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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] 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.

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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[personal profile] perverses 2017-03-24 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Fire bats..."

Shima glances up uncertainly, towards the tree Rin's pointing at.

Sure enough, there are bats up there! They are on fire. They are burning the tree, slowly, very slowly. He's pretty sure he had to duck a number of these while running around that hellscape and, boy, he's undecided on whether he's alright with seeing them here, too.

"I don't think cute is the word. Why are there fire bats? Aren't they s'posed to be in, you know, hell?"
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[personal profile] flashover 2017-04-04 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"They're totally cute. You're just biased," Rin shakes his head and shrugs. "Yeah... that's where they're from. But the portal back to their world collapsed and some of them got stuck here. I couldn't just... let them suffer, you know? They're not so bad. They just need a firm hand."

A firm hand? Or Demon Royalty yelling at and exerting power over them? Probably the latter. Regardless, they're behaving themselves now, mostly scorching still-green branches that don't burn as easily. The trees are in no immediate danger of turning into torches, at least.

"There's like twenty of 'em. I'm trying to decide if I should try and name them all, or... Hm." He's not really creative enough! ... Plus they all kind of... look the same.

Rin then looks at Shima and notices... something. Something he hasn't really noticed before! "Aaauhh... Shima? You've got a little... something... right here..." he points to the middle of his forehead.
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[personal profile] perverses 2017-04-05 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
"I am not!" Shima scoffs, splashing water about as he thrusts an arm up out of it to wave around in the general direction of the peacefully smoldering hell bats. "They're bats! They're literally on fire! That's—"

But then Rin is distracting him. It's hard to go on about bats that are from hell when he's pointing at his forehead like that because he knows exactly what it is. He was trying his best to forget about it! And so he immediately and instinctively tries to hide it, slapping the hand he'd been waving about over it instead.

"What? No, no way, it's nothing. Just ignore it!"