⇨ THE LUNAR SOLSTICE

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: Winter Breaks: Day 6 - Day 25
Where: THE MOON
What: The carnival journeys to one of its moons to celebrate the Lunar Solstice. More information here.
Warnings: Winter fun.

MOON WALKING↴ The journey to the moon only takes a blink of an eye, but it leaves the carnival far away beneath you. The second moon can be seen on the peripheral, massive compared to its usual view. At least when the holidays start out, there will be no notable wildlife on the moon, though this is something you can talk to the Ringmaster about if you think it needs a change. It sounds like this is the first time she's used it in quite a while - it probably needs some dusting off! Claim your cabins, and proceed to... well, do whatever you want! There is no rush and little obligation, besides to enjoy yourself. For real, this time. She promises there will be no vampires. Or, at least, none that don't already work for the carnival. ► CABINS: Living arrangements are character choice for this event, and there are a variety of cabins of various sizes, mostly built to house 2-6 people, though you can fit more in if you squish. They are all made of wood and of a rustic design - no fancy modern furniture, here! Each building is housed with a fireplace and the needed amenities. You can pick up materials to cook with the private kitchens if you like. Theoretically, you could spend the whole holiday sequestered away, watching the snow fall. Some of them also have outdoor hot tubs available! ► ACTIVITIES: Activities are mostly going to be character driven, though there will be some large group games like bingo and maybe a poker tournament happening at some point in one of the festival halls. Otherwise, there is a lot to offer: skiing, snowboarding, hiking, ice sculpting, snowball fights - it goes on! If you'd like to run a winter activity, just let the mods know, and we will get the word out there for you. ► FEASTING: Every day isn't a full-out feast because that would get a bit unhealthy, but there will be a number of specific feast events over the holidays where everyone is encouraged to let out their inner hedonist and stuff themselves. There will be one big feast per week, with smaller but also delicious meals offered in between. The feast dates will be B12, B18, and B24. There's also plenty of alcohol available for anyone who wants it. ► SHOPPING: As mentioned in the planning post, there is a massive market being run by the World Walker Caravan! The Ringmaster has given everyone 1250 credits to spend on items, but there is a caveat - must spend at least 500 of those credits on gifts for other people. And it better be a good one, if you only buy one! (She will ask that you do not buy her presents, however. She appreciates the sentiment, but it seems sort of silly buying her things with her own money! If you'd like to gift her, please have it be something more personal or handmade, but you are not obligated to get her anything at all.) ► TREATMENTS: The beginning of the holidays will also be about the time that the emergency Medical Team will have finalized their treatments for the Prince's poisoning. Watch out for further information on that - and make sure to get treated if you are suffering from petrification or poison induced illness! The holidays will be a lot more fun that way.

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[starseedling]

Item Purchased: Tron Armor Set
Gift?: Yes
Total Item Cost: 360
Credits Spent: Steven (360)
Additional Notes: Pastel blue-green tron lines.

Item Purchased: Item Name x # Purchased
Gift?: Yes/No
Total Item Cost: (Price after discount, if applicable.)
Credits Spent: Character Name (Credits Spent)
Additional Notes:

Item Purchased: Magic Fabric
Gift?: Yes
Total Item Cost: 90
Credits Spent: Steven (90)
Additional Notes: A furry fabric that is pleasant to the touch and smell, and has a subtle relaxing effect, kind of like lavender and other natural calming herbs.

Item Purchased: Mundane Fabric
Gift?: Yes
Total Item Cost: 45
Credits Spent: Steven (45)
Additional Notes: Some small cuts of mundane fuzzy fabrics in contrasting colours to the magic stuff for pattern stitching. Also just mundane stuffing.

[flashover]

"Oh it's easy!" Rin says, nodding to himself. "Most of the games have built in tutorials anyway! Besides.." he says, looking at the box for the built in games, "I don't think I've played any of these... they look like... kind of like offbrand stuff I am familiar with? Huh..."

[hurtcomfort]

"We just did it because it was needed."

Cole doesn't know if he can call the Inquisition 'heroes.' They were just a group of people, brought and bound together to help fight Corypheus and save the land from destruction. Did that make them heroes? Or did that just make them people?

Still, any in-depth questions are going to wait as Yuya launches them down the hill again. Cole's gripping tight onto the sled and, though he doesn't yelp with joy or anything like that, the small grin on his face is a sign that he's enjoying this.

[hurtcomfort]

"Dragons aren't snow," Cole replies, as if it's the most obvious thing in the history of creation. "They're just dragons."

Cole, at least, is from a world with dragons. And those dragons that he's seen were the giant, fire-breathing lizard sorts of dragons: big and scaley and reptiles and not snow. Were Papyrus's dragons different?

CUSTOMS QUESTION

[ringleaders]

That seems like it would be a pretty major alteration to the armor concept, and it seems like you'd be better off just wearing a hoodie OVER whatever armor you did have. Whether or not it's worth exploring further sort of depends on how much money he has to work with, which is probably what the craftsperson will ask.

APPROVED!

[ringleaders]

400 credits spent in total!

[kingsroads]

Okay! I was mostly just using the elven armor as a baseline b/c it's the most fabricy looking armor but if that's the case, then he'll probably just buy the armor straight out—which I'll edit into my purchase request.

APPROVED!

[ringleaders]

1,140 credits spent in total!

APPROVED!

[ringleaders]

879 credits spent in total.

APPROVED!

[ringleaders]

1,128 credits spent in total.

[atouts]

Childermass gives an amused snort, reiterating, "I don't see why you're upset. Mine really is a box of papers and inks."

Because that's the truth. It isn't the whole truth, sure, but he could easily show them the exact box with the exact papers and exact inks stowed away in them if they cared to push for it. Strange is quick to move on from his little snit, though, and so Childermass just shrugs and looks over what packages dumped on the table between Lambert and the other magician.

He'll gesture towards the smaller one, the one he and Lambert picked out.

"There, give that to him already. It should cheer him up, at the very least."

CUSTOMS APPROVED!

[ringleaders]

She can buy a type of metal called magitite, which is essentially a lightning rod as far as materials go. It draws magic towards itself and pulls it in, much like regular metal pulls things like electricity. Crafting it to use that magic afterwards is more difficult, however, and requires more specific magical knowledge of magic weapons crafting that Peridot might have at the moment.

Of course, Brauni is willing to show her how to work with it for an extra fee if Peridot is interested. It would be about 300 for one bar of magitite and some lessons from her to show how to create some kind of release function.

How much magic it can store is going to be limited to the size of the piece... but as you can guess, a full set of armor made of this stuff would be extremely potent.

[atouts]

"A natural part," Childermass answers. "They were as much a part of that world as the people there. Still, a bit of an odd place, but I don't think I would mind visiting it again if the carnival ever does backtrack."

Not to mention Alola was literally a tropical paradise, which was also pretty damn nice.

[dontpokethat]

Ginko steps back from the hot tub, focusing on keeping steady and not dropping Joker or anything. It's unlikely that he will, but he'd rather be sure, and there are definitely some puddles around here.

Watching his step as he moves away, however, does give him a few moments longer to become acutely aware of Joker's heartbeat against his chest. That sure wasn't there last time he carried him around - which. Duh. He had been a vampire then.

He turns away from the tub and sets Joker down, gently lowering him to sit on the deck. Seems like a better idea than trying to get someone this drunk to stand upright. "Okay. Let's see that leg."

[periphrasing]

"That would require my walking through the cabin to find you, which would track snow all over the place," she huffs, growing impatient. "I digress. Just come outside with me, we have work to do!!"

[whattaprick]

And on cue, Lambert grins, passing it over to Strange with a grand flourish.

"Here you go, from us. Since I've given up on ever teaching you to throw a decent punch, we got you something that'll do all the work for you."

Inside the box, set on a small cushion, is one of the punch rings from the caravan. Odds are poor Strange will use it properly, but let Lambert dream. He nudges the ostentatious, showy hatbox over to Strange with a grin that's starting to turn just a bit soused around the edges.

"Do you want to do the honors?"

pretend these icons have vallaslin b/c i'm lazy

[dirthena]

"If I started it like that, I'm certain of it." And no one would take her seriously if she told them of Fen'harel in the first place, of how she knew him as just another man. That he was just another man; forced into legend by circumstance rather than choice. And that she'd loved him, and he loved her, and then he'd dedicated himself to his cause and sacrificed everything for it. Pointless. Useless.

In fairness to him, she should have visited them to deliver it in person. It would have been the proper way to go about it. But-- "Facing them again, after everything, would be--" Difficult. She is only Dalish in name, in the tattoos still on her face.

[kingsroads]

Strange can't help but roll his eyes slightly at Childermass's teasing. Once he has the box, however, Strange opens it and takes the ring out, looking it over in the light. He will certainly not use this properly. In fact, he has no idea what the ring can do or how it involves punching things in the first place. But Strange knows one thing for certain: this ring is magic. And that's enough for him to think it's a wonderful present. He slips the ring on the middle finger of his left hand, where it sits comfortably next to his wedding ring.

He matches Lambert's grin with one of his own, as he looks between Lambert and Childermass with a bright smile. "Thank you." And he means it. Strange looks back at the ring for a moment, distracted, before Lambert mentions the other presents. Oh, right, those. And hey, he might as well distribute the ones he brought as well.

"This is from both of us," Strange remarks, as he passes the extravagantly wrapped box over to Childermass, "so open that one first. The other two small items are for you as well, but those are from me—and I've something else that I plan on giving you, but I'm still working on it." Inside the showy hatbox is a swashbuckler outfit, in a relatively understated gray and black. The book shaped present and one of the smaller ones still sit on the table as Strange reaches for the second small present he brought and gives it to Lambert.

"As for you, this is from me." And inside that box is a dragon necklace. The metal feels cool to the touch, almost supernaturally so, and the gemstone in the middle is a deep green emerald that sparkles with the light hits it.

[mirrortide]

"It's not that big of a deal." Snow is just solid water and Lapis can drag that all over the place without getting yelled at! Somehow. They should probably yell at her when she does it. Still, she's quick to follow Peridot outside, letting her lead the way.

"What did you want to build anyway?"

[whattaprick]

"So you've got something like this back home?" Holidays of the non-cynical variety are apparently more common than Lambert thought. In any case, Syrlya's pointed question gets a laugh and a broad grin out of him -- he assumes that means he's gotten the present Lambert's left for him.

"It did," he affirms. "Made rose oil and rose water out of it and mixed it in with the cure. Anything with magic power's always a useful catalyst."

[dressedtothe]

"Uh huh." 9S' voice sounds skeptical.

Rita looks the opposite of comfortable.

"Come on, up you get. You'll be more comfortable in bed with the blankets."

He reaches forward so he can hook his arms under Rita's tangle of limbs to carry her. He might not be a combat android but lifting a small human is more than within his capabilities.

[espigeon]

"Heh, you've got an eye for understatement, huh? 'Pretty bad' works! I won't bore you with what, exactly, happened to me and a good handful of other people. The Warden got it worst, absolutely." Yeah, Julien got turned into a dinosaur and was murdered by the elf he flirts with and two people he'd never met before, but he's fine. It's fine. "I was in there longest. Other than that you can't really quantify these things. Subjective experiences and all."

"I haven't been doing this all that long, but there does seem to be a pattern where we'll go to a few places that are on the decent side. Weird and interesting and if they're not your bag, hey, you can stay carnivalside and wait it out. And spaced out a bit there's stops where it kinda goes to pieces." He eyes Frisk, idly wondering if he should hope this kid has gone through hell and can handle seeing it again, or that they haven't and this will be new. "But as far as I can tell it's a different flavor of wrong every time."

[dressedtothe]

Ugh, her world too? 9S' expression turns into disgust. "Seriously? Yours as well?"

See? Aliens are always the worst!!

"In our case, the aliens created the machine lifeforms. The machines killed their creators," this is supposed to be classified information, but after learning the truth, 9S can't find it in him to care about keeping YoRHa's secrets, "and have been a real pest ever since."

[dressedtothe]

[Uh oh. Busted. His next words come out in a distinct whine of someone who's been caught red-handed.]

I never said I hadn't tried it.

[Just implied it.]

[dressedtothe]

He knew it.

9S holds his hands out for the opened bottles of alcohol. "Yeah, I'll take them."

He's always up for trying new things, even when it's a bad idea. If it turns out he doesn't like the alcohol, he's sure he'll find a use for the alcohol.