⇨ THE ATHENAEUM

[ringleaders]

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.

Comments

[criticallyfucked]

"It works for necromancy because you're part of the tether," Foster replies, spreading his paws as though a string were stretched between them. He doesn't argue with being treated like a dense motherfucker--there's a light in his eyes, though, as he leans forward a little to encourage Strange in that.

"The combination of soul and flesh that with your blood and your spell bound them back to the body past... do you understand?"

Fosters assumption is that Strange's displeasure originates on moral grounds, and he's a little perplexed that Strange brought back the dead without being prepared for the consequences of his role in it.

But from what Foster's read and heard, it sounds like Strange didn't even try--just skipped from 'how' straight to making a windmill bonfire. And then there was the time Strange tried to bleed his massive rats to death...

"It's why the original blade works--its purpose completed, it's still tied to the original magic, and can be used to unraise what has by it been wrought. I... discovered this myself, actually--the seawater ritual was expensive for requiring gold, and... uh, the amount by which I would need it was.... a lot."

Foster hesitates to admit the amount of DIY involved in his practise, outside of his breach of the hard limit, but it's for a good cause. 'A good cause' being defined here as 'prove himself as right as possible before he loses Strange's audience.'

[kingsroads]

The book skips over a few things like 'Strange trying to use other magic to rekill the corpses' and 'Strange straight up shooting one of the corpses in the chest' for the sake of narrative flavor. Scribe didn't want to get bogged down with details or something like that. But considering that windmill bonfire happened about a day after the necromancy, it still wasn't much time.

"Well, I raised the dead in wartime. We were on the continent, there wasn't any chance of getting gold and we were inland enough that there wasn't any chance of getting seawater." He says this in a matter of fact tone, like Foster knows exactly what Strange is talking about when he says 'the continent.' He's still a little defensive and still a little pissy but Strange is at least continuing the conversation for now.

"The blade was just something I borrowed from one of the officers. There wasn't anything symbolic about it like there would be for other magical items."