⇨ CAMPING GROUNDS

[ringleaders]

Who: Everybody!
When: Day 64
Where: The Camping Grounds
What: While the Ringmaster attempts to purge the carnival of magical tracing spells and deal with the angry fire fae in her belly, everyone else is getting sent on an emergency camping trip with some unusual local fauna.
Warnings: Camping.

CRYPTIC CAMPGROUNDS↴ You're given about three hours to prepare, after the Ringmaster tells you her plans for the coming week. There is a vast selection of camping equipment at your disposal, and the means to take along enough food for the length of the stay. The wilderness of the planet you're left on is nearly idyllic, but some people just don't like the great outdoors. ► CRYPTOZOOLOGY: As it turns out, the carnival won't be alone here. There is a varied ecosystem of cryptids to be found as well, living in relative peace and mostly reacting to the newcomers with curiousity. More details can be found on the plotting post. You are free to NPC the cryptids as much as you need to, as long as you stick to the behaviours described. ► DREAMSHARING: There is a player plot going on which will allow characters to share dreams! These are specifically more dreams than nightmares, and the mushi-adept characters will be here to help. ► CHILLAX: There isn't any plot twist for this setting, so this is mostly an opportunity to decompress from the last plot and get ready for the future. The Ringmaster will show up occasionally to help with needed medical treatments and check on things, but won't stick around for long.

Comments

[dontpokethat]

"Doesn't matter how good the weather is. It's dangerous."

Ginko gives a brief shake of his head; if he notices how Shima is examining him, he brushes it off as unimportant pretty quickly. Gotta talk about mushi!

"Moving your tent may not help; if we've got an infestation moving in, they'll spring up wherever they can find someone sleeping. I can get back to you once I've looked around more, but for the moment it's better to be safe than sorry."

[worldlyafflictions]

"Okay so if it's not poisonous but sleeping is dangerous, what does it actually do."

Is there some reason he doesn't want to say?? Frown...

"...Did ya introduce yourself as Ginko on the radio a while back when we were digging stuff outta that library?"

[dontpokethat]

Oh, he will absolutely say it. He's just... incredibly bad at getting to the point quickly.

Now, though, he finally will: "Simply put, it blurs the borders between sleeping minds. It's not dangerous at first, but extended exposure can keep blurring people's minds together more and more, making it harder to distinguish between individuals' memories and identities. Not something we should be risking."

He blinks, and lifts his ears slightly. "--Ah, yeah. You do sound familiar, come to think of it."

Which isn't to say that he's actually placed Shima's voice yet, because he hasn't.