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[ringleaders]

Who: The Summer Maiden, the Ringmaster, and possibly you!
When: Day 146 - Day 152
Where: The Summer Maiden's garden, in the Summerlands.
What: Just some gals being pals. The perfect opportunity to both snoop and hassle some fae.
Warnings: Nothing specific.

THE SUMMER MAIDEN↴ The Ringmaster is reborn without much fanfare. One day her egg is resting in the egg tent, and the next she's out and around the carnival, back to normal - or mostly, at least. She takes the same humanoid shape as she did before Portland ever happened, but now instead of appearing totally human, she's retained a set of curved horns, and longer, sharper nails. She personally offers no explanation for it, without being asked. Otherwise, she does her very best to settling back into the old routine, acknowledging what they all just went through as little as possible. After the first few days of getting the carnival up and running again, she disappears off into the summer cities. People who were here for the last visit to the Summerlands probably have a pretty good idea of what she's doing. They are few restrictions as to where you can go, in the mountain top cities. One particularly majestic mountain supposedly contains the home of the Summer Maiden herself - a plant filled temple that would be considered unassuming by fae standards. There are no guards blocking the entrance, or locked gates keeping you out. Once you find it, you are free to explore. Free enough that you may stumble upon the sound of a familiar voice, and private discussions. Are you going to be polite, or are you going to listen in? [OOC: Tag in with your character entering the temple and heaving the Ringmaster talking to someone, or the sound of an unfamiliar voice singing. Each of my replies will be a bit different. I'll do my best to keep up with as many threads as possible, but priority will go on a first come first serve basis, in the event I get overloaded. Indicate whether you'd like to talk mostly to the Ringmaster or mostly to the Summer Maiden in your top level.]

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[espigeon]

Julien is here to take a bath. Yes, back on carnival grounds there is a lake, and hot springs, and he has a walk-in shower in his big bird-adapted trailer, but, look, he's pretty sure there are waterfalls here, and that's just really tempting? He's never had a waterfall shower as a bird before. Splashing is just way more fun with feathers, too.

He wanders in listening for crashing water and, despite a fantastic sense of direction literally being one of the primary things his big feathery head was designed for, gets turned around. Julien knows exactly which way is north and where to go to get back to the carnival, but he hears water in several directions and hasn't found anything more substantial than a trickle, regardless of which way he goes. There are also voices. Maybe if he goes over there?

[npcarnival]

"Are you one of the Ringmaster's?"

The question is simple enough, but as it is heard, the area will grow subtly brighter. It turns out to be because a literally radiant fae has entered. She approaches slowly, eying the bird curiously. Her hair flows behind her, like the tails of a star.

"This is a much more extreme change than I'm accustomed to seeing."

[espigeon]

"Ah... hello, there!"

Julien's met a lot of Summer Fae. This one seems subtly different, not something he can put a finger on. Luckily he defaults to friendly and respectful with new people in general. Eyes open on his long feathered neck, like precious stones.

"I suppose I am, at that. But this change was from before." He pauses a moment. "You can tell I'm not a bird?"