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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.
sworntothesword: (destroyed3)

[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-17 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
For everything! [ Her words were only barely discernable through all the sobbing and snot. ]

I should have helped but you I was too-

[ Too weak? Too cowardly? Too- everything? ]
otoko: (HRMMNN =3=)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-11-17 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
W-What are you saying..!?

Connie! [He half barks, nudging her with his nose. Somehow,
this is actually a habit he Always Had between friends. Sort of.
] ....You...

....did you watch when the Prince had myself and Yuugo captured...?
sworntothesword: (anger)

[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-17 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I couldn't even do that!

[ Her fists clench, and her body is wracked with guilt. ]

As soon as the Prince showed up I ran...
otoko: (DUEL-!)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-11-17 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
And you were wise to do so, Connie..! [Gongenzaka may be weak, but he puts as much strength into his words as he can.] The Prince could only touch another if they broke his 'command'....I, the man Gongenzaka, insisted that my own best friend remain away from him, for that reason!

Connie-by remaining uninvolved, you in fact contributed more! No matter what you feel the truth is! [And, hey, maybe he has no idea what she did After but it's probably true, right???]
sworntothesword: (crying)

[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-18 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That made her feel so tremendously better, she didn't know how to handle it.
She hugged him tighter, and just sobbed into his bulk for a moment longer before lifting her head again.
]

Are you going to be alright?
betheman: (i think i broke my face)

[personal profile] betheman 2017-11-18 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, she's already handling this better than Yuuya is.

So that's a good sign. He gives her the time she needs, a reassuring pat on the shoulder from within the hug being given before she manages to speak.
]

Aah-with time and recovery, I, the man Gongenzaka, will certainly be fine..! ...Truthfully, most of this is due to poison, rather than anything else...but given those here, I, the man Gongenzaka, am certain the cure shall be found..!
sworntothesword: (determined)

[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-18 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Finding out he was poisoned made that very much worse, but it also gave her some resolve to know that maybe she could find a way to help! ]

What poisoned you? Was it a gorgon? A basilisk?

[ You know, the typical magical creatures that turn people to stone. ]

What can I do to help?
otoko: (AWWWWWWWWWWWWYEA>8D)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-11-18 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Gfhff...HHNNAHAHHAHA! [Ahh! Now that's something that nets a rare laugh-]

...Ahhh...alas, it was the Prince himself, to a point; his venom creates petrification...but more importantly, it affects the soul itself.

...it is something I, the man Gongenzaka, was able to determine myself, while examining the spirits of those here.
sworntothesword: (interested)

[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-22 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ Connie was familiar with Gem Corruption, which wasn't dissimilar in concept; something that eroded a gem's ability to form a normal body and think rationally. What was a 'soul' if not that?

Unfortunately, she had no idea what caused it or how to cure it.
]

That's very astute! Did you discover any leads on how we can cure it?
otoko: (HRMMNN =3=)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-11-24 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Auh....unfortunately, not. ...However, [He notes,] It did in fact...prove useful knowledge. The fact that it taints the soul, after all... ...it is a serious matter. It is something which has corrupted the very essence of one's life, identity, existence....

....Therefore, curing it will require being able to tap into such things.
sworntothesword: (excite2)

[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-24 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder... [ She didn't know why she didn't think of this before! She gets really excited! ]

Maybe Steven can help you! He has healing powers. I- [ Let's not use the phrase 'drank his spit' ] ...benefited from them, and didn't need glasses anymore!
otoko: (AWWWYEA 8D)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-11-26 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
Steven? Auh-

....HaaHAhaha! Steven is already working on it, I would imagine! [He laughs, though the sound is kind.] He is the Carnival's nurse..!
sworntothesword: (uneasy-smile)

[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-27 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Right, of course he is.

[ She was silly to imagine he'd be doing anything else here. ]

Steven always does what he thinks is the right-

[ A flash of something. Something terrible. What-? And then its gone. ]

-thing....
otoko: (-3- hrmnnnnn)

[personal profile] otoko 2017-11-28 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Hmnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.... ....This certainly sounds like another, that I know.... [He says, despite basically being the one in the picture these days when it comes to 'danger'.]

Still. Between him, and others within the carnival, I, the man Gongenzaka, am certain a cure cannot be far from sight.