Carnivale Experiences & Explorations

[Lycana]

Open carnival exploration

I accompanied Ryn again and we went to the carnival. It is not midnight, and it has returned its normally jovial festivity. I'm busy looking around and someone waves me into the fortune teller's tent. She is seated at her table and bids me to sit. She deals out the cards to me, her voice quiet as she speaks. The first card is the doll with a porcelain painted face. She says that this is me now. The doll is subjected to outside energies. The doll in the image is cracked. She tells me that I am growing, and discovering more, unlocking more and this will eventually lead to decay and discarding of the old. To not be afraid to leave it behind. She takes out a lantern and hands to be inside. Inside is a giant moth but this one is strange as it is luminous, its wings sparkling as they flutter. She says that this is important for me, so I take it and leave her tent. We walk around. There is a large pole with many swings attached to it. I have always loved the wing ride, so I climb onto it and the swings draw up high off the ground. They whirl faster and faster and I feel like I'm speeding through the air, free as I'm whipped around and around. I feel like a child, swinging in the air, until it lowers me once more to the ground.

I walk some more with Ryn, enjoying the shadows of the carnival, it's music bringing a smile to my face.