Home Again

Monster Carnival

I don't really remember if I've ever been to a carnival before. If I have, it was probably quite different from Monster Carnival. Well, after nighttime, I mean. Before that, it was relatively normal, including the town. Although it's the 1950s there. There's a dark brown apothecary, made of dark brown bricks. There's also an ice-cream store and a mechanic's, which both look really old-fashioned. And so do most of the characters, save Fierce Fox and myself (obviously). At least the sky was a beautiful blue and the trees contrast nicely in the background. To the right there was a carnival, so Fierce Fox and I headed that way. We ran into a boy.

"Who are you?" Fierce Fox asked.

"I'm Edgar- proud carnie apprentice." the boy answered. He has brown hair styled with bangs above the forehead. That 1950s look. He wears overalls over a striped shirt. Very 1950s. He's a major character in the island, sort of like Amelia on Monkey Wrench. And also like Amelia, he's a nice guy. A nervous frown was expressed on his face.

"You look nervous." Fierce Fox noticed, raising her brow.

"All these people are waiting for the carnival, but I don't think it's going to be ready in time." Edgar answered. He stared at me. "Uh... sorry, but... have I seen you somewhere?"

"Maybe." I said, biting my lip. I focused on the blue sky.

Fierce Fox sucked in her breath. "What can we do?"

"It would be a big help if you could talk to the other workers and see if there's anything they need," Edgar replied. "The carnival is this way." He walked off. Fierce Fox and I followed him. The carnival was set up on a corn field with many grassy hills. To the far right is a forest. We came to a game stall, which was a duck game. A bit scary. It had a red and white striped tent and a pool missing water. According to the carnie who runs it, it was a 'disaster'. Honestly, water is very easy to get.

"Alright, go to this mechanic's called Honest Gabe's," I told Fierce Fox. "Tell the lady there that you need the radiator hose and get the hose." Fierce Fox nodded, then ran off. The monsters aren't here yet, I thought. Nothing should happen if we split up for a bit.

"Darn, that Edgar!" the lady running the food stall complained. It sold fair food like cotton candy. "He can't get enough of my fried dough, and now I'm out of sugar!"

"Do you need some help?" I asked. The lady gave me the task of making sugar in laboratory. Excitement welled up inside me like a balloon. I skipped over to the apothecary, a grin plastered on my face. I passed Fierce Fox on the way. That was quick, I thought. "Hey. Give that hose to the Duck Stall guy. Then go over to the Balloon Game and get their darts. Go back to the mechanic's and sharpen the darts." My friend nodded and raced off. I arrived at the apothecary.

The apothecary is dark and full of medicines, tonics and more. It's basically an old-fashioned chemist. I spoke to the owner, whose name is Dr. Dan. He has a little secret, but we'll get back to that in the bonus quest.

I used Poptropican physics and said, "You could have just said that."

Of course, Dr. Dan knew what I was talking about. "Moot poot. I can't see a well enough reason to make them anymore. Say, could you help me fill in this order?"

"With pleasure," I responded. Dr. Dan handed me a formula to make salt, which sat with the sugar formula. Now I needed to make sugar and salt in a lab. Enthrallment tingled my spine. I leaped up a few shelves, reaching the ChemoBUSTER-2000. It's a microwave-like machine where you can make chemicals. I grabbed some materials off of the shelves and stuffed them into the ChemoBUSTER-2000. Then I began creating salt.

With a gun, I fired bubbles at chemicals. They split up and then joined together, creating new chemicals. These chemicals were called sodium chloride and H20. In other words, salt and water. The salt popped up in a bag. I was so cheerful I didn't complain about the table salt having a complicated name just to get a profit. I gave the salt to Dr. Dan. He said I could use the machine again to make sugar, so I did.