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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-10-05 12:51 pm

⇨ HEARTSTONE MANOR

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.
betheman: (u fkin kiddin me m8)

[personal profile] betheman 2017-10-13 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm? ....What do you mean, 'at all'? [Gongenzaka asks, raising a brow.] ...are you speaking of renewing a contract but taking a vacation, or simply leaving it at one contract?

[He HAS considered moving ahead, but....well. He needs to give it more thought.]
hippocarnival: (✮ 001 ✮)

[personal profile] hippocarnival 2017-10-13 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think I can convince you to leave it to one. [But boy by the end of this visit he'll wish he could. He tests the pull of the string before firing the arrow.] But you could visit before you work off your second contract. I'm sure the Ringmaster would let you.
betheman: (well that's NEW)

[personal profile] betheman 2017-10-13 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
A..Auh, well... [....Got him there. But he does pause.] ....Certainly, if...I, the man Gongenzaka, choose to take a second contract, a brief moment to catch up may be necessary. Most especially so that I can know what it is that we must potentially explain to Yuzu at another time.
hippocarnival: (✮ 043 ✮)

[personal profile] hippocarnival 2017-10-13 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yuya grimaces at that, when he realizes it--Gongenzaka going home means he'll actually face Zarc, Yuya first-hand.] Yeah. Maybe we can convince the Ringmaster to let us handle that, even if it's her contract.

[If you argue it right, she's still fulfilling it by giving Yuya the time and space to explain it.] Do you miss home?
Edited 2017-10-13 23:13 (UTC)
betheman: (i can feel the waterworks already)

[personal profile] betheman 2017-10-15 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I imagine that given your contracts, she already is-it is the aftermath which you requested her aid for, is it not?

[Ah-but that is something to consider later. For now, Gongenzaka pauses at the question, and thinks back to what he remembers of home. It has almost been a year in his memory since he saw it-longer, in general, if he includes his 'sleep'.

He feels his eyes grow misty, and his ears draw back.
] ....It has been...some time since we have seen our realm.... ....Sometime since I, the man Gongenzaka, have even seen home...

....It would be an unforgivable lie, [he admits,] for me to say that I did not.
hippocarnival: (✮ 001 ✮)

[personal profile] hippocarnival 2017-10-15 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yuya lowers his bow now, turning his attention back to Gongenzaka. His smile is a little sadder this time.]

I miss them, too. [He's worried, too, that what he misses won't be the same anymore. No, he knows it won't, but what if it's so much worse? What if it's broken?] But I have you and Yuzu here, so that's like having part of home with me. Still... I think you should at least visit.

[After all, even if the carnival halts their time forward, it's still been weeks since they left home on such a dangerous mission. Weeks without contact with their families.]
otoko: (-3- hrmnnnnn)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-10-17 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
Aaauh, that we do, [Gongenzaka admits, smiling. Still.... ....With an expression like that....

Gongenzaka sighs.
] I, the man Gongenzaka, will ask the Ringmaster about a brief return to our realm. ....I cannot be sure she would condone a visit outside from where I would originally have returned to however, [He adds, as if to warn the other that it might not be a 'vacation' or a 'break' in any way.]
hippocarnival: (✮ 008 ✮)

[personal profile] hippocarnival 2017-10-17 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, no... [They were in the middle of deep shit, so it's not going to be a fun time going back regardless.] But maybe she'll let you stay until after the dimensions split themselves again and everything's okay. It probably wouldn't be very long in the carnival.

But you don't have to. [Yuya went into some of the details why it's about to be a bad time.]
otoko: (uwu)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-10-18 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Until the dimensions are apart again.... [....So. After Yuuya's time....

....

Gongenzaka sighs, but smiles.
] ...I, the man Gongenzaka feel....that perhaps instead, it would be best to simply catch up to you.

Let us greet the future together, Yuuya!
Edited 2017-10-18 05:41 (UTC)
hippocarnival: (✮ 051 ✮)

[personal profile] hippocarnival 2017-10-18 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Yuya lets out a breath and then smiles wide.] Yeah!

[He turns and holds his fist out for bumping.]
otoko: (uwu)

:3a thread end

[personal profile] otoko 2017-10-19 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
[And to that-left hand up, and a bumped fist! NOTHING CAN GO WRONG]