lostcarnival | ⇨ THE LUNAR SOLSTICE

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⇨ 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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[Yuya would typically be inside at this hour, but he'd noticed Reira laying out in the distance earlier and got the feeling he should check later to see if she was still around.

As it turns out, she is, so he approaches with his hands shoved in his pockets as he looks down at her.] You're not too cold?

Um- [Oh no!! Not now Yuuya, your card isn't all done! ....Well, she supposes her Surprise isn't out here at least, so she shakes her head.]

...No! ....I think I've been a lot colder, before.

[She Will be cold, soon.]

You think? [He raises a brow, but moves to sit down next to her anyway. If she starts shivering, that's when he'll usher her inside.] What are you doing out here?

I...know? [she tries, furrowing her brow. She is far less certain about being certain. Still.]

I don't know. I thought looking at the sky would be nice...but without a blanket it's too cold.

[Also, there is some fresh Nonsense going on in the cabin, something about...taming a coat?? It's not a loud experience, but one can only take so much 'you can't look in the room'.]

Well, it is a pretty sky. [Yuya looks up with her, although it doesn't last long before his attention is back to Reira.]

You look like you've been having a lot of fun up here.

Yeah! ...it's really bright, with lots of stars, like Solid Vision makes, [she notes, before pausing to consider Yuuya's statement.]

....It does?

Well, yeah! [He grins, amused, and moves to pay her shoulder.] I don't know if this is something you've really done before... but I'm glad you're enjoying yourself. You can make a lot of better memories now.

...I've definitely never done all these snow things.

....I don't know if it'd be safe, but also there weren't a lot of hills, just piles of rocks. [...rubble, rather.]

...everyone keeps saying that though, like they don't think I'm already doing that...

That whole time with the Prince wasn't very good memories, so... [It's all because she just went through Hell Experience and they'd all like to see her be happier after that nonsense.] Anyway--what's your favorite thing been on the moon?

Umnnhhh... ["Well, Actually" and other similar phrases are coming to mind, but she's wise enough and canny enough to Not Say That Sort Of Thing.

But Actually, she rather enjoyed a lot of the more individual, quiet events, when she was able to stop thinking about how stressed and wired everyone was. As it is.]

My favorite..? [Erm. She adjusts her blanket, sitting up more properly.] ....I've just been doing things....

[Yuya snickers.] Yeah, I figured that. But what things have you been doing made you really happy? Like I had a lot of fun ice skating.

Oh.

[Well.] ...I haven't tried that one yet.... ...I tried.... ....Skiing? ...And I drove on the bike from Yuugo....and I tried to learn how to have a snowball fight?

[That last one was Confusing.]

We'd have snowball fights after school a lot. ['We' meaning Yuya would ambush Yuzu or Gongenzaka and be met with retaliation, because Yuya did not have many friends growing up.] How's the bike? It's not too hard to handle, is it?

[He knows enough that it's more kid-friendly than a real D-Wheel, although she probably still needs a helmet. Maybe they'll have bike helmets at their next stop.]

[The girl nods. She's not going to pretend to understand the appeal, but maybe 'in time', or something like that. The bike at least she can answer about, and with a little more obvious excitement.] Umn-! It goes pretty fast..! ...Yuugo said he did something to make it go a lot slower than normal until I know how to drive it properly, but it feels fast anyway...

[If Yuuya caught a glimpse, she's only been going at about 20 miles per-Yuugo did well.] ...It's hard to think of how D-Wheels went so much faster...

They're basically motorcycles. Uh, but the D-wheels had an automatic function so you didn't really have to know how to drive one.

[Just like, super basic steering and breaking.] There's a lot of clearing around the obstacle course, you could probably do laps there.

...So it drives on its own...? [Wait but-]

...Does Yuugo not use that part of a D-Wheel then..? [?????? Ooof, better things, better things. She stands up.] That's good...I don't want to crash into anything like a tent...

[Or, y'know, at all.]

[Huh. Yuya taps his chin, looking thoughtful.] Yugo's from the Synchro dimension, so he probably knows how to actually drive it! But I didn't, I kept it on the automatic function so I wouldn't crash.

[That weird dream... thing he had with Yugo also gave him some insight in how to handle it, but he tries not to think too deeply about what the hell was happening there.]

Oh... ...I guess it makes sense that people there know how to do more with bikes, [She hums, adjusting her blanket.] ...I'm going inside, [She decides, shuffling over.] ....I'm not staring at stars anymore, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to stay outside now...

[Well, ok kiddo.

Reira does look to Yuuya though.] ...Do you want to come inside too? Foster is in his room again, so it's quiet and mostly empty.

[Really though, what on Earth is going on in that room- ~~Cloak Training~~]

Huh--oh, sorry! [He lets out a sheepish laughs, rubbing the back of his head.] If I'm distracting you I can go, but it's pretty cold outside...

[Foster's fond enough of Reira to share a cabin with her, but Yuya can't pretend they're really on... good terms... It's probably better if they don't cross paths right now.]

It's ok!

....You're coming inside then, if it's cold for you though. [No questions about it. She might not have a full message on the card for him yet, but maybe it's better this way. She'll try gently shoving him toward the door to go inside now.]

[Yuya moves to get to his feet just before Reira starts shoving him forward. Not that it's going very far, and first he turns around to look at her with a raised brow.] Uh, okay.

[He stuffs his hands in his pockets, letting her take the lead to her trailer.]

[Good good, into the cabin then-

It's toasty and warm-and decently sized, fortunately, or Foster would have been quite handily screwed after his....changes. They won't talk about those. Regardless, right now it's just nice and dark other than the warm crackle of the fireplace, its light glinting on something glass in the distance that's been presently covered gently with a blanket.

Reira stops pushing however, at least long enough to close the door. In the meantime, Yuuya can probably see a few remains of scattered paints and things, most of them on the coffee table.]

[Yuya bites his lip to hold in a laugh as she insistently shoves him inside. His attention ends up finding its way to the scattered paints, and he approached them out of curiosity to see what's up.] Are you making something?

AH-!

[ANNNND She's immediately running over to try and spin him around. It's tricky, what with her being 3'8'' and spindly and all.] No, you have to turn around now!!

[Rude!! Why would you immediately gravitate toward her PROJECTS!! (Because they've got glitter and eyecatching shenanigans Reira, it's magical paint stains.]

[Reira absolutely can't spin him around on her own, but he plays along anyway and goes completely rigged before awkwardly turning on his heels.] I didn't see anything!

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