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lostcarnival2017-01-13 04:11 pm
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2017-01-13 04:11 pm
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⇨ 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.
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. |
THE GREAT BLUE...
When he finally does give up on sitting there with his hands folded, swimming around the large rocky outcropping he picked to practice at, he finds out why. He definitely recognized the voice.
Just not the tone, really.] Auh-! Steven!
[...AND....That's a lot of crabs and fish there, Steven...] Are...you alright? [At least he sounds confused, more than anything. This obviously isn't a BAD thing after all, just.
Kinda weird. What is this.]
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Oh... sorry if I woke you up! I didn't mean to. I just thought you were hanging out...
[Also, he's got a bunch of rainbow coloured slugs in his hands, that he's apparently been holding out to Gongenzaka while he wasn't paying attention.]
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I was meditating! There is quite a difference, I assure you! [See, he is even holding a scroll and- ...Well that wouldn't really affect things would it. Gongenzaka sighs, turning his attention to the plethora of sea-life around Steven instead.] Ah... ...just how did you manage to attract so many things, I must ask...
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The charm fades for confusion once more once Steven says-] ...........Melon?
[what] You....create 'melon people'?
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now give the phone to gongenzaka, plz-] Th-You have the power to create living beings to this extent..!? That is incredible! Creatures with enough sense of self to create their own culture, in fact...
[There is nothing but amazement in his voice-no jealousy or even questioning. Pure amazement for what very much sounds...well. Incredible, frankly.]
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Steven understands the amazement, but he also seems to be taking it pretty lightly. He's never thought too deeply about the inner live of the melon people.]
Yeah! I guess so, huh? [He ponders that for a moment.] I made a dog out of pumpkin once, too. I think they're all naturally inclined to protect me, but otherwise they just kind of do their own thing. The watermelons even grow their own babies!
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[Oh no] ...I, the man Gongenzaka, have a feeling gardening is going to become difficult for you...
[Very, very difficult.]
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Well, I'd have to spit on it first! So all I have to do is not spit in the garden - unless I want the the plants to start playing hacky sack anyway! Unless you mean the babies? I dunno, I think the mom and dad melons have it under control!
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[He appears somewhat panicked.] I, the man Gongenzaka, would not be able to face the idea of eating the very things that could have possibly created such life in turn..!!
It stretches beyond even mere livestock!! [YOU MADE PEOPLE, STEVEN, PEOPLE!!
...Though at least it's not as bad as it seemed.] If it requires saliva however, then it would seem gardening is still safe...
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Steven tilts his head a little, obviously confused by what Gon is saying. Then he looks a little shocked.]
Huh...?
What, no, I wouldn't eat the watermelon Stevens either!! But not every watermelon is a watermelon Steven, right?
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[Though he does cough, glancing to the side as he mutters.] ...though it is reassuring to hear further proof of your stance on such a matter...
...but what I, the man Gongenzaka speak of, is quite different..! A watermelon 'Steven'...looks like a watermelon, does it not..!? If I, the man Gongenzaka, were familiar with such a race of people and creatures, I would find it difficult to keep from thinking of them while preparing actual watermelon..!
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[Steven has to think long and hard about that.
...Nope, still doesn't make sense. He respects your beliefs, however, Gongenzaka.]
I guess that makes sense! It's probably not as weird for me because I was eating watermelons a long time before they started being people, too!
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...W-Well, I, the man Gongenzaka, have also eaten watermelon... ...I have even participated in many watermelon smashing games..!
I suppose no matter what I, the man Gongenzaka, cannot understand what I myself cannot do however... [he remarks thoughtfully. If Steven says it's fine then, well. He supposes it's fine, he just hopes he never finds himself with a similar predicament on his hands.]