lostcarnival | MUSHI DISASTER

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MUSHI DISASTER

Who: Anyone and everyone; it’s a mingle-style log!
What: A sudden spike in the mushi population brings some trouble to the carnival.
When: Around day 87-90
Where: All around the carnival
Warnings: Illness, potentially some minor body horror, and so on

[Following the recent disappearance of Ginko and Tanyuu’s mushi repellent, there will be a sudden increase in the number of mushi in the carnival this week.

This is a mingle-style log, so just post a toplevel, tag out, and have fun with mushi disasters! Event information and questions are here.]

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... Eh? What?

[ It's precisely his lack of spiritual sense or anything of that sort which means that he has totally no idea what Rita is freaking out about, except for the fact that she's pointing at him.

Or more accurately, the manakonoyami that's currently attached to him.

Not that he knows about the manakonoyami attached to him though, since backstage is still somewhere between dim and bright enough such that the sensitivity to light isn't entirely too evident - the only thing that's been slightly off really has just been how he's been squinting at things for most of today. ]

[Sorry Yamato, but Rita is staring right at your face with a disturbed look.]

What do you mean, what? [She grits her teeth, her shoulders tensing as her gaze follows the unnatural movements of the things in his eyes.] Haven't you looked in a mirror today?

... No? Why would I... [ ... why is she looking at him like she's completely disturbed, he's looking back at her like she's gone completely nuts too, so they're pretty much even at the moment. ]

Is it a fae change? Is there something on my face? [ He literally does not connect it to mushi. If anything, he's thinking that it's probably some kind of change that happened while he's not looking. AS IF HE HASN'T HAD ENOUGH CHANGES TO DEAL WITH ALREADY. ]

On your face? [She's hesitant. In his face is more like it, but...] Yeah, let's go with that.

The hell is a 'fae change'? [Nobody told her. She never asked, either. Rita just assumed that people from other planets naturally look like freaks.]

[ Conveniently, there are mirrors backstage. It doesn't take him long to locate one and quickly glance over at it when she confirms it, although since he can't see anything mushi-related, he's just going to squint back at her in a Very Confused Manner. ] ... I don't see anything...? What did you see.

[ Wow, wow, rude? He looked about as human as she does! Still, Yamato holds out his arm - the sleeves of the jacket that he tends to wear slip down to reveal blue stripes along his skin. ] Stuff like that. You mean it hasn't happened to you yet?

It's-- something in your eyes. [She answers, but is growing distracted by the other topic at hand. Rita looks to the mirror, then to the marks on his arm.] "Stuff like that"? What do you... why would that happen to me?

[She's starting to have a bad feeling about this.]

What about my eyes? [ Nothing feels wrong, just that... oh man, is that why he's been squinting at things for the past couple of hours? ]

Uh. It's supposed to happen to everyone. [ Obviously, it's happening faster to some people as compared to others. ]

[Suddenly, she grabs the collar of his jacket and pulls him away from the mirror to face her.] What is? Those tattoos? Or... [No. She can tell that's not all.] There's more to this, isn't there?

[ Yanking at his jacket means that he's now facing her, except that, well, he's going to reach out a hand to try and pry the hand she's using to pull him by the jacket and miss completely because his depth perception is shit now.

He's also squinting even harder now because even if he can't see the mushi, they're eating away at his vision, and right now? Rita's looking more and more like blurred lines. ]

They're not tattoos. [ He sounds a little bit exasperated, but that's more because of his vision rather than anything. ]

[Seeing him try to pry her away only prompts her to clench her hand tighter. Not that she's able to put that much strength into her grip, however; between her smaller stature and the tamashi-ka's weakening influence, he could certainly overpower her if he tried. But that's all the more reason for her to try and get a straight answer, fast.]

Then what are they? Tell me what you know.

[ He frowns and when he tries to shake her off, he's admittedly a little bit surprised by how easy it is to shake her off, folding his arms and frowning back at her. ] I heard they're caused by magic the longer you stay in the Carnival, but I don't know exactly how or why they happen. Or what kind of changes happen in general.

[ Hey, he's not the magic user here, Rita. Also, since she's pestering him for answers, he may as well take the chance to ask some of his own. ]

Also, I can't see you properly anymore. [ There's also the beginnings of a headache starting up. ]

[When he shakes her off, Rita lets her arms fall to her side. Her hands clench into fists, but they stay where they are.

Changes, caused by magic... Rita's mind starts racing as she recalls the people she met who called themselves "humans" but clearly weren't fully so. Could it be...? Rita might have charged into this situation without having the first idea of just how different 'fae magic' is from any other magic she's studied. Was this a mistake...?

It takes a moment to register what else he just said.]

Like I said... your eyes are messed up. Did you even look? [... says the person who yanked him away from the mirror.]

I can't even see you properly, what makes you think I can even see my reflection? [ Now he just sounds more annoyed than anything, like he's losing his patience.

It comes with the whole being unable to see properly thing. ]

It's that bad...? [It did look pretty bad to Rita, but if what he's saying is accurate, it sounds like it's getting worse at an alarming rate. Or maybe...]

It's pretty dark back here. Maybe you'd see better if... well, here. [Good thing Rita carries a flashlight with her while working. She produces it and switches it on, pointing it up toward Yamato and the mirror.]

[ That's a terrible idea, Rita - and she'll find out when Yamato doubles over from the sudden light because wow, everything hurts even more now, and he, going to turn his back towards her and shield his eyes with his hands because everything is suddenly too bright. ]

Did you have to do that?!

[Rita, looking puzzled, points the flashlight down to the floor.]

What's your problem? It's not that bright. [She could understand him wincing, but that reaction was a bit excessive.]

I think it's the... thing. [ She should be able to figure out that he's talking about the thing in his eyes that she mentioned earlier. ] Whatever it is, I think it's... making the lights so bright that it's like.

[ A pause. ] Like looking into sunlight. [ He scowls. That's an appropriate analogy, and now that the flashlight is pointing at the floor, away from him, he's adjusting back better. Doesn't help that his vision is still shot to hell. ]

[Rita scrunches her brow as she considers what he's saying. It makes sense, but it's also pretty disturbing. And gross, if she thinks about it too much. She'll do him a favor and switch off the flashlight, anyway.]

I probably don't need to tell you this, but you should go see a medic. Whatever the hell that... thing is, leaving it alone for too long could lead to way worse than photosensitivity and blurred vision. [In fact, they don't even know whether the damage it's doing now could be permanent or not... but saying that out loud probably won't help anything.]

[ ... He's just going to give her a Look. Whatever she's saying makes sense, it really does, and he himself knows that he should make it to a doctor before he goes completely blind because that would be terrible but there's just. One. Problem. ]

... I can't even see where I'm going properly.

[ Yeah, good luck trying to stumble his way across to the medical tent??? Maybe??? ]

[Rita meets his Look with one of her own (not that he can see it), and sighs.] You really are hopeless. Fine, let's go then.

[She grabs his wrist and starts tugging him along as she turns and makes for the exit.]

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MUSHI DISASTER

sightings! backstage, to be precise

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lmao oops.

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