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

[kokuyoyo]

...So they're going to die then, is what you're saying...

[Chikusa "pessimist with an asshole streak" Kakimoto, everyone.]

[Deciding that standing is too much effort and he might be here for a while anyway, he sinks down to his knees and dully watches the fish. They're soothing somehow, constantly changing but without him having to do anything.]

I don't know the chemical composition of holy water.... so who knows.

[onerous]

Everything dies, eventually.

[SHUT UP, CHIKUSA.] I'm sure they'll be fine. [Maybe.] It'll be an exercise for them, or something like that.

[After trying and failing again, Yuri takes her next offered scoop and holds it out to Chikusa.] You try.

[kokuyoyo]

[Blinking slowly in clear befuddlement, he stares down at the scoop.]

Aren't... they your shinki?

[How did he get roped into this?]

[onerous]

And at least one of them is your friend.

[She gives the scoop a little shake. TAKE IT.]

[kokuyoyo]

[Chikusa slowly accepts the scoop, not sure what to do about this and looking around with the same spacey movements as before.]

...We're friends...?

[This is clearly a revelation to him.]

[onerous]

[She won't go into a whole thing about how Hakkai is Hakkai and therefore who knows who he considers an actual friend, but for a given value of friendship...]

Yes.

[She tilts her head] Unless you'd really not want to be. But ether way, you're scooping a fish. [No getting out of this one.]

[kokuyoyo]

[This.... is really awkward, and he sort of just.... shuffles closer to the goldfishes' own personal Purgatory to stare blankly into the water.]

[He's not letting this ""friend"" shit go, 'tho, Yuri.]

Did he say that...?

[onerous]

No.

[She rests her elbow on her knee, chin propped up in it as she watches him.]

Does it have to be said in so many words for it to be true?

[kokuyoyo]

If someone doesn’t outright say things… Then others can mistake it for something else.

[That’s how he feels all the time, after all. People are so strange…]

[While he talks, he taps Fish Purgatory with one knee, making the water ripple and fish scatter a little.]

[onerous]

Hmm... That kind of way sounds nice, but there aren't many people who appreciate open honesty like that. It's... embarrassing, I guess.

[She watches him a moment and shakes her head] You're scaring the fish.

[kokuyoyo]

I know.

[And with that, he goes back to watching them. Will he ever actually catch a fish? We just don't know.]

Doesn't that sort of thing.... just make it more confusing...?

[onerous]

You're supposed to be catching them. [Just. Reminding him.

She shrugs at his question though.] I suppose so. But I think people would go to greater lengths and do stupider things to avoid embarrassment. It's probably better to just accept it as a facet of humanity we'll never understand.

If you're not sure, you could always ask him directly yourself.

[kokuyoyo]

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