[PUBLIC CHANNEL] RINGMASTER'S ELEVENTH ADDRESS (D72)

[lordofthering]

[The radios will glow green as the Ringmaster begins a broadcast.]

Welcome back to the carnival, everyone. Things may look the same as before, but I assure you, there is no stone that has been left unturned or tree that hasn't been uprooted. We'll have no more stalkers from here on out.

There are a few things of relevance that I have to tell you about. Firstly, Ignatius is no longer in the moon. Instead, he's been relocated to a small island in the middle of the lake. He can't leave it, and you aren't allowed to visit it without my permission. If you do, and he wounds you, you can consider it your own fault.

In a related matter, I've decided to invest my magical energies into granting each of you a ressurection egg, as we clearly can't anticipate any peaceful resolutions from this. If you don't know what that means, it's essentially a ritual spell I'll need your help in completing - once it's done, it will bring you back to life if you happen to perish, but only once. Also, you will have to be in the egg long enough to regrow and hatch. This is no small favour on my part, and it won't work unless your soul can make it back to the egg.

Thirdly, after calling in several favours, I think the location of Eden is almost within view. A few allies will be joining us over the next week and giving us more information. Until then, carry on about your business, as there are some new things you'll have to get used to.

We're going to be organizing the Supervisor guided departments differently from now on. I have explained the details to the Supervisors, and they can fill you in on what will be expected of you. There will not be only six categories: Militia, Acquisitions, Engineering, Management, Administration, and Medical.

Supervisors, feel free to sound off with what group you are leading and what it is for.

Comments

[scientificist]

[No skin off Herbert's nose. He gets it.]

Lauren.

[mylastchance]

[He nods, glad to have gotten that out of the way. He honestly doesn't mind Herbert watching, it just feels a lot like letting somebody watch you think. It's nothing special to him and there isn't much to see. Though he can understand how he might feel differently if he had grown up without magic in his life.]

I don't mind you watching, but I can't explain how it's done.

[Better just to get that small caveat out of the way now, rather than later.]

[scientificist]

[Pfeh. Seems fairly typical for a lot of magic practitioners in the Carnival, although he's not as irritated with Lauren as he is with Strange. Strange pretends enthusiasm and has no actual analysis, Lauren is just. A kid using a radio, essentially.]

That's fine, I don't expect you to be a scientist--that's not your, job. I may still ask questions but I don't require you to know the answers.

[mylastchance]

No. I know how it works, but I cannot explain.

[Explaining this will always feel awkward.]

We're not allowed to.

[scientificist]

[Herbert takes a deep breath off the radio. He's trying to be. A good Supervisor. And a polite doctor. But this is so many things that irritate him all at once.]

Religion?

[mylastchance]

[He hesitates for a moment.]

Some people think of it that way.

But there's no worship, and no gods.

[wild_magic]

It's just meditating with trees, and secret Druid gatherings.

But there's prayers too, I think it's religious.

[mylastchance]

[Not this again.]

You don't know anything about.

[wild_magic]

I know enough! I know you have to do your prayers, in the lake, and that you have to sit and think a lot about trees, and nature, and you have to go meet with other druids to... I don't know, sit around under trees together, or whatever boring things you do.

[mylastchance]

I do it near a pool and that's not a druid thing.

[wild_magic]

You do it in the waterfall, too. And if it's not a druid thing then it's even weirder.

[mylastchance]

It's for Eldath.

And it's not weird.

[wild_magic]

[He doesn't really understand the difference, but whatever. He'll let it drop for now.]

[scientificist]

[Some sort of....nature Buddhism then. Or something. Christian monks creating science in their free time sort of thing. Thanks, Susan.]

I'd at least like to develop my own opinion of your efficacy, secret methods or not.