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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[lovemguns]

[ That someone is wearing old guns and gun belts over a traditionally Japanese outfit may look a little out of place but old outlaws have their habits and being unarmed in an unfamiliar place is not one of them. But never mind that, he's suddenly curious because he sort of caught a glimpse of the wish the boy just put up. ]

Oh? You gone did somethin' to be confessin' to someone, son?

[ His thoughts might not instantly jump to the kind of confession Izuku is going for, but rather, maybe confession in church, or confession to a lawman. Things like that. ]

[fullcowl]

[He looks more than a little out of place, but Izuku jumps when he's addressed.

Then he has to take a second to decipher what was said.]

... Um... I don't think I've done anything bad recently...

It's not that kind of confession.

[lovemguns]

Sometimes people do things they ain't considerin' a bad thing but other do.

[ Laws could be stupid sometimes. Especially if you ask an outlaw. But Buch also remembers a time before he became an outlaw. ]

What sort'a confession's it you lookin' to make then?

[fullcowl]

[His face blushes a bright, bright red as he tries to hide it behind his arms. It's not at all effective, but he's trying.]

A... l-love... one...

[lovemguns]

[ Young love? That's adorable. He cheerfully whacks the boy in the back. ]

Good for you, I hope ya find that courage ya're lookin' for, son. Don't let no stupid fear get the best'a you.

[fullcowl]

[Izuku is actually surprisingly sturdy, so even that slap isn't enough to make him stumble.]

Thanks... I've already promised myself that I'd confess today. So I will.

[lovemguns]

[ Kid's tougher than he looks, eh? That's good, being sturdy is a good thing. ]

No backin' down? That's good, keep your mind made up. I ain't really got no experience with them confession things [ not even the church type, to his parents' sorrow ] but there's worse confessions t' be makin', an' this ain't nothin' a' the bad sort. [ hmmm.. ] Those I suppose I got some past dealin's with.

[lovemguns]

So, 's it alright for an ol' cowboy t'ask about this person you're confessin' to, or's that private stuff?

[ Because he's curious. ]

[fullcowl]

[He was doing so well with talking and then the person comes up and he's red all over again.]

H-He's my partner.

[lovemguns]

[ The "he" makes Butch pause but only very briefly. He's surprised, but it's not like he's a stranger to homosexuality, even if it wasn't really spoken of in his day. ]

Your partner, eh? So y'get along that well then? That's great. Godspeed t'you, an' that.

[ Hopefully it doesn't fall through too because that would be awkward for the kid. He's not going to say that though. ]

[fullcowl]

We do. I know he's always got my back, both here and back home.

[But it's nervewracking to potentially destabilize their partnership like this.]

[lovemguns]

That's nice trust ya have. [ He pats him on the shoulder. ] Havin' a partner like that, it sure's somethin' to cherish.

[ He wishes that any of his old friends from the Bunch were around. Sort of. He misses them (the others more than Sundance, since Sundance ended up in the other world with him) but he's pretty sure that this kind of thing won't suit them either. ]

[fullcowl]

Yeah... I really do. I'm lucky to be partnered with him.

[Shouto's the only person from home here, but Izuku's fine with that. He definitely doesn't want to learn about his other friends dying.]