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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.
dressedtothe: (crunching the numbers)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-01-12 11:05 am (UTC)(link)
9S puffs. That doesn't sound right to him.

"But if you don't tell them, how can they understand?"

If Tyki knows the truth but witholds it, then of couse other humans won't understand!
prazerbutterfly: (zpost exo - oh?)

[personal profile] prazerbutterfly 2018-01-13 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
"You must live in a world where humans are friendly and understanding. The consequences for telling a human that you are not one of them makes it complicated. They fear, they outcast, and they judge.

If I were to reveal myself at home no doubt I would be cast from the social order, my family would lose their wealth for associating with a 'monster' and that is simply how it is. My world is not as understanding and advanced as yours. Even one of these 'microwaves' we have here would scare them."
dressedtothe: (aw man the fridge is running)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-01-13 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Well... he's never had the chance to meet them... So he doesn't know. (Do they even care?) Besides, humans built androids, so it seems rather silly if they would fear or outcast their kind.

"Really?" It seems so hard to believe. "But humans invented microwaves! It's simple technology!"

???
prazerbutterfly: (tttthb..)

[personal profile] prazerbutterfly 2018-01-13 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
"In my world a microwave doesn't exist. Neither does air conditioning or anything else that is here."

His knuckles crack as he flexes them before starting on yet another potato. Throughout this he's been peeling diligently.

"I don't know what year it is in your world but I am from the year 18xx. Try to understand 9S."
dressedtothe: (crunching the numbers)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-01-13 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Wow..."

That's before the recorded outbreak of WCS... He doesn't know exactly when all the human inventions happened -- their records are so fragmented, even some of the technology on Greysol he's never seen before -- but surely they have the precursors...? It's just so hard for him to understand.

"That's a really long time ago. I guess it's hard for me to picture humans being afraid of their own creations, even if it hasn't occurred yet. Assuming the same date time system, I'd be coming from a time nearly nine thousand years later."
prazerbutterfly: (genuine smile)

[personal profile] prazerbutterfly 2018-01-13 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
"There will likely be years of misunderstandings and visible problems to exposing ourselves. It's why I ask you to keep this a secret. As best as you can."

He chuckles softly, "It only takes one to invent something. When displayed to the public not every invention is well received."
dressedtothe: (high riser)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-01-13 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
Well, he can't refuse a request from a human now, can he? 9S flaps a hand dismissively. "Yeah, yeah. I'll keep it a secret."

9S' expression falls. "I see... I guess not everything invented is going to be a hit. Not everything R&D puts out is effective after all." 9S kicks at the ground, frowning. "The humans of your world are really missing out!"
prazerbutterfly: (now now)

[personal profile] prazerbutterfly 2018-01-14 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
As much as he would insist he's not human he has a feeling the boy is rather stubborn on that fact. He's far too curious for his own good and he's thankful he's at least keeping that secret.

"From what it seems the world will go on without them from creation to destruction. I'm sure eventually they'll come around to it given time."