⇨ 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

[pipers_son]

[Ten minutes passes by in a flash when you're busy chatting up random strangers, but he's still glad to see her pop up again, laughing as he's handed the beanie. There was a certain charm to not having to spend money of his own.]

[Which is good, because he doesn't have any.]

Oh, I'm sure I'll look great like this~. [It takes a little bit of maneuvering to slide on the beanie, since there are still antlers behind the glamour... but he manages.] Think we'll look like celebrities with the glasses?

[exaomori]

[She'd tease him about his difficulty getting his hat on, but that's like asking for something just as strange to happen to her in the future. She still hasn't quite come to terms with that yet.]

Celebs? Hehe, might be worth it if we got a discount on our drinks later, right?

[Her beanie covers up most of her hair, and the glasses add a certain chic. It's only mildly suspicious pared with her bikini top, but hey, can't have everything.]

How 'bout it? Do I look like a cute actress like this?

[pipers_son]

Clearly that's what we'll have ta do later~. [And then of course he won't drink at all, but, hey. It's fine.]

[What's a lot more fun is charming people, or just being silly, as evidenced by how he bows down to try and kiss her hand.]

I don't think there's a person in the city who would think otherwise!

[exaomori]

[The gesture is enough to get a genuine laugh out of her.]

Ain't you a gentleman!

[Shura can play along with the flirting, moving to link her arm with his once he rises from smooching her hand.]

Does this mean you're playin' the part of my manager tryin' ta keep me out of trouble?

[pipers_son]

[He's a scoundrel is what he is, but he'll gladly accept her arm to begin escorting her.]

With fame like yers, it's more like trouble finds ya instead~. Can't let just a famous lady go around on her own, right~?

[exaomori]

Nyahah~ That's right, it's hard to resist a face like mine, isn't it?

[Whatever he is, they're more or less on the same side with the same goals, which works well enough for Shura. Two sets of eyes peering about were better than one, so it'd be silly to not go with him, even if she's not seeing much that stands out?]

[pipers_son]

I'd be surprised if anyone could~.

[It doesn't seem like there's anything yet as he guides her along, relying on what knowledge he's managed to get of the streets of this place. He's pretty good at getting a quick lay of the land, since he's had to be, so there's that small blessing....]

[...But it doesn't seem like anything is overt yet.]