PUBLIC CHANNEL | S2:D9 MORNING

[everybodypanic]

Wait a minute.

You mean that part about staying here and working for a year was actually true?

I thought I could just, you know, sign and leave. Like, hell no I wasn't actually gonna stay! Even if I did kind of break something.

[Jinx, that's not how magical contracts work. You really should know this by now.]

Can I get a do over?

[There's some unintelligible squeaking noises in the background. And Jinx just sighs.]

Yes, Kuro. I know this isn't the first time I've signed without reading.

[If only you could hear how hard she is eyerolling right now.]

Who asked you?

Comments

[fortuneglass]

Ahahhahaaaa.... [Oh nooooooooooooooooooo not another case like thissssss-]

That's how it goes...!! Ah... ...you do know that contracts don't have lies on them though right?? That's why it's a contract! It's accurate to the point, so that you sign on knowing what for..!

...Especially when you break things!

[everybodypanic]

Yeah contracts bore me, I just sign and whatever.

[insidescoop]

...That's a really bad idea with Faerie.....

[aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah really bad...super bad super- ahhh-]

Ah- A-ANYWAY!!

I guess be glad you didn't sign away your soul, or name, or...anything REALLY important..! This way, when your year is done, you just go back to when you came here from!

You could even think of it like a vacation, sort of~ There's work obviously, but it's definitely a lot less tense than normal places~

[carly you've been through how many wars and attacks-]

[everybodypanic]

So like, a whole year?

Really?

[What do you a think a year means, Jinx.]

What if I already have important stuff to do back home? I got others waiting for me, you know. And school to go to... I guess.

[Bleh.]

[insidescoop]

Of course!

And it's like I said! You go back to the same moment you left~ It'll be like you were never gone at all.

[Think of the opportunities Jinx~]

[hippocarnival]

No, it's not... [Oh no. Most people Yuya talks to about this stuff have either a: resigned themselves to it or b: were willing recruits. He's not sure if it's always fair to force someone into labor over breaking something, but...]

You really didn't read it before you signed?

[everybodypanic]

Meh, TLDR.

[hippocarnival]

Well... it's all true. You're part of the carnival for a year and a day until your contract's over, since you signed it, and then you can go back home.

It's not all bad, though! [He sounds more chipper. Gotta look on the bright side of things.] There's some weird time stuff going on so you won't actually be missing from your home, you'll go back right where you left. And we go some cool places... uh, did you at least read what your job is?

[everybodypanic]

Uh.

Hey Kuro...

[More squeaking.]

Daredevil? Hey that sounds pretty cool.

[hippocarnival]

[Is this girl going to be okay.]

So you'll be part of the performances! My name's Yuya. I'm one of the acrobats, though. Joker's the stage manager, so he'll be able to help you with your act.

[sunflowerfields]

Perhaps from now on you'll be more careful?

I haven't seen it for myself, but I have been told that we all return to the moment we left when our contract is fulfilled.

[It's fae bullshit, it doesn't have to make sense.]

[everybodypanic]

It's fine, I'm not too worried about it. What's the worst that could happen?

So it's like, I'll be a year older but when I come back I'm gonna be a year younger again.

[sunflowerfields]

That's a good attitude to have!

And, er, well, it's magic. I'm afraid I don't quite know how to explain it very well.

[everybodypanic]

Yeah, magic's kind of weird like that.

[sunflowerfields]

Oh! What do you know about magic, if you don't mind me asking?

[magicsprice]

That's what you get for not reading, dearie. You're not the first person to be bitten by such carelessness. I doubt you'll be the last.

Perhaps eventually you might learn to be a little more careful in the future, both when it comes to handling another's property and signing contracts.

[Somehow he has his doubts on that given the attitude currently displayed on the radio.]

[everybodypanic]

I wasn't being careless! I just got bored by it. So I signed anyways.

And the property damage wasn't entirely my fault.

[It was.]

[magicsprice]

[Somehow he manages to make an agreeable noise that manages to also sound mocking. Because this entire mess?

Still all your fault.]

Is that so?

[everybodypanic]

Yeah! Like, I was at the Test of Strength and all I did was take a swing at it and the whole thing just up and broke.

How messed up is that?

[magicsprice]

Have you never been to a rigged carnival before, dear?

[He's not saying it was rigged, but there's the possibility and well, given the nature of this particular carnival, he would not be surprised if the situation had been rigged to occur.]

[flashover]

Oh... yeah. Did you get tricked too? Oh hey! Do you have a familiar named "Kuro" too? Wow!

[everybodypanic]

Wait how'd you get yours?

[flashover]

Oh uh... well, he belonged to my dad! And I made friends with him. So now he's mine!

[everybodypanic]

So he does anything besides just follow you around?

[flashover]

Well.... he sleeps on the end of my bed, and eats the food I cook him, and... sometimes he's big enough to ride on!