lostcarnival | ⇨ THE ATHENAEUM

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 47 - Day 58 ish
Where: The Athenaeum
What: The carnival arrives at book world. First week, they'll be performing for magical manifestations of book characters. Second week, it's time to hunt (for books, in the library.) Around Day 58 some stuff will occur.
Warnings: Reading is mandatory.

FAERIE TALES↴

Though the carnival will be performing for its guests in the first week, they are welcome to search the Athenaeum while they are off duty during that time. The manifestations of story characters will be out in full force during performance week, with animals, people, objects, and even locations growing out from various tales. Most are distracting at worst, and will be curious to check out the carnival. Some, however, can be as dangerous as they were in their stories of origin. You know what to do.

► IT'S TIME TO ROLEPLAY: The best way to deal with book ghosts is to follow their narrative to its logical conclusion - turn the tables, work the story so it ends in your favour! Naturalistic and narratively satisfying plotting will have the manifestations following your lead. However, push too hard and introduce too many plot holes, inconsistencies, or illogical plot twists, and they will reject your reality utterly, becoming quite aggressive in the process. You can also use your natural abilities and powers to fight them in a traditional sense, but in the Ringmaster's experience, it's best to fight reality benders by bending reality right back at them. If you aren't careful, it's possible to be dragged fully into a story's reality, and then things get really messed up.

► IT'S ALSO TIME TO READ: The carnival came here for a purpose, and that purpose is to research. Specifically, the Ringmaster is looking for information on the Queen's Miracles - the set of ancient fae artifacts that the Blue Rose is one of. The carnival needs these artifacts to defend itself, but nobody knows where they've been for thousands of years. That's what the books are for. However, nothing is stopping you from pursuing knowledge for personal reasons. The halls are open to your perusal, and only your heart can guide you to the book you truly seek. Check the plot post to see what's allowed, and sign up to find plot info or other important game information below.

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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔩𝔶 𝔡𝔞𝔶𝔰 𝔬𝔣 ℭ𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢 𝔉𝔬𝔩𝔨, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔓𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢, 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔰. 𝔘𝔫𝔟𝔲𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔣𝔢𝔲𝔡𝔰, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔖𝔲𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔖𝔥𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔨𝔢𝔡 𝔦𝔫 𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔦𝔫𝔣𝔩𝔲𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔡𝔰 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡𝔰 𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔴.

𝔄𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔰𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡, 𝔰𝔬 𝔡𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔤𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢. 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔞𝔩 𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔫𝔢𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔮𝔲𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔞𝔟𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔰𝔴𝔦𝔣𝔱𝔩𝔶 𝔱𝔬𝔬𝔨 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔪, 𝔰𝔭𝔞𝔴𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔄𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔬𝔣 ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫, ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔒𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔯, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔢𝔤𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔬𝔰.

𝔚𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢 𝔉𝔬𝔩𝔨 𝔢𝔪𝔟𝔬𝔡𝔦𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔥 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔰𝔢 𝔢𝔩𝔢𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔰, 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔣𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔩𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔲𝔫𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔶𝔰, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔩𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔫 𝔟𝔬𝔯𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔦𝔫𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔰𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢. 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔰𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔴𝔟𝔬𝔯𝔫 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡𝔰 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔬 ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔥 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔴 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔦𝔫𝔫𝔬𝔠𝔢𝔫𝔠𝔢.

𝔑𝔬𝔱 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔤𝔤𝔩𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔫, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔔𝔲𝔢𝔢𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔢 𝔉𝔬𝔩𝔨 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔞 𝔭𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔣𝔲𝔩 𝔪𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔦𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 - 𝔞 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔰𝔬 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔱 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔞𝔫𝔶 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔟𝔢𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔡 𝔦𝔱. 𝔄𝔩𝔩 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔟𝔬𝔯𝔫 𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔥 𝔏𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔞𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔰𝔢𝔢 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔢 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢. ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩’𝔰 𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔡𝔯𝔞𝔴𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔦𝔯𝔰𝔱 𝔓𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔢.

“𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔐𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔫𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔞𝔫,” 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔄𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔩𝔰.

“𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔐𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔲𝔭𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔶, 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔰 ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔬𝔰!” 𝔰𝔞𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔇𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔰.

ℌ𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩 𝔰𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔬𝔴𝔫, 𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣𝔦𝔰𝔥 𝔤𝔬𝔞𝔩𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡. 𝔜𝔢𝔱, 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔠𝔨 𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔱 𝔄𝔯𝔠𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔞 𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔩𝔞𝔦𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔷𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔦𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯.

𝔏𝔦𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔥, 𝔞 𝔟𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔬𝔣 𝔟𝔬𝔱𝔥 ℌ𝔬𝔩𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔑𝔢𝔭𝔥𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔪, 𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔢 𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔦𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔐𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯, 𝔞𝔡𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔨𝔦𝔫 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔫𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔴 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔞𝔪𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰. 𝔗𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔰𝔱𝔬𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔦𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔞 𝔴𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫, 𝔰𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔞 𝔭𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔩𝔢 𝔣𝔦𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔲𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔲𝔩𝔱𝔦𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔰𝔢.

In the early days of Creation, the Faerie Folk, the First People, created a series of miracles. Unburdened by their inevitable feuds, the Court of Sun and the Court of Shade worked in harmony and their influence planted the seeds from which the first worlds grew.

As life spread, so did the need for governance. The elemental embodiments of this need and the consequences of its absence swiftly took form, spawning the Angels of Heaven, Champions of Order, and the Demons of Hell, the Legions of Chaos.

While the Faerie Folk embodied both of these elements, it was in fickle and unpredictable ways, and the many children born of their resonance inherited this same dissonance. These newborn worlds were of great interest to Heaven and Hell, and both desired to sway the new lifeforms in their time of innocence.

Not long after this struggle began, the first Queens of the Faerie Folk created a powerful miracle that they called the Silver Mirror - a surface so pristine that it could bend the Light in the heart of any who beheld it. All life was born of both Light and Darkness, and the Mirror alone could see its true measure. Heaven and Hell’s attentions were drawn to the First People once more.

“This Mirror could cleanse the Darkness from the hearts of man,” said the Angels.

“This Mirror could corrupt the souls of many, what wondrous Chaos!” said the Demons.

Heaven and Hell swore to take the Mirror for their own, each with selfish goals in mind. Yet, when they struck against Arcadia to claim their prize, the one to take the Silver Mirror was another.

Lilith, a being of both Holy and Hellish blood called the Nephalem, named themselves the true holder of the Silver Mirror, admonishing their kin for their narrow minded ambitions. They stole the Mirror away to a world of their own creation, setting about their plan to create a people fit to rule the multiverse.

⇨ THE ATHENAEUM

"THE SILVER MIRROR" | FOUND IN THE SCRIBE'S COLLECTION (DAY 52+)