lostcarnival | ⇨ 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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It's coming out of one of those bars that there's a slight commotion in the back of the place, where all the dumpsters and supplies seem to be stashed. Three men, clearly deep into their cups from the way they're leaning, have perhaps unintentionally cornered a smaller person and are very intent on talking to her despite how she's hunched over and not making any eye contact.

Eventually the pressure is too much for her, and she does what Tyki taught her and punches the center man in the teeth. Everybody involved seems shocked, but Doll recovers quicker and runs literally up the stunned patron and pushes off his chest in a graceful and practiced arc, sending him to the ground. There's a hole now, and Doll dashes through the hands trying to grab her to go from the ground to the roof in a series of handsprings and flips. She makes a final leap for the roof when one of them catches up and grabs her leg, making Doll screech in terror as she clings to the edge. Her skills do not lie in fighting, just moving fast, and without her leg she's not going anywhere except down off the roof and possibly into this irate man's grasp.

((Doll's split for this event, so this is her dark half, just FYI! 83b))

This place was... okay, but the beer wasn't good enough to warrant more than one drink. After Beau's finished her order - and swiped a few sips from someone else at the bar - she heads out the door with the vague plan of looking for brighter pastures elsewhere.

She recognizes the noises of scuffle from the alleyway, and pokes her head around the building's corner. It doesn't look like any of the drunks recently escorted from the premises have gone out back to take an issue with each other. This looks like a group ganged up around one person, the shittier kind of fight club where not everybody's into it and it's basically just a bunch of toughs pushing around someone smaller and slighter than themselves... With that overtone threat of what they want and what they'll do when they get their way.

She takes a few seconds to check each of their stances, get an idea of what it'll take to knock them out - not much, from their unsteady balance - and that's all it takes for the scene to change. Suddenly the slighter figure's leaping around, getting onto the edge of the roof, and Beau whoops from the alley before Doll's been caught by the ankle. And that settles it.

"Hey, is this three-on-one, or can anyone join?!" Beau calls out as she runs in, charging with a staff to swing around at the grabby man's wrist.

"OW, fuck-criminy-sakes!" The grabby-drunk immediately lets go of Doll's ankle and she scurries up onto the roof and to safety. Cradling his hand, he continues to let out a string of strange swearing while his friends, one of them with a bloody lip, rush to his side.

"Shit, she break it?"

"Uh, bleeding here??"

"What is your problem, lady?!" Injured-wrist looks defensive and smarting as he cowers, but he's clearly still pissed. "She broke Laurence's nose!"

"Technically it was my lip but..."

"It sounds a lot more dramatic if it's your nose, man."

"I know but she's like... barely ten kilo, it's embarrassing--"

"FOCUS, OKAY?" Injured-wrist snaps at his two friends, then looks back at Beau. "She with you, then? Because we were just trying to talk to her and she went all crazy. An apology would be nice."

There's an unholy shriek from the roof and Doll pitches a roof tile at the, until now, only uninjured man. It catches him across the shoulder and he falls into Injured Wrist.

"Oh fuck this--!" Laurence goes in for a swing at Beau while the other two try to recover.

This is Beau's idea of a nice, affirming evening. Fist fight in an alleyway with some guys who had a little too much, big and confident and all too easy to haul around.

Okay, maybe that makes her a little bit of bully. She can live with that.

Beau shifts to the side around Laurence's arm, returning his attempt with a shot at his ribs. With any luck he'll double over and reconsider this whole thing.

"Shitheads like you always say that, but you're never 'just trying to talk'."

She shifts around again, making sure they're all in sight in case they rush her, and calls out to Injured-wrist

"Didja grab her before or after she punched you, huh?"

⇨ SHABONDAMASHII

FIGHT CLUB SOUNDS GOOD? 8D

oh, that sounds wonderful. swoop in, save the girl, then panic at d.Doll having many feelings

HECK YEAH FEELINGS 8D

(returning from hiatus!)