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lostcarnival2018-11-27 10:05 am
ringleaders) wrote in lostcarnival2018-11-27 10:05 am
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⇨ THE SUMMERLANDS
Who: Everyone!
When: Day 119 - Day 126
Where: The Summerlands
What: Ignatius and Gild portal everyone to the Summerlands, with hopes of appealing to the Summer Maiden for help. Meanwhile, the carnival gets the chance to relax in luxury as only tentatively welcome guests. Here is the location write up from the last time the carnival visited. Since then, of course, some things have changed.
Warnings: Nothing in particular.
When: Day 119 - Day 126
Where: The Summerlands
What: Ignatius and Gild portal everyone to the Summerlands, with hopes of appealing to the Summer Maiden for help. Meanwhile, the carnival gets the chance to relax in luxury as only tentatively welcome guests. Here is the location write up from the last time the carnival visited. Since then, of course, some things have changed.
Warnings: Nothing in particular.
THE SUN RISES↴ After taking the time to rest, Ignatius and Gild will be able to pool together their energy to portal the carnival (and the airship) to the Summerlands. Those still in Polaris will be left to their own devices for the moment as Gild intends to ask for the Summerlands aid in relocating them, hopefully as soon as possible. With the effort the carnival put into sorting things out in there, however, they should be fine on their own for a little while, at least. They will arrive in the flowery fields at the base of the mountains, and soon the Summer Fae will notice their presence. Since the last time they visited, however, the atmosphere has changed. ► YOUR ARRIVAL: As the Summer Fae discover the group's arrival, it will quickly become apparent that there is a tension present that wasn't there any of the other times the carnival has visited. The Summer Maiden comes to greet the group personally, with an entourage of armed Summer Fae. They are not at all aggressive unless provoked, but there is clearly a wariness that is new. They seem uncertain about Ignatius being here, and while Gild will be able to do a lot of the talking and smooth things over, the Summer Maiden will deflect having a serious conversation about affairs until the carnival has taken time to 'rest.' It's more likely that the Maiden needs a moment to think over this new information before dealing with it. ► SUMMER CITY: After the Summer Fae become aware of everyone's presence, and the initial uncertainties are accommodated, they will invite you into their city. There are stairs that lead up the sides of the mountains, but thankfully there are also magical means of getting up there as well. The Summer Fae will be willing to help workers with the injured as needed, offering herbal remedies and healing magic to those that want it. You'll also be invited to join them for dinner, but it feels like more of a formality, and no one is obligated to take them up on it. ► SUMMER PEOPLE: The fae here will do their best to entertain these new visitors - but it doesn't seem that much happens here besides day after day of peaceful meditation and relaxation. It is not uncommon to see Summer Fae spent days doing exactly the same thing, whether that be enjoying the weather, listening to music, or dancing - the day and night periods may be similar to earth, but when you don't need rest it can all blur together just the same. Some of the fae work on feats of agriculture or craftsmanship, and while there is no particularly need to work in this place, they take pride in the fact that they do. ► FAMILIAR FACES: One very different thing about the Summerlands this go around is that there appears to be a small settlement built at the base of the mountains, filled entirely with the former residents of the Manor. Alyss and Reyna will explain that they set up a place to live down there with the Summer Fae's help, and that the fae seems to be trying to remain hands off except when they are needed. The Manor folk overall seem to be doing well, though there is some tension regarding their place in the Summerlands - they are clearly seen as refugees, and while the Summer Fae do their best to help them, the arrival of the carnival and the request for even more help with refugee aid seems to be making things awkward. ► OF THINGS TO COME: The Summer Maiden will remain distant for the first few days, but according to Gild and based on personal observation, it will seem that the news that the Ringmaster has been taken and the idea that even more desperate mortals are requesting to come here are putting her at significant ill ease. She's not rude or dismissive, but she seems reluctant to address the situation head on, though she has said that she will hold a meeting with the carnival later in the week to discuss everything in more detail. None of them seem particularly angry or resentful, but they seem to regard the carnival as an ill portent of things to come. |
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B) Ignatius has been spending a lot of time alone, out in the wilderness, but Childermass will be able to find him. He is open to talk, though he has no idea what this is about.
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b) Upon finding Ignatius, he'll get straight to the point, seeing how small talk isn't something either of them cares for. He should have had this conversation with him much earlier, about Mr. Strange and why he is the way he is.
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B) Ignatius is still mostly like "uh, how so?" He partly seems to get what Childermass is hinting at, but also he mostly assumed he understood the bulk of it. He'll ask if there is some dark secret he has been left unaware of?
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b) Childermass admits he isn't sure just how much Ignatius knows about Strange but he'll tell him the man drove himself mad on purpose in the pursuit of faeries. He was an absolute wreck, barely controllable, but he had been getting better... until the Athenaeum. Ignatius is unfortunate in that he's rekindled that obsession.
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He won't hear anything ill said of Ignatius, he argues endlessly with anyone who disagrees. He pushes all the other friends he has away because Ignatius, that one time, said he respected him. It is a source of endless frustration and he would very much like to ask Ignatius never contact Strange again. Once whatever comes of this mess is done and over with, that is, seeing how it's a little difficult to avoid right now.
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Ignatius physically steps back from Childermass when he says this, and his pained reaction is obvious despite his best efforts.
"I have no control over what he does," Ignatius says, quietly and bitterly, looking very much like he wants to retreat.
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"I know," Childermass replies, trying to soften his words but that's difficult when you sound as naturally harsh as he does. "But if Strange means to hold me to my duty to England, then I will not stand by and risk any Court fae finding their way to our shores, even if it happens to be a friendly one. He cannot see it the way I can, how badly that ends for us."
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So he turns and starts to wander away without another word, utterly shellshocked.
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