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Sans the Skeleton ([personal profile] osteothropy) wrote in [community profile] limacharlie2017-09-27 11:15 am

THE WARDEN AND NIGHTRIDER ARE HERE (D170)

[Sans is blue.]
[Lambert is dark red.]

[ Supervisor’s Channel ]

All right. [ Lambert’s voice is brisk and business-like, for once, though it still has that familiar edge of sarcasm to it. ]

Okay. [Sans is here, too.]

I’ll get to the point. You know the next stop’s not like our usual. [ To say the least. A beat, before he continues: ] Keep an eye on your people. Make sure they’re actually following the rules, not freaking out and getting us all into shit.

[ That feels like a tall order, though, under the circumstances. ]

That goes for you, too. Keep your head on straight. Any problems or troublemakers you can’t handle on your own, let me or Sans know. This isn’t a performance stop -- if anyone who works for you is assigned to patrol or the nightrunners, they answer to us first.

Speaking of ‘keeping your head on straight’... some of you might remember a certain stop we had a ways back where a few certain someones almost got the guillotine for failing to abide by a similar set up of stuffy royal standards. Let’s not have a repeat of that, cause from the sounds of it the RM might not be able to save you this time.

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, this is your opportunity to remain blissfully ignorant.




[ Public Channel ]

[ Lambert’s voice is terse, and irritable: ]

Our next stop’s called Heartstone Manor. We’re going to go over some ground rules to make everyone's life, especially mine, a lot easier.

[Sans is also here.]

The RM has already covered a lot of this in her announcement, but it is officially our jobs to make sure that it sinks in. Dealt with True Fae before? Then you know this isn’t a joke. Yes, your fashion sense and table etiquette are now a matter of life and death. This is me, Sans, telling you to take this seriously. Hopefully that means something to you.

To summarize the gist of what was said, here are some basic RULES. The Nightrider and I will be watching. So, even if the Prince doesn’t catch you, we will.


[Sans recites “The Rules” like he’s just whipped out a pair of reading glasses and is quoting them from an official document:]

DO:

  • Follow the daily schedule
  • Follow dress code
  • Be polite to The Prince and his servants
  • Keep your radio on you


DON’T:

  • Whine about everything
  • Seed rebellion or talk about rules breaking on the network
  • Make any deals or promises to other fae servants
  • Lay any hard disses on The Prince, ever, under any circumstances
  • Don’t sweat the small stuff: this is gunna grate on a lot of us, so just focus on the end goal… which is not dying


Don’t mess it up.

That, too.
kingsroads: (your sea beacons suck)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2017-09-28 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he mulls this over...how to explain this in a way that Peridot would understand. ]

Think of it this way. Imagine you set up a lighting set-up for my performance. You've worked hard, you've tried your best, you've spent all morning trying to get it perfectly, you've fiddled with the wires. You've spent hours on this thing that you're certain I'll like and certain would impress me.

And not only do I not use the set-up, but I don't even acknowledge that you took the time and effort to set it up in the first place.

That's what it's like if you don't eat dinner.
periphrasing: (A sweaty lion)

[personal profile] periphrasing 2017-09-28 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
...Oh. [She says quietly.]

[That example works almost too well. Peridot's kind of mad just thinking about that hypothetical scenario. And she's definitely feeling kind of guilty about not being able to eat the food, in this case.]

So essentially what you're saying is that: I'm doomed.
kingsroads: (totally got this situation down pat)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2017-09-28 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
If you manage to carry out good conversation and behave impeccably elsewhere then perhaps he'll overlook the dinnertime slight?

[ she's so fuckin doomed ]
periphrasing: (I have made some mistakes)

[personal profile] periphrasing 2017-09-28 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Peridot at least has the good grace to take her finger off the "talk" button on her radio while she puts her head down on the table in her trailer and lets out a protracted, miserable groan.]

Maybe I can tweak my transformation spell somehow... Urrgh, I've never done that before, though!
kingsroads: (well drat now)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2017-09-28 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ wait, Peridot has a transformation spell? That's news to Strange. ]

What can you transform into?
periphrasing: ((BLUSHES))

[personal profile] periphrasing 2017-09-28 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
A bat. It's... Something of a holdover, from my Portland self. Where I was a werebeast.

[As with most things Portland, it feels kind of awkward to bring that place up but HERE THEY ARE.]

I found it to be a pretty useful form to take, so I went ahead and asked the Ringmaster to teach me how to replicate the effect.
kingsroads: (something something peninsula)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2017-09-28 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A brief thought of 'ew, weres' flicks across Strange's mind before he realizes stop that, you didn't even know any werebeasts before Portland, don't be species-racist ]

I suggest trying eat or drink as a bat before trying to tweak the spell itself. I don't know which would be worse, eating as a bat or not eating as a gem, but not eating as a bat would undoubtedly be the worst choice of the three.
periphrasing: ((BLUSHES))

[personal profile] periphrasing 2017-09-29 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Groan.]

Right... I guess I'll just. Show up to this practice dinner and try out this bold new experiment!

[She's trying REAL HARD to not sound worried about this, and it's not really working.]

I'll see you there then, I guess.
kingsroads: (this won't end well)

[personal profile] kingsroads 2017-09-29 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll see you there as well. Best of luck.

[ ohhhhh she don't got this. ]