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lostcarnival2017-09-04 07:53 pm
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2017-09-04 07:53 pm
⇨ GREYSOL
Who: Everyone!
When: Day 155 - Day 169
Where: Greysol
What: The carnival resumes its tour, this time heading to Greysol, a city tied deeply into the fabric of the multiverse. Here, everyone has an animal companion from birth that is the second half of their soul - and thanks to the Ringmaster, so do you. (Remember,![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
joysweeper is our guest event runner for this location, and location specific questions should go to them.)
Warnings: Individually marked!
When: Day 155 - Day 169
Where: Greysol
What: The carnival resumes its tour, this time heading to Greysol, a city tied deeply into the fabric of the multiverse. Here, everyone has an animal companion from birth that is the second half of their soul - and thanks to the Ringmaster, so do you. (Remember,
Warnings: Individually marked!
THE CITY OF GREYSOL↴ The carnival arrives in a manicured park in the center of a big city that sprawls out along where the river reaches the ocean. It’s spring, early enough that nights are chilly, warm enough in the days that people and their souls savor the weather, and sometimes shelter together from the rain. Greysol was designed from the bottom up to accommodate the human-dæmon bond. Go out and see! ► THE SHAPE OF YOUR SOUL: The dæmon-forming spell kicks in at about four in the morning. Most characters will wake up with their souls in some small form, curled against them. Even if they were awake, they became dazed and unfocused while their souls were being drawn out of their bodies and have little memory of how it happened. Until that evening every character's dæmon is able to change shapes, and children and some teens will continue to do so. Most will settle on their permanent forms by evening. Characters without dæmons will just look on, and the few who are thousand-pound bears have to handle being really big. ► IT’S GOOD TO SETTLE: Elaine Tavis Aracari, sixteen-year-old daughter of two actors and a moving pictures sensation herself, just ‘settled’ - her dæmon Tavis stopped changing shape - as a stunning blue peacock. Settling is a major coming of age milestone and celebrated as such in different ways all over the world. She and her family are throwing a massive party in the central park and inviting the public to join in! Enjoy easy access to free catering, live music and showings of moving pictures, and displays of mostly trivial magic. There are also form readers from across the country setting up booths, happy to accept a small fee to inspect your dæmon’s settled or most favored forms and tell you what they mean. Is there anything to these analyses? Eh, maybe, but they’re flattering and fun. ► WITCHING HOURS: Characters who are clearly witches for this event will often be assumed to be in town for a lover, and people, witches and not, may want to know who that is. Humans usually regard them with wary respect and interest. Real witches living with their human families or on business quickly suspect that something’s up, but without clear and present danger take a relaxed wait-and-see attitude. Wait for long enough and any possible decision will come around again, they believe. There isn’t time to learn much witch magic, but witches, real and carnival-made, have an inherent power: the ability to fly using branches of “cloudpine”, an attractive soft-needled tree common in the park. Witches usually ride large branches as if they’re steeds but can use even short sprays, and you’ll probably see the few witches in the city coming to the park to do so. Why not try? ► BEAR PUN: Human-panserbjørn relations have historically been troubled, but have warmed in the past century. It’s the 65th anniversary of the breaking of the Siege of Bertin, a much-mythologized time when Spectres flooded Greysol and a company of panserbjørn arrived and directed efforts to get the survivors out of the city. A statue is being erected and many florid accounts of the story are being told. If you’re in a panserbjørn shape for the duration of the visit you will probably get thanked and celebrated by people trying to hide their nervousness of you. Expect someone to ask if your dæmon would be a human - it’s a common supposition. ► KERNER ISLAND: From the harbor you can see a wooded island. Although there are no rocks to speak of it sports a tall lighthouse, and nearly all boat traffic avoids it carefully. On a clear day someone with binoculars or a particularly sharp-eyed soul can see loads of trash, birds and various other animals that don’t seem local, and… children? Adults and settled teenagers will see tall vague shapes moving about too. When asked about it the most important thing adults will tell other adults is don’t go there. They’ll hold their dæmons close and tell you that on that island are things that eat souls. They may also admit with mixed pride and shame that it’s been a source of wealth and innovation for the city. There’s a facility there that can open windows into other worlds, and the children who can reach it can cross through and bring things back. Many of the children are recruited by research and development teams on the lookout for items they can use, but there are also kids out to have adventures or who’ve run away. More on this later. |
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He rubs his face.] We don't have to wait weeks but... at least a few days? I don't want to overwhelm her, and the carnival is already a lot to take in on it's own.
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"That should be fine.."
A few days gives time before the performance week begins-she'll have time to adjust on both sides, before her job starts then.
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He smiles, even if it's faint, and nods.] Thanks. I'll be ready to tell her by then.
[Because the wait really is just as much for his own preparation as well.]
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Let us go see about warning the others then!
[So he says, but Marishi scowls. RELAXING??? RELAXING. She'll nuzzle Koemi a bit.]
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But we'll just end up yelling at them if we don't calm down first. [Speaking of talkative daemons.]
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Oh come now~ [Marishi hums.] Have a seat, curl up and get cozy~
HMM!!! That is quite a few steps above simply calming down!
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[And with Koemi's size, Yuya doesn't want to try and grab her anyway and risk touching Marishi accidentally. Looks like they're at the mercy of their daemons.]
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[There is a Look, from Gongenzaka, and it soon moves from his daemon to his friend.] That is what worries me.
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[He rubs the back of his hair absently. There's a definite instinct to avoid that and, after the beatings his soul's already taken, he's inclined to listen to it.] I mean, if I'm on the other side of you that's not a problem, right? Koemi can be careful!
marishi u shitty enabler
MNH-!? O-Of course I, the man Gongenzaka would be fine, but Yuuya was just in the middle of recovering from soul damage..!!
Marishi just wants what she wants
[Koemi starts to try and pull herself on top of Marishi so she can peer at Yuya, and Yuya looks back, furrowing his brow before he looks back at Marishi.] It's not that I don't trust you or Gongenzaka... but are you sure it doesn't hurt?
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Th....that... [Don't put this on him!!]
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Well, if it doesn't hurt with Marishi, there's no reason not to trust Gon with Koemi. So he holds his hand out in offering.] Yeah, okay. If that's what you want!
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It should be fine..! [he manages at last, coughing and blushing. Marishi meanwhile, moves to tilt her head over, so that Yuuya may touch it.
And for Gongenzaka it will certainly be strange. He jumps, turning back to look at Yuuya immediately, but the feeling is not unpleasant. It is warm, and familiar in fact, which has him silent.
...Hmm.]
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He smiles, gently stroking Marishi.] It doesn't hurt, right, Gongenzaka--? [He looks up at him.]
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[He'd rather ask first, than simply touch his best friend's soul.]
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He scratches behind Marishi's ears.] You can pick her up, it's okay.
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He is careful, as if holding fine china, as he lifts the otter up.]
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But it doesn't, and Yuya almost immediately settles back in relief as instead the warmth settles comfortably, something less like fire and more like a gentle squeeze on his heart. Something that would probably be alarming, how deeply he can feel it, if not that it was Gongenzaka and Yuya's always trusted him.
Koemi doesn't react as strongly outwardly, but as Gongenzaka lifts her up she moves quickly to settle herself in his hands, stretching herself a little over his arm. She had no mind for the scar on her chest because it's just that--a scar, no longer a throbbing open wound.
Yuya's startled expression gives way to a wider smile again, his hand brushing over his pendulum as lowers it, the other still settled on Marishi.]
You were right, Marishi.
should we wrap this up here or keep going?
AUH-!! D-Don't make us sound so overconfident..!! [Gongenzaka protests, the peace and calm thrown off in an instant. He is still gentle with the otter in his hands, of course-actually, he's tempted to set her on his shoulder for now, and may do just that if she shows enough interest in the leafy areas.
And Marishi, of course....
Just laughs, and laughs warmly.]
HM I don't really have more plans for the thread so that's up to you!
Yuya, however, joins Marishi in her laughter. The touch on his soul is heavy, but the joy of it leaves him feeling light and he looks up at Koemi with Gon, and how careful he is.]
Someone has to be confident! [And it was usually Gongenzaka, between the two of them. Yuya's slowly rebuilding it after the truth of Zarc, and the damage he caused... but he knows he's still relying on Gon's trust in some things in place of his own.] It'd be pretty bad if both of us were too unsure.
Let's close then ye
There will absolutely be fur and leaves Everywhere after this, but at least it'll only be Gongenzaka's.]
O7
He looks amused as they both sprawl out before flopping back against the couch to the do the same. It's not like they really exerted themselves, but it's still nice. Comfortable.
... And when Gongenzaka leaves he'll be very occupied cleaning up.]