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

[galactically]

... Oh.

[Awkward. Sheryl may not have been in this place for that long, but she's perceptive enough to know one thing after conversing with various people, the patterns she detected:]

I'm talking to a shinki, then.

["Is that right?" is left unsaid, but implied. She shifts her eyes to one side, reaching for another mochi to munch on.]

Have you been making good memories?

[shiitan]

Yup. [He glanced at her, raising an eyebrow. She was obviously bothered by that, but for the life of him, he couldn't figure out why. It wasn't like she had done anything to cause it, and he felt pretty certain in thinking that there was nothing she could have done to prevent it anyway. Why would she care about that?

And that was without even touching her following question.]

I don't know about good, but I've been making fun memories.

[galactically]

[Death is a rather touchy subject for Sheryl, even if she's no longer on the verge of it as she'd once been back home, but it's not something she wants to dwell on for too long. Getting sad at parties is no good, anyway.

So she instantly perks up at his response, nodding.]

Aaah, that's good to hear. Having something fun to remember is at least something.

[shiitan]

[Hearing her say that after she had been irritated at him only minutes before didn't go above his notice. She had been irritated at him for very good reasons, but still. He'd let her get away with that this time.]

Is it? [His tone made that sound more like a rhetorical question.] I'd rather do fun things now instead of thinking about the past.

[And finishing his cake was definitely close enough to fun.]