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[kingsroads]

[ Now that a day's gone by with nobody trying to put a hit on the Ringmaster, it's the PERFECT time to ask his creepy questions. ]

How many of you have died before, whether on your world or at the Carnival? You don't have to answer if you don't want to, I understand this might be a sore subject for some.

And if you have died, how were you brought back to life? Please try to be as detailed in your answer as possible.

[ just asked like no big deal, there's nothing weird about asking how people died in the slightest. c: ]

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[atouts]

[ there's a lengthy radio silence from Childermass as he tries to imagine that. that's... creepy.

finally, he replies, ]

I suppose that's what you get for running in and out of mirrors so often.

[kingsroads]

It is far too appropriate, don't you think? Much like your feathers.

[atouts]

They aren't quite that appropriate...

[ they really are, though. ]

[kingsroads]

Haven't we had this conversation already? They're more appropriate than you realize!

[atouts]

And I still think the carnival's magic thinks itself hilarious.

[ which doesn't mean the two aren't mutual, it just means he doesn't want to admit they are. ]

[kingsroads]

Well the Ringmaster does have a unique sense of humor.

[ unique's putting it a bit nicely... ] Perhaps the magic mirrors the owner?

[atouts]

That could very well be true.

[ even their own magic is a little like themselves, isn't it? ]

[kingsroads]

[ John Childermass with his shadowy magic and his standoffish self and Jonathan Strange with his showoffy magic and his supremely showoffy self. ]

I'll have to ask the Ringmaster more about that when we inevitably have another conversation. I'm sure she'll answer.

[atouts]

Talk to her often, do you?

[ Should he be worried or...? ]

[kingsroads]

I wouldn't say often but we've had a few conversations by now.

[atouts]

About magic?

[ He's guessing, but let's be real, it's a pretty easy guess to make. ]

[kingsroads]

And our role in the Carnival. It's interesting just how...not necessarily under her control, but how easy it is for her to help change us.

[atouts]

I doubt anyone would care for the additional help with that... Although, it's still difficult to believe that anything can be so out of her control in her own domain.

[ dangerous sigils aside and all. ]

[kingsroads]

I assume that even faeries can get distracted and out of their depth even in their own realm.

[atouts]

Not exactly a comforting thought.

[kingsroads]

I think it's perfectly comforting. It shows the Ringmaster is as fallible as the rest of us.

[ just in weirdo faerie form. ]