⇨ THE EPILOGUE

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 61
Where: The Carnival
What: After all the rescues team return, it will be matter of tending to the wounded and getting the hell out of dodge. The Ringmaster can handle the fleeing part, but someone will need to look after those in the medical tent. Or, maybe, you just want to show up and ask what the hell happened.
Warnings: Some messed up consequences of faerie fuckery.

IN REPAIR↴ As the minutes tick past, all four rescue groups will eventually return. Everyone in the carnival is encouraged to help out, ensuring that the rescues and victims both are taken care of after the fact. You can tag in here as rescuers taking care of business around the carnival, victims recovering, or other workers checking in to see what's going on. This log is for general aftermath threads, made by anyone.

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[whattaprick]

“I know,” Lambert says, tiredly. “The Ringmaster made the same mistake, when she killed the Winter Queen...”

Which, if Lapis didn’t know before thanks to fusing with Jasper? She knows now. Congrats, all our suffering is because someone made a bad call and their relatives deal badly with death! Sounds way too familiar huh!

“Fae can’t change ... but the Beast did.” He remembers what she was like in Portland. She’d admitted that wasn’t far from the truth. “Maybe we all can.”

[mirrortide]

"She did what." No wonder all this bad stuff keeps happening. That's what happens when you kill someone high up the food chain, and it takes an immense amount of restraint for Lapis to not start yelling and, quite frankly, flip Lamberts cot right the fuck over.

[whattaprick]

"Wasn't her fault." Whether Lambert realizes Lapis is suddenly in a killing mood or not is debatable, as he looks more or less on the verge of falling asleep again.

"The Winter Maiden used her." He's convinced himself of that story, more or less, even with nothing to support it but his own suspicions and his own spite.

[mirrortide]

"So she murdered her. Yeah, that seems totally fair." Are you Serious, Lambert? Like, Actually Serious? Of course it's her fault! MURDERING SOMEONE IS A CHOICE.

[whattaprick]

"Well," Lambert says, matter of fact. "She's not exactly smart, is she."

[mirrortide]

Lapis has to absolutely restrain herself from making a comment that would likely get into trouble, so. She's not even going to reply to that, but she does look like she very much agrees with that sentiment.

[whattaprick]

Lambert misses that look, and the pause gives his brain time to wander around, skipping around thoughts like a mayfly, before he settles on--

"Glad you're back."

[mirrortide]

"What?" Hopefully Lambert is understanding of the fact that Lapis doesn't understand why he'd be glad that she's back. In fact, she's giving him a very obvious I Don't Believe You look. "Why?"

[whattaprick]

"I don't give a shit about you," the witcher tells her plainly, which is probably more along the lines of what she expected him to say.

"But 'Dot and Steven do." He grunts, forehead wrinkling irritably. "The other one get back too?"

Jasper. He's talking about Jasper.

[mirrortide]

No, that lines up exactly with it, and she frowns, because yeah, that tracks. Whatever, it's at least honest, and Lapis can respect that. "Jasper's back too. Sort of."

[whattaprick]

"Sort of?" Lambert blinks at Lapis, expectantly. Don't just leave him hanging here, Lapis.

[mirrortide]

"Gems damaged. Her physical form is unstable. Waiting on Steven to fix it." There's your deets, jerk.

[whattaprick]

Lambert digests that information.

"She's not very smart either."

[mirrortide]

"No. No she's not." Lapis puts her head into her hand. "Try being stuck to her for six months straight with no one else around."

[whattaprick]

"You don't seem like you'd put up with that." Well, she doesn't. "Lose a bet?"

[mirrortide]

"Stars no." Lapis waves her hand. "I bound her to me in a fusion and stuck us both at the bottom of the ocean." She says it like it's not any big deal, when, in fact, it's a huge deal.

[whattaprick]

"... Why?" It's not that he gets how big a deal it is or isn't... but he's curious.

[mirrortide]

"To protect Steven." Lambert doesn't get any more of an explanation.

[whattaprick]

"Fair enough." Lambert already knows she cares about Steven, like, a lot. No need to reiterate that.

Though after a moment of considering the topic longer, he has to venture:

"Did she kick ass?" No, he absolutely isn't providing any context for the question. Lapis will have to figure that one out herself.

[mirrortide]

"I'm going to assume you mean Malachite. In which case, yeah, I guess. We did crush the fae that had us captive for a bit." But, you know. Fae. They have issues with staying dead proper.

[whattaprick]

That gets her a raspy snicker.

"I meant Peridot." He draws out the name slow and careful. It has a suspiciously similar cadence to stuuupid.

[mirrortide]

Suddenly, Lambert gets beaned upside the head with a droplet of water. Where did that come from?

"I don't know. I guess? We sort of ended up eating her at one point."

[whattaprick]

Plip, and Lambert looks more disoriented than ever. Is the medtent leaking sideways? Also, that sounds weird. He considers that mental image and can't even figure it out.

"Knew you wanted her in you."

this icon, but to a lesser degree

[mirrortide]

Plip, Lmabert is beaned with yet another droplet of water. It's only thanks! To Portland, that Lapis understands the connotations behind what Lambert is saying.

"First of all, we're not like that. Second of all, she's in a relationship with Amethyst. We'd never get together anyway. Third of all, shut up." Who is she trying to convince here! Lambert, definitely!

[whattaprick]

Lambert's expression twitches at the next impact, but he's distracted by Lapis's words. There's a lot of confusion, at this point. A relationship with Amethyst? Why didn't he know that? But more importantly--

He waggles his brows at her. It looks painful. It also doesn't stop him from saying:

"Go show her you jiggle."