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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.
otoko: (OnO (MRP-))

[personal profile] otoko 2017-10-26 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
MNHH!?

[In a curious turn of events, apparently that's...worse?] Th- I, the man Gongenzaka, do not intend to merely CHEAT my way away from such practice..!!

To even assume such a thing would be UNFORGIVABLE..!
dressedtothe: (yeah yeah)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2017-10-26 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Why not?

[He guides his horse to trot over beside Gongenzaka.]

It's not your job to complete this course. You just have to not annoy the Prince, that's all.
otoko: (HRMMNN =3=)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-10-29 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
And if not completing it falls under 'annoyance'? [He remarks dryly, pacing alongside the obstacle as a compromise.] I, the man Gongenzaka, would rather not risk too much given....the state of things now.
dressedtothe: (high riser)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2017-10-31 11:15 am (UTC)(link)
[9S hums.]

Yeah, I guess that's true.

[A pause, before he adds quietly--]

I hope everyone stays out of trouble.

[There's been too many disappearances. The last thing the Nightriders need is more people going missing before they can squirrel out enough information to rescue the missing people and get out in one piece.]
otoko: (HRMMNN =3=)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-10-31 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Aauh. It is how I, the man Gongenzaka, find many incidents involving the Carnival's enemies have gone, thus far-what is calm, and peaceful, in a situation where she herself is not...

...Is far, far from such a 'peace' indeed. Whatever caused the disappearances of the others.... ...we would do well to avoid coming even somewhat close to what that could be-at least until we know of how to combat our 'host', [he adds, his voice rather low as he looks to 9S.]
dressedtothe: (ow right in the heart)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2017-11-01 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
[So he's noticed, too. Kind of not hard to, really. 9S supposes there's no harm talking a bit. He lowers his voice.]

The Nightrunners are looking into it. Just... don't leave your room at night, and you'll be fine.

[Gongenzaka looks the opposite of stealthy, after all.]
otoko: (HRMMNN =3=)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-11-01 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm!! I, the man Gongenzaka, am no fool, [He replies calmly, narrowing his eyes.] As a member of the Patrol however....I, the man Gongenzaka, cannot help but worry for our Warden, however.

No matter what I attempt with my tracking....I cannot sense his presence any longer. ....It worries me.
dressedtothe: (ow right in the heart)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2017-11-04 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
[He says that, but the Warden was obviously out at night and got caught. So, you know, apparently people in positions of command here also do stupid things sometimes.

His sensors are telling him that there isn't anyone within earshot, but that could change at any moment. 9S guides his horse to pull up alongside Gongenzaka.]


Walk with me.

[It'll probably look less weird if they had a conversation while trotting along. He drops his voice.]

How does your tracking work?
betheman: (n o)

[personal profile] betheman 2017-11-08 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Mmmh. [Walk, he shall then. His eyes kept forward, but his mouth moving all the same.]

I, the man Gongenzaka, am able to detect the energies of the soul-yours, the otheres....anything alive, anything with a consciousness that is here, it carries such a thing. For those who I, the man Gongenzaka, am familiar with, no soul could be more familiar.

...As you can imagine, this makes being unable to reach our warden this much more concerning...
dressedtothe: (crunching the numbers)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2017-11-11 09:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, right. Sounds a bit like his scanning, only he can actually ID tag people. Which is a thing he could do if people in the Carnival actually emitted electromagnetic or radio or other signals he could detect and use as an identifier!]

What's the range on it?
otoko: (HRMMNN =3=)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-11-11 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I, the man Gongenzaka, can track across the equivalent range of the Carnival, [He replies.] Which in turn means one of two things....either they have been moved far beyond our grasp...

[Or, well.] ....Or I, the man Gongenzaka, have been blocked against in some way.

[And bah! Who needs ID Tagging when he can identify them on 'sight'!]