⇨ 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

[exaomori]

Some would call that a long-term investment; Shura would call it a giant pain the ass.

Oh, good, he wasn't going to be a stick in the mud about taking a little risk. "Mm, it ain't like money's worth much here. You got any booze stashed away somewhere?" It had the potential to backfire on her since she barely had anything left by now.

[kingsroads]

And Strange laughs a little, shaking his head at Shura's question.

"Alas, I don't. I was, ah, indisposed when the Ringmaster told us all to pack for camping." He was super dead and stuck in the middle of a revival egg. "I've been relying on the kindness of others—I only have the clothes on my back because one of my friends was smart enough to bring them!"

God bless Childermass and his practicality. Still, that brings them back to nothing to wager. Strange frowns for a moment, thinks things over, before asking, "What about secrets? The winner gets to ask the loser a question which the loser has to answer truthfully."

The suggestion doesn't seem to bother Strange much. After all, he's annoyingly open about most of his life.

[exaomori]

"Aaah, yeah, that's right. I guess they were still too annoyed with you to bring you anything fun. What a pain! This place is too boring to stay sober the entire time." Besides, wasn't that one of the fun things to do out in the wilderness, drink and play with fire? It was such a pity they were on the run. Well, maybe if they got bored enough, they could work on some moonshine or something equally dumb.

But that's the kind of wager Shura isn't so sure about. "Secrets? Ha! A guy like you doesn't have many secrets, y'know~ That puts me at a disadvantage."

[kingsroads]

Shura has a point. Strange frowns for a little bit, actually thinking through what other things they could use to wager with. They don't have booze, secrets are out...the idea of just playing the game to play the game and not wager anything doesn't really enter Strange's mind.

"Do you have any suggestions?" he asks, still thinking to himself.

[exaomori]

A man so obvious and open that he won't even try to deny the fact that he had no secrets. Shura has to laugh.

"Mm, this place makes it rough! We might hafta to do something easy--whoever loses owes the winner a favor. Borin', but it's better than nothin'." Playing a game just to have fun? who does that?

[kingsroads]

"I suppose we'll have to do that." He shrugs and sighs. Strange really can't think of any better alternatives but here we are, favors might have to work.

"I think it's your turn, by the way." Honestly, Strange doesn't remember who's turn it is, but he barely has any idea who his space boyfriend actually is. Might as well let Shura go next.

[exaomori]

"Is it?" A favor it was, then. But there was still the matter of actually figuring out who her space boyfriend was, and that was the tricky part. "Ah, it prolly is. Let's see...."

Naturally, the next clue Shura gets is about as helpful as the rest of the clues, something about his thick mane. Should she just start by picking the most attractive one of the bunch? Maybe luck will be on her side if she just pick up one of the cards on the board--

It's a picture of some guy with more eyes than she's comfortable with. For just a brief second, he brow creases and she drops the card back to the board. "Plenty of variety out in space, I guess."

[kingsroads]

None of these clues are helpful. Strange just stares at the board with utter confusion as the phone happily tells Strange about his boyfriend's chitinous exoskeleton. Strange, a man who's level of biology knowledge doesn't get more in-depth than 'that thing breathes water', is out of his depth.

"You'd think that they'd at least have a guide as to who's what species," he responds, as he hands the phone back to Shura. "Or would that be prejudiced? Damned if I know, this space stuff is too confusing."

Give him magic, any day. That's much more sensible!