He had seen the pairings on the big board, outside the big tent. He was to battle against a legend, the former champion! “What am I going to do?”, Peema wondered. “Now I won’t be able to impress my drakaina schoolmate and ask her out on a date”. He was desperate, ready to quit. He threw a glance towards the face of Snuggles, the sentient tent, as he was going to pass through its mouth for the battles to begin inside of it, and he heard a voice. “Don’t despair, young unicorn”, the voice said, and Peema realized it was Snuggles that was talking, “Physical strength isn’t everything. Nor are previous accomplishments. This is a magical planet. Anything can happen here.”. His courage was lifted. “Whether I win or lose, it’s irrelevant. I will try nonetheless”. He frowned as he tried to concentrate, and passed through Snuggles’ mouth, preparing himself for the worst.

Peedalka once walked around tent and briefly checked all the ropes that helped Snuggles to stay still.
While was walking into tent, loudly said Hello. And whispered Snuggles that all its ropes look a bit elderly. "Here is my card. Call me and I'll make you an offer." *wink* *wink*.
And then got lost in crowd of other clowns...

Stranger approaches the tent, takes off his black bowler hat, bows deeply and begins to say:
‘Greetings, noble Snuggles!’
As he speaks, Stranger moves his palms and fingers rapidly, weaving intricate patterns in the air.
‘And I salute You, competitors from all the worlds and times, who gather here in the name of playing games, for celebrating joy, and to bring fun and laughing.’
Everywhere burst music quiet like the sound of a stream; the delicate female voices singing clearly and joyfully.
‘Oh noble Snuggles, keep us all in your care, protect us and shield us from the cold, the wind and the creatures of darkness. May everyone be safe inside you, healthy, fed and happy!’
Out of his hands flows colorful river of flowers, which creates a fragrant and soft carpet on the ground.
‘May every living or sentient being be safe here.’
Stranger allows the woman with the beard to enter Snuggles first, than he trips over his own oversized shoes and falls flat on the ground.

Roger feels surprised, both by the tent he's slightly reluctant to come into and by the hairstyle of his new co-op buddy.
The feeling is quite visible on both sides of his face.

Well hello Snuggles. You are a beautiful tent and you remind me of a circus tent I had visited in Athkatla. Some really weird stuff was happening there I tell you, I even met an intelligent talking spider. Your boss seems cool and not that I don't believe him when he says "no malevolence" but just to be sure let me check something. DJ GustaMojito enters the tent and casts "Detect Evil" :D

The ever confident TPJ fastens a "Vote for TPJ" campaign button on the tent while saying, "Your support my sentient friend #Snuggles, makes my victory possible. I love your smile, let me know to give you some bumper stickers".

Radaggarb pours over the schematics for the clown cars. An executive ball-clicker made of balloons and clown noses the only ornament on his desk. Yes, when the time is right, he'll be well-researched.

...

Eyeing the tent's curious living maw, he notices the nametag Snuggles and a punch-clock on the wall beside it. Inserting his timecard and pulling the handle he mumbles "Mornin' Snuggles!" before ambling inside.

Time for coffee while he awaits his turn.

KittyWise realizes that he has been detected and approaches GustaMojito with hench-clown Sparky not far behind.

"Mew mew meow mew meow meow. Mew mew mew mew meow. Mew mew mew!"


Cat-to-Human Translation: You will obey me useless mortal. You are mine to command. Mwa ha ha!

"Hi there everyone! Hi Snuggles!" yells Da Jinxah almost crashing into his colleagues.
remember, kids: hi-speed skiing AND juggling explosives simultaneously requires lots of practice. and a talent.

I'm partnered with God? Well this is going to be fun!... :-)

I can't wait to see how the matchup between Immalil Gimm Icky's 13 seconds Precognition and Zombeat the Medic's 10 seconds Borrowed Knowledge will turn out. Can't wait!

An ominous feeling fills Poundfoolish. Having to first greet a tent before walking into its gaping maw only seems to intensify the creeping unease.

The reassurance that the tent lacks any malevolence just heightens the anxiety.

Poundfoolish looks around while tapping his foot nervously. 'I'm meant to do the eating, not the one being served up as supper' he thought as he gnashed his teeth.

Between the warped piece of fabric known as ''Snuggles'', the bizzare upcoming trials with living cars, and the fact that seemingly none of the contestants are trembling at their presence, makes Voido really dread what became of the universe they created.

But there were more important matters at hand! Voido approached their future partner, the smiling pig Kabanchik, looked down at him and declared:

''So, you're the mortal we're being paired with? Well then, you better make sure to amuse us, for we are the ones who shall determine the fate of your species! Have we made ourselves clear?''

Voido wasn't sure if Kabanchik understood or could even understand what they said, because the pig just seemed unfazed at the declaration, a smile still on his face.

I have made an adjustment to how scoring will be done. It will now be by two clowns instead of three who will give a score of 1 - 5.
This is so there won't be such a potentially large disparity in peoples scores.