lostcarnival | Performance and Dreamcatchers

Who: Joker, those working entertainment, and whoever wants to do fun arts and crafts
When: The day after the orientation, and then after the ringmaster's announcement
Where: The Big Tent and one of the side stages, respectively
What: Joker gets his performing ducks all in a row, and then does an arts and crafts corner. As you do. Mingle log!

At around ten in the morning, as he told a few other workers and anyone who'd been listening in on the walkie talkies, Joker starts to radio in those who are working under him to meet up in the big top. Hope you had breakfast and not a hangover! Of course, for anyone who tries not to attend, Joker will cheerfully hunt them down and bother them into going.

Sorry, mandatory, you know how it is.

It's later in the day, after the ringleaders' own announcement, that eventually Joker makes another of himself, this time to the general channel. It's an invitation to one of the side stages to make dreamcatchers together, for anyone who still craves company or simply doesn't know what the hell a dreamcatcher even is. Along with that, Joker has taken it upon himself to make sure signs advertising this are plastered all over the carnival.

He drew them himself. Please appreciate the scribbled stars.

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[ So he's still trying to get the hang of this thing. So far, he's managed to make two and is working on his third one. Not so bad, considering he's never made dream-catchers before. He thinks they look kind of pretty, with the beads and feathers and all. ]

Hey, you got a little more wire?

[ He looks up from his work and grins at whoever is sitting across from him. ]

[Funny how their schedules tended to oppose each other until now, but here they are now, putting together dreamcatchers.

It remains to be seen for how well they really get along, but Shadow doesn't have any problem with looking up from his own work to pass over said wire. There's a lot of materials to go around and he's not that selfish.]

Yeah sure.

[Meanwhile the boy's not actually using his hands for crafting the things, instead he uses the dark tendrils of his magic to put them together with ease. Overall he's on his fourth dreamcatcher now.]

So roomie, what did you say your name was again?

Thanks! [ he answers cheerily as he takes the wire and uses it to secure the bits of the dreamcatcher before it starts unraveling again. Okay, it's not exactly the prettiest looking thing, but at least it won't come apart? ]

It's Goku! Guess there's been lots going on since everything started.

[ Well, started for Goku, at least. Some folks have been here a lot longer than he has. ]

You're ... Shade?

[Not quite, but...]

Shadow Link.

[That's what he signed his contract under anyway. And though he could easily go by Link the "hero" here, it both doesn't feel fitting and he's past such things by now...]

But I wouldn't be opposed if you would rather call me Shadow.

[ He was close! Both in sound and image. ]

Okay!

[ Yup, you're Shadow from now on. Goku's met so many new folks since arriving, it's easier to keep track of people by one name only. ]

So what've you been up to? How come you're always awake at night?

[Shadow's starting on his fifth dreamcatcher as he answers. Yes it does take energy out of him, but it feels like less effort and time on his part.]

It comes with being what I am, something made from darkness and shadows. I don't do well with things like being in the sun.

[The light literally burns still, no matter what the princess said. But it's not all bad, considering he still has his powers in this place. And he's used to limited hours for work and free time.]

[ Goku pauses his work to watch him do his thing. He's seen glimpses of it before when they first met, but it's the first time he's really been able to watch with something so intricate. ]

How come you're made from darkness and shadows?

[ How does that work, even? ]

Because dark magic.

[Therefore, Goku shouldn't get too caught up in the details, magic tends to avoid explanation.]

It doesn't really matter now, since that's all in the past.

Dark magic?

[ Dark as in bad? He wonders if it's at all similar to Ukoku's magic, which is about shadows. Or actually, it's more like about nothing. He could carve out spaces and erase them from existence, whether it's a tree trunk, the side of a mountain, or the bottom half of your body.

...hopefully Shadow isn't talking about that kind of thing. ]

Why's it in the past? [ Sorry man, Goku is nosy. ]

[ Goku's doing just about as well as Childermass is, as this has been an learning experience for him, too. He's still on his second, though. The first one he had made hadn't been all that great, so he'd broken it back down and started over. The second version is still a bit off, but better, and so he's moved on to round two of dreamcatchers, working a little more surely this time.

It's a vast change from what he's used to doing and a bit silly, considering how damn serious the man always looks, to be sitting here, wrapping colorful leather around a hoop! ]

...hm? [ But he'll look up from that at Goku's question. ] Oh. Of course. Did you need some?

[ He's hoarded mostly silver wire for his own, having made sure to pick up several spools of it. Sharing wouldn't be out of the question. ]

Yeah, that'd be great! Thanks!

[ He turns the project over in his hands, trying to figure out which side should be the front versus the back. Or maybe it's supposed to look good from all sides. Unfortunately, it's not the prettiest looking thing from either side. But hopefully the wire will help clamp down the bits that are sticking out all over the place.

He glances over at John's work curiously. ]

Yours looks pretty good, [ he says generously. ]

[ He'll roll a spool of wire Goku's way, down the table towards him, then pick up where he left off on his current dreamcatcher. Silver wire, dark blue leather, and whatever purple and lighter blue decorations he could get together. ]

As do yours. [ He just needs to tie off the leather wrapping on this one and... there. Childermass holds it up, checking to make sure it'll stay together. ] This isn't at all what I expected to be doing here, but it isn't such a bad distraction, now is it?

Thanks!

[ He catches the spool as it rolls toward him. He pulls on a wire and it unravels, a long curly piece that he snips off with a pair of scissors. He cinches the wire around the piece he's working on, trying to keep things even and clean looking. ]

It's kinda fun! I've never made anything like this before.

So what d' they have you doing usually?

[ Current dreamcatcher done, it's on to the next, which means cutting off a length of the somewhat more durable wire for another hoop. He'll talk as he works, shrugging at the question. ]

Magic, it would seem. I am to be a stage magician for the carnival.

[ And he can't really help but sound really amused by that. He's not sure he'll ever stop finding it funny, actually. ]

Ooh. Can you do real magic?

[ This is not completely weird, he thinks. He's seen holy magic his whole life, after all. And even a few little spells here and there since he's arrived at the carnival. ]

When I care to.

[ As far as magicians go, he's awfully low key. ]

Cool. What kinds of magic? [ He leans in a little, curious. ]

[ Ugh, why does everyone need to ask that? He'll consider which one to highlight as he works on putting together the hoop for his next dreamcatcher. Inevitably, he'll settle on the most obvious one. ]

Mostly making myself unseen when I don't wish to be.

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