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lostcarnival2017-11-11 10:17 pm
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2017-11-11 10:17 pm
Entry tags:
- !event,
- 9s,
- @heartstone manor,
- alphys,
- amethyst,
- cole,
- commander syrlya,
- doll,
- five,
- ginko,
- gongenzaka,
- hinawa,
- ichigo kurosaki,
- john childermass,
- joker,
- jonathan strange,
- julien delacroix,
- junko enoshima,
- lambert,
- lauren,
- mari makinami illustrious,
- miko nakadai,
- papyrus,
- reira akaba,
- rita mordio,
- sans,
- sora,
- susan,
- tallisibeth (scout),
- tyki mikk,
- yotsuba tamaki,
- yūya sakaki,
- zangetsu
⇨ 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.
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. |
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[Why send them back when it can add to her little army of indentured servants?]
So these creatures can only break and warp minds, not heal them? That's good to know.
[It really was. Unfortunately he only knew two and a half really decent healers and neither was around and ...
..Well no, one and a half, Unohana was dead now. Could even Orihime heal mental damage? That's something they'd never really put to the test. As far as he knew, mind damage wasn't particularly common. Maybe it was with these fairies.]
Even if their families and friends are long gone, they should still be returned to their own worlds. In the shape they left it in. Even Rip Van Winkle figured out how to adapt eventually.
[There's a slight pause, gaze shifting only a little, not quite looking at Zangetsu.]
The bush guy. With the missing arm. I couldn't find him before the killing started. Was he one of the victims?
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[which is.., probably part and parcel to why they have such phenomenal otherworldly powers.]
I guess they should get to decide for themselves, don't you think? [some of them had probably been with the faefolk so long they didn't remember anything else, mindfuckery or not.] It's not our concern, anyway. Even though I know you'll try to make it yours.
[his ears perk a little at the mention of the bush guy.... and killing him. Then his ears droop and he actually looks visibly distressed. If you squint]
.... Yes. Gongenzaka is his name. [wow, feet and ground, you sure are interesting right now. Let him just look at that, and only that, forever] I hunted him. I wanted-- I needed to make sure it was done correctly. I've been to see him already. He's recovering.
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Or any other number of lunatics he'd encountered along the way.]
People who can't even think to do the most basic things can't exactly make rational decisions about that kinda thing. And it is my concern.
[His tone shifts, a little. Just a little.]
That could have been me. Another few days. A week. They can't fight for themselves.
[Someone else is going to have to. They weren't going to be ideal pets and servants for this place, so .. what? Ditched somewhere? Likely. Maybe just killed. Someone would have to do something.
The silence stretches on for another minute or so. 'Gongenzaka'. That's not a name that's going to stick fast and easily.
What did 'done correctly' mean to a hollow? Did he even want to know? A glance sidelong at the pale figure of his nightmares extends the pause even further. There were many, many important things that needed addressing.
But first.]
What the hell did you do to your ears?
[They weren't like that the last time they ran into each other!]
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Zangetsu huffs]
I wouldn't have let that happen to you. [he doesn't know if he could actually do anything against the Prince. But dammit, if Ichigo had been captured, been thrown in jail to be turned into a beast... No. He would have thrown himself against the stones until his body was a broken sack of bones.
Either way, Zangetsu isn't... too concerned about the former servants. He had more important things to worry about. Like Ichigo. Worrying about innocent people he didn't even know. Like he always did. What a pain.
Said ears perk and he looks at Ichigo. He runs a hand over them and grins a bit]
D'ya like 'em? They're all soft and shit. Like a rabbit! Get it? Moon rabbit? Hehehehe. [he pauses, then looks at Ichigo] I didn't choose it. It happens when you're around fae magic. [he holds up one of his "rabbit" feet and flexes the owl-like talons] This, too. I can pick up stuff with my feet!!
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He doesn't point out Zangetsu wouldn't have had a choice any more than he had a choice in Ichigo turning up at all. Doing so would be pointless. What would it accomplish beyond the slow grind of reminder that there was more than one top dog out there, and none of them were him?
Focus on what he could do things about. Like all these poor bastards.
Annd this ear thing, he can field that too, and Zangetsu is subjected to a very critical eye indeed. Bunny ears and bird talons. At least one did seem to fit with the monstrousness of a Hollow, but the other..]
I dunno.
[Well he's honest. AND HE'S LOOKING AT DESTINY better get used to the idea of rabbit ears, Ichigo!!]
The rest of you gonna turn into a moon bunny too? ...Aside from the feet.
[Fae magic turning people into monstrosities, huh.]
...
[The servants. The animal ones. Was this--]
How long til you become like them?
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Though, Zangetsu is still at a loss as to what you expect to do about the freed servants, Ichigo.
The Hollow grins and puts his foot down. But then Ichigo goes and jumps to THAT conclusion and Zangetsu just wants to scream a little. He makes a big gesture with his arm that would probably be more impressive and more gesture-y if he had both of them]
That's not how it works, partner! Those servants were turned into animals as punishment. As long as I'm a good boy by the Ringmaster's standards, that won't happen. And considering she likes eating her enemies as much as I do, we get along pretty well.
[.... but then again, Zangetsu can't completely rule out the possibility. There were some creatures in the menagerie.......... could it be?
... Get your paranoid shit out of here, Ichigo!]
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Are you sure about that?]
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HOW DO YOU SEE INTO MY EYES LIKE OPEN DOORSFor several long moments, Zangetsu attempts to stare back with equal intensity and levelness. It's the world's weirdest staring contest, like someone looking at both sides of a funhouse mirror.
But soon enough, one of them has to break. And it's the one that, until that very moment, had no doubts that the animals in the menagerie were just that -- animals.
He flails backwards with an undignified scream]
GAH!! I don't KNOW for sure, ok?! So sue me!!
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He sort of envied it.
Because right now it leaves him with a mild headache. He rubs his face with one hand, managing to not groan.]
And better yet, after that little display with the Prince, I know damn well it's not like I can ask around and be sure the answers I get are even the truth. If that guy can make us all think the only thing that matters is being Lord of the Dance..
[Then the Ringmaster could convince them of anything as well.]
...Look, just try .. to not completely become a bunny or something, okay? We can probably figure out a way for you to keep some kind of a mind but I really don't think I can deal with that look Rukia would get if she found out my zanpakuto's a rabbit.
[She'd steal him.]
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He huffs and rubs at his arm stump, recovering from the indignity of being stared down by Ichigo.]
That's right, she really likes rabbits. But forget her! Sode no Shirayuki would never let me live it down! [he pauses, then sticks out his lower lip in a pout] ... I'd be the most badass rabbit ever, though.
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[Because this is clearly something either of them have ANY control over. At all. As opposed to random effects just generated due to proximity.]
I can explain a lot of things but that one would be hard.
[Oh by the way his inner hollow is now a killer bunny, like the one from that movie by that British comedy troupe. Ichigo did have some pride and he knew how he'd react when certain OTHER shinigami caught wind of it.
...And anyway how long had Zangetsu been missing an arm?]
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[despite his cruel remarks about her height, Zangetsu does like Rukia. She's probably his favorite of all Ichigo's friends. After all, she was the catalyst for his powers awakening when they did. Hell, without Rukia, Zangetsu would have probably been dormant until Ichigo died! What a pain.
... Other Shinigami? Well. Renji didn't have much room to talk -- Zabimaru was a baboon with a snake on its ass. Kenpachi might laugh a little, but as long as his power wasn't dampened, he wasn't likely to care what form a zanpakutou took.
....
took you long enough to notice, dingus. Zangetsu isn't going to say anything unless Ichigo asks, though.]
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[It's muttered. He's seen how she reacts and acts around specific sorts of cute things, and inserting Zangetsu into that wasn't hard at all.
Could he handle having a bunny for a zanpakuto?
..Probably. So long as it didn't result in weirder transformations than apparently he already dealt with.]
And it might so it doesn't hurt to consider it. Like am I going to have to get an exercise wheel for you or something. Or how the hell am I going to get carrots in my inner world?
[That's what rabbits eat right?
He's not asking. Not about that, not yet. The loss of an arm isn't exactly a minor thing, for someone who can regenerate.]
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Either way, Zangetsu is getting frustrated with this entire conversation, and he stomps his foot against the ground angrily]
Would you LET IT GO already?! That's not going to happen!! And even if it does, you can cross that bridge when you come to it!! Idiot!! ARGHH! YOU MAKE ME SO MAD!