⇨ 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

[espigeon]

I know. I did say "sad for no reason" was a big thing.

Well, some things are just private. One of the better things about this body is that with normal measures it's really hard for people to see it and know what I think or feel.

[An eye appears on the back of his head.]

[soft_focus]

I don't know why everyone is feeling what they're feeling though. ...I thought the why part was the pr-

[ANNNNNNNNNNNNND EYEBALL, SHE'S CLAMMING UP RIGHT NOW.]

[espigeon]

[Oh. Still walking Julien closes it and turns his head on his long flexible neck to look back at her out of one primary, normal eye.]

Do you... have a thing about random eyes?

[soft_focus]

[She quickly shakes her head, though she doesn't look any less nervous than before. After all-] ....eyes don't normally appear like that...

[espigeon]

Ah. Well...

[What about any of this is normal? He probably shouldn't say that.]

Normal's kind of what you make it to be. There's a saying, "Normal to the spider is chaos to the fly". Ah, not that I'm a spider.

[soft_focus]

[Perhaps 'not normal' was a bad term. But.]

...Eyes still aren't supposed to just be there all of a sudden.