⇨ HEARTSTONE MANOR

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 170 - Day ???
Where: Heartstone Manor
What: The carnival arrives at the Heartstone Manor. Do your best to play along, and try not to get too far ahead of the schedule with threading if you can avoid it, in case something that would affect your character happens early on.
Warnings: Individually marked! Could be a lot of things.

BEAUTIES AND THE BEAST↴ When the carnival arrives at the Manor, everyone will be taken into the Throne Room to greet the Prince for the first time. He will be lounging on his throne, and will take a look at the guests that the Ringmaster has brought before eventually dismissing everyone so that he can talk to her alone. After that, they will be given a brief tour of the Manor by some of the servants, and then brought to their rooms to start picking out clothes for tomorrow. On the first night they will be permitted to wear regular clothes, but starting the next morning the dress code will be enforced. There will be a number of servants helping guests with clothing, and making alterations to suit the non-humanoid features they may have. The tailors work with fabric by hand, but their stitching is impossibly quick and accurate, with changes being made to complex clothing at unbelievable speed. Some guests may note while working with them that one of the seamstresses has wooden mannequin-esque hands instead of human ones, and another has two sets of arms. The arms are one of the most obviously inhuman traits that they'll see while first touring the building. Come the morning of Day 171, the daily routine will begin. ⇨ THE DAILY SCHEDULE ⇦ ► FIVE MEALS A DAY: Between breakfast, lunch, tea, supper, and evening drinks, the meals you are required to attend are frequent and long. Each meal (except drinks and tea) will have multiple rounds, and use all of the fancy cutlery. It will be difficult to keep up for those that are untrained. The food will vary greatly, but will generally to be palatable to those that are into whatever kind of food it might be. Some of them are odd delicacies that are very much an acquired taste, however. People who cannot eat will be given a pass once the Ringmaster explains it, but will be looked down on for it. ► DAILY ACTIVITIES: There are scheduled activities for every morning and afternoon, and everyone is required to attend. Descriptions of each activity are provided on the "Event Descriptions" tab of the spreadsheet linked up above. There is only one hour of free time scheduled per day, after supper, and beyond that the servants will almost constantly have you on the go. The Prince and Ringmaster will not be present for most of the activities, but they will be there for every meal. If you character refuses to follow the schedule or makes a huge mess out of proceedings, make sure to report it here. ► AFTER CURFEW: At 11PM, everyone is expected to return to their quarters and spend the rest of the night there. Wandering after curfew is unacceptable by the Prince's rules, and if you do it there will be the chance of discover. Based on your character's stealth abilities, there will be dice rolling to determine if they are discovered or not, and by whom. Make sure you report any after curfew activity to the mod post here. This can also take place as an investigation if they are actually looking for something instead of just farting around. ► ROOM AND BOARD: The servants will remain upbeat for most of the time the guests are here, unless something is done to provoke them. They will be present at every activity, and there will be a variety of different individuals. One frequently spotted character will be the butler, a man with dark hair and small, sharp horns. He seems to be the main organizer of things. ► ODDITIES: Even beyond the obvious, there is something off about the Manor. Doors, windows, and other household objects will sometimes move seemingly without cause, and other times there will be banging sounds in the walls, or mysterious voices heard at a distance. It feels like you're being haunted. If you have a moment to wander the corridors, then you'll sometimes see open doors abruptly slam shut the moment you lay eyes on them, and wall sconces turn off or on. It's weird, man. ► THE HUNT: The Hunt activity will have its own event post, and some sign ups for those that will participate meaningfully. There will be some dice rolling to determine who hunts the most impressive game, and rewards handed out accordingly. Before that post goes up, however, you can do some investigations for the start of the event, if your character is interested in looking into the specifics of the contest and overall context. MAKE SURE THAT ALL DECORUM VIOLATIONS ARE REPORTED HERE.

Comments

[stillwinningthehardway]

"Nine ess," she clarifies, moving some hair off her forwards-facing horns. "He's kinda got this weird thing about humans, like we're the best ever and everyone else is... not? It's kind of uncomfortable." The Empire that's replaced the Galactic Republic has policies like that, though even more limited. Humans, 'pure' humans, pale male ones with minimal cybernetics and low midichlorian counts.

"That makes sense. How... I guess I didn't see any locks. What's your plan if you're discovered somehow?"

[chronosynthesis]

"Ah." The andriod. Syrlya didn't remember him being particularly obsessed with humans, but admittedly their conversation had gone over more magic and machines than people. He shrugs and folds the map back up, standing as he slips it into his pocket again.

"Run?" This is a horrible plan but, honestly, what else do they have? "If I have the opportunity to call the other nightrunners as a warning, I will--and that includes a warning not to come find me if it is too dangerous."

But it'll be fine. Everything's fine.

[stillwinningthehardway]

The burgeoning Empire is becoming increasingly xenophobic. It's a little disheartening to meet a droid spouting similar sentiments. "I told him I maybe have a little bit of nonhuman ancestry and you'd have thought I'd confessed to... I don't know, something droids find monstrous."

Scout makes a face. He clearly knows what a bad plan it is. Really, though. Someone has to find out more, Scout doesn't trust that sitting quietly and being good will carry them through this escapade. "It's almost definitely going to be too dangerous, but I'm not going to stop you. You'll have to return well before morning wake up, remember. Servants will be around before they start knocking on doors."

[chronosynthesis]

Syrlya frowns a bit as he considers that. 9S, at least, didn't seem offended when being faced with him at any rate.

But, well, trying to decipher the prejudices of his fellow nightrunner is neither applicable nor productive to the current situation. He's probably going to have to find him tonight anyway so they can map out the less available locations... if they can get to them.

still, he nods as he rises to his feet. "I will. The intention is not to stay out all night. Only to see what is being kept out of our sight."

Which is probably a lot.

[stillwinningthehardway]

"All right." Going and sitting on her bed, Scout curls her heavy tail besides her and lets the tip curl up and fall again. It's a bad plan, but she doesn't have anything better.

Well. You don't just wish people luck. If it exists, and Jedi doctrine would say no, you don't bring it up. "Go carefully and be swift."