⇨ 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

[soft_focus]

Oh, well fine. Keep your finger where it is then. She moves her hands to her knees, frowning. "...That's not what I said," she mutters. "...I said there's a reason feelings happen. It doesn't mean what made the feeling is okay. It just means it happened." She doesn't push the good versus bad of it all though. Not if both sides are agreeing on it.

"...It still means both sides have to be there though. Um....not that you should always feel bad I mean," she adds quickly, looking to 'Lite' on that point. "Just... ...I don't think it's good if you're not able to. ...I... like being able to feel things when something happens, even if some of them are bad. ...Maybe I don't like when I'm feeling bad but..."

The girl furrows her brows, trying to phrase things properly.

"...But... ...mnh... Since things have reasons, maybe something can... ...Mnh...Or someone... ...hmn." She starts to say something, but it doesn't take long before she's forced to cut short to look at the ground. "....You told me not to ask about 'why' you're sad though. ...no one tells me when I ask why," she mutters a little bitterly. "...Why can't people try to help other people..."

[osteothropy]

"We both know what the problem is," Sans-Lite says, patiently. "It's just not gunna make him feel any better having to go over it. I used to hate having to tell people anything about myself, so he probably does, too."

"The key point, I think, is that the Sans dealing with these problems might not have any alternative, so trying to fix him may be the wrong approach..." Hel adds.

"I couldn't fix myself even with all the good stuff I had going for me," Sans-Lite says. "Trying to force it out of him now just seems... cruel, or somethin'."

[soft_focus]

"Mnh..." Reira chews her lip a little- but she eventually nods. It's a bit different from being brushed off- very different from someone plastering a smile on their face and claiming they're fine. Heck, that was half the reason she'd taken to ignoring when someone was pretending not to be sad in the first place.

Enough people insisted on lying about it that it just wasn't worth trying to get involved anymore.

This is very different though, and now it feels a bit like they're in a rut. Reira looks to Sans-Lite, and then to Dark, and then for a moment to Hel as well. "Then... ...what do we do..?" How do they help, if helping is part of the problem?

It's a bit of a headache.