lostcarnival | ⇨ ATLANTIS

Who: Everyone!
When: The morning of D44 and onward.
Where: The ocean realm of Atlantis.
What: The carnival abruptly arrives at an underwater realm, and everyone is transfigured into merpeople just as suddenly.
Warnings: Body horror, I guess.

THE CITY OF ATLANTIS↴

The visit starts without much warning, but at least there is a full week of free time before performances start. In the meantime, your characters will be given ample opportunity to adjust their acts for an underwater audience, get used to their new fishy appendages, or just spend the whole time enjoying the sights and sounds of Atlantis city. King Triton will not be immediately seen, but it's possible to gain an audience with him if you get in contact with the ambassadors of the kingdom. Just, make sure that you're not wasting his time. He's a lot less patient with nonsense than the Ringmaster is.

► FISH FRIDAY: You fell asleep, whether or not that's something you usually do, and the next morning you wake up as one of the merfolk. A few last additions may grow in after you're awake, but for the most part everyone will have a method of swimming and a method of breathing underwater transfigured into them upon waking. Don't worry about your belongings - everything is waterproofed, and technology will work the same underwater as it does above it. That doesn't mean there won't be plenty to get used to, though.

► GREAT BLUE YONDER: The ocean realm where Atlantis resides is enormous, and the depths seem to be unending. Despite the fact that there doesn't seem to be any surface, sun glimmers all the way down to the ocean floor. Atlanteans use creatures like whales and dolphins as rides and beasts of burden, and they can be seen swimming in and out of the city as constantly as roadways filed with cars in earth civilization. Beyond that, there's everything you would expect to see on the ocean floor here - huge reefs of coral, both familiar and exotic, enormous ocean plants, deep ocean trenches, and all kinds of weird critters living in them. There are a mix of mythical and standard ocean creatures, and are likely a combined populations of many oceans worth of beings.

► THE ATLANTEAN MARKET: The Atlantean market (aka the "merket") is a long trench between rows of buildings in the middle of the city, lit with bio-luminescent plants and rocks, and filled with all kinds of weird mer stuff that you can buy. There are a great many individual booths, mostly with hand crafted wares and objects that have been salvaged from various sunken ships. The Ringmaster has already traded a large number of goods to the merfolk here, and has taken the profit to award each worker with 100 Atlantean Gold to spend as they please. One gold is worth roughly five USA dollars, for a comparison of how much that is. There is a top level set up below in which characters can make their purchases, and you can also handwave the purchase of random common, necessary items (food, drink, etc) at your convenience.

► TREASURE HUNTING: Right now, the only major salvage areas are a few left over sunken ships that have mostly been picked over by the merfolk. However, you are welcome to head over to them and explore, and see if fortune smiles on you when it comes to finding anything that hasn't been taken yet. The current options are three similar looking brigantine that all probably came from the same world. Merfolk do not seem to consider them to be anything extraordinary, though magical items and gold have allegedly been found within them. Whether or not anything is left, is the real question.

► LIMELIGHTING: Merfolk are curious and generally socially forward, as a species. This mean that they find the carnival's workers to be a fascinating novelty, and also are unafraid to make that fascination obvious. Given the opportunity, merfolk will demand your character's attention for bombardments of questions and for general socializing, especially if they are particularly unusual for some reason. Don't be surprised if you get invited to stay at total stranger's houses, or dragged off to a merfolk bar to surprise party with their friends. They'll let you say no, reluctantly, but they will also be pleased as punch to get up in your gill.

It's also possible to make some money, this way, if you're willing to do street performances, or are willing to sell your "skills" in a more private environment. Yes, there are opportunities to become a fish hooker if you are so inclined. Merfolk may also offer money to take you as arm candy to various public events, escort style. They don't consider this to be a particularly socially inappropriate thing to do, either.

You can ask general questions about this setting over on the event post. There are top levels below for buying Atlantean merch, and also for making dolla dolla, if your character is inclined to try.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ Her skin's hue has changed as well - a deep blue, in contrast to his greys and blacks. She's not anywhere near as adept as a swimmer, and certainly not with a strange body like this.

But she's not really worried about that right now. ]

Yes! [ She all but brushes off the question -- she's unhurt, she's strangely relaxed, she's still with him, the Carnival's still here -- all good things in her book. She floats slowly towards him, adjusting her tail a little at a time, vaguely noticing that her legs are now completely absent. His hair looks funny floating around him like that. ] Yes, I'm fine! How do you feel?

[It's funny, he almost feels kind of relaxed like this. Certainly moreso than he did last night, that's for sure. He doesn't really know what to think about the body changes, sure, but that doesn't mean that it's not a welcome distraction from his thoughts of late.

Yuugi looks at her when she brushes off his question, brow furrowing slightly before he believes her. There's nothing to worry about, not right now in any case, and he hums and inclines his head, not really paying attention to the fact that his own legs aren't there.]

Not really any different from normal I think. It's just...different.

Not different?

[ But... also different. So that's perplexing. She attempts to swim towards him again, but instead of kicking, her lower half sort of undulates and she ends up floating over him, towards the window. ] Ahh!!

[ She bumps into the window with her face and groans. ] This is gonna take some getting used to...

A-ah! Chiaki-san...!

[He reaches to catch her but he's too late to save her from bumping against the window, instead opting to wince and then swim over towards her, closing the short distance. He giggles softly, though he does reach to help her up straight. There's a bit of awkwardness about him, though he does tilt his head, pursing his lips together.]

I'd say we're probably better off outside but...until we figure out how to move we might drift away...

[ She grips his hand firmly when he reaches for her, using him and the wall to brace and right herself. ] Maybe the Ringmaster knows how to move like this... or Psii...

[ Flapping her fin, she looks at him. ] I mean, it's a little like flying...

Maybe. I wouldn't expect there to be this kind of stop without some sort of lessons on how to move with the body.

[Ah, the water was pushing him closer. Yuugi's face flushes and he pulls back a bit to give her space while still gripping her hand. It's going to be a learning curve for sure, but for now he tilts his head and sighs.]

You'd think all that Egyptian magic would have prepared me for something like this...

Mm... different kinds of magic are different, Yuugi-kun.

[ Another... slightly obvious statement, perhaps? But she felt it needed to be said, and gives him a warm smile. ]

We'll get used to it! You're already doing better than I am!

⇨ ATLANTIS

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