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Lost Carnival NPCs ([personal profile] npcarnival) wrote in [community profile] livinglot2019-02-20 01:08 pm

⇨ A NEW WORLD COMING (POLL)

SHE'S BACK!
The Ringmaster has returned, with some changes. The Red Beast aspect of her being has been fully awakened by the Huntsman's ministrations, meaning she now has some old Phoenix memories. She also retains all her memories of the carnival and recent events, though, and seems more grounded in the personality you've come to know her for than anything else.

If there's one thing she's changed her mind on, however, it's the idea of running away. That obviously isn't working, and she feels that she'll never have back the freedom she wants for herself and the carnival unless she acts. After consuming the Huntsman and ending the battle in the Wyldlands, she will bring everyone back to what remains of the carnival dimension. Everyone's personal belongings and pets are still here, seemingly having been in stasis (and any living creatures will just be waking up as they arrive) but the landscape and structures have been obliterated and reduced to fundamental realm building blocks. She'll say she knew this would happen when she sent it away briefly before dying. It's a bit melancholy nonetheless.

The moons are still here, importantly, and with little trouble the Ringmaster will collect the Blue Rose and Silver Mirror, which are now fully under control. The magical resonance between the three Miracles is very loud, especially for those already touched by them. With all of them in hand, and with the strength of the Huntsman still running through her veins, she'll make those present an offer. With all three Miracles, everything feels possible - and she is able to gift those that helped her with their power.

But there are a few qualifications.

THE QUEENS' MIRACLES
The Ringmaster currently has the unprecedented ability to bless 'mortal' souls with magical strength rivaling that of the High Fae. There are a few IC and OOC requirements for this to take place:
1) Your character must want it. She warns that receiving this power will permanently change them, and will forever alter their place in the multiverse.

2) Your character must have participated in the "Hunting the Hunter" Wyldlands log in some capacity. If they haven't, I am mostly assuming they are not here for this, or are elsewhere currently. This means OOCly you must have tagged in and participated, whether in a megathread or a personal top level.

3) Your character must be willing to accompany her to confront the Winter Queen. With this power she is confident they will be able to do so, it's just a matter of what they do once they're there. There is a limit to how much of this power she can grant, so she can only give it to you if you're willing to use it.
For all those who fit these qualifications, the Ringmaster will access the full power of the Miracles to ascend them to a new state of being. While they are being granted strength will all three Miracles, they will find themselves connect mainly to one of them. If they have already been Miracle Touched (Steven, Syrlya, Carly, sort of Rita) they will stick with the one they have, but otherwise you can pick. The details of each are as follows:

FIRE & ICE
(The Physical World)

Housed within the Blue Rose, the power of Fire and Ice represents the raw elemental building blocks that make up the multiverse. All things made of energy and matter are created by the conflict between these two elements. At a base level, the power of the Blue Rose can be used as a force of shapeless raw power. At its most intricate, it represents the chemical and physical make up of almost everything that surrounds you.

LIGHT & SHADOW
(The Spectrum of the Soul)

Housed within the Silver Mirror, the power of Light and Shadow represents the power of the consciousness and spiritual law. The building blocks of what built each individual’s identity, the light and shadow is also what remains when the physical world has been peeled away. At a base level, the power of the Silver Mirror can manipulate emotions and spiritual energy. At its most intricate, it can define or twist the line between truth and deception.

GROWTH & DECAY
(The Beginning to the End)

Housed within the Red Beast, the power Growth and Decay represent the power of changing states and the gain and loss of power. This energy guides every life from its creation until its death, allowing it to shift in form and to eventually spark new life in what is left behind. At a base level it can hasten the growth or decline of life forms. At its most intricate, it governs all physical and spiritual change, for the better or for the worse.


While they will take a long time to master, your character will have access to potentially all aspects of the chosen Miracle's domain. This will not include any kind of unfortunate psychic connection (though those who already had that will keep it, if you want) and your character will be mentally and physical independent of the Miracle they are blessed with. Thus, the transformation can include aspects of the Miracle they have taken the power of, but it can also be more generally related to the concept, instead of having to be focused on Roses or Mirrors. Think of them as brand new, mini-Miracles! If they were already Touched prior to this, they will have some added potency as well as a deeper connection to the Miracle itself.

When this happens, you can give your character any additional changes (including one Rare Change) you want, or swap out any old ones for new ones. Basically, you can start essentially from ground zero with changes or you can tweak the ones they already have to fit. Or you can do nothing and leave them as they are. That is also fine.

Any who are not already immortal will become immortal, and their magic (especially when trained) will be able to compete with the average High Fae - though they'll have the advantage of having the full duality of an element, and thus no particular weaknesses. They will read as having Fae magic to other creatures, but not aligned to either Court, unless that is already part of their birth Right - AKA, much the way that Ignatius appears now.

A FINAL TASK
Your character is allowed to come to confront the Winter Queen, even if they refuse/miss this opportunity. They can be given more temporary blessings to help them get by in the meantime. There will be one more event log dealing with the Winter Throne, but due to the power the carnival now has, accomplishing their task is not as challenging as the choice they make. The Ringmaster herself is unsure, and will follow the other’s guidance - she’s furious that Frost almost killed all of them, ostensibly on her orders, but at the same time...

If your character is coming along, please reply to this poll with your IC/OOC opinion. If they are different, answer with whatever you'd rather see happen for the end of the game. I am fully prepared for both these things to happen, but there will be consequences for the choice made, so take care. I'll be proceeding with the final (non-epilogue) event in a couple days when the data is in.

Poll #21419 THE WINTER QUEEN
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 20


How should the Winter Queen be dealt with?

View Answers

We should try to get through to her and try to fix whatever her damage is.
9 (45.0%)

We should focus on making sure the threat is ended by destroying her.
4 (20.0%)

My character thinks that the Ringmaster should make the decision.
7 (35.0%)

drrdrrdrr: (still life w/ grapefruit)

Re: ⇨ QUESTIONS

[personal profile] drrdrrdrr 2019-02-20 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
How long will everyone get ICly to respond to this offer?
fortuneglass: credit - haptisms @ lj (:))

LIGHT AND SHADOW

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2019-02-20 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Carly won't take long to take the Ringmaster's offer- she will awkwardly admit she was intending her next contract to be 'some time to sort out affairs at home' before taking a permanent contract.

She also awkwardly wonders if this means she'll see normal with her eyes again. (You had a good run magic eye rock)
spaghettimonster: (SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS...)

[personal profile] spaghettimonster 2019-02-20 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
If they're immortal, they're not exactly mortals. Not-mortals permanently infused with fae magic...

Will this permanently change them... into fae?
alphudo: (Default)

[personal profile] alphudo 2019-02-20 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I had a couple questions about the extent of the Miracles' gifts! All of this is assumed to be after practice with the gifted magic; I don't expect this to be an immediate boon.

> Since the Red Beast involves the energy of life and death and such, would someone with this Miracle be able to imbue machines with energy to function, or is that more in the Silver Mirror's roundhouse since the Mirror is stated to deal directly with spiritual energy? Or would neither be applicable?
> Similarly, would either Miracle allow for the ability to put spirits into constructs?
alphudo: (Default)

GROWTH AND DECAY

[personal profile] alphudo 2019-02-20 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yuusei likely needs some time to mull things over with Carly, wanting to make sure she's okay with everything, but he'll come around to accept the Ringmaster's offer as well.
starseedling: (a ringworm sent this)

FIRE AND ICE

[personal profile] starseedling 2019-02-20 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Steven already has this so he's basically just hoping to be able to control it properly.
osteothropy: by leeffi@tumblr (thinking about turning into a wolf)

GROWTH AND DECAY

[personal profile] osteothropy 2019-02-20 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Sans is going for it. He has shit he needs to do, and also this will complete his psychopomp aesthetic.
chronosynthesis: (Default)

FIRE AND ICE

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2019-02-20 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
He's made worse decisions right.
stompadour: (Default)

FIRE & ICE

[personal profile] stompadour 2019-02-20 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
OBVIOUSLY
hippocarnival: (Default)

Re: ⇨ QUESTIONS

[personal profile] hippocarnival 2019-02-20 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
If a character doesn't ascend, area they still coming along to confront the winter queen or are they more likely to be a liability/ should stay behind?
moonfang: (covered)

GROWTH AND DECAY

[personal profile] moonfang 2019-02-20 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Not just yes but HELL YES. GET FUCKED, EVERYTHING IN HIS UNIVERSE**

**only some things
flashover: (059 I'm not always flying)

FIRE AND ICE

[personal profile] flashover 2019-02-20 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Obviously with a heavy emphasis on Fire. Rin wants the power to protect his loved ones and his world. It's an obvious choice!!
scientificist: (Shitty Grin)

GROWTH AND DECAY

[personal profile] scientificist 2019-02-20 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
he's just so awful. so awful. how can he pass up literally being a god over his own creations?

he can't
scientificist: (Confident)

[personal profile] scientificist 2019-02-20 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
What does "forever alter their place in the multiverse" entail?
textsfromhotland: (get in the robot mettaton)

FIRE AND ICE

[personal profile] textsfromhotland 2019-02-20 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
become meguca
betheman: (FUCK THAT)

Growth and Decay

[personal profile] betheman 2019-02-20 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
After considerable thought- almost all the time they have- Gongenzaka chooses ascension. It is visibly not an easy choice for him. Ultimately he determines that the ability to protect what he loves- and the ones who follow even- outweighs the consequences. In his words, he's seen too much to be able to choose otherwise.

With Yuuya's choice, it's even more painful- but Gongenzaka and he spent their time talking for that reason. Neither of them wish to leave the other behind- but he's resolved that this will not be that, not in the way most would think. They'll just...have their time while it's there.

(It helps perhaps that once upon a Portland, he thought this would happen to a point anyway. It does not stop Yuuya from crying about how unselfish Gon is next to him, and there is probably a few cyclical arguments about how much better the other is.)
scientificist: (I'm Just Here 2 See My BF)

[personal profile] scientificist 2019-02-20 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Yeah, then he's fine with that. Is he still allowed to visit his home world?
fourthscribe: (Got no time for your shit)

GROWTH AND DECAY

[personal profile] fourthscribe 2019-02-20 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Look, there's been a fuckload going on and she's tired of not being strong enough to do anything, LET HER BE A GODDESS.
anti_nonsense: (I wonder about that...)

[personal profile] anti_nonsense 2019-02-20 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Question about the carnival's appearance!

Everyone's personal belongings and pets are still here, seemingly having been in stasis (and any living creatures will just be waking up as they arrive) but the landscape and structures have been obliterated and reduced to fundamental realm building blocks.

So does this mean it's just kind of a big empty space, with their belongings piled in vaguely the same relative positions they were when they left? Is there anything in particular these "fundamental building blocks" look like?
anti_nonsense: (step 2: FIREBALLS)

FIRE AND ICE

[personal profile] anti_nonsense 2019-02-20 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Rita's already attuned to these elements in a sort of miraculous way, but hey, why not go all the way?
spaghettimonster: (A BURDEN SHARED IS A BURDEN HALVED!)

LIGHT & SHADOW

[personal profile] spaghettimonster 2019-02-20 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Papyrus very seriously considers it for a while. Of the three monsters, he has the most want to go home again someday. It's hard to admit he already knows the underground - or the surface - aren't home anymore, and that this carnival... is... for all that it's poorly rendered, Ringmaster what's with the blob mountains???

Anyway. He weighs the responsibilities he ran from and those he came here to fulfill (in different ways), those he's gained working in the carnival... and those he stands to gain, if he goes through with it. The notion of being one of the players on this stage of super powerful people, instead of just some mortal under another's protection... it's a lot. Not dying of old age someday is too, though it seemed like that was already the case so long as they stayed with the carnival...?

It's after hearing what his brother's doing that he decides for sure, as that's sorta the final factor; Papyrus doesn't want to die and leave his brother behind alone, after all. Not again.
spaghettimonster: (STORY TIME WITH FLOWEY)

Re: ⇨ QUESTIONS

[personal profile] spaghettimonster 2019-02-21 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Someday, long down the road, when Papyrus figures out souls and void and pulling souls from the void,

Could he plausibly heal Asriel? For a bit of "leaving Undertale better than ot was" epilogue flavor?
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Re: ⇨ QUESTIONS

[personal profile] lordofthering 2019-02-21 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! I'd say so. That's something RM could do, and Papyrus would be a specialist with enough practice. Asriel seemed to function when he had a soul, no matter where the soul came from, so it seems pretty doable.
whattaprick: (Default)

LIGHT AND SHADOW

[personal profile] whattaprick 2019-02-21 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
free ticket to immortality and the option to fool people into thinking he has boobs? sure.

he'd also ask rm for help sorting the more visibly unfortunate parts of his polaris changes into something a little more organic/less of a wreck.
atouts: (020; le monde)

LIGHT AND SHADOW

[personal profile] atouts 2019-02-22 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, no one's gonna be surprised the one that handles SHADOWS is drawn to Childermass. He's one shady bastard, after all. Chances are he's the last one to make this decision because this kind of power is scary to consider.
scientificist: (Science!)

[personal profile] scientificist 2019-02-22 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Two new questions:
1. Does Void or Creation in those touched by that interact with the miracle stuff in any way?
2. What level are the people who take the Miracle Boon on the Reaction to Iron scale now?
drrdrrdrr: (pic#12844273)

GROWTH & DECAY

[personal profile] drrdrrdrr 2019-02-22 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I TOTALLY THOUGHT I'D ALREADY DONE THIS WHOOPS
periphrasing: (Vavavavoom!)

FIRE AND ICE

[personal profile] periphrasing 2019-02-24 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
LET'S BECOME MAGNETO* I GUESS

*I do not actually know anything about Magneto except he was played by Gandalf and he has "magnet" in his name