⇨ 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

[wild_magic]

"That would have been a lot cooler! I guess it might have been more dangerous, though. Or even a little scary?" Since no one knew magic was real, that definitely could have been scary for people to see.

"It's still cool, though, that way. You must be really good at it to be able to do it without even knowing you could." He's seen him do it, after all, but there's still got to be some sort of natural talent if he can do it so easily.

[kingsroads]

Strange looks a little proud of himself. A more modest man would point out the many factors that lead to Strange becoming a magician, starting with 'it might be part of a prophecy' and ending with 'no seriously, I've no idea why I suddenly could do magic in my late twenties.' Strange is not modest. So Strange is going to gloat a little.

"Well I did do magic for the King of England." Just because there were only two magicians in England. And the magic didn't really do anything. But he's gloating and preening right now so those things don't matter! "I suppose that makes me 'really good' by default."

[wild_magic]

Of course Susan has no idea what England is, but he knows what a king is and so he still lights up at the idea, thinking of how cool that would be to show off for a king.

"You really did? What did you do for him? Did he want something really boring or was it something really important?"

[kingsroads]

"It was supposed to be something really important. The king was sick and my mentor and I were charged to help him." There's a brief pause. It would be so easy for Strange to continue talking himself up and talking up his magic. But, he's not one to lie to begin with and he's certainly not one to lie to Susan.

"Unfortunately, we weren't of any use. Magic cannot cure madness."

[wild_magic]

His face falls a bit when he hears that they were unsuccessful, and he nods as he thinks about that.

"It would have been really good, if you'd done it... I don't think even healing magic in our world can heal madness. Maybe a god could, or a really powerful cleric..." He trails off as he thinks about it before shaking his head.

"It's still cool that you were called to help, even if it didn't work." He'd still be happy to be called by someone as important as a king, even if he failed.

[kingsroads]

"It was very cool," Strange admits, with a little grin. Being able to call himself the king's magician? Going to the palace itself? Of course that was cool, why wouldn't it be!

"I doubt it will ever happen again, but I'm fine with that. After all, I can still call myself the king's magician even if I've only helped the king once!"