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lostcarnival2017-11-21 08:41 pm
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2017-11-21 08:41 pm
Entry tags:
- !event,
- 9s,
- @the moon,
- alphys,
- anghel higure,
- carly nagisa,
- cole,
- commander syrlya,
- connie maheswaran,
- doll,
- five,
- flowey,
- foster van denend,
- frisk,
- ginko,
- gongenzaka,
- herbert west,
- hinawa,
- john childermass,
- joker,
- jonathan strange,
- julien delacroix,
- junko enoshima,
- lambert,
- lauren,
- mercury black,
- miko nakadai,
- papyrus,
- reira akaba,
- rita mordio,
- sans,
- susan,
- taako,
- tyki mikk,
- yugo,
- yukio okumura,
- yuzu hiragi,
- yūya sakaki,
- zangetsu
⇨ 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.
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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He can't actually apologize, since this is Foster, but...
Ginko keeps his voice quiet.]
...I know I really shouldn't have started this. Back in Portland. Which... [He pushes a hand through his hair, frowning slightly.] At the time, I wasn't really expecting that I was starting anything. But it was still wrong.
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Foster gives Ginko a look that is an equal mix of tired and contemptuous before closing his eyes and sinking deeper into the electric green hot tub. The bottom edges of his ears are finally getting wet, and his fur floats, waving like pale yellow fronds on and under the water's surface.
That's... that's all the response he gets.]
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If there's something you're trying to tell me, you're going to need to spell it out. You've probably noticed, I'm not very good at... this.
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[Foster makes that sound not around a frown or impassive expression the way he usually does, but around a particular smile.
He doesn't open his eyes. ]
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Can't even tell if you're messing with me on purpose now or what, but... fine. If you're not gonna explain, I guess that's that.
[He really wants to know now, though. Dammit.]
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After a second, his smile fades somewhat--the result is still barely neutral.]
The fact that I have to explain....
I guess he didn't tell you.
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Didn't tell me what?
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[The ghost of Foster's previous smile still hasn't completely faded.]
It wasn't even my idea, which is what I thought interesting about it.
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[What the hell does that mean? It could be any number of things, and--
Well, that's not strictly true. Because the longer he thinks over the past few minutes, the more Ginko realizes there is one particularly likely explanation. But it is absolutely not one that he wants to assume if he hasn't gotten absolute confirmation.]
...Just tell me what happened.
[The fact that he already knows probably shows in his voice.]
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Just... imagine this man laughing so hard he drools into his Reagent green hot tub cocktail.]
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But also, in a weird way, that... pretty much acts as confirmation of what Ginko had suspected. He leans back, hands braced against the deck, and looks up at the sky as he processes that.]
...Shit.
[He doesn't sound particularly distraught, honestly, though... in fairness, 'distraught' is very rarely a word that can be used to describe Ginko's behavior. Mostly he sounds... tired? Resigned?
It shouldn't really be a surprise. Well. In a way, it isn't. He didn't expect it, but it's not a huge shock to hear, and the more he thinks about it... what did he expect? From what he's heard, it seems that Psi's species typically has multiple partners, anyway. So this... should be fine.
He's not sure if it is, but it should be.
Of course, instead of voicing any of that to Fucker van Denend over here, Ginko just says,] Fair enough, I guess.
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Or rather, it's Foster's problem with the whole thing. He stops laughing, angling his head to pin Ginko with a stare that requires him to shift up in the tub slightly to really hold.]
No.
[That's it, and it contains the full weight of its sentiment.
No.]
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[Well, he's not laughing now, so that's... something. Kind of. Ginko looks at him again, raising an eyebrow.]
No, it's not fair, or...?
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[It's the wrong answer, and Foster is running out of afterglow to soak it up with. Then again, it's not exactly easy to absorb a feeling like resentment in artificial bliss. He just ends up... dissatisfied.]
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Alright, then what would you say is the right answer to that?
[You know. To finding out that his boyfriend, who he first kissed when thinking he was his then-best-friend's boyfriend, who he may or may not have been accidentally cheating on in a weird alien way, who he hadn't been willing to sleep with despite Psi clearly wanting to, and whose species he already kind of knew typically had multiple partners at once, had slept with said former-best-friend-not-actually-boyfriend after Ginko had turned him down.
Because seriously, all he can think is that that seems... fair enough. And pretty unsurprising. Even if it sort of hurts, in a frustratingly irrational way.]
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...hahaha! How would I know?
[He finds this genuinely hilarious. Really, Ginko?
What does he think? Who cares!]
It just... haha, it just seems that if you want something badly enough to take it, you should actually want to keep what you get.
But I wouldn't know. I don't really get anything, after all!
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Ginko shifts where he's sitting and pulls his knees up to his chest, crossing his arms over them and squeezing the fabric of his sleeves in his hands to fight down the impulse to apologize. He wants so badly to say he's sorry, because he is, but-- that wouldn't help Foster. It would only be for Ginko's own peace of mind, and it would only upset the person who was actually hurt by all this - whether he'll admit to being hurt or not.
But... If you want something badly enough to take it. Ginko's brow creases, confusion layering on his discomfort. Did Foster think that he had... planned this, way back in Portland? That he had... plotted to seduce his best friend's boyfriend or something?
Then again, Foster doesn't really have reason not to think that. It's dawning on Ginko now that he never actually told Foster how it all happened, and... well, it's safe to assume that Psi didn't, either.
Damn he has made a mess of this, hasn't he.]
...I never actually meant to take anyone.
[He's also wondering if Foster really thinks this could mean he's going to lose Psi, but... one thing at a time.]
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[Foster doesn't even look cold, just incredibly done Dismissive, bored, callous--his tone and expression are somewhere in there.]
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[His tone isn't defensive, or argumentative. It's just a quiet, matter-of-fact statement.
Foster hadn't known that. Now he does.]
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[Is it passion? Disgust? Anger? Delight? It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter!]
No--
Claiming justification in the pretense of false belief--the belief that he'd turn you down... that's just lying to yourself. Using a lie as the shield between your reality and your truth because you were afraid of your own potential--the potential to take what you wanted, to make your desire real.
Now it is.
[He smiles.
He smiles at the end of it all.]
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[There's a lot Ginko isn't sure of about himself. Half the time when someone asks him what he wants from a situation, he can't even tell them.
Maybe that's why, when he does know why he did something and what he expected from it, he doesn't appreciate other people trying to tell him that he's wrong.
But there's no point to trying to correct him. Because it's Foster. Ginko rests his chin on his arms, his ears drooping, and stares into the green slime-water.]
I screwed up. [He's already said that, he's pretty sure.] Whatever I had intended. So, now, I'm asking you what I'm supposed to do. Because even if--
[God, he hates saying this right now, it makes him feel like such a piece of shit, but it's the closest he can get to helping Foster--] Even if you're obnoxious and your ideas are generally pretty awful, you seem to have a better idea of what I'm supposed to do here than I do. And I don't know if you're saying I should... just go ahead and sleep with him, or talk to him about this, or what.
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.... you need my permission to talk to him?
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[That... is a relief, frankly. Ginko lets out a breath, and his tail thumps briefly against the deck behind him.]
Honestly, I'd thought you were going to... say that I had to sleep with him to win him back, or something. Yeah, talking I can do.
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[But Psi's so nice, you'll probably be fine.]
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