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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-11-11 10:17 pm

⇨ THE PRINCE IS DEAD

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.
pipers_son: (bestia-domitor) (How do you say "get out of my)

[personal profile] pipers_son 2017-11-12 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, there's that strange misplaced nostalgia. Joker doesn't move much, even when Sora pinches at his wings a little bit as he shuffles into place. It's only when the younger boy seems to have settled does he move the pillow away from his face enough for his voice to be clear.

"Can't sleep well, huh?"
destiny_key: (Ugg.)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-11-12 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not really," Sora answers quietly. "Been sleeping for like three days already."

He pauses, absentmindedly tugging at his hair.

"...There's not much else to do, in the medical tent. They... wouldn't let me out. Just in case."
pipers_son: (sillica) (If I buy you $300 worth of Popeyes)

[personal profile] pipers_son 2017-11-13 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Not much ta do up here, either, I'm afraid," Joker says, although he doubts pure boredom is the only reason for escaping the medical tent. It wasn't for him, after all. "Have ya been eatin' properly?"

It's really the only other thing he can think to ask.
destiny_key: (Ugg.)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-11-13 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
"I dunno," he says truthfully, shrugging half-heartedly. Everything before yesterday was kind of a blur, anyway. Servants meals were irregular and stretched out under the Prince, and he hasn't really felt hungry today.

"Have you?"

Sora regrets saying that immediately. He already knows the answer to that, and the guilt crawls its way back up his spine, because it's his fault. It feels like his fault.

"Sorry," Sora adds after a moment of awkward silence.
pipers_son: (Don't get me wrong)

[personal profile] pipers_son 2017-11-17 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
From Joker's view, the question isn't an out of place one. After all, something very dire just happened, he's been unconscious for a day and then some, and his first course of action has been to get a bunch of pillows and blankets and make a mess.

So the sudden apology has him blink, and he cranes his neck a little so that he can look down at Sora in faint surprise.

"For what?" He can think of at least one thing, but he wants to be sure they're on the same page.
destiny_key: (cry)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-11-18 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Everything," is the vague answer he gives, followed by, "A bunch of stuff."

But then, that's not much of an apology. It sounds like he's not sure what he's sorry for. He starts again.

"For disobeying you. And getting caught. And then... everything after that."
pipers_son: (leyline) (Why did I wake up to an event)

[personal profile] pipers_son 2017-11-23 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Good. So they are on the same page. Letting out a small breath, Joker falls silent and lets his gaze drift up to the top of the tent.

"Everythin' after was outta yer control," he says, unable to stop himself from sounding a little tired. "But... There's a reason the Supervisors are around, alright? Things like that, where there's thin ice and everyone is worried about each other.... S'why we're around. But... we can't do anythin' if no one listens."
destiny_key: (Ugg.)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-11-26 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, I know... I'm sorry," Sora repeats, voice quiet. Honestly, he's so used to doing everything himself. When no one else was doing anything, he rushed in. That was probably the biggest mistake.
pipers_son: (leyline) (Why did I wake up to an event)

[personal profile] pipers_son 2017-12-01 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Well.... There's no point in really pushing when he sounds like that, and has "mementos" from their time in the manor to never be able to forget. Joker lets out a long sigh and carefully pats his hair.

"Just remember. That's the best thing ta do from here on out."
destiny_key: (Oh...)

[personal profile] destiny_key 2017-12-07 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Sora nods silently, then moves forward to hug Joker, as awkward as it is from their lying down positions. He almost wants to apologize again, but at this point he'd just be repeating himself. And besides, he's sure Joker already knows.
pipers_son: (leyline) (Why did I wake up to an event)

[personal profile] pipers_son 2017-12-10 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Oof. Well, at least he's flexible. It means Joker has found he can be comfortable in a great deal of positions. So he lets his hand rest over the boy and breathes out slowly.

"S'gonna be okay."