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

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.]

[encino]

I - I voted for...not-Plankton. I believe the grayscale man.

[just. sorta watching.]

You know, I can just be - makin’ my leave or...?

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Oh thank god Not to worry, I'll be out of your hair momentarily.

[She was genuinely expecting to have to come up with a wild new distraction. Now the awkwardness can end-]

You coming to bed, muffin?

[That is a deep sultry voice coming from down a fake Dreamscape hall that Eclipsa absolutely did not want anyone to hear.]

Um.

[encino]

Oh, good! That way, I ca-

[...]

Ah, so that’s Spongebob.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

...yes! Yes, that's the... Sponge Man! Definitely not anything or anyone else!

[encino]

Spongebob Squarepants, at this time of day, at this time of year, localized entirely within in yer dreamscape!

...Can I be seein’ him?

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Ah. Er. Well. He's very... sleepy! From all his... crime fighting....

[encino]

...Spongebob isn’t doin no crime fightin! Not unless he be dressed as Mermaid Man!

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

...there's a mermaid man, you say.

[No, focus!]

Well, he might be! P-probably.

[There's stomping down the hall, towards the pirate and the queen.

Spongebob's coming.]

[encino]

Oh, goodie! I gotta get me autograph book ready!

[and true to his word, thanks to his power, patchy materializes a spongebob pen and autograph book and spongebob camera]

1/2

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

[Eclipsa is in a panic spiral, paralyzed where she stands, hands gripped on the bars of the cradle. The baby whines softly, too terrified to make a noise any louder than could bring the attention of this Beast.

Don't think about your husband, think about something else. Don't think about your husband, think about something else. Don't think about your husband, think about something else. ANYTHING else. Anything but the husband.

A figure appears around the corner.]

tw: extremely cursed imagery and images

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

[Its a giant yellow thing, with long arms and sharp teeth. Its got a six-pack on top of a zero-pack. Its face is too big, its four eyes too beady. Its hairy and gross and just an utter horrific sight to see, with its noodle arms and muscles that can't fit inside said noodle arms. Its like someone combined this and this. With a mermaid tail popping out of his back.]

IS ME SPONGEBOB SPONGEMAN, HERE FOR FRIEND AND CRIM FIGHT AND MERMENT FUN.

...what the $#!%.

[encino]

...SPONGEBOB!

[Who cares if he’s bigger in-person, Patchy is just gonna tacklehug the fuck outta his idol.]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

HELLO FRIEND IS GOOD SEE YOU YAY HUGS

[Eclipsa hates everything about this. Spongeman is happy to hug Patchy tho.]

[encino]

...where be your tie, Spongebob? Your friendly Spongebob tie, Mr. Spongebob? Did Squidward steal it from you?

[Patchy suddenly realizes this inconsistency of all things.]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

TIE...

IS RIGHT HERE! SEE!

[He sticks out his tongue and its a bow tie now.]

[encino]

[!!!]

Oh my swashbuckle, there it is! Sure ye may be a nudist without yer square pants, but I appreciate yer life choices all the same! Ye be a good sponge, Spongebob, and I wanna go on so many adventures with ye!

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

ADVENTURE AND MERMENT! YES. WE DO ALL THOSE THINGS. MANY FUNS.

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