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

[blindedbyruin]

[Oh dear, she sounds young and upset. That pretty much means the very low chance there might have been for him to be mad about it is now nonexistent, and he just shakes his head a bit at the apology.]

It's all right, I'll be fine. [It'll probably bruise, but a bruise like that isn't a big deal.] You have a good arm. What exactly were you trying to throw it at?

[madcuriosity]

Are you sure? I don't mind getting you some ice, if you need. [She made an idle gesture behind her to one of the stands where she was sure she could before turning back to Canale.

Alice hadn't quite realized that Canale was blind, not just yet, but she was an astute little girl, as children were wont to be. She blushed deeper at the compliment.]

Oh ah... well, I don't have a good arm, just quite terrible aim. It's the game, you see. [She reached out for his hand to try and show him towards the stall in question.] If I can knock down all six bottles from the shelf completely, I can win the giant purple cat toy! But I.... that is I missed completely and the ball hit the edge of the shelf and went flying... into... well into you. Are you sure you're alright?

[blindedbyruin]

[Ah, torn between his desire to reassure this kid and his complete lack of caring about his own well being...]

If you would make you feel better, I wouldn't mind, but you don't need to. I'm alright.

[It might not take her long to figure it out, since despite listening intently and being perfectly fine with letting her pull him over to the stair, he's much more focused on seemingly looking at her than anything she gestures to or talks about. And maybe trying to imagine what a purple cat toy would look like.]

Well, I can't imagine you'd have any trouble knocking them down if you did hit them. Are they also set higher than you? [Hitting the shelf makes it sound like it's either that or she didn't throw quite far enough.]

[madcuriosity]

Continued here!