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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.
prazerbutterfly: (Our cute family...)

[personal profile] prazerbutterfly 2017-11-29 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
He's surprisingly gentle for a man that could do so much harm in an instant. His fingers could easily dip into her skull in a matter of seconds but he means her no harm. She's human so she could die in his world if warranted. Here, he could enjoy himself.

"Yes. We're not blood related, or not all of us, but we live together and share everything. I have a brother who sometimes gets on my nerves, a nephew that can't seem to stay out of my head, and a bratty niece I love very much. The Earl is like a father to us all. We in turn take care of each other because we're family."
steadydollypegs: (052)

[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-12-01 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Sounds like me 'n Joker," she says, letting her eyes close while she pictures her own family. "We're not related by blood neither, none of us are. Me, 'n Joker, 'n Dagger, Beast, Jumbo, Wendy, Peter... Snake. We all took care 'a each other because we found each other.

"Joker found me, after my mum and dad... turned me out. I was small." Smaller than she is now, apparently.
prazerbutterfly: (fiesty arencha)

[personal profile] prazerbutterfly 2017-12-01 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Cyril and I are brothers. He married Road's mother to have her as a daughter. Other than that we take care of each other and occasionally meet for dinner or lunch. We spend a lot of time together."

Yet her family's names are interesting and his brow will raise higher as he continues to gently stroke her hair. She half answers his curiosity with the next statement. "No wonder you think so highly of him. You'd honestly think he'd hate you?"
steadydollypegs: (076)

[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-12-01 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Me own mum hated me," she shrugs, and while that feels like it should answer the question, it does ruffle her inside to compare Joker to her mother. It's not right, it's not even a close comparison, and she winces to herself when she realizes the mistake.

"...but he wouldn't. I don' think."
prazerbutterfly: (zpost exo - annoyed dare you to test me)

[personal profile] prazerbutterfly 2017-12-02 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Loved ones can be cruel even in the best of situations, my little lady. It's why you stick with the ones who do love you."

And you fight to keep them, he wants to say. Protect them with everyone and everything one has no matter the cost or the consequences. Honestly, he would've rather seen Joker dead than Nameless like he saw Sans. He wouldn't let the Prince keep anyone if they couldn't regain their name.

"Then no more crying, hmm?"
Edited 2017-12-02 13:45 (UTC)
steadydollypegs: (074)

[personal profile] steadydollypegs 2017-12-04 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
"'M tryin'," Doll says with a very slight pout. It's the reason she insisted on staying with the carnival-- she wanted to stick by Joker, because he loved her and she loved him. It's hard to connect Joker loving her from his wish that she not join the carnival for that reason, but she understands it when she forces herself to realize that Joker just doesn't want anything bad to happen to her.

Doll folds her arms on Tyki's chest and rests her chin there. Her face is a red, blotchy mess, but it's hard to ignore the brotherly tone he's putting on. "...'right."
prazerbutterfly: (a little too fun)

[personal profile] prazerbutterfly 2017-12-04 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
He lifts a finger to boop her nose gently and will pat her on the head as well like a kid now that she seems a lot calmer. That face though needs some work and if he was in his tux he'd offer her his handkerchief. Unfortunately, he doesn't even have a napkin on himself.

Ask his brother or his niece and he's definitely #1 Brother/Uncle. It pays to know how to listen even when a certain spoiled niece is whining. "That's better."