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Lost Carnival Mods ([personal profile] ringleaders) wrote in [community profile] lostcarnival2018-08-28 10:12 am

⇨ 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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[personal profile] naturalsakura 2018-09-03 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
A fox? She silently wondered if everyone at the carnival could shapeshift into animals. She only knows so much about them but the littlest information she could put together seemed to get more and more interesting. "It is nice to officially meet you in human form then, Yuya-kun." Haruhi says with a small chuckle.

"I'm fine. Not a single scratch!" She mostly did her best to stay out of the way during it all. "What was the fight over again? I still don't understand it."
hippocarnival: (✮ 013 ✮)

[personal profile] hippocarnival 2018-09-04 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh! Uh..." Yuya rubs the back of his neck. It's kind of a long story, but if Haruhi is signing on with the carnival now, she deserves to know. "We went to Eden so we could steal a magic artifact called the Silver Mirror... they didn't like that, obviously. Well, some of them did. Anyway, we learned they were keeping people for experiments while we were there, and we came to save you!"

He spreads his hands wide at the end of the cliff notes version of that whole situation. With less kidnapping.
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[personal profile] naturalsakura 2018-09-04 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
The Silver Mirror, huh. "Really? Hm. Well, at least it's in good hands now. At least, I hope you guys are the good hands." After all, just stealing a probably magical mirror for no particular reason seemed pretty suspect.

"So, what'd you need the mirror for? What's it do?"
hippocarnival: (✮ 001 ✮)

[personal profile] hippocarnival 2018-09-04 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
"We're better hands than Lilith," he says with a crooked smile. "I don't know everything it does... but it's a really powerful fae artifact called a miracle. And there's a lot of fae who are chasing us down, so we're getting the miracles to protect ourselves so they won't hurt us anymore."

Congrats Haruhi, you're actually now a fugitive in the fae courts.
naturalsakura: (done)

[personal profile] naturalsakura 2018-09-04 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Huh?"

Why does she always find herself in these sort of situations. It really must be a curse. First stumbling into a host club and now stumbling into the life of a fugitive running with a troupe of magical people who call themselves the Carnival. Are they even really a carnival? Where are the acrobats?

"You're...joking, right? How...powerful are these fae again?"
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2018-09-04 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uh... really powerful. Way more than us." He waves his hands quickly. "But we already have two of the three miracles, so--it's probably going to be fine soon?"

Maybe, probably. Until then, though, they're in deep trouble. "I'm sorry, I think if the Ringmaster could have just sent you home, she would have."
naturalsakura: (sigh)

[personal profile] naturalsakura 2018-09-04 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
“You sound uncertain.” Oh jeez. Hopefully they weren’t too screwed in the long run. Like he said, 2 out of 3 miracles were better than no miracles at all. So they probably did stand a fighting chance. That, or Haruhi is just being a hopeless optimist. Either or, really.

“It’s fine. I’m just glad to be out of the human zoo. My back still hurts from sleeping on the ground.” Haruhi emphasizes her point by stretching. Yup. Still hurts. “I just hope I can pull my weight with you guys. I’m not exactly magically skilled and all the other cool things that you can do.” She lets out a small sigh before she smiles. “You all were pretty cool back there.”
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2018-09-04 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuya laughs, rubbing the back of his head and finding some flattery in being called 'cool'.

"I'm glad we got you out of there, too! Anyway, I don't think anyone's going to hold it against you if you need more help than you can give. If there's anything you need, just ask."
naturalsakura: (charming laugh)

[personal profile] naturalsakura 2018-09-05 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks, I appreciate it. I just hope I don't hold you guys back. You're all amazingly interesting." She smiles. Interesting appearances all around. She's definitely very plain compared to the rest of them.

Haruhi keeps an eye out for a game that they can play before she motions over to one of the games. It was a ring toss. A game where absolutely no one wins, well that's what she heard anyways. But she still wanted to try it out. "Do you want to try out the ring toss? I hear it's nearly impossible to win at."
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2018-09-05 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
"No, you'll be fine!" Yuya can't help but continue grinning, but his attention is drawn away easily once Haruhi points out one of the games.

"Oh... impossible, huh?" He pumps his fist in the air in a very show-offy, if goofy gesture. "I've got a pretty good throwing arm. Let's try it!"
naturalsakura: (charming laugh)

[personal profile] naturalsakura 2018-09-06 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
Haruhi laughs. "Right. You're on, then!" She approaches the ring toss and reaches into her pocket. "This...should be the right amount?" She didn't know how this place's currency worked so she just took a guess. She looks towards Yuya. "So, what prize are you aiming for? I'm going for the turtle plushie."
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2018-09-06 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuya slides the money for his own attempt at the game, putting a hand to his chin as he reviews the prizes. "Uh... oh! That one."

He points at a hippo plush to the left. Maybe he can give it to Reira, when the appeal of a hippo plush runs out.

He gathers his rings before gesturing to the game. "You can go first, if you want."
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[personal profile] naturalsakura 2018-09-07 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Haruhi takes up her own rings and nods. "Alright, thanks." Well, here's to hoping. Haruhi takes a deep breath before she begins her throwing. She misses more than she does actually manage to land something. She squinted. "Really?" She slouched her shoulders. Totally rigged. "Your turn."
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2018-09-07 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuya gives her a reassuring smile. Well... it wouldn't be much of a prize if it was easy, he supposes.

"Okay, here I go!" He angles himself as he tosses his first ring, manages to catch the first one, and he gets excited. The next toss is a little less focused, and it bounces off. As he depletes his rings, he does slightly better over all, getting a little more than half the rings.

It's not enough, but at least they get each get a smaller prize for partial successes.

"It's harder than I thought..."
naturalsakura: (rly?)

[personal profile] naturalsakura 2018-09-08 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Haruhi looks at her smaller prize. Bubbles? What is she going to do with a small thing of bubbles? She lets out a sigh, her shoulders sagging dramatically. "I swear. It's definitely rigged, dude." She wants a refund, dang it.

But, she is willing to accept defeat. For now, anyways. She will get her success soon enough. "Well, at least we tried. We didn't win but...we tried, you know?" They are winners in her heart, damn it.
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[personal profile] hippocarnival 2018-09-10 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuya's given a smaller hand-sized plush, shaped like a penguin with a hat.

He hopes the vendor isn't too annoyed with his game being called rigged. "Yeah... and there's still other games we can play. There's a lot to do here."
naturalsakura: (sigh)

[personal profile] naturalsakura 2018-09-12 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, you're right. It's...a lot of games, actually." A laaarge amount. What would she even play first? Not like they could play all of them at once. "I really don't know where to start now. I'm not familiar with some and the others I'm probably not good at."
hippocarnival: (✮ 086 ✮)

[personal profile] hippocarnival 2018-09-13 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Even so, having fun is what really matters, right?" He gestures forward down the street, to start perusing the other game options. Maybe goldfish catching...

"By the way, did the Ringmaster give you a job? Or are we just protecting you?" He's not sure if she's actually in contact or not, all things considered.
Edited 2018-09-13 18:26 (UTC)