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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2016-09-15 07:04 pm
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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~
returnedfromtheline: (A; does not compute)

Blossoms

[personal profile] returnedfromtheline 2016-09-16 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yukine notices the guy (? pretty sure it's a guy?) weaving a flower crown, and can't help but think of Suzuha.
But he's distracted because he can't believe what he's seeing as far as where the flowers are coming from.]


Are you seriously making flowers appear from your hair? Is this some sort of magic trick?


[Sorry, Xochipilli-sama. You haven't met your gardening student in person yet...]
Edited (punctuation is a thing) 2016-09-16 15:17 (UTC)
herbalsupplements: (yo mama jokes)

[personal profile] herbalsupplements 2016-09-16 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes it is!

[The best kind of magic trick as far as Kurama's concerned. He's just pulled some lovely pinkish-white jasmine out and is winding it into a fresh crown, not at all realizing he's talking to the guy with the weird tree. The jasmine would look good against his yellow hair, right? It totally would.

He's got the same edging-into-androgyny voice as in his video a couple weeks ago, if a little looser and more cheerful, so it may or may not help Yukine figure things out.]


Would you like some flowers of your own? I have plenty.
returnedfromtheline: (> Hiyori the strict teacher)

[personal profile] returnedfromtheline 2016-09-17 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[The voice sounds vaguely familiar, but Yukine can't put a finger on it. (Maybe if he were a bit more cheerfully-threatening?)

Peering suspiciously at his hair - the guy has plenty in there? - Yukine shakes his head slowly.]


Sorry, I wouldn't know what to do with them. Food over flowers, you know? [The expression rolls off his tongue, then he winces slightly to himself as he realizes that Yato had said the exact same thing. Damn, but he's nothing like that loser.]
herbalsupplements: (serious as a clown in a bumper car)

[personal profile] herbalsupplements 2016-09-18 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Nonsense. You can't have food without flowers!

[That line Yukine spouted is maybe not the biggest load of crap Kurama's ever heard, but it certainly ranks up there, so instead of asking further Kurama's just gonna set the cute little jasmine wreath on Yukine's head.] There. That's what you do with them.
returnedfromtheline: (/ quit spying on my feelings then)

[personal profile] returnedfromtheline 2016-09-18 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Yukine is stunned for a moment, his hands partly raised from that moment he'd realized that the guy was moving towards him--

And now he has a flower crown on his head?]


Wha-? Only girls do that! Are you a girl?!

[And he snatches the crown off his head, but doesn't do anything else to it. (No matter how ill-gotten, he still appreciates the attention.)]
herbalsupplements: (prettier than you)

[personal profile] herbalsupplements 2016-09-19 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Girls don't have a monopoly on beauty, you know.

[Is... is Kurama pouting? Just a little bit? Absolutely not. What he is doing is standing proudly and flipping his hair--of which there really is quite a lot--and causing a rain of hellebore petals to shake loose from his own crown, swirling around him like the wind has suddenly decided it lives only to make him seem more beautiful.

And yet the flowers on his head remain completely whole. Magic! Maybe Yukine should choose his next words more carefully.]
returnedfromtheline: (A; and she's cute?!)

[personal profile] returnedfromtheline 2016-09-20 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Yukine watches the display, his eyes wide. What... is going on….? (His life is now a shojo manga how did this happen. ;A;)]

…Right.
[Smiling a bit awkwardly Yukine backs up a step.]
Your flowers are very nice. Thanks for the crown.

[ (Those were totally the tactful words you were looking for, right?) ]
herbalsupplements: (sweet harmony)

[personal profile] herbalsupplements 2016-09-20 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[The awkward backing away is the most appeasing part of Yukine's reaction--anything resembling people running, cowering, and/or soiling themselves in fear always satisfies the less human part of him--but the compliment to his flowers is hardly wasted. The hellebore petals cease falling immediately, leaving only the cherry blossoms they already had to deal with, and Kurama smiles like he's not a huge fuckin weirdo.]

You're welcome.

[And then, just to prove he's let it go:]

If you're really more concerned with practicality, you should experiment with the kinds of flowers that are edible to humans.