⇨ 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.

Comments

Everyone wants to talk to Dark Jasper

[chronosynthesis]

Syrlya doesn't know Jasper well enough to find the interest itself odd. He can see her worry, though, and after the express frustration that was finding the Fury base he decides to at least check up on her now that that's all over.

He leans in a polite difference from the side to look at the list of food posted on the front of the stand. "Are you... deciding something to eat?"

He'll start with that, and not just 'are you okay'.

[stompadour]

"What-?" Jasper straightens up a little. "Oh... yeah." She frowns. "I've never eaten anything before but everyone else does it all the time..." She squints at Syrlya. "Do you eat? I don't think I even know what you are."

Her tone is as brusque as ever, but something's definitely missing. For one thing, she sounds as if she's actually kind of curious.

[chronosynthesis]

"You haven't?" Now that Syrlya thinks about it, he's not sure he's ever seen Jasper in the cookhouse for food. Does she not need to?

"Most of the carnival doesn't." Because he's never told them. It doesn't come up, given how odd everyone starts to look. "But I am Sylvari. A type of plant that is a person. I eat the same things that humans do."

He hopes that's familiar to her, given how ubiquitous humans are in the carnival. "Are you capable of eating, if you've never needed to?"

[stompadour]

A plant. Hmm. sounds fair enough to Jasper, she supposes; she isn't familiar enough with how plants work to have questions about how Syrlya's eating habits intersect with more typical plant nutrient acquisition methods.

"Huh." She glances back at the stand, frowning. "I mean, yeah, I have a mouth. I don't have all the... everything else," she waves a big hand dismissively, "but I could make it if I wanted to keep the food."

[chronosynthesis]

"I... see." He's going to take her word for that and not ask how that works, because that's probably a much too complex biology question.

"In that case, I suppose you would eat for flavor? Some consider the taste of food to be an art, for the amount of spices and ingredients."

[stompadour]

"Right," says Jasper, pointing one finger at him. "In Eden all the animals who cooked were always talking about it like that. I want to know what it tastes like."

[chronosynthesis]

Syrlya shrugs, pointing to the menu. "To tell you the truth, the food here is just as foreign to me so I cannot give any recommendations. You may just want to choose something at random and... see what it's like."

He pauses. "And remember to give yourself taste buds, I suppose."