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lostcarnival2017-10-05 12:51 pm
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2017-10-05 12:51 pm
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⇨ 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.
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. ► 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. |
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"That sounds crazy." How is any of that logical? "I don't understand. Why would there be such a cost to magic? Wouldn't being mad make it harder to do something like that? Madness often causes erratic motor functions and the like..."
Wait, nothing to lose...?
9S' expression shifts to mild horror. "Strange, you didn't try to cast that expecting to die, did you?"
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Besides, that cruel voice in the back of his head reminded him, it was later that he expected to die, after he were cursed. Then he truly had nothing to lose.
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The second time he'd met 2B... she had thanked him. For uploading her data to the Bunker before they detonated their black boxes and destroyed themselves.
An action he doesn't remember doing at all; he must've not had time to upload his own data, prioritising her data upload over his.
But it's an action he could see himself doing, especially now that he's gotten to know 2B for longer. As far as he's concerned, 2B's well-being always comes first. Always. It doesn't matter what happens to him, as long as she's well.
...So he can understand Strange's feelings.
"That spell..." 9S threads his fingers between each other. "It had something to do with Arabella, didn't it?"
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It wouldn't surprise Strange if 9S had experience of the sort. Perhaps his crush wasn't on Rita after all.
"I thought she was dead," Strange explains. "The spell was to bring her back to life."
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Like he'd said to Rita, humans only get one life, and that's what makes it precious. But he can't judge on wanting to undo that. Androids do it all the time.
"...Did it work? You don't seem mad, but you're not sad, so..."
If the spell worked, Strange is supposed to be mad right now... but if he's not mad, then it didn't work? But he can only imagine that losing a loved one would be sad... Wait.
"...Unless she wasn't actually dead?" Strange did say he thought she was dead.
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"I buried something that I only thought was my wife." Which isn't a worrying statement in the slightest. "Arabella wasn't dead, only kidnapped, captured by one of the fae—and don't worry, he wasn't one of the fae that the carnival's had to deal with."
Strange just has shit luck with regards to faeries. Throughout this conversation, Strange is trying to keep his tone as level as possible, despite the fact that all of this is still a bit of a sore spot for him. He continues with a shrug and a simple, "I doubt I'll ever see him again."
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The way he talks about the situation, 9S can only guess, "She's safe now, right?" 9S smiles. "I'm glad. If you're married, you two shouldn't be separated."
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He can't help but grin slightly at 9S's statement. Because dammit, he's right! Married people should be together. "The sad thing is, due to circumstances beyond my control, we've spent just as much time apart as we have married."
Strange is trying to sound light and cheerful as he says this but it's obvious this point annoys him more than he wants to admit.
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That's... sad. It would be hard, being apart from his wife, wouldn't it? It's already hard for him being away from home, even if the Carnival and the worlds it visits are full of novelty and wonder to distract him from the gaping distance.
"But you'll see her again, won't you? Knowing that makes it easier, I think." He knows he wouldn't have had the courage to join the Carnival if he didn't know he'd be seeing 2B again after a year and a day. "And when you see her again, it'll be like dawn after an endless night."
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"Dawn after an endless night? I didn't know you were a poet as well as a scanner."
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"I-It's just what I think!" He supposes that's what he gets for talking about feelings. In an attempt to change the topic, 9S continues, "What's a poet, anyway?"
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Not a half bad definition, if he says so himself. Strange can't help but look a little proud of himself before he continues,
"I know a few poems if you would like me to recite one as a demonstration."
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9S isn't going to turn down a new experience, so of course he says, "Sure, if you don't mind."
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"This one's by Wordsworth," he informs 9S, as if the android somehow knows who Wordsworth is. And then, brimming with confidence, Strange starts to recite.
"I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
And then he pauses. Because there's more to it. Strange just doesn't remember the more. There's a bit about the Milky Way and some bits about stars. It ends with dancing with the daffodils, but there's at least two stanzas in between that—or maybe three? He really doesn't know this poem as well as he thought. So, there's a brief look of confusion before he shrugs and continues. "Any way, that's part of a poem."
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Awful? And Strange had said he was a poet? Did he really sound like this? Should he be insulted?
"...Maybe it would sound better if I heard the whole thing?" 9S hedges, uncertain.
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"Well, uh. It's... nice?" 9S is only being nice because he likes Strange. "I don't think I sound anything like that, though. We androids aren't very good at creating things like art or literature. Or um. Poetry. It's a quality that only humans have."
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"How do you know that? Have you tried creating art or literature or something like that?"
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At least, he doesn't think he has. But for all he knows, in those patches of corrupted memory he might have.
"Other androids have tried by mixing data from recovered human creations. It's not anything like original work that humans produce."
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Does 9S know that? Well he does now! Strange at least mentions it like he expects 9S to realize that he's written a book before.
"But I'm certain any art made from mixing data would be much better than what I can do!"
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"That just means you're bad at art." Putting it bluntly. It's not like he expects every human is good at everything humanity has achieved. "My point is, we don't create anything new."
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"You probably don't have the skills. I doubt the Ringmaster would take on anyone who isn't entirely lacking in creativity. How one would teach creativity though, I've no idea."