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lostcarnival2017-08-01 10:34 am
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2017-08-01 10:34 am
Entry tags:
- !event,
- #ringmaster,
- @summerlands,
- adrien agreste,
- allen walker,
- ashleigh mischief,
- doll,
- foster van denend,
- ginko,
- gongenzaka,
- jack atlas,
- john childermass,
- joker,
- jonathan strange,
- julien delacroix,
- lambert,
- lauren,
- marinette dupain-cheng,
- miko nakadai,
- papyrus,
- peridot,
- reira akaba,
- rita mordio,
- sans,
- shiro fujimoto,
- steven universe,
- susan,
- taako,
- tallisibeth (scout),
- the psiioniic,
- tyki mikk,
- yotsuba tamaki,
- yūya sakaki
⇨ 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.
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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"But yes, it is that rare. My world only had four or so magicians that I knew of and, of that lot, only two were officially recognized." Strange sighs slightly, before giving Rita a small smile. "I hope there will be more one day."
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Still, it's hard to imagine a world with so few magic-users. "Is that why you wrote your book?" she asks.
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"All English magic comes from the Raven King, a man who ruled over England hundreds of years ago. When he left, he took English magic with him. Back in England, the other recognized magician was a man named Gilbert Norrell--my former teacher and Childermass's former employer. Norrell sought to diminish the role of the Raven King in English magic through his works and writings. I published my book to prove him wrong."
Of course, that's not the only reason. The book took on a much more personal meaning after his wife died (or more specifically, after Strange thought his wife had died). But that's an entirely different explanation that Strange isn't too sure he wants to tell Rita. She'll have questions about Norrell or the Raven King as is, he can leave talk of Arabella to the side for now.
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There's a lot to wonder about that Raven King, though. How could he just bring magic into a country, and take it away? How does that even work? And where would he go? There are a number of other questions, but Rita restrains herself to asking only one at a time.
"What's so controversial about the Raven King?" she settles on asking. Rita knows there's a good chance she'll get a one-sided answer, but she imagines Strange should have some understanding of the other man's position, even if he doesn't agree with it.
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"In Norrell's mind, the Raven King isn't respectable. He wants to make him irrelevant and ignored, despite the fact that English magic comes from him in the first place. He wants to strip everything wild and beautiful from English magic, leaving it boring and dull. From the accomplishments of the Raven King to working with faeries, Norrell's trying to ignore the bedrocks of English magic in his silly quest for respectability."
Of course, nowadays Strange is a bit more willing to concede on that faeries point (though part of him absolutely loathes the fact that Norrell might have been a bit right). Working with the fae could be useful but, as Portland showed all of them, it could also be incredibly dangerous.
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But there's something else that gets her attention. "Working with faeries...?" While Rita doesn't plan on necessarily weighing in on a controversy she has limited information about, that part sounds alarming, given recent events. "You mean you have fae in your world? Isn't that..." ...an objectively terrible idea, involving oneself with them? She trails off, but it probably isn't too hard to see where the concern comes from.
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"No modern magician's worked with the fae to the extent that magicians of old did. We didn't know how badly it could go." Which, at least in Strange's mind, is a terrible excuse. They're faeries, the dangers should be evident just on their nature alone.
"When I return to my world, things will be different. Unfortunately, I still have to deal with a particular member of the fae, but after that I plan to leave them alone." If Strange didn't learn his lesson from summoning Frost to the carnival, he certainly learned it due to the actions of his other self in Portland.
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"Right, well, back to the Raven King..." Since that's the topic that aligns closer to Rita's interests... "You said he introduced magic to England, and took it away when he left. How is that even possible? I mean... what is he, anyway? Is he human?" It seems that magic in Strange's world works in a way that's fundamentally different from how Rita understands it. It's a little hard to wrap her head around it.
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"He is human, but he was raised in faerie. He calls himself John Uskglass--I can only assume that's his actual name. When he was a young adult, fifteen or so if my memory's correct, he returned from faerie to England where he ruled in the north for over three hundred years. That's when magic started to flourish."
It doesn't really answer a few of Rita's questions: how it's possible, why the magic is tied to the Raven King, and so on and so forth. But truth be told, Strange doesn't know those answers in the first place. Might as well tell Rita what he actually knows and hope that he'll be able to answer the questions that spring from that.
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"Th... three hundred years? But he's still human? So... what, his magic extended his life that much?" Is that even possible? It's common to find that sort of thing in fiction, but in practice, not so much.
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Still, Strange is taking Rita's surprise and shock in stride. Of course a normal human could live for over three hundred years, that's just how it happened. There's a perfectly logical explanation for it somewhere...Strange just doesn't have said perfectly logical explanation yet.
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And once again the conversation turns back to the fact that Gilbert Norrell is a goddamn book hoarder.
Strange can't help but get a bit defensive, frowning slightly as if he's somehow got to defend the Raven King from Rita's inquiries. "I do have a book about the Raven King, however. Perhaps you'd want to read that one first before you read my book?"
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He suggests another book, and Rita's eyes light up with interest. There's more? "That would give some useful context, I'd think," she eagerly agrees. Not only that, but Rita hasn't had anything new to read for a while. Critical as she may be, there's a part of her that can't wait to start diving into something she's never read before.
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"The book is a children's book, but I don't mean to patronize you by suggesting it. It's one of my favorites--partly for sentimental value, partly because it's the most concise explanation around."
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"A children's book? Really?" She's giving him a flat look. If not for his immediate explanation, Rita probably would have taken offense. She sighs. "Guess I'll take what I can get... Should be a more valuable read than the average book of fairy tales... I hope." Rita doesn't read much fiction, much less stories meant for children her age and younger.
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"Of course it's a more valuable read," he grumbles, as if Rita's somehow personally offended him by disparaging his choice of book. "The Raven King is history not bedtime stories or fables. Besides, my world has faeries to begin with. Half of our fairy tales probably actually happened!"
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The same kind of goes for the last book she was reading, anyway. The ancient religions and folklore of Terca Lumireis... some of it may have been inspired by the Entelexia. When people encounter things they don't understand, their stories of those experiences can be colored by preconceptions and beliefs, and become embellished further with each retelling. The same thing probably happens in a lot of human societies.
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"I'm afraid that my book was written under the assumption that the reader would have a working knowledge of the Raven King--I go into some detail, but my intended audience would have known of the king's deeds already. At least with this, it should provide some context."
And he offers the second book for Rita to take.
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"I'll come see you after I've finished them." And if there's nothing else, she'll turn and make her way out of the trailer (and get her wings snagged in the doorway and have to stop to free them, but shut up you didn't see that).
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Don't worry, he'll fall on his face sometime in the next few days trying to work out his new smoke powers, Rita can make fun of him then.