⇨ THE ATHENAEUM

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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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"THE SERPENT" | FOUND IN THE SCRIBE'S COLLECTION (DAY 50+)

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𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔯𝔢𝔪𝔞𝔦𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔟𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔡, 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔠𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔞 𝔰𝔶𝔪𝔭𝔞𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔠 𝔢𝔶𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 - 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔤𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔴 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔞𝔴 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔟𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔟𝔞𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔰, 𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔞𝔩 𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔳𝔢𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔲𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔟𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔯𝔢𝔫. 𝔚𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔯𝔲𝔦𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔎𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔩𝔢𝔡𝔤𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔰𝔲𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔰𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔰.

𝔄𝔰 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔯𝔱𝔢𝔢𝔫, 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔡𝔲𝔱𝔶 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔬 𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔡𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℌ𝔬𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔈𝔡𝔢𝔫, 𝔟𝔲𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔦𝔫𝔣𝔩𝔦𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔐𝔞𝔨𝔢𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔲𝔫𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱. ℌ𝔬𝔴 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔶 𝔰𝔦𝔱 𝔟𝔶 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔞𝔱𝔠𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔦𝔯 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔰 𝔟𝔢 𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔰𝔬 𝔠𝔯𝔲𝔢𝔩𝔩𝔶?

ℑ𝔱 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔢𝔯𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔤𝔞𝔫 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔭𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰, 𝔡𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔡𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔬 𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔭𝔬𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔇𝔢𝔠𝔢𝔭𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔬 𝔭𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔢𝔰 𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔯𝔢𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫. 𝔗𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔫𝔬 𝔬𝔟𝔧𝔢𝔠𝔱, 𝔞𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔤𝔞𝔯𝔡𝔢𝔫 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔢𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔞𝔩, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔴𝔞𝔦𝔱 𝔞𝔰 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔰 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔫𝔢𝔢𝔡𝔢𝔡 𝔱𝔬 𝔩𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔟𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔰𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔫𝔢𝔢𝔡.

𝔖𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔯𝔲𝔦𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔎𝔫𝔬𝔴𝔩𝔢𝔡𝔤𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔩𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔬𝔣 ℑ𝔫𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔴𝔫, 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔪 𝔰𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔰𝔢𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔡𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔢.

With the remains of the Furies disbanded, the Serpent cast a sympathetic eye to those that were banished - with great sorrow she saw what they had become when abandoned to the barrens, reverting to their primal selves and consuming their brethren. Without the Fruit of Knowledge to sustain them, they had lost their very souls. As one of the Thirteen, her duty was to guide the Honorables of Eden, but the pain inflicted by their Maker was unjust. How could they sit by and watch their charges be punished so cruelly? It was then that the Serpent began her preparations, deciding to use her powers of Deception and Truth to pave the way to the Furies resurrection. Time was no object, as life in the garden was eternal, and she would wait as long as was needed to liberate her brothers and sisters in need. She would take the Fruit of Knowledge and the Flame of Inspiration for her own, and with them she would sew the seeds of change.