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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-11-21 08:41 pm

⇨ THE LUNAR SOLSTICE

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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[personal profile] soft_focus 2018-01-05 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh!" Well, say that sooner then. "....I thought different things grew on people after a while here." She didn't expect the eyelids specifically, but they just sort of happened, and they looked like what birds had, so it made sense to her.
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[personal profile] soft_focus 2018-01-05 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
Item Purchased: Polaroid Camera x 1
Gift?: Yes
Total Item Cost: 150 -> 135
Credits Spent: Reira Akaba (135)
Additional Notes: Cole is going to be very Happy
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[personal profile] osteothropy 2018-01-05 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
Item Purchased: The Bug
Gift?: Yes
Total Item Cost: 405
Credits Spent: Sans
Additional Notes: Recoloured to red paintjob.

Item Purchased: Party Console
Gift?: Yes
Total Item Cost: 135
Credits Spent: Sans
Additional Notes: No

Item Purchased: Faerie Ale
Gift?: Yes
Total Item Cost: 45
Credits Spent: Sans
Additional Notes: No
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[personal profile] whattaprick 2018-01-05 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
The funny thing is, of course, that the statement about souls applies to Lambert as well, though that's not something he's discussed with much of anyone except the Ringmaster. He freezes for half a beat, only the generous layer of alcohol it's layered under keeping the brief moment off panic from clawing to the forefront ... and then he makes a face at Strange, tail lashing behind him as he groans theatrically and props his chin on his hand.

"Nice speech," he drawls. "Why don't you say that again a little louder, I don't think the people outside heard you."

As to the matter of Childermass's relative sobriety? Rather than offer a verbal response, the obvious solution is grabbing the wine, since Strange is currently hogging the ambrosia, only he'll reach over and pour some into Childermass's mug rather than his own, regardless of whatever is still in it.

"You think I understand anything she does better than you do just because she's my soul?" He's flushed now too, from alcohol and embarrassment both. She's part of him, sure, but she's a part of him he's happier to pretend doesn't exist. Needy, contact-starved, affectionate. What does that say about him? "Even if I knew my True Name, I still wouldn't know why she acts the way she does half the time." Only he also doesn't know to what extent either of them know about True Names, either, but since they're all forgetting assumed knowledge anyway....
Edited (edits to the moon and back) 2018-01-05 10:41 (UTC)
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[personal profile] nevergained 2018-01-05 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Frisk finishes their own drink but keeps a hold of their cup, the fading warmth helping to keep their fingers warm for now.]

It's hard for everyone to be happy. [They can admit that much.] But I'm going to try.

[They're filled with Determination, after all.]
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[personal profile] nevergained 2018-01-05 01:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Frisk is remarkably gentle when they touch one of the eyes. They know better then most about the fragility of certain things, be it magical eyes and Monsters that can break from malicious intent.

"It does sound a little weird, but I think weird is okay sometimes." Or at least in their experiences. Monsters were really weird at times and it sounds like that world was pretty darn weird, if the eyes came from it.

But like they said, they're also pretty cool. So it works out in a way.
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[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-01-05 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
As Lambert teases him, Strange simply rolls his eyes. "And what if they did? When have I ever cared about what people thought of me?"

More often than he wants to admit, especially in his days before the madness. But it can't really be denied that after he went to Venice, Strange's attitudes towards the matter took a sharp swing towards fuck it, who cares. Noticing that Lambert's pouring Childermass some wine, Strange slightly awkwardly pushes the bottle of ambrosia he's holding vaguely in Childermass's direction. There we go! Now he has options!

"Weren't you the one telling me I didn't understand myself?" Strange teases in return. "It's a tad hypocritical of you to say that if you don't understand your own soul. Although, I think I know which of us understands himself the least." Said as Strange stares directly at Childermass, small smirk on his face. He remembers Greysol and just how awkward Childermass was around his soul. Might as well call him out on it slightly.
Edited (I just remembered I can edit in more shittalking) 2018-01-05 14:22 (UTC)
insidescoop: credit - haptisms @ lj (ORAAAAAAAH!)

CROWDFUNDED PRINTER GET-

[personal profile] insidescoop 2018-01-05 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Item Purchased: 3D Printer x 1
Gift?: No
Total Item Cost: 500
Credits Spent: Carly Nagisa (300), Nui Harime (100), Tanyuu Karibusa (100)
Additional Notes: Wardrobe Tent got souped up as HECK this holiday-
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[personal profile] atouts 2018-01-05 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
If that's meant to get a rise out of him, Childermass isn't taking the bait, but who's even surprised by that? He waves Lambert and his bottle of wine off before his mug can end up overfilled — it had already been partly filled with ambrosia, so he guesses he's about to see how it tastes mixed — and shakes his head at Strange's smirk.

"You are mistaken, Mr. Strange," he disagrees mildly. "Pythia was unexpected but I have always known who I am. I would not have survived as long as I have without knowing my place."

Which could mean all sorts of things, but he knows, truly. He's a loyal servant of the Raven King, even if the man himself continues to hide, and meant to aid the return of magic to England. He's done that. He still is doing that, even just by being here. Is he going to drunkenly announce that out loud, though? Of course not. Probably because he isn't near drunk enough to even do that, though he will take a drink once he's told Strange otherwise.
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[personal profile] whattaprick 2018-01-05 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not everything is about you," is Lambert's blunt response to Strange's eyeroll. Because that's just facts! Yeah, he's an idiot, but even he grasps that! You can't really be effective at needling people without understanding that there are some things people really, really don't want to hear other people talk about in public (and why it's so much more effective at irritating them when you bring it up then). Strange doesn't seem to get that.

With the wine waved off, he's going to pour the last of it into his mug, and then reach for a fresh bottle to top it the rest of the way off while he listens to the magicians.

"Besides, there's a difference between knowing yourself and knowing why you do something," he chimes in, the grin he gives Strange wide and shitty as he speaks with exaggerated care. "Not that you'd know that, because you've obviously never done something rash, impulsive, and with a complete disregard for anything else around you before, right?"
Edited 2018-01-05 18:15 (UTC)
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[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-01-05 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Says the person who spent a good portion of the Prince's ball setting tables on fire," Strange innocently responds, dishing it right back out to Lambert. He knows why Lambert did what he did: Childermass needed a distraction. But that doesn't change the fact that the whole dragon vs. dog beast fight fit the bill for rash, impulsive, and with a complete disregard for anything else around him.

"Besides, rash and impulsive it may be, but I've always known why I did what I did." It's simple in Strange's mind. Most of his actions, especially after Waterloo, he did on behalf of Arabella. Whether making her happy, bringing her back, or saving her, they all revolved around her.

Almost unconsciously, one of his hands slips to his pants pocket to touch the creepy memory gem hanging out in there (because of course he brought the creepy memory gem with him, Strange rarely goes anywhere without that thing).
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[personal profile] atouts 2018-01-05 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
And with no one disputing that Childermass is pretty firm on who Childermass is, regardless of how untrue that is at this point, he's just going to settle on working his way through his mug. He's still going to take his time, but even with the tartness of the wine cutting through the ambrosia, it's a little tougher to pace himself like he had before.

Argue away, kids, he's fine with listening.