lostcarnival | Get Ready For the Show

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Get Ready For the Show

Who: All the performers, plus any visitors
What: Time to get back into the swing of things! Nothing says "I've recovered from trauma" like learning how to plaster a smile onto your face for the crowds.
When: D1 - D5
Where: The Main Tent
Warnings: None.... Probably

As the saying goes, "All play and no work makes Jack forget how to do his job". On the bright side...

Over the radio, Joker makes a cheerful announcement for all performers to start getting back into the practice schedule with new arrivals to show up on the first day back from the moon. On the first day, he'll be lenient. No one has to be on time, but he does want them to at least make an appearance and token attempt at practice. After that, well... Show up, or you'll have an aggravatingly cheerful stage manager paying a personal visit. He bothers because he cares.

To those who have become familiar with it, the tent is outfitted with all off the usual practice equipment, and new faces will be in for a treat. There are the usual acrobatics equipment: silk ropes, the high wire, trapeze swings. Daredevils will find all sorts of things to threaten their lives with, although they'll soon find that there are magical safety precautions in place which stop the Big Tent from, say, getting set on fire. And the magician stuff? Well.... Don't hurt yourself there.

Out of the love of his heart, Joker will make sure there are bottles of water nearby, so don't be afraid to work up a sweat.

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[Unsurprisingly, Yuya has extremely dorky cards.

The snake turns to look up at Strange with an expression that could be taken as mildly quizzical, before it turns around to face Yuya.

Yuya tilts his wrist so Strange can see the card laying on the yellow blade. It's in Japanese, but the picture is the same as the snake.] The duel disks are only built to support the game, but you could make anything out of solid vision. You just have to know how to program it.

[He rubs the back of his neck absently.] Uh, but there's thousands of cards! I use mostly Entermates, and they look like this, but Gongenzaka's cards are robots based on samurai and ninja.

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[ Strange cannot read Japanese in the slightest but hey, at least he can recognize that snake! He's peering over at the duel disk as Yuya explains it. Alright, so considering that the phrase 'you just have to know how to program it' was said, Strange has a small suspicion that no, he can't just slap a drawing on there and have it be a neat hologram.

And, as expected, Strange has more questions. ]

What's an Entermate?

[ Are they all snakes? Ooh, or are they all in top hats? Strange has literally no idea, something that's exciting and confusing all at the same time. ]

This. [He points to the card, but at least realizes that isn't terribly helpful. So he pulls the rest of his cards out if his pocket and starts sorting through them.] It's just what that theme is called, since they're part of the same set.

[He holds up two more cards, which should make it a little more apparent.

It's a bunch of cartoon animals designed in a circus theme, basically.

The trampoline cat card, oddly, does have very, very trace signs of magic that match his pendulum. But if Strange isn't looking for it, it's very easy to miss.] It's the same type my Dad uses! Uh, but different ones.

[ Somehow, he's not surprised that the cards Yuya tends to favor are cartoon circus animals. It fits the boy's personality almost perfectly. Strange leans in to peer closer at the cards. He still has no idea what they say, but he's interested in Yuya's hobbies, wants to learn more about duel monsters, and honestly wants to see if there are more animals in top hats.

Instead, there's a trampoline cat which what the hell, that's kind of adorable.

But there's something odd about one of the cards. Strange isn't looking for the magic, but he's looking that card over and can tell there's something weird about that card in general. ]

May I have a closer look at that cat one?

[Most of the Entermates have top hats, he'll probably be pleased to discover.]

Yeah, sure. [Yuya nods and holds the card out for Strange to take. While he's looking, the hologram projection flickers out of sight, true to Yuya's word that it doesn't last long. He removes the snake card from the disk and shuffles it back into his hand.

The card itself otherwise looks totally normal. The magic is faint enough that it's less likely an object of power itself, and more like magic has influenced it. And similar enough to the magic Yuya channels himself through his pendulum.]

[ Strange stares at the card for a moment, concentrating rather hard on it. There's an odd familiar feeling to the card, like he's seen something like it before. But it's a trampoline cat, how exactly could he have seen something like—

Ah. And then Strange finds it. It's not seen, it's felt. He looks over at Yuya with a wry little smile. ]

Did you know this card was magical when you obtained it?

[ Probably not, because the magic feels so much like Yuya's, who didn't really have much in the way of magic before the carnival. ]

[Yuya's brows raise, confused.] Eh? Magic?

[Could Strange sense spirits? That's Yuya's first thought, but he's never expressed anything about seeing them before. Maybe his magic sense is so good he can just sense the magic of the spirits themselves, even if they're not using it?] What kind of magic is it?

It feels a lot like your magic, [ Strange explains, as he gestures at Yuya's pendulum. ] Nothing active, of course, more like something that's been touched by a spell. I can try to remove it if you wish, but as there's barely any there to begin with, I don't know how much good it would do.

[ Yuya seems a bit surprised that the card is magic (at least, in Strange's mind he does) so perhaps he didn't know about the magic? Then again, why wouldn't he know in the first place? ]

[Yuya looks down at his pendulum. Oh. Oh. Rita didn't mention sensing any magic from them, so Yuya didn't realize there was enough to be picked up on.]

N-no, leave it! [He protests too quickly, flustering as he holds his hands out before Strange can do anything.] It's fine the way it is. Better, even!

[Which doesn't explain where the magic came from.]

[ That reaction is suspicious as hell. Naturally, Strange is going to try and bother Yuya further to find out why he's given a suspicious as all hell reaction. ]

So you knew the cards were magic! Well go on then, what are they?

[ Strange's tone is more smug than accusatory—and he can't hide his curiosity. Go on, tell him, he wants to know! ]

They're pendulum cards. [Yuya says, knowing full well that's going to mean absolutely nothing to Strange. At least being curious rather than accusatory keeps Yuya from getting defensive. He looks down at the deck in his hands, pursing his lips.]

They don't do anything outside the game. [Which is what he assumes Strange was hoping for. Without the context of the game, it seems like less of a big deal. Somehow, that works to his favor.] But they used to be regular monster cards, and now they're a different kind of card that... didn't exist before. But I didn't do it on purpose!

[ That means absolutely nothing to Strange. Strange just kind of stares as Yuya mentions pendulum cards. Still, hearing that they don't really do anything outside the game...well, he's still a bit confused but he can at least file this away as 'something not to worry about.' ]

How did you change the cards, then?

[ because creating something that didn't exist before? What the hell is going on in Yu-Gi-Oh world? ]

Magic. [It's said weakly.] It wasn't really... it's more like it happened because of me? But I didn't cast any spells and I don't actually remember it happening.

[His gaze drifts back to his deck, looking at one of the similar cards on top. They're really no good way to explain 'the evil other fifth of his soul really didn't want to lose a card game and took over and invented an entirely new set of cards to win, but could only do so with Yuya's unintentional assistance'. It was basically cheating.

And because Strange is probably going to ask 'what magic':] There's spirits in my world that have magic. Humans can't do anything on their own, and they usually don't interfere.

[ Strange is definitely about to ask 'what magic'. As Yuya continues talking, Strange shuts his mouth and listens. So, his world has spirits? How interesting. ]

You should talk with Rita about that, [ he states. And then, time to blatantly assume why Yuya was able to have his cards changed when others didn't. ] So if spirits can only do magic in your world, they must have changed the cards. If I had to guess, it was because of your latent magical sensitivity that they chose you over someone else.

[ it doesn't occur to Strange that Yuya might already know why they chose him over someone else. ]

Oh, I told her! [Yuya perks up, latching onto a topic that turns away from all the weird shit surrounding him. He doesn't want to lie to Strange, and it's not so much he doesn't trust him. But there's a saying about things better left unsaid, right?]

She was telling me about the spirits in her world, so I told her about mine. Did you know she's making those spirits herself with the blastia?

She told me about that as well, [ Strange adds in, with a nod and a smile. He can't hide the tone of awe in his voice: Strange is downright impressed by Rita's magic and dedication to her cause. ]

Though I do wonder. Your world has spirits, as does Rita's, as did Portland. My world...well, I'm not entirely sure about my world. But perhaps they're a constant throughout all worlds.

Maybe... [As constant as magic, if not more so?

Yuya holds his hand out to retrieve his card.] You can't sense spirits, can you? Just magic? Most people can't see spirits... at least, back home and in Portland they couldn't. But Rita's spirits can choose if they want to be seen or not.

[That's probably not the most accurate term for them but Rita discovered them, they're from Rita's world--therefore, Rita's spirits.]

[ Strange nods. ] I think I could see them in Portland and I did have a dream with a ghost back home, but I know those aren't the same as what yours and Rita's do.

[ They are also 100% Rita's spirits in Strange's mind. ]

Still, it might just be because my world's only been reintroduced to more magical matters. Who knows what the magicians of the future would have to deal with!

[Yuya's not sure how close those two types of magic are. But, more importantly:] You had a dream about a ghost? What was it about?

[Yuya's spiritual sensitivity is actually pretty untested and untrained, so something like that he only has the impression of stories to base it on. Maybe it was a premonition? A warning?]

I summoned the ghost so that we could have a conversation through the dream. However, another magician interrupted my dream so we didn't actually get to talk.

[ said in a matter of fact tone as if this all makes complete sense. Which hey, it does in STrange's mind. ]

[Spirits just poke him telepathically when they want to talk so sure, maybe there's special dream communion too. He's never tried it.]

So you were looking for her. Was the other magician your friend... uh, Mr. Norrell? [He thinks that was it. Yuya hasn't heard as much about him, since most of the magic study was about the magic itself (and the Raven King, probably) and not Strange's history.]

He wasn't. The other magician was a man named John Segundus. That was the first time we met, though we went in and out of each other's circles multiple times throughout the years.

[ Though never directly. It was always interacting with the same people or reading the same things instead of the two men interacting face to face. ]

Segundus was the one who inspired me to write to Norrell in the first place.

[John Segundus... John Childermass... Jon(othan) Strange...]

Is John a common name in England?

[That was obviously the important thing to take out of that.]

Why do people keep getting hung up on that? I'm sure you know of some people with the same name.

[ the answer is yes, John is a very common name. ]

[Yuya snorts, smiling a little.] Of course there's common names... but you're also all magicians and know each other, so...

[So it just kind of stands out as either really common, or a really huge coincidence. Also, Yuya comes from Anime Land where names are kept explicitly unique.]

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