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]

["Mostly good" is still a pretty generous description of Hakkai, let's be real.]

Perhaps. [She won't pretend she didn't know him, not to his god. The Sanzo connection is fairly obvious, at this point, and Yuri would only be hurting herself if she used it against him.] But mostly by reputation. I'd only met Genjo a few days before I arrived here.

["Genjo and the others" is implied, but not confirmed. Either way, she'd heard about Hakkai long before she ever met him. She's gotten to know him much better here than she did back in India.]

[onerous]

[Look, Yuri's trying, okay?

She crosses her arms lightly over her chest, smoothing the sleeves of the yukata down absently to give herself some time to think. There are things she wants to ask, and it's not like she can ask Gojyo anymore. The only source she has to learn how Hakkai used to be is this woman who's admitted to not even knowing him that well to begin with.

After a moment she heaves a sigh] Was he always this stubborn? [Asking the important questions first]

[bussounoshima]

[ Sharak can only answer so many questions about Hakkai, and a lot she's not inclined to mention- that would be gossiping. This one seems fairly safe though. She bites her lip for a second to stop herself from laughing.]

... Probably. They were all like that. [Judging by her expression, that's something to be admired. She found the four of them rather charming when she met them, honestly.] It's not a bad thing.

[It kept them alive, depending on which timeline you pay attention to.]

[onerous]

Not always a bad thing. [She corrects Sharak mildly, again making that motion like she's going to touch her neck and thinks better. It's irritating that it's such a tell, too, and she knows it is, which just makes her more irritated.

Yuri sighs, running her hand through her hair instead.] You don't have to be worried about him with me. I suppose that's obvious [Hakkai ,after all, is perfectly capable of taking care of himself and getting out of this situation if it turned bad enough-- Yuri, after all, can't do much in terms of fighting or whatever.] But I wanted to say it anyhow.

...The name wasn't my decision either. [His shinki name branded over his eye like a beacon he's unable to hide. She would've wanted something different herself, but...]

[bussounoshima]

[Continued here]