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Lambert ([personal profile] whattaprick) wrote in [community profile] limacharlie2018-05-22 12:21 am

[Day 60, Afternoon]

[ By the time the radio turns on it’s about an hour after Lambert’s group has returned and reported their findings to the Ringmaster. Now it’s just a matter of letting everyone else know. It’s Syrlya who speaks first. ]

As most of you are aware, the Summer and Winter Courts have pursued the carnival into the Athenaeum and taken some of our people hostage.

[ “Hostage" is a nice way to say permanent enslavement.] According to the Scribe and Curator, the lifelike and antagonistic nature of the books found here is the library’s defense against intruders, and it is under our control.

And has been under our control this entire time. [Tyki’s voice chimes in, at this point. To which he’s not bitter at all about it. This entire mess could’ve possibly been avoided.] Our will has been controlling the stories to a certain victory each time we have been swallowed up by one. It should be comforting to know that they cannot use the stories against us. They have not been given these defenses.

If we cast the Fae into our own narrative, the magic should be strong enough to combat them. We will be bound to the same story, so we cannot allow them to turn its favor or-- [And this he sounds less certain about.] --break the confines of the story ourselves.

It should be noted as well that the story cannot be entirely unbelievable. To play the part, it must seem plausible. One cannot just snap their fingers and a fae is weakened, for example. Something like that will allow them to break the story. The narrative must be consistent and convincing.

[ The Nightrider finally speaks. There’s an edge of tension to his voice, but otherwise, he’s pretty composed. ]

The good news is, this means you don't have to be a fighter to help. Bad news is, we still have to figure out how we're going to do it, who's going or staying, and if we're dealing with the Courts together or one at at time. We need to come up with something fast -- I don’t want them to give time to figure out their own plans. Catching them by surprise is the best chance we’ve got, so working together in groups makes the most sense.

If you have any useful ideas, now’s the time to share them.


[ And 9S chimes in: ] If anyone wants to hear the exact exchange we had with the Scribe and Curator, I can provide a recording for your viewing.

I said useful ideas.

[ ooc: this is mainly an ic planning post! ooc plotting post to follow to organize things more formally, but feel free to threadjack each other, form up groups of your own, all that good stuff to work out where your character will be. ]
wild_magic: (18)

[personal profile] wild_magic 2018-05-22 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, okay.

[And he thinks for a bit before adding -]

Can you bring Fluff with you? I can talk to her, in my head. And if something happens to her, she won't die, so it's safe!
insidescoop: (Bwueh?)

[personal profile] insidescoop 2018-05-22 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Fluff?

[Ohoh!] Of course! That should be safe enough then, yes!
pipers_son: (sillica) (Some lady just walked up to me in)

[personal profile] pipers_son 2018-05-23 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[She's definitely not going to like this, but Joker is starting to resign himself to a lot of that happening, and not just about things that have happened recently.]

[He still would like it if people could stop calling him out over the radio, however.]


I can honestly say it.

....Besides, I'm pretty sure I'm goin' ta be with a pair of boys who wouldn't let me and who I'll have ta watch over myself.
wild_magic: (10)

[personal profile] wild_magic 2018-05-23 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. Good.

...Thanks.
fortuneglass: (:'3)

[personal profile] fortuneglass 2018-05-23 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
Hm!

Don't worry, ok? You can count on me.
atouts: (029; nine of cups)

[personal profile] atouts 2018-05-23 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
I would be interested in seeing that recording, 9S. [ If only to figure out what the Curator and the Scribe actually look like... ] Though as far as grand ideas to summon out in the library, I'm not sure I'd be much help.

I do not intend on leaving the carnival grounds again.
chronosynthesis: (❖ Elusive Mind)

[personal profile] chronosynthesis 2018-05-23 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
We have numbers, so if it is possible to separate the Fae and prevent them from working with each other, that would be ideal. That way we can tailor each story to their weaknesses.

And perhaps we should retrieve some books ahead of time to use against them.
periphrasing: (Sweet....?)

[personal profile] periphrasing 2018-05-23 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
...Says who?

[You can practically hear the disdainful nose crinkle she's putting on right now.]

If you ask me this whole mess has been one big long narrative. All we have to do is pick up at the climax of the story and craft things in our favor from there.
soft_focus: (o0o)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2018-05-23 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
...It's how the books I found were. [So....says the book?] ...There's lots of stories in the books here, right? That's just how it went in the short ones.

....I guess if we're at the end part of a long story though, then it's the same no matter what though. We just have to make things to make the ending work.
prazerbutterfly: (zpost exo - plain today)

[personal profile] prazerbutterfly 2018-05-23 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a two way street when one is being called out over the radio. It's not as if Joker is easy to find when he when wants to avoid people. Then again, he wasn't that hard to find if one knew where to look.

Not that he's really scolding. He just wants a straight answer.
]

...right, right. Do what you must then.
scientificist: (Confident)

[personal profile] scientificist 2018-05-23 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Childermass, how are you doing? Still in no need of the Medical Team? Lambert assured me it looked worse than it was--I was preoccupied.
scientificist: (Weird Science Boy)

[personal profile] scientificist 2018-05-23 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
You might plant a false path to the, object of interest, within the labyrinth. That would certainly serve as a distraction.
moonfang: (y dis (asauchi))

[personal profile] moonfang 2018-05-23 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDIN' ME?! We coulda STORYTIME'D our way outta this the WHOLE TIME?!
pipers_son: (insovereign) (His cell phone just went off with)

[personal profile] pipers_son 2018-05-23 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, I'll come back. I don't plan on losin' ta someone like her with such a sharp personality.

I have things I still need ta do, besides.
pipers_son: (bestia-domitor) (He threw a pool chair off of an)

[personal profile] pipers_son 2018-05-23 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Ya much of a fairy tale person, Lambert?
prazerbutterfly: (not listening blah blah too loud)

[personal profile] prazerbutterfly 2018-05-23 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Otherwise I'm going to steal Feathers and teach them all sorts of bad habits. Plus, I might burn your favorite shirt right outside your trailer. I'll also replace everything in your trailer from the floor to the ceiling and vice versa.
anti_nonsense: (i don't even like you really)

[personal profile] anti_nonsense 2018-05-23 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a delay... and a sigh.]

Do what you want. Just make sure you don't screw it up. There's a lot riding on this.
worldlyafflictions: (ch030pg08p2)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2018-05-23 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe people who're better with story ideas than running around trying ta avoid getting killed by Fae could partner up with somebody and do like... remote narration.
worldlyafflictions: (color002)

[personal profile] worldlyafflictions 2018-05-23 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
Oh hey, you're conscious again! Ya doing okay?
dressedtothe: (glory to mankind)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-05-23 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
[:3c]

Sure! Where are you right now? I'll come to you.

[If only to get out of Lambert's range. Which he's slowly inching away from.]
dressedtothe: (a high-end model)

[personal profile] dressedtothe 2018-05-23 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, whatever people come up with, I'll accompany the defence. At least I can detect someone's approach so we have some warning in case it's a fae.

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