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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Lauren reaches out to catch Susan's hand, stopping him from leaving. He bends down, crouching so that he and Susan are closer together. It's not to patronize him or anything like that. He's simply talking quietly, and he wants to be sure Susan can hear him.

"You don't have to explain it. What do you want to do about it?"

It's not patronizing, and he normally wouldn't think anything of it, but right now he's feeling a bit uncertain and so he worries at his lip with one little fang again as he steadfastly doesn't look at his brother.

"I don't know." Or more accurately, he does know, but at the same time it's confusing and he doesn't think Lauren will like it if he says he wants to take it home.

Lauren breathes through his nose, before looking at the dragon again.

"Do you want to bring it home?"

He's a little surprised by Lauren's question, as that's exactly what he wants, and it takes him a long moment before he nods.

"I wanna take care of it. And keep it safe..."

It was a wild guess, but given the situation if that hadn't been the right answer he really isn't sure what guess number two would have been. He watches his brother think it over, before nodding, and he smiles weakly, glad that Susan has come to some sort of a conclusion in his mind. He, squeezes Susan's shoulder with his hand before he stands, asking the shopkeeper if they can take the dragon home. It's only a few minutes later that they're being handed a carrier with the dracopixy inside.

Susan doesn't watch the transaction at all, still feeling a bit anxious and embarrassed. But once Lauren is back with the little dragon in its little carrier, he very carefully takes it from his brother, carrying it very cautiously and silently on the way to their cabin, all thoughts of other shopping forgotten for the moment. Right now it seems he's a bit lost in his head.

Lauren isn't bothered by the silence, though he is a bit concerned. Susan normally isn't this quiet. That being said, Lauren doesn't have a clue what to say, so he let's the silence stay, just making sure he and Susan get home so they can introduce the dragon to their temporary abode.

Susan is quiet until they get there, caught up in his thoughts about this. He's not entirely sure why he feels attached to this dragon, except for the unfortunate events of a couple weeks ago, but whatever reason it is... He just can't help but feel like he has to be there for it, like he has to take care of it. Once they finally get back to the cabin, before they let the little dragon out, Susan sets the carrier carefully down before turning to Lauren, still not looking at him.

"Sorry... I just couldn't leave it there."

He looks at Susan, feeling even more concerned than before.

"Why do you think you need to apologize?"

"Because I don't even know why. And I made you spend your money, and talk to someone, just because of me being sad."

He steps closer, putting a hand on Susan's shoulder again.

"You didn't make me do anything." he says, trying to be reassuring, but also still just confused at the uncertainty he's seeing his normally confident brother display.

"I want to help you."

He looks up at him when he puts his hand on his shoulder, and Lauren can see that Susan looks confused himself, but then he looks away again.

"Okay... Sorry. I'm glad." Even if now that he glances at the cage he wonders if they did the right thing or not.

He frowns, before shifting to hold Susan close instead. He isn't sure what he can say to make his brother feel better, so maybe this will help instead.

He leans into the embrace, wrapping his arms around Lauren after a moment. He really is happy that Lauren bought the dragon for him to take care of, even if right now he can't help but be a bit upset at the reminder of the hunt. At the same time it's why he's happy, though, this feeling almost like some kind of fresh start. He knows what it felt like to be a dragon like this guy, to be small and have fun but at the same time be terrified of the bigger creatures, and have to try and save yourself when you couldn't.

He knows no one is fighting him here, and no one is hunting him here, but he also doesn't know who could end up taking the dragon if they didn't, and him taking care of it is the only way to guarantee nothing will happen.

He almost feels like it's a sibling or something, not just an animal. He knows it's silly, and so he doesn't say it, but it's still how he feels.

After a while he finally speaks up, quietly and probably a bit muffled by Lauren's clothes.

"Thank you..."

He doesn't answer back right away, just hugging Susan tightly.

"I love you."

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"I love you too." And he means it, too, which is the most important. He's happy, here with Lauren, happy that everything is okay again. Maybe even better than it has been for a while, now that they're both better and everything seems like it's going well.

He pulls back, looking over Susan critically as though searching for a possible wound. When he doesn't see anything he smiles weakly, before letting Susan go.

"If you need help with the dragon just ask me."

Susan smiles slightly as Lauren looks him over, not really sure why his brother is doing it but okay with it. Once he's released he takes a tiny step back, just enough to not be right up in Lauren's business, and then looks back to the carrier.

"I will... I think we'll be okay though."

⇨ THE LUNAR SOLSTICE

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