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Yūya Sakaki ([personal profile] hippocarnival) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2018-02-09 03:02 pm

Closed | D15

Who: Yuya and Strange
When: D15
Where: The carnival
What: Post-Portland Paranoia
Warnings: Discussions of trauma, kidnap, torture likely. The usual.

Nightshade was at the concert.

Gongenzaka told him, because he was worried too. He was part of the patrol, so he'd take that information to every important source, probably. Yuya's less worried about what she wants with the carnival, or Wismuth, and more what she wants with one specific person.

So he goes to look in the morning, skipping breakfast to show up at Strange's trailer door with his staff in hand. He's not as harried as when they escaped the manor, but it's hard to completely smooth out the worry in his brow.

He knocks rapidly. "Mr. Strange? Are you in there?"

He really hopes he is.
kingsroads: (dude are you sure?)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-13 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
"It's a bit embarrassing," Strange admits, as his frown and cagey expression slowly get replaced by a sheepish smile. "Still, I was being an ass so I might have deserved it."

But just might. Maybe. A sliver deserved it. After all, he didn't ENTIRELY deserve to be dunked in the lake and given a come to jesus talk by the Ringmaster, that's what Strange believes and that's what he's sticking to.

"I'm glad I didn't drown either. Maybe when all of this is over and we've rescued our friends, you could teach me a few more swimming patterns." The word he's looking for is strokes.
Edited 2018-02-13 05:11 (UTC)
kingsroads: (maybe staring makes it work)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-13 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
At Yuya's pout, Strange slips right back into optimism. After all, though Yuzu and Gongenzaka weren't kidnapped, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for Yuya to think about those who are kidnapped and we're not gonna go back to that conversation.

"We do have a lake," Strange points out. "Maybe if I or the Ringmaster build a pier, then that could take us out to water deep enough to dive in."
kingsroads: (small cheeky little smile)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-13 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's only a pier, Yuya," Strange remarks, with a little shrug. "Of course I can build one with magic!"

Strange has zero clue how things like 'structural integrity' and 'architecture' work. He might be able to build a pier with magic, but it would be shit. Not that Captain Arrogance has realized that yet, he's still riding high on the certainty that he can build a pier.

"But you're right, we definitely should get the Ringmaster's permission—and when we do, you should ask her." Though this means that Yuya's going to ask and Strange is going to have to fudge details again and urgh, maybe he should just go ahead and tell Yuya. "She's the one who threw me in the lake in the first place."
kingsroads: (WELL FUCK)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-14 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
......he straight up forgot to apologize.

Strange's expression shifts from grinning and good-natured to something that clearly reads as 'oh FUCK' as a brief expression of disbelief flits across his face. No, he hasn't apologized and urrrgh, he really should apologize. And he's smart enough to realize that his various half-assed explanations during their argument didn't really count as apologies.

Once again, Strange is thankful for friends that can point out obvious things like 'apologize, you asshole.'

"Oh damn," he mutters, more to himself than to Yuya. "I'll need to write her a letter." Again.
kingsroads: (your sea beacons suck)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-14 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
"She's probably busy," Strange remarks, frowning slightly. "Besides, the last time I did something ill-advised, I wrote her a letter. I doubt she'd mind if I did it again."

Though even Strange realizes that the fact that his sentence contains the phrase 'the last time I did something ill-advised' isn't good. He frowns, a quizzical little frown as he takes another sip of his tea. Now that he thinks about it, he's spent way too much of his time here apologizing to people. Maybe he should at least try to listen more and think before he acts just so he can spend that time he would spend apologizing on something else.
kingsroads: (slightly judging that idea)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-14 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a small pause before Strange decides fuck it, might as well tell Yuya. "I wanted her to help me kill Nightshade. She wasn't fond of that suggestion."

Strange isn't ashamed of what he's saying: a part of him still wants to straight up murder Nightshade despite the very valid points the Ringmaster made. Likewise, he's not ashamed for wanting to do a murder in the first place. But he's already readying himself for a 'don't murder' talk from Yuya and is already getting prepared to defend himself as needed.
kingsroads: (what a creepyass house)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-14 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Strange nods. "She's not like the Prince, where he was considered an outcast without any court ties. Nightshade is still within the Summer Court structure. Murdering her has the potential to bring the Court down on the Ringmaster's head."

Which, if he was given the choice, Strange might do it himself anyway. But he knows there's absolutely no way he could murder a faerie unless he had help. He couldn't do it alone at home, he can't do it alone here. He can't hide the fact that he's intensely annoyed about all this, however.

"I suppose we simply have to wait for the Ringmaster to gain enough power to challenge the courts or Nightshade to overstay her welcome and obtain the ire of the courts."
kingsroads: (just sort of huffy and taken aback)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-14 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Strange nods at Yuya's assessment. Probably all of them. After all, why would the fae care about a bunch of changelings? Everything Strange has heard says that the Ringmaster was an anomaly just because she treated them decently.

Though at Yuya's statement, Strange gives him a little frown. He just said that he wanted to kill Nightshade, he's not going to settle for 'leave him alone.'

"I don't want her to just leave me alone," Strange remarks, a little irritated. "She hurt other people in Portland and will inevitably hurt other people that aren't at the Carnival. She's a horrid little sadist and I want her dead."
kingsroads: (maybe we can talk about other things?)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-14 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
It isn't that easy. How does one change an entire civilization? A drastic action that nobody could overlook. Strange did that when he broke the mirrors of England, opening up magic to the rest of the world. Well, can't really do anything of that level here, not to the faeries. Eroding it over time. But how long would it take for that to happen in the first place?

Strange sighs, obviously a bit more annoyed with himself than with Yuya, as he leans back into a childish pout. "I hate this sitting around and talking about things," he grumbles. (Who's surprised, absolutely nobody.) "I thought I knew what to do but apparently all my plans are 'idiotic' and 'might destabilize all of creation.'"

He's physically making the air quotes as he says that...but alright, even Strange can see a bit of humor in a plan so dumb it might have destroyed literally everything. The pout lessens, as he smiles slightly.
kingsroads: (small cheeky little smile)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-15 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
The offer of someone to talk with makes Strange smile slightly. He reaches over to the chips before just straight up taking a handful.

"Only if you do the same," Strange adds in, with a little nod. Popping a chip into his mouth, he starts talking with his mouth full. "We've all gone through so much nonsense here, after all. And I know it's hard to talk about some of it with certain people."

Example A: the small list of things Strange knows he won't tell Childermass.
kingsroads: (this won't end well)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-15 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
...wait, so he actually has to talk about this? Strange pauses for a moment, as if just not saying anything will cause the conversation to change. It doesn't.

Urrrrrrrrgh.

Strange briefly gives Yuya a little pouty glare before he starts explaining and offering up some honest insight. "I think...it's the fact that I can't do anything about her that annoys me. If there's a problem or something in my way, I should be able to solve it. But I can't do anything about this."

At least, he can't do anything without screwing everyone over (again).
kingsroads: (maybe staring makes it work)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-15 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Strange has extreme feelings and a one-track mind. How is he going to solve a problem? Magic. What has provided absolutely useless at solving this problem? Magic. Still, it's not like he's dealing with Nightshade right now and right at this moment: he can at least entertain the suggestion of 'try something different.'

"All of the plans the Ringmaster shot down involved magic. I doubt asking nicely would work, I'm not good at subterfuge, and I can't outright stab Nightshade. I could ask another fae for help, but I've no idea when we'll run into one again."

And, of course, Strange's track record with the fae is absolute garbage. Maybe that's what he needs to do first, get a few metaphorical wins under his belt.
kingsroads: (hrrmph)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-15 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"If she enthralls me again, I'll hurt people I care about," said with a very pointed look at Yuya. Strange doesn't have to say 'remember when I tried to murder you in Portland' to get the point across that's what he's thinking of.

There's a whole host of other factors: if he's enthralled again, she might go for his soul, the Ringmaster might not help, he might not see Arabella again. But those are all what-ifs and maybes sprung from Strange's paranoia, things the he knows he can't deal with and yet he worries about anyway.

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