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Nighttime games at Hermitland! An amusement park/carnival one-shot with different stereotypes! We're back to the fun stuff...for now

Again, sorry if I missed any Hermits! I also changed up a few things, having some Hermits not played any games before and some games that have never been added.)

"Doc, are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Stop being such a scaredy-dog, Ren. It's just a rollercoaster."

"Yeah, with a very steep drop."

Ren held on tightly to the handlebars as their rollercoaster cart traveled slowly upward. The tension was building, and he was not liking it.

Doc seemed to enjoy it--he was the one who somehow dragged Ren over here in the first place. Why such people enjoyed traps of death such as this, Ren didn't know.

Seriously, there was lava. And fire, absolutely everywhere.

"Is it too late to turn back?" Ren said quietly.

"Yes. Remember to put your hands up."

"My hands will be firmly on the handlebars, please and thank you."

The cart edged towards the vertex of the coaster--was this build height? Surely Joe wouldn't build it this high...would he?

"Here we go," Doc said.

The rollercoaster paused for a moment, then gravity took over and the duo plunged down at maximum speed.

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"I dunno, Impulse. Aren't these games usually rigged?"

Keralis checked out the minigames that were available to them. There were so many to choose from--the miner-style Dig Straight Down, the golden Undying, the humongous city of Ravager Run...

Impulse shrugged. "You're looking at the master game-breaker, sir. There's gotta be a game here I can beat."

The two of them headed towards Iskall's game, RUN.

"Welcome to RUN: Random Unfair Nonsense." Impulse skimmed through the pages of the book, not bothering to read anything. After quickly, not exactly accurately, explaining the rules to his wide-eyed companion, they each took over a fair amount of diamonds.

Keralis had the honors of putting in the first diamond. The door didn't open.

Impulse tried. The piston door retracted, revealing a yellow room.

"I feel like something bad is going to happen," Keralis said as they cautiously walked through.

The floor immediately opened from beneath them, dropping them down into a tunnel that lead them back to the entrance to RUN.

"I'm doing this until I get at least ten of those keys," Impulse said. "From what I've heard, there are some really good prizes."

"I'm winning all of them," Keralis said, inputting another diamond.

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"No. We are not doing this ride. Anything but this ride."

"But we're trying to ride every single ride in this place!" Grian protested.

Mumbo waved his hands empathetically. "I'll sit this one out, thanks."

"Oh no, Mr. Mumbo," Iskall said, taking Mumbo's hand and dragging him along. "You're coming with us."

"But it's a dropper. A very high dropper, thank you."

"We are riding every single ride here."

"No."

"I can take your mustache away again."

"Fine, I'm coming."

Mumbo tried not to look down as the dropper rose up. Grian and Iskall were reminiscing about the build-off, occasionally throwing a bit of banter towards Mumbo.

"Hey, we're almost as high as your surrender flag, Mumbo!"

"This goes up to build height, doesn't it?" Mumbo asked, feeling a sense of dread as they rose to the clouds.

"Oh, yeah. Then a straight drop. This is probably worse than the Roller Toaster."

Almost as if on cue, a high shriek was heard from the general direction of the rollercoaster.

"Hi, Ren! Have fun!" Grian yelled from their car.

The dropper finally reached the end. The Architects waited, holding their breath.

Just as Mumbo thought the ride had malfunctioned and they were all stuck, the car lost gravity and they all hurtled down towards the ground.

"THIS IS NOT MY DEFINITION OF FUUUUUUUUUUUN!" Mumbo yelled as he fell.

"WELL, HAVE FUN RIDING ALL THE OTHER RIDES!" Iskall shouted back.

"WE'RE IN DANGER!" Grian screamed and laughed at the same time.

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"Is that an Alimoo plushie??"

Stress skipped over to the small booth. She gasped, admiring the adorable allium-covered cows.

Zedaph trailed her. "You're going to collect all the plushies, aren't you?"

"Yes." Stress said, slapping down diamonds on the table and hugging her Alimoo plushie.

"Okay then, have fun wasting your...okay, that's a Is That Sheep Looking At Me? sheep stuffed animal. I am getting it."

"You're gonna waste all your diamonds." Stress teased him. "Ooh, a wolf plushie! I want it! Oh, and that shirt. That snowglobe is so cute! I need all of this."

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"Alright, that's the good stuff. Come to papa."

Bdubs scooped up a handful of Chorus Candy from the ConCorp food truck.

Tango followed him. "Don't those teleport you a few blocks?"

"I don't care," Bdubs responded, shoving a handful into his mouth. "Food is food."

He immediately started randomly teleporting. Up on the food truck, back a few blocks, somehow into the ground...

"What else is there? Ooh! Funnel cake!" Tango grabbed a few of those. "And corn dogs? Yes, please."

"Now who's taking all the carnival food, huh?" Bdubs said as he grabbed a stick of cotton candy.

"Us."

"Touche. Let's dig in."

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"Ah. This is the life."

Scar leaned back in his seat as the Ferris Wheel car traveled upwards.

"You can see all of Hermitland from here," Cub said, who was sitting across from the builder. He admired the view.

"Oh, man, I forgot how crazy the build-off was. Every time," Scar said, laughing a little at Scarra and the story the builds told.

Just then, a high-pitched scream was heard.

"Oh, is that Ren?" Cub said nonchalantly. "He must be on the Roller Toaster."

Scar could see Stress and Zedaph running around, pockets empty but arms laden with plushies. The Architect trio was boarding the Tilt-A-Whirl. Tango and Bdubs were looking a bit hyper, having eaten whatever they could find at the ConCorp food truck. Xisuma, Joe, Jevin were giving TFC a proper tour of Hermitville. Cleo and False were just goofing around, taking pictures and mingling.

"I can stay here all day," Scar said. Their car was at the highest point it could be, and the view was absolutely breathtaking.

"It really is a peaceful life," Cub joked.

"Nothing's peaceful around here. Oh, yeah, by the way, I found a certain bug in Area 77...I don't suppose you would have anything to do with it?"

"I have no idea what you are talking about. I've been busy with XP Me. I don't have time for this."

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"So, how was everyone's night?"

"Fun! We nearly died several times!"

"Terror-filled. I hate this. So much."

"Food-filled!" *burp*

"Diamonds are gone."

"I have an Alimoo plushie!"

"I think we bought out your supply, Cub."

"Iskall, we need to talk about your SuperPoop boxes. We got four. FOUR!"

"I nearly died several times."

"It was peaceful. I don't know what you guys are talking about."

"I hate roller coasters. I never want to see one again."

"You should've heard Mumbo scream. It was hilarious."

"Can we do this again?"

"NO."

"Most definitely."