⇨ SHOW'S OVER

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone who DIDN’T get caught up in CY-Ren’s music, D13-D14.
When: D13-D15
Where: Wismuth, the Carnival
What: Recovering, taking stock, and trying to figure out where to go from here.
Warnings: ? ? ?

FALLEN STARS↴ ► AFTERMATH: After the culmination of the confrontation between Noa and CY-Ren — as much as it can be called one, since it ends with the Guardian being flung off the stage — the arena returns to darkness. After a few seconds of silence, the backup lighting sputters on, but instead of music a loudspeaker begins to blare loudly: ATTENTION, FANTASIA FESTIVAL ATTENDANTS. DUE TO AN EMERGENCY, WE WILL BE EVACUATING THE VENUE. PLEASE FOLLOW STAFF DIRECTIONS AND PROCEED TO THE NEAREST EXIT. THANK YOU. The pleasant, automated woman’s voice begins to play on loop as the concertgoers, snapped out of their trance, look at each other in confusion. The Void creatures that had come out at CY-Ren’s command are nowhere to be seen now, and neither is the singer herself. Wismuth police officers, though they look as uncertain and dazed as half the audience seems to be, break up the crowd and directing them to file out of the Fantasia Festival’s exits. It’s easy enough for Carnival members to slip away, though as they go through the crowd they’ll hear the festivalgoers discussing anything but the sight of Guardian and Harbinger in combat, much less people being dragged into shadows… “Right in the middle of CY-Ren’s set, too! Aren’t they supposed to check the wiring on these things?” “I paid to go to a concert, not a fire drill! I’d better get a refund!” “They didn’t have to shut the whole place down—" In the chaos and flow of people, it’ll be hard for Carnival workers to keep track of each other, but one thing is clear: they can’t stay here. ► HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN: The would-be saboteurs and those who’ve stayed behind have a chance to meet up again once they get back to the Carnival’s grounds. However, what exactly happened back there is unclear — and the one who might have answers is still unconscious from her brief altercation with the Harbinger. Still, there’s no shortage of things to do: after all, once they get back, it’s obvious there are more than a few missing faces. ► HEADLINES: Anyone who ventures to Wismuth in the days after the festival will find something peculiar: all news about the incident at the festival has been written off as a freak fire from some faulty wiring or a potential incendiary device, which reporters say police are ‘investigating the cause of’ and which some of the more sensational news sites are already having a field day with (based on rumors and hearsay the venue may have received a bomb threat). Most entertainment sites and social media coverage of the event only include blurry clips with captions like ‘tmw you fucked up the only vid you have of cy-ren’s concert 😭fml' and generally agree that it's a pity she never got past a second song.

Comments

[hippocarnival]

"I wonder if we even did..." He pulls his knees up and rests his arms on them, frowning at the lake. It feels like it had been an incredibly useless endeavor, and CY-Ren would have gotten her way regardless.

"We'll definitely get them back. Sooner, this time."

[puddingemote]

Tamaki nods. "Yeah. Everyone comes together when this stuff happens..."

That's what he'd told Rita, awhile back. He hopes she's okay, and didn't get swept up in this too. He doesn't know if Cy-Ren is a fae, but she seemed pretty scared of that happening...

At least he knows Doll is safe. Sick, and convalescing in her and Joker's trailer, but safe.

"Did anyone else get taken? Do you know?"

[hippocarnival]

Yuya shakes his head. "Not yet. It got chaotic with everyone leaving the stadium, and we weren't very organized in the first place... I don't know who helped, and who didn't come back."

Somehow, between Noa's plea for help and the actual concert, the planning stages got lost. Yuya's used to being left in the dark, but it's still frustrating.

[puddingemote]

"Ah, yeah... maybe we should plan better."

Isn't it the Nightrunners' job to oversee this sort of thing? Maybe they should keep a list of who goes, or something. This seems a bit... bad.

"A lot of people just rush in without thinking..."

[hippocarnival]

"I guess we did... it wasn't very organized at all, I don't think we were even on the same plan."

The unfortunate truth of telling a bunch of rambunctious carnies to fuck up a concert with absolutely no leadership.

[puddingemote]

"Shouldn't this be Lam-san's job..."

He is the Nightrider, after all. Tamaki thinks he's pretty capable, but that didn't stop the concert from being a giant mess.

"Or Noa-chan. This is her world, after all."

[hippocarnival]

"Probably. But we all volunteered to help ourselves." He can't hold their own actions against either one of them--just regret the ultimate decision later.

[puddingemote]

"Mm." Tamaki sighs. He guesses there's no way to get people to stop doing that.

"Well. I guess the only thing I can do is be here to help after." At least he can do that much now.