Lost Carnival radio & mail

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✆CHANNEL

FREQUENCY: 144.98750
DESCRIPTION: If she doesn't answer she's probably napping.

✉MAIL BOX

LOCATION: Just drop it on the heap of other mail outside her and Sans' trailer
DESCRIPTION: there's probably some stuff that's not mail in there too

Comments

Mailbox

[pipers_son]

[Checking in the mailbox will reveal a very small package, wrapped up carefully. Opening it reveals a single earring, 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]

Radio (Back after the supervisor's interlude)

[periphrasing]

Ames are you there? I need to tell you something important. Immediately.

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Whoah sure what's up??

DELIVERY

[starseedling]

[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 Amethyst a seashell necklace. It will be gifted sometime during the off week.]

TEXT Oct. 5th or whatever, the day Amethyst disappears

[periphrasing]

[Peridot's been waiting for the perfect excuse to text this girl since she first got her number, but. How do you strike up a conversation with someone so cool and aloof? Consulting the internet, she'd learned that waiting three days before texting is generally ideal, but she also learned that a good opening line was essential. That, she has been lacking.

But now life has handed her that line on a silver platter: It's time for math class and Amethyst isn't here at all today.]

Class is starting, you better get here fast or otherwise have a good excuse for being late.

[Heh. Nailed it.]

[periphrasing]

Like being sick or brutally injured

[periphrasing]

I apologize in advance if you ARE actually brutally sick, or injured.

[periphrasing]

I mean, sick, or brutally injured. I'm not sure if it's possibly to be "brutally sick"?

[periphrasing]

"LOL", as they say. Anyway I hope everything is OK.

B7? B8?

[criticallyfucked]

The Ring Master's orders were that every member of the Carnival was expected to give at least one 'good' gift to someone else. This is something of a challenge for Foster. After all, wouldn't the only 'good' gift from him be no gift at all?

Any present he could give to someone would be tainted by both the knowledge of and association with its giver's identity; and this even if he didn't manage to give something completely terrible, which he knows can be made at least somewhat possible by spending enough money.

Fortunately, he knows someone. Someone for whom the idea of a present from Foster would not be too viscerally revolting. Someone he doesn't loathe, or feel too reminded of how much he loathes himself around (sometimes.)

Someone who has a real affinity for garbage.

Amethyst.

Which is how she finds herself ambushed in her own doorway, with Foster shoving a package at her face rather forcefully.

It's even wrapped.

In meat paper.

"Here!"

[periphrasing]

Amethyst? If I can just borrow a moment of your time, I have an important question about Earth culture that I could use your expertise on.

[drrdrrdrr]

Hit me UP, P-danger.

BOX IN HER TRAILER: WITH NOTE

[ringleaders]

[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.]

"Amethyst-

I'm happy that you've returned! I missed seeing you around!

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 300 Beanie Babies.]

B19, morning

[pipers_son]

Hey, Amethyst!

I need yer help with somethin', and I have a feelin' it's doomed ta make a mess, all of which is yers if ya come down ta the carnival cookhouse.

during winter break

[pipers_son]

[On one hand, Joker should and has made some actual effort into a real gift, which is a tiny little gingerbread wrestling ring waiting for her. On the other hand, it's also accompanied by all the failed attempts and trash that comes from a huge cooking spree.]

[He knows she enjoys it.]

[Hopefully she doesn't (immediately) eat the joker playing card that comes with it, since there's a message.]

Glad to see you back! Here's to more great performances.

Mailbox - Winter Break

[spaghettimonster]

[Left on Amethyst's pile, outside the trailer, 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:]

HI AMETHYST,
I HOPE YOU'VE HAD A GOOD WINTER SOLSTICE!
(MAYBE IT'S NOT OVER YET? I'M TRYING TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHEN YOU'LL SEE THIS CARD, BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE OPTIMISTIC.)
THOUGH, THAT RAISES THE QUESTION:
WHEN DOES A WRITTEN WELLWISHING GO INTO EFFECT, ANYWAY?
WHEN THE RECIPIENT READS IT?
WHEN ANYONE BESIDES THE WRITER READS IT?
OR DOES IT WORK RIGHT NOW, AS I'M WRITING?
MAYBE IT'S ALL OF THE ABOVE... OR MAYBE IT'S PEDANTICS.
ANYWAY!! HAVE A GOOD TIME, WHENEVER THAT TIME IS!

SOLSTICE GIFT

[periphrasing]

[Rather than getting anything in her mailbox, there's a big sack on Amethyst's front steps with a note taped to it. Also, a bright green rosette style bow. The note reads:]

AMETHYST,

I'LL ADMIT, I HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE COMING UP WITH THE PERFECT SOLSTICE GIFT FOR YOU. I WAS MAKING EVERYONE ELSE SPECIAL ITEMS OUT OF MAGIC METAL, BUT NOTHING I COULD MAKE WITH IT REALLY SEEMED TO FIT YOUR "STYLE".

IT WAS KIND OF FRUSTRATING AT FIRST, BUT NATURALLY, I EVENTUALLY HAD A STROKE OF GENIUS FOR SOMETHING BETTER! I MEAN, I STILL HAVE A BIT OF THAT METAL LEFT SO IF YOU DO WIND UP WANTING SOMETHING MADE OUT OF THAT, I GUESS I CAN DO THAT. BUT I FIGURED YOU'D APPRECIATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS A LOT MORE. I'VE BEEN BUILDING A STOCK OF IT FOR MY GARDEN, BUT THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH OF IT FOR ME TO SHARE.

HAPPY SOLSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PERIDOT

[The huge sack is just. Absolutely CRAMMED FULL. Of compost. It is a fine vintage. Peridot has been hoarding food waste and compostable paper products from all around the carnival ever since she started Sadness Farming back when Amethyst left, so it has had a GOOD LONG WHILE to ripen.]

B19

[sworntothesword]

[ Connie delivers a wrapped copy of "Living on a Meme." An academic take on the phenomenah of memes, with plenty of examples to keep things interesting.

It comes with a handwritten note from Connie: ]

Hey Amythest! We haven't really seen each other around yet, have we? I wonder if fate itself is conspiring to keep us apart!

Anyway, I found a book and I hope you like it. It's about Memes.

If you don't like it, maybe the book drop has something else you'd like instead?

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

BREAK DAY 25

[osteothropy]

[Because this is Sans there's no long letter or card. It's just the gift wrapped up in random paper, with a brief note.]

-Sans

[It's a pile of three t-shirts.]

BREAK DAY 24

[starseedling]

[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 the letters "8XM". 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.

There is also a pair of shitty fucking swords that look cool in a 14 year old boy kind of way.]

"Happy Solstice, Amethyst!

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!

I remembered how excited you were about knowing your official gem designation, so I put it on the front! And I thought you might think the other stuff was cool, too.

Love,
Steven"

operation "gold medal surprise party for steven"

[pipers_son]

Amethyst. This is really important....

But what kinda things does Steven love best when it comes ta parties?

[Can she even answer as a car...]

letter in mailbox, while in Space

[spaghettimonster]

HELLO! THIS IS A NOTE ABOUT AN URGENT MATTER!

IF YOU'RE RECEIVING THIS NOTE AND YOU'RE STEVEN, STOP READING IMMEDIATELY! HOW DID YOU EVEN GET THIS, IT WASN'T IN YOUR MAILBOX!?

IF, HOWEVER, YOU ARE NOT STEVEN...

DO NOT BE ALARMED, NOTHING IS WRONG. THE URGENT MATTER IN QUESTION IS NONE OTHER... THAN A TOP-SECRET, SURPRISE SHINDIG! A PARTY TO CONGRATULATE THE -GOLD MEDALIST- AMONG US. IT WILL BE IN THE COOKHOUSE, SOON!

IF YOU'RE EAGER TO MAKE SNACKS OR DECORATIONS... OR WANT TO KNOW MORE... CONTACT JOKER! COVERTLY!

AND FEEL FREE TO HELP DISTRACT STEVEN AWAY FROM THE COOKHOUSE.

THANKS!
- PAPYRUS

day 59, evening

[whattaprick]

[ By now, Lambert has seen Amethyst enough to recognize her, even if he doesn't actually have much of an impression beyond 'hangs out with Peridot and Steven a lot' and 'eats anything.

He's supposed to be figuring out how many people are back by now and considering heading out to fetch them in himself when he spots her out of the corner of his eye and turns, remembering Peridot's request. ]

Hey. You.

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What?

[Amethyst is looking kind of spooked right now -- she's heard about what happened to Steven, but so far hasn't gotten any word on Peridot and is kind of freaked out about it, ALL CONSIDERED.]

Oh -- hey!
[For her part she doesn't know a ton about Lambert, but she does know that him and Peridot are tight, so the first thing out of her mouth (the regular mouth, anyway) is:] Have you seen Peridot anywhere?

Day 60

[hippocarnival]

Uh--Amethyst? [He hopes he got the right radio frequency here.] It's Yuya, from performance. I have something to say from Steven.

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[Guess who's actually listening to her dang radio for once!] Wait, what? From Steven--?