lostcarnival | ⇨ SHABONDAMASHII

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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.

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.

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Beau's not convinced, and she's not granting the point, but she stays her tongue. Now's not the time to argue it.

After she gets that drink, and drinks it, is.

"Eh. You said you would, and one drink's pretty painless." She moves to sit down with a shrug. "Here's to stupid luck coming back around, huh?"

"Dumb question," Dark Sans mumbles, not making eye contact with any of his seven eyes. "Seems pretty obvious I'm all the things that we'd be better off without."

Hel lands on Lite's shoulder, encouraged by Tyki listening to her.

"Sans has a history of severe depression," she says. "Now all of that is condensed into one version of himself, without any of the things that have allowed him to cope. It's very painful for him... but at the same time his other side..."

"All that stuff... I don't feel it anymore," Lite Sans says.

"Oh, really?"

Hm. She understands. Must be something like the difference between yen, dollars, euros, ect. Haruhi feels around in her pocket for the amount that she has. "I don't think I even have enough for a new one anyways. If only I could have grabbed one back in my world..." She knew she had different ones back home thanks to host club shenanigans. If only she knew she'd be here in this very situation...

"Oh, you should though!" she replies quickly. "Here, let's see..." She doesn't grab for the money, but she does wait to see it at least. "You did get the spending money that was being given out right..?"

Oops.

That was probably her job.

"Haha...no?"

Haruhi pulls out her own money that she had, a few coins and yen bills. Man, she should really start carrying around a wallet.

"This is...all i got, actually."

Yuya is enjoying their time at Shabondamashii. Absolutely, completely, but despite having the attitude of fun and relaxation, he hasn't stopped putting in actual work. Towards learning magic, specifically.

Strange said it was complex, and Yuya's finding the results are much harder to get consistently than his shield, or even the ward. Sometimes he bounces between the reflections no problem. Other times he can't even get the pathway open. Sometimes he gets stuck and has to panic until he opens it enough to push himself out. Other times he pops out the same reflection he was going into. His success rate is climbing, but it can get frustrating having one success and then five complete failures following it.

By the time Lambert comes across him, he's resting his forehead against the mirror and glaring at his own reflection, seemingly occupied with his thoughts in the middle of the hallway.

There's a little jump in Ginko's chest at the sight of Joker - just a little burst of pleased excitement, without a trace of uncertainty, no breathlessness or doubt. He's just... glad to see him, and it's simple.

It only takes an instant, though, for him to realize that something is wrong. The makeup is odd, sure (though it definitely looks nice), but that alone could just be explained as Joker trying out something new. That dullness in his expression is another matter entirely - one that's a little harder to explain away.

For now, Ginko inclines his head at the structures around them. "Well, there's plenty to look at here; chances are just about anyone could find something to catch their interest, right? Seems like that'd include you."

It's halfway a joke; of course Joker would be interested in a place like this. Right?

Her gaze averted, Rita keeps eating, almost as if to use it as an excuse not to say anything. She glances back up at him at the offer, and hesitates.

If she doesn't tell him... is she deceiving him right now? Already, feelings of guilt are starting to gnaw at her. But seeing his smile... Right now, Yuya's telling her he wants to spend time with her, and she wants to believe it. Even though she's just a reject...

"...Yeah. I mean, if you want to... sure."

"Great!" Yuya perks up. Last time he tried to tug her along she didn't like it, so...

He bounces around behind her and starts pushing her forward by her shoulders to guide her. Is this even more annoying than grabbing her wrist? Probably, yes. "Let's go this way!"

Lambert splits in half fairly early in the week. While one of his sides has essentially apparently decided to crawl off and die, the other ... believes in a healthy work-life balance, and understands the faster he heals, the sooner he can give the Carnival a hundred percent.

Plus, it turns out to be a pretty good way of hanging out with coworkers he hasn't seen much of, recently.

"Ginko!" His booming voice catches a few curious looks from other patrons hanging out at the bath. "I didn't think I'd see you here."

He's standing at the edge of the bath in a towel, hands on his hips, but it doesn't stay on very long. In a quick, practiced motion, he tugs it off and bundles it into a roll to sit on the top of his head (horns make it easier for it to stay on). Doing so reveals just how much of his skin has been covered in golden scales. For the most part, he's essentially retained his human appearance, but ... well, he hasn't retained others. Not that it seems to bother him, as he doesn't attempt to modestly cover himself as he wades into the water and plops into the seat right beside Ginko.

"Huh!?" Rita cries out in surprise when he starts pushing her, but she doesn't really resist. This whole 'having fun with friends' thing is still new to her. "Hey, what are you..."

She quickly gets distracted by the festivities in their path, however.

two player games | festival town

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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Dark savors his drink while Beau receives hers. He's still not interested in flirting, but Beau isn't awful as drinking companions go.

Her comment makes him grin. Luck is always on your side when you've got magic.

"I'll drink to that." He raises his glass in a mock toast before downing several more gulps.

Dark gives her his most charming smile in return. He sticks out too, with his dark, stylish, carefully casual clothes. It's a look he's taken decades to refine, way better now that jeans are popular.

"I'm not likely to forget. I'll play a few rounds with you."

"Thanks, Dark-senpai." Fellow newbie to this entirely new situation. It's nice that it was him. Now they could talk about things like how it feels to be free from the clutches of the reigning animal species. She sticks to his side.

"Let's walk and talk until we see something we like." She suggests. "I noticed that you're not dressed up in festival wear either, huh."

In the year she'd been with the Carnival, Eruka had accumulated a lot of objectively useless junk. Most of that is all gone now, of course, trash compacted wherever the Ringmaster deals with the detritus of her rotating case of Carnival workers.

Needless to say, the opportunity to do a little shopping therapy is too good to pass up! Let glorious materialism sweep all her troubles away! She's also dragged Tadpole Jackson along for the ride, stepping through the streets in a black and white furisode accented with her usual colors. Chatter seems to be the norm here, interdimensional travelers mingling along with each other, but at the familiar voice she turns to see what Carly's looking at in the ceramic store they've somehow wandered into.

And blinks, putting a hand to her chin.

"I don't know, Carly ... somehow, that just doesn't seem like you." That is, if Carly is talking about that fine pair of boob mugs on the shelf.

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He snorts a laugh and offers her his arm. She can take it or leave it. He certainly hasn't given up on flirting with the girl, botched rescue aside.

"Never been a big fan of yukata. They're too hard to move around in anyway."

[ a. feeling festive ]

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! ]

Edited 2018-09-04 22:38 (UTC)

"Heat sets in stains," Lambert says, sagely. "But cold won't get it out either. If you want to get it out, soak in lukewarm water and scrub lightly. Do that a few times and it should even it out ... though you should get someone to do your back for you."

Haruhi takes his offer, holding onto it without a second thought. She's not exactly bothered by it, either, as she is used to doing it with her fellow host club members.

"Really? I've worn one before. They aren't so bad." Many times, actually. "So. How'd your rescue go? Did you make some friends?" She teases lightly.

"Maybe," he responds, his cheek resting into his hand as he lounges like he's comfortable, just as he did with Rita, Strange, and Ignatius. He can't comfort until he knows enough and even then that wasn't always an option. One can't relate to something one doesn't understand. "But without asking, I can't be sure."

His eyes flick towards Hel as she speaks again, looking over Sans Diet as he conveys what he's suspecting and confirming what Hel is saying. What one has, the other doesn't.

"Depression?" he gently pries, not wanting a full backstory but still wanting to understand. He's a good listener and he's getting far more information than usual, "That's a hard thing to hide." But then Sans was always full of secrets.

"I got into a fight," is the simple answer. Strange gives Tyki a wide, shit-eating grin as he talks. He's not proud of it, per se, but it at least was something fun and something to break up the boring monotony of the past few hours.

"And I've spent the past few days being catered to. I want to do something different now. Something more fun."

Something more dangerous. As he talks, Strange idly conjures a fireball, which rests in his hands as he complains. "There's nowhere here I can let loose."

"That's the part that I know the least about," Strange admits. "England doesn't have slavery. I haven't a clue who this nameless slave might be or what kingdom he'd inherit."

Strange has a slight idea. If he had to pick anyone, he'd pick Stephen Black, the one person in this narrative who's role Strange isn't certain of. But he knows it's a TEENY BIT RACIST to assume that a black man is the nameless slave.

The half-assed cold compress is one frozen pair of socks with another pair of socks on top of it. Strange winces as he hears the thud of Yuya's head on the sink.

Very carefully, he opens the bathroom door and hands Yuya the cold compress. "The question now is if you can return to your room."

"It's an interdimensional bathhouse," said as if that explanation makes perfect sense. "Might as well cater to every oddity."

The two are led back to the changing area. It's less of individual rooms and more of a locker room style set up. Strange starts to strip. Now that he's taking his clothes off, his mirrored scars are much more visible and obnoxiously shimmer in the light.

"Apparently, the wine baths help reduce stress and fight signs of aging in the skin." Based on his tone of voice, Strange thinks this is super cool.

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1B i'm honestly so fucking sorry for this

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SHOP TIL YOU DROP also second link is nsfw

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