⇨ 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

[prazerbutterfly]

Tyki's holding open that story at that exactly moment for a reason. He wants Papyrus to focus on it instead of the part where he was involved directly. There is a give and take to this story, a good and bad relation between Exorcist and Noah. As far as he was concerned, there was no 'good guy' in this story. Both were dirty, got their hands wet with blood, and used each other for their own twisted reasons.

"So the story goes," he says in confirmation to what Papyrus offers in contradiction. "In simplistic terms, it is a holy weapon or so they would tell you. Mostly, it hinders those composed of Dark Matter and/or use that power. Like myself; the latter option." He snaps the book shut. How much he wants to destroy it very much knowing he can't. "It chooses humans as Accommodators. Either within them or in their weapon. Suman was the form. It inhabited his arm and synchronized with him in a bond. When it felt betrayed, it took over his body."

[spaghettimonster]

It works well enough - Papyrus doesn't forget that detail, but it's overshadowed now. The idea that Tyki did at least take Suman up on the request, and try for a little bit of peace, when he felt so strongly that peace wasn't possible... That it didn't all go terribly wrong until the Innocence felt betrayed... Well, that changes things.

"And turned him into an egg..." Papyrus shakes his head at the idea. It's probably better if the story's taken at face value, that Suman really died as he was turned into an egg, and wasn't aware of... hatching. But if his powers did that to him on purpose, maybe it tried to make it awful on purpose. He resolves not to ask right now, and maybe not ever.

"What a messy way to go. And so short-sighted! Anybody might have regrets about fighting, but it's hard to drop an arm, and so much easier to drop a weapon. And anybody could pick a weapon up? It could have gone back to fighting with someone who wanted to... Which, maybe you wouldn't have preferred. But almost everybody would have been happier."

[prazerbutterfly]

He's not going to give the book back nor is he going to allow anyone else to find it. He'll put it back eventually when time presents itself for a better opportunity. Right now, he was more focused on Papryus and not allowing him to touch it again. It's tucked under his arm with the other book placed there concerning a Heart.

It's an odd take on it but Papryus is right. It made him into something horrid and there was no turning back from there. Suman was long gone by the time Allen had pulled him out. Separation from Innocence was never a good thing. "Maybe," he responds with the agreed disapproval that he would prefer Innocence destroyed instead of salvaged, "The only problem with that is that Innocence is never chosen. It chooses you, whether you want it or not."

Innocence was cruel. It didn't matter how much someone fought it or synced with it. Death was the likely outcome of an Exorcist's life. "Once it chooses you, it is only a matter of time until the news gets out somehow. A story of a boy with a strange ball on their head. A man with an odd arm. It hits the newspapers, spreads from country to country. Then it reaches the Black Order. It doesn't matter if you are young, old, a child, two years old. They will collect you and you will never see or know anything other than fighting again."