⇨ THE PRINCE IS DEAD

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 178 - B1: Day 6
Where: The Carnival and sometimes on top of the Heart of Stone.
What: Now that the Prince is dead and gone, there's a lot left to sort out. As the remaining servants are liberated and those captured by the Prince are tended to, it's time for recovery and goodbyes.
Warnings: Nothing in particular.

HOME GROUND↴ At long last, it is over. The Prince is dead, and all of his stolen Names have been restored - all that's left to do is treat the wounds and move on. For the first day or two, the Ringmaster will be arranging passage for the servants that are left, all of which have remembered their names for the first time in years. The earth elemental that had been trapped and forced to serve as the Prince's manor, the Heart of Stone, is happy to help for the moment. It appreciates the Ringmaster's mercy, and is free after untold eons of imprisonment. Yet, there are plenty of aspects that are far from simple. There are still servants left mad and transformed into beasts, with no easy way to change them back. The Prince's spells outlive him, and those bearing his poison and his curses will have a difficult road ahead of them. Though most of the bestial servants have been rounded up, and a large number that had been reduced to unmoving statues returned, even the Ringmaster can't return them to normal so simply. The next week is for rest and for settling remaining affairs. If you want to bid farewell to any particular NPCs, or assure care is given where it's needed, now is the time to do it. ► A CURE: The Ringmaster will tell everyone simply - there is no simple way to undo another fae's magic. The Prince's powers were essentially on par with hers, which means that those who have been transformed to stone and those that were cursed into beasts and driven insane are not something she can trivially fix. It will take the work of the carnival and a couple weeks of treatment to shed the curse of stone, and the maddened servants are an entirely separate matter. She will do what she can, but for the most part she is arranging for the Prince's servants to be cared for elsewhere. At least for now, the Ringmaster will be animating the stone portions of people's bodies with magic, though those portions will still be a bit clumsy and numb feeling. ► THE NEW HEARTSTONE: In the absence of the prince, the Heart of Stone will be taking over the remains of the Prince's realm and preventing it from collapsing into void. As it turns out, the manor had been an earth elemental all along - a form of Wyld Fae almost on par to the Prince and Ringmaster themselves. How the Heart of Stone was enslaved is a long story presumably, but the Ringmaster considers it to be a sign of the Prince's own depravity. The Heart will be allowing visitors for the first couple days of this period through the portal, but keep in mind you are essentially just walking around on its body. At least the realm has a floor, now, instead an endless abyss surrounding it.

Comments

[prazerbutterfly]

He's rather worse for wear but Tyki is hellbent on finding Curse, Cobweb and Princess again before he passes out. He has a feeling that when he finally sleeps he might not wake up in time to see them off.

It's hard to bow but he'll greet Curse with the best one he can give in his current condition. Cobweb as usual will get a light air kiss to the hand like the elegant Lady she is. Princess gets most of his attention with an actual hug/pat/rub/lotsofthings and he'll ask them if they at least feel a bit better and able to breathe. He seems the happiest he's been all week.

[ringleaders]

'Princess' is one of the few beasts tame enough to not need to be kept away from people at the moment. As soon as she was fed, she seemed to settle down, mostly staying by Cobweb's side.

The two of them will be happy (though it's harder to tell in Princess's case) to see him. They are having a little bit of trouble settling in because they are kind of horrifying looking and also very emotionally twisted by what they've gone through.

Cobweb will introduce herself as "Jennifer" and explain that Princess can't actually give a name at the moment, given her state. Jennifer seems a bit distraught about that, and will muse about whether Princess even remembers, and express concern for the beasts on a whole.

Curse, or "Morgaine Faunis Leandria" will give a bow in return and thank him for being a gentleman. They will talk about how they have rediscovered more of their magical abilities since being freed, and that they have a particular interest in seeing what can be restored of those that have lost their minds. They still seem about as weird and disquieting as usual though - but in a friendly way!

[prazerbutterfly]

He tells them that he's likely in a lot of trouble right now for getting caught in the first place but he's glad he at least got to meet them out of all of this mess. He'll also tell them that appearance matters a lot less as much as good manners and a lot of patience can achieve. Though he'll jokingly state that if anyone gives them any trouble while he's still awake he'll put them in their place gently. He's half serious given how a lot have been through a great ordeal if they are anything like the three of them.

He's humble enough yet hoping Princess is happy to see him too. He's going to miss them and will state that out loud. If he could kidnap Princess, if only to ease her burden of being around others that may not understand her, he would but he's pretty sure he's not allowed to let her into the carnival. Plus, he wouldn't want to break up Jennifer and her companionship. He will give her one of his Tease and let her know that if he ever crosses the same area as them in the future it'll let them know he's around. He only asks that they feed it a little meat once in a while to keep it alive. (Though if it dies he won't feel bad about it)

He looks excited to see they got their powers back along with their name. He hopes they get along well with everyone else and that people can be restored to something of a blissful state eventually.