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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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He looks unsatisfied with that answer for a moment.]
That's too proud. [Not that he doesn't believe Strange can't. Just that refusing help over it is silly. He couldn't imagine being separated from his loved ones like that again.] Is that the story you said you were gonna tell me before?
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I've already dragged the Ringmaster into too much fae nonsense on my account. Though the fae who trapped me may be dead, I've no idea if he had descendants or what not who'd want a claim on my head. And I am powerful enough to break the curse on my own. [ especially now. Especially the longer he stays here and the longer he learns about faerie. ] I simply need to study the specifics.
Besides, I'll have my friend's help. And I'm certain some of the magicians in England would want us back as well so I can count on some of their help.
[ a pause. ]
But yes, it was the story I was going to tell you before. Circumstances changed and all that, [ said with an idle wave to nothing in particular. ]
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He doesn't want to ask Strange a million questions about his life story, all at once, after all of this. Even if he wants to know a lot more.
So he settles on one more question.] Who's your friend?
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[ For all of Yuya not wanting to ask Strange a million questions, it seems that Strange is perfectly fine answering those million questions. ]
I saw him at the ball as well—though thankfully, he was also an illusion.
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[He looks back out at the lake, falling quiet for a moment.]
... Thanks for telling me. You're my friend, but I guess we've never really talked about things outside the carnival.
[Bits and pieces, mostly Strange's wife. But not a lot of the things that are important to them when they aren't paying off a year with a fae.]
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However, he has the acute realization that he's the one who's been carrying the conversation. Yuya's definitely shaken up as well, considering that half of his friends got into so much shit during the stay at the manor. ]
And you're my friend as well. If you wish to talk about something in your life outside the carnival, I shall listen.
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[And a lot of the stuff that happened before... seems distant after every catastrophe in the carnival. But he thinks about it, there's still a lot of damage, and he doesn't know if all of it will get fixed...] Um, some stuff happened right before I joined the carnival but it's really hard to explain and I don't even understand all of it. But the Ringmaster's already fixed some of it, so it's going to be okay.
[Yuya is absolutely not ashamed to have asked her help. He wishes he'd been able to deal with it himself, but this was other people's lives on the line.]
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Though, he can't help but tease Yuya a little bit. ]
You seem so normal that I'm honestly curious as to what sort of hard to explain stuff you've gotten yourself into! [ he grins, before, ] But as long as it ends up fine in the end, that's what matters.
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[That's the part that's easier to talk about, just hard to explain. It's also the part that Yuzu knows, so he can talk more freely without worrying what she'll hear.] That was... four months ago? I was... I mean, I still live with my mom in Maiami. But I had to leave for a while, and then there was the carnival...
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Strange actually sits up at that giving Yuya a confused frown that's purely 'what the shit.' ]
Well. I can safely say I wasn't expecting that answer. [ He was expecting something easier to understand, like some sort of magic or someone getting caught up in some trouble, not an interdimensional war! ] Is it over?
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... Maybe? [He sounds genuinely uncertain about that. That would be because he himself derailed the final battle.] It was the fusion dimension invading all the others, trying to merge them into one. The Professor's their leader, but I ended up at the carnival in the middle of stopping him?
[He gestures.] I mean, they were separating again, but I don't know if he's going to try again when I go back.
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[ Because of course he would. Yuya's a good kid and, more importantly, willing to throw himself into dangerously stupid situations to solve a problem (looking at you, Portland). As Strange is also willing to throw himself into dangerously stupid situations to solve a problem, he's confident that whatever method Yuya comes up with, he'll manage to succeed at. ]
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Thanks. [He folds his arms back over his knees. He shifts, thoughtful and a moment.] Um... but the carnival's a little scarier now, because I can't deal with the fae the way we dealt with Academia. It's like I'm back at square one.
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And if your magic won't be able to solve it, then we'll combine it with mine and Childermass's and all the other magicians of the carnival until we come up with a solution.
[ what an amazingly overconfident statement from an amazingly overconfident man. ]
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Yeah! I've never really had a private tutor before, how does that work?
[Is it just like a classroom except with one student? Strange did say he was going to create a lesson plan.]
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Now that everything's gone back to normal, we should come up with a regular meeting time and place. I will assign readings, of course, though not as many as my mentor assigned me. I'm more a fan of practical experience to begin with. [ This is partly because Strange only has a handful of books to begin with, partly because all of Strange's really impressive magic he did without the aid of books. ]
What sort of magic do you wish to learn in the first place? Specific spells or effects, for instance.
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[There's a slight smile despite it. But his expression turns more thoughtful and serious as he considers what Gongenzaka told him.] I don't know a lot about what magic there is... but I don't want to learn magic that's about hurting people. This is about protecting my friends and keeping them safe, and I don't really like fighting.
[Is protection magic a thing?] Steven can make magic bubble shields. Maybe something like that?
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[ Strange trails off a bit, frowning slightly, lost in thought for a moment. ]
Most of my reflection magic could work for protection. Traveling through the mirrors, scrying, talking via reflection, things like that. At the very least, it's not fighting.
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... I don't think they'd let me push them through a mirror when there's danger. [Actually, he knows they won't. That could be a problem.] Uh, not that I wouldn't learn it if you're going to teach me.
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[ Strange, no. ]
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[There's not enough training in the world to give Yuya the strength to force Gon to step through a mirror.
He might remember that for Yuzu, however.]
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Well, he doesn't have to dampen Strange's enthusiasm with that part.] But I can still learn other protective magic, right? Is it better if we start with magic you already know?
who's ready for SO MUCH MAGICAL BULLSHIT
[ Yuya's magic most likely will be a hodge-podge of magic techniques as is. But if he already knows that warding spell, perhaps that means his magic was already slightly attuned to Portland and that type of spellcasting. ]
As for something that I already know and know I can teach, a simple spell of fog might serve as protection. Or, if you want, we could attempt to find ways that my magic involving the earth and rocks could be used for protection and focus your efforts on that. An earthen shield, perhaps?
The best kind of bullshit
But it might also be harder to teach. He presses his fingers too his lips, face scrunching up thoughtfully.]
I want to learn that barrier spell if you remember how to do it. How fast can you make rock turn into a shield?
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