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Open-ish ♔ Gods’ Arcadia: Charisma Millennium Kingdom

Who: CelePara Talent Agency (& any interlopers)
When: July 11-12
Where: A luxury hot spring in the Near Shore
What: Hibiki won hot spring tickets. This is what passes for a training camp in CelePara.
Warnings: Bathing, so, nudity. Elitism, bad decisions. It’s a log with Hibiki in it.

[ A private overnight at a hot springs resort is the only part of Hibiki’s grand prize from the shopping district lottery she’d wanted. Rather than go completely by herself, however, she’s invited Natsuru, Kuroyukihime, Venus, and Wendy along - one part reward for Tanabata, one part Important Training. The more elite atmosphere to which Hibiki can expose Natsuru, the more the girl will be influenced! The more refined Japanese environments in which Kuroyukihime finds herself, the more she’ll grow into the motifs bestowed upon her by the god in whose temple she resides!

Venus and Wendy are, of course, here to make tea. Hibiki is making a special exception and drinking only green tea this trip - that’s the role - but the frequency with which she requires this beverage merits having her own supply on hand in addition to the inn’s.

The hot spring has been completely reserved for their group. This wasn’t quite what had been written on the tickets, but Hibiki went out to the casino, exerted her sensitivity to the number 1, and then booked the whole place herself the next morning. This means they have far more rooms at their disposal than they need, should anyone happen to have overheard plans about this trip….and the hired help is unlikely to notice any extra guests from the Far Shore….

….Granted, if you aren’t currently working with her, Hibiki will not be pleased to see you. But who cares? Hot spring!

Let us enjoy an elegant experience. ]

[[ ooc: This is a mingle log! Post your own top-level or comment around to others. The link in the “where” description shows off the particular inn this hot spring is based on, but basically, if it’s a Hot Springs Staple and you want to play with it, go nuts.

CelePara are the only people who have been invited, but if you can conceivably say your character could have overheard one of the people involved talking about this trip, feel free to have them crash the party. ]]

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A location unique to my universe.

[ A sigh. Let it go. Let it alllll go. She'll rectify that particular issue soon enough, so no point in getting agitated about it again. ]

Where dreams and ideals themselves take flight, a land of ultimate entertainment.

[ Thinking about PriPara is kind of relaxing in its own way. If also bittersweet. And there's only one way Hibiki knows to drive home just how amazing PriPara is, only one point of comparison that could ever, ever help someone unfortunate enough to have been deprived of PriPara from birth comprehend exactly the scope of what they're missing: ]

My powers can but hope to evoke its majesty.

[ DUN DUN DUNNNN ]

[Well, Maria had pretty much established that first bit herself, since the name had sounded more like a place than a thing. It does sound somewhat intriguing the way Hibiki describes it, and though the dramatic final line perhaps doesn't strike the intended chord with her, it does get her attention for other reasons.]

I'm surprised. Your powers seem to have quite a broad scope. [Unfortunately, given her experience with Hibiki's idea of majesty, she has to wonder if this PriPara place has anything to do with how overbearing Hibiki's staging for her agency's performances is.]

Of course, my performances within PriPara are unparalleled.

[ This is only tangentially related to what Maria said, but it's important to point out, all the same.

And might answer her unspoken question without meaning to. ]

[Yeah, that about answers her question. There's a slight, gentle sound of amusement from Maria at that, as if she knows something Hibiki doesn't.]

Oh well, there are plenty of ways we have to adapt to this place. Consider that another one.

[And maybe consider that performing without that level of showiness might be a possibility. Maria would be interested to see the kind of performance she gives without it all.]

It's a temporary setback.

[ Soon. Someday, soon....

Ah, for the light of PriPara. For its unparalleled grandeur, its living ideal.

Ah, for her Princesses, balm for her wounded and sentence-ender-weary heart. ]

[Maria has to raise a brow at that. Surely Hibiki doesn't think she can somehow bring the place here.

As it is, she's electing to believe she means going home to it, and lets out a long breath.]

How temporary is the question. I'm not sure the situation here is going to change much anytime soon.

[She sounds a bit wistful herself - there might be some people from her own world here now, but it's still not like being home.]

Time will tell.

[ Um. That thing you're trying to convince yourself she isn't convinced she can do?

She is having an incredibly pleasant fantasy about it right now. ]

[In this case, Maria's going to choose to live in her own preferable fantasy, one where Hibiki actually does have some idea of things that are legitimtely beyond her means.

Still, whatever rivalry they might have in the making, it doesn't mean Maria can't still be interested in what's been going on outside of that, and she smiles over a little as she flicks her hair over the back of the seat.]

So, how have things been otherwise? I'd at least hope you didn't spend all of Tanabata on the performance when there were so many other festivities.

Ah...

[ A faint pallor casts itself over Hibiki's face. She....experienced Tanabata, yes. She experienced the Tanabata performances. Including....your boss. ]

It was an...enlightening....festivity, indeed.

[That's the first time Maria's seen that sort of reaction from Hibiki, and she can't diguise a moment of laughter at how obvious it is.]

You look like you saw a ghost. Or something appropriately horrifying. [Given they're surrounded by the dead at all times here, ghosts have probably lost a bit of their effect.]

Well.... [ Hibiki clears a mysterious blockage in her throat. Concentrate on something else. The festival. Orihime. Yes. ]

I trust the night of bliss eased the noble lady's heart.

[ This is not just a convenient second aspect of the topic. She really does hope it helped Orihime.

Even if Orihime won't let her call her "Princess." ]

[Ah, of course, the host. Maria hadn't actually spoken to her, but she does look rather sympathetic.]

I'm afraid I didn't meet Orihime myself, but I certainly hope she enjoyed the night as well. It doesn't seem like she deserves such a cruel separation from her lover.

[Though there's few people Maria would say deserved something like that. Orihime did seem particularly nice in her BBS post, though.]

Few people do.

[ Hibiki is wearing that transcendentally beautiful, ethereal, faraway expression again. Her pain is so exquisite. She bears it so nobly. So stoically.

Portraits have been painted of less. ]

No, you're right. But she seemed exceptionally kind to have been burdened with something like that.

[It's a troubling thought, though, so Maria tries not to bring the conversation down with it, instead considering the other things that had gone on that night.]

Did you see the performance stage they had set up at the festival? They brought together some impressive acts.

Advance notice would have been appreciated. [ That is her other major takeaway from the performance stage. Since we're not going back to Barry Goodman. ]

...But I saw it. An eclectic assortment.

[ WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO BARRY GOODMAN. ]

I'd consider that a good thing. Just one genre and you risk only appealing to part of the audience.

[Maria can be quite versatile in style when she wants to be, but not everyone has that advantage, so getting a variety of acts together was a good plan as far as she's concerned.]

Did you find any of them particularly memorable? [Maria didn't actually see Barry perform, so she's not aware of what Hibiki may or may not have gone through.]

That's an all-encompassing word.

[ la la la la la not thinking about it again, once today was enough already

la la la ]

[That tells Maria plenty of itself, but she can't help but be curious now.]

Well, yes, but I don't remember seeing any particularly objectionable performances, so I'd think you would've had to be particularly unlucky to come across one.

[That much, she can say in honesty. All the performances she saw were quite good and fitting for the occasion.]

How long were you watching?

[ please do not be into....

la la la la la la la

not thinking about it

la la la la la la la pyu amore love, la la la la la ]

I had to view on-and-off, unfortunately. I wanted to experience the whole festival, so I was mostly at the stage whenever I happened to pass by or had picked up some food I didn't want to be wandering around with.

[There's a somewhat apologetic note at that. She honestly would have loved to see all of the performances, but she'd also felt like seeing the entirety of the festival had been the better trade-off.]

[ la la la la to the path of needing to "believe", offer this casabla---oh thank goodness, if Maria heard [[redacted]], they're not going to talk about it

Hibiki can fully smile again. ] It was a night rich in festivities.

[ She adjusts her posture in this chair, the better to sink into it. ] Make use of this emptiness however you wish, as well....

[ Ugh, she's comfortable. She's going to recruit this chair for CelePara. It's a genius. ]

It was. I'm glad it went uninterrupted. [Unlike the last festival. The sooner she forgets that disaster, the happier she'll be.

Maria is quite comfortable for the moment as well, and since she's had rather a lengthy soak already, it seems a good time for a lengthy rest.]

I assure you, I'll use the facilities to their fullest. [Not that it requires a great deal of effort to do that in a place like this, where the point is unwinding.]

You're welcome.

[ Both "welcome to it" and "I'm going to pretend you're thanking me for my foresight in preparing this trip". Hibiki is broadminded like that, and clever. ]

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Open-ish ♔ Gods’ Arcadia: Charisma Millennium Kingdom

the smol might be more coherent

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"tricolore always spends a lot of money" - a real thing really said in a cast interview

seems legit

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