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⇨ CONFLAGRATION
Who: The Ringmaster, Peridot, Amethyst, Shima, Tyki, Childermass and Ignatius.
When: Day 68
Where: THE CENTER OF THE (OTHER) MOON.
What: The Ringmaster has recruited the help of a not-so-elite group of carnival members to help her deal with the imprisoned Ignatius.
Warnings: Weird egg stuff.
When: Day 68
Where: THE CENTER OF THE (OTHER) MOON.
What: The Ringmaster has recruited the help of a not-so-elite group of carnival members to help her deal with the imprisoned Ignatius.
Warnings: Weird egg stuff.
THE FIERY ONE↴ When you meet up with the Ringmaster at the portal she's in her humanoid form, but that doesn't last long. After a brief period of waiting, she will take you back to the carnival grounds, still fresh and partially undefined from her rebuilding. It's familiar, but as if details have been left out - like a painting that's not finished yet. The sky isn't right, and and the forests are oddly barren. She'll assure you she simply isn't finished with it yet, but that this has taken precedence. Soon, she'll be turning into her dragon form and whisking you all away, up into the second moon. The flight happens almost instantaneously - first you see the carnival grounds, then the sandy oceans of the moon - then, you see nothing. It doesn't last for long, though. A ring of glowing stones light up the new space you're filling - a cavern carved out of the center of the moon itself. Unlike the moon with the Blue Rose, however, it isn't perfectly spherical, and gravity goes straight down. There is a rough, uneven floor you can walk on steadily, with boulders and rocks scattered about. The Ringmaster's current dragon form fills about half of it. In the center of the room there are two man-sized eggs. One glows brightly with an inner light, radiating heat. The other does as well, but less so. There's an impromptu nest of rocks around them, preventing them from falling over. The Ringmaster seems unsure of how to start. "So," she begins, uncertainly. She is till hunched over in dragon form. "This... is a bit complicated." |
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The Ringmaster speaks up again, reluctantly.
"...I didn't spend much time trying to convince the Summer Court, and the Winter Court wouldn't listen from the start. The Summer Maiden tried to speak for me, but was accused of defending me only out of personal interest. I don't think it really mattered, did it? Whether I did it myself or I did it with help, the fault was still mine."
"There is the truth you know," Ignatius says, his mirth fading, "and then the truth you say to maintain the balance. You were disposable. The Winter Maiden wasn't."
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Continuing from that, she turns back to Ignatius, glowering fiercely. "If this 'balance' between the courts is so precarious, maybe you all need to reconsider your setup. It sounds like you have some serious structural integrity issues."
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From all the stories, all the books he read, and the information shared, Wyld Fae hardly seemed to have any standing compared to others. No matter what position the Ringmaster might've held that was gone. She was the scapegoat now and they were hell bent on finding her.
No hierarchy was perfect. It never would be. "Even those willing to help rarely do in order to hold onto what is theirs." Betrayal and deceit at its finest.
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"Because fighting for myself would only get other people hurt," she snarls, though its more hurt than angry. "Who do you think took the brunt of my crimes? The Courts? No, the Wyld Fae."
"Disrespect has nothing on being seen as an active threat - as the thing that could unbalance the Queens if directed by the right hands. That is my only legacy in this struggle, and it's the only thing I've done in this carnival, too."
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"Well-- Then. Why did you do it in the first place? Kill the Winter Queen, I mean?" she asks a little defensively.
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"Because I thought it was the right thing to do," she says, her voice strained. "But it wasn't. It never is."
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"Oof," she murmurs under her breath. This is definitely familiar.
Except, well...
"Hey, uh, pretty sure it wasn't the wrong thing to do when you ate that Prince dude. Just saying. Or, y'know, with the vampires..."
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"Though... Um..." She looks at Ignatius, though her next question isn't necessarily posed just to him. "What... DID the courts do to the Wyld Fae?"
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It's why his hand is held there for a moment until it pats against her again similar to how he touched her earlier except this time with a soothing rub. It's a touchy subject but Amethyst thankfully has the proper words. Tyki was rather biased when it came to the Prince and he didn't like to talk about it. His voice is low and calm again, "I'm grateful, my Lady." He didn't have to worry about that anymore. Plus, everyone in that Manor who was free was likely grateful as well, if not mildly wary. Not that saving a group was every important to him.
He understands though. The Rose did end up bringing them trouble with that decision. Was it the right thing to do? Who knows. What was done was for the better in their case. She could've left them there.
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"There was a lot of fighting. Casualties. It's what happens, in a war," he says. That isn't to dismiss the importance of them, but it seems obvious to him, that if you start a war that's what will come of it. "The Wyld Fae were following the Great Beast's lead."
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"Yes, well," she says, resting her head on her paws. "That was their mistake." It takes her a moment to go on. "A lot of people have been hurt because of this, with no end in sight."
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This is a serious conversation, and Peridot's gonna let you guys finish but. She's piecing some things together.
"...You... were some kind of leader of a rebel army!?"
She's looking over at the Ringmaster again, with something that looks like dawning awe. Ignatius had mentioned revolution but...
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"Does that mean the nation destroying revolution would be from the Wyld Fae, not the Summer Court?"
He had presumed Ignatius meant something more akin to the Summer Queen trying to hold sway with a missing Summer Maiden or the like, not that.
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"Well, yes. All three of us were. That was the point of teaming up in the first place."
The Maidens could lead the rebels of their own courts, but leading the Wyld Fae was a different thing entirely.
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"Hmm, that puts things into a greater perspective."
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Suddenly, the court's reactions make a lot more sense. She stares at the Ringmaster. Stares at Ignatius.
"Hmmmmmmmmm... Aaaaaaaaaa... Hm."
Please excuse her while she bluescreens for a minute over this whole mess being even bigger than she already realized.
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He rubs his nose, sniffling out some leftover fluids from the egg experience, which he still isn't over yet. He spits on the ground.
"But, you got your lunatic in charge. I hope it made you happy."
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"Well, we can get inta more details 'n whether it was worth it or not later, maybe without Mr. Unwilling here, or with, if the Ringmaster wants him ta hear it." He looks back over at Ignatius, "But I think ya've got the idea by now that if the Carnival does anything about the Winter Queen it won't be outta vengeance. Sounds like if it happens at all it'll be because that's the only option ta set things where they need ta be."
"For now that ain't on the table even if we wanted to. We aren't practical for fighting, like ya said. Not ta say we aren't looking for a change. Something you'll be dealing with too, unless ya wanna leave all your firepower ta us and off yourself with those new claws, 'cause we're not gonna do it for ya."
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"I believe that should bring our first meeting here to an end," Childermass speaks up again, gruff voice rising to be a little louder than usual. He glances around at the gathered group, then up towards the Ringmaster. "Ignatius will need time to recover and we, time to consider what's been said."
It's his second attempt to end this, though perhaps not prematurely this time. If the Ringmaster is growling, well, they don't need her to decide to bite Ignatius' head off after all.
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"Wait-- So we're just going to leave him up here like this?" Peridot says nervously, eyeballing Ignatius briefly. She knew that was the plan; it's not like this is unexpected. But now that the time for leaving approaches, there's something about this that still doesn't quite sit well with her.
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It's not trust he's extending but he kind of feels like a jerk unintentionally from earlier. "Chains would be cruel at this point for Ignatius and putting him back in her stomach would not be preferable for either of them." He glances at Ignatius and then the Ringmaster, "But I don't want to assume?"
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His red eyes settle on Shima dangerously, watching him until Peridot speaks. He glances to her uncertainly, and then looks away. He knows he has no say in this. He considers the idea of pleading with them, but abandons the notion quickly.
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"I'm not sure what else to offer you, Ignatius. You know what's happened now, so you must understand why we can't let you go. Nothing I allow you besides you freedom is going to help much, it seems."
Despite growling a moment before, she still sounds sympathetic. Like it or not, she knows that allowing Winter to take over was a mistake.
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