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⇨ SHABONDAMASHII
Who: Everyone!
When: Day 92 - Day 99
Where: Shabondamashii Bathhouse
What: With the Silver Mirror claimed and the animals of Eden relocated, it's time for the carnival to kick back and enjoy an interdimensional bathhouse and the surrounding festival city. Meanwhile, the scattered shards of the Mirror have an unexpected effect.
Warnings: Dark/Light halves acting weird.
When: Day 92 - Day 99
Where: Shabondamashii Bathhouse
What: With the Silver Mirror claimed and the animals of Eden relocated, it's time for the carnival to kick back and enjoy an interdimensional bathhouse and the surrounding festival city. Meanwhile, the scattered shards of the Mirror have an unexpected effect.
Warnings: Dark/Light halves acting weird.
THE BIG CLEANSE↴ As the carnival recovers, the Ringmaster has brought it to the gates of a famous interdimensional bathhouse to rest. She won't be joining you for most of it, though she will be checking in frequently and available by radio. She's fixed a large portion of the Silver Mirror after it shattered, but it seems like pieces are missing. She doesn't want to rest until the missing shards are dealt with, and the Mirror itself is locked away safely. ► YOUR OTHER HALF: The shards missing from the Silver Mirror didn't just disappear - after breaking apart in Eden, fragments of the object embedded themselves in the spirits of those not already touched by its powers, and those that had been the most fae-touched. That means, your characters. The effect of this, explained in more detail on the plotting post, is that some characters will be splitting into two versions of themselves: the Light, and the Dark. This doesn't mean good and evil, of course, it's far more complicated than that. Splits can start happening at any time after arriving in Shabon, and initially characters won't know how to rejoin with their twins. Later on, it will become apparent that they need to reconnect via the shard of the Mirror they share... of course, in order to rejoin, you have to have both halves, and not all twins will be as eager to go back to the way things were before. This plot point is optional. ► SPA DAY: When you're not engaging in metaphysical division, you are free to enjoy the many luxuries that Shabon offers. Things will mostly have an east-Asian bend, like what you would see in the movie Spirited Away, but as long as it doesn't affect the setting much, you can honestly have whatever spa-type services available that you want. Food is served both in restaurants and 'buffet' style. There are also well paid sex workers here, if that is your thing, but make sure to tip well. ► FESTIVAL TOWN: The city surrounding Shabondamashii is largely meant to catch the business of interdimensional tourists. There are frequent parades and other events held, and the architecture is very closely packed. It's easy to get lost if you leave the bathhouse, but it's definitely worth it if you like party. You can pick out a few outfits for yourself and some fun nick nacks, but nothing that would normally require mod approval. |
⇨ INVESTIGATIONS
DON'T BE VAGUE. If you are having your character investigate something, you must explain what your character is specifically doing to find out information. Don't just say "I investigate the Twelve." You have to be more specific, by saying what your character is doing, such as "My character is going to ask the Honorables that brought everyone in who the Twelve are." The more specific you are, the better info you will get in return.
You can also confront NPCs by this method, and you'll get summary posts in return explaining how the situation will unfold based on your actions. Investigation is important for this plot! Various boons and advantages will be given out for characters who make a difference.
Please restrict all investigation actions to one or two actions at a time. Please don't give me a laundry list of the five different things your character is doing, because it makes everything too time-consuming to get through. Stick to one main thing your character is looking into per tag.
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Are there pampering/grooming services for pets/animal companions as well?
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Day 94 onwards
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Yuya | OTA | All Week
Yuya doesn't expect much when the carnival lands and the Ringmaster sent them off, until his eyes actually lay on the bathhouse and the bustling festival down below and and his expression lights up. It screams, frankly, luxury, like those fancy mountain resorts you see in pamphlets.
He swaps his clothes for a more suitable yukata, with his pendulum and collar still around his neck because he thinks that's fashionable. This is a time to relax and recharge, and Yuya resolves to take full advantage of it and let all the stress that he's been holding roll off for a while. And he's going to make sure everyone else can refresh and recover, because they need this. They need to hold onto these good things.
He makes his way through the festival streets first, watching parades, browsing shops, and playing games. Whenever he spots another carnival member standing alone, he gestures wildly with a grin to get their attention and draw them to the stand he's by--or squeezes through the crowd to theirs if it looks more interesting. "Hey!"
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After running around the surrounding city all day, Yuya retreats to the bathhouse proper in the evening to soak in what he's pretty sure is a male-only designated bath. Pretty sure. It's calm, comfortable... and at least once he starts to doze off, slowly slipping further into the water and getting dangerously close to going under completely.
[Closed to Strange]
Eden made it clear to Yuya what he needed to be next to protect his friends, and that's faster. He'd told Strange before he wanted to learn more about the reflection based magic he uses, so that became the focus of magic lessons. There wasn't a lot of time before their mission, however. They're supposed to relax, but... hopefully he won't mind.
Yuya swings around the bathhouse until he finds Strange down the hall. And then he raises his hand high and makes a beeline. "Mr. Strange! Wait up!"
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When he hears Yuya call for him, he stops walking, turns, and waits for him to approach. "Hello there Yuya. I was on my way to one of the dining areas. Care to join me?"
He seems intensely relaxed and is seizing this opportunity with gusto before everything inevitably goes to hell again.
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shortly after Gon gets the band back together
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Doll - OTA
[A - Spa]
[After days of being a bird and all of the stress that had come with it, Doll is wound up like a spring. Arriving at a place where she heard talk of a hot bath and a festival seems like just what the proverbial doctor ordered, though the first thing she did after being shown her room was collapse onto the bed for a long nap. And when she wakes up... she feels so refreshed. Almost like she has no worries at all.]
[Donning her light robe, she practically skips down the stairs looking for the bath, pausing to greet and chat with anybody who she crosses paths with. Eventually she catches up to someone she recognizes--]
Evenin'! Ya headin' f'r the baths? 'M headin' there m'self!
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[B - Festival Town]
[Everything is so frightening-- where is Joker?]
[Ever since waking up next to another version of herself, Doll fled the bathhouse and immediately got herself lost in the endless festival and press of tourists. Each one seems to give her a judging look, and all of the buildings are starting to look the same. She can't figure out where she is, she needs help, she always needs help...]
[She stands out as a guest of the bathhouse to be sure, so it's probably a little odd to see her tucked into a dark corner with her back to the wall, watching people go by. The moment she sees someone she might recognize, she perks up like she's going to call out. Maybe she shouldn't bother though, she doesn't want to bother anybody, and she doesn't want to attract the attention of anybody who's going to be angry with her.]
B | I have to because this is just a terrible idea.
He can't think why she's tucked herself into a corner like that, though, other than sensibly hating the festival atmosphere just as much as he does. It's plausible she might need help. He doesn't particularly want to, of course, but he supposes he might as well work out whether she does and call one of the group she's commonly with to deal with her? At least that would give him a break from shoving through this crowd.
So, choice made, he shuffles his way over (geta are bad and he hates them) to address her.]
Miss...Doll? [It feels stupid to call someone that but it's all he's got for her.] What are you doing here?
ALL ABOARD THE TERRIBLE IDEAS TRAIN!
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B because let's set this off
oh boy oh boy
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Jonathan Strange | ota | first half of the week
The problem with the yukata is that Strange occasionally sets his hands and forearms on fire. After accidentally incinerating the long sleeves of one poor yukata, Strange has decided to stick with a loose short-sleeved t-shirt and a pair of simple cotton trousers. Aside from that, he is all in for the spa day. He's only had one super intense spa day before, back in the Summerlands, but that was enough to tell him that he is going to live it up and have a grand time.
But all in all, he'd rather he live it up and have a grand time with other people. So when he spots someone from the carnival, Strange makes a beeline towards them, wide yet still kind of tired grin on his face.
"I've managed to find a list of the treatments they offer." He bothered some poor employee until said employee gave him a list. "I've circled the ones I'm interested in: pick one and we'll do that." On the list, Strange has circled normal things like 'sauna' and 'manicure', but he's also circled more esoteric spa treatments like 'fish pedicure,' 'wine bath,' 'fire cupping therapy,' and 'snake massage.'
2: remember to actually relax
He's only mentioned it to a few people, but Strange has noticed something odd about his magic ever since the Ringmaster extracted him from the Mirror: it isn't working as well as it should be. He can still do all of his spells and still knows all of his tricks, but he has to go about it in a certain way instead of what he's used to. Strange is spending part of his vacation tweaking and fiddling with his magic.
Unfortunately, what little finesse he had has just about vanished. Strange was never very good at small scale things to begin with but now, he's terrible. Which is why Strange is muttering under his breath as he holds his hands over a bonsai tree that has rapidly grown out of it's pot and now looks like it's in danger of enveloping the entire table.
wildcard!
Splitting apart and serious stuff will happen later, right now it's dumb prompts. Strange can be found all over the place: living it up in the spa, most often in a massage room, or stuffing his face with sushi.
B!
Everyone else seems to have decided that vacation means she shouldn't be worrying about such things though. For starters as soon as she started asking various people questions on what 'this' or 'that' was, she was promptly herded away to get a 'yukata' and try a fish catching game. And every other game.
She has somehow only now escaped, and her large wing like hands currently hold her daemon in them as she approaches the bonsai tree.
Gaping, her daemon takes the opportunity to shift into its squirrel shape and scramble up the thing curiously- it takes her a bit longer to actually snap out of her stupor long enough to notice Strange.
"....That's a big tree..."
Longer still to notice that it's STRANGE. At which point she jumps. "AH! You're better now!"
She'd sort of wondered where he...was. Actually. It didn't help that she had people fussing over her during their time between worlds, which kept her from really going to check on anyone.
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honorifics for a guy who doesnt understand honorifics time eyy
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weird spa treatments
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1 Daaaay 94?
works for me!
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Wildcard
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For Tyki, later in the week
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clickbait
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wildcard, some...time... after Strange isn't split?
timelines are flexible, this works for me!
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JASPER | OTA | ALL WEEK
The two of them go their separate ways, for now, and you probably won't encounter both of them at the same time; neither Jasper very much wants to be around the other one.
DARK JASPER: Distinguished from her light counterpart by the fact that she's actually wearing a yukata (along with some manner of horse pant), the 'dark' side of Jasper's split will also be around the bathhouse a lot more, doing things Jasper normally wouldn't let herself do, like 'relax' and 'enjoy things' but also seeming kind of worried...
You might find her:
- Snoozing in the hot springs, with her tail fanning out behind her in the water while she leans her upper body against the edge. It is entirely possible that Jasper has literally never actually been asleep before, but she sure seems to be making the most of this opportunity for it! (It's worth remembering that Jasper originally got her horse traits from the Lady of the Lake, though -- maybe don't get too near her back or anything.)
- Scrutinising some of the food on offer. She's clearly curious, but this might be a step too far...
- Actually trying on clothes at the festival. Shabondamashii's clientele is varied enough that there are people selling garments that will fit someone who's half horse if you look for them, and Jasper is finding she's actually enjoying trying to find things to match her freshly painted hooves.
- Honestly whatever, this Jasper extraction is interested in trying pretty much anything having found herself lacking the impulse to hold herself back from enjoyable frivolities, and boy howdy does this place have enjoyable frivolities to indulge in!
LIGHT JASPER: A little more limited in her choice of activity. Jasper's 'light' half will be spending most of her time just pacing the bathhouse, just in case something comes up -- it's not like anything Shabondamashii and the surrounding city has to offer interests her, after all! The pacing isn't even agitated, like Jasper's tended towards especially lately; she's just patrolling around with almost a spring in her step -- although not quite, because that would be undignified. She's feeling great, but that isn't a feeling she'll be inclined to spread around to anyone else. Expect her to be even more curt than Jasper usually is if you try to get her attention, although perhaps a little less foul-tempered.
Gimme that Dark Jasp
That said, seeing Jasper out in the city and actually partaking in culture is straight up the first truly shocking thing that she has seen this entire trip. She had expected that in a recreation based world such as this one, the quartz would be off skulking in a corner and frowning about what a waste of time this all is. And yet, here she is! Out and about, trying on different varieties of pants for her horse butt. So unusual is this sight that Peridot decides that, after a few minutes of gawking surreptitiously from the next stall over, she's going to tail the other gem for a while, so astounded is she at this peculiar development.
Her efforts don't last very long though, because Jasper goes to a food stall next, and Peridot is just SO ALARMED by the sight of Jasper apparently giving actual consideration to eating something that she blows her own cover. "Are you buying food!?" She says loudly, emerging from behind a display rack of different artisanal cooking oils to confront the centaur.
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Dark Jasper is 2 Popular,
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Everyone wants to talk to Dark Jasper
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i guess someone has to give light jasper some attention lmao
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time for MORE DARK JASPER
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GONGENZAKA
EARLY WEEK (Day 92-94) | OTA
For all that Gongenzaka has been thrown through a proverbial ringer in the last two weeks, it is nothing compared to numerous others of the Carnival. In the strangest sense, he would say he got it rather easy. Yes, he was shackled with iron- and even jabbed with it initially- but the latter wound was small, and the injuries of the shackles don't quite stand up next to being slashed across with the metal.
Between that and how quickly he was released from his mirrored prison...well, he's trying to be courteous of those who were in need of more extensive care suffice to say.
Even so he could not put off asking Steven a question or two about certain skills that the boy had- and from those questions, an idea formed.
It is why he comes to the room he thinks Steven is in- both through scent, and by a brief attempt to simply feel out the other's soul while in the hall- before knocking on the door.
Sending letters doesn't quite work when they're on vacation- and it's not so urgent that he needs to use the radio. "Steven?" he calls after knocking. "...Are you there? It is I, the man Gongenzaka!"
It feels good to be able to say that without stammering again.
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Gongenzaka is not typically one for vacation- his idea of 'relaxing' is typically a good meditation underneath a pounding waterfall. Fortunately, the camping trip just before they went to Eden has loosened him up a bit.
Or at least, enough that he can summon his Daemon and keep himself literally in line on the matter.
"Ooh! Noboru, there's a good pattern..."
And in this case, that matter is clothes. "Hmmm... It is certainly simple enough..." Gongenzaka is muttering, his daemon clicking her tongue.
"Ooooh more than that, it's beautiful, goodness. We have too much going on for most typical patterns, but this one is reserved for the threading..!" She hums, pausing as she inspects the fabric. "I wonder if there is one I could wear..."
"Hm!? You wish for one as well!?"
"Ohhhh, and perhaps Suzu as well, that would be cute wouldn't it!"
Rather notably as they both speak, passersby may notice that there is a large hole directly through the back and front of the cheetah- if Gongenzaka's t-shirt is any sign, there's a similar hole hidden by the fabric.
[WILDCARD - This Top-Level covers Days 1, 2, and the Morning of Day 3 for the week of the event! Gongenzaka will be a little awkwardly wandering the areas closest to the Bathhouse during this time, and by day 2 be seen in a yukata for those who want something after that prompt.]
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the steven one
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SPLIT DOUBLES | AFTERNOON 94 - MORNING 95 | OTA
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PANIC! And Bad Influences~
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LATE WEEK | DAY 95 - 99 | OTA
WTMA
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REIRA AKABA
EARLY WEEK (Day 92-94) | OTA
Reira, as a number in the Carnival have figured out, is a distinctly Japanese name. It's a bit odd given that she's not Japanese seeming herself, but then again not a lot of Japanese are tomato haired or catholic. So it's never really been a question- at least not an enormous one.
But even those from Reira's own home likely fail to predict the reaction the little one has upon entering Shabon to check into a room. Dressed in more normal clothes again, the girl's eyes are filled with wonder first- but sheer unfamiliarity second.
Which is exactly why just about anyone who seems certain about what they're looking at is going to be finding the girl's oversized wing hand tugging at their sleeve worst case, and gently prodding their side best case, as she asks:
"...Hey. What're those?"
[The Bears are IN]
After a fair amount of being tugged around and pulled around and dragged around, Reira has a Yukata. It is a strange feeling- the fabric is light, and everything feels loose despite it being bound up against her, and she waves her arms about rather experimentally as she gets used to it.
Beside her, her daemon- a Brown Bear for now- is trying something similar. It's a bit....Interesting. The large scarlet eagle at Reira's other side (fortunately Not wearing things) seems to agree, tilting its head with a small chirp sound.
Bears in yukata and all that. "......Soft," is the ultimate conclusion that the beast comes to, giving a sage nod as it wobbles about on their hind legs. "....Should keep them..."
"Umnnn...." Reira is thinking about it, it seems. "...I guess they're nice..."
[WILDCARD - While it's not 100% decided what day the Shichi-Go-San party will be (it's basically an Unbirthday at this point), for the sake of keeping track of things, these prompts will be within the first 3 days of the event! Reira will be openly wandering about, often with her daemon and/or her Eagle. And she'll be quite confused about Many Things, so the sky's the limit with prompts really.]
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POST SHICHI-GO-SAN | DAY 94 - 99 | OTA
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Ginko | OTA
It doesn’t take long after arriving for Ginko, at Tanyuu’s behest, to switch from his usual, more Western-styled clothes to a less conspicuous yukata... though, within a couple hours of putting it on, even if Tanyuu checked it to begin with, he’s inevitably pulled at the collar and adjusted the wrap until it’s ended up way looser around his chest than it should be. That’s probably fine.
He hangs around the bathhouse most of the time; the air of luxury is a little hard to get used to, but it’s a pretty relaxing place - and the easy access to food doesn’t hurt. Of course, being himself, he seems to be leaning toward the greasier end of the range of foods available, because like hell being in a fancy bathhouse is going to stop him from going for the kinds of food that one may expect to find for cheap at a roadside food stand.
It will also absolutely not stop him from sneaking pieces of fish or fried vegetables to Miu and Antlers, the little bug Pokemon usually nestled in the crook of one arm and the antlered dog-thing sitting patiently next to him or under the table, depending on where he is.
1B - Baths
Public bathing is… not something Ginko is really used to. He’s more accustomed to “alone in the woods in a river” bathing, frankly, but it seems like a shame to miss out on this chance to relax and socialize.
He eventually ends up just… accepting that he’ll be naked in front of strangers for the sake of going to one of the men’s baths. He slides into the water, pressing a hand absently over his missing eye - he figure he’s probably not supposed to have even an eye patch on in here, so he’ll just deal with it. If all else fails, his hair might have grown out again enough by now to help cover it up.
In the meantime, he’ll just hope nobody asks, and that keeping it covered or closed works well enough.
2A - Light Ginko - Festival (second half of the week)
He probably won’t be able to stay here for very long at a time, he supposes; it’s a little too bright, and too loud, and it’ll probably get to be uncomfortable after a while. But, for now, he can handle it - and he’s too curious not to take the opportunity to look around.
As he looks around, navigating through the tightly-packed structures as best he can, his ears tilt forward as he catches a glimpse of someone he recognizes, and he speeds up to catch up to them. “Hey! You finding anything interesting out here?”
2B - Dark Ginko - Ginko's Room
If he’s honest with himself, he’d very much like to be… basically anywhere but here. Anywhere but here, there would be people, he wouldn’t just be on his own. But the more he thinks about it, he can’t justify going out, seeking people out for… attention, or validation, or whatever it is he wants.
He shouldn’t want that.
In the end, it’s at least easy enough (if kind of miserable) just to lie on his back and stare up at the ceiling, arms crossed, clutching the sleeves of his yukata in his fingers. But it will only take a knock on the door for him to get up and go let in whoever it is; he may not be willing to go in search of companionship, but if he gets a chance to talk to someone, he’s not passing it up.
Wildcard
(( OOC: Let me know in the game discord or at
Additionally, it’s safe to assume that he’ll be letting anyone he knows into his room to chat if anyone wants to hang out with him there! ))
2A
Right now, however, as Joker turns his head to look towards Ginko, it becomes apparent that it's a bit heavier than normal today. He's even wearing a bit of lipstick, carefully applied. The eyeliner is sharp and thick, and his eyeshadow is a vivid red that goes all around his eyes in varying width. That'd be one thing... but there are also small black marks he's dotted at the corners of his eyes, like spots. This way, the lavender of his eyes really seems to pop out...
...Which may make it all the more noticeable that there's nothing of the usual bright interest apparent in his gaze, even as he gives a bland placeholder smile to Ginko. "Depends on what you mean," he says simply.
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Alphys | OTA
Japanese animesrecords of human history! She wastes no time getting herself a yukata, although getting it to fit over this new, soft rabbit fur that's sprouted around her neck takes some time.She wants to experience everything this place has to offer. Spa treatments! Food! More food! And more than anything, she wants to ignore this incessant voice in the back of her head telling her she doesn't deserve any of it. A voice that grows louder and louder despite her best attempts to distract herself.
And that's when she splits.
Light Alphys
Light Alphys doesn't want to hear it. She's here to have FUN! Anyone who runs into her will notice a liveliness that she hasn't had since Wismuth. She's upbeat and outspoken... which might be your first clue that something isn't right, but we're not dwelling on stuff, remember? She's
seen a lot of hot springs episodesstudied these kinds of places, so she'll be more than happy to share her knowledge, even if that means a three-hour lecture about the history of the dango."Come on, I found this great noodle bar nearby!" She doesn't even give you a chance to respond before she's tugging you along.
Dark Alphys
This Alphys, meanwhile, shuffles about with her shoulders hunched, trying to avoid eye contact at all costs. She's even more nervous than usual, stammering through conversations like she's trying to find a way out as quickly as possible. She doesn't seem to want to partake in anything that the bathhouse has to offer, which is strange considering how excited she was when everyone first arrived.
She mostly sticks to herself in less populated areas, sitting alone and staring at the ground. You can approach her if she doesn't spot you first and scurry away like a scared rodent.
Light Alphys
"Oh... okay!" He's glad to see everyone else having fun, anyway. He supposes he can eat something right now.
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Syrlya | OTA | All Week
Syrlya has no clue what a lot of this stuff is, which he's simply chalking up to the diversity of the multiverse. Public bathing doesn't bother him, but Sylvari don't usually add so many treatments he can't pronounce so he initially chooses to not explore the facility and instead ends up in the city proper.
He's only perusing the shops, mostly, though he stops when he finds a stand full of kimono. He's never seen clothing like that before, but the patterns are what draw him in to take a closer look.
[A]
After being acosted by the vendor and Carly into more local wear, Syrlya's back to window shopping. Even though he has a hard time shaking off business (and there's plenty of business with his portal to be done), there is so much unfamiliar here that he has not had the same sense of wonder since Wismuth, and before that since Awakening. But he's also so wrapped up in witnessing everything that he forgets to stop and explore a lot it... and also look where he's going. Which results in a couple near collisions.
"Oh--my apologies."He holds his hands out to help steady whoever or whatever he just ran into.
[B - post day 94]
Syrlya's looking a little... off color later in the week, though. Under all the cothes it can be easy to miss, until the lighting makes it clear his skin is slightly more.... purplish than before? And he sinks even further into the baths than before, which could ostensibly be for his injury on his chest... but it's not really.
It's not having a very calming effect to soak given his barely contained aggravation. So much for a relaxing vacation.
incredible,
Well hold on that's not itCarly seems to practically SENSE when someone is showing even a passing interest in clothing, which is both fortunate and not for Syrlya- the woman is quickly watching him closely, before moving close enough to peer over his shoulder at the fabric in question.
She beams. Broadly. "....You're going to get Yukata too..~?" She. Certainly doesn't expect him to go full formal after all, so.
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Rita | OTA
It isn't long before Rita experiences a doubt strong enough to divide her into two selves. Her light half is somewhat scarce, but if you're lucky (or perhaps unlucky), you may find her:
a1) Back at the carnival, in the large tent Acquisitions has converted into a research space. Here, she might be found organizing large stacks of research notes, or studying one of the samples she brought back from Eden. She'll set a Fruit of Knowledge and a silver branch with the fiery blossoms of the Flame of Inspiration on a desk, where she uses magic, lenses, and whatever tools available to examine them closely.
a2) At a restaurant in Shabon. Even a workaholic needs to eat, after all. She'll avoid the seafood and order some roasted vegetables, spearing them with a skewer she holds in one hand while the other hand scribbles away at a notebook she keeps open to the side of her plate.
[b: festival fun / dark]
Around town, one might encounter Rita's dark half. Aside from a dark aura, however, there isn't much 'dark' about her. Wearing a festive pink yukata, she goes about partaking in the festivities, and weirdly enough, visibly enjoying some of them. Among the places one might find her, she might be:
b1) Sitting on a bench with her Litten, Francis, with a set of takoyaki on her lap. She takes one and eats it, then sticks another with a toothpick and holds it out for her cat to try. She can't help smiling fondly at him as he eats it, apparently oblivious to anyone else around them.
b2) Standing in front of a booth selling handcrafted accessories, looking over some cute, elaborately-crafted earrings and hairclips with interest... and hesitation. She might even pick something up and hold it up to herself... but the moment she sees someone looking at her, she'll hastily set it back down.
b3) Soaking in one of the hot springs and actually relaxing for once... though you'll only find her here if your character's inclined to go into the women's baths. Alternatively, you can catch her as she's coming out of one of the baths and back into the general area, dressed in loose, casual clothes, her hair damp and her skin slightly flushed from apparently having stayed a little too long in the hot water.
[c: wildcard!]
Feel free to encounter either of Rita's halves around the carnival or the spa town, or if you prefer, we can do a thread dated before the split! Also, after Eden, she'll have a new change: digitigrade legs with a fur pattern resembling that of the sand cat she previously was disguised as. This will be easy to notice, as she'll usually be wearing either shorts or a yukata.
B2
He's got a bag of mochi, so it's a little garbled by the confection he's already chewing on. But he swallows by the time he reaches her, trying to see which accessory Rita just put down. "What's that?"
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CARLY | OTA, ALL WEEK
"Ohhhh, these patterns are wonderful!"
Most typically, when Carly is looking through patterns of fabric, it's with the entire Carnival in mind. Once a Wardrobe Manager always a Wardrobe Manager, and at the very least she's hopeful that once this whole business of faerie war is over they can go back to those roles. Even now, being in charge of Administration means handling clothing... ...But it's simply not the same when it's a matter of the basics, and of armor assistance at best.
So for now, Carly is shopping for herself. She tries on outfit after outfit, swishing about with her wings on full display to illuminate Yukata both mundane and magical seeming. She's even joined by her marowak eventually- after all, what's the point of a vacation if the pets don't match? And...
"Ah~?" Once she spots someone she recognizes, she's immediately in their space and waving them over. "Hey, hey~! You need to look the part if you're vacationing in a place like this~~"
[It's The Full Treatment]
[[OOC - Video link is LONG...but it's basically a complete massage deal laughs]]
Another part of taking advantage of a good vacation is taking advantage of the good treatments. Baths, of course, are the main luxury. Various healing salts make good work of the residual pain from being struck by iron on her back, and the soaks in general are good to unwind in.
Aside from baths, there's massages- some of them in fairly open company in fact. Carly for her part is willing to try everything- though what's going on right now is fairly mundane as she leans back in a chair with scented and damp cloth over her eyes. One woman seems to be painting her finger nails- the other is employing a leg massage.
Neither will be hassled too much by their current client lifting the cloth at the presence of new sounds in the room. Footsteps? Something else? "Eh?"
Whatever it is, the woman beams. "Ah~! Here for something too?"
[Everyone Needs Three Teapots]
SHOPPING.
By the tail end of the week, Carly has fallen into a steady pattern. Time at the buffet, time at the baths, time trying just about every pampering treatment available...
And of course, time spent shopping. "Look~!" It doesn't matter what it is. Hand-made teasets. Waving two tailed cats. Weird little wind-chimes that look to be made of shining fish scales.
There are trinkets all over made for people to waste their money on, and Carly is always a sucker. "Look at these! Aren't they great?"
It could be anything that she's pointing at. Anything! (Well, almost anything but it's easy enough to mix up that weird tacky hat with the thing she's Actually pointing at)
Either way she wants a second opinion...or at least, she wants to pretend that.
[WILDCARD - While she'll be briefly hindered at times by Everyone Getting Split Up, Carly won't be doing that herself- for most of the week it'll be all of the above, and more- so go wild!]
Patterns
And what is all this, exactly?
[Because honestly he's about as familiar with the rich culture surrounding them as Reira is.]
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PICK YOUR PATTERNS
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SHOP TIL YOU DROP also second link is nsfw
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Beau | OTA
As first impressions go, the carnival is a pretty great gig. They don't roam around as whimsically as the Mighty Nein, but it's better than any contract with the army would have been - it's only one year, no stuffy uniforms, and it's been actually a carnival until fairly recently, so they're a bunch of free-spirited weirdos. There's some weird magic tech to get used to, but that's fine. And she's already gotten a scale of the kinds of fighting they'll deal with, since she pitched in before even hiring on, and it was... difficult, but doable. With all this fae magic washing around changing people, maybe she'll ask to learn some healing magic, and make it all that much more manageable.
The biggest downsides are that (1) there's apparently lots of entities like Lilith out there making peoples' lives difficult, and (2) the carnival folks aren't being compensated by easy metrics like 'how many enemies did you kill' - it's scavenging for personal income, or bust.
But apparently, instead, they're being compensated with things like week-long vacations in a bathhouse tourist trap. And given some spending money to go out and relax on the town while the boss figures out their next move. That's not bad at all.
Spa Days [D92+]
After being kidnapped and imprisoned, comfortably but without important amenities like cooked meat, Beau's taking advantage of the offer. She's napping in the bath. She's admiring the scenery - artistic/architectural and fellow people alike. She's even taking a page from Mollymauk's book, nibbling bacon while getting lengthy massages.
Whenever undressed, her new fae mark - a blue abstract winged shape, in the middle of her shoulder blades, is on display. The rest of the time, she's in a blue and gray yukata (patterned like this), that's actually tied about correctly. For now.
Search for Fight Club - Or Just A Good Bar [D94+]
The thing is, Beauregard signed up to do some fighting and traveling for a year, in exchange for an escape from the dissolving animal world. And the emphasis was on the fighting. This spa city - world? - is nice and all, but after a couple days the bathhouse area is a little too restful.
So Beau goes and gets lost repeatedly, roaming the city surrounding Shabondamashii in a mix of knickknack shopping, bar-hopping, and searching for rumors of good places to get in a solid fist fight. It's not going as great as she'd like, because this is a relaxing tourist destination, and fighting itself isn't very relaxing. But she'll keep going, and getting distracted with interesting things along the way.
spa days
Unfortunately for everyone else, if Jasper wades into one of the baths to relax a little, that means she's lowering her entire 2000lb most-of-a-horse lower body in there, creating a wave of warm water that absolutely drenches anyone who might, for example, be taking a nap in there.
horse bath bombs = f bombs
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yeah, figure d90 or 91, back in the carnival? before the option to shop in shabon
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MEETING YOUR COWORKERS :D
please don't mind the temper new coworker, she wants that prize
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oh, that sounds wonderful. swoop in, save the girl, then panic at d.Doll having many feelings
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(returning from hiatus! and omg i hadn't seen a recent image of hinawa before, sheepmom...)
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Lambert | OTA
Between his own injuries and wanting to keep an eye on Childermass, Lambert spent most of the first two days after leaving Eden getting as much sleep as humanly possible. The first day in Shabondamashii is much the same, but hearing the words 'healing baths' is sufficient motivation to rouse him out of the plush floor mattresses they have here and actually get him to totter to his feet and figure out where the nearest one is.
He must have been half-asleep still when he signed in at the counter, because he's quite surprised to find the private little walled-off spring he booked already occupied ... by a familiar-looking dragon at that.
"Peridot?" Lambert squints through the herb-scented steam, dressed in nothing but a towel and the bandages still covering the wounds on his arms and chest. "What are you doing here?"
[ A: always look on the light side of life (Day 93 onwards) ]
Almost certainly, Lambert shouldn't be up and about, yet for some reason, he isn't hard to find. During the day, he's getting pampered in the various establishments in Shabondamashi. Golden scales and magically tough nails filed blunt are buffed to a sheen, he spends time trying out the various themed baths the place has to offer, and he tries every unfamiliar dish on the menus with gusto -- offering it to others, if a familiar face might happen to pass by.
When he's out walking the streets, paying particular attention to stalls selling jewelry, Pig and Butcher -- his Mudsdale and Mudbray, respectively -- aren't far behind. In fact, they rather look like they've had a few treatments as well. Their manes are brushed clean and neatly plaited, hooves taking on a golden sheen, and they look happy and well-fed.
Strangely enough, Lambert looks just about as relaxed, dressed in a red embroidered haori (which he naturally hasn't bothered to put a shirt on under) and loose pants. He must be really enjoying his vacation.
[ B: through a bottle, darkly (Day 93 onwards) ]
Shabondamashii doesn't really have outright seedy areas, but some parts of it are less well-lit than others -- designed for the discretion of patrons who prefer their solitude, or to stay out of the eyes of others as they pursue other forms of enterainment. Drink flows freely here, and muted chatter mingles with the click of ivory tiles shuffled and the clink of coin.
Lambert can be found easily enough at any of these establishments. When he's not knocking back shots at the bar, he's lounging on piled-up pillows, smoking something fragrant and sweet from a water pipe. When it's late enough in the evening, he can be found straight-up passed out and snoring quietly on the nearest horizontal surface, robes disheveled and tail loosely curled around himself.
He isn't alone, though. Celandine, his polecat daemon, remains a vigilant presence by his side -- though with the amount of drink he's helped himself to by this point, she's looking a little wobbly too. Occasionally, she'll set her teeth into his robe and tug -- usually to bring him over to sit down before he falls over, or tug another drink from his hand.
[ D: Wildcard ]
[ For anything that doesn't fit in the above. ]
B, darkness no parents
He obviously sticks out as he enters the bar. Not just because the light reflects off of Strange's scars like he's a walking disco ball, but he's his normal, happy, talkative self as he sits right next to Lambert and gives the barkeep a small smile.
"Whiskey, if you don't mind." And then Strange turns his attention back to Lambert. "I've been looking for you, you know. They've got at least three different saunas here and I don't want to try them alone."
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shura - ota - all week
There were plenty of things Shura liked to complain about. Work, the idiots she worked with, the crazy crap that happened at work--the usual stuff. A stay in a bath house and an allowance that would afford her whatever spa treatments she wanted? She had absolutely no complaints about that. To say she's in a good mood would be an understatement.
As with any world they've visited, Shura's first goal is to survey the area. Obviously, this means checking out the town surrounding the bath house, which means visiting any and every stand to peruse the wares. She needs a yukata, of course, the best thing she has is a tee that Yukio got her a while back. But which one? Obviously, whoever she's dragged along with her on a this shopping trip is going to have to help her.
But, more likely, is that she'll spy another carnival member in the crowd and motion for them to come to her. The stall she's standing in front of sure smells good, whatever it is they're serving.
"C'mon, let's try this! I haven't had it ages!"
b - heck yeah bath!!
What's better than a bath? Nothing. Nothing is better than a bath. Well, maybe the juice after a bath was better, but only because of the bath in the first place. In the women's bath, Shura has absolutely no shame or shyness when she shrugs off her yukata and makes her way to the bath. Why would she? It's supposed to be separated by gender!
Well, maybe it is and maybe it's not, new and alien world and all. Oops. But it doesn't matter once they're in the water, right??
Or just fast forward a couple hours later to the lounge, where a very comfortable looking Shura just asked you to get her some more juice. She could get up and get it herself, but why would she? She's just so comfortable in this chair, you wouldn't want to make her get up!
c - spa treatments!
Come on, try this expensive face mask with her, nothing can go wrong!
A!
"Uh, sure," he answers uncertainly, as though he has any choice in the matter.
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YUUSEI | OTA | ALL WEEK
By the time they make it there, though, he's also had the opportunity to talk to Carly about some things.
In truth, most of it was actually him lying in bed while Carly fretted over him like she was Martha after he had gone and gotten himself sick from playing in the cold rain as a small boy. He hadn't said much to her at the time simply because he didn't have the energy for it; the majority of their conversations were, consequently, her talking to him rather than with him. Yet no matter his level of participation here, he absolutely took her words to heart.
As he walks along the streets of Shabon, he begins to reflect on this, on Eden, on the things he said and was told up to now; and the way it all culminates - the lies he spouted to Reira before the nephilim Lilith, the realisation that his imprisonment was due to Carly's crimes, the terribly persistent sense that those he wished to keep close were being hurt and drifting away and oh gods is that my fault? - is in the form of a terrible, gripping paralysis that clutches him to his very core.
And then he runs free in halves, each eager to flee the other whom they view as inferior, unnecessary, and ultimately a burden and hindrance to their own desires.
[DAY 92~94: RISE ABOVE THE LIGHT]
Yuusei's lighter half, despite being at a spa resort with the explicit goal of relaxing, hardly has any intention of doing so. What point is there to waste the days away in a big bath when one could be advancing one's skills and knowledge? Though pain may have been the price to pay, Eden was unbelievably beneficial to the progression of his mechanical knowledge in ways he's been dying to explore further since their departure from the now-ravaged haven. Now that he's (mostly) over his iron poisoning, he finally has a chance to do that, and do that he certainly shall.
He'll be seen around the town of Shabondamashii perusing a variety of shops instead of taking advantage of its more therapeutic facilities, meandering through bookstores in particular in search of something - anything - to sate his thirst for knowledge on the subject of mechanics and animatronics. It's unlikely that he'll be able to truly do any sort of physical tinkering within the city limits (or, at the very least, make any sort of progress in such surroundings), but even expanding his mind's informational archive is beneficial enough to satisfy him for the moment. If there are any notably interesting machines of any sort, smaller ones especially, he'll be interested in those as well.
Despite his dead-set search, he won't be rude to a prospective conversational companion, although he may approach whomever is nearby a bit awkwardly, coming up to them but taking a moment to say anything (despite very clearly intending on saying something). Eventually, with a smile, he asks,
"Find anything interesting around here? You look like you're spending your time fruitfully!"
[DAY 92-97: CONSUME THE DARK]
The same cannot be said for Yuusei's dark half.
He'll be a strange, off-putting sight even to those who barely know him; he certainly seems like he's relaxing and enjoying himself, and yet somehow he looks as though he couldn't be grumpier. When he's not taking long naps, indulging in a meal, or soaking in one of the bath areas, he can be spotted slinking around town trying to find something to do, particularly investigating some of the bars or eying the more risqué venues. Mostly, though, he'll be doing one of those first three things.
He won't seem to take notice of anyone he runs into, and he won't make any effort to greet or approach any of the carnival members he's more familiar with. He's not outwardly rude (for the most part), but he hardly acknowledges anyone around him. Should he be spoken to, he'll simply turn his head to face whoever is trying to converse and mutter a simple, "What?"
[DAY 94-97: BLACKLIGHT]
What, you thought his ideal self would indulge in any sort of self-care? Ha.
Around mid-Day 94, Lightsei will have begun to run himself ragged. Yes, he still needs sleep despite his odd soul circumstances, but like hell will he actually get any. He'll have eaten very little as well, though that, at least, is easier to combine with work or reading, so he's not completely starving.
By this point the books will have disappeared - whether that being entirely because he's simply moved on or because he cannot afford to read them in his current state is not up for admitting - and will have been replaced with several large sheets of paper and a good pencil and eraser. He sits mostly in silence by himself sketching something that's difficult to discern from afar, and when anyone approaches, he's quick to hide his work from prying eyes, occasionally even going as far as to roll up his papers for easy transportation. Whatever it is he's working on, it seems fairly intricate in the brief glances one can manage to obtain before he shields it.
"...how may I help you?" he asks, smile warm and cheery in spite of his dark and weary eyes.
[DAY 98-99: YOU SAY I DID WHAT NOW]
By late Day 97, Yuusei's split halves will have rejoined into his whole, normal self, and so the following two days can thus be used to actually relax some, which he'll be surprisingly eager to do. Yes, he'll occasionally be adding onto the sketches made by his light half while being equally-secretive about them, but he won't be nearly so laser-focused on working during this time.
Want to spend some time with Yuusei now that he's his normal self? Or are you perhaps here to collect on something one of his split selves did to you in their rampant quests for self-fulfilment? Now's your chance to do so!
WILDCARD: In general, Yuusei's going to be split for five days and whole again for two; you're free to tag him with whatever for any of those days so long as it doesn't include his self-reunion. The in-transit days are also open for threading if anyone wants to have a conversation with Yuusei while he's recovering from his wounds in Eden.
...and uh, for the sake of everyone here including myself, I'm going to assume Yuusei has by this point taken to carrying out normal hygiene routines like bathing even in his manic ideal-self state, ffs.
CO N S U ME
What indeed.
It is late in the week when Carly storms over, arms crossed over her front as she glowers at Yuusei. Her eyes may well be fire itself with the intensity of the glare, and perhaps the only reason it's not literal is because she only has fire magic and not fire parts.
As it is. "I think you know exactly what, Yuusei!"
FIX.
THIS.
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SANS | OTA (STARTING DAY 93)
To Sans's credit, it takes a little while for it to happen. Yet, it's in the periods of downtime that his doubts become harder to look away from. When they're on a mission, or when danger is threatening, everything becomes about survival.
When you're mostly surrounded with fancy bubble baths and exotic foods, however, there's a bit less to distract. Sans, despite his image, has never been much of a legitimate hedonist. He'd probably enjoy himself a lot more if he was.
And so, it's on day 93 that you may find Sans out in the halls, looking to flag down anyone he recognizes from the carnival. He's wearing an untied yukata with a t-shirt and pajama pants beneath it, and he seems a little bit put off, but otherwise composed.
"Uh... there's someone I'm gunna need a bit of help with, over here..." he'll say, and usher you towards the room where he's been staying alone so far. Inside, there is a second Sans, curled up on the bed and looking practically comatose with misery.
"I'm thinkin' this might be that doubleganger thing that's happening? The RM told me about it yesterday. He's, uh. Not having a good time."
► WILDCARD
Sans will be split for a day or two probably, so I'm open for anything else you might want with him. Light Sans is essentially him without all of the depression and trauma dragging him down. He's genuinely well put together and easy to interact with! He seems pretty worried about Dark Sans, though.
Oh Boy, Sans,
One could even say that it's the reason she's stayed stuck together. It's hard for her to doubt herself too significantly when she's not even entirely sure of what there would be to doubt. For the most part she just thinks and feels something and Does it.
Unfortunately that attitude also got Yuugo to go and cut himself in two right in front of her sooooo... Well that was an interesting conclusion to her 'not-birthday'. She's still got to change out of the fancy clothes in fact.
Reira blinks a little bit owlishly at Sans-Lite, and then slowly peers inside the room at Sans...NotLite. Dark?
She's going to give up on these labels and continue with her gawking for now. "Ummmm...." Oh dear. She blinks, and without any further prompting just goes over to try and sit beside the 'dark' half. "......Hey." Sir. Sir.
"...Why're you sad?"
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Haruhi | OTA
All the lights and sounds are sort of dizzying to Haruhi yet she also finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into them. This whole situation was strange to her. Captured and put into a different place entirely was certainly something new to Haruhi. Especially when the people are so different in so many ways. Some have wings, some have horns, some have magical powers. If someone described it to her earlier on she would have thought that they were crazy but living it now was very...she didn't even have words for it. She really did end up in a fantasy world, huh.
Haruhi owes a lot to the Carnival group and is ready to pull her weight. She doesn't have any magical powers or anything cool like that but she'll certainly try. So, living in the now, she will enjoy probably the only free time she will have in a long while. After all, it seems the Carnival deals with a lot of stuff like search and rescue and she wants to be prepared.
She finds herself on a certain road that seems to have a lot of games that involves two players that vary between simple co-op and vs. Well, now would be a good time to maybe get to know her fellow carnival people. Hopefully she stood out due to her lack of proper festival wear and how she is still sticking with her normal school uniform look. Haruhi looks around until she finally sees someone from the Carnival she recognizes.
She approaches. "Oh, hey! It's me, Haruhi." She greets you with a charming smile. "I hope you're not busy. Do you want to play some games together?"
how to relax | spa day
Haruhi is actually a bit nervous. She never really went to a spa, even with the host club, so she isn't sure of what to do first. Everything seems like what she needs but she was still unsure. Earlier, she tried to enter a room and ran into some of the sex workers that were in the place. She's still a bit flustered, even now. She currently stands around looking just as out of place as she feels, carefully eating some takoyaki she got a bit earlier to calm her nerves. The young host (well, ex-host at this point) lets out a small sigh, trying to find her bearings.
"I should decide soon, shouldn't I?" She says to herself, loud enough for anyone passing by to hear.
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"I'm not likely to forget. I'll play a few rounds with you."
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ERUKA FROG | OTA
Shabon is great.
Despite the (very scary!!!) stint in the mirror prism, Eruka's actually doing pretty well, once she's had a few days to rest from the experience of having her soul's strength sapped from her for a bit. As such, she's easy to find enjoying herself amongst festival activities, dressed in a boldly printed furisode, and with a gigantic floating blob in tow that's currently struggling under the weight of carrying the fruits of her shopping spree. She's happy, and she's making sure everyone near her knows it, chattering freely at whoever might be nearby at the time.
"Mm, have you tasted this yet? It's good!"
"I've never seen one of those before..."
"Fancy a little competition? I used to be pretty good at the games in the Carnival, you know~"
[ b. get offa my pond ]
Hot baths and frogs don't make for a good mix, so that part of the Shabon experience is one that Eruka is firmly staying away from. She is, however, taking advantage of one of the large, lily-covered ponds to take a dip ... though much to her dismay, she isn't alone, and there's often more than just the standard pond fish in the waters.
Which means anyone who was hoping to spend a contemplative moment by a pond might be interrupted by the bizarre sight of a shrieking frog desperately running away (on its hind legs no less) from something chasing it through the water.
Alternatively, they might come across Eruka finally having made it to shore and collapsing on the grass, wheezing softly in her now-drenched yukata. "I... I survived..."
[ooc: Eruka is a returning Veteran who was in here in Year 2 and left just before the Carnival got attacked by the vampires the first time around. Let me know if you'd like to hash out any specific pre-existing history with her; otherwise you can safely assume any vet would know her name + vaguely know her as someone who used to work as a thief for acquisitions. She won't be splitting for this stop, but she's around to react to everyone else! ]
DARK IGNATIUS AT THE POND
"You're not a regular frog, are you?" he asks, standing back up with her still in his hands. His expression is a bit flat, a little empty, and his words and motions are understated. He's wearing an open chested robe, with scars and some fresh bandages on his abdomen clearly visible.
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Papyrus | OTA
Unfortunately for his emotional state, his latest change has set in. He and massage therapist alike are very alarmed when his hand comes off, and only somewhat relieved that it reattaches when pressed to the bones of his wrist. Papyrus excuses himself, goes somewhere more private to panic, and finishes falling completely apart - in the suddenly there's two of him way.
The two realize, pretty quickly, that they can't stand each other. Idealized Papyrus is the mask he works so hard to cultivate; friendly, confident, no longer held back by worrying or the nauseating guilt for his actions - or inactions. Living in the moment, doing his best at whatever he does... and paying lip service to compassion, but clumsy in his attempts to help because it's hard to really feel for others' pain when you've shed yours. The parts he's felt holding him back, now separated, make for a far more bitter Papyrus; stuck in a pit of dwelling on everything awful, similar to what he went through in the Void. Not as helpless, not as hopeless, but the hopes he still holds are edged with things he hates. It's not long before he's compulsively detaching and reattaching bones in a hope that one of them has the part of him he needs to remove to fix this.
They're actively avoiding each other, summoning Sistina back and forth as a way to pass messages, unlikely to be in the same area unless specifically convinced by others to try talking. Being a mediator is likely a thankless task, here.
► RAY OF SUNSHINE
The idealized Papyrus still doesn't really want the vacation... but it's no sweat off his bones. They're supposed to be enjoying the trip and recovering, so he's doing it! Encounter him anytime anywhere, between trying spa treatments, encouraging you to try things out in the bathhouse and beyond, and checking on people to see how they're recuperating. He's louder and smiling more brightly than ever, no longer hesitating to say what's on his mind, with the fears he's accumulated over his life largely dissipated like a bad dream.
► SOUL AND SHADOW
The discarded Papyrus hides away in the carnival - for a couple days. But Coolbone and Trajan's happiness at seeing him hurts enough that the unfamiliarity of Shabondamashii seems better. He half-heartedly tries a few spa treatments, all the while fidgeting with adjusting the bones of his fingers, swapping them back and forth. There's a lot of things he wants to say to people, but - lacking a certain confidence in himself - he hesitates to initiate anything. Instead he and Sistina argue at length about what he should do or say, and when they're really into it, they don't even notice people approaching.
Wildcard
Plot with me about other things; they'll be separated nearly all of the event, but I'm down for close cr making attempts at reconciliation for them.
SOUL AND SHADOW
She doesn't doubt that however, and so she holds together through it all. Certainly she wishes she could help somehow! ...But she knows she can't. The most she can do is keep going, keep doing what she's been doing. Does she wish she could be better? Certainly. But she knows she can't be better without trying to work toward it either.
That sort of thing doesn't just 'happen'.
Reira wanders in her yukata alone, moving step by step through Shabon to try various little things- all in the name of finding something else she's interested in, after all. Her daemon walks behind her- a great bear again, and again wearing that one oversized yukata they found because 'it is soft', they said, and they liked that.
Penuel liked that.
It's hard to ignore an argument though. Not only because of the words, but because of all of the emotions surrounding it, and the emotions that aren't as well. Reira peers her head around the corner to such an argument, and after a brief moment of pause has to ask-
"....what happened to your feelings..?"
Because something seems wrong with them today, something seems not quite right, about how Papyrus 'feels'.
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amethyst | day 94 onwards | ota
She's still not sure what to do with the stuff in question. She can't tell Steven, right? He's got enough to deal with at the Carnival without getting a bunch of new gem stuff dumped on him all at once, it's not like who exactly Rose Quartz was is even relevant to any Carnival stuff... and if she's not telling Steven, she can't tell anyone else, either. She's not gonna go behind his back with this stuff. And anyway, would it even mean anything to the other gems?
... Well. Maybe it'd mean some pretty serious stuff to Jasper, but that's super not Amethyst's problem.
She pushes some hair out of her face as she heads out into Shabondamashii. This whole thing needs to not be her problem. Carnival problems gotta be front and centre right now. For all she knows something ridiculous has happened here and it just looks like it's okay.
She grabs the first person she recognises from the Carnival by the arm. "Yo -- we've only been here a few days, right? Did I miss anything wack?"
B [day 94-99]: Having established that yeah actually it's okay, you can probably find Amethyst asleep in any number of wildly inconvenient places, snoring and blowing bubbles out of both of her mouths because she ate a bunch of fancy soap and bath oils. It's fine just trip over her. She doesn't mind.
OR I MEAN YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE: i guess just hit me up if you would prefer something specific
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Amethyst doesn't end up having to approach Steven, nor does she consciously get the chance to avoid him for long. The moment he sees her, he ends up running up and grabbing her into a hug from behind, with a squish.
The squish is because he's covered from head to foot with some kind of green goop, with only a towel around his waist, and some kind of leaf-based wrap covering his still-healing wounds above that.
"Amethyst!" he yells.
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Dark Lambert & Dark Childermass | D96, open to first 3 taggers
It's only when they spot another familiar face that they'll pause, one leaning drunkenly on the other and pointing that person out. They look a mess, red-faced but at least some varying degree of happy, which is why Childermass immediately calls out, "You! There you are!"
As if they were looking for them the whole time. Pro-tip, they weren't, but--
"Come along, the night's still young! You look like you could use a drink yourself!"
Whether that's true or not doesn't actually matter.
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Zangetsu himself looks like he might have had a few drinks -- there's a weird bluish tint to his cheeks, though it's hardly noticeable. What's more noticeable is the overall dishevelment of his yukata; the dark colored, crescent-moon print garment is open around the neck, revealing his hollow's hole for the world to see. His obi remains in tact, but the colorful bright blue obijime ribbon is a little loose. As he was earlier in the week, he's wearing his hair past his waist in a loose ponytail. It's pretty.
He also has a metric fuckton of new piercings in his rabbity ears.
"Me?"
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Time has passed and there's still room so ITS TIME TO GET DRUNK,
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Yugo | Late Day 93 and Onward
It seems to have fallen on Yugo this time to look after a certain small child during their stay here, but he figures that only goes for while they’re in the provided hotel rooms and not while out and about in the bustling streets. If she’s fine with that, he’s cool with it.
He enjoyed spending most of the first day here with his adoptive bird-like mom and finding a new set of dice for his collection (not a hoard) in one of the city’s many shops. And then there was that Shichi-Go-San the day before.
Despite all the fun and relaxation, it’ll certainly look and feel like he still has something weighing on his mind. But it probably wouldn’t be a good idea to let a seven-year-old play therapist.
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B - Light Imprisoning Mirror (Yami Half Wildcard)
So what happens when you isolate most of everything that makes someone a headache into a single “dark” half of that person?
Well in this case… one might catch this half of Yugo making a wide berth for himself from the locals or snooping through the shops for making impulsive purchases. Anyone that approaches gets a cold look of disdain of all things, since there’s none of the boy’s relational attachments to be found here.
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C - Dark Imprisoning Mirror (Light Half Wildcard)
Compared to the side acting like a delinquent, this half of Yugo has a much more chill demeanor about this- though they seem a bit apprehensive about all the sights and varieties of supposedly relaxing treatments.
But hey, maybe that’s normal for a teen that doesn’t really hang out in such a bright and lively city.
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[OOC: Got something in mind yourself? Anyone tagging in can get a scene more personalized than what's described here.]
Oh Boy
She can't help it. Once she comes near, it's rather clear something is wrong.
For what it's worth, she does Try not to talk about it to start, however.] Um...I'm back! [She starts, still wearing her shichi-go-san things.] Did you have fun?
[It seems the best question and helps her figure out if she's doing the Fun thing right. Also, she got a cool new bag and a bunch of candy so that counts right.]
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Yukio | OTA
He wanders through the busy city, wandering through shops and stalls and watching parades and chatting with strangers. He sits at a restaurant counter for a meal, flashing a fanged smile and striking up a friendly conversation with anyone who seems amiable.
In the bathhouse itself, he takes advantage of a few spa treatments and ends up soaking in a few different sorts of baths and for once in his life not feeling self-conscious about any aspect of his appearance (not his Carnival changes, not his height, not the dark spots of moles across his skin).
Yukio isn't going to seek out anyone from the Carnival, but he won't turn down a friendly conversation if someone else strikes it up.]
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Almost instantly, she changes her course to go bother him. ]
Hey! Hey, are you with the carnival, zura?
[ Though Yukio hasn't seen Hanamaru around the carnival, her tiny little tanuki ears, black fuzzy paws for feet, and small fangs are a pretty obvious sign that she's been hit in the face with some fae changes as well. ]
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Closed to Steven
She finds him in the main bathhouse, and without any warning, walks up behind him, and promptly belly flops into the water next to him and just. Floats there. After a second a few bubbles surge up around her head, carrying the tones of a miserable sounding groan up to the surface.
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"Peridot?" he says. "What happened?" He's assuming she got in a fight with somebody, straight up.
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