⇨ 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

[lonesomewanderer]

"And what is it that they do?" he prompts. Surely the fae there did more than provide a welcoming place for visitors to relax. Or so he hoped. That at least tells him that breaks such as these were more common than he thought.

[insidescoop]

"Well....a lot of them like dancing...or growing flowers...or being flowers....or playing music....some of them like to craft things as well...." The list sort of goes on, but every year or so, there's a Visit. "...It really depends on who you're talking to there..."

[lonesomewanderer]

He stares at her a moment. All right, so perhaps they could be a bunch of fae that did something so simple. It seemed like a waste of their talents, but this was not any realm of his.

"I thought they might have more interests than that," he says with a shake of his head. Disappointing, to say the least.

[fortuneglass]

"Like I said, it varies a lot..! They just...all know what they like and they like doing it, basically. Even if that's sleeping." Also they're sort of sworn to some sort of....isolation deal, but she doesn't know much (if anything) about that part....

[lonesomewanderer]

"All that power and some choose to sleep," he says with a shake of his head. When there was much they could be doing to aid others from what he currently understands of how some fae run their realms. "Does the Ringmaster give notice of where we are traveling before we arrive?"

Or is it a grand surprise for them all to sort out at the time it happens?

[insidescoop]

There is a shrug. "...Sometimes, it's better to do what you love-all the power in the world can't make someone happy unless they're doing what they like best after all~!" They're meant to be wise words but they mostly just sound silly, here.

"...We normally get a little bit of information, depending-if it's a dangerous area, we get a lot of warning and instruction, actually..! Sometimes, the notice won't come from her though-the Nightrunners occasionally get sent ahead to locations to do the 'checking out'...which means it'll be on them to explain certain details after. I used to be one of those~"

Whether or not that's a good sign is in Solas' hands-

[lonesomewanderer]

It did sound silly. Solas is well aware of the dangers of power which is why it sounded absurd that so many fae seemed content to allow others of their kind to abuse it while they played. This was not his battle, however, so he lets that feeling subside.

His ears perk up and his brow raises at the mention she used to be a nightrunner. Likely before her change in appearance. Being made of so much shifting light would make it harder to be a scout of any kind unless the Ringmaster was truly unconcerned with discretion.

"What are your duties now?"

[fortuneglass]

"I'm the Wardrobe Manager-one of the Supervisors," she answers. "Before that, I was mostly a tailor...people who work under the Nightrider as 'nightrunners' only do that part time..! So since I was doing more and more of the work in the Wardrobe department, I got a promotion in the end..."

She shrugs. "I like it~ And, obviously if anything serious happens, it's still part of my job to help in a fight..!" So says the former Tailor.