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lostcarnival2017-07-22 12:42 am
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2017-07-22 12:42 am
⇨ 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!
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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Oh, why the fuck not. Not like he's got any other ideas. He exhales smoke, tipping his head back against the wall.
"All right. I'm in." But as for how he's going to be of any use ... hm, now there's a good question. "Guess you can count Tamaki in, too." Just don't mind him casually volunteering the poor ghost, nope ...
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"I don't like the angels' plan," she says firmly to begin with. "But, at least until we save Childermass and put the brakes on the fae's plans, I can work with them." It's her best bet if she wants to get in and make it far enough to disrupt the ritual.
There's a pause. "Who's Tamaki?"
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He looks up at Lambert, raising his brows. "Tamaki's helping too?" He did become suddenly more mobile... although Yuya doesn't know just how tangible it is.
Still, help is help. He smiles. "Don't worry, we'll definitely save him."
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"He was the one who told me the Earth Spirit is dying," he adds, off-handedly and with a little frown. He elects not to mention that Tamaki may or not be going through a bit of identity crisis about whether he's from this world or not, as he doesn't really know what's up with that anyway.
"Apparently, it can talk to ghosts directly. Because ... it's where spirits here go when they die?" Lambert turns one hand palm-up, helplessly -- don't ask me what any of that means, I'm not some kind of spirit expert here. "Apparently werebeasts can contact it too, but they need to work harder for it."
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But they both seem to be acting like they know this Tamaki, and like him being a ghost is a totally normal fact. "You're joking, right?" Sure, that might not be the most important thing they just told her. But last time Rita checked, ghosts didn't exist.
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"He stays at the campus--uh, but he's been able to move about freely! He said he might not really be dead. Maybe he's one of us with memories of the carnival?"
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"You can believe in faeries and magic, but not ghosts?" Isn't it usually the other way around?
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Rita bristles, shooting Lambert a sharp look. "What!? Th-those aren't anything alike! There's empirical evidence of the first two, and besides, I spent most of my life living in a faerie realm and practicing magic. I've never heard anything about ghosts that wasn't just... superstitious nonsense." Her face is slightly red. She's getting kind of worked up about this, for some reason.
"... until now," she adds in a grumble. They're not lying, and they probably aren't both delusional... so maybe they really did meet a ghost, or... something that really, really looks like one. Yeah. That's probably it.
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"Maybe it's because you can't see them? Lambert and I have ESP." At least, that's what Tamaki had said. He didn't know what Lambert's ability was exactly, just that he was psychic. "I can definitely see ghosts, but I've never really talked to any except Tamaki. But I know most peopl can't."
Who may not even really be a ghost? The memory stuff just seems to complicate everything.
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"...Anyway, it doesn't look like there's much else for us to do here."
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Rita nods at Lambert, then turns to Yuya. "Right... Once you get more details from the angels about their operation, contact us with the time and place. We'll be there." She's putting words in Lambert's mouth, but he already said he's in, so it's probably fine.