what's cooler than being cool? ice cold

[kingsroads]

Who: everyone!
What: hey wait a minute, why's it suddenly cold oh for fuck's sake Strange...
Where: the carnival + Alola
When: all of day 76!
Warnings: none, will edit if needed

the Carnival
Surprise, it's now winter.

Starting from the early hours of day 76, the Carnival is covered in snow, the temperature rapidly dropping from 'nice' to 'freezing.' Patterns of frost cover everything and icicles dangle from most buildings. Try to be careful as you're walking around, patches of the ground are frozen over and incredibly slick. Nobody be that dumbass who tries to stick their tongue to the ferris wheel, you're just going to regret it later. Enjoy the fact that almost anything that used to be a liquid is now frozen solid. All in all, it's like someone flipped a switch from summer to winter--there was absolutely no sign something like this would happen in the first place. Why not ask around to see what's up? Or, just enjoy the change of weather and pelt your friend in the face with a snowball, that's also an option. The Carnival re-enacting the plot of Frozen lasts all day, though things finally start to melt and/or magically vanish once dusk settles.

For all you vampires who've slept through most of this, the effects of winter still linger a bit after the faerie's vanished, though in slowly diminishing form. The temperature's a bit warmer and some of the liquids have started to melt, but it's still a bit uncomfortable. It's hard to clean up an entire magical wintery hellscape by yourself, okay?

Alola
Due to the way the Carnival drops people in Alola, it's entirely possible to miss the fact that something weird's going on at the Carnival. Still, some of the winter wonderland manages to seep it's way into the tropical paradise. For most people, the changes are noticeable but easily dealt with. The temperature drops to something more chilly but not downright freezing. Occasionally there are small flurries of snow, but they'll end up melting fairly quickly. Locals are downright confused, mentioning that really, it shouldn't be this cold, this weather is weirdly unseasonable.

Also, what's that weird little ice fox that keeps showing up? More and more ice Pokemon feel a little bit braver thanks to the cold temperatures and are willing to venture out into areas that ice Pokemon might not normally live in. Go train all your fire cats by having them beat up the sentient ice cream cones, everybody.

( ooc: here is the relevant ooc post! This is an open mingle-style log, so feel free to create your own threads, tag around & have some fun! )

Comments

[kingsroads]

"The latter." It...is pretty obvious that it's the latter, considering that the carnival is still frozen and everything's still cold, but Strange is specifying anyway.

"It didn't even tell me that I summoned the wrong faerie--which is to be expected, I suppose, but my point still stands." Faeries were always supposed to be capricious, fickle, and self-serving and really, this just 100% helps further confirm Strange's opinions of them. At least he'll be better prepared the next time he summons one.

[empty_vessel]

Jimmy nods. "Even in my world, the classical representations of the Faeries have them being fickle bastards who'd screw you over purely because it was funny." He doesn't think Tinkerbell really applies here, fairy or not. "Sometimes there's the claim of 'teaching someone a lesson' but when your thinking is pretty non-euclidean, it doesn't translate well."

"But, let's see what's in the kitchen, and then get going." A few more minutes of poking around gets him a pair of big mixing bowls and checks the supply cabinets while he's in there.

[kingsroads]

Strange has stopped eating now, but is instead muttering various things under his breath, casting spells of revealing, spells of disillusionment, spells of all sorts to try and see if any of them actually help. It's very much throwing things against the wall to see if they stick, which is a problem as nothing's really sticking.

And hoo boy does that make Strange slightly irritated. After Jimmy's finished poking around, Strange just sulks, leaning up against the cabinet with a frown.

"It's not here."

[empty_vessel]

Jimmy nods, not really surprised at the candle not being here. Iron is a thing for faeries, and with as much steel appliances and utensils being present in the kitchen, the candle must have been stashed somewhere easier to get to.

"Alright then, we'll keep looking. It's got to be here somewhere, right? And we.... probably want to find it before the Ringmaster finds out. God only knows what she'd do." Probably banish the faerie and turn Strange into something unpleasant, is Jimmy's first thought.

[kingsroads]

"I'm afraid she already knows," Strange responds, with a weak little laugh. "She's the one who forced me to clean this up in the first place."

Something about dude, you made this mess, clean it up yourself, have fun dealing with all this nonsense. Still, Strange isn't too concerned about what the Ringmaster will do, mostly because they're...not exactly friends, per se, (is anybody here the Ringmaster's actual friend to begin with?) but Strange certainly gets along better with the Ringmaster than other people do.

[empty_vessel]

"Well, that's something, then? That you won't have to worry about her turning you into something because you surprised her with four inches of snow in the middle of June?" Was it June? It was some time in the summer, anyway.

"But it'll be okay. We'll help, and more eyes will make sure it gets found faster." That's what Jimmy hopes, anyway. God only knows where the fae hid it. Having to stay lit limits the hiding places a little, maybe. "It works like a normal candle, right? It cant' stay lit underwater?"

[kingsroads]

"I've no idea. The faerie put an enchantment on it, after all, and there's so many things one can do with magic."

Strange isn't ruling anything out, mostly because again, magic is a thing, that candle could be anywhere--which is slightly interesting, but mostly way too worrying.

[empty_vessel]

"That's... that's great." Jimmy sighs heavily at Strange's answer. "So it could be literally anywhere, including at the bottom of the lake." He's really, really hoping that he's wrong on that one.

There are thoughts briefly entertained of handing Strange a snorkel and a rock and telling him to start looking, though.

But Jimmy's got his supplies, and Strange is done eating, so he reaches down to give Pea a quick scratch before nodding. "Ready to start looking when you are."

[kingsroads]

"Then let's begin," Strange remarks, with a small nod. "You're the one who's making snow cream so you pick where we shall look first."

[empty_vessel]

"Let's start with the main area, I can help sweep off the games and events, and you can keep looking." No idea if Strange has even checked the main thoroughfare yet, but it's a start.