thenearshore | 008 | Sakura 2.0: You Can (Not) Have A Picnic

Who: Everyone!
What: Sakura picnic
When: Evening April 25
Where: The same sakura park as last time
Summary: Amaterasu has had a request to return to view the cherry blossoms one more time and she has decided to make it happen.

The cherry blossoms have yet to all fall from the trees, and so the Heavens have seen fit to hold another blossom viewing - this time with a picnic instead! The trees themselves do not have the ethereal glow they had last time, but there is a sweet scent that fills the air, drawing anyone inexorably towards the beautiful trees.

As a surprise, Amaterasu has sent her counselors to join the picnic as well. They can be found wandering around and enjoying the sights and foods just the same as anyone else.

All new arrivals will have been whisked away to the picnic by Amaterasu's shinki so that they can enjoy this escape just the same as everyone else. It seems Amaterasu doesn't want to leave anyone out this time, and so many of her shinki are milling around as well, clad in white with the golden chrysanthemum embroidered on their outfits.

Picnic

Dozens upon dozens of brightly colored picnic blankets have been provided for the guests to use. On top of that, pre-packed picnic boxes have been provided as well. They range from American-esque picnic baskets all the way to Japanese style bentos. Everyone is free to take as many boxes as they would like to and share among each other. Every picnic box has something different for everyone to enjoy.

Cherry Blossoms

The blossoms are falling freely now, showing that they are on their last leg of life. But the scent of the cherry blossoms has become so intense that it draws anyone who smells it towards the trees. You might find that if you breathe in too deeply or too long, it's like an intoxication equivalent to having drunk all night long. Good luck keeping up straight!

Performance

A performance stage has been erected in the park by the Heavens and there are a number of shinki who will sing and dance or perform in other ways whenever they have a spare moment. Gods and their shinki are encouraged to get up on the stage and perform as well, if they have anything that they would like to perform for their fellows.

Fire

Around sunset, the festivities will come to a screeching halt as a sudden burst of flames spreads through the trees, igniting them one by one. The spread of the fire is so rapid that it is very obviously unnatural. It will take a lot of teamwork and a large number of hands to put the fire out - or maybe you prefer to just run away. Either way, it will be hard to miss the pieces of paper that fly through the air, all bearing the same words: Down with the Heavens! Down with Amaterasu!

In Summary:

Enjoy the cherry blossoms
Enjoy the picnic food
Meet Amaterasu's counselors
View or participate in the performance
Put out the fire
Have fun~

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[So. Free food was good. It was really good, although he wasn't sure about everything that had been offered him. He had heard about American-styled foods, but it was pretty weird to see them all laid out in front of him like they were. He did some taste-testing and decided on some chicken because the last time he had fried chicken was about.... Well. He couldn't remember but he knew it was something special and good and he didn't get enough of.

The only problem with his special chicken meal was that the entertainment was a little dull. Okay. It was a lot dull. He was almost falling face first into his pile of fried chicken and that wasn't nice considering just how special fried chicken was. So he decided - after finishing sucking every piece of meat off a chicken leg - to show these people how to play music.

Which meant that by the time his god had found Byung-hee, he was on the stage having brow beaten some poor nameless shinki for the use of his guitar and was in the middle of a song when found. Have fun with that whoever was looking for him.]

[Where it led him was to the performance stage and right to the man he's supposed to be working with. It's quite sad to have taken notice of his death before seeing him perform because in all honesty, it was quite nice. What wasn't nice is the poor shinki who got swindled out of his guitar, muttering something about how they should do something but Aymeric didn't have time to ask.

He'll find out sooner or later but for now, he's watching him perform. But once he's done, the elezen addresses him.]

Quite the show you put on there.

[He finished the set and then gave the guitar a few more strums before shaking his head and shoving it back into the hands of the shinki he got it from. He was considerably gentler with the guitar then he had been with the player, but that was him. Instruments were far more important after all. Hopping off the stage, he brushed off the seat of his pants and grabbed a piece of fried chicken.]

It's better then what they've got.

[Well, at least he knew who took the instrument but he's surprised that he returned it back to the disgruntled shinki. A look from Aymeric made said shinki pause and run off, clearly deciding to stay out of the business of a new god, hoping he'd deal with it.]

And that is why you decided to take position of his guitar?

[But strange enough, there's no judgement in his voice. He's someone willing to listen.]

Of course.

[There wasn't a hint of shame in that statement. As far as Byung-hee was concerned, if the guy was strong enough to hang onto the guitar, he wouldn't have lost it when Byung-hee took it from him. It was just natural selection at work, or something like that. Not that he really cared as he gnawed on another chicken leg.]

Why dontcha pull up a tree stump and have some chicken. They're giving it away for free.

[It would have been worse if he had kept it; while borrowing it without permission is still kind of bad, Aymeric has seen cases where someone would have destroyed the item rather than return it. Which is much easier to do. And yeah, he can see the good in the kid...even if rough around the edges.]

Hmm, tis not a familiar dish I know of but it seems simple enough.

[After dealing with bento boxes and chopsticks, finger food is sounding much more appetizing. And he can use the time to try and figure out how to tell him that they're supposed to be partners. Not like he can say 'Hey, I saw you die' or anything since that....isn't a good thing. So instead, Aymeric will try one of the fried chicken pieces, biting down with eyes widening.]

This is quite good-!

[HOLY SHIT WHY DIDN'T THEY HAVE THIS BACK HOME???]

[It wasn't his type of instrument. He can play it and well, but he preferred an electric guitar to an acoustic one. Though he probably wouldn't have kept it anyways; he was the type who searched forever to find the right instrument that totally fit him.]

You never had fried chicken before? [He peeled a piece of skin off and chews on, looking at the sky.] Then again, I don't think I ever had it either but it's familiar enough.

[He doesn't have a specific memory but he does remember what it was and that was enough for him. A lot of it was enough for him. He wasn't worried about not having a memory of before this place, he wasn't worried about being dead, he was just worried about having enough food and a place to sleep. Which reminded him, he was suppose to be looking for someone.]

So mister, do you know who I'm suppose to be looking for? Some weird person told me I need to find my god, but I really think they were a little crazy. I mean, find a god? Isn't that a religious thing?

[Well, that made it easier. Maybe a little. Once he finished his piece of chicken, he wrapped the bone up in a napkin and threw it away in the nearest trash can.]

I believe they mean to find your partner who is literally a god. [It's still weird to believe that he IS a god. Might as well cut to the chase.]

I would be him.

A what? [That sounds too weird. A lot more weird then being told he was dead. Byung-hee waved his half-eaten chicken leg around vaguely as he points in any which direction.] That makes less sense waking up to this.

[And of course the next statement has him choking on a bite of chicken because no, he can't believe it. He was suppose to be partnered to this guy? Who is a god? Byung-hee coughed and pounded his chest, reaching over to take a drink from some poor sod nearby in order to clear his throat before he is able to speak again.]

What the hell?

008 | Sakura 2.0: You Can (Not) Have A Picnic

Byung-hee here

good first impressions huh

the best :3

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oops, i did wrong spelling my bad @@

its okay wrong spelling i do all the time

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