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Junpei
Oct 4, 2015

Although next time, you would be wise to heed the ancient Japanese proverb... phone first!
Let's not help the freaks.

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VivaLa Eeveelution
Apr 3, 2011

But today's Wednesday. :australia:

Mraagvpeine
Nov 4, 2014

I won this avatar on a technicality this thick.
Wait until Wednesday for that option

Ratatozsk
Mar 6, 2007

Had we turned left instead, we may have encountered something like this...
It's now Wednesday in most of the world.

where the red fern gropes
Aug 24, 2011


The Deviations posted:

But today's Wednesday. :australia:

serefin99
Apr 15, 2016

Mikoooon~
Your lovely shrine maiden fox wife, Tamamo no Mae, is here to help!

Hell yes. Goosebumps was my poo poo when I was younger. The 'Give Yourself Goosebumps' line was decidedly less my poo poo, but my poo poo nonetheless.

Anyway, as others have pointed out, today's Wednesday.

Glass Punkbull 141
Jan 9, 2008

This is the face of a winner. This is what winning looks like.
Today is Wednesday, no time like the present.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



quote:

This is your lucky day.

You duck as the crane swings over your head.

"Run!" you shout to your friends.

You glance at your watch - 11:55. If you're really lucky, you can still make it out of the carnival by midnight.

You can see the exit up ahead. As you charge through the gate, you feel really hopeful - until you run into Big Al.

He blocks the exit with his huge body. His massive hands are planted on his hips. "No one escapes from the Carnival of Horrors!" he roars.

You've got to find a way out. Now!

To your right is the entrance to Halloween Express - you could try that.

Or maybe you should run down a different path. There's got to be more exits around here somewhere.

Choose fast!

Run down a different path? Go to PAGE 5.

Halloween Express? Go to PAGE 108.


Character Sheet posted:

Inventory
Carnival Map

Goal Endings: 1/2

Bad Endings
Lost the Final Challenge and wound up in the freak show.
Got chucked through a concrete wall by a giant.
Launched into space in a malfunctioning rocket.
Went back in time to the start of the book.
Accidentally discovered the incantation for the "Turn Self Into Chicken" spell.
Got hopelessly lost in the mirror maze.
Mistook a monster for a robot and got our head ripped off.
Had our heads chopped off by murderous elves.
Went over a waterfall on the Log Flume and drowned.

Achievements
Lightning Round: Get the best result on the Wheel of Chance on your first spin, then leave without spinning again.
Freak Out: Rescue the freaks from the freak show before escaping the carnival.

serefin99
Apr 15, 2016

Mikoooon~
Your lovely shrine maiden fox wife, Tamamo no Mae, is here to help!

We don't have time for more rides, so let's try a different path.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015

Although next time, you would be wise to heed the ancient Japanese proverb... phone first!

serefin99 posted:

We don't have time for more rides, so let's try a different path.

What he said

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

No, we ride the Halloween Express.

Arrhythmia
Jul 22, 2011

AnAnonymousIdiot posted:

No, we ride the Halloween Express.

someone awful.
Sep 7, 2007


It's the Express so I'm sure it'll be fast enough, right?

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



Just FYI, this is the same place we'd have ended up if we'd picked the Halloween Express instead of the Mountain King ride earlier.

quote:

"We've got to get out of here, it's almost midnight," you say as you run toward the Halloween Express ride.

"Hey, maybe we should try one of these cars," Brad says, pointing to the red and orange cars that run on a track.

The three of you crowd into a little car that's really meant for two. You jam your foot on the gas pedal, and you're flying!

"All right!" Brad cheers. "We're on our way home! Hey, I wonder why they call this the Halloween Express?" he asks.

You turn the wheel sharply to the left, and then you know why...

quote:

Your Halloween Express car pulls up in front of a cottage and the cottage door opens with a creak. You all jerk your heads up to peer at the door. You see a skeleton wearing an evil smile. And he lunges right for you!

"Trick or treat!" he screeches. Then he stretches out his bony hands to snatch you!

You pound on the gas pedal, and the car shoots forward - out of the skeleton's grasp!

Your heart begins to race as the car speeds out of control. You tear through an eerie forest, speed past more cottages - but still you don't see a way out.

And then it comes into view - a service exit!

All you have to do is stop the car, jump out, and scramble through the fence, and you'll be free.

You check your watch - five minutes to midnight!

"Oh, no!" Patty screams. "Quick, turn left! Don't stop!"

quote:

You squint hard at the road ahead of you - and see why Patty wants you to turn. There they are - the people in the old-fashioned clothes. Only they don't look the same.

Some have green flesh. Some are deathly white. Their rotting skin hangs from their bones.

And they're all reaching out. Reaching out for you!

"Turn! Turn!" Patty yells.

You spin the wheel sharply to the left to avoid them. But you can't dodge the ghostly creature that's rising above you. He's ten feet tall - with arms so long that they scrape the ground. His mouth gapes open to reveal hundreds of blackened, rotting teeth.

He swoops down at you. You turn the steering wheel hard to the right. Too hard - it comes off in your hands!

"Jump!" you cry. "Jump and run! Run!"

The three of you leap out of the moving car. But are you fast enough? That depends on how fast your reflexes are.

Try this test and find out. Throw a ball in the air. Try to clap three times before you catch it.

If you can do it - turn to PAGE 73.

If you couldn't - turn to PAGE 127.


Character Sheet posted:

Inventory
Carnival Map

Goal Endings: 1/2

Bad Endings
Lost the Final Challenge and wound up in the freak show.
Got chucked through a concrete wall by a giant.
Launched into space in a malfunctioning rocket.
Went back in time to the start of the book.
Accidentally discovered the incantation for the "Turn Self Into Chicken" spell.
Got hopelessly lost in the mirror maze.
Mistook a monster for a robot and got our head ripped off.
Had our heads chopped off by murderous elves.
Went over a waterfall on the Log Flume and drowned.

Achievements
Lightning Round: Get the best result on the Wheel of Chance on your first spin, then leave without spinning again.
Freak Out: Rescue the freaks from the freak show before escaping the carnival.

Cathode Raymond
Dec 30, 2015

My antenna is telling me that you're probably wrong about this.
Soiled Meat
I successfully clapped three times before catching the ball just like the children's CYOA told me to.

FredMSloniker
Jan 2, 2008

Why, yes, I do like Kirby games.
The rules didn't say I couldn't let it bounce a few times before catching it, right?

serefin99
Apr 15, 2016

Mikoooon~
Your lovely shrine maiden fox wife, Tamamo no Mae, is here to help!

I could do it when I was younger, and I can do it now.

Anticheese
Feb 13, 2008

$60,000,000 sexbot
:rodimus:

I threw my phone in the air, clapped three times, and caught it.

That counts, right?

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

Let's not catch this.

where the red fern gropes
Aug 24, 2011


goons dont have hand eye coordination

Jen X
Sep 29, 2014

To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.
I accidentally woke up my dog by successfully doing it

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



quote:

Your reflexes are great. You jumped out fast enough and escaped the ghost - that ghost. But you didn't see the other one behind the car - waiting for you.

Your heart hammers away in your chest as it circles you. Around and around and around.

"It's all right," you tell yourself over and over. "It's not real. This is just a ride in an amusement park."

You're still telling yourself that as the ghost plucks you off your feet.

His black lips part.

He opens his mouth - wider and wider. Until it's as wide as an entrance to a cave.

Then he stuffs you inside.

Instantly you feel lightheaded, then light all over. You peek down at your hands.

You can see straight through them. You've been turned into a ghost! And as your senses fade, you hear a distant bell chime twelve times. Too bad. The Carnival of Horrors will be one of your favorite haunts - forever!

THE END

Character Sheet posted:

Inventory
Carnival Map

Goal Endings: 1/2

Bad Endings
Lost the Final Challenge and wound up in the freak show.
Got chucked through a concrete wall by a giant.
Launched into space in a malfunctioning rocket.
Went back in time to the start of the book.
Accidentally discovered the incantation for the "Turn Self Into Chicken" spell.
Got hopelessly lost in the mirror maze.
Mistook a monster for a robot and got our head ripped off.
Had our heads chopped off by murderous elves.
Went over a waterfall on the Log Flume and drowned.
:siren:Dodged a ghost and immediately collided with another ghost.:siren:

Achievements
Lightning Round: Get the best result on the Wheel of Chance on your first spin, then leave without spinning again.
Freak Out: Rescue the freaks from the freak show before escaping the carnival.
:siren:Many More to Come: Encounter a total of 10 bad endings.:siren:

Our options posted:

  • Go on the Space Coaster with our friends.
  • Grab for the side of the bridge.
  • Go on the Boat Ride to Nowhere.
  • Wait instead of kicking the doctor.
  • Take a different path instead of going on the Halloween Express.
  • Fail to dodge the ghost on the Halloween Express.
  • Get one of the other results on the Wheel of Chance.
  • Decide not to help the freaks.
  • Flee instead of confronting Big Al.

someone awful.
Sep 7, 2007


Actually, maybe we were too clumsy for this clapping thing after all :shobon:

Jen X
Sep 29, 2014

To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

someone awful. posted:

Actually, maybe we were too clumsy for this clapping thing after all :shobon:

:agreed:

Simsmagic
Aug 3, 2011

im beautiful



I was hoping this would be the kind of book where the seemingly best option actually wasn't

oops i dropped the ball

VivaLa Eeveelution
Apr 3, 2011

where the red fern gropes posted:

goons dont have hand eye coordination

I coulda done it, but my hands kept missing my hands.

Octatonic
Sep 7, 2010

try as i might, to fail, i am just a clapping machine. sorry y'all, we're gonna have to go down a different path

serefin99
Apr 15, 2016

Mikoooon~
Your lovely shrine maiden fox wife, Tamamo no Mae, is here to help!

oh no i suddenly lost all my hand-eye coordination

StupendousMan
Feb 28, 2016
whoops, accidentally clapped my buttcheeks instead of my hands

Arrhythmia
Jul 22, 2011
my hands were replaced by bowling balls and i cannot clap

chiasaur11
Oct 22, 2012



Too busy contemplating the sound of one hand clapping, missed ball.

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



quote:

You're not fast enough to get away from the ghost. You're running now, but the ghost swoops down in front of you. You plow into him - and pass right through him!

The carnival people are swarming after you. They don't want you to leave the carnival.

"Hurry!" you yell to your friends - only three minutes to midnight! You dash off in one direction, then another. The carnival people are approaching from every which way. They carry torches with flames that leap high in the air.

You steal a glance at your watch - 11:58.

"We can't let them catch us!" you scream. "Let's hide!"

But where can you hide? Up ahead you see a gigantic cannon. All three of you could fit easily in there.

You also spot a baby ride - the baby choo-choo train - maybe you could squeeze into that.

Quick! Pick one - and hope for the best.

Cannon? Go to PAGE 130.

Choo-choo? Go to PAGE 128.


Character Sheet posted:

Inventory
Carnival Map

Goal Endings: 1/2

Bad Endings
Lost the Final Challenge and wound up in the freak show.
Got chucked through a concrete wall by a giant.
Launched into space in a malfunctioning rocket.
Went back in time to the start of the book.
Accidentally discovered the incantation for the "Turn Self Into Chicken" spell.
Got hopelessly lost in the mirror maze.
Mistook a monster for a robot and got our head ripped off.
Had our heads chopped off by murderous elves.
Went over a waterfall on the Log Flume and drowned.
Dodged a ghost and immediately collided with another ghost.

Achievements
Lightning Round: Get the best result on the Wheel of Chance on your first spin, then leave without spinning again.
Freak Out: Rescue the freaks from the freak show before escaping the carnival.
Many More to Come: Encounter a total of 10 bad endings.

VivaLa Eeveelution
Apr 3, 2011

I think we've established that we're a fatty fat fat that'd sooner crush the train than fit in it. Cannon by default.

Octatonic
Sep 7, 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-DpRcxK_N8

If you feel like dancing, well, come on, it's up to you
We got the sound to keep you getting down, down
The train is coming through

AnAnonymousIdiot
Sep 14, 2013

All aboard!

Jen X
Sep 29, 2014

To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.
I've always wanted to be shot out of a cannon

someone awful.
Sep 7, 2007


Cannon travel time.

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015

Although next time, you would be wise to heed the ancient Japanese proverb... phone first!

someone awful. posted:

Cannon travel time.

What she said

Rebonack7
Aug 27, 2015



quote:

You and your friends squeeze into the cannon.

"Ouch! You're sitting on my hand," Brad whines.

But you don't have time to apologize.

"Do you smell something... burning?" you ask.

BOOM! There's a tremendous explosion. You fly through space. You are headed for a fence that encloses the carnival, and the field beyond.

Will you make it out of the park?

quote:

You make it! You make it out of the park!

You also make it out of the state!

In fact, the last time anyone saw you, Patty, and Brad, you were all a tiny blip on NASA's radar screen.

Congratulations! You escaped from the Carnival of Horrors.

Happy landings!

THE END

Character Sheet posted:

Inventory
Carnival Map

Goal Endings: 1/2

Bad Endings
Lost the Final Challenge and wound up in the freak show.
Got chucked through a concrete wall by a giant.
Launched into space in a malfunctioning rocket.
Went back in time to the start of the book.
Accidentally discovered the incantation for the "Turn Self Into Chicken" spell.
Got hopelessly lost in the mirror maze.
Mistook a monster for a robot and got our head ripped off.
Had our heads chopped off by murderous elves.
Went over a waterfall on the Log Flume and drowned.
Dodged a ghost and immediately collided with another ghost.
:siren:Fired ourselves out of a cannon and achieved escape velocity.:siren:

Achievements
Lightning Round: Get the best result on the Wheel of Chance on your first spin, then leave without spinning again.
Freak Out: Rescue the freaks from the freak show before escaping the carnival.
Many More to Come: Encounter a total of 10 bad endings.

Our options posted:

  • Go on the Space Coaster with our friends.
  • Grab for the side of the bridge.
  • Go on the Boat Ride to Nowhere.
  • Wait instead of kicking the doctor.
  • Take a different path instead of going on the Halloween Express.
  • Get on the train instead of the cannon.
  • Get one of the other results on the Wheel of Chance.
  • Decide not to help the freaks.
  • Flee instead of confronting Big Al.

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VivaLa Eeveelution
Apr 3, 2011

Cool, we're Team Rocket.

The train arriving on Platform, One, is the, express, train to, away from here. Please stand behind the yellow safety line until the train has stopped.

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