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lostcarnival2017-03-17 02:58 pm
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2017-03-17 02:58 pm
⇨ HOME AGAIN
Who: Anyone!
When: Day 68 - Day 72
Where: Carnival grounds.
What: Everyone makes it back to the carnival after their adventure in hell. The Ringmaster makes a new lake to celebrate, apparently.
Warnings: A notable absence of torture.
When: Day 68 - Day 72
Where: Carnival grounds.
What: Everyone makes it back to the carnival after their adventure in hell. The Ringmaster makes a new lake to celebrate, apparently.
Warnings: A notable absence of torture.
TO HELL AND BACK↴ The rescuers and the liberated captives will emerge from the portal like bats out of hell. Much like their previous return, this arrival will be met with a flurry of medical activity as everyone gets their injuries seen to, particularly those that had been held prisoner within Morningstar's hell fortress. It will still be night when they arrive, and the rest of Day 68 will be clouded over completely, for the benefit of the new vampires as they get settled in. After the immediate panic is dealt with, the Ringmaster will disappear into the forest until the morning of Day 69. It will be raining off and on during her absence. ► RECOVERY: Unlike the last time, the Ringmaster will be supplying the carnival workers with some healing potions from her private hoard, given that most of the healers are already wounded or spent. Damage caused by iron poisoning will not be cured by healing magic or healing items though, unfortunately, and those who have spent a lot of time in contact with iron will take at least a week to fully recover. However, regular healing remedies like bandages and herbs may help speed things along if the patient is suited to them. ► A BRAND NEW LAKE: On the morning of Day 69, the Ringmaster will return the forest to announce that she's built a new lake into the carnival grounds, only a short trail's distance from the backyard. Unlike most of the forest, this area won't just lead you in circles when explored, meaning that it can actually be modified and developed as the workers see fit. The water is always clean and just the right temperature for swimming, though it gets a bit cooler the deeper you swim. At the far side of the lake, there is a warm, stone pathway leading up the side of the mountain, that will eventually take you to some bangin' hot springs. Brought to you mostly because the Ringmaster doesn't know how to say sorry with actual words. At least it gives you something to play with while you try to shake off the trauma. ► FRUITS OF VICTORY: On Day 70, all the workers who came to hell for the rescue mission will be given a gift from the Ringmaster. Each of them will receive a bright green, glowing seed, about the size of your thumbnail. She will tell you that, when planted, the seeds will swiftly grow into a small citrus tree, which will grow fruits with regenerative properties. More details about these plants will be written up in a separate post, but for now your characters can ogle them and decide if they are going to plant them or not. ► TAKE ME TO CHURCH: Staring on Day 71, the Ringmaster will be starting to work on removing the vampirism from those infected with it, which apparently involves a lot of... meditation? She will take the newbie vampires out into a shady area of the forest and encourage them to look inside themselves and attempt to separate themselves spiritually from their demonic beasts. How well you character masters her teachings over time will determine whether or not she is ultimately capable of stripping out your demon soul and returning you to life. Of course, not all demons are made equal, and some will be more difficult to separate than others... |
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"Jamie."
He'd been dozing off in his trailer before hearing about the returning group, and thought to rush back to the cookhouse--can't heal, can't fight, but can make good on that promise to feed people. He'd sort of assumed everyone would still be holed up in the nurse's tent again, though, instead of wandering around.
"You made it back."
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"Mr. Universe, I - " He stammers a little, swallows and plunges on. "I know it doesn't fix anything but I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for what I did, I know you w-were hurt really bad and that's, it's my fault and I know you're probably mad especially 'cause S-Steven was there and he almost got hurt too, so I don't blame you for hating me but I'm. I'm really sorry. I'm s-so sorry."
And he cringes a little without really trying to get out of Greg's grip, because if Greg is planning to tell him off or give him a smacking around, well, he deserves it.
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"I'm just glad you made it away from that guy." Irvine was a creep and a monster in every sense of the word. "Forget all about that other stuff. I'm fine, Steven is too. What about you, are you okay? Did he hurt you?"
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"No, not...after..." He gestures at himself in a general sense, indicating the whole being-a-vampire thing. He's still wearing the same clothes he was at the masquerade, which in addition to being covered in his own blood have spots of someone (or something) else's here and there and are torn and grimy from being in the neonate pit. There's blood and ash and dirt smeared all over his face and matted in his hair and the fur on his ears. He's literally been through hell, and he looks it.
Which of course is why he says "I'm - I'm okay." Followed by a watery smile that does not look okay at all.
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Wordlessly, Greg pulls Jamie into a hug. He deserves better than this. Everyone who went down there does. None of them came back "okay," he knows that much for certain. But they made it back, and that alone is worth holding on to.
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Ultimately he's too tired to fight it for very long, though. Greg is softer and lumpier than Jamie's dad, and doesn't have the same reassuring smells, but there's some factor that dad hugs must share in common across the multiverse, and it breaks down Jamie's awkward resistance like a wave eroding sand. He sags gradually against Greg, and his eyes spill over. It's probably difficult to tell that Jamie's actually crying, what with his not breathing and all, until his nose starts running and he sniffles.
And then hurriedly tries to disengage, because everything is blood. "I - sorry, it's gonna stain everything, sorry..." Poor Greg doesn't deserve vampire blood tears all over his clothes. Plus Jamie's all cold and clammy, like the dead thing he is, and nobody wants to hang on to something like that for very long, surely.
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"You probably want to get into something fresher yourself, huh?" His voice is a little rough, but he straightens Jamie's ruined collar as a little tease. "You okay getting back to your trailer, or would some company be okay...?"
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He's fourteen - practically a man, after all! - and really shouldn't need or want the reassurance of an adult, even now, but...
...but he also doesn't really want to be alone. He's still scared, and even if Greg can't do anything to directly allay those fears, knowing there's someone beside him walking across the dark carnival grounds would help make things a little less terrifying.
He makes some aimless little gestures with his hands, as though trying to manually gather up some courage. "I...guess if you don't mind going with me? I mean - there's other people around if I go nuts again." His grin is sickly and self-deprecating, trying to inject some levity into this situation, as though it will detract from how weak and needy he feels right now.
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"Hey, I handled it once, I'll do it again." Sure, he got his butt kicked sideways to Sunday, but that was only after Jamie got backup, and besides that's not the part either of them want to think about.
Gently, Greg leads the way back towards the trailers. He'd be happy to let Jamie take the lead--it's not like Greg knows where his trailer is exactly anyway--but he's not entirely sure how ready the kid is to even go there.