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

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[He's so engrossed in his task that he doesn't notice the girl watching him until she speaks, causing him to nearly tear off the paper he'd been reading from. He fakes a cough, pushing the paper back in place as casually as possible.]

Right. Well, if they think divine intervention is their only hope then I doubt they could even manage that much on their own...

Prayers like these are a waste of time. It's obvious that even the mortals of this world don't take the gods seriously. We're not miracle-workers.

[nohorn]

Of course, except for when the gods do in fact grant miracles, right?

[ Ram actually sounds like she's looking up to him for his assurance, rather than being the obnoxious know it all that she usually is.

For now she moves a bit of the bamboo aside, so she can look through between them a little more easier. ]

If you were going to make at least one come true, what would it be?

[subtract]

Hmph, I suppose it depends on how you'd define a miracle...

[He frowns, looking down at her through the bamboo. Why's she giving him that weird look? It's not like he has all the answers, but it feels like she's expecting him to say something meaningful... he folds his arms, thinking on it for a moment.]

... I don't like answering prayers for people who could fix the problem themselves. If I'm going to be offering any "miracles", it should be for someone who's truly powerless to a situation.

[nohorn]

Finding a friendless loser who lives with his parents a girlfriend sounds like a miracle to me.

[ Not that she wants to give him one, but she's just putting it out there.

But she's still giving him an expectant look, listening intently. ]

How do you know the difference? [ As in, she's so new she doesn't understand anything about.... anything. ]

[subtract]

Some miracles are beyond even the gods' capabilities. [And even if he isn't a friendless loser mooch, it's not like Add would know how to get him a date anyway...]

Well, if it's an ayakashi causing the problem that's an obvious one. Other than that, it depends on the person asking and what they've already tried to do on their own. If they've truly put forth the effort to solve it themselves then that might be considered a prayer worthy of divine intervention. Or it could be a situation outside of their control that a god could have some influence on.

[nohorn]

[ All he has to do is keep being a judgemental and unintentionally funny person and maybe Ram will be unable to ignore his charms! ]

"Ayakashi?"

[ Having never heard the word, and having so little of a heads up on how things work around here, Ram is left in the dark. ]

[subtract]

[Charms, character flaws—it's all a matter of perspective!]

What, you haven't even been told that much? Tch, some gods around here... even if you've just arrived here, you'd think the Heavens would have the sense to run people through the basics before carting them off to another one of their useless parties.

Ayakashi—former mortals whose souls became corrupt and transformed into mindless demons. Physical contact with any part of an ayakashi's body spreads a painful rash called "blight" that can kill if left untreated. Only shinki are equipped to defend against ayakashi, and a shinki's vessel is the only thing that can destroy them. Have you been shown how to create a borderline yet?

[nohorn]

[ Of course. And from Ram's perspective, she is the most charming and least flawed out of anybody. ]

I was given a short spiel on the existence of Gods and Shinki, but other than that I feel as if I am still lacking much information.

[ She bows her head a little, actually listening to him because he seems like he's an asshole, or at least, her kind of asshole. ]

A borderline? No, though I do have the ability to manipulate wind. [ That's something she already had though! ]

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