lostcarnival | ⇨ 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.

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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Yuya shrugs a shoulder. "Maybe that'd be easier."

A waltz, that is, than trying to keep up with the spinning excitement around them. The song isn't too fast, after all. Yuya's pretty sure he remembers the steps, and there's something comforting in something practiced when there's so many eyes in the room.

"Even if it were easier, I, the man Gongenzaka, am glad that I shall remember this dance, with clarity..!" Ah, but as he says that, there they go starting the waltz...So he realizes what Yuuya meant.

Ahem. "....This is also easier."

Oop

That's a step above Yuya who hasn't followed anything in the dancing after he was spun in fast circles. He moves to adjust his hands with Gongenzaka's, mimicking what he'd learned from the Prince's Manor... wow, months ago. It feels like ages have been passing, but the truth is he hasn't been gone a year. Gongenzaka, though...

He shifts onto his toes to try and close the massive height difference between them. It doesn't do a lot of good.

Boy it really doesn't. Gongenzaka himself is trying very awkwardly to lower himself on his forelimbs, at least enough that if he were not a 'taur', he would probably look a bit like any animal trying to belly crawl through a hole. As it is it makes it...a bit easier to shufflewaltz.

...

Shuffle shuffle.

"So... we're taking dancing out of things to do together in the future," Yuya jokes lightly, honestly not sounding broken up about that. He's not against it, Gongenzaka just looks... so awkward. He can't imagine it's enjoyable at all like this.

"AUH- Th- That is not necessarily true..!" he sputters, even while shuffling. "It is odd, certainly, but, it isn't..." ...Not? Enjoyable?

He just needs to sort it all out, CLEARLY!

Yuya's gaze drifts to Gon's awkwardly hunched back, thwn his bent legs, and then just... pats his arm consolingly.

It's okay buddy, he can tell this is awkward. "I don't really mind. We do plenty of other things together."

"Mnnh- But...!" No, he can't shorten the list of things to do! He mustn't..! He-

...He immediately stands, pulling Yuuya up with him- though he does stretch out a number of vines for added support first. "...What about, like this?" he questions, the idea coming swiftly. "...This is better, yes?"

Bet the fae are into that one, at least.

"Whoa--" Yuya's grip tightens briefly, and then his feet just... dangle helplessly as he's up in the air in Gongenzaka's arms. Truthfully, the vines probably aren't even necessary given how thin Yuya is.

He laughs humorously and places his hand back on Gon's shoulder, deciding not to point out this means Yuya's not actually dancing anymore. "Yeah, that's fine."

No, it's fine, clearly- Gongenzaka simply grins, his own hands properly in position as he moves much easier now, not really caring about the fact that he has to focus on holding the vines up as well. "Then we may still have dancing upon our list after all, yes?"

"If you really want to," he says as he leans in so their noses almost touch. This feels like something Gon has to prove more to himself than Yuya, even though he doesn't really expect them to dance again anytime soon.

"Is it something you enjoy?" he asks, tilting his head to press against Yuuya's own.

"With you, yeah." Which is mostly a reassuring and simple answer, but it's not dishonest. Even if they can't do it properly, there's something nice about at least trying with Gongenzaka without the judgement. "Are you having fun?"

"Auh- Of course! That we are having fun is the point in itself as well, is it not?" he continues honestly. "...So that is all that matters, then..!"

~~Sure, Jan,~~

⇨ THE SUMMERLANDS

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