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lostcarnival2017-02-26 02:17 pm
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2017-02-26 02:17 pm
Entry tags:
- !event,
- @celebration,
- annabelle blishwick,
- foster van denend,
- ginko,
- greg universe,
- hinawa,
- jamie hemeros,
- john childermass,
- joker,
- jonathan strange,
- katsuki yuuri,
- koel babic,
- lambert,
- lauren,
- miko nakadai,
- mitsuki izumi,
- mutou yuugi,
- papyrus,
- renzo shima,
- sans,
- sherlock holmes,
- sophie welman,
- sora,
- steven universe,
- susan,
- the psiioniic,
- yotsuba tamaki
⇨ THE MASQUERADE
Who: Everyone! Attendance is mandatory.
When: Late Day 65
Where: The Celebration
What: The Masquerade arrives, and so does the carnival's enemies. For more info, check out the Draculas 101.
Warnings: Further party hell. Also, vampire violence, mind control, etc.
When: Late Day 65
Where: The Celebration
What: The Masquerade arrives, and so does the carnival's enemies. For more info, check out the Draculas 101.
Warnings: Further party hell. Also, vampire violence, mind control, etc.
THE HOST & THE HORDE↴ The time of the Masquerade arrives. You've been given free reign of the place up till now, but a few hours before the party commences the Host will inform you that your presence will be required, and will assist you (forcibly, if need be) to sort out any last minute costuming concerns you might have if you've left it until now. When masks and outfits are sorted, you'll be left to your own devices until you are summoned on the evening of Day 65. The Masquerade will start off normally - relative to everything else in this place, at least. Everyone in the Celebration will be called in for this event, centered in a grand hall with side rooms offered to those that need them for whatever reasons might come up. The food and drink is especially ambrosia-esque this evening, and the music will stir your soul, even if you're not usually a music person. Enjoy it if you can - the peace won't last. ► MASKS: Though the masks seemed only mundane before, once within the Masquerade atmosphere, they will magically begin obscuring people's identities beyond what a normal mask should be able to do. When a person is wearing one, it would be supernaturally difficult to figure out who they are - maybe you forget what their voice should sound like, or maybe the other details escape you. Of course, it's possible to figure out if you look for it, based on general shapes and personality traits, but unless you know someone well it could be a challenge. Of course, you can just take your mask off and remove the enchantment entirely - though the Host will hassle you if they notice you going without. Stop ruining the party! ► TEMPTATION: Though it's felt easy to be whisked away by the draw of pleasure and luxury during the rest of the week, that feeling will seem to come to a head at the actual party. If you are aware of what needs to be resisted then it's possible to fight back and ignore it, but more than ever it feels all too easy to just dance your life away. Nobody seems to be dying from it, at least, or 'burning out' any faster as a result - it's mostly just extremely distracting from other concerns. Like vampires, for instance. VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE↴ It's during the latter half of the party that things will start to go bad. Though it will go unseen by the carnival, the Masquerade has gained an additional set of guests - the vampire's of the demon lord that has been chasing them for the last several months. The Host doesn't discriminate, and anyone is welcome to attend the Celebration, provided they don't start a fight. Right. About that. ► THE KINDRED: The vampires don't like to play fair, which means that they are going to be attacking with stealth and trickery - taking advantage of the way that the party has dulled the alertness of many of the carnival's workers. They'll be using that lack of inhibition to lure individuals into places they can be attacked or turned in private - their primary goals are to capture the Supervisors and to turn as many of the Ringmaster's workers as possible before escaping back to their dimension. Some of their targets will be gone before anyone has a chance to notice. Remembering that they will be avoiding big public confrontations, so if anyone starts one of those it will probably by the carnival members striking back. This is going to wear on the Host's patience extremely quickly. ► COLD IRON: Oh, right, and they are definitely bringing iron weapons - as pure as they could get. They'll have things like iron collars or shackles to try to trap people with, as well as iron daggers and guns with iron bullets. They'll have to be on the down low with, but they are going to exploit that weakeness as much as possible. Those that have only been in the carnival a few months will mostly just feel discomfort at the touch of it - as if they are touching something that is slightly too hot or too cold. Veterans that have been around for years will find its touch to be burningly cold - the type of temperature that would threaten to destroy flesh after prolonged contact. Those that have been here for up to three years will take it the worst. See the Transformations page for more details! ► TURNING THE TABLES: Being turned is a mixture of pleasure and pain, and is often hard for mortals to mentally reconcile as it happens to them. Being drained by these vampires is simultaneously impossibly satisfying and extremely terrifying - once they've started in on your, the way it overwhelms your mind and body can make it nearly impossible to stop them without help. Once you are dead or dying, they will feed you their blood - at which point your body will go through a painful transformation as the demon spirit takes its place inside of you and your dead body is violently resurrected. As soon as you wake up, freshly changed, the bloodlust will set it - it will be extremely hard to control, and at first all you will think about is wanting to sate that hunger. Combined with your sire having direct control if your mind through your blood connection, new vampires will be mostly incapable of doing anything but following the whims of the rest of the vampire pack and seeking nourishment. This blood lust will begin to fade after they've fed. Killing isn't necessary to feed, but it can be hard to stop yourself, as a neonate vampire. ► CLOSING TIME: Before the party is officially over, the Host will have had enough. Before you can pursue all of the vampires or take back the people they've stolen, the lot of them will have escaped back to their dimension, and the Host will have kicked the entire carnival out for participating in so much violence. If you want to make any final moves before you go, this is the time. |
Ohohohohoho~
That last bit is less of a suggestion, and more of a lightly-framed order. Better go quench that thirst unless you wanna die again, my guy.
Heck, even Sora's feeling that order, and his morals and his thirst start to go to war again. He rubs at his eyes, which are growing dull again. He's still pretty hungry, too, even after draining someone.
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He moves slowly but steadily, eyes fading to orange then red as he stalks through the addled masses and approaches an elfin woman so drained by years of party and so inebriated by drink and drug that she's all but unable to flee. Perhaps not the best choice, based on that last trait, but certainly easy prey for a neonate.
He approaches the dazed woman from behind. The smell is overwhelming. Almost too hastily, he strikes, wrapping his arms around hers in something perversely resembling a hug and instinctively licking then biting her neck. His saliva ensures the pain is minimal, and she actually coos with pleasure as he drains her, too quickly (and messily) at first but soon slower and more carefully. Around him, people panic, but he barely notices until one punches him in the face, off the woman's neck. He blinks, dazed and confused himself from the contents of her blood, then tries to nuzzle back into her neck to continue, but she slips from his arms, unconscious now. He barely notices. He's pretty stoned from the drugs in her bloodstream.
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"Looks good, doesn't it?" Xebat whispers in his ear. "Bet you're still pretty hungry, huh?"
Sora shakes his head and wraps his arms around his middle, digging his nails into his side. He is hungry, so hungry...
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However, that feeding is cut short too. Not because Snake is forced off, but because he sees a familiar pattern. Red, black, yellow, black, red, coiled around the neck of what his sense of smell tells him is another vampire. Emily.
He doesn't hesitate. He charges. Xabat may not like it, but Emily is his friend, and he will not see her worn as an... accessory by someone who doesn't even appreciate her.
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Bemusedly, he watches Snake bite a guy who tried to punch him and... let go? Oh, looks like he'd found a better target.
Xebat stands swiftly, dragging Sora up with him, and goes to follow. He's curious as to what caught Snake's eye.
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The other neonate unfortunately sees him coming and dodges his first open-handed grab at his throat. He manages to land two punches into Snake's face and torso, but unfortunately for him Snake is well-fed, and despite damaged ribs and a cracked cheekbone, manages to slam his own fist directly into his opponent's nose after a few more misses. He's never been much of a fighter, but anyone can throw a punch if they're desperate enough.
With that, he lifts the snake as gently as possible from the stunned vampire's neck... And gets bitten for his trouble. Ow, Emily. Just because he smells different doesn't mean he is.
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Xabat ushers Sora over to Snake and grins again. "Good job! You should show Sora some of those tricks, eh?"
Sora, watching Emily intensely, shakes his head again. He doesn't want to fight. Doesn't want to hurt anyone. But he's thirsty...
TBH I rolled for that and crit succeeded before I crit failed, so he won.
The taste of his blood seems to mollify Emily, at least. He can feel her teeth. They're longer, she's been infected too, but to have her back... He's so relieved he could cry. Carefully, he unhooks her from his arm (she reacts poorly) and sets her on his shoulder. She goes for his throat, but frankly he doesn't mind. He'll feed her all day if he has to.
He's still ignoring Xabat as much as possible, though.
OMG I can't believe you left Emily's fate at the hands of RNG
Sora, however, is very intrigued by Emily, to the point that he comes closer to look at her. It's probably the most alert he's been so far, honestly.
HE WOULD'VE GOTTEN HER BACK LATER IF HE LOST. Like next log.
Emily settles one red eye on Sora as she continues to drink from Snake's throat. He's just... letting her. He'll have to feed more if he's to support her too, but for now it's not something that concerns him. "'Hello,' says Emily." The first thing he's said in a while, and it's little more than a whisper. His throat is starting to feel dry again.
That's too long tho
"Hello," he replies shyly, coming even closer, and looking back and forth between Snake and Emily.
"He speaks!" Xabat exclaims. "Or shall I say, THEY speak."
RNG is usually pretty good to me.
Snake just nods once to Xabat before turning back to Sora. "'He smells weird, but you and I do too. Do you know what's going on?' says Emily."
your luck stat is +42
Honestly, he doesn't really know what's going on. His head's been too fuzzy, it's too hard to concentrate. He's barely been holding himself back from attacking people. But he can hazard a guess or two.
"I think we're vampires now."
I also crit fail a lot, though.
"'Why would vampires target us?' says Emily." It's a valid question, even if it sounds weird when Snake asks it because of the piping, effeminate voice he uses for Emily. Once again, he looks at Xabat briefly.
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"I... I don't know."
Xabat saunters up to them, now, and throws his arm around Sora, who looks vaguely uncomfortable but doesn't protest.
"Well, I turned Sora here because he's so cute," he says, pinching Sora's cheek. "Innocent, full of light, and adorable. How could I resist? You, on the other hand, were just kinda there. Sora's been resisting the urge, you see. Had to get him to feed somehow. Sorry bro, but you were kinda. Collateral damage. Really cool collateral damage."
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He's changed. More violent, more combative. Something's wrong with his mind, with his very soul, he just knows it. He needs to cool his head, to fight back with whatever he's got, so he takes a deep breath and uncurls his hands. There. That's a start.
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"Are... Are you okay?"
That's a stupid question, of course he's not. Neither of them are.
"Yeah, buddy, you look a little upset. Maybe you should calm down."
The last bit is another order, and even though it's not for him, Sora's knees start to go weak and his head starts to go fuzzy again. He rubs at his eyes and tries to stave it off, to see what Snake will do.
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At least I won't have to watch YOU constantly."
He pats Sora's shoulder again, and Sora looks at the ground. It's pretty clear he'll be sticking to Sora like glue.
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Of course, maybe he's wrong. His fingers twitch, and that's the only warning before he approaches Xabat, anger in his eyes. "'You're lucky you're strong,' says Emily." Then he's past, and starts to walk away. Every step feels heavier on him; he knows he's leaving Sora to something terrible, but there's nothing he can do. Not yet.
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Sora feels slightly sick, looking at Snake as he melts away into the crowd. It was all his fault that Snake was stuck like this, and now they were both at the whims of their sire.
Xabat looks back at Sora, then into the crowd and begins to walk away as well. Sora has no choice but to follow, so he digs his nails into his gut again and goes after him.