⇨ SHABONDAMASHII

[ringleaders]

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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[stompadour]

Jasper frowns down at her, and then holds the notebook out for her to take.

"Well, I didn't like the idea of you knowing what I wanted without me telling you," she says. "What about that doesn't make sense?"

[soft_focus]

".......All of that." She'll explain why though.

"...I don't know what you want. I just know if you're feeling something. I only know what animals want, because animals don't have 'big' feelings, like everyone else does." If 'big feelings' makes zero sense, that's probably because it shouldn't. It's literally a term Reira made up.

"Ummm...Animals normally just feel...hungry, or scared, or happy... ...so it's easy to learn why they feel those things, because there's only a few things to feel. ...But most people feel lots of things, things I don't even have words for, for lots of reasons! ...So I don't know why people feel what they do at all."

This all came out a very confusing mess, she's pretty sure, so she'll repeat the point. "...I don't know what things you want. I just knew you didn't like what I said, back then. ...I never knew why, or anything like that."

[stompadour]

Jasper folds her arms, considering this. "Well, I think normally I wouldn't like that either," she muses. "But right now I don't care, so do what you want."

[soft_focus]

Huh.

Well that's sort of weird. She tilts her head a bit. "...I don't know what I want," she finally says after a moment.

"...'m not dumb, but that doesn't mean I know most things. I know how...duel monsters, and soldiers work, I guess," she decides. "...But everything here is 'games', or bath things." The child pauses. "...I guess talking to you with words again is nice though. ...You're really big, and really strong, and that stuff seemed 'cool', but that was the only thing I knew before."

...

"Ummm... I guess that and you were good at doing your work things. That's why I got you the shirt- so that people didn't bug you at work." Her eyes move back to Jasper's hooves. "...I didn't know you did things like this though. ....It really does look nice... ...Um."

Something strikes her at that point- "....Do you...normally not like colourful things either..?"

[stompadour]

Jasper blinks.

"No," she says, sounding fairly sure about it, but... that's not really true? She scratches the side of her nose. "Hmm. Well, I guess I did, but..." It's kind of hard to work out, honestly!

[soft_focus]

"..." Hmm. She stares a bit, frowning. "...that seems confusing..." she mutters, frowning. "...If you like something, it's easier to just do it, I think. It's your stuff, and your things to do." That's how she figures it at least.

Except as quickly as she says that, she realizes something wrong with that- namely, the part where she doesn't know what she wants half the time either. With a fairly loud gasp, she voices her theory. "Umn-! Unless, it's like me..! ...Where you just didn't know those things were there before, so you have to find all the things you like before you can like them!"

That's probably not it kiddo.

[stompadour]

Jasper squints down at her.

"What... are you talking about?"

[soft_focus]

The question everyone is asking, Jasper.

"I mean I didn't know how most things work," Reira answers, assuming that Jasper is asking about the last bit she was talking about. "...Like, um...how you're supposed to have 'fun', or 'what different foods there are', or 'why people have clothes that look different'... ...I'm starting to learn them," she adds, "...But I didn't know anything like that- so if someone asked if I liked something, then I didn't know."