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

[bussounoshima]

[If it's a barrier he's after, he may have found one. A moderately masculine woman emanating self-respect and... Well, if not neatness, at least she's clean? Neji's standards might have dropped by this point in the festival, if he's eyeing up Sharak Sanzo. She's not very happy today, for a variety of different reasons, and apparently only attending the festival out of some kind of obligation. She hasn't even bothered to change into a kimono, staying in her priestly robes and tail.

Look, a Sanzo uniform is formal dress. She dares anyone to try and complain.

Sharak's been ignoring her new shadow for a while now, walking down a bamboo lined path and watching people hang wishes with a bland expression on her face. Eventually, however, she speaks up, seemingly talking to the air.]

If you have a wish, asking directly works even better than writing it down.

[tuishou]

[He'll even attempt to pretend the authority and power wouldn't have drawn him in close, regardless. Yuri had her own strange wardrobe, after all, reserved only for prayers, and of course, he thinks, something that looks so important must be important. And no, important does not have to mean competent--

but despite himself, now he's curious. Why indulge in the festival at all if there must be better things for a stronger person to attend to? (There is a reason Yuri went ahead and dressed up and didn't ignore the invitation, and there is a reason the jackass youkai is blissfully absent.) Neji's taken it upon himself to stalk closer, though 'stalk' is a poor choice of word. Being obvious is difficult, like he's breaking rules by doing this

idiocy. He freezes.

And. There it is.] And if it's not a wish? [And if that hadn't come out laced with defensiveness? The world may never know.]

[bussounoshima]

Then it must be an "action".

[Sharak tilts her head to look back at Neji over her shoulder. Considering he's just been caught following her, she seems pretty chill about it all. Calm, unaffected, secure in her own power even just walking down the path.There's no sign of a smile on her face, but there's the smallest hint of amusement in her eyes.]

I'd still recommend being direct.