Feeling lost in the plot? ME TOO. Here is a non-exhaustive recap of the plot-relevant stuff from past week(!) of game activity. Most of the details of this information is not ICly available, but the bare minimum that characters are probably aware of by now is:

1. The Prince has captured some of the Carnival's people.
2. There's currently some effort towards uncapturing those people.
3. The Ringmaster has opened a portal between the Carnival and the Prince's realm that people can pass freely through to get their things and take a break somewhere else.
4. Strange has delivered an IC rundown on the situation that anyone with a radio could have overhead, and there's a call to help brainstorm ideas.

This post is mainly to serve as a matter of record/reference and also where people can OOCly dump any thoughts or note if they're interested in team-ups or coordinating efforts more directly. There's plenty to do even if you're not involved in dealing with the Prince: there are scared servants to calm down and round up, gargoyles to fight off, new contract-signers to orient, and generally just trying not to cock things up more than they already are.

Current status of various items of interest (up to date as of Day 177):

World Status: The Ringmaster has conjured a sun to banish the darnkess for morale, so the Prince's twilight realm is not so twilight-y.

The Ringmaster: has conjured a portal to the Carnival and is guarding one of the islands. She has stated that she cannot risk leaving the Prince's realm, as to do so may close the door behind her.

The Prince: Has holed himself up in his fortress. No one has seen him since things began to go to shit, save for the prisoners inside. His gargoyle patrols attack anyone approaching the fortress.

The Prince's Servants: Those that have been retrieved (monster-form and otherwise) are currently hanging out on one of the many floating islands. Any collected Prince servants are presently not allowed inside the Carnival grounds. Servants that have been transformed into monsters are being rounded and corralled up by various carnival members and deposited into a loose holding area.

Currently in Rock Jail: Lambert, Joker, Gon, Yugo, Susan, Lauren, Rita
Currently in the Fortress: Sora (brainwashed), Rin (brainwashed), Julien (brainwashed), Foster, Herbert
Currently at the Carnival: Tyki, Reira, ████ (brainwashed, confined in trailer and bound)

A more detailed timeline of events follows:

( [ and if you actually want to read how we got here, have the long version. it is amazing how quickly all of this went to shit ] )