⇨ The Tourist Trap: WEEK 2

[ringleaders]

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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[atouts]

Anyone else might actually react to this in a less uncaring fashion, buuut it's Childermass. He just quirks an eyebrow at Miko's accusatory paw (at least, he assumes that's what she's attempting, but who even knows).

"I imagine he didn't want to admit getting too drunk to drive home and having to sleeping it off," is the overwhelmingly dull answer she gets. "Though he did borrow a sweater of mine the next day. His... really needed a wash."

And what that means, he leaves for her to decide herself. It could be hungover Lambert puked all over himself, could be he spilled coffee on it, could be just about anything.

[pullingamiko]

Miko plants her paw back on the ground - but now she's squinting suspiciously at him.

"Right. Like Lambert would get embarrassed about getting drunk." She stomps her paw pointedly on the ground. "C'mon, man, did you really think that you'd fool me with that? What actually happened, huh?"

[atouts]

"Very well, Miss Wolfe. You've got me," he admits with a shrug, then goes on to instead say, "What really happened was he rescued me from a ferocious dragon and got his clothing all burnt off, so it was only fitting that I let him borrow one of my shirts. Wouldn't do to send him running around completely naked in this kind of weather, now would it?"

Again, he says it all with a straight face, a dry tone of voice, and overall looking entirely bored with the conversation, as though what he had just said wasn't completely ridiculous.

[pullingamiko]

Wow. WOW. She gets impressively close to a scowl for someone who has a dog face at the moment.

"He wasn't wearing your pants, it was just the sweater."

Yep, that's her number one objection to that story.