⇨ 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.

Comments

[pipers_son]

[Since he was the one to make the announcement over the radio, it's only fitting that Joker is at the hot tub first...]

A - Bath Bomb

[...Which also means he's the first one to drop the medicinal sphere into the hot tub. Leaning against the rim, clad in a big (inappropriate) jersey and booty shorts, Joker watches it.]

...Huh. Should it be foamin' up like that?

B - Booze

[Once the "medicine" has properly dispersed in the water, or at least his particular ball, Joker doesn't waste any time in sinking in with his wings carefully. He has an entire leg to heal, after all, and anyway.... It's fucking cold out in the snow, stone leg or not.]

[And yet, as he's in there... Is he pulling out the drink he was told to have before or after the bath?]

[Listen, don't judge his life.]

C - Joker's Wild

[He's going to be here, and drunk, for a while, so go with whatever you like.]

B

[criticallyfucked]

[Foster has not inquired about the drink, nor has he investigated it besides trying to smell it--which prompts him to immediately cork it again, so that's how far that got.

Watching Joker knock his back, though, prompts a question.]

Weren't you supposed to not do that?

[pipers_son]

S'fine.

[This is in fact highly debatable, but hey. No one has yet to actively stop him. Lowering the drink, he eyes it and gives a small swirl to see if there's much left. Just a bit, although he's gotten most of it. With that figured out, his gaze flicks over to Foster.]

They said ta be supervised. If it was really dangerous, they'd have made me take it down while I Was right there gettin' it.

[At least, that's what Zecora would have done. Perhaps no one has told the new medics yet what bad ideas the carnival is full of. Poor souls.]

[criticallyfucked]

[Foster knows what booze smells like. Even with a completely average sense of smell, wine, beer, vodka, and so on all have a very distinct... odour.

The thing is, he hates it. He hates drinking, and he hates alcohol.

So he considers Joker's argument for a moment, but--

Well. He seats himself at the edge of the water, long horselike legs hanging in the water, and carefully places his... medicinal orb... in the water.

And offers Joker a wide, unhelpful smile.]

Good luck with that.

B

[prazerbutterfly]

You probably shouldn't drink that while you're in there but I know I'm going to.

[He says both scolding and yet indulgently towards Joker's earlier suggestion. They would be together and someone was bound to watch over them. Not to mention he wasn't in any danger of drowning.

But um, that is totally him shedding his coat, then his shirt, gloves and pants. He has little to no shame right now and Joker will get a first hand look at those thick and angry scars that run across his back and chest. It almost looks like he was cleaved in two at some point. The ones on the front are far thicker and worse than the ones on his back. The petrification has gotten worse enough that it started to creep up those manticore wings.

Yet he doesn't mind anything at all as he drops his own orb into the water and gets right in with him. At least he's in high spirits now.]

[pipers_son]

All the bad decisions should be in one place anyway.

[Huh, did he mean for the words to come out in exactly that order? He feels like he might have missed one. Or three. Whatever, it doesn't really matter. What matters is the drink he's just taken a swig of, and Joker ignores the strain to his wings hooked over the edge of the tub to just... sink back a little.]

Christ... That's.... A herb garden. To the dirt.

[prazerbutterfly]

[He sinks down to his mid chest with the intention of soaking his own wings and the back of his neck. He doesn't have to worry about anything else when it comes to the petrification.

He sighs contently at the water before kinking a brow up at Joker's comment.] Is it?

[Well, speaking of bad decisions he's just going to open his and swirl it a little before he just places it to his lips and downs the entire thing right there in front of him with no restraint. Time to knock it all out at once. This is totally fine, right? In his defense no one told him not to do it all at once. Just not to do it in the spas.]

[pipers_son]

[If not for the wave of intoxication that has slammed into him and dragged him via a riptide of booze away from the shores of sobriety, Joker could confirm that, yes, that's exactly what it tastes like.]

[By the time he resurfaces to his senses, however, Tyki just downs the whole thing, and Joker bursts out cackling. Bad idea- he nearly tilts forward and, if not for his wings, he'd fall facefirst into the water.]

[So that was good planning there.]

That's one way ta do it!

[prazerbutterfly]

[Not that Tyki needs a verbal confirmation as the moment he tastes such horrid atrocity that is a herb garden he's just going to choose for that liquid not to touch his tongue any longer. It's likely why he's able to chug it all down without any sense of care of how strong it is.

This just all chalks down to him being a bit over cocky when it comes to the fact he can't get drunk. Well, time to learn another lesson as it hits him hard and makes him twitch his fingers around the object it was stored it. Yeah, yeah he's putting that aside before he drops it as his entire body shivers.] Damn.

[At least he's grinning wide now with a sense of feeling absolutely nothing at all.] Now that's a solid drink.

[pipers_son]

It does its job well~.

[Getting rid of poison or getting rid of their sobriety? Yes. Slumping against the wall of the tub, Joker cradles his cheek in one hand and grins lazily over to Tyki. The initial rush of the alcohol is carrying him through so far; good for it. He doesn't need to be down right now.]

Oh, we're gonna regret this.

[Said like that's... a good thing?]

[prazerbutterfly]

I might have to ask for more later or something at least a little more tasteful.

[A little poking around will get the finer information from them concerning Lambert's use of alcohol. His guard is way too low for comfort right now but he doesn't seem to mind with his head resting back and his body sinking more into the odd feeling slime. Already he can feel a tingle of his back and the tightness relieving the longer he stays in it.]

But it is worth it~ ♥

[pipers_son]

Oh, ya say that now~. [Joker leans closer the further Tyki sinks, wings keeping him from sliding too deep into the slime.]

We'll see how ya feel come mornin', ha! Or even tonight.

[Alcohol is a terrible thing.]

[prazerbutterfly]

I don't know. A little pleasurable experience normally comes with it drawbacks later but is always worth it in my experience!

[It's a bold proclamation on his part but he's terribly honest right now. The Cure made him feel better than he had in weeks and it was a hard kick to drop.]

Hangover or not. That is the real question.

[pipers_son]

Oh, we're gonna get one. We're gonna get a hell of a one, s'matter of fact. Liquor this good always kicks ya on the way out.

[Sinking back, he laughs up at the air.]

Like someone who wants ya out of the house before the rest of their family gets home.

[prazerbutterfly]

Expect a call in the morning then with me blaming you for making me indulge in such an unprofessional tactic.

[Like chugging it wasn't entirely his own fault.]

Or a father that nearly caught me sleeping with their daughter~

[espigeon]

[Julien shoves his big feathery head over the tub edge, possibly over Joker's shoulder, so he can look at the bubbling goo and smell it from up close.]

Oh, gross! You'd better keep your wings out of the water, man, your feathers will get gummed up and lose their waterproofing and then your skin gets soap burned and that's the worst. Trust me. Fancy bath feathers and... wait, fancy bath products and feathers don't mix great.

[Someone shotgunned his treatment. Julien weighs over four hundred pounds - which is still a lot less than he looks like he weighs, he's huge - so it takes a lot of alcohol to affect this body. But he had to take a lot, in turn.]

Unless fairy feathers are kinder than bird feathers, in which case, gum away, you lucky sob. [yeah just going to say 'sob', not S.O.B.]

[pipers_son]

[Oh, okay, wow- Joker feels himself pressed a little too close to the tub as Julien presses up against him to shove his head over Joker's shoulder and attached wing. Amused, he nudges the other back a little with his good arm.]

Oh, trust me, I don't plan on puttin' my feathers in this nonsense. I'm trying ta get unstuck, not just make things worse but for a different part of myself.

[Leaning against the tub a little more properly, he hums.]

I was thinkin' of keepin' them hooked on the outside. Keep me from topplin' forward, and all that.

[espigeon]

[Whoops. Julien resumes being aware of personal space, his tail not just shivering but shaking behind him. That's the equivalent of laughing, from this body. All the feathers on his head and neck are puffed out and soft looking.]

Oh good! There's always normal hot water anyway. Which you might still need, I think you may end up coming out with sparkles or line a sheen or something? I wonder if it's good for skin!

As long as they don't get sore, right? It's not like you'll be falling asleep in there.

[pipers_son]

I mean. Ideally I don't fall asleep in here, yeah?

[The booze he's brought along with him- sorry, the totally legit medicine is apparently pretty powerful stuff. Now that he has some room again, Joker shifts so that he can lean sideways against the tub while the other bit of sound medical practice disperses through the water.]

But it should be fine, sleep or sparkles or whatever.

...Although I wouldn't mind the sparklin' bit.

[espigeon]

Yeah. I'm surprised they didn't manage to just wrangle you into a hip bath? Hot tubs are nicer. You don't know how much I missed them, when I turned into a bird! And then I got my peripheral and it's like, ow, actually, that's really hot!

[He blinks a couple times, inner eyelids not quite matching the movements of his heavier, featherless outer eyelids.]

Sorry, I'm garrulous when I'm tipsy. Sparkles, huh?

[pipers_son]

...Ah.

[Pausing, Joker takes a moment to look over Julien a lot more carefully. Things suddenly make a lot more sense.]

Already had a bit before comin' over, I take it?

[espigeon]

[He doesn't sway, his body's really quite stable, but perhaps a glazed look can be read into his eyes.]

I kinda slammed my doses just 'cause it tasted kind of... it tastes bad. The cure tastes bad. I was thinking I had to take both at once, if I didn't it would just not go away, maybe? The symptoms.

...but you know, I've never had both of me drinking stuff. Maybe I should've stayed put.

[pipers_son]

Ah...

[Shit, he didn't even think of that. Julien's human body isn't stuck freezing to death in a snow pile, is he...]

Is yer other half stayin' put or is that elsewhere?

[espigeon]

It's fine! It's fine. I was gonna piggyback but I kinda slid off, so I found a chair. See?

[He gestures with his head. There's Julien with a patterned shawl over his shoulders, raising a steaming mug.]

Also, I did totally eat something and I'm drinking water, even. Well, cocoa. There shouldn't be a hangover. There'd better not be a hangover. I want to get back in the air.

[pipers_son]

[Leaning around Julien's bird body, Joker gives a vague sort of wave to Julien 2. Well, as long as he's fine and.... not moving.]

Can't say on the hangover front. I mean, even if ya did everythin' right, who knows what they've put in this stuff, yeah?