lordofthering: (smoothtalker)
The Ringmaster ([personal profile] lordofthering) wrote2016-10-19 06:48 pm

IC SUGGESTION BOX


A real suggestions box hanging outside of the Ringmaster's "office."
Slot takes paper letters and perhaps very small animals.
kingsroads: (well phooey)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-12 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...she's right. As much as Strange wants to complain about how he was mad or it was that potion's influence or how he didn't have all his memories, the fact remains that every time he's dealt with a faerie, both in the carnival and back in England, he's fucked up somehow.

Some 'expert on the fae' he was. The only reason he was still in the carnival was that the Ringmaster saved his ass...and yet he still got into a fight with her.

He continues to awkwardly tread water for a moment. Thankfully, the lake and the Ringmaster's words have just zapped all the fight from Strange.
]

Then I need to learn, [ he decides. ] So that the next time this happens, I won't be caught off guard.

[ because he's still a bit paranoid and still a bit worried something's going to happen no matter what. ]
kingsroads: (huh what)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-12 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I listen to people! I listen— [ no, wait, he's sinking, pause for a moment while Strange pushes himself back up from the water. ] I listen to Arabella, to Lambert and Childermass. I listen to you.

[ except he just did a wonderful job getting into a fight with the Ringmaster, which Strange has just now realized. A look that's plainly 'aw fuck' flashes across his face. ]

At least, most of the time I do.

[ what a shitty justification. ]
kingsroads: (just sort of huffy and taken aback)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-12 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know what the fuck a Pillar of Creation is!

[ aaaaand then a bit of the insight hits. Right. He doesn't know what a Pillar of Creation is. And he didn't even bother to ask about what a Pillar of Creation is, this isn't something that could arguably be RM's fault as well (because Strange will go to his grave saying that the petty gem argument was at least partly Lapis and Peridot's fault). ]

So I suppose this is me asking. What exactly is a Pillar of Creation and why would it be a bad idea to give all of it's magic to one person?

[ And look, he's tired of almost drowning, so don't mind Strange as he awkwardly starts doggy paddling towards the edge of the lake. ]
kingsroads: (your sea beacons suck)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-12 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Strange is listening as he swims towards the edge. And at least now he grasps the importance: if a Pillar of Creation is that powerful, then shoving it's magic into someone would overpower them at best, destabilize all of Creation at worst. ]

What exactly do you mean by Creation? It sort of sounds like you're describing...well, everything.
kingsroads: (maybe staring makes it work)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2018-02-12 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well fuck. By this point, Strange is able to touch bottom, so he stands up and starts walking out of the lake. ]

On the bright side, I now know how terrible my plan sounded, [ Strange can't help but remark, slightly apologetic. Though the fact that Creation is literally everything...the more he thinks about that, the more he realizes just how shitty this situation is. ]

That girl, Noa, she said that CY-Ren was planning something the world couldn't recover from. I thought she was being melodramatic, but if that's the case, [ urrrgh he hates to admit this, something which shows on Strange's annoyed expression ] then I need to worry more about stopping CY-Ren than Nightshade.

[ he'll still try and figure out what Nightshade's up to, of course. That paranoia's still there. But Strange is smart enough to realize that saving all of existence takes precedence over petty revenge (even though he STILL REALLY WANTS IN on that petty revenge & blasting Nightshade to hell). ]
atouts: (032; knight of cups)

wherever rm is, almost immediately after wismuth's final battle

[personal profile] atouts 2018-03-19 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sure hope the Ringmaster likes formerly evil supervisors appearing out of the shadows wherever she's at because, guess what, that's how Childermass returns as soon as he steps foot on carnival grounds. ]

We need to talk.

[ Serious as ever. Hellishly tired, too, but even so, this can't wait. ]
atouts: (036; two of pentacles)

[personal profile] atouts 2018-03-19 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Stench? He wouldn't know, though he can make a guess. He steps aside with her, brow furrowed and lips drawn thin in a worried line. ]

I did nothing, [ Apart from all the, uh, Harbinger... stuff, but— ] Though I fear Nightshade has. She tracked me down when she couldn't find the others.
atouts: (041; seven of pentacles)

[personal profile] atouts 2018-03-19 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There's a short, awkward pause, inevitably followed by a, ]

No. [ What time is it, folks? Time to get yelled at for this again. ] That protection only extended to the other two. I thought myself beneath the interest of the Summer Court...
atouts: (035; ace of pentacles)

[personal profile] atouts 2018-03-19 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And what can he do for that apart from shrug? Which he does, as he does over plenty of other ordeals. ]

Yes, I realize that now. I was too focused on whether or not the Count would pursue me at the time... I did not think... [ A lot of things, actually. ] It was a mistake.
atouts: (004; l'empereur)

[personal profile] atouts 2018-03-19 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's a small relief that she's willing to accept his admission and move on, some tension leaving his shoulders, but hardly all of it. He frowns some. ]

Yes, that much I had assumed, but is there any way to know what kind of curse? Is it only a danger to myself? Or is it for the entire carnival?
atouts: (040; six of pentacles)

[personal profile] atouts 2018-03-19 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
End results vary... [ May cause death. Of course. ] I see. So I can expect something terrible to befall me, in some form, but will the Starlight's protection hold for Mr. Strange and Steven? Will she be able to track me simply because she's cursed me?

[ Naturally, he'll only think of himself after he knows the answers to these, assuming the Ringmaster even has answers for them. ]
atouts: (029; nine of cups)

[personal profile] atouts 2018-03-19 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm concerned about plenty of people. [ So he can be tracked. That confirms the absolute worst to him, putting the entire carnival in danger. Seeing how he already looks pretty grim, there can't be much said for looking any grimmer. ] But it was Mr. Strange's dilemma that moved me to search out such protection. If anything were to happen to him before he saw his purpose through in England, I would find myself very much out of time.

[ Or however that would work, he doesn't know and he won't have to know, now. ]

For Steven... I think too many take it as a kindness, but if the Rose Queen found him, it would only lead Nightshade back to Mr. Strange again.

[ In short, protecting Steven was convenient, though he did feel like he owed him regardless. ]

Only this brings us back to the new problem at hand. If I can be found, it may be better to leave me in Wismuth.
Edited 2018-03-19 20:58 (UTC)
atouts: (036; two of pentacles)

[personal profile] atouts 2018-03-19 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's very important to show he doesn't have a thousand emotions about things even though he actually does, ok? ]

Why?

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