⇨ 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

[diamondsare]

[Blue's expression is suspiciously blank, with just the barest peeks of confusion noticeable. Why didn't those who had a useful skill simply give what was needed? Good overseers would make sure each individual had their needs seen to, the addition of 'money' and trade of all things seemed a needless complication.

Maybe that's just how organics did things. With tiny lifespans, selfishness might be required simply to keep going as a species.]

That seems ... terribly inelegant.

[But even the fae did it, and in order to fetch a certain weapon she'd have to figure it out in detail very quickly.]

Apparently faerie craftsmen are able to forge a weapon of silver that has none of the weaknesses of that material. One of the Nightrunners .. riders? Had requested one in the defense of the Carnival.

[Which means Carnival funds!]

[fortuneglass]

Ahe...w-well, if there was a better alternative I suppose we'd do that instead but...

[Best to change the subject she figures. A sword of silver that the faerie craft...]

Ooooh! Faerie Silver? Cool!! [Oh, but-] If that's something for the Carnival, you should be able to use our funds... ...though, I don't know how much the ones here would charge in the first place. Some of them just really like what they do....

[diamondsare]

There are always better alternatives. Whether they are acceptable to a human populace is another thing entirely.

[She sounds so certain. This trading of 'money' and such was not a particularly refined system, gems did it MUCH better, but perhaps that too was a flaw of humanity.

It can't be helped.]

I .. believe the craftsman in question was interested in a trade of like value. If it is so that the Carnival would pay for such a thing, perhaps it would be a good idea to acquire several?

[Weapons against vampires! Which thanks to certain conversations, Blue is pretty sure are a constant clear and present danger to anyone with blood.]

[insidescoop]

I mean, I'd be willing to hear it out.. [So who knows what would be what. That said.]

Equal value seems pretty standard... ...Ooh~ Maybe he likes outfits~! I could make him something unique? Craft for craft seems nice...

...Getting a number of weapons could be good, but we need to be careful about it though. Not all of the things we run into are the same between worlds...the vampires from Portland weren't really anything like the vampires we had to fight, after all. Those ones were sort of like demons...

[diamondsare]

[Outfits might work.. but then it wouldn't be the Carnival doing the trade, it'd be Carly. Blue considers this, absently flexing the fingers on one hand.]

Unless such things already exist and are considered to be used as trade and not for the duties of the carnival, I do not think it would be ... appropriate to ask you do to further work to keep the night riders furnished with weapons.

[It's pretty clear to Blue that Carly is already VERY busy.]

Though a variety of foes less requires more caution and more requires a wider arsenal. If one weapon does not work, having others available to try is paramount.

[She sighs, and shakes her head.]

Warfare is rarely in my purview. Were that Yellow was here, she could straighten all of this out quickly I am certain.

[insidescoop]

Hmnnn....th...that's true I guess...

..I suppose there could be things in treasury to trade then, but I'm not sure beyond that... [Ohhh. She crosses her arms.] Yellow...?

AH- I take it you handled things more like what you're doing now then? Like...Record keeping? [That's part of your job right???Right?]