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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2017-11-21 08:41 pm

⇨ 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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[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-01-01 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
Sit more.

[And to demonstrate what he means by that, 9S flops backwards, lying flat on his back. The coloured smoke swirls above him. Last time he thought they were snakes. He knows better know.]

A desert?

[9S lets out a laugh.]

It can't be a desert. There's no sand!
chronosynthesis: (❖ Winds of Chaos)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2018-01-02 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
I mean a mirage. [He's too focused on trying to make sense of the mirage to begin with to really explain it to 9S, who is now forgotten on the floor.

He leans forward, squinting at the wall across the room in an attempt to focus on it--oh.

Oh.]
Hallucinations?
dressedtothe: (THIS KEEPS HAPPENING)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-01-02 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[9S stays lying down.]

You mean the snakes?

[Which he's totally seeing again.]

Oh, they're not real.

[Except this time, Rita isn't here to blow them up if they are real. So... he can't be sure they're not real. That should be more troubling than it is.]
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[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2018-01-06 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Snakes? Syrlya doesn't start seeing snakes, at least, but it doesn't placate him much. The weed has him too numb to properly react, so his response is slow coming after silence as he processes them.

He stares forward with only mild alarm on his face... and then tips forward with a groan, knocking his forehead into the table.]
Of course they're not. How bad is this going to get?

[It's too late for him now.]
dressedtothe: (here come the calvary)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-01-08 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[9S starts laughing again.]

Bad? This isn't bad!

[At least not for him it isn't.]

At least there's no dragons. Cole thought there could be dragons but there's no moon dragons.
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[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2018-01-10 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
There's no moon dragons. [Syrlya mumbles dully, closing his eyes. If he just doesn't look and think about the fact that he's hallucinating, and just might enough to the point that he's seeing full-fledged illusions, then it's really not so bad.

It's still not as bad as 'focus training', and the memory makes him shudder.

But wait.]
The Ringmaster is a dragon of some sort, isn't she? [Or turns into one which, frankly, close enough.]
dressedtothe: (aw man the fridge is running)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-01-10 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[That's right Syr, there are no moon dragons on the moon.]

Isn't she a fae? ...That's not another word for dragon is it?

[Guess who missed out on the cool transformation sequence!?]
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[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2018-01-10 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know, we don't have Fae in Tyria. [He waves his hand with the joint around lazily.] But she turns into one when she wants.

[There's a long pause before ah, right, 9S had missed that whole final scene.] The Prince turned into dust and she turned into a dragon and ate him. So many worlds, I can't keep track of what is and isn't familiar to me.
dressedtothe: (my name is fine)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-01-10 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Too busy being passed out on his trailer bed like a scrub.]

...Huh. I wish I saw that.

[A lengthy pause.]

Would you turn into a dragon and eat your enemies if you could?
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[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2018-01-11 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
No. They'd kill me, surely. [But who is 'they '.] Killing my enemies isn't the problem.
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[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-01-11 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[9S groans as the lights start getting too bright for him. Shutting his eyes, he gracelessly rolls over.]

Must be a tough problem if killing can't solve it.

[Seriously, so many of his problems could be solved if the machines just let themselves be exterminated.]

So... what's the problem?
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[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2018-01-11 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Dragons. [He lifts his head and opens his eyes, propping his chin on his hand as he stares ahead.] We shouldn't kill then, but we have to.

[He waves his other hand vaguely.] It's a very long story.

[One he's not in the mood to try and sort out right now. Another time, when he's not on drugs.]