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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-06-19 10:10 am

⇨ The Tourist Trap: WEEK 2

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.
bananaspeedrider: (straight face)

[personal profile] bananaspeedrider 2017-07-04 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"W-well I don't...!" Is that citing it as fault of the fae refreshments? Maybe, maybe not, it could be interpreted either way.

"I'd never do a thing as barbru- barb..." Come on his vocabulary is somewhere! "-crude as taking anger out on them...! Anyway I..!"

"It's neither what you think this is or something you need to know." Well if the stranger isn't being the cold one, then Reina can do it in their place.

"And I love her!" Hugo indignantly adds, which makes the woman press a hand to her face that could be seen as a positive or negative combination of embarrassment and exasperation.
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[personal profile] espigeon 2017-07-04 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
It must be powerful nectar indeed to get an angel affected. Probably magic, really.

Iuliael just listens to the babble and back-and-forth, his eyes flicking from one to the other. He's not completely following, but his combination of residual disdain for being yelled at and being bad at knowing facial expressions and tones of voice makes him easy to read as impassive. In this low light he is luminous, faintly, though it really looks more as if he's just standing in better lightning compared to everyone else than as if he glows with his own light.

"I see," he says, because it's a good filler phrase in a conversation. "It's unusual is all. How did that start? How did you meet?" That kind of question is another good filler. Iuliael's had a lot of time to observe people talking.
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[personal profile] bananaspeedrider 2017-07-04 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
More than enough magic to have disrupted his own more polished human disguise. And Hugo remains puffed up, but now out of joyous pride and bravado... despite Reina still holding misgivings about what he'll answer with and for fair reason.

"Guardians protect mortals and all that is good!" recites he, almost sounding... well... sober. "And so on one fateful night I saved Ri-Reina's life."

"Right of course, my hero." Said rescued damsel now has her eyes narrowed at Hugo.

All the emotions that Hugo and Reina show are clearly too much a puzzle. So perhaps what might catch the other angel's attention more is the presence of deeper magic, originating from the guardian, tying the two-

-if it isn't the sense that there should be more to the story.
Edited 2017-07-04 23:15 (UTC)
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[personal profile] espigeon 2017-07-13 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
They are a puzzle, and one Iuliael knows is beyond him. Still -

"So why are you so connected? That's extra unusual, right? Guardians love their charges, but this has a different smell." If smell is the word. Sometimes, english is just insufficient.
bananaspeedrider: (straight face)

[personal profile] bananaspeedrider 2017-07-23 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
With his inhibitions still strongly down, Hugo would have found no problem answering the inquiry. But it seems the woman beside him has a different idea in mind, like taking offense to Iuliel's choice of words, storming up to the other angel despite what common sense might say otherwise.

"Smell? What's that supposed to mean, huh? Humans have some kind of stench to you 'holy' things?"

That's a dangerous look in her eye. How bold of this human.
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[personal profile] espigeon 2017-07-30 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Hello! No, you smell very mortal. Earthy, you know?" Either he doesn't know to react to her expression and tone or he just doesn't want to. "It's kind of nice."

He's an angel who's far removed from humans and has never really bothered to shape himself to participate in standard bodily functions; he has something like blood, and he pulls air into a cavity and pushes it out again, and has taken liquid and solid matter into himself and had to remove it later, but these are very loose approximations, without the usual chains of chemical reactions. His notion of good and bad smells is rather different.