[Public Channel] Day 69 morning : news about Iggy

[worldlyafflictions]

[Honestly, it isn't his fault he doesn't have hammer space or fancy magic to use for hiding stuff. Tyki didn't have to suggest he should contribute some other way like he had something to make up for when the topic of assuring the rest of the Carnival that the situation was under control came up; any one of them could have done that! But in the end there wasn't a graceful way to weasel out of it, so here Shima is, sighing and clicking his radio on to the public channel once they'd made it back to camp and had some rest.

The aggressive cheer in his voice poorly disguises the put upon tone to his announcement.]

Mooorning everybody~

Shima again. I'm sure some of ya've been wondering what's been up with that fae that our last team captured 'n got the Ringmaster ta eat. Well, good news, she's fine now 'n the eating was temporary.

Iggy-san is doing less hot, but he's alive 'n we've got him inside, uh... I guess it was a beach moon? Not sure how that works. But yeah, for whatever reason, since I fit the Ringmaster's criteria for a person suitable ta bring along for a chat with him, here's a first hand account that his powers have been stripped and he's successfully contained 'n not leaving the Carnival for a while.

Take a sigh of relief, or brace yourselves. Whichever!

Comments

[exaomori]

Dunno if he would really wanna see me after I intruded like that.

There four of 'em I saw. The Summer Queen, the Incandescence, the Gilded Mark, and the Torchbearer. Somethin' like that.

[whattaprick]

What, you think he’d recognize you?

But those sound like Fae names, all right. [ And from their names, he has some idea of their nature. ] Did they seem a little ... fiery to you?

[exaomori]

Nah, but I’d be pretty mad if I knew someone saw that if it was me.

[Fae had their pride and all, even if they were currently being held captive. ]

But yeah, they were a little fiery. [You know, just a little. ]

[whattaprick]

Was it that bad...? He's pretty loyal to the Summer Queen. You'd think a dream with her in it would be a good thing.

[exaomori]

Not when she’s sendin’ him into exile.

[whattaprick]

Is that what it was about?

[ Doesn't sound like much of a nightmare to him, but it's probably hell for someone like Iggy. Still, hard to know if Fae dreams as nonsensical as anyone else's, or if there's some sort of truth to them... ]

What were the rest of them doing?

[exaomori]

Throwin’ him out because of something that shouldn’t have been possible, yeah. Dunno what exactly happened, but that’d give a lotta people nightmares.

But the others seemed to be there for emotional support before I—he, whatever, went in to see the Summer Queen. Pretty nerve wracking, just waiting for her to be ready.

[whattaprick]

Hm. Sounds like something only the people who were up there can answer.

[ Not like he's hinting or anything. Emotional support, though ... that's weird to think about, but he supposes even fae can get nervous or something. ]

[exaomori]

You ain't bein' subtle at all~

[whattaprick]

I'm not a subtle kind of guy.

But if they won't tell me, that's fine. If the Ringmaster wants us to know it, we'll find out sooner or later ourselves.

[anti_nonsense]

These other fae... what were they like?

[exaomori]

Y'mean like in demeanor or do you mean in appearance?

[anti_nonsense]

Either. If those fae exist in reality, anything you can tell us might be useful in some way.

[exaomori]

Got it.

Mm, the first two I saw--the Torchbearer and the Gilded Mark. One of 'em was fair with some tattoos on her head, the other dark with gold tattoos. Both of 'em were pretty friendly. Dunno if they were guards or companions, but I didn't get any kind of animosity from them.

The Incandescence-aah. If I had to guess, I'd put her more with light than anything else. Y'know when people are supposed to have an 'inner light' or whatever? Like that, but literally. [Shura pauses, thinking.] Guess you could call her maternal? She gave me the medallion I needed to see the Summer Queen.

[anti_nonsense]

Huh... so even he has people like that in his life.

[Friends, family... it seems odd to Rita, even if it maybe shouldn't.]

You needed a medallion to see the Summer Queen?

[exaomori]

You expectin' somethin' else from him?

[Shura really doesn't know any of Rita's history with Ignatius, but she can tell that there might be a little something there.]

Yeah. It was one of those things like is a manga or somethin'--inside of me all along or whatever. Couldn't tell you much more about it.