⇨ 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.

Comments

[whattaprick]

They're small words to Syrlya, maybe, but to Lambert ... well, he wouldn't say they solve all his problems, but it's oddly reassuring. He thinks he knows Syrlya well enough now to believe he wouldn't be one to offer hollow platitudes.

The question that follows, however, is much less relaxing. Lambert doesn't rush his answer, pursing his lips and considering.

"There are no right decisions," he says, finally. It may be cliche, but it's true ... and it's always what he's believed. "Just the ones that get you what you want, and the ones you can live with. Sometimes, if you're really lucky? They're the same thing."

He pauses. "I think we could have done better. Used the Athenaeum's magic smarter. Not lost Strange. But dealing with Ignatius? I'd still do the same thing."

[chronosynthesis]

Syrlya tips his head slightly. No right decisions, huh...

He wonders about that, but not enough to press Lambert's perception of the matter further right now.

"I see," he says it neutrally, without a lot of force. He hopes 'do the same thing' isn't actually going to be a decision they'll be faced with anytime soon, but... he otherwise can't exactly call Lambert wrong.

"I agree we could have approached it better. There is no changing what occurred, but at least it is something we will remember in the future."

[whattaprick]

Lambert nods. That’s more or less how he feels about it — admittedly, with more bloodthirstiness involved, but experience has taught him nobody is interested in hearing that.

“We don’t know if what we tried will pay off,” he says. “Not until the Ringmaster is done with him... and not until we know how the Court answers.” He frowns.

“I wish I could tell you to take as much time as you want,” he admits, “But the sooner you’re back, the better.”