[Public Channel | Day 143]

[hippocarnival]

[ The radio comes on to the sound of creaking wood and a familiar voice that is, for once, not sounding all that agitated, though it’s a little distant. ]

“--just burn us out of this.”

“Then you’re just going to burn us with it!” [Yuya’s tone, comparatively, sounds snappish.] “Don’t--don’t do anything, I’m going to get us help--”

[The radio clicks off. And then immediately clicks back on.] “Hello?”

[The anger’s been smoothed out of his voice, and instead Yuya is sounding fairly composed.] “Is there anyone available right now who doesn’t mind coming to the Summerlands? We’re, uh--we’re stuck.”

“In a tree.” [ Lambert contributes helpfully. That’s not super specific or anything, and that’s is why burning things would help! There’s another creak of wood, something shifting and shuddering, and his tone doesn’t change a jot as he continues. ] “Which may or may not be trying to hug us to death.”

[Yuya is just going to ignore Lambert’s fatalism.] “We don’t really know where we are, but we were drifting… east of the city? Do these things have GPS?” [Does half the carnival even know what GPS is?]

“We’re going to get out of the tree!” [He pipes up confidently, despite it.] “But help would be appreciated.”


((Red = Yuya, Green = Lambert. Replies are separate, threadjacking is free and wild. These boys are dumb.))

Comments

[hippocarnival]

Yeah, that's true. [Or maybe it is eating them and it's just doing it slowly, but Yuya is not! Going to think about that!]

... Do you think the fae are going to be mad we crashed their air balloon? [He figures Strange knows the Summer Fae better than him.]

[kingsroads]

I suppose that all depends on how easy it is to fix a hot air balloon in the first place--and don't ask me about that, I've no idea how easy or not it is.

[hippocarnival]

[It's probably less fixing the balloon and more even retrieving it to begin with.

He sighs.] Guess we owe them an apology when we get back.

[kingsroads]

That might be ideal. After all, you did crash a balloon.

[ which, sorry Yuya, Strange still finds a bit funny. ]

[hippocarnival]

[When it's all said and done, crashing a balloon into a hugging tree while trying to look at unicorns is going to be hilarious. Right now, it's just aggravating.] Didn't mean to...

It was a lot of fun while we were actually in the air.

[kingsroads]

Out of curiosity, what all did you see when you were in the air?

[ Because Strange has been spending a LOT of time in the city proper. ]

[hippocarnival]

Mostly the scenery, but it's really pretty! You can see how far the forest goes, and the river, and we even got above the clouds and saw the whole city in the distance. [Flying is, frankly, really cool.] And we saw a herd of unicorns, but we didn't get very close to them.

[Not for lack of trying, however.]

[kingsroads]

Unicorns? [ oh now Strange is SUPER interested. ] I can honestly say I've never seen a unicorn before. Maybe I should rent one of those balloons myself...where exactly did you two find the air balloon in the first place?

[hippocarnival]

Not that far the city, where the entrance is. But they only let you ride with two people at a time.

[Presumably, in case of situations like this.]

[kingsroads]

Damn. I'll have to find someone to convince to do this with me.

Unless, of course, you're up for another round after you're free of the tree?

[hippocarnival]

Are you any better at steering? [This is an honest question.]

[kingsroads]

Perhaps? [ probably not. ]

[hippocarnival]

... You might still want to ask other people in case they won't let me back on. [Because who would really trust Yuya to steer the balloon with someone else inexperienced after this.]

[kingsroads]

I suppose I'll bother Childermass instead. He might agree to join me.

[ there is no goddamn way Childermass is gonna go on a hot air balloon ride. ]