughout an unfamiliar song. Really, he could almost have worn earmuffs or plugs - he timed his reactions to the symbols on the screen rather than the music.

These machines, or the songs people put on them, had a tendency at some points to be... out of step with the music, at some weird points. Nothing an observant person would miss, true, but if you weren't watching, you might get caught in the music. So, he ignored it. Ignored the music entirely, and focused only on the screen, blotting out all else.

And then the song was over, and both of them had scored... perfectly. This could be interesting. He bowed to his opponent - Mr. Black, meet Mr. White, who has taken a decidedly draconic motif for his costume. He can even breathe fire on command!

Taking his cue, Soma scrolls through the list of unfamiliar tunes, looking for a likely sounding one. Hmm... 'Bloody Tears'? Sure, why not.]

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The Showstopper

Round One Winners!

Sebastian Michaelis VS Soma Cruz

Remilia Scarlet VS Peter Quill

Theodore Satchel VS Marcus Wright

Flandre Scarlet VS Edward Nygma

Jaune Arc VS Namur

Koishi Komeiji VS Augustine Sycamore

Emerald Sustrai VS Blake Belladonna

Colette Brunel VS Tayler Phillips

Cassian Andor VS Rocket

Hamusuke VS Grell Sutcliff

Kamille Rainer VS Mercury Black

Pidonus Marasia VS Dante Alighieri

Oswald Cobblepot VS Dorian of House Pavus

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