lostcarnival | ⇨ HEARTSTONE MANOR

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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.

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[F O R E | Day 171]

[No wait-wrong game. Carly, fortunately, has the sense to Not launch the ball across the green with her little hammer. She's a little confused about the game, granted, but she's gotten herself to look pretty good with her hair all done up in a sporting dress for the game, and her wings float gently behind her as she focuses on her hammer. She needs to hit the ball through the hoops, anddddd...maybe hit another ball while she's at it?]

Mnnnnh....Aha! [She finds herself exclaiming as she makes the shot, before quickly quieting herself. Yeeks, that's close-]

Points for me..? [Please, let no one have caught the open laugh-]

[In the Eye of the Beholder- | Day 171]

Mnhhhhghh.... [She is. Not good at this. Carly's arms are bent out of shape, and when she tries to take aim, her hands tremble. Her eyes are narrowed with focus, but the irises inside give away her anxiety, and a cold sweat is on her face whenever she lets loose. One!

To the lawn.

Two!

...To the lawn.

Three!

Ooh, hit the post that time, and she slowly starts to lose her cool as she sweats.] Thi...I'm r...really not good at this, huh...

[Movies and a Break | Day 172]

[Tea Time, it turns out, is the perfect use of an intermission. Honestly, she finds she doesn't mind the theatre performance at all. Reading was even...sort of enjoyable before the first act, so she's finding her nerves a little less frayed. Even if Tea Time is, technically, some sort of 'dinner'. But! All that aside, she sips her tea and sighs, actually looking the part of some upperclass woman for once in her gown, the light of her form misting out from beneath the fabrics.]

Hahhhh... ...This tea is really nice, isn't it..? [She manages aloud, glancing to whoever's nearest. Tea's good for nerves, who'd have guessed...]

[SUPERVISORS | Delicious Food | All Meals Prior the Hunt]

[The supervisors, it turns out, are all stuck up front with the Ringmaster and Prince pretty much, on a Nicer table with Nicer chairs. It's more than enough to make a woman nervous, especially one with as many loose threads as Carly herself. Still, the girl manages to try her best at holding together, even if there is, every now and then, a whispered-]

....Which course are we on?

[She's sort of been drowning herself out on things. Actually, outside the occasional question, she's eeriely quiet, a point that many up there are no doubt noticing.

She's doing her best, you see.]

[WILDCARD]

[HIT ME FOR PRE-HUNT STUFF]

[As soon as the servants shut them into their room for the night Yuya makes an immediate beeline for the bed and flops down onto it face first. Somehow an entire day spent sitting, eating, sitting, eating, sitting, and eating is more exhausting than running around. Or maybe it's just because it's day two of the regime and they are kept busy from morning to night.

Whatever qualifies as "morning" and "night" here.] Ugh, so tired...

[Truly, it's a mystery with the sky as it is. It's a wonder the servants can wake them at the right time at all. Carly sighs as she sits in a nearby chair, for her part, still dressed in frills and floofs.] Hauuuhhhh....it's really hard to maintain a poker face like that....

...and we still have to get ready for bed and everything....

[Yuya groans even louder.] Don't tell me there's fancy rules about bed, too!

[They're alone in the room, just let him change and sleep! He rolls over onto his back, glowering at the ceiling as he fumbles to get his coat undone.]

AHHH...D-Definitely not, but you're not going to just go to bed without a shower right..?! [She was TALKING About getting changed and ready for bed, Yuuya!]

It just takes so long to get this stuff off though....

[Yuya stops, frowns, and reaches an arm up to sniff himself. What, does he stink?] It's probably not comfortable to sleep in anyway. It's not even comfortable to stand in!

[It's stiff and too hot and he's not allowed to remove the jacket or loosen the ascott. But this is important to the Ringmaster, so he just has to live with it.

He waves a hand absently.] You can shower first.

Definitely not comfortable...apparently people used to sleep in what they wore though, can you imagine that? [she moans, disappearing behind the bathroom door. She's still...pretty loud though, so he can definitely hear her.]

Anyway...I'll try to go quick and not leave any, uh. Weird light things in the tub this time!!

Carly | OTA | DIVIDED DAYS ARE FOR SQUAAAAAAAAAAAAAARES

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