HELL OF A HANGOVER PT. 1

[ringleaders]

Who: The people who escaped!
When: Very early Day 66 to Day 67
Where: The Carnival
What: The Ringmaster brings everyone she can back to the carnival after getting kicked out the Celebration, a bit worse for wear. Those that have resolved their threads at the Masquerade can start trickling over here as they sort things out.
Warnings: Angst, mostly likely, as well as potentially graphic injuries.

RETURNING HOME↴ About 45 minutes after the conflict with the vampires begins, the Ringmaster will finally show her face at the Masquerade - and immediately be mortified by what she sees. Though initially mostly confused by the fact that there's been problems over the week, and characteristically obtuse about what's going on, as soon as she realizes the severity of the threat she will launch into action. If the Host managed to miss the combat already going on, they won't be able to miss the Ringmaster tearing up the joint and looking for her people. She's quick to scoop up those that have managed to gather in the dining hall - but unfortunately her arrival seems to be the vampire's cue to retreat. Her attempt to challenge the Host about this will result in the being finally losing their patience and banishing all the vampires and all of the carnival workers from the premises, forcing them back to the portals they arrived from and launching their remaining belongings out with them. The Ringmaster will be pretty fucking pissed off when they return (once again) and will tell everyone to take the time they need to recover, but to stick together and stay safe for the time being. She has a plan to chase down the carnival members that have been stolen, but it will take time. ► BEER PONG: Apparently the Ringmaster spent the entire week playing a nonstop game of beer pong, against several dozen of the Host's bodies. She hadn't quite won yet when the Masquerade began, so she was late. Whether or not she was caught up in the same spell as everyone else is up to interpretation, but the answer "definitely probably." She won, for the record. ► MISSING: Upon doing headcounts, it will turn out that all the supervisors are missing, as well as several regular workers - a few of which will have been spotted as freshly turned vampires during the fighting. Whether that was the point of the attack or not is unclear, but it's pretty clear that the Ringmaster is a little bit devastated about it - particularly about the supervisors. However, she will refuse to talk to anyone long enough to get into too many details. ► THE PLAN: The Ringmaster will announce that she intends to get everyone back - it's just a matter of figuring out their way back to the dimension they've been stolen off to. She guarantees that she will find it, but that it may take some time. In the end, the workers will have a total of two days to recover and plan - during the evening of Day 67, she will be leading a rescue mission to get them all back. You don't have to come, but lives do depend on its success.

Comments

[mylastchance]

"No." he shouts, moving to grip the door frame with his arms to stop Susan from moving past.

[wild_magic]

He glares angrily at Lauren before storming back to the bed.

"You don't understand!! It's not murder, I'm trying to help people!!"

[mylastchance]

"Name one person this would help!"

[wild_magic]

"Everyone! Everyone could go home and not be trapped here any more!!"

[mylastchance]

"Some people like it here. I thought you liked it!"

[wild_magic]

"Well, now I don't! I can change my mind!"

[mylastchance]

"What changed it?"

[wild_magic]

He shakes his head angrily, refusing to answer. Lauren will only tell him he's wrong, that his feelings are wrong, that he isn't worth getting angry over. He doesn't want to hear it, and so instead he just refuses.

[mylastchance]

Just when they were finally getting somewhere, Susan fell quiet. He takes in a breath, and then exhales it, trying to keep his calm.

"Tell me."

[wild_magic]

He knows it's childish, but that doesn't stop him from shaking his head again, still refusing to turn back and look at his brother. He's done, he doesn't want to argue with Lauren. Why can't Lauren just understand? Doesn't he want to protect people too?

[mylastchance]

"Susan!"

[wild_magic]

He shakes his head again, and without a second thought he casts a spell, turning into a small cat right there on the bed. If Lauren won't let him leave, he'll just be a cat. Then he still doesn't have to talk to him.

[mylastchance]

Lauren shakes his head, scoffing.

"You really are a baby."

[wild_magic]

He may be a baby, but he's a baby who doesn't have to talk to his dumb brother if he doesn't want to. Instead he'll just sit here with Fluff and ignore Lauren.

[mylastchance]

"Fine!" He shouts, before closing the door on his brother and sitting in front of it. He couldn't stay a cat forever.

[wild_magic]

Lauren may have left the room, but that doesn't mean that Susan changes back. He's still mad, and he doesn't know if Lauren's going to come back any time soon or what. He curls up on the bed, and after a bit Fluff comes over to sniff at him before starting to lick him. Hey, if he's a cat now, he needs a bath, okay? A super intense bath, because who knows the last time he actually tried to get the leaves and junk out of his hair or anything.

[mylastchance]

He waits outside the room, getting madder and madder each minute. He thought the time would help him calm down, but actually it does the opposite and the entire time that voice inside of him is demanding that he do something with this aggression. He stand suddenly, furious, before opening the door again. He storms inside, grabbing cat Susan by the scruff.

[wild_magic]

Fluff hisses and whacks at him when Lauren is suddenly in their space again, but she backs off immediately afterwards. Susan, for his part, only manages a little squeaky mew before he's grabbed, immediately curling into a cute little kitten ball when he's scruffed.

[mylastchance]

He doesn't pay Fluff any attention. Even if she scratches him, it barely hurts. He ignores her, taking Susan to the bathroom before dropping him in the tub and turning the water on cold.

[wild_magic]

He tries to scramble away from the tub, but Lauren turns the water on too fast and he jumps with a loud meowing yowl before dropping the spell, unable to keep it up any longer with the distraction of his cat instincts reacting to the sudden water. Of course he probably looks very silly sitting on his butt in the bath with all of his clothes on as he glares up at Lauren angrily.

"What was that for?"

[mylastchance]

"Don't turn into a stupid cat when I'm trying to talk to you!!"

[wild_magic]

"Well, I don't want to talk to you any more!"

[mylastchance]

"Too bad!" he shouts, turning to slam the door behind him. "When you try and kill someone you don't get to not talk!"

[wild_magic]

Fine then, Lauren can say that all he wants, but he can't make Susan talk. He crosses his arms in front of him angrily, glaring down at the floor of the tub.

[mylastchance]

Lauren steps forward, turning the water off with a slam of his hand.

"What the hell is wrong with you right now!?"