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Ben looked up when Sera mentioned the clown. It even looked as if it's eyes were glowing red a bit. "Awesome," Ben whispered to himself. In the operator room everything looked dusty. No surprise there to be honest... A cloth lay on the floor and he used it to wipe most of the dust of the controls. The controls weren't really rocket science, quite straight forward actually. The only thing was the missing keys for the ignition, he grabbed his pocket knife from his pocket. Jamming it in there should do most of the work, although he would most likely loose his knife, which he was not planning on doing.
He shouted to the others from inside the operator room. "Guys, or more specifically, Girls. If you can just distract yourself from old Pennywise over there. Do any of you have a hairpin or something I can use to jam the ignition?" Ben was so in thought he didn't even notice who actually gave him the pin. He stuck his knife in the ignition and jammed it. He stuck in the hairpin afterwards and slowly wiggled out the knife. Looking proudly at his own work he flipped the two main switches. Some of the buttons on the panel lit up. The first two buttons he pressed were 'sound' and 'lights' and he could see the effect instantly. The music from the ride sounded creepy as fuck, especially after the so far eerie silence of the abandoned park.
With a euphoric smile he stood in the opening of the operator room. He leaned against the door post looking more smug than the chills he felt inside should make him feel. "I'm ready to receive my compliments now.. Leaning back he flipped the main switch and one of the doors opened, the first cart came rolling out. It seemed the ride was made for two people per cart. Classic... He could only think of the amount of young couples that went in there together. He hadn't missed the little signs between Sera and Zack, so his suggestion wasn't too far out of the park. "Zack? Any objection taking Sera with you in the first cart?" Ben figured Tess and Jas would be going together, although he would have liked to go with Tess himself. Just put it out of your mind Ben.
Ben suddenly realized he would be going with Nikki, which he absolutely didn't mind. He could see how scared she looked already, although she tried to hide it. Maybe he should tone down the pranking around her a little bit. He didn't know how long the ride would last, maybe it would stop halfway. "Guys, in case the ride stops, the people in the first cart stay where they are and the other two catch up with them. I'll be in the third one with a flash light, and for someone in the second cart I've got one as well.