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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-01-13 04:11 pm

⇨ ATLANTIS

Who: Everyone!
When: The morning of D44 and onward.
Where: The ocean realm of Atlantis.
What: The carnival abruptly arrives at an underwater realm, and everyone is transfigured into merpeople just as suddenly.
Warnings: Body horror, I guess.

THE CITY OF ATLANTIS

The visit starts without much warning, but at least there is a full week of free time before performances start. In the meantime, your characters will be given ample opportunity to adjust their acts for an underwater audience, get used to their new fishy appendages, or just spend the whole time enjoying the sights and sounds of Atlantis city. King Triton will not be immediately seen, but it's possible to gain an audience with him if you get in contact with the ambassadors of the kingdom. Just, make sure that you're not wasting his time. He's a lot less patient with nonsense than the Ringmaster is.

► FISH FRIDAY: You fell asleep, whether or not that's something you usually do, and the next morning you wake up as one of the merfolk. A few last additions may grow in after you're awake, but for the most part everyone will have a method of swimming and a method of breathing underwater transfigured into them upon waking. Don't worry about your belongings - everything is waterproofed, and technology will work the same underwater as it does above it. That doesn't mean there won't be plenty to get used to, though.

► GREAT BLUE YONDER: The ocean realm where Atlantis resides is enormous, and the depths seem to be unending. Despite the fact that there doesn't seem to be any surface, sun glimmers all the way down to the ocean floor. Atlanteans use creatures like whales and dolphins as rides and beasts of burden, and they can be seen swimming in and out of the city as constantly as roadways filed with cars in earth civilization. Beyond that, there's everything you would expect to see on the ocean floor here - huge reefs of coral, both familiar and exotic, enormous ocean plants, deep ocean trenches, and all kinds of weird critters living in them. There are a mix of mythical and standard ocean creatures, and are likely a combined populations of many oceans worth of beings.

► THE ATLANTEAN MARKET: The Atlantean market (aka the "merket") is a long trench between rows of buildings in the middle of the city, lit with bio-luminescent plants and rocks, and filled with all kinds of weird mer stuff that you can buy. There are a great many individual booths, mostly with hand crafted wares and objects that have been salvaged from various sunken ships. The Ringmaster has already traded a large number of goods to the merfolk here, and has taken the profit to award each worker with 100 Atlantean Gold to spend as they please. One gold is worth roughly five USA dollars, for a comparison of how much that is. There is a top level set up below in which characters can make their purchases, and you can also handwave the purchase of random common, necessary items (food, drink, etc) at your convenience.

► TREASURE HUNTING: Right now, the only major salvage areas are a few left over sunken ships that have mostly been picked over by the merfolk. However, you are welcome to head over to them and explore, and see if fortune smiles on you when it comes to finding anything that hasn't been taken yet. The current options are three similar looking brigantine that all probably came from the same world. Merfolk do not seem to consider them to be anything extraordinary, though magical items and gold have allegedly been found within them. Whether or not anything is left, is the real question.

► LIMELIGHTING: Merfolk are curious and generally socially forward, as a species. This mean that they find the carnival's workers to be a fascinating novelty, and also are unafraid to make that fascination obvious. Given the opportunity, merfolk will demand your character's attention for bombardments of questions and for general socializing, especially if they are particularly unusual for some reason. Don't be surprised if you get invited to stay at total stranger's houses, or dragged off to a merfolk bar to surprise party with their friends. They'll let you say no, reluctantly, but they will also be pleased as punch to get up in your gill.

It's also possible to make some money, this way, if you're willing to do street performances, or are willing to sell your "skills" in a more private environment. Yes, there are opportunities to become a fish hooker if you are so inclined. Merfolk may also offer money to take you as arm candy to various public events, escort style. They don't consider this to be a particularly socially inappropriate thing to do, either.


You can ask general questions about this setting over on the event post. There are top levels below for buying Atlantean merch, and also for making dolla dolla, if your character is inclined to try.
insidescoop: (HEH?)

I - fishyfishyyy

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-01-15 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Definitely not the only one, though Carly's changes are rather eyecatching for her part. She's very very...jelly. Lower half is one thing, but not only has her upper body taken the colouration and seeming consistency of one, she's even covered by a large transparent dome, rather like most jelly fish would be.] Hoo..! I think I got this...

[Rather tricky, because of the whole jellyfish-pump motion...]
destiny_key: (Er...)

feeeeeeeeesh

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-01-17 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
[He mostly catches sight of the girl based on how much she's struggling. Sora's never seen a transformation like that before, but it's very pretty. He's not sure how much he can help with something like this, but he can certainly try!]

Um, excuse me, miss? D'you need any help?
insidescoop: (MMMMMM...)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-01-18 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh-um!!

[Well, now that she has to look down to talk this is throwing everything off...and by everything, well, it's more like she's stuck in place, unable to really get down, or move side to side, or...] I'm getting the hang of it I think, really!

It's just about mastering these tentacles..!!

[That is not what drives you, Carly.]
destiny_key: (default)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-01-21 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I guess so.

[Sora grins up at her, then swims up a little.]

But, uh, I'm a real good swimmer, so if you need help, just ask.
fortuneglass: (o-o?)

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2017-01-22 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! Well...

[An awkward pause is the reply, as she squints over Sora's form. Dolphin...versus jellyfish...she's a touch skeptical to say the least, chewing her lip and tilting her head thoughtfully.] ...we both probably have to swim really differently though don't we..?
destiny_key: (Er...)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-01-27 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but, I think the principal is the same no matter what form you take.

[At least, it is based on what Goofy said to him.]
insidescoop: (MMMMMM...)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-01-27 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Aaaaaaahhh...

[Um.] A-Are you sure..? Wiggling tentacles like that doesn't seem like it'd work..
destiny_key: (default)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-01-28 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
I think it does, actually! At least that's what I was told.

[Donald probably knows what he was talking about, right?]

You just sort of... move them all at once. Like a bunch of arms.

[He awkwardly tries to demonstrate with his own arms, and it propels him upwards a little and slightly to the side.]
fortuneglass: (>3>)

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2017-01-29 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
They don't really feel like arms... [It's still not really working-probably because jellyfish use their dome though.] Hmmm. There has to be something else to this, I was even moving earlier somehow..!
destiny_key: (Er...)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-01-30 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
Umm...

[He stops to think and... really, he has no idea.]

Well, what were you doing earlier, then?
insidescoop: (MMMMMM...)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-01-31 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmmh....I'm not really sure, [She admits. Carly crosses her arms under the umbrella, and as it bobs and floats, she moves a bit.] ...I wasn't really thinking about it, actually...

Do you think thinking about it just makes it not work?! W-What if I get stuck on a thought!?
destiny_key: (Er...)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-02-01 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
I... I don't think that's how it works. I mean, your arms don't stop working if you think about them, right? It's part of your body, so...

Maybe just... Think about it only a little?
insidescoop: (MMMMMM...)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-02-01 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
...That's a little vague isn't it..? Only a little? [She questions, bobbing side to side as she squints.

It appears not thinking about moving is working very very well for her, given how much she's doing NOW.
] How do I even measure that sort of thing...
destiny_key: (lol dis bitch)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-02-04 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, I guess...

[Sora pauses, and looks at the woman.]

But, it looks like you're doing it now!
fortuneglass: (o-o?)

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2017-02-04 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
EH?! Seriously?!

[Fortunately, she doesn't stop this time.] O-OH!! I am!!

...I wonder what I'm doing different...

[It's the dome, nutbar.]
destiny_key: (Er...)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-02-04 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's your, uh... head-thingy.

[Yeah, it's the dome.]
fortuneglass: (:D)

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2017-02-07 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Headth-

OH!! [The dome Bounces.] THIS!!!

...I guess that makes sense...I'm like my own balloon~
destiny_key: (default)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-02-07 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, yeah. You can just float wherever you want, now.

Oh, uh, I'm Sora, by the way.
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (Eheeeewhoops)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-02-08 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess so~

[Oh-they're doing introductions now? She jolts, catching herself before she panics about forgetting.] Oh-! I'm Carly Nagisa~!

Nice to meet you Sora!
destiny_key: (SUPER!)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-02-11 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice to meet you, Carly! Where do you work, around here? I'm surprised we haven't met.
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (Eheeeewhoops)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-02-13 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Well, lately, I've sort of been...holed up... [That or Scouting, which is kind of her Other job.]

I'm the only tailor left apparently, so I have to work on all the costumes on my own~! Ahahaha...haha...

[help]
destiny_key: (lol dis bitch)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-02-15 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow. That sounds hard. D'you need any help? I could cut stuff for you. Or put patches on things.

[Sora to the rescue!]
insidescoop: (MMMMMM...)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-02-16 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Patches...?

[Hmmm.] ...W-Well, if I could see what your patch-work is like, maybe...
destiny_key: (Er...)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-02-19 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I don't really have any examples on me or anything...
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (>3>)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-02-20 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh! I don't mean now!

But maybe later, [she explains, nodding.] If you come to the tailoring tent!

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