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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.
fortuneglass: (.A.)

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2017-09-29 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
...I guess...

....It sounds like you just really want to make sure you get something for the long run no matter what though....
amusicaladventure: (Pointing it out)

[personal profile] amusicaladventure 2017-09-29 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a year and a day, Cee. And not always the easiest year and a day, considering some of the literal hell we go through. And frankly, with my power, do you have any idea how much a year and a day of my time is worth? I could do anything, I could make millions, I could change the world!
fortuneglass: (.A.)

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2017-09-30 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
....

....But you don't know what to ask for... [You're looping back on this one issue a fair bit Ash.]
amusicaladventure: (Delight)

[personal profile] amusicaladventure 2017-09-30 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. That's what keeps me coming back around in circles. Honestly, I'm enjoying my stay except for the --

[Ash's ears perked up and her tail practically arched over her head the way it sudden rose up behind her in turn.]

THAT'S IT! [Forgive her volume, please.]
fortuneglass: credit - haptisms @ lj (OnO)

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2017-10-01 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
EHHH!!? [Yikes yikes!!!] What, what is it!!
amusicaladventure: (Delight)

[personal profile] amusicaladventure 2017-10-01 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
I'll ask her to make me immune to mind and emotion control! [That would be perfect! She claps her hands together, and it's only a measure of her insistence on boundaries that she doesn't just grab Carly in a hug.]
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (hwauuuuhhh)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-10-02 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh!!! That is good!!

[Wait] Ah, but...

...Will she be able to guarantee it..?
amusicaladventure: (Shrug)

[personal profile] amusicaladventure 2017-10-02 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I assume if not, she'll tell me. At the very least, resistance or time enough to get my own protections up is a huge benefit, so that would be pretty super all by itself.
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (>3>)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-10-03 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That's true...and she'd probably offer that much at least...

Ah-but when does your contract run out anyway?
amusicaladventure: (Shrug)

[personal profile] amusicaladventure 2017-10-03 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I got a lot longer left on it. I joined when we were in the dreamland, after all, so... what, eight months?

[She has honestly lost track, because what's the point of counting? Plus Portland had thrown her off something badly, not to mention some of the other stuff they'd been through...]
insidescoop: (MMMMMM...)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-10-05 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That IS pretty long....it's about half a year or so for me though, so I guess we're in a similar boat, huh...
amusicaladventure: (Ash!)

[personal profile] amusicaladventure 2017-10-06 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
But are you gonna stick on yet again? Especially now that you're a Supervisor, with all the rights and privileges thereof! [Like THAT's such a big deal, right? Ash wouldn't want to be one...]

[Well, maybe if she could ever be in charge of performers, but that wasn't gonna happen.]
fortuneglass: (.A.)

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2017-10-07 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I....

[Oh. She frowns, and sighs.] ...I... ...I want to..! And I should, I just took this job too...!

...But what if Jack just never comes back because of that...if taking a contract is just making everything take longer, or...
amusicaladventure: (Sadness)

[personal profile] amusicaladventure 2017-10-07 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, we'll go back to when we came from -- the Ringmaster's said that before. But you gotta do what works for you... there's no question of that.

[Ash can practically hear her decision in her tone already, she thinks. Not that she's surprised. The carnival has its rough spots, after all.]
fortuneglass: (.A.)

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2017-10-08 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
But we agreed to work through the contracts separate from each other..! He would finish his after I finished mine and went home. That was what we agreed to, but...I...

[The fact is, the Carnival is where her heart lies.]
amusicaladventure: (Shrug)

[personal profile] amusicaladventure 2017-10-08 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I gotta admit, I don't understand you two at all. [Ash tried her best to sound nonjudgmental, but damned if Carly hadn't managed to give her a less than positive impression of Jack. Not intentionally for sure, but...]
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (Eheeeewhoops)

lmao this is a good and hilarious wrap up point

[personal profile] insidescoop 2017-10-09 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ahhh... [Well. All she can really do is laugh, to that.] Ahahaha....

....That's probably fair...