⇨ NPC MEET & GREET

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 76 - Day 78
Where: The Carnival
What: A gaggle of NPCs have arrived at the carnival to help with the acquisition of the Silver Mirror. There is an investigation thread for casual NPC interactions, and the rest will be handled in expositional megathreads.
Warnings: Nothing in particular!

HERE BEHIND YOU↴ As promised by the Ringmaster, near the end of the week there will be a number of guests arriving. All of them have encountered the carnival before in a variety of ways - you may have met them, or they may have been before your time. Either way, there are here to help. They owe the carnival a favour, after all. They are around for specific reasons, which will be carried out in the form of a couple conversational megathreads, but beyond that you are free to ask them questions in the investigation thread. ► THE DWARF FAMILY: This trio of dwarves (pictures here) are the heart and soul of the Worldwalker Caravan, aka the merchants that came to entertain the carnival during their solstic vacation on the moon. Brunis is a master tinkerer, Brauni is a master blacksmith, and Bal is a master chef. All of them are capable of creating amazing things, and if necessary they may be willing to do a few commissions for the carnival. ► SHIMMER & SCALD: A pair of escaped Winter Court changelings who used to belong to a fae called the Mother of Invention, and are now part of the Worldwalker Caravan. Shimmer is the more vocal of the two, and was apparently one of the Mother's top scientists before she fled. For obvious reasons, neither of them want the Winter Court to win the day. ► RAPH THE NEPHILIM: Mostly known for the fact that she was the brewer of the healing draughts that the carnival bought on mass from the Caravan during solstice. She uses her angelic powers to create and restore angelic artifacts, and knows a bit about angelic history. She's also had more direct experience with the Nephilim lifestyle than most. ► MOSS THE CHANGELING: Another changeling seeking refuge within the Caravan, she mostly gave the impression of being from the Summer Court. Unfortunately, whatever she went through seems to have traumatized her, leaving her so socially anxious that she struggles to carry on normal conversations. For those that met her, seeing her come out to the carnival in such a small group may come as a surprise. ► ALYSS & REYNA: A rabbit girl and a fox girl who were first encountered as starcrossed lovers under the tyrannical rule of the Prince. The efforts of the carnival helped to free them and the rest of the Manor servants, and instead of seeking refuge in the Summerlands, they chose to travel with the Caravan. They are mostly here on a social call, eager to say hello and lend what aid they can to the people who saved their lives. ► PRUDENCE & DAMIEN: The odd ducks out, these two are actually not from the Caravan at all! Instead, they are from Portland, in the version of earth that the carnival was trapped in for a month almost half a year ago. They were allies with the carnival during their efforts to break the barrier trapping them, and now, somehow, they've arrived at the carnival. Prudence is notably another nephilim, and the holder of a powerful angelic artifact called the Hand of God. Damien is her partner in crime and a warlock, or something.

Comments

[bananaspeedrider]

"IT WASN'T LIKE THAT...!!!!"

Yugo exclaims out loud, likely drawing attention to the conversation. He also looks completely and utterly flustered by the assumption, which has to be drop dead hilarious.

[npcarnival]

"Then what was it like?" Pru will demand, sounding increasingly like she needs to phone the police.

[bananaspeedrider]

Is Damien snickering in the background or taking all this seriously.

He'll semi-awkwardly explain that sure he made the offer to Reina in exchange for if they started dating, but it was mutual consent and they seriously never went intimately closer than kissing. Really. Honest.

But at the same time the Severing did rewrite peoples memories, so who knows if anyone could really say those were decisions he consciously made- but oh god please don't figuratively kill him.

[npcarnival]

Damien doesn't seem to find anything particularly funny about it. His hackles aren't up the same way that Pru's are, but he is definitely exasperated - he's facepalming as Yugo tries to explain himself, as if contemplating what a sinking ship this is.

Pru will irritably tell him that it isn't her job to enforce Angelic laws - but that doesn't mean she doesn't know sleezebag behaviour when she sees it. She doesn't know much about the rewriting aspect of the Severing considering she lives on that earth normally, but Yugo sure didn't seem ashamed of himself until she pointed it out.

[bananaspeedrider]

When she explains the implications in that manner and adds in name calling going on, the most Yugo coincidentally does is make a genuinely puzzled expression at the accusation.

But it's also only now that Yugo finally gets the hint that maaaaybe it would be better if he abandoned this train wreck of a conversation.

"Uh... well... I see what you mean there. Completely. And I'd never do something like that again to someone else! Anyway I think there was something the boss wanted me to check out before the next stop so I should go handle that...!"

And with that Yugo is out of here if he doesn't get stopped.