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. ]

Comments

[kingsroads]

Ginko's right. And the Ringmaster is certainly more powerful than some of the fae. But, and I truly don't mean to insult her, if it were a battle of numbers, I'd put my money on the other Portland fae.

[dorkypantsuit]

[His building irritation takes a dip at Ginko's interruption, but it's momentary and far from enough to keep him from arguing with Strange yet again.]

Then tell her about your numbers. What can we even do with all of your information? Use iron weapons we can't even hold?

[They couldn't do anything! Whether the fae would come or not, whether the carnival would be attacked or not, that wasn't something any of them could change. The Ringmaster was the only one who could make a difference. They were all useless.]

You're just scaring everyone!

[dontpokethat]

If we know more, we can find other solutions. Psi, people are already scared; if anything, it will help to have some idea of what to do about it.

[kingsroads]

To add to that, I doubt the newest arrivals have any damn clue what happened in Portland as we're all too stubborn to actually talk about it.

[ stubborn or traumatized, either/or. Strange...just isn't commenting on the scared bit because yeah, he is scared, y'all nailed it. ]

At least I'm explaining things.

[dorkypantsuit]

[He wants to say 'fine' and hang up. He thinks it's dumb and they don't. They want to talk about it and that shouldn't matter to him, but it does. If he hangs up now, if he stops arguing it doesn't mean the conversation will end with him. They'll keep going, and he will hear it. And Strange brings up the new arrivals and he can already see them panicking, being put in harm's way through no fault of their own. They'll resent this, the family he willing chose as he turned a blind eye to to the Ringmaster's tactics of enslavement.]

They don't need to know! It's just like that.

[He can't even make himself say 'the vampires' because he doesn't want to talk about it, doesn't even want to be saying this aloud, but he spoke without thinking and he just can't hang up.]

Knowing didn't help then and it won't help now. It never has! Even with foresight, the disaster happens.

[dontpokethat]

But knowing what's going on means we can mitigate it, even if it's just by a little.

[This is so obviously not working - and he'd rather not have this turn into an all-out public argument.]

Psi, could we switch to your personal channel?

[kingsroads]

Oh no, whatever the Psionic wants to say, I'm perfectly fine with him saying it in public!

[ I'm sorry Ginko, do you want this to not be a public argument, well guess what buddy Strange is primed and ready to argue. ]

And even if we can't help and we can't do anything, at least if people know about the threat, then they know what to expect. If we'd have known what the fae could do back in Portland, we might not have been able to stop them, but I'm certain we'd all be taking this better!

[ he's certain HE would be taking this better. ]

[dorkypantsuit]

[Oh just fuck off both of you. Now he really is done responding.]