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

B just because

[missingache]

[Roxas had seen the helmet in the crowd. It had made his heart clench and stomach feel like it was dropping. He knows that helmet.

Curiosity gets the better of him and he soon follows her to the bridge. There was no way this could be one of his best friends from Koriko, he hasn't gotten that lucky yet, but he can still see... Preparing for heartbreak, Roxas approaches her with a smile.]

Are you waiting for someone out here?

[lookingforhead]

[Celty looks down at Roxas, the visor reflecting his face. She's been slowly putting together that only those who are also related to the Far Shore are the ones who have been approaching her or really acknowledging her presence.]

I'm not sure
I'm supposed to be looking for my god but
Somehow this bridge makes me feel sad.

[missingache]

Finding your god can take a while sometimes. There's a lot of people here.

[There's a flicker of sadness that crosses his face before Roxas looks at the bridge. A shinki... So the name Ewen would mean nothing to her then. This was still the same headless woman he knew, definitely, but not the one who he left behind.]

This bridge is meant for people who love each other, or could love each other. I think I'd feel sad too if I didn't have anyone to cross the bridge with.

[lookingforhead]

[Ewen wouldn't. Nor would Shinra Kishitani, the man who not a day ago she would have liked to have crossed this bridge with.]

I see.

[She tried to think if there was someone she was in love with, but nobody came to mind. But still that faint sense of heartache was there. Her hand touched her chest for a moment, only to flinch as she noted her own lack of a heartbeat.

She's still for a moment before she types again.]

I know we're dead
but does that mean our hearts stop beating?

[missingache]

[He looks at her as she reacts the way she does before she's off typing again. Keeping his face composed, not an easy task, he shrugs. The nagging feeling is there that he gets whenever there's a shinki who's past he knows about is asking questions.]

I'm a god, so I don't know. You'd have to ask another shinki about that. You guys look and sound alive to me, so that's all that should matter, right?

[Please don't ask more...]

[lookingforhead]

[Celty's helmet tilts incredulously. He's a god and he DOESN'T know? That doesn't really sound like what one would normally expect from a god. But asking another Shinki makes sense.]

I guess. But I'm not like the other Shinki I've met. I was told not to dig too deep into why I died but...

There's things about myself I don't remember and I wonder if I should

(ooc: I won't keep pushing this, she's just trying to get her footing)

[missingache]

[Sorry... Despite being a god, death and the dead are a pretty sore subject for Roxas at times, especially involving someone who looks like a former friend.

He hums softly before answering, trying to find the words that might alleviate her fears.]

Sometimes a shinki will remember things about themselves in their own. I've seen it happen a few times. Maybe you'll get lucky and that happens... But till then I wouldn't worry about it. After all, this is like a second chance! You can make new friends and memories, even a family! This place is pretty nice once you get past the ayakashi killing. You can even go all over the world with your god or other shinki. Or alone if you want that.

[Oh! He holds out his hand.]

My name's Roxas, and my god name is Artemis. Maybe we can be friends?

[Because he'd like to be friends very much.]

[lookingforhead]

[She nods as she listens. The prospect of the ayakashi doesn't actually bother her too much. She feels a small bubble of pride in fact that a monster will be hunting the monsters. She has a good feeling she's the bigger fish for the most part.

Seeing the hand she takes it and gives it a little shake before going back to her typing.]

I'm Celty, and I'd like that. Sorry if I was bothering you with my questions.

(ooc: got mod approval she knows stuff about her nature so I got more wiggle room now)

[missingache]

[Continued here]