⇨ 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

[brightspot]

For all Five knows about the carnival, maybe making a Really Big Snowman whenever there's snow is super important. Though she kind of doubts it. Still, it's apparently important to this girl, a potential new friend. Therefor it's important to Five also.

"I think there might be some difficulty in that, though... Specifically, how we get the head on afterward."

She's thinking... yeah, they may need more people to help. Though she'd like to try it with just them first. Less people to have to share those bragging rights with, right? Anyway, she's already got one idea floating around in her head: "Maybe a ramp?"

[pullingamiko]

"...Scrap, that's right." She may or may not have forgotten that part.

She seems thoroughly reassured by that suggestion, though. "Ooh, yeah, that could totally work! Hm... would we build the ramp out of more snow, or what?"

[brightspot]

"Good question..."

She'd already been trying to decide what material they could get their hands on for it. Snow may not be the most reliable, because it could break apart on them if they walked on it. However, it would be the easiest to obtain.

"That might be our best bet," she concludes. "Unless someone was willing to donate a heavy plank of wood or metal to us. Then we could build the height out of snow and the incline out of something more solid."

[pullingamiko]

"Mm... finding something like that sounds like it'd be kind of a pain, y'know? Plus if it was metal we might slip off." Because building a solid ramp out of snow totally WON'T be a pain.

"So-- we finish getting this thing rolled up, then we build the ramp, then the body and head!"

This is going to be. A LOT of work but whatever.

[brightspot]

Miko has a point. More than one. A metal surface that's not textured would be easy to slip off of. Even if it's a pain, snow might still be the safest. Even if it does break apart, well, there's only snow involved and snow doesn't hurt.

A lot of work, but when making the Biggest Ever of anything, one kind of has to expect that.

"Have you built a lot of... giant snowmen before?" She's guessing never this big, but. Miko's practiced this before, right?

[pullingamiko]

"Nope!" Well, that's a straightforward enough answer, at least.

"We didn't get a lot of snow back in Tokyo, and... I dunno if it ever snowed in Jasper. So I didn't really get the chance. But now--" She grits her teeth and focuses for a moment on rolling the snowball forward. "--Now's basically the best time for tryin' it out!"