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.)

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

how can i help??????
where are you?????????

we need to talk about this!!!!!!!!!!

[ All the exclamation points captures how Lambert feels, although he'd be loathe to admit that much... in any case, he'll text Sora the address of a hole in the wall coffeeshop not far from his home. ]

Can't really get around much, but if you can make it here I'll fill you in on what I can.

[Sora wastes no time in getting himself together enough to walk down to the cafe in question, practically running the whole way. He knows there's no changing his visions if they're already set to happen, but this still feels like his fault. Like he should've done something sooner.

He walks into the coffeeshop and makes a beeline for where Lambert is sitting.]

Hey, are you okay?

I've been better, but I'm fine.

[ Given that Lambert is sporting a bruise on one cheek and seems to be holding himself much too stiffly in his chair, and doesn't bother getting up to greet Sora, that's not super convincing. He has his laptop open on the table, where he seems to be searching for something, but it's hard to say what it is, right now.

Mostly, he seems exhausted but determined. ]

[Sora pops himself down into the other chair at the table, and watches Lambert for a second.]

You don't look fine.

[He pauses. He wants to ask what happened, but he could probably guess, and some part of him doesn't really want to know the gory details. He thinks on it, and then starts to speak again.]

I've been having more and more visions lately, you know.

[ Lambert smiles wryly. Yeah, he knows he looks like shit, but he doesn't want to get into it either, so it's a relief when Sora drops the topic.

What happened to him isn't as important as what needs to be done, and he sobers quickly enough when Sora continues. ]

About that ... what kind of visions have you had? [ 'Anything useful' is what he wants to ask, but he'll keep that in check for now. ]

Nothing else about John, if that's what you're asking.

[He pauses, and looks up thoughtfully.]

It's just... more in general. Used to be I'd have a vision maybe once a week. But ever since this all started, I've been having them more and more. Lately it feels like I've been having, like, ten a day or something. Most of them are the weird memory ones, but sometimes... I dunno. They're the future, but I don't really understand any of what's going on. Sometimes I'm not sure if what's in front of me is real or a vision. Like everything is blending together.

[He sighs, then laughs.]

Sorry, that was really heavy, wasn't it.

[ Of course it wouldn't be that simple, but Lambert wasn't expecting it to be. He ignores the clenching sensation in his chest to focus on what Sora's saying instead, frowning. ]

Ten a day is a lot. [ Obviously. He doesn't address the 'heavy' part; it can't get any heavier than the fate of the world, after all, even if it's unclear exactly how... ]

That must be confusing. [ An awkward pause. How do you offer someone sympathy for having weird visions in the first place, anyway...? ] It's probably related to everything else going on.

[ Like the fact that Portland became unseasonably frozen this week. ]

Yeah. And I get the feeling it's only gonna get worse, too.

[He doesn't want to think of what might happen by the end of it. Would he be trapped in a perpetual vision? It's scary, to think of never waking up again. Hopefully, it'll resolve itself before that happens.]

But, I'm not the worst off here. It sucks, but John, and the other people that are going missing... They're the ones that're really in danger.

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