⇨ 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

[alphudo]

If she's seen him at any point throughout their camping trip so far, she'll know fully well he can run just for the sake of running.

Yuusei, on the other hand, certainly doesn't seem like he's all too convinced that'll help. His grip on her hands tightens somewhat. "Those aren't the same thing...!"

[insidescoop]

Carly is gripping back, and tugs him to the left. "Of course it is~! This isn't a ballroom! It's for just fun!" she laughs, still a bit giddy from the somewhat glimmering tumbler she had a drink from earlier.

Well this explains SOME obliviousness... "If you combine them all it's dancing for fun~!"

[alphudo]

He could really use a drink right now himself to be frank, but oh well, maybe later. He staggers a bit as she pulls him (and he probably would've staggered more if he was drunk) and overcorrects to regain his balance - twirling Carly around him in the process.

Well this... isn't going terrible so far? What??

[insidescoop]

"WWHWOOHOOO~!" And a spin is exactly what she was hoping for, apparently! "See~! That's a start, isn't it? Just move!" she cheers, beaming brightly. "Whoo!" Have another spin, though that's tricky when she's the one trying to initiate.

[alphudo]

Yuusei has absolutely no idea what's going on. "I-I guess so...!" He spins her around again anyway, getting the general gist of what she wants him to do with her tug against his arm. He tries to move himself more with her as well, his claws stumbling underneath himself but recovering quickly enough afterward. This isn't so bad...!

[insidescoop]

"And I know so~!" Carly sings, 'hopping' backward to tug him along. "Jump with me..~ We can't just spin, you know!" They'll get dizzy! And sick!

Hopefully Nuna isn't jealous, though she seems fine so far...

[alphudo]

This is true, Carly is drunk so let's not get the poor bird nauseous, yeah?

This is something that comes more naturally to Yuusei, giving a short "gallop" of sorts to keep up with her, and hey wait naturally--

He leans back to pull her closer to himself before sidestepping, wondering if she'll follow along or if she has her own plans.

[fortuneglass]

"Whoo~!" The answer is yes, she will go along quite nicely! She's giggling quite warmly actually, moving to adjust her arms so she can more comfortably keep hold. "That's more like it..!~ See! You're a natural~" At nonsense dancing at least, but hey, the entire point is nonsense dancing after all, and it's hard not to remain in a good mood when such opportunities to forget the worries of the week are there. "~Most coordinated~"

[alphudo]

He snorts at the notion that he's anything remotely close to being "coordinated", but he admittedly hasn't proven her wrong yet, and he breaks out into a grin as they guide each other around the campfire in any which way. This is nice, really really nice... Even if it's nonsense, it's fun nonsense.

When he went into this, he figured he would've stopped after a handful of minutes, but as those minutes tick by, he becomes less and less aware of them. Soon he's following Carly's pace, taking things as fast or slow as she'd like because at this point all that matters to him is the moment and no matter what she does the moment is good.

Eventually, though, Carly will find herself being tugged upward into a spin, and if she catches the motion in action she'll see it's because Yuusei's rising onto his hind legs, and it's only meant to be for a moment, but those few seconds are certainly enough to let the dirt come loose under his claws...

"AH--!"

...as he pitches backward and falls to the ground.

[fortuneglass]

That's what camping is meant to be for after all- letting loose, having some fun, and for at lest a few nights, forgetting about the worries of the rest of the world. It's good to take that break- and with a shout of surprise and a chorus of laughter she moves up into the air with the other, giddy and giggling at the sudden shift. And then-

"HEEEH-!" They're on the ground.

There is a blinking pause, before she curls up into a fit of laughter. "Ksshfhf...HHHAHAHhaHAHA! Man, Yuusei..! For someone who doesn't think they can pull off dancing, you really had good ideas..~!" They're on the ground Carly. The ground.