⇨ The Tourist Trap: WEEK 2

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Who: Anyone, anywhere in Portland.
When: October 7st - 14th, 2017
Where: Portland area, in the new reality.
What: The week begins as the time of the Animal Fair finally arrives! Meanwhile, the truth of this reality starts to be revealed, and forces both human and celestial alike attempt to take advantage of a rare opportunity.
Warnings: Individually marked!

BY ANY OTHER NAME↴ Tensions thicken as various supernaturally forces react to the events of the previous week. Something critical is afoot, and it's only a matter of time before things start coming to a head. It's time to find out more about what's happened to this world, and what will happen in its future. ► A NIGHT AT THE FAIR: From the night of the 7th to the morning of the 8th, the Animal Fair is officially in town. There is a top level down below with more information, though you can also RP content from this elsewhere if you wish. The host, who is very likely something called a Wyld Fae (if you discovered that ICly), will be present, but they will only be appearing to you of their own accord and attempting to track them down by force will be ineffective. Just kick back and relax! Fairs are supposed to be fun. ► THORNS IN YOUR SIDE: Culminating in a full fledged attack against the Sanctuary, it would seem that The Rose Queen is declaring war on the changeling population of Portland. Though the vicious attack of thorns against the safe house was eventually stopped, it wasn't without damage, and the black roses that caused it are still popping up around the city and threatening the places where homeless and lost changelings would be likely to congregate. It's obvious now that this is a serious threat - will it ever stop without an intervention? ► HELL ON EARTH: As Anath's march draws near, the first waves of her demons will be entering the city. Primarily acting as scouts and foot soldiers, these demons will be attempting to secure loyalty from the local demon populace, as well as taking out any angels they can manage to catch. It's a level of aggressiveness against heaven's forces that hasn't been seen for years, and it's a foreboding hint of things to come. These demons can be NPCed by anyone, and will mostly be thugs or manipulators who don't know much about Anath's plans but do know that you need to join their side. They are also rowdier than most of the demons in Portland, and are a threat to the innocent mortal populace as well, if they decide to try to get their kicks here. ► THE WIZARD POLICE: The Enlightenment Council seems to have demanded control of the local Circle chapter, and now backup has arrived. These mages are being sent out into the city as if they are a police force, and will be attempting to demand control of various common supernatural areas, as well as questioning community members that they run into. Whatever is going on, it seems to have resulted in the Council instituting what is essentially martial law... of course, not everyone sees any need to heed their demands. If you are a demon, warlock, or other rogue element, expect to be harassed or even attacked by them. These character can be NPCed, and if you need additional information you can ask the mods.

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[manycharms]

Marinette has been watching the animals, interested, but wary. She was honestly expecting to see something a lot more malicious when she came here tonight. Instead all she ends up seeing is weird plants and people drinking too much, the later of which really isn't anything to extraordinary. Out of all the strange animals and plants she sees, however, the thing that she finds most interesting is the ordinary animals mixed in with the strange ones. Why bother keeping ordinary beasts if you could have flying fish? She wondered just what kind of person had organized such a fair.

At least, that's the sort of thing she's in the middle of thinking when she see the cat pounce on a hapless crow. Her eyes widen, startled at the sudden movement, but she's instantly moving forward to try and pull the cat away from the bird.

"Hey now, what's the point in even catching a crow?" she scolds, standing up straight and holding the cat by the scruff of its neck. It struggles in her grip. "You cant even eat a bird that big."

[atouts]

Childermass is one of the few who could tell her outright what kind of person organized it, but he isn't likely to. Only part in due to being a crow right now (and those can't talk), though he's been reluctant to spread the information beyond the Rose Queen's own circle, even when human. Anyway, that's neither here not there, since he's dealing with a cat.

Or was.

The crow flops on the ground a second longer after the cat's been snatched up off of him, then he rolls over, back to his legs. He makes an aggravated croaking noise and shakes out his feathers, then is quick to hop a few steps back, eyeing the girl holding the squirming cat aloft warily.

[manycharms]

She glances to the crow as the cat struggles in her grip. At first she's worried he or she won't be able to get back up, but soon enough its back on its feet. She always forgets how big crows can be until she sees them in person. Bigger than pigeons, she thinks, a kind of bird she sees a lot more often around this city. Or maybe they just looked bigger because pigeons seemed so round and chubby. The cat hisses loudly at her distracting her from her thoughts.

"Sheesh alright, I'll put you down." Or at least she was going to until she notices the crow just staring at them both. Strange bird, shouldn't it be flying as far away as it can?

"You know, if you stay so close to the ground you'll just end up a cat's plaything again."

She hasn't seen any either crows around either, which now that she thinks about it is strange since she thought they usually flew in pairs of two at least. Maybe she was wrong about that.

[atouts]

It's ultimately pointless to pretend to be an actual crow when already stuck in the Wyld Fae's realm. Besides, these people are just as stuck, including his current cat-wrangling hero. She'll either fall in line with most normal humans and rationalize after the fair or... well, chances of meeting again are slim, especially when flying allows for easy avoidance.

So, he'll change forms. It's quick, no in-between like a werewolf or anything. A crow one second, a man the next, the transformation spell released. Childermass brushes his clothes off, rearranging where the scuffle had transferred over into setting his clothing askew in some places.

"The cat will have to become much bigger this time around if it wants to try," he says as he does that, sounding terribly bored for someone who just changed forms so drastically.

[manycharms]

She's so startled by the shift she actually drops the cat... Oops. Good thing cats always land on their feet. Marinette isn't quite so lucky. As what was once a small bird suddenly shifts into a regular sized man she steps back in surprise. Losing her footing, she cries out as she falls to the ground landing with a thud. It's not as though the supernatural was completely foreign to her, but she'd never seen a such a drastic transformation happen quite that quickly. Needless to say, it was surprising.

She winces, thinking she'll have a nice bruise in the morning as she looks up at the strange man.

"...Yeah, seems like it." Was that bird a guy this whole time? Getting pounced on by a cat when you're really a person seemed really embarrassing. Then again, so was falling flat on your ass.

[atouts]

Yeah, Childermass can see it was a surprise. He'd expected as much, anyway, and he at least steps forward to offer Marinette a hand up if she cares to take it, although he isn't about to apologize for scaring her so suddenly like that.

"That is, of course, unless that cat comes back with an infinitely larger cat. Considering where we are, that isn't entirely impossible."

[manycharms]

She takes his hand, smiling at the quip. Admittedly she'd just been thinking something similar, though more along the lines of the cat turning into a person too. Either way, once she stands she waves a hand dismissively.

"A large cat is still just a cat." And cats were, well, dumb and easily outmaneuvered. "I don't think we have anything to worry about."