lostcarnival | ⇨ EDEN PT. 2

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 86 - Day 88
Where: Eden
What: The Furies of Eden have been found and have agreed to ally with the carnival to achieve their mutual goals. Meanwhile, tensions in the city only get thicker. How much longer until everyone's cover is blown for good?
Warnings: Increasingly high chances of ritual sacrifices.

FRUIT OF KNOWLEDGE↴

Progresses has been made, but obstacles are approaching. As various characters fall under suspicion for their unusual natures the threat of backlash from the community of Honorables and Architects grows imminent. Several carnival members have fled to the Barrens, allying with the Furies of Eden, a rebel group bent on defying Lilith and taking Eden for themselves. Meanwhile, those still in the city are left with the aftermath.

Information is still being cycled between the two groups, via various super powers and delivery methods. Sans has been freed from the control of his Architect and has left to find the rebels, but his delivery service is still being used to disperse information. You can assume to have been told about anything on this spreadsheet that's been addressed to the entire mailing list.

► TENSIONS GROW: As the days go on, the attitude of long term residents have only grown more suspicious and hostile. Several members of the new arrivals have gone missing, and it seems as if the locals are starting to suspect these absences are intentional rather than accidental. Some of the most ornery of them will say things that suggest that they think they've run off to join the heretics, but they will be hushed by those near them. However, no immediately violence is being imposed on people from the carnival's entry group. Not that you've seen, anyway.

► SAMYAZA'S INVITATION: Displeased by the atmosphere being created by all this distrust, Samyaza the Hare, Architect of Festivities and Music, has invited all of the remaining new arrivals to an exclusive garden party of hers. Everyone who is still in the city will be invited to attend, along with some choice members of the native population. The actual party will be happening on Day 88. Attendance is strongly recommended by the other Honorables. The nature of this even will depend on what occurs before it, and will be covered in more detail later in the log. The invitations go out on Day 86.

► HERESY UNVEILED: On the evening of Day 86, the city of Eden is alight with controversy - a band of Furies have been found! Hasma of Araqiel (the horse featured in Missing posters last week) has been caught within city borders, along with two Honorables of Eden who had been secretly colluding with her. The three condemned Furies have been bound and chained in cages in a public areas of the city, awaiting trial and punishment. It's a similar tone to criminals being locked in stockades for the civilians to mock, though the initial city mood seems more uncomfortable and nervous than angry. There is a horse, squirrel, and border collie currently imprisoned.

► RINGMASTER'S RETURN: On Day 87, the Ringmaster will be returning from her investigation. Specifically, she'll be arriving at the doorstep of the Furies in the Barrens, and will be entering to visit her associates within. Apparently, she's been spending all this time searching the barrens for entrances into the core of Eden, as well as trying to communicate with the Serpent. Neither have yielded major successes, however. Carnival members at the Furies base can ask interact with her through investigations.

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A: The invitations

[Things are getting extremely tense, so that means it's... the perfect time for a party? Hinawa stares at her invitation, not quite sure what to make of it. Every fancy party she's been to has been as part of the carnival, and they always turn out to be disasters. With everything happening now, she's certain this is going to end up much the same if they're not very careful.

She's spent most of her time in Eden keeping her head down, but now she seeks out anyone she knows is from the carnival (well, anyone who's still here at least).]

Hello, there! Did you hear about the party? I hope I'll see you there!

[Wink wink, nudge nudge.]

B: The heretics

[Hinawa first sees the imprisoned animals on he way back from delivering a cake- a good thing since she would have dropped said cake in shock. She's fortunate that everyone around her also seems nervous rather than angry, because the sight of the animals in chains just makes her feel sick to her stomach. She's filled with a desire to help them, although she knows that trying to approach would be a monumentally bad idea. So instead, she shuffles nervously on her hooves, kind of looking as if she's about to faint.]

[Reira, suffice to say, is incredibly oblivious to any tensions going on around her. Rather, she's very deliberately ignoring them in the spirit of not stressing herself out.

Last time she let herself get stressed out at a party, Bad things happened. Very bad.

Reira bouncing around holding an invitation fortunately lends to Hinawa not being very obvious in her approach. Anyone would, it could seem.] Um!!

You're excited too? [She asks, beaming.] A lot of others said it should be fun, but they weren't excited either so...

Oh, definitely! I'm very... excited.

[Actually she's trying hard not to freak out about it, but, you know.]

You're going to be there, right?

Yeah!! [She can...tell. Her smile falters just a little bit, but she can't bring herself to argue anymore. Too many people just...aren't happy.

So she'll have to convince them.] Samyaza, the one who gave me my name, is supposed to have lots of parties a lot of the time... ...and I'm going to make a really nice sculpture there for her, I think!

As a big thank you!

[She's got a few things in mind already, actually.]

[SORRY REIRA, it's hard to be excited when everything leads you to believe something terrible is bound to happen.

Still, Hinawa feels a little bad for bringing her down, so she gives a smile anyway. As much as a sheep can smile.]

Oh, she's the one who named you? I think giving her a gift like that would be really special!

Mmn! [Reira drinks in the facade almost readily, despite seeing through it. There is a certain side of honest care there after all- and with how few have seen fit to put up with her chatter, it is a welcome change.] She looked at my soul, and made the name from that...so it has to mean something nice, right?

[Even if she's anxious about everything, Mom isn't about to ignore a child who wants to talk.]

That is something very nice. Not everyone gets a name, you know.

Everyone here is supposed to get a name... [She mutters, blinking wide-eyed.] Umnh-

...They're all special names though, [She insists.] ...I hope I get to ask what mine meant.

Here we have names, that's true, but there are lots of animals out there without them.

[Wink wink]

What do you think your name means?

Eh? [To that, Reira blinks. What her name means? Isn't the entire point the fact that she doesn't know? After all-]

...I don't know.

I don't even know how you write it properly, [She points out.]

[Ginko has been avoiding passing by this part of the city ever since he first saw the prisoners chained up here - and, when he's had to, he's done his best to avoid looking at them.

Hinawa, however, seems like she might be having even more trouble with this than he did. Ginko moves over to her side, keeping his voice down.] Should get out of here. Staring won't do much good.

[There's a part of her that wants to run up and free them, but she knows that would only make everything worse, so she just nods slowly.]

It just makes me sick to see this.

You and me both. But there's nothing we can do right now.

[The 'right now' is important. Maybe, once the Ringmaster gets back, they'll be able to do... anything about this.

For now, though, he figures they're better off safe than sorry.]

Right now...

[Of course, they can't do anything for them yet, as much as they're suffering.]

I wish this was all over.

It will be. In just a while.

[As he speaks, he makes sure they're actually moving away from the chained animals, since... he'd rather not stay there for long, either.]

We've just got to keep learning what we can, and waiting it out.

[Then maybe they can help those animals, too.]

[Leaving is good, she likes leaving.]

The sooner she gets back, the better, and I never thought I'd find myself thinking that.

[Three guesses as to who 'she' is.]

[Ginko huffs, less out of amusement than a sort of wry understanding.]

I'm looking forward to it, that's for sure. I doubt it'll be too long now.

[He hopes not, anyway.]

⇨ EDEN PT. 2

Hinawa | OTA 86/87

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