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

[sweetdeath]

Hey! I've got an excuse, I barely remember my own name! I think I'm doing pretty good just knowing basically what she does--

[He trails off as Gojyo puts in his order, eyes widening.

Okay, Tsuzuki has to admit it: he is impressed.]

... Aren't your eyes a little bigger than your stomach here?

[erogappa]

[ There is no problem here. He's already discovered that it's pretty much impossible to eat too much -- no matter how much he stuffs into his face, he always gets up from the table feeling like it wasn't enough. So why not go with it? Why not order a plate of grilled meat (and vegetables, there's a few vegetables in there, and even some tofu) the size of his head?

Okay, so, Tsuzuki might not be the only childish one here. ]

What, jealous?

[ He needs to find somewhere to sit down, though, or at least somewhere away from the risk of being jostled. ...How about that grassy spot over there, under the tree? ]

[sweetdeath]

[Tsuzuki is so not the only childish one here, and the side-eye that Gojyo's getting as the serving shinki sets out two extra-large trays and starts piling them high might suggest that he's nobly restraining the urge to point that out.

He's still perfectly willing to follow the other guy to that nice grassy spot he's heading for, because he's got a skewer left to work on, and, besides?]

Sure, plus I'm betting I can steal a few before you stop me.

[Look at all that food! That is too much food for one fairly skinny redhead. It's probably too much food for both of them combined, but Tsuzuki'll be a good pal and help anyway.]

... So.

[He flops down onto the grass, heedless of the stains it's leaving on his pale blue yukata, and glances over at Gojyo.]

You said somebody set Amaterasu's temple on fire?

[erogappa]

[ Side-eye? What side-eye? Gojyo's not paying attention to anything other than the feast being laid out before him, and then to the path between the stall and the tree. After that, Tsu can side-eye all he likes, assuming he wants to be denied some of this delicious eel.

This eel is goddamn delicious, by the way. Perfectly cooked. ]

Torched it good. [ Here, nosy, have some eel. ] I think we got everybody out, but it was close. Amaterasu sent everyone on a day trip to whatever country their god came from, and when we got back, her and a bunch of her shinki were in her temple. The place was an inferno.

[sweetdeath]

[He will gladly accept this offering of eel! And make a sound of delight around it, in total defiance of good manners, while he chews. Damn, that's good stuff. Truly Heavenly.

He nods as Gojyo explains, shivering a little in the warm summer day as he looks up at the blue sky. Huh, maybe there'll be good weather for the lovebirds after all, if it's this clear a couple days before the seventh....

He doesn't know why the idea of the inferno bothers him so much. It's like a weird itch at the back of his mind. Burning to death would be pretty awful, though, he guesses.]

Damn. And they still don't know how it happened?