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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. |
Archery
9S has absolutely zero experience in archery, but he does a... passable job at it, hitting the middle rings of the targets. While he has perfectly fine aim -- he's the one who fixed the aim correction software on his flight unit! -- it's the actual physical holding of the weapon that is throwing him off. Sure, he can wield his sword with his hands when it comes down to it, but the sword is his in a way the bow and arrow isn't. This would be a whole lot easier if he could just throw the arrows with his magnetic field, but somehow he gets the feeling that would be frowned upon.
The whooping shout draws 9S' attention away from his look of consternation he'd been giving his bow. Oh, that's... his neighbour? Well, he's looking way more cheerful? And uh. Wearing a dress? For some reason? Isn't that something only females wear?
"Hey, nice shot." How to not make this awkward, given their last meeting? "Looks like your arm healed up alright."
Nailed it.
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"Yeah, Zecora's pretty good at what she does, fortunately for chuckefu-- mm." He breaks off, about to curse in front of everyone, and frowns at himself. "Uhhh... for goobers like me."
He's definitely not great at this whole being polite thing. But at least he's making an effort!
"... uh... hey, thanks for that, by the way." Taako's voice drops, the tone changing significantly; it's still devoid of the darkness 9S heard that day, but he is more serious, his voice softer. "Things worked out... a whole lot better than I thought they would back home, but I'm still glad to have that thing off of me."
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"Oh. Um." A small smile crosses 9S' face. It's nice to feel useful. "You're welcome."
Would've been nice to get the bracer off in a less arm choppy way, but sometimes you can't afford to be picky.
But on to other topics! That may or may not be just as awkward in a totally different way!
"Sooo... what's with the dress? I thought only females wore those."
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"Wow," he says, breaking into a half-smirk of disbelief, "Awfully old-fashioned of you for a robot. I saw the dress and I wanted to wear it, that's pretty much the whole story."
He finally breaks into a grin, pointing squarely at 9S.
"You gotta open up your mind, my man. There's a whole world out there, and not all of it sticks to being just for girls or boys or whatever."
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But spiel over, he does consider Taako's explanation of why he's in a dress in all seriousness.
"Huh. I thought dresses were restricted by gender, but... I guess there really there's nothing stopping a guy from wearing a dress. I mean, it's just fabric, right?"
Maybe he should try one on some time...
"But it looks awfully uncomfortable. Is that really any fun to wear?"
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Fortunately enough for Taako's social anxiety, 9S immediately grants him a chance to change the subject in the form of what seems to be a sudden gender revelation; Taako can't help but feel proud.
"Anyway, uh, yeah, I mean-- it's not the most comfortable thing in the world, but you don't wear this stuff to relax around the house, know what I'm saying?" He fluffs up a handful of curls, grinning at 9S and batting his eyelashes.
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"I... guess. But wouldn't you want to be comfortable when you go out, too?"
He hums a little, before continuing, idly toying with his bow as he speaks.
"My partner wears that kinda stuff into battle. It's not as um. Ruffly? As what you're wearing, but she fights in a dress."
And kicks ass while she does so.
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He lets his arrow fly, and just misses the center, but only just.
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9S watches the arrow hit the target and lets out a low whistle. Nice shot, dude. He makes no move to ready his own bow, more content to watch Taako. He's clearly actually adept at archery, so it's worth observing him.
"What if you put a long slit in it? That would solve a lot of the movement problems, right?"
Show some leg, man.
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"I'm not, uh, actually sure that would help with the whole tripping thing, and I'm also pretty sure that, as far as this Prince guy's concerned, I'd look like just a raging harlot." And then he grins, pulling that hem up just a bit more (showing only layers of fluffy petticoat and no actual skin) before dropping it back to resume his archery-- though he does wiggle his eyebrows at 9S first. "Then again, maybe he's into that?"
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His gaze only returns to the elf's face when the skirt is dropped back down to its usual place. "Um... What's a harlot?"
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Das gay, 9S.Taako actually notices that gaze of his, and almost laughs; he never pegged him to be the, uh, type to be all that interested in his legs. Then again, who wouldn't be? They're kind of the best.
However, 9S's question actually does draw a laugh from him, and he lowers his bow, thinking.
"Uhh. Mmmmmmm, it's, uhhhh... uh, hey, how old are you, exactly?"
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"I'm three."
Conveniently, that could mean three Earth years or three Earth months, and both answers are technically true.
"What does my age have to do with anything?"
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That stops Taako short. He's three? For real? But he looks... shit, he hates it when people do shit like this, making constructs who look way older than they really are. Kind of the inverse of his own aging, really.
Taako rubs his temples lightly with the hand not holding his bow.
"Oh, boy."
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"Seriously, what does my age have to do with anything?" 9S huffs, pouting. "You're not gonna hold out on me just because I said I'm three, are you? I'm a soldier. I can handle whatever it means!"
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That question will, at least, provide 9S with some insight as to Taako's hesitation... he hopes.
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9S tries real hard not to let his interest show, but he does lean forward, just a little. Look. Look. It's research!
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"Well, a harlot is somebody who has way too much of it, as far as certain people believe, anyways, and who shows off about it."
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"And that's bad...? I don't understand. As long as they got their job done, then that's fine, isn't it?" Even though emotions were prohibited, androids still had lovers because humans did... "Besides, don't humans have a lot of sex? There's plenty of records from the Old World about it."
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"They can't be the worst. There's plenty of records with humans having more than one partner!"
Who's watched a bunch of thousands of years old porn it's 9S.
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Shit, wait, did humans make this guy? That would explain a whole lot. Dammit, he's talking shit about humans to one of their kids, basically. It's not enough to stop him, or even slow his roll, but he does realize it, and is exasperated by it, on some level.
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"Polite company? What do you mean by that?"
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Unfortunately, literally everyone 9S knows is a work friend so that's a rather poor comparison. Especially since half his discussions about sex are with Strange and Lambert, who are the Worst work buddies.
"Is there something special about religion or uh, politics, that you wouldn't talk to people about?"
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