[144.98750] RINGMASTER'S FOURTH ADDRESS (D58)

[lordofthering]

[Bright and early on Day 58, the morning after the final carnival performances, your radios will light up with a very enthusiastic broadcast from the Ringmaster. Someone's having a good day, apparently.]

Hello, all you beautiful people of mine! Guess what? I'm back to normal! As powerful and gracious as I ever was - and I want to express my appreciation for all the kind words and offers of help you have given during my time of 'weakness.' Your loyalty and support is most flattering!

Even better, with your help I have won my bet! [And she is positively thrilled.] Please know that your combined efforts and my natural cunning have awarded us something very valuable for absolutely zero charge, and it will be of great benefit to our carnival in coming weeks.

I won't bore you with the details, but the carnival is back in action, and we will be leaving Atlantis in three hours! Please finish up any last minute business you may have, and we will be on our way!


[Well! That explains almost nothing.]

Comments

[lordofthering]

You couldn't prevent it anyway, so it's a moot point.

[mildwildchild]

Why not?

[Is he honestly curious or just being a little shit? Maybe it's both.]

[lordofthering]

How could you? You don't even know any magic!

[mildwildchild]

So if someone knew magic, they could undo stuff that happens to them here? Or keep it from happening?

[lordofthering]

Depends. But probably not.







Because I am the boss of you.

[mildwildchild]

[Well. That's. A fact. BUT STILL]

But - ! But spiritual DNA is stronger than you are, right? 'Cause you said you might not be able to undo something you did if that, the DNA I mean, made us more susceptible to retaining the change that'd been made. So is there some kind of magic hierarchy...thing?

[There's a lot less "trying to start an argument" in this inquiry than "this is a New Thing and I want to know how it works."]

[lordofthering]

Well I didn't actually say I couldn't... But that doesn't mean I would.

So no, magical "DNA" is not stronger than me, especially when you are under my contract.

[mildwildchild]

[Is that a threat? That kind of sounds like a threat.]

If you wanted me to drop the subject you could've just said so, y'know.

[lordofthering]

[Pout!]

I'm not threatening anything, I'm just telling you the facts!

[mildwildchild]

It didn't sound like facts, it sounded like "I'm the boss so stop asking questions or I'll make sure you stay a fish forever."

[He doesn't sound terribly irritated, for all that.]

...so you wouldn't leave somebody like this just for asking about magic stuff, right? ["Like this" clearly meaning the aquatic monstrosity he currently is.]

[lordofthering]

I never said anything even remotely close to that!!

[Now she's frustrated.]

[mildwildchild]

Well it sounded like it!

[So is he! This is going well.]

[lordofthering]

I don't care what it sounded like, listen to my actual words!

[Remember, this is on public radio.]

[mildwildchild]

I thought I was!

[Is he embarrassing himself on social media? Is this the carnival equivalent of making all-caps rants about comics on Facebook?]

[lordofthering]

Go to your trailer!!!

[mildwildchild]

What? Why?!

[lordofthering]

Because! Go! Now!

[mildwildchild]

Fine!



Whatever!

[lordofthering]

Good!

[And don't you come out until you've thought about what you've done! Whatever... that is.]