015 | Sky Full Of Stars

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Tanabata Festival
When: All day July 5
Where: The Near Shore
Summary: The Heavens are throwing a party and you're invited!

Edit: OVERFLOW is here!



With Tanabata drawing close, the Heavens have decided that there is nothing wrong with a little celebration for the annual occasion. So they have invited everyone on the Far Shore as well as a large number of people from the Near Shore to attend a festival for Tanabata. Tanabata festivals are not uncommon in this area, so the Near Shore residents are none the wiser, though some of them are a little uncertain about where this street they've never heard of popped up from...

Tanabata is a festival held to celebrate the one time a year that the lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi can meet across the vast expanse of the Milky Way. Many birds have been working their tail feathers off to create a bridge for the two lovebirds and that bridge - perhaps unsurprisingly - touches down on this street, in the middle of the festival.

The Heavens have prepared entertainment, food stalls, and as many tanzaku as might be needed for everyone to write down wishes, along with plenty of bamboo stalks to hang the wishes from.

New arrivals will find themselves ushered to the festival and offered traditional clothing after their normal briefing at the Meeting Hall.



Stalls

There are festival stalls of every kind present, all run by shinki dressed in white robes and bearing the golden chrysanthemum of Amaterasu. Many of them seem a little bruised still, but they are happy to smile for anyone who comes to the stall they are running. There is food, games, and drinks available of all kinds, so feel free to roam around to your heart's content sampling everything that you can.

Performance

A large stage has been erected at one end of the festival street. The Heavens know that there are many talented gods and shinki present, so they are more than willing to clear spots in the scheduling for those people to perform. Anytime a Far Shore resident isn't on stage, there are plenty of Near Shore acts to go on, ranging the gambit from traditional music and instruments all the way to a rock band that has somehow found themselves here for the celebration.

Wishes

Pieces of paper called tanzaku have been strewn about a number of bamboo shoots all over the festival. There are brightly colored decorations on the bamboo and the papers themselves exist in every color of the rainbow as well. Attendees are encouraged to write down any wishes they may have and hang them from the bamboo, a normal Tanabata tradition. Wishes can range from 'I want a soda' to 'World peace' and anything in between. Obviously, some of these wishes may not be able to be granted during the time of the festival, but gods and shinki alike are encouraged to answer any wishes they can as well.

NOTE: Please report any wishes your characters answers to the first comment on this post along with a link to where the wish is answered. There will be small bonuses awarded for answered wishes.

The Bridge

As stated previously, the bridge that will allow Orihime to meet her lover touches down in the very center of the festival's street. It may be made of tiny pieces, but the bridge itself is sturdy. While it may not be able to take just anyone who sets foot on it across the Milky Way, you are allowed to walk along the bridge yourself, though you will always find yourself turned around after a short time and heading back towards where you stepped on. Lovers in particular are encouraged to walk the bridge together to deepen their bonds, but be cautioned! If you walk onto the bridge with someone, you might start feeling affectionately towards them even if they are your sworn enemy! Such is the power of love on this day.

In Summary:

• Enjoy the festival
• Watch some quality entertainment
• Make and/or answer wishes
• Meet Orihime
• Traverse the bridge
• Have fun~

Comments

Alice Liddell || Alice in Wonderland || OTA

[madcuriosity]

A: Eat Me, Drink Me || Food Stalls

It was all... quite a bit to understand, if she were being honest (and Alice always tried to be). Suddenly she was a goddess, and more than that, she was now quite a bit a ways from the year 1865 and more importantly, Oxford England. The messenger had answered her questions, of course, but Alice had had so many questions! In fact, after so many questions, the messenger had gotten so frustrated after what had to have probably been her 1,000th question, that they tricked her! Well... tricked wasn't the right word, but one of them had mentioned a festival and the next thing Alice knew, she was wearing a very strange outfit she'd seen only in books and was in and at something she had never seen before.

Whatever did they mean she was a goddess? She still had a thousand more questions, and still didn't understand all of it... or really any of it, for that matter.

But she didn't know who to ask. And she most certainly didn't know what to expect from this festival or why she had to wear such an outfit. Whatever did they mean she was able to talk to animals. Of course she could talk to animals, she could always talk to animals. She had a mouth, after all.

However, curiosity did stir up an appetite and while there was quite a bit of food Alice had no desire to eat (brown, sticky balls called "dingo" sounded dreadful!), some things looked harmless enough. At the moment, Alice was eyeing some daifuku, but the outfit that the messenger of the heavens gave her for the festival didn't exactly have pockets, never mind pockets with change in them... nor did they explain how she was supposed to pay for anything. She pouted and sighed.

It wouldn't be right to steal, and Alice did try to do the right thing.

Her stomach growled, arguing that hunger did not make for happy goddesses. She put a hand to her stomach... or wherever her stomach would be about under all the layers she was wearing. In fact her stomach growled so loud, she was rather sure others could hear it and she blushed, deeply.

"It... I do need to eat something, I suppose," she mumbled to acknowledge her stomach. "I just wish you wouldn't complain so," she said, looking down at her stomach. "I've not exactly a way to pay for food, I'll have you know." Her stomach growled in response. "There's no reason to be so rude!"

B: Do cats eat bats? Do bats eat cats? || General all over

She heard a soft voice, which was surprising she could hear anything soft amongst the noises of the festival, but for the moment, she heard soft crying, a plea for someone to help. Alice looked all around.

"I beg your pardon, but did you say something?" she asked to anyone around her, unsure of who had spoken and unaware that the noise in question was coming not from a person, but an animal. All the same, Alice moved about the crowd, gently tugging on people's hands, asking again and again. "I'm sorry, did you say something?"

C: I didn't know that cats could grin || Game stalls

Alice had her eyes on one very giant plush cat and she had a deep need for the creature. She wanted it and she wanted it badly. She looked at the game in question.

"Knock down the bottles?" she asked as read the instructions on the board. The thing was, Alice was not exactly... strong, or likely a very good marksman. But she wanted that cat. So when Alice took her chance at throwing the baseball at the six milk-bottles... well actually she had to duck as the ball had struck the edge of the shelf and was flying back towards her and the other guests.

"WATCH OUT!" she called out as the ball headed straight for someone's head.

D: Curiouser and Curiouser

(OOC: Wild card! I'd be more than happy to do something else, if you like, feel free to contact me at snickersnack

A

[kokuyoyo]

"If you want to eat... Just eat..."

For all that the words were Japanese, the language that everyone of the Near and Far Shores spoke, the accent around them very noticeably didn't fit. Neither, really, did the young man who spoke them. While still clearly young, he was thin as a read, and towered over most people at a solid six foot, if not a little higher, and his gaze was quietly blank as he glanced over her.

After just a second, however, it slid away, and he shrugged with as little effort as he could manage. "This is something of the Heavens... So it doesn't really matter..."

[madcuriosity]

"Well of course it matters!" Alice frowned. "What a thing to say!" Unlike the other, Alice wasn't even four feet tall, so when she had to look up to speak, she had to look up. She shoo her head.

"You should never just take something without permission or instruction. Even a cake that says 'Eat me' or a drink that says 'Drink Me' is still inviting you to do so."

C

[magickmistress]

"HOEEE?!" And barely, Sakura managed to dodge the baseball, where it unfortunately hit another patron to the back. A faint 'OUCH!' was heard a distance away. Oh well. Sakura slowly raised herself back up full height, and couldn't help but dust off the dress she was still wearing from home. She looked over towards where the ball came from.

"Th-that was quite the throw!"

[madcuriosity]

"I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed, as the poor festival goer wobbled a bit and Alice bit her lip. "It... I'm trying to get that cat you see! Or well no you don't, but it's that one, right there!" she exclaimed, pointing to the bright, massive, purple plush cat.

"A-And I'm not very good at this kind of thing so I threw it hard as I could and it hit the shelving an-and I missed it entirely!" if Alice looked like she was getting upset, it's because she was. She hadn't meant to hit anyone! She just wanted the purple cat!

B

[glacierflower]

Yukina bows reflexively, even to such a small girl.

"I am sorry if I have disturbed you, but it wasn't-- I did not speak."

Her eyes are grave as she surveys Alice in front of her. Such a little girl, and vulnerable! While Yukina can't recall anything from before she was told she was a shinki and escorted here, she still knows that little girls by themselves invite danger.

"Please, may I... may I ask what was said? Was it important?"

[madcuriosity]

Alice offered a curtsy in return to Yukina, also one to be quite polite.

However, she frowned as Yukina informed her that it wasn't her who had spoken.

"Oh dear, I don't think I shall ever find who it is at this rate!" she sighed and pressed a hand to her cheek. At Yukina's question she gave a soft "Hm?" and then straightened up. "OH! Oh yes, it's asking for help. The little thing mentioned it was so terribly hungry. AH! THERE!" she cupped one of her ears. "Don't you hear that?"

C Grinning cats

[katanas_and_tea]

Takuma easily caught the ball that was zooming towards his head. He didn't know how, exactly, but he had excellent and quick reflexes. He looked over to where the shout and the ball came from and his eyes landed on a little girl.

What an adorable ensemble she had on! Looking from the girl, to the ball, to the stand, he quickly put together everything in his head.

"Are you trying to win something?" he asked, heading over to her and holding the ball out to her.

Takuma's eyes scanned the prizes and noted all of the very cute looking plush toys that anyone would love to display in their room. He might have even wanted one for himself.

[madcuriosity]

Little indeed, in comparison to Takuma's height, Alice wasn't even four feet tall! She swallowed and fidgeted and fussed with the hem of her kimono. When he came over, she was sure he was going to scold her. She would certainly scold herself later, to be sure.

Tentatively, her hands hanging in mid-air, she took the ball as she looked up at him.

"It oh- oh yes!" she pointed up to the massive cat plush that was almost as big as she was. "That purple cat, you see. To get it, I have to knock down the bottles. But I'm afraid I'm not very good at this, so I threw it as hard as I could! It missed completely," she sighed. "But it struck the shelf and well," she gestured back to him. "I'm so terribly sorry!"

C

[dreamprotector]

Riku turns just in time to see the ball flying, his hand speeding up to catch the ball just before it hits him in the face.

"That was a close one…"

Good thing that he's got pretty quick reflexes, isn't it? Then he looks at the girl that had shouted the warning, eyes widening in recognition.

"You are… Alice?"

It has been long since he's last seen the princess… though they hadn't exactly interacted in their time in Hollow Bastion's castle. To think that the Heavens would have called even a Princess of Heart into this place…

[madcuriosity]

Alice was just about to apologize profusely when she stopped in mid-"sorry" at Riku's question. He knew her? Was he a messenger then? The messengers had known her too. She certainly didn't know him, no, unfortunately there was not an ounce of recognition on her face.

"Oh ah... yes, that's right," she smiled, though it was a bit hesitantly. "It ah, Alice Liddell! How do you do?" she asked, offering a curtsy. "I'm terribly sorry about nearly hitting you!

C

[rainbowmaster]

Johan was enjoying a crepe from a stall he found earlier when he heard that shout.

Almost instinctively, he ducked, wincing when he heard that ball hit someone else in his stead. Looking over, he flashes the poor man a smile, apologizing as he picked up the ball. After making sure the poor person was all right, he twists to turn where the ball came from, quickly spotting the younger girl.

He jogged a bit over, holding out the ball to her. "Is this yours?"

[madcuriosity]

Alice hadn't meant to hit anyone, and now she was going to be in trouble. She was sure of it. She didn't want to be in trouble, it was an accident! Alice was very near to getting upset when Johan came to her, and in a rush she tried to explain the accident. It was all just bad aim, you see, she hadn't meant to hit anything other than the bottles so she could win the plush cat! It's a very lovely plush cat, after all, and she'd never seen one so big!

But inevitably, Alice finally, slowly, calmed down and with a heavy sigh nodded, clearly upset.

"It- yes it's mine."

C

[goeshyper]

Trouble always seemed to follow Tsuna wherever he went. He was a magnet to mishaps, and it was partially due to him being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Though even with his bad luck, sometimes something good did come out of the experience.

At the instance of the baseball hitting him in back of his head, he didn't think any good will come of it. He did see colors and stars. Both of them flashing in front of his vision as he regained his balance and his sense of awareness. His surroundings were spinning, so he had to sit down for a second. Squeezing his eyes closed as his head throbbed, and he felt a little sick. Why did it always have to be him?

"Ow, ow, ow, ow...." He hissed as he rubbed at his head. Trying to alleviate some of the pain and dizziness.

[madcuriosity]

Alice had rushed over to Tsuna's side, her hands clasped together in concern. Oh dear, oh NO what had she done!

"I-I'm so sorry, sir! I'm so terribly sorry! It- that is, it was an accident, you see. I- didn't aim for you, I promise!" she bit her lip. "Are you alright? It- should I find someone? Please, I'm really terribly sorry."

B

[oathkeeper]

[Sora turns when he feels someone tug his hand. Which is quickly followed by a surprised shocked look on his face.]

... Alice?

[She's... so much younger? But Sora is instantly smiling. It's been so, so long since he's seen her. It is Alice, right??]

I didn't say anything but, are you looking for something?

[madcuriosity]

[She blinked and then smiled.]

Oh ah yes, that's right! [She let go of his hand so she could curtsy in greeting.] Alice Liddell, how do you do sir?

[She was quick to grab his hand again.] I keep hearing someone ask for help! Don't you hear it? It's the softest little voice.

B

[lookingforhead]

Celty jumped slightly at the sudden hand tugging on her own. She glanced down at the girl, helmet cocking to the side a bit until the question was asked once more. Did she say something? Not as far as she knew. That would be a surprise wouldn't it.

Her helmet shook side to side. It wasn't her, nor had the heard anything.

[madcuriosity]

Alice blinked, never before having seen such a head on a person. Was she a cat? She'd never seen something like that. It was like the helmet on a suit of armor yet, it was so bright and colorful.

"It... do all cats look as you do, miss puss?" she asked as she tilted her head. She knew she had to get back to the voice calling for help, but her curiosity could be sated at least quickly, couldn't it?

C!

[blindedbyruin]

[In a less busy area, he wouldn't necessarily need that shout of warning, but here, it's greatly appreciated. As it is, he only just has enough time to decide that something is in fact coming right at him and while it might just go over his shoulder, then it would just hit someone else. Ideally, he'd try to catch it, but he only just has enough time to bring an arm up to block it, much less try for anything else.

So the ball falls to the ground after he's blocked it. Canale shakes his arm out a little as he crouches down to feels around for the ball. As he stands back up again, he holds it out for her to take, or at least, hold it out toward where the shout had come from.]

I'm sure that wasn't quite your intention.

[madcuriosity]

[Alice pressed her hands to her mouth, her face red as she gave a slow, tiny shake of her head.] No, sir. It - that is I'm so terribly sorry. You aren't hurt, are you?

[She didn't want to take the ball back, rather ashamed she had hit someone. Still, she couldn't very well leave his hands in the air like that. She reached out, pausing only for a moment, before reaching out completely and taking the ball from him.]

I'm so sorry, sir.

Food Stalls

[starfestival]

The woman in the pale purple yukata walks up to the young girl and leans over just enough to inspect her attire and assess her mood. If the poor thing is so very confused, she hopes that maybe she can help.

"My word... what a lovely ensemble." She smiles brightly, her looped hair resting against her shoulders. "It suits you so well. I do hope you are enjoying yourself at the festival."

C

[pure_radiantics]

Kairi's wandering around in a pale yukata early in the evening, looking around for someone. As soon as Kairi hears the 'Watch Out!' she turns in that direction and immediately throws her had down in front of her, slicing from her left shoulder down across her chest and towards her right thigh. She's in battle mode, as if this might be an unprovoked attack from an ayakashi--!!

But no, it's a ball. That doesn't matter though, her bright blue-white wall of light that's about three feet wide in front of her and barely an inch thick still manages to stop the ball dead in the air and drop it to the ground, unharmed.

"... Oh. Well, no harm then at least?" Kairi starts looking around to make sure that it's not a... baseball ayakashi or something. "I hope someone didn't throw that at you?" She did all of that without ripping her sleeves too, something that hadn't even occurred to her.

C

[lovemguns]

Watch out isn't the ideal kind of warning, but he's heard even that kind often enough and when he turns toward the voice he manages to see the ball in time to catch it.

Then he searches for the owner to the voice, which isn't that hard. So he offers her the ball as his lips quirks up around his cigarettes (he's been without even one for months, smoking three at the same time isn't weird). "This yours, little miss?"

B!

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