005 | Sakura In The Night

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Cherry blossom viewing
When: Nighttime March 26, 2016
Where: A park with sakura trees
Summary: Heaven is throwing a small party to view the sakura and let everyone relax.



After the absolute disaster that happened with handing out chocolates, the Heavens are tripping over themselves to make up for their inability to properly handle the situation. They are eager to make amends and assure everyone that they are hardworking individuals who want nothing more than to make everyone's stay here enjoyable or at least pleasant. To that end, they have invited all of the gods and shinki to a lovely flower viewing, since the sakura are in season.

And by 'invited', they mean 'mandatory', of course. You will accept their apology, whether you like it or not.

It's not all bad, though. The Heavens have provided various kimonos that can be worn, if you haven't brought your own, but you're not required to wear a kimono. They would, however, really like it if you did wear them. It's very traditionally Japanese, after all.

The party is taking place at night so that you can all hide your merrymaking from the Near Shore residents and also because the night sky is beautiful against the cherry blossoms. So try to at least enjoy yourselves while you're here.



Banquet

Every kind of food imaginable is available for your eating pleasure. On top of that, there are dozens of different kinds of desserts ready to be devoured as well. For the older crowd, booze has been provided and is being served by white-clad shinki bearing the golden chrysanthemum of Amaterasu. They are, however, refusing to serve alcohol to anyone who looks too young to drink, sorry guys.

Cherry Blossoms

The blossoms are absolutely gorgeous this year, and they are at the peak of their blooming right now. Nearly every single bud has bloomed and the pink petals are floating by everywhere you go. There is an ethereal light emanating from each of the trees, lighting up the area with a soft, pink light, yet it doesn't seem to be drowning out the brightness of the stars at all. It really is the most beautiful cherry blossom viewing anyone could ever hope for.

"Secret" Corner

Somehow, the Heavens have managed to make one small corner of the grotto into a completely secluded area. There is no marking or signs to indicate what this corner should be used for, but anyone entering it will suddenly realize that this is a place for lovers to meet privately. Only those that you enter the corner with will be able to notice your presence, and you will be unable to notice anyone else's presence as well. Enjoy yourselves, young ones!

Counselling

Off to the side, there is a tiny table set up with a small, nicely written sign that reads "Gentle Counselling". On the other side of the table is a sweetly smiling shinki who is willing to listen to your problems and answer any questions you might have. She is also here to help out any gods that are having a hard time dealing with knowing about how their shinki died and any shinki that is having trouble coming to terms with the fact that they are dead. Counselling will also gladly be offered to anyone who is still pissed off or upset in any way about what happened after White Day.



In Summary:

• Enjoy the cherry blossoms
• Eat lots of good food
• Promise it's not poisoned
• Spend time with people you like
• Meet the newbies
• Have fun~

Comments

[fullcowl]

Banquet | OTA

[He'd feel bad not going, even if it is a bit more forced than he'd like. So he's there, dressed in a simple male kimono and looking over the spread of food.]

They really meant it when they said everything...

[But for the moment he's just filling his plate with katsudon.]

Cherry blossoms | OTA

[Once he's eaten his fill he can be found sitting off to the side, enjoying the calm and beauty of the night.]

It's nice that they're trying to make up for White Day.

[They can't turn back time to stop it from every happening, so this is probably the best they can do.]

Cherry blossoms

[scrap_metal]

Looks more like a damage control to me.

[ Genos comments. He's lying on the grass right under the nearest cherry tree ]

Well chosen one, I give them that.

[fullcowl]

Something in the middle, I think?

Plus there are some new arrivals so they probably want their best foot forward.

[scrap_metal]

So there is more of us, huh. [ He never had good estimate how many Far Shorers are around. The angry replies to Amaterasu post on the BBS seemed to be only indication, and even then he couldn't be sure everyone commented ]

That's a better place to be introduced to this mess.

cherry blossoms

[cyberfly]

[ The cherry blossoms look very shadowy in the starlight. So much for the pink hues that they're supposed to appreciate. Nagi is standing there by a tree when someone pipes up from where they sit on the ground. Was the kid talking to Nagi? He actually glances around briefly, just in case there's someone there. Seeing no one else, he figures he should probably answer. ]

... What happened on White Day?

[fullcowl]

Oh. You're probably new, huh?

[Well if he doesn't know, he should.]

We were asked to give out excess chocolate, but the chocolate they had given us was all akayashi infected.

[cyberfly]

[ He figures that's probably obvious, so Nagi only nods in response to the question.

Asked to give out? It sounded like an official assignment, but why would they do that? From what Nagi understands, which isn't that much yet, shinki and gods are supposed to destroy ayakashi. ]

Who asked you?

CHERRY BLOSSOMS

[cursedblood]

'White Day'?

[hello, Izuku, it's one of the newbies. a man with a bemused expression watching you closely, dressed in suit as opposed to kimono. he seems more curious about what happened as opposed to the day itself.]

[fullcowl]

[That's slightly intimidating, but if he's interested in what happened, he should know.]

Uh... There were some akayashi infused chocolates that the Heavens asked us to give out. They didn't know the akayashi were there, so that's what this is all for.

[cursedblood]

[there's a few measured beats of silence. Arikado's mind is working, working, working...]

How many were hurt?

Cherry blossoms

[oneblackcat]

Eh? What happened on White Day?

[Omi's attempts to learn so far have been so focused on the who, what, where, and why, he hasn't even thought about asking anyone on recent events. He probably should have thought about it.]

[fullcowl]

They asked us to give out excess chocolates. But the chocolates had been ayakashi infused, so we also had to do damage control and try to get rid of all the ayakashi before they could take effect.

[oneblackcat]

What? [Omi's face is incredulous.]

You mean the heavens asked you to?

[readerofthestars]

[Huh. Nageki's been curious about things being so... extravagant since he's shown up. He figured it couldn't be normal. If this is a reparation for something that happened before, though, it's kinda nice he got invited. He guesses. Maybe? He's still figuring this out.]

If this is making up for something, it must have been terrible. [This is an extreme length for an apology he means.]

I was wondering if this was normal.

[fullcowl]

It was... pretty bad. [He doesn't think they managed to get to all the people they handed out chocolates to.]

No, this is definitely an apology. It's not usually this festive.

[doestheickyjobs]

They throw a mean party around here. Hey, by the way! Thanks for letting me crash at your place.

[Axel's loading his plate up with fried things, plus some desserts for variety. Hey, he's dead. It's not like he's got to worry about his health.]

I think Pippa's figured out the trick of letting me into her temple without the, you know. [He waves his free hand vaguely.] Creepy vibe.

[fullcowl]

No problem. You saw it, it's way too big for two people.

[He didn't know Axel was such a big fan of fried food.]

That's great. Not that I minded having you around, but it must be nice to be able to be in your goddess's temple.

Banquet

[gonnarockyou]

These things seem really common! They put out a lot of food for most of these meet ups. But I food is a good way to get everyone together and relax.

[Gon perks up, looking from his own plate that he's piling with food. He offers a friendly smile, obviously pretty pleased]

They don't hold back at all. I guess its a god thing

[fullcowl]

The banquets? I guess I missed the last one they had. But it's definitely a good way to meet people.

They seem like they're trying to impress. Or maybe this is just how they are when they want to apologize?

Cherry Blossoms;

[birdstheword]

Dekukuuuu!! Hi hi~!

[Who's loudly and happily calling out your name? Who else but this girl right here. She makes her way over to him, skipping all the while until she stands by him. She smiles brightly before turning her attention to the flowers]

Uwahhhhh~~! Aren't they pretty? Wow, so many too!

[She shifts a bit, trying to catch some of the falling petals.]

[fullcowl]

[There's only one person who calls him like that.]

Hello, Hajime.

[He smiles at her.]

Yeah, it's a really nice view!

cherry blossoms

[tsuku]

I'm glad they did. They don't know why and it's kind of... annoying, but at least they took responsibility.

[ Otegine's still going to avoid fancy boxes of chocolates for a while... But this whole thing is really nice, and he's happy to just relax and sit peacefully like Izuku is. Light conversation can also happen when you're not freaking out at ayakashi! ]

... Hm, what do you like better, the cherry blossoms or the stars out? I always thought hanami were done in the day.

[fullcowl]

[At least there's that.

He looks up at the stars and the cherry blossoms to try to compare but...]

It's hard to choose. Hanami are usually done in the daytime, but I don't think they want us to crowd up here during the day. We'd probably bump into the Near Shore residents a lot.

Cherry Blossoms

[wadoichimonji]

[Somehow Zoro ended up standing by the kid, and listening in, so of course he looks down at him, one eyebrow raised.]

What happened on White Day?

[fullcowl]

[Oh...

Zoro's kind of tall and intimidating so forgive him if he takes a second or two to answer.]

Uh... There were some akayashi infused chocolates that the Heavens asked us to give to the people on the Near Shore. They didn't know the akayashi were there, so that's what this is for.