EVENT LOG PT. 1: Dueling Festivals

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Who: Everyone!
What: EPCOT's Dream Festival and Plankton's Plankton Festival.
Where: EPCOT!
When: May 18th to May 25th.
Warnings: Plankton.

DREAM FESTIVAL

DI.

(Imageworks.)

The Dream Festival is held at EPCOT's Imagination Pavilion, largely held upstairs. The downstairs area is is dedicated to the ride itself - a ten-minute look at the wonder and joy of Imagineering, while the theater next door is some sort of documentary about a figure named Captain EO. But the real excitement upstairs, is in the newly revamped Imageworks Pavillion - The Junior Imagination Station.

Billed as an escape to worlds that were, that could be, and those of fantasy and reality, the Imageworks is designed to get people interested in Imagineering, and as such, is filled with exhibits designed to boggle the mind. This includes the Rainbow Corridor, a tunnel featuring colored lights that assigns each guest a color that follows them as they move through it, among other things. A giant wall-mounted coloring book that gets filled in with electric "paintbrush guns", a series of floor panels that can be stepped on and make sounds, a giant pin screen, you name it.

DII.

(Dreamscape Room.)

One of the more ambitious new add-ons to the pavilion is the Dreamscape Room, a room that is set up to configure to one specific person's desire. Whoever's in control of the Dreamscape Room at the moment (each visitor has a time of five minutes within the Dreamscape Room before it's passed on to the next person) is able to shape and form a new world within the room, one that will disappear as soon as they leave. This is displayed in photorealistic light and sound, allowing for you to bring anything from your imagination right in front of you.

How will you use your time? Bringing to life a new creation, or perhaps showcasing your home world to others? Living out an old fantasy - a memory? You have a small amount of time here, and you should make the best of it.

DIII.

(With apologies to Cosmographia.)

Just outside of the Imagination Pavillion is a garden - series of colorful flowers and a Figment topiary. It's not explicitly advertised as being part of the exhibit, but there are a rainbow of flowers here, and they seem to be just as much a part of the festival as anything else. For, you see, picking a flower will make you feel a certain emotion for up to an hour, or until another flower is picked. This will depend on the color of the flower chosen. Below is a list of all the different ones!

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PLANKTON FESTIVAL

PI.

(Trashfire.)

Meanwhile, directly across from the Imageworks Pavillion, this shit is happening I guess?

The primary attraction of the Plankton Festival is a statue of Plankton made out of what appears to be popsicle sticks. Surrounding this is a foodcart selling lukewarm chum on a stick, terrible yellow balloons that feature a cartoon eye (+the above horrifying balloon animals, a stall selling Chum Bucket Bucket Helmets, and a throne set up for Plankton himself. Much like Santa Claus, you can get a picture of him sitting in a throne with you either standing incredibly far away from him or being directly on top of him.

There's also literally a garbage can that's on fire. This is considered the highlight of the festival by many.

PII.

(Ballpit.)

At some point, it is decided that the festival needs a new attraction. So, they bring it in:

Comments

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

DIII-A

[Eclipsa didn't realize until she picked this green flower how much she hate all these garbage people. Look at them. Sneering. Laughing at her behind her back. Judging her. She was a Queen once. A queen! And what did that get? Hundreds of years of imprisonment and suffering. Well, no more Miss Nice Queenie. She's shoving over everything she comes across, popping balloons, spitting on passerby. Screw these clowns. Screw 'em to hell.]

DII

[Eclipsa does not have a fun time in the Dreamscape room.]

DIII-B

[Okay, so she didn't like feeling like that. That's a feeling you push down and hide. None of that, not one bit. And if anyone would admit that the purple flirtatious flowers and dark red maternal flowers should make little difference in her behavior, its absolutely Eclipsa. Those two extremes are kind of her natural state of being. Nonetheless, there's something intoxicating about those particular flowers and she can be found alternating holding the two throughout day. Look, sometimes its fun to expand certain positive feelings towards everyone. She wants to have a fun time and by jove she's gonna have a fun time.

So if you encounter her after that initial fiasco, she's absolutely winking at various strangers or offering kind, caring advice. She likes liking people. Its much happier.]

PI

[At the end of the day though, Eclipsa's just gonna kick back with some marshmallows and make smores by the literal trash fire. She's got crackers and tea and chocolate to spare. Come join her!]

DIII-B

[kindaruledatit]

[Huh, kind of curious, but Wendy doesn't see anything too wrong with being nice to strangers. If this woman's related to Star in any way, that might just be their thing.]

Hey! [She waves a little.] Boy, you're kinda the life of the party, huh.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Oh, you're too kind, dear, too kind. I'm just a silly old bean, myself. [She's got a maternal flower in her ear and loving it.]

I certainly hope you're enjoying yourself. Getting enough water and food?

[kindaruledatit]

Sure am. Uh, how're you doing with the festival?

[Might be a strange thing to ask, but something about this does seem a little... strange.]

Plenty of things to do, food to eat. So far, this place rocks.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Absolutely wonderful! Its good to see so many good children enjoying a wonderful time.

A good attitude, dear! If anyone deserves a relaxing day, its you! [have they talked more than once before]

[kindaruledatit]

[At least once, so that obviously means they're friends now. Or something.]

...Yeah, uh, thanks? You're really showing how much you care today, huh?

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Well, I do have a magical flower in my hair. That'll cheer anybody up! Highly recommended if you want to relax.

[kindaruledatit]

Oh, I'm good, thanks.

[And that explains a lot...]

I already had a few of those earlier. Got me really talking about some stuff, feels kinda weird now.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Ah, makes perfect sense. A strong-willed, wonderfully wonderful girl like yourself should be herself as much as possible. Being someone else would just be a dreadful sight. Learning and growing is all without that sort of negative influence is all someone can ask for!

PI

[whatarenext]

[He is trashfire man, lives in a garbage can--no, he's just sitting by this trashfire with his chum bucket helmet, looking incredibly zoned out.]

So...this is what the Mayor does with his time.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

No need to sound so dire about it. A flaming pile of trash is essential to daily happiness, I always say.

[whatarenext]

Is that a saying in...

[Squints.]

Greece?

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Its a worldly phrase, no barriers between nations necessary.

[whatarenext]

What world?

I'm kind of new to this whole 'existential crisis' thing.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Any world.

Really? You should think about death more: that should be good practice.

[whatarenext]

Oh I think about THAT a lot.

So Pluto? Vulcan? Omicron Ceti III? Fornax? New Brooklyn? Genesis Planet? Sherman's Planet? Romulus?

[All of these are Star Trek planets.]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

...I'm not familiar. I'm more of a Mewni kind of gal.

DII

[encino]

C'mon, hurry up in there! I wanna meet Spongebob already!

[Patchy opens the door to the dreamscape room and kinda just, yells through it.]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

[Wow dude, walking in on Eclipsa crying over a cradle in a nursery, that's not awkward at all.]

...uh.

[encino]

...is - Spongebob’s not in there, right.

[He’s pretty sure he isn’t but:]

Just gotta be sure.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

I. Erm. [Quickly wiping away eyes and pretending like everything's Fine.]

No, I don't... know a Spongebob. Is it some kind of... kitchen pet?

[encino]

Why, he...he be the silliest sea sponge this side of Bikini -

[...looks back at the cradle.]

Bottom.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

[You know what's suddenly zipping behind Eclipsa? That cradle FOR SURE.]

I see, I see. A faraway place, hm? Full of fun-filled adventures and hijinks?

[Maybe she can die there instead of attempting to survive this horrible situation.]

[encino]

Aye. That’s where the - the mayor be from. The evil scallawag.

[...okay. jeez. siiigghhh.]

Yep. Bikini Bottom.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Well, we certainly can't have evil scalliwags about, can we? I voted for Evie myself, you know.

[She's got her whole body stretching to try and cover the sight of the cradle. It's a very natural look, definitely not an awkward mess like she's trying and failing to do the splits while T-posing.]