lostcarnival | ⇨ The Tourist Trap: WEEK 4

Who: Anyone, anywhere in Portland.
When: October 22nd - 31st, 2017
Where: In Portland, for the last time.
What: The seasons change as the Winter Court seizes a surprise victory, claiming both the Tree of Life's pendant and the blood catalyst needed to take control of the Severing Ritual. Meanwhile, interdimensional problems are about to get more weird. Check out the conflict results for the attack on the Circle as well as the Beast's attack on the Summer Court here.
Warnings: Individually marked!

DAYS OF WINTER↴

As the end of October nears, so does the grasp of winter. On the night of the 22nd, it will freeze overnight, and the temperature will drop for the following days. As the night grow long, world-wide magic slowly reaches it apex, set to reach it on the night of Halloween. With so many factors at play, knowing what to do with that moment of power may be a challenge.

► FULL CIRCLE: The Angels succeed in their planned attack on the Circle, managing to get to the living quarters of the Council members with the help of Ashleigh Mischief. The plan goes without much resistance from the mages or from the demons attempting to claim the ritual object for their own. Of course, when the fae make a surprise attack on the Angels after they flee the scene, it has the surprise result of the Winter Court ended up with the pendant in their talons. Threads for this attack can be done in this log. If you need mod direction at all, let us know, but otherwise feel free to NPC demons, angels, or random Circle members as you require.

► THE QUEEN'S GARDEN: Realizing that the Rose Queen is distracted with attempting to claim the pendant, the Beast will summon her co-conspirators to raid the Queen's gardens. The ultimate plan seems to be to get the Beast far enough into the gardens to kill the Queen, while also rescuing as many changelings as possible along the way. As it turns out, this doesn't go well. While they do manage to penetrate the gardens with Childermass's help, the Rose Queen, Ignatius, and Nightshade happen to all be there. Seriously outnumbered, even by the Beast's terms, it will take everything the group has to just make it out alive, sustaining heavy injuries as they go. In the end they will manage to rescue Greg universe and four additional changelings that were imprisoned there, but any damage done to the Summer Court itself will be negligible. Threads for this can also be played out here!

► REFLECTIONS: As the ritual draws closer, the line between this reality and the one you came from will also be becoming less clear. Regaining memories is not required, but it will naturally become easier to occur, especially if you're already started receiving them. It's a good time to start making connections, while you still have the chance.

► THE SEVERING: One way or another, the Severing is going to make an impact on both this world and the lives of those trapped inside of it. The Angels are going to be making an attempt to interrupt the Winter Court's ritual, as will the Summer Court and Anath's forces. Whoever comes up on top will be the ones to decide what to be done with it. Yet, with news that the Severing continuing could cause irreversible damage to the planet's spirit, it could feel like there are no perfect options. There will be an event header put up for this by the mods closer to the end of July.

(NOTE: canon powers will returning while the ritual is in progress, so keep that in mind for planning - both sets of powers will be active.)

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....You really are an idiot, [Reina scoffs, shaking her head. The connections are far from lost on her, and she actually manages a smirk.] What are you, twelve, Hugo?

Or is it 'Yugo', [she adds almost bitterly, looking away.]

...The more you talk about this girl, the more I wonder why I didn't break up with you earlier...

[Truly. He pauses, trying to grasp what exactly she means by it, but... no he doesn't quite understand it seems.]

Eh..?

[Though unlike when people usually mix up his name for something else entirely, no surprise fit of anger at the barely-different name he thought was the real one.]

... Well I'm not that young either. [Or as old as his angelic self should be.] What do you mean?

Seriously? You yammer on about...travelling dimensions for someone, you mix up my NAME, [she adds, an accusing point to the other as she goes on.]

What do you think that means?

[She does look remarkably like her. But so did Yuzu and... Serena. Once it's spelled out for him it dawns on him that... well... even he's not sure if his own feelings are genuine or out of selfish want for a replacement.

So confusing and painful. It was real while he still knew himself only as some angel "Hugo" right?]

I... well... I still being honest, that you mean just as much to me...!

[Okay maybe that's not as convincing. He's already drooping in sadness and uncertain guilt.]

.... But if that's what you want, we can go ahead and break that contract too.

I'm not- [She groans, a loud and muffled snarl in its tone.] Do you LOVE her?

You said you love me-but you pretty clearly love this...OTHER WORLD kid too! Whoever she is, so what, are you poly or something, WHAT ARE YOU FEELING?

[And for that matter-] ...And if you're not even staying here, then what are you doing..?

Um.. But it's not like...! Um... she's...! Er... well..!

[Maybe Reina should ask how old her apparent boyfriend really is. With how he's sounding more and more like a flustered and confused teenager by the nanosecond.]

Rin and I aren't together! Let alone kissed or went out on walks and dates like we have!

[Not that he hasn't imagined it. How did Reina find the patience to suffer through this again...?]

This was easier before all his... real versus fake memory stuff started...!

[Still doesn't directly answer the question about his feelings for Rin, but maybe love is too strong a word all along for Yugo to be using?]

[She's questioning that already-maybe she needs a coffee, coffee sounds like it would do great for this right now actually.] Well it's not going to get easier, so figure it out!

You LOVE her. So where do you plan on going after this...Severing is fixed?!

Because I'm not doing a damn thing until you figure that out!

[With everything he's been through...

"I want all of us, including that one asshole I guess, and the girls to be able to live our own lives!"

Huh. That was definitely his voice. Pledging something in exchange for that wish? Then as much as a part of him, feeling more distant as he remembers more of the truth, wants to say he'd rather stay...]

After all this is over, I'm going back to where I came from. I can't just leave that place behind.

...So you're leaving, [She asks, muttering under her breath.] ...What the hell does love even matter then?

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.... I'd miss you.

[How sappy of him to add. Surely no one could genuinely be this dramatic.]

Would it be better if I stayed instead?

[~~No because it would be impossible and break the plot.~~ Probably not because letting this guy... this kid throw away everything for one person sounds like the dumbest idea he's ever suggested.]

Psh..! What, and then you make the same thing happen over there..?

[...She needs to ask the real question. The worst one, the one she doesn't want answered. She...]

...If you came from somewhere else...

...How much of our time was real?

[This time, Yugo's pause isn't because of a lack of understanding. It's a very real and very painful question that-]

I don't know.

[-he would of course not know the exact answer to. However it does explain the mutual fuzziness about that night and more doesn't it?]

But I'd rather think most of it was.

....That's a few months, [She says quietly.] ...somehow...

...I doubt you've really been here this long.

[It does sound like a stretch.]

..... Reina... are you okay?

[Maybe not the brightest question, but what an ironic laugh perhaps- Yugo being the one to ask in worry when he's the outsider here.

Probably because someone looks to be feeling like absolute human garbage right now.]

Yeah, [she scoffs, snorting as her words drip in sarcasm.] Just fine! Just PEACHY, Hugo, or YUGO or whoever! It's great to realize that half of what you thought was real might not even exist!

Fucking PERFECT to wonder if even a half-assed relationship that you were finally getting into actually MATTERS!

[Briefly Yugo looks away. In no way is that an easy realization to stomach. Maybe the only right thing to do here is.]

I can go. If you wanna go back to being normal and just forget about me.

[The choice is hers. The angel holds his hand out and with a flick of his wrist, an almost trading card-shaped form flickers into view within his fingers, threads of light connecting them through it.]

...

[She looks over the card, but after a moment merely storms off toward the washroom.]

Fuck you, 'Hugo'!

[The door slams. And really, this isn't his fault. It's no one's, not really, but-

From behind the door, there is a muffled reply.]

...I'll help with your 'raid', and then it's over.

...It's not like you can actually leave until then... ...and we might as well make the most of it.

[What did that one song say, that you didn't know what you lost until it was gone?

It felt like that now.]

[Yugo lets the presence of the contract fade. If Reina wants to use the time she has left as a warlock to use them for this noble cause, it's a perfectly fine and righteous choice.]

Okay, well... that's fine.

[And as angry as she seems, this doesn't feel like the right time to depart from the dorm. Without saying anything else yet he approaches the door and tries to listen through the door.]

...Part of me wishes I'd never met you, [Reina mutters, and her voice sounds broken, and frail. It is a sharp contrast to the strength and casual layering there was before, and she finds herself feeling weak.] But...

...then I'd have to forget everything else... [she whispers quietly.]

⇨ The Tourist Trap: WEEK 4

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