public channel - D148 - fae jargon 101

[kingsroads]

If anyone, older member or newer arrival, wants information on... [ oh lord, this is going to take a while. Strange sighs slightly before obviously reading off a list of terms he's written down. ] Arcadia, the Rose Queen, Ignatius, Nightshade, the Count of Crows, Frost, the Summer Court, the Winter Court, how faerie court hierarchies work, the Wyld Fae, or the Beast, then I'll be happy to tell you what I know. I picked up some knowledge from my time in Portland and through conversations with the fae here and, for obvious reasons, don't want to bore all of you with far too many details and speculations at once.

[ There's a pause, partly to catch his friggen breath, before Strange continues talking. ]

I can at least explain Portland, though--for our new arrivals, of course. It's a city where the carnival was recently trapped for a month. Many members had their memories altered and believed they lived in the city for their entire lives. It was a...trying experience.

[ Understatement of the century. Strange sighs, like he's steeling himself for what he's going to say next. ]

Portland had it's own set of fae, some of whom I mentioned in my previous list. Plenty of the carnival members have ill-will towards those fae, who seemed determined to vex us and ruin our lives during that month. And despite the fact that we've left that world, I've a feeling that we'll see those fae again. Now that the Severing's removed, they can travel to different worlds the same way the Ringmaster can. And it wouldn't surprise me if some tried to reclaim what or who they believe they lost.

[ how dramatic! And quite possibly the worst way to end a broadcast as Strange just flips the radio off then and there. He has absolutely no clue how to best END the broadcast so not being cryptic is officially for chumps. ]

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[hippocarnival]

Maybe we should have had a meeting. [Your voice is going to get hoarse having the same conversion 20 times, Strange.] This is pretty important for everyone, right?

[kingsroads]

It is, [ he admits, with a little sigh. ] I've already had one request for a written summary, perhaps I should make more.

[ though without any pictures because you are a grown-ass man, Lambert, you do not need pictures to read things. ]

[hippocarnival]

A copy where everyone can go read it would help. [That way anyone can take their own notes or just refresh their memory. It's a good idea Yuya is probably going to fail to utilize because he's bad with studying.]

[kingsroads]

It's a shame we don't have a bulletin board or something like that. It'd be a perfect place!

[hippocarnival]

Maybe the Ringmaster could put one in? [That's just wood and cork right.] Ugh, I already miss having internet... Then you could just text it to everybody.

[That would require everybody to have a phone but honestly, how many of them did end up bringing their Portland cells with them.]

[kingsroads]

I don't. Every time we have to deal with the internet or something "digital", something ridiculous happens!

[ The Mainframe, the Matrix...Strange is just a little bit bitter about the Internet. ]

[hippocarnival]

You know, I think everything we deal with is kind of ridiculous. [They're with a magical fairy carnival, it's kind of in the job description.] That's just what magic does, isn't it? Weird and impossible things.

[He just takes it at face value. Thinking about it doesn't help it make more sense.]

[kingsroads]

I'd beg to differ. I'll take magic over most of the nonsense we've had to deal with in different worlds any day.

[ Because magic is AMAZING and certainly not weird. ]

[hippocarnival]

But wasn't a lot of that because of magic? [Does Yuya just blame everything abnormal that isn't explicitly tech-looking on magic? Probably.]

[kingsroads]

Not entirely? The Pokemon weren't magic.

[ they're just real fucking weird. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Weird is probably an understatement for them.] I only saw them for a few days before we left. That feels like a really long time ago, but it was just a couple months.

[kingsroads]

It's odd how just a busy few months can make it seem like you've been somewhere forever. I feel the same.

[hippocarnival]

It wasn't months, was it? I thought it couldn't be longer than one?

[kingsroads]

No, you're right, it was just one month in Portland. It's just that depending on when people arrive, their first introduction to the carnival could be more chaotic than expected. I arrived in the middle of that damn Matrix, for example. Thankfully we had Atlantis next, which was a bit of a rest--but if I went from the Matrix to the Celebration to hell, I can only imagine how long that would feel even though it was about a month and a half in total.

[hippocarnival]

Huh... I haven't even heard of any of those places until now. [Well, except hell but even that was a very brief conversation.] Were some of them really that bad?

[He knows Vampire Hell was terrible, but if the carnival is in a major disaster every other month...]

[kingsroads]

The Matrix was horrible. [ Strange grumps. ] Of course, I was mad throughout most of it which didn't help matters, but that doesn't change the fact that I'd rather not go back there in the first place.

[ Just dropping that 'oh by the way, I used to be crazy' like it ain't no big deal. ]

[hippocarnival]

What were you so mad about? [Wrong mad. He's also still not sure what the Matrix even is...]

[kingsroads]

Not an 'angry' sort of mad. It was more of a 'lunatic' sort of mad. And I was mad because I drunk from my tonic of madness, of course.

[ Poor Yuya's slowly learning that Strange is absolutely awful at explaining things. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Strange's tonic of madness, as if that's just a normal thing. Which, for Strange, it probably is.]

... Why?

[kingsroads]

[ This is a little bit of Strange just being a shit to be a shit, trying to wig out Yuya because he can. ]

To broaden the scope of my magic, of course! At least in my world, madmen can naturally see faeries. I made myself mad in order to summon one.

[hippocarnival]

That's... [So real Strange's decision making is as terrible as Portland Strange's... should he be worried?] Has that ever actually turned out good for you?

[kingsroads]

It's led me to where I am now. I'd say that, at least in that regard, its turned out wonderfully.

[ Just......not in any other regard. Strange's track record is abysmal. ]

[hippocarnival]

That's not what I meant. [He grumbles a little, because after what Nightshade did he thinks that maybe Strange should stop meddling in completely random Fae at all. Not all of them were trustworthy, or safe.] You're not going to try summoning any more fae, are you?

[kingsroads]

I won't. [ And this, he says, 100% seriously. ] I gave my word that I wouldn't summon any more fae during my stay at the carnival and I intend to keep that. The only reason I summoned Nightshade was because I couldn't remember giving my word in the first place.

[hippocarnival]

That's good. [If it wasn't basically strike three, he'd be a lot less worried. But after what Nightshade did to him...] What made you so interested in fairies anyway?