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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-08-01 10:34 am

⇨ THE SUMMERLANDS

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 138 - Day 152
Where: The Summerlands
What: The Ringmaster brings the carnival to the Summerlands immediately after being freed from Portland so that everyone can take a fucking nap. Her included.
Warnings: Individually marked! Most likely discussion of torture and trauma in here.

DAYS OF SUMMER

You made it! And things are back to normal... more or less. Upon waking, you will be greeted with a clear blue sky and gentle breeze – the carnival has found itself situated between a pair of mountain peaks, with great fields of flowers extending in the distance. In the other direction, you’ll see mountain-top cities and tall waterfalls accenting vast swaths of forest.

Some of you will already know this place. It’s the Summerlands. You game here once to rest in safety nearly a year ago, and now you’ve come to rest once again.

► WAKING UP: Shortly after the carnival arrives, the Ringmaster will send out a somewhat cryptic radio message - but her immediate location won't be clear. Whatever items you had on your person at the time the Severing was broken will still be on your person, including whatever clothing. All of the animals and pets of the carnival will have returned to the grounds as well, though they are currently free from their designated living spaces. Things in the carnival will appeared to have naturally aged a month, as if the carnival was been sitting here empty and waiting while everyone was in Portland. The lawn needs mowing.

► SUMMER CITY: After the Summer Fae become aware of everyone's presence, they will welcome you into their city. There are stairs that lead up the sides of the mountains, but thankfully there are also magical means of getting up there as well. The Summer Fae will be willing to help workers with the injured as needed, offering herbal remedies and healing magic to those that want it. You'll also be invited to join them for dinner, but they will not be particularly offended if they are turned down, for now.

► SUMMER PEOPLE: The fae here will mostly enjoy the company of any carnival members that offer it - it doesn't seem that much happens here besides day after day of peaceful meditation and relaxation. It is not uncommon to see Summer Fae spent days doing exactly the same thing, whether that be enjoying the weather, listening to music, or dancing - the day and night periods may be similar to earth, but when you don't need rest it can all blur together just the same. Some of the fae work on feats of agriculture or craftsmanship, and while there is no particularly need to work in this place, they take pride in the fact that they do.

► NEW ARRIVALS: Though the Ringmaster will not be offering much guidance for the first week or so, eventually the carnival will begin running for a few small performance sessions, off and on, as a thank you to their fae hosts. The carnival will also be open to receiving new arrivals during that period, and so there will likely be some newbies to train and get orientated as well.
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[personal profile] atouts 2017-08-04 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
He'll be honest and answer no, he is not because he shouldn't have a fae lineage in the first place. As far as he's aware of, both his parents were human.
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[personal profile] atouts 2017-08-04 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Very odd... If that's the case, it's easy enough for him to make an educated guess that would be what a faerie would assume, so he won't ask. He will thank her for her time and for answering his question, though, then get the hell out of there as fast as politely possible.
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[personal profile] atouts 2017-08-04 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
And once he's gone, he'll be flying straight back to the carnival to brood somewhere and dig out his tarot cards. Since answering 'yes' or 'no' questions aren't something the cards are capable of, he's probably going to go through a few spreads trying to narrow it down in rather roundabout ways, asking the cards things like 'How might his next encounter with the Count of Crows go?' or 'Where will the carnival next encounter the Faerie Courts?' (in that case, it's probably akin to 'lol right now, where do you think you are, loser', since... Summerlands, Summer Fae).

He's basically fishing for an idea of whether or not encountering the faeries they dealt with in Portland again may be a possibility and just how definite of one it is. Of course, he could also come up with a bunch of nonsense. Who knows how well these work when realm hopping.
atouts: (006; l'amoureux)

[personal profile] atouts 2017-08-04 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Interesting, but inconclusive. He'll do a spread for the Rose Queen and Steven Universe next.
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[personal profile] atouts 2017-08-04 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
His final spread will be regarding the Summer Court faerie, Nightshade. He isn't going to bother with Strange (sorry, Strange) because he already has a headache, he doesn't need a bigger one.
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[personal profile] dorkypantsuit 2017-08-05 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
FOR FUCKING REAL WITH EACH SPREAD ENDING WITH DEATH I CANT FUCKING EVEN