supervisor channel; backdated to s2:d1

[atouts]

[ So after this, promptly followed by a visit to the Ringmaster, Childermass will be turning his radio back on and, unshockingly, delivering a vague and potentially unsettling request. ]

This is Childermass. [ Like anyone doesn't recognize an English accent that's been gargling gravel by now. ] I would like all of us to keep an eye out for Summer Court activity in our upcoming stops. The letter I received from the Summerlands makes me think they might make a play for the Blue Rose.

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[fortuneglass]

Summer Court activity..?

[There is. A Pause.] Ahhhhh....maybe I should have asked Moss about those things while I could have...

[Instead she just blushed and gushed over coffee!! Curses!!]

Do we know of anyone specifically that might be after it or is it just...any Court Fae other than the ones we know are 'nice' though...

[atouts]

My first thought are the fae from Portland but the warning was fairly vague. This is mostly just my best guess, I admit.

[insidescoop]

Portland is where the ones already after us are from after all, so....that makes sense.... [Those ones are kinda already hot on their tail, after all.]

W-well! Eyes open and ears wide, in that case..!! If we're thinking about Portland though, I guess we need to look for 'extra roses' then, right?

[...........................]

..........I didn't really run into a lot of fae while we were there, but there was also another plant-one wasn't there..? Oh!!

And fire-! 'Ignatius' right? [That guy was kinda loud and very on fire and um. There. He was very There, so it's hard to forget him.]

[atouts]

Plants you don't normally see around the carnival grounds. [ Including roses, but you know. ] As for the fae of Portland, there were three Summer Court fae. The second plant-based one worked for the first. The third was definitely on fire.

[insidescoop]

Got it!!

I was thinking about wherever we visit as well though! If they came through a place we visited instead of the Carnival, first... ...it'd probably be easier to sneak up on us that way, right?

[Ah. Pulling from Scouting experience, she is.]

[atouts]

Seems like a better question for the Nightrider, doesn't it?

[ He assumes yes, probably, but he's also never been on that particular team. ]

[insidescoop]

Ahaaa....

...Well, he's probably listening, so I guess there it is...

[whattaprick]

[ And since that's his cue: ]

You've been at the Carnival longer than I have. How many times has something managed to sneak in with the Ringmaster noticing? I know it's happened at least once.

[ The Matrix. He's talking about the Matrix. ]

IWe know the fae have ways of getting into people's heads. We also don't really know how to stop that.

[fortuneglass]

Mnhnhhhh, and at least once it happened thanks to outside matters...! ...I didn't say not to watch out in here you know! I just think maybe watching where we go is good too!!

We remember the Celebration right?

[That said.] That's the sort of thing we have to think about too...if we can make a defense, or anything to prevent that sort of trick...

[whattaprick]

Never said you did. I'm agreeing it's something we need to do, exactly because we know it can happen.

If you want defense, you need to ask someone on patrol, or someone with a better handle on the fae.

[insidescoop]

True enough....if no one has ideas we have to go to the Ringmaster in the end...

...I wonder if she'd put this off though... [Pride is Dangerous, as is denial.]

[whattaprick]

The last big thing she tried to keep something off our backs wasn't exactly foolproof. Do you remember the Celebration?

[ Oh wait, Carly wasn't a supervisor then yet, and he has no ide if that's general knowledge. To fill her in: ]

There was a ritual supposed to keep the Morningstar from finding us.

[fortuneglass]

I remember that vampires attacked everyone while we were On Site instead of in a Carnival, at least-!! [She starts, only to blink.]

EH!? There was?

...I wonder why that failed...

[whattaprick]

Don't know if it failed. The Morningstar just had help, at least according to one of the vampires.

[ The vampire he tortured in front of Childermass with silver, to be more exact, another thing he's never really talked about with anyone else until now. ]

[insidescoop]

Mnhhh...so not a lot to go on then...

...I guess we can only do what we can for now in that case...