lostcarnival | ⇨ THE SUMMERLANDS

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 138 - Day 152
Where: The Summerlands
What: The Ringmaster brings the carnival to the Summerlands immediately after being freed from Portland so that everyone can take a fucking nap. Her included.
Warnings: Individually marked! Most likely discussion of torture and trauma in here.

DAYS OF SUMMER↴

You made it! And things are back to normal... more or less. Upon waking, you will be greeted with a clear blue sky and gentle breeze – the carnival has found itself situated between a pair of mountain peaks, with great fields of flowers extending in the distance. In the other direction, you’ll see mountain-top cities and tall waterfalls accenting vast swaths of forest.

Some of you will already know this place. It’s the Summerlands. You game here once to rest in safety nearly a year ago, and now you’ve come to rest once again.

► WAKING UP: Shortly after the carnival arrives, the Ringmaster will send out a somewhat cryptic radio message - but her immediate location won't be clear. Whatever items you had on your person at the time the Severing was broken will still be on your person, including whatever clothing. All of the animals and pets of the carnival will have returned to the grounds as well, though they are currently free from their designated living spaces. Things in the carnival will appeared to have naturally aged a month, as if the carnival was been sitting here empty and waiting while everyone was in Portland. The lawn needs mowing.

► SUMMER CITY: After the Summer Fae become aware of everyone's presence, they will welcome you into their city. There are stairs that lead up the sides of the mountains, but thankfully there are also magical means of getting up there as well. The Summer Fae will be willing to help workers with the injured as needed, offering herbal remedies and healing magic to those that want it. You'll also be invited to join them for dinner, but they will not be particularly offended if they are turned down, for now.

► SUMMER PEOPLE: The fae here will mostly enjoy the company of any carnival members that offer it - it doesn't seem that much happens here besides day after day of peaceful meditation and relaxation. It is not uncommon to see Summer Fae spent days doing exactly the same thing, whether that be enjoying the weather, listening to music, or dancing - the day and night periods may be similar to earth, but when you don't need rest it can all blur together just the same. Some of the fae work on feats of agriculture or craftsmanship, and while there is no particularly need to work in this place, they take pride in the fact that they do.

► NEW ARRIVALS: Though the Ringmaster will not be offering much guidance for the first week or so, eventually the carnival will begin running for a few small performance sessions, off and on, as a thank you to their fae hosts. The carnival will also be open to receiving new arrivals during that period, and so there will likely be some newbies to train and get orientated as well.

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Crow has met a couple of people since his arrival to the carnival. Gotten some of his bearings, but he's itching to do something, anything, to keep his mind off what he'd left behind in his world and his rage fuelled encounter with his brother and his Dark Signer friend on his first day.

He figures he'd better get on to meeting this Peridot person he's supposed to be working under for a year. 'Short' and 'green', Yuya had said she looked like. So how hard can it be finding someone who looks like that? Yeah.

Eventually, Crow happens upon her while she's in the training grounds. From the description, he had expected some weirdness but he hadn't expected her to look... not human. But... he hasn't seen anyone else match that description, so there's nothing but to go for it!

"Hey!" he calls out while she's making use of the obstacle course. She doesn't look anything like a monkey, but with all the swinging around... "Monkey lady! You Peridot?"

"Nyeh!?!"

Peridot hears the sound of her name and immediately pauses what she's doing to try and pinpoint the source of it, scrambling up to perch atop one of the climbing obstacles that she's in the middle of using. She tracks the source of the sound back to... A human? One who she hasn't seen around here before, but who apparently knows her name already. Peridot appraises Crow through slightly narrowed eyes, a suspicious frown quirking her lips.

"Well first of all, I'm not a monkey," she corrects him dryly. "But to answer your question: Yes. I am Peridot. How can I be of assistance?"

Oh good, he's got the right person!

Suspicion... well, that's something he's used to dealing with. Nothing he's never seen before. Crow waves a hand dismissively, the other on his hip. "Heard you're my boss while I'm stuck working here."

Grinning broadly, as if he doesn't have a care in the world, Crow jerks a thumb back at his chest. "The name's Crow. I fix and modify stuff back home, but I can pick up new stuff real quick."

This information gets her to change her tune right quick. Peridot sits up a little straighter, her ears raised with interest.

"Oh! So you're a new recruit!" she says brightly. The gem swings down from her perch to approach; she lands kind of heavily on the ground, wobbling for a second as she rises to make her way over to him, already appraising him carefully.

The first thing Crow will probably notice, now that they're on equal ground, is just how short she actually is. Peridot extends a clawed hand, offering a polite shake. "The name's Peridot, and I'm what they call the Engineer around these parts. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Does it matter that she already knows he clearly already knows her name and title? NOPE, because this is a speech that she has memorized and adopted as part of her Cool and Friendly Boss persona, and goshdarnit she is going to stick to the script.

Crow terribly very tall himself, clocking in at 5' 9", but wow she's short. Puny, even? But he knows better than to underestimate someone who's small in size, heh. "Likewise." Crow reaches down and grips the clawed hand without hesitation, shaking it firmly before letting go.

Hesitation doesn't come naturally to Crow and neither does holding back his immediate thoughts. "I heard you were green, but not this green. You've been here a long time or something?"

Peridot chuckles at him without missing a beat. She gets asked this question. A lot.

"Oh, no no no." Pause. "Well. I mean, yes, I have been here for quite some time, but that doesn't account for my color. I'm a gem! Green is my natural complexion." She jerks her head and waves for him to follow, and starts heading towards the exit to the obstacle course. "C'mon. I'll give you the tour while we chat a bit. Get nice and acquainted."

Crow immediately falls into step beside Peridot, putting his hands behind his head as he walks. He's sort of scouted out the Carnival on his arrival -- it's always a good idea to know your territory -- but it's always good to get the low down from someone who's been around the block for longer.

"A gem?" That makes no sense. "You look kinda big to put on a ring."

Even though she'd be puny for a human.

⇨ THE SUMMERLANDS

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Sorry I USUALLY TRY TO BE FASTER THAN THIS I'm in moving/packing hell

it's cool, don't worry :)