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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: (casually-judging)

[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-22 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I've met 9S! I met his-" She pauses for a moment, wondering how to describe his relationship to 2B based on the limited interactions she'd had with them and the lack of forethought to ask about their relationship. Or perhaps 'lack of forethought' was more 'hesitancy to pry.'

"I also met another android at the ball, although she turned out not to be real."
chronosynthesis: (❖ Confusing Images)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2017-11-23 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Guess who bailed on the ball before it finished and completely missed that some of the people were illusions: it's Syrlya.

"What do you mean by 'not real'?" Did the Prince not actually kidnap all those people? That's actually a relief if so.
Edited 2017-11-23 17:54 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-23 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not sure if I actually have an intention behind the word so much just passing on the phrase that's been given to me-" she started, feeling the need to put a disclaimer on a term that she didn't fully understand or even necessarily vouch for with her limited understanding of the topic.

"But I think it means they were more like illusions or figments rather than the actual people? But they were realistic enough, I think. Perhaps like reflections or echoes of real people."
chronosynthesis: (❖ The Pledge)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2017-11-25 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
"I hadn't even realized." Granted, he was also completely drugged at the time, so he supposes he can give himself a pass for failing to identify those illusions.

"That's good to hear. I was certain that not everyone there was with the carnival now.. but all of you who were real are?"
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[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-27 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
"I suppose that follows," Connie replies. The prince was defeated and his mansion destroyed, so there was no way that he was still holding on to anyone.

"Was there... someone you met that disappeared?"
chronosynthesis: (❖ Deja Vu)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2017-11-27 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh--" Syrlya waves his hand, dismissive. "No, no one of importance. But the less people to be hurt by the Prince's actions, the better."

And that includes strangers getting randomly kidnapped to his ball. He's just altruistically concerned about what the Prince might have done to anyone.
sworntothesword: (dot-dot-dot)

[personal profile] sworntothesword 2017-11-28 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
That's hard to follow up on. 'Glad no one you knew was kidnapped,' seemed awkward, while 'i'm glad you think kidnapping is bad' sounded sarcastic.

"Y-yeah." Dang, that sounded lame.

"I think it was just me and Cole? I haven't met anyone else who stayed from the ball."