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

Oh~! Chiaki! [Carly is waving from under that dome, though it may be hard to tell. Her wings are certainly there, long and tendril-like, and SOMETHING is moving under there...but in the mix of glowing orange on black, it's a bit tricky to spy.

Her voice, at least, seems to carry rather well.] I'm not really sure, but it seems alright, doesn't it..?

Did you get something for the water..?

[ She squints, and flaps to get a little bit closer. ]

Uh... fins. [ Well, technically a lot more than that. ] And a tail. I can't really see you...

Oh, um...hang on! [She strains for a bit with her arms, stretching to try and reach the edge of the canopy. Eventually however, she is left using the ends of her wings, lifting it up to reveal her jelly-like form.] Ah, there we go- Woaaaaaaahhhh, you look like a manta ray...

[Yes because she's the one with the greatest changes Carly.]

[ When Chiaki sees Carly's form underneath the canopy, she has to gasp. She's huge. ]

This is all you? [ She flaps a little more, swimming closer to Carly and perhaps just past the dome's exterior. ]

Eh..? You mean this stuff..?

[She gestures to the canopy, looking around and then nodding.] It feels like it! [Once Chiaki is in range, she'll drop the canopy. It's easier that way, really, and in a sense almost...beautiful too. The sea looks entirely different from under here, more like a night sky than anything.] I don't totally get it, but I suppose it's like any real jellyfish..?

[ Chiaki takes a moment to take in the sight of the endless ocean from within Carly's canopy, breathlessly looking around. When she turns back to Carly, she's glowing.

(Not literally. Which is worth noting, since they're now sea creatures.) ]

It's beautiful.

Ah... [She blushes a little at the compliment-an action that causes literal glowing in her case, filling the runes and flooding the area with orange glow. She sways a bit in place, the canopy wiggling somewhat with her.] Y-You think so..?

I just sort of woke up like this after all, hahahah~

Yeah! It's like being inside a planetarium.

[ She floats a little closer to Carly's main body to watch the ocean float by from Carly's position. ] Don't you think?

Ahhh... [She holds her hands to her face, pondering the matter. Truth be told, well...] I...

I've never actually been to a planetarium...I've heard about them, and about aquariums and all kinds of places like that! But...

[She thinks back to where she lived growing up. To the streets, to the packs of instant noodles and cheap discount vegetables for dinner. To her car in the present day, where her laundry was probably still hanging.] ...I couldn't really afford that kind of thing, ah...

[ Her eyes widen. ]

If there's one at a stop... we should go!! Or maybe we could ask the Ringmaster to set one up for us...!

I used to go sometimes... it made me feel less lonely.

You think she could make a planetarium at the carnival..? [Actually, she pauses, rethinking those words. What's she saying, of course she could! SHE'S MAGIC.] I-I mean an aquarium would be pointless right now, so I guess we definitely can only ask about a planetarium!!

...do you think she'd just bring us to space instead though..?

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