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

[onerous]

[Yuri notices the shadow first, but it doesn't quite register with her. When she has Hakkai in his vessel form she can utilize shadows similarly, so it doesn't even make her question at first. It's about the time it pops the fish out of the water that the thought of, 'wait, I didn't make that...' crosses her mind, and she scrambles to catch the fish in the bowl with a soft 'plop!'

She stares, bewildered, and then looks up at the shinki attendant to get her attention.] Um? I-- got one...?

[The shinki seems pleased with Yuri's apparent success and takes the bowl to go bag the fish; Meanwhile, Yuri's already trying to seek out the person who helped her. Celty stands out in the crowd for a variety of reasons, so her gaze zeroes in there first. Her head tilts, a silent question. 'Was it you?']

((OOC: SO WORTH IT. Very sad as per Fatal Frame rules, but it's visually so nice and i love it. /hand on cheek. Do the thing.))

[lookingforhead]

[The nice thing about festival games, moreso than carnival games, is it seems that there's a desire for people to win. Maybe not win too much, but to have a good time and go home with a good memory. So whether or not the shinki saw Celty helping, it's a happy ending for all.

She was already up and ready to walk away while Yuri was being rewarded for her victory, but the yellow cat ears of her helmet were indeed easy to spot through the crowd. She stopped as the girl made eye/visor contact, but all she does is offer a faint nod and a roll of her shoulders in response. A casual admission of her involvement.]

(ooc: I fumbled a bit with the first chapter, it was a little more clumsy than I thought. And then I just had to go through some hoops to get an external drive for my wiiu for the space and I just haven't gotten around to paying for the full game yet. I wish the price would come down. /fistshakes at nintendo and their eshop practices )

[onerous]

[What a strange girl, but Yuri supposes she's hardly one to talk. She's seen some weird shit in her life by this point, so someone sporting a helmet in this heat during this sort of festival is just sort of... Okay, seems legit.

She takes the bag with the fish from the shinki and stands on slightly wobbly legs (she'd been crouching for quite a while, after all) to make her way towards the woman. In retrospect she realizes she had nothing in mind to really say upon confronting her, which makes Yuri hesitate awkwardly for a moment.]

...Thank you. How did you...?

((OOC: I juuust managed to have enough space for it haha. And I doubt the price will ever go down tbh it's such a niche series there isn't demand enough for nintendo to cater to the series' fans with stuff... Esp. since America was cheated out of a physical release to begin with unlike EVERYONE ELSE.... I'm not bitter, i say bitterly, with a bitter expression... Cry.))

[lookingforhead]

[The crowd moves around them as Yuri moves to join Celty, the normal folk happy to gently forget about the Shinki and the Goddess now that the spectacle of the game is done, and the other Shinki in the crowd just as fine letting them go about their own business.

Celty shrugs a bit at the question, but then fishes out her phone and types up a message for Yuri to read.]

Just something I can do. I don't really
remember all of how or why
I just know I can.

(ooc: /sits in close proximity to you in the bitter pool, though more to do with the lack of useful sales or cross buy in the e-shop. Why do I have to buy the same snes game three times to go from wii to wiiu and then get it on my 3ds too)

[onerous]

[She looks confused a moment, then figures Celty must be... mute, or something. Huh. Doesn't explain the helmet, but alright she'll accept this. People wear stranger things here, Yuri's long learned to not question it too much.]

Are you a shinki then? One of mine gives me a similar power when I wield him, but I'm still learning... I suppose I was hoping you could help then. [Ah well.] Thank you again for helping me, though.

...My name is Yuri.

[lookingforhead]

[The helmet bobs in a nod.]

I am. And I'm not sure if I can help but I can try. Mostly it just seems to work the way I want it to. Like it's another part of my body. No real trick.

I'm Celty.

So, you're one of the gods then?

[Her helmet cocks to the side as she looks the girl up and down. She doesn't seem like much, which she supposes is more deceptive than anything else. But it's also a bit comforting that she looks so normal.]