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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 remembers Hinawa coming to their trailer the first day back. What she had offered was simple, to bring them breakfast the next day. She said it was her job, but that didn't make sense to him. He didn't see how contracted workers could care enough about their jobs to do more than what was asked of them. If he didn't ask than there was no reason for them to care. That was, of course, unless the reason they actually cared was him.
I enjoy you. It's a faded blurry memory, but it's there. Annabelle had said that to him when he asked her why she sought his company. It was strange and unbelievable to hear then, and it was much the same now. Carly had and, no doubt, would scold him many times in his time here at the carnival, but he remembers one time in particular when he'd brushed off her insight. She'd told him he wasn't alone anymore. She scolded him for failing to ask for assistance.
It had felt like such ridiculous irrelevant advice at the time. It still sounded ridiculous now. Why would anyone want to help him? Why should he ask? He still didn't know the answers to those questions, and yet people insisted on helping him again and again simply because it was their job.
He looks to Carly and realizes there's parts of her he doesn't know at all.
"Do you care about us two?"
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"Wh- Of course I care..!" she protests loudly, looking almost worried, or even scared. She cares, but she was the one to help take them both down in the 'hunt' for that reason, and she wonders-perhaps even fears-how much of the feeling they would have had lingers as a result. But... "...Lauren... ...Did... ....does it feel like I don't..?" she whispers anxiously, searching him over with her eyes.
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"It's not a feeling!" If course caring was a feeling, but that isn't what he meant. "I mean. I just didn't know. I wasn't..."
SUSAN...
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"Lauren just isn't good at telling what people think! So I think, you must have confused him..." Even he's not entirely sure where Lauren is trying to go with his question, what he's actually asking, and so that's the best he can do for now.
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"...And naturally...it's something that you reflect in your actions, I think! I do a lot of things for a lot of people, because I care about them-about if they're warm, or if they're comfortable..."
The woman frowns. "...So...if something makes that seem fake, or like it's not there at all..." It matters a lot. More than...most, in their case, granted, but it matters a lot.
"...Has it ever seemed like I don't care?" she repeats, more calm this time at least.
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He moves a step back, embarrassed and a little bit angry, but most of all nervous and wanting this to stop.
"I can't... I'm no good at. I mean. It's hard to know w-what. Um." He takes another step back before just turning and running away. He doesn't want to leave Susan alone though. So he just runs into the bathroom, locking the door behind him.
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After a moment he looks to Carly again with a small apologetic smile.
"Sorry... Lauren isn't very good at saying what he means." He's sure she already knows that, but it can't hurt to remind her.
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He's gone. She blinks a few times, before looking back to Susan. "I...I mean I knew that part, but...." She trails off, sighing. "Hauuuuhhhh.... ....I made a mess of it didn't I...."
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"Why is she mad at me?"
He really doesn't understand, and he hates things he doesn't understand.
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And then his dumb brother is yelling in a language Carly doesn't know which is of course a terrible idea, but he can't just ignore him. He gives her another small smile before slowly walking to the door. He isn't gonna yell across the trailer, thank you very much.
"She isn't mad. She's just confused because you're not explaining your question very well and it sounds like you think she doesn't like you at all."
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There's an unspoken THAT'S SO SAD, that she's biting back, as Susan goes to converse in elvish.
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"I like you. I just didn't know." That's all. He just didn't know she cared. That was the only reason he asked. He didn't want to hurt her feelings or anything like that.
"...I'm not good at understanding people."
It's obvious to everyone, but it's still hard to say it aloud. It makes him feel very very stupid.
"Sorry."
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He heads back towards Carly, although he just sits down on the bed for now. He's pretty sure they're going to want to talk instead of going back to work, and he's still pretty exhausted. He might as well sit down while they do that.
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"....Lauren..? ....It's alright, really..!" she insists, her smile somewhat weak. "I... ...I don't even know what I'm supposed to be feeling half the time, so I bet a lot of people don't know what I'm saying, right?" she laughs, the sound equally frail.
"...Um..." She pauses. An awkward, anxious pause, looking from Susan to Lauren, and back...
"...It's okay. ...Not understanding things like that all the time, I mean. ....You didn't upset me, I mean it..!" Despite. You know. Giving her a brief worry.
She's just like that.
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"I just meant. It's not your fault I didn't know. You're very good at... Caring."
Probably she is at least. It wasn't like he was paying any attention before now, or even knew how to recognize that kind of thing at all, apparently.
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"Lauren is bad at telling, and bad at talking. And Carly starts to ramble and stuff when she's confused. Neither of you messed up so just come out of the bathroom and talk like normal!" Normally he might not be so blunt about it but he's sick and he's tired and he doesn't want to have to translate all night.
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"Ahaheheheh...." She twiddles her fingers a bit, coughing. ".....Y-Yeah, that's me, I guess..." But also-
Let her just melt, for a moment, and glow, a lot. "....You mean it? I'm good at that kind of thing~?"
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"I mean... I think so." He's not the best judge of that kind of thing, but. "Um, thank you for sewing things."
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"Ahh~! W-Well, it's the least I can do after all!! There's no reason for me to say no!"