⇨ 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

[apaintingdarkly]

"We might never have met at all if I hadn't. Seems like it was worth the trouble to me." He gives her a charming smile, intentionally waiting to start on his food until he's more or less finished with flirting.

"Name's Dark. It's a pleasure to meet you, Shura."

[exaomori]

The cool guy is a flirt~ Well, Shura's plenty used to handling that. It was always good to have some more fun guys in the mix considering how many grouchy old men were in the carnival.

"Nyaa, you must say that to all the cute girls you meet~" Of course he did, Shura knows better than to believe anything else. "If we were still runnin' the show, you'd be good at gettin' people to buy tickets and souvenirs, wouldn't you?"

[apaintingdarkly]

“Lame,” he complains with gusto. “I’d rather do something fun, like stealing the elephant in the middle of the act.”

Actual performance he won’t do, but he sure doesn’t mind getting the limelight without playing the dancing monkey.

[exaomori]

"Stealin' the elephant?" Shura echoes, for a moment unsure if he was serious. But this place did attract the weirdest people... "Ha, you'd have to have some real skills to steal something so big. You got the tools for doin' that?"

[apaintingdarkly]

He considers that seriously.

"If I really had to, it'd take a little preparation. But I don't have any reason to steal an elephant in the first place." He shrugs. He could probably manage it, but it might require a little magic, which is kind of cheating.

[exaomori]

So perhaps he was a professional. Well, they could probably use guys with that kind of skills. That is, if he wasn't bluffing in order to try and impress her.

"That's prolly a good thing." Nothing good could come of keeping an elephant, after all. "That'd be a pain to clean up after, anyway~"