⇨ THE SUMMERLANDS

[ringleaders]

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.

Comments

[hippocarnival]

... Can she do that? [Yuya was just going to brace for the damage and hope for the best. Not the first time his soul's been mutilated and he's not dead yet, after all.] See that much of my soul.

[whattaprick]

Yeah. That's how the Beast could tell I wasn't from that world originally-- because she could look at my soul. [ Lambert's fingers drum against his stomach. He still doesn't like the idea that any magic was ever powerful enough to alter a faerie's memories ... and she never did seem to figure out who she was, did she? Maybe it was so much more effective on supernatural beings because they were the original target of the spell. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Portland gave them all abilities they didn't have, and only a few retained them... hopefully, though, as a proper Fae, most of that was within the Ringmaster's power.

Which reminds him--] So it's normal for her to turn into a dragon, too?

[Because that was fucking awesome.]

[whattaprick]

Totally normal. [ Lambert confirms, with a smirk. Whether it's normal for her to try to kill other fae is a different story, though... ]

[hippocarnival]

That's awesome. [Yuya wasn't one to really advocate murder, but given the torture the Summer Court was putting people through... well, it's not like he didn't join on that struggle.

Dragons, though. Dragons are awesome.]

[whattaprick]

It is, isn't it?

[ Being one to totally advocate murder, Lambert thinks it's pretty useful to have someone with that kind of power in their corner. It's given him his own ideas for something he'd like to learn, but he's going to keep that idea to himself for now, in case it's not something that works out. ]

Guess they called her the Beast for a reason.