⇨ THE WINTER COURT

[ringleaders]

Who: Everyone willing to come.
When: Day 142
Where: The Winter Palace
What: Whether you've ascended to godhood or been blessed with temporary protections, it's time to confront the Winter Queen.
Warnings: ???

THE BEGINNING AND THE END↴ Once everyone has made their decisions, the Ringmaster will take those that have chosen to ascend to an isolated place within her realm. As it turns out, that end up being the core of the two moons, combined into one impregnable space. This might be a bit explosive, she warns. Can't be too careful. With everyone together, back in her partly humanoid form, she will bring out the Blue Rose and the Silver Mirror - both in their sword and shield forms respectively - and begin her work. Her wings, now feathery and glowing red with power, spread around the group, and they will feel a stirring in their body and soul. The space becomes blinding, like overwhelming light and darkness all at once, burning and freezing all at once. Life and death, all at once. You bleed into the ether, become one with it, and then reform - only you've brought something back with you. The domain of one of the Miracles has bound itself to you, body and soul. Though it is the Miracle's legacy, the power is now yours, to do with what you will. No other force will command you. Once it is done, the moon has become an eclipse, it's corporeal form melting away. You will find yourself floating back down to the surface of the realm, changed but empowered. Your body may appear different than before, or it may be the same - regardless, you are something fully new. You have the same memories, the same desires, the same hopes, but they have come together to create something else. You are born again.

Comments

[lordofthering]

There's something that, despite his judgement, is touching about that - the Ringmaster balks at him thankfully for a moment, before handing the Rose and Mirror over to him without much hesitation. She's actually in a bit of a hurry.

"I wouldn't try using both of those at once," she advises briefly, and then moves closer to the Winter Queen's side. She kneels down onto the floor, tucking her wings around the two of them protectively. She leans in close and whispers a few words in her ear, which the others won't quite hear, clasping her hand over the Queen's fingers.

The Queen doesn't react right away, but her hand slowly turns, tangling her fingers around the Ringmaster's in turn. This is all going to take a long time to fix, and they know it.