lostcarnival | ⇨ 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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"I suppose we are a little disconnected from the real stars." But as someone whose planet has yet to manage space travel, they all seem too far away regardless.

He smiles, leaning against the railing. "I don't believe I have had the chance to properly welcome you back, yet. So welcome back."

"Thanks," he says, because what else do you say, really? Syrlya is still more of a coworker than a friend at this point, so he isn't going to open up about any personal angst right off the bat. Still, though... there's something he should probably say.

"Good work with that Rose thing, by the way. The RM told me what you got up to. That's a pretty big deal." It's encouraging to know they have him as an asset, at the very least.

"Well, it wasn't just me. But thank you." He's pretty pleased about that success. Given everything else, they could really have used it. And nobody but the Prince died after they got the rose! "Hopefully it will do exactly what she wanted it for."

And no less for all the nonsense they had to go through. "How are you faring?"

Hey, he's pretty damn ready to thank whoever stuck a magic sword in that asshole's back. He'll take what he can get.

"Did she ever actually explain what that was?" Sans muses, a bit dryly. He has a long history of sneering at the Ringmaster, not that Syrlya would know it. "I know Childermass had a big hand in it. Kind of a motley crew you had going there."

He shrugs a shoulder.

"Could be doing better."

'Could be doing better' is a very neutral response. Syrlya tilts his head back, regarding Sans for a moment... but, well, he seems more at peace than the ball, or when they were capturing him in the treasury, and that's about as much recovery as he really expects right now.

"Well, I hope 'doing better' continues to improve." He smiles wryly. As for the rose... "She had more to say it after we had already obtained it for her, but Childermass did explain the importance of it to Lambert and the nightrunners shortly after the first hunt. Of course, then we were all poisoned out of our minds before we could act."

He's only a little bitter about that, really. Absently he flexes the hand of the arm that had been burned. "It's an exceptionally powerful artifact of the fae courts themselves. Transformative, restorative, and elemental magic... and enough of it to enhance the wielder's natural abilities regardless of their profession."

After all, he saw the results with his mesmeric spells. "Her mind is to use it to protect the carnival from our other enemies. After all, it's very effective at killing fae."

Sans sighs softly, wearily, leaning back in his chair with closed eyes.

"Well. God knows she's trying, huh?" It's honestly one of his more forgiving reactions to her antics in recent history. His resentment has just about snuffed itself out by now. Maybe that's a sign that things are improving. "I'm sure you've noticed, but... the lady doesn't always think things through."

"Yes, I believe some of the judgement excised during our stay was... questionable." He's being polite. "You have been here far longer, so I am sure you know better than I."

He tugs his sleeve into place, absently. He's thought about the ways it could have gone better, of course. Decisions that could have been made, because those are hard habits to break. But there's no point in repeating those same thoughts over and over, so the idea quickly putters out. "Who does she have in the way of actual assistance, besides us?"

Friendly allies, not Prince-like 'allies'.

"The Summer Maiden seems like the main one. That's where we end up crashing whenever things go bad. She's an exiled fae princess or something like that... dunno the specifics, but I get the impression both of them are on the outs with the rest of Faerie."

Sans has to think about it a bit. There's a lot of people they've visited, but the behind the scenes situation is not always very clear.

"She's got a lot of people she knows, but I couldn't tell you how many of them count as actual allies. An amiable working relationship and a person who'd really stick their neck out for you are two different things, right?"

"Mm, right." Although Syrlya is admittedly used to the latter... more than he actually wishes he had been, when it's all said and done. The carnival is, if anything, a relieving break from having to be at the helm of the world for once.

"What is it that makes the Ringmaster such an outcast?" There could be both very good and very bad reasons for why she's so out of place, but given what he's heard of the rest of the Fae it's... probably a good thing.

⇨ THE LUNAR SOLSTICE

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