lostcarnival | ⇨ The Tourist Trap: WEEK 4

Who: Anyone, anywhere in Portland.
When: October 22nd - 31st, 2017
Where: In Portland, for the last time.
What: The seasons change as the Winter Court seizes a surprise victory, claiming both the Tree of Life's pendant and the blood catalyst needed to take control of the Severing Ritual. Meanwhile, interdimensional problems are about to get more weird. Check out the conflict results for the attack on the Circle as well as the Beast's attack on the Summer Court here.
Warnings: Individually marked!

DAYS OF WINTER↴

As the end of October nears, so does the grasp of winter. On the night of the 22nd, it will freeze overnight, and the temperature will drop for the following days. As the night grow long, world-wide magic slowly reaches it apex, set to reach it on the night of Halloween. With so many factors at play, knowing what to do with that moment of power may be a challenge.

► FULL CIRCLE: The Angels succeed in their planned attack on the Circle, managing to get to the living quarters of the Council members with the help of Ashleigh Mischief. The plan goes without much resistance from the mages or from the demons attempting to claim the ritual object for their own. Of course, when the fae make a surprise attack on the Angels after they flee the scene, it has the surprise result of the Winter Court ended up with the pendant in their talons. Threads for this attack can be done in this log. If you need mod direction at all, let us know, but otherwise feel free to NPC demons, angels, or random Circle members as you require.

► THE QUEEN'S GARDEN: Realizing that the Rose Queen is distracted with attempting to claim the pendant, the Beast will summon her co-conspirators to raid the Queen's gardens. The ultimate plan seems to be to get the Beast far enough into the gardens to kill the Queen, while also rescuing as many changelings as possible along the way. As it turns out, this doesn't go well. While they do manage to penetrate the gardens with Childermass's help, the Rose Queen, Ignatius, and Nightshade happen to all be there. Seriously outnumbered, even by the Beast's terms, it will take everything the group has to just make it out alive, sustaining heavy injuries as they go. In the end they will manage to rescue Greg universe and four additional changelings that were imprisoned there, but any damage done to the Summer Court itself will be negligible. Threads for this can also be played out here!

► REFLECTIONS: As the ritual draws closer, the line between this reality and the one you came from will also be becoming less clear. Regaining memories is not required, but it will naturally become easier to occur, especially if you're already started receiving them. It's a good time to start making connections, while you still have the chance.

► THE SEVERING: One way or another, the Severing is going to make an impact on both this world and the lives of those trapped inside of it. The Angels are going to be making an attempt to interrupt the Winter Court's ritual, as will the Summer Court and Anath's forces. Whoever comes up on top will be the ones to decide what to be done with it. Yet, with news that the Severing continuing could cause irreversible damage to the planet's spirit, it could feel like there are no perfect options. There will be an event header put up for this by the mods closer to the end of July.

(NOTE: canon powers will returning while the ritual is in progress, so keep that in mind for planning - both sets of powers will be active.)

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Absolutely nobody has told Strange what Joker really is. As such, when he sees the man arrive, he's just downright confused. That asshole from the library? He had a feeling the man might be magical, just because he seemed far too into all of those magic books and what not Strange had been reading, but he's certainly not aligned with the fae and can't be an angel, no angel is that obnoxious. So that leaves...very few options.

"What are you doing here?" Strange asks in return, giving Joker a downright confused frown before firing off a force bolt spell that straight up beans some poor angel in the head. They'll have to hold this conversation while fighting because Strange doesn't look like he's going to stop shooting off spells any time soon.

You mean they'll hold this conversation while Strange is fighting and Joker is dodging his ass off- his options for fighting are a bit limited when he's in human guise like this. So he ducks past another violent exchange, doing his best to close the gap between them. All he needs to do is get close enough...

"Well it's where that trinket everyone is after is, innit!" he calls over the ruckus. "Since when did mages get along with the Summer Court?"

"Since I learned this was all the Circle's fault!" Strange just continues firing off force bolts at various angels and pulling up a barrier spell to keep himself safe. All in all, he's acquitting himself halfway decently. Portland Strange is a smidge better at combat than England Strange.

"Why the hell do you want that thing in the first place?" Because again, Strange still has no clue why the hell this man's here.

Finally getting close enough, Joker ducks down as if to avoid a hit.... even as a grin splits across his face. "I'll give ya a hint-" And he pops up, smashing one fist straight towards Strange's face. This isn't the first time he's punched a mage, but it never gets old.

The next thing out of his mouth is an entirely foreign language- angelic if Strange knows that kind of thing. In fact, it almost sounds like he's saying "Your boss tells you to stop being an idiot", but that's.... probably a mistranslation.

And whack, that punch connects hard. Strange gets knocked for a loop, barrier spell flickering out of existence as he stumbles backwards.

Well, that told him squarely what team Joker was on! Unfortunately, Strange doesn't know any hint of angelic and only vaguely remembers the fact that Joker's his boss at the carnival, so the garbled language he's saying is...confusing. Probably something angel. He's probably making fun of him also, that's just how the day's been going.

"What the fuck was that for?!" Strange exclaims, with a frown, as he quickly casts a force bolt which shoots right in Joker's direction. Fuck you buddy, you punch him, he'll retaliate in return!

I mean, making fun of him was definitely on the table, so Strange isn't wrong there.

Fortunately, at least for Joker, he was expecting some retaliation. He ducks before the force belt can hit, picking up some pile of debris that's cropped up from all the mess and chucks it right at Strange. "Because yer bein' a bloody idiot, and a tosser ta boot!" he calls back. "Sidin' with the fae, what kind of move is that?!"

Thankfully, Strange manages to dodge the debris thrown at him, though only just. He shoots another force bolt spell off in Joker's direction as the two continue to argue.

"Why do you care who I side with in the first place?"

Excuse him, just- trying to duck behind someone else who is probably a fae, whups, thanks for taking that one new friend who is at least too stunned to kick his ass over the stunt.

"Because my divine providence is lookin' over idiots!" he calls back, trying another debris chuck. "And I think I might know ya from another life, or some rubbish!"

As Joker mentions another life, Strange just stops in his tracks...which unfortunately means that he doesn't dodge the chunk of debris. This one breaks straight through the barrier shield and hits him square in the shoulder.

"Goddammit, not you too?!" he complains, as he casts another force bolt, this time aiming for Joker's legs.

Score.

Unfortunately, Joker's triumphant cackle means he gets a bolt right in the leg, because he's an asshole like that, and he goes tumbling head over heels for a second with a few grunts. "Weird how many people it affects, huh!" he calls out, scrambling up again.

"It's weirder how we all seem to know each other." Are they having discussions about odd metaphysical memory nonsense in the middle of a fight? You betcha. Are they also having this discussion while Strange is still trying to knock Joker the fuck out? You betcha as well.

Smirking like a moron (because ha, he hit him), Strange sends another force bolt in Joker's direction.

Wow, it's amazing what immature assholes they both are. Well, maybe not surprising, because Joker knows who he is and mages are always like this, but very amazing. Still, his wings suddenly unfurl, helping him take to the sky so he can avoid that force bolt.

"Small world!" he calls, trying to kick a passing by fae in the head and hoping Strange accidentally hits them. This battlefield is a god damn mess, lord above. "And everythin' weird happens in Portland!"

Let's be real, Strange is a bit of an immature asshole even when he doesn't have fake memories bouncing around his head.

Thankfully for that fae, the force bolt whizzes past him, cutting him in the side but not knocking him out. Strange just widens his eyes and quickly turns to try and knock out a different angel with magic, this isn't him trying to turn his back and pretend he didn't do this, no siree.

"Of course it's happening in Portland!" Strange responds, in a 'no duh' sort of tone. "This is where all the nonsense started to begin with!"

If they weren't in the middle of a life or death clusterfuck battle, Joker would take the time to laugh at that. Unfortunately, no time, and it's clear Strange won't be convinced- at least not now. For obvious reasons. So Joker takes off a shoe and chucks it at the back of his head instead.

"Then don't act so surprised!" he calls before he darts through the air to take care of other business. There's an amulet to defend.

~~And then lose.~~

That shoe hits him hard on the back of his head. Swearing slightly, Strange turns around only to find that Joker's already vanished.

At least he's got a shoe? What the hell is he going to do with this, this is a dude's shoe, it's not even his size.

Oh well. Strange turns back to the combat at hand, still grumbling and whining under his breath about the shoe to his head. Though really, what's one angel in the grand scheme of things? They've an amulet to steal in the first place. (This will not work).

⇨ The Tourist Trap: WEEK 4

urrgh nooooo go away and let him make bad choices in peace

nope, never

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