puddingemote | [Lost Carnival] IC Inbox

[Left hanging from the mailbox is... is that a fish? It's a fish bag. Well. That's one way to welcome someone into the Carnival.]

[Nestled in the depths is a playing card: the joker]

[Checking in the mailbox will reveal a very small package, wrapped up carefully. Opening it reveals a pin, and under it a letter written in what is actually pretty tidy writing.]

Use this in case of emergencies. All you have to do is touch it and think of me really hard. It'll take you straight to the inside of my trailer, hopefully away from anything that's causing us trouble. It only works on the grounds of the carnival, so get very good at running back here and always keep in mind how to get back.

- Joker

[Look, he signed his name and everything, no playing card- HA HA NAH there is absolutely a joker playing card beneath the note. What the fuck, Joker]

[Steven's been making seashell jewelry with the merfolk, and so naturally he's decided to share the wealth with his treasured friends. He'll either give it to you in person or via your mailbox. If in person, he'll pretty much just swim up to you and be like "Here! This is for you! I made it!" and if you get it in the mailbox it will have a note with it that basically says the same thing, plus a small doodle of a heart-shaped fish.

Steven has made Tamaki a seashell bracelet. It will be gifted sometime during the off week.]

[ because things have progressed enough in the brainwashed thread that yeah, Tamaki would get an apology as well even though Strange...didn't really succeed in killing a ghost. Look, it's the thought that counts. PRETEND THAT TAMAKI GOT THIS RIGHT NEAR THE START OF SUMMERLANDS because time is flexible and backdating saves lives. ]

To Tamaki,

I confess this is a bit of an awkward letter to write as I never actually succeeded in doing any harm to you. Still, the intent was there, so I feel I must apologize for my actions nonetheless.

I'm glad to hear you're alive again, by the way. I can only imagine how truly bizarre that must have been.

Yours, Jonathan Strange

[Guess who's got a bone to pick with you, Tamaki. It's Yuya.

Honestly Tamaki barely gets time to enter the trailer before Yuya springs up and points a finger dramatically.] You!

[A small box will be left outside the door of the cabin where Tamaki is staying, wrapped in green paper. Tamaki’s name is carefully lettered on the side, with a smaller “from Ginko” under it. Inside is a two-dose bottle of healing draught, alongside a small note: “Be careful out there.”]

[Miko is on a MISSION. A mission to get gifts to the... very few people she can give presents to in person without it being sort of embarrassing. And, lucky for Tamaki, he's on that short list.

When she catches sight of him, she bounds forward, waving eagerly with the arm not occupied with holding a wrapped package.] Hey, Tamaki!!

[Tamaki gets a call through the radio sometime in the afternoon.]

Hey, Tamaki. Where are you? I have a present.

[Because who wouldn't make time for presents?]

[One day during the winter vacation, Tamaki will find that a book has been delivered to his cabin, along with a note scribbled on a piece of paper torn out of a notebook:]

Tamaki,

This is for you. I don't know what you like, so I just got something that looked interesting.

-Rita Mordio

[Hey Tamaki, you work in music, right? Well, how would you like to see the joys of music reduced to the most painstakingly technical format imaginable? Say no more, because you've just received a copy of Acoustics: Fundamentals of Sound Fields, a book that explains the science of sound, complete with practical formulas and simulation methods! There might be some genuinely interesting and applicable parts in there, but they're buried between page after page of science babble.]

[On B18, they will find a fancy looking gift box in his trailer with a note left on top. The handwriting is done in an over the top cursive that he might recognize as the Ringmaster's, written on aged papyrus with the ink seemingly made of shining gold.]

"Tamaki-

I get the impression you like this stuff.

The Ringmaster❧"

[Her signature is so massive and florid that it fills up the rest of the paper. When they open the box, they'll find an irresponsible quantity of King's Pudding. At least 12 pails like the one pictured. The pudding comes pre-mixed.]

[ Left on Tamaki's bed is a present, wrapped in a navy blue wrapping paper. It's actually wrapped fairly well though hot damn did someone go crazy on the ribbon. Attached to the present is a note. ]

To Tamaki,
I hope you like the book! Happy holidays and enjoy the rest of our vacation.
yrs, J. Strange

[ inside is a book! It's a slightly pulpy gothic novel where the protagonist is a ghost. It's actually pretty good despite the fact that it's cliche as heck and has pretty much every ghost media trope thrown into the plot. ]

[ Tamaki's gift from Lambert comes in a paper bag left at his trailer, with a shirt, three vials of the red phoenix fruit distillation Lambert's been able to develop, and a note. ]

This should help you make sure people take you seriously when you're patching them up. Use the phoenix fruit if you ever need to wake someone up in a hurry, or drink it if you need a boost of energy.

Lambert

[ Connie delivers a wrapped copy of "Silent Spring," a nonfiction novel chronologizing the end of a small town after the factory that employed 70% of the workforce closed down.

It comes with a handwritten note from Connie: ]

Happy Holidays! I love books, and I hope you do too!

If you don't like this particular one, maybe you'll find one more to your liking in at the Book Swap!

[ Included is a crude drawing of the cabin layout with a star pointing to where the book swap is located. ]

[Left in Tamaki's mailbox is a painted card. The card smells of pine needles, snow and a fireplace, and features Papyrus, waving enthusiastically ahead. Somehow there's boneprint snowflakes faintly falling against the pale background. Along the header and footer, the card reads:]

HAPPY GYFTMAS
(ON THE MOON)
FROM PAPYRUS!!!

[Inside, a personal message continues:]

HEY! TAMAKI!
YOU SHOULD OPEN YOUR MAILBOX, YOU'VE GOT MAIL.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S BILLS OR SPAM LETTERS...
THESE ARE REAL NOTES, FROM REAL PEOPLE, WITH REAL FEELINGS.
EVEN THIS CARD IS A REAL FEELING.
IT IS:
HOPING YOU HAVE / HAD A GOOD WINTER VACATION!
AND THAT EVERYTHING GOES GREAT FOR YOU WHEN WE GET BACK TO TOURING.

[Steven has left you a gift! There is a small note attached, left somewhere you are likely to find it.

It is a white throw pillow made with slightly iridescent faux fur, with a contrastingly pink patch of felt stitched to the front in the shape of a crown. The white fabric smells faintly of lavender and other hard to place relaxing aromas, and has subtle magical soothing effect from being close to it.]

"Happy Solstice, Tamaki!

I made this pillow with some magic fur material in the market. I think it smells really good, and being near it is supposed to make you feel more relaxed and ready to sleep!

It's a crown like that pudding guy!! Maybe you can be Prince Pudding haha

Love,
Steven"

[Here's something you don't see everyday: Rita calling Tamaki out of the blue. Unsurprisingly, it's because she wants something.]

Hey, Tamaki? It's Rita. Got a minute?

Tamaki! Are ya in the carnival? I need help with somethin'!

Mailbox

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DELIVERY

mailbox!

The Trailer | Day 155

earlyish in Moon Time

moon gift time

Day 11

Mailbox - Holiday Gift

BIG BOX IN HIS TRAILER: WITH NOTE

midway through moon time

day 21

B19

Mailbox - Winter Break

BREAK DAY 24

D14

operation "gold medal surprise party for steven"