22 - Harvest Moon Viewing

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Harvest Moon Viewing
When: September 10, 6 PM
Where: The Meeting Hall grounds
Summary: The Heavens are throwing a moon-viewing party!







Party Games

Children are dashing all over the moon-viewing grounds in the early evening, flying kites or playing tag and other games. Many of them are wearing cute seasonal rabbit masks made of paper, or sporting ink curlicues and scribbles drawn over their faces, if they've lost too many games.

Card games and spinning top battles, a few practice archery butts towards the edge of the park, poetry-composing competitions, and even badminton: there's something for everyone, and anyone who doesn't look too busy may find themselves offered a rabbit mask and a game to play. Or perhaps you'd like to try your hand at drawing people into your own game?

Moon Viewing

The moon rises not long after sunset, looming over the garden in hazy golden and red splendor thanks to the volcanic fumes in the atmosphere. The games are winding down as darkness falls, and the faint scent of burning incense fills the air as people settle to view the moon rise. Shinki in their festival best, adorned with Amaterasu's golden chrysanthemum, are serving the guests. They set out trays of fresh seasonal fruit (Japanese pears, persimmons, and chestnuts) and plates of mochi, serve sake, and light portable grills to cook sweet potatoes and skewers of meat.

Mazed & Confused

Part of the grounds have been rearranged into a hedge-maze made of tall, plumed grasses packed close together. A sign at the entrance reads, "Bring back my ribbon from the center of the maze,
and I'll give you a special prize!"

Unfortunately, that's harder than it sounds. The maze is full of dead ends, confusing turns, and twisty little passages, which all look alike. It's almost magical how easy it is to lose your way inside, and the tufted grass will prove to have painfully sharp edges if anyone tries to cheat by pushing their way through the "walls" of the maze.

Those who successfully find their way to the center will find a white ribbon fluttering from the top of a tall pole. If they can climb the pole, pull the ribbon free, and make it back to the entrance, they will hear the sound of a child's laughter, and the ribbon in their hand will disappear to be replaced by a round cake of mochi. Enjoy the prize!

Wild Moon

One of the children participating most energetically in the games of tag and dashing around the party is wearing an oversized gray hoodie with the hood pulled up right to the edges of his happy rabbit mask. He's not being very careful, either: he keeps bumping into other party attendees and barely taking the time to mutter an apology before he sprints away.

Although nothing noticeable happens at the time, anyone who's been tagged or bumped into by that particular child will begin to feel more emotional, quicker to react, and less self-controlled as the night wears on. Those who he only brushed by won't be too powerfully affected, but the more times that he has run into someone, the stronger the effect will grow.

(Note: This won't cause anyone to have emotions that they wouldn't feel otherwise, but both ongoing moods and temporary reactions could be amplified.)

In Summary:

• Play party games
• Relax with snacks
• Try to solve the hedge maze
• Go wild
• Have fun~

Comments

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[replicatedform]

[There's Yamanbagiri nearby with a rabbit mask on the side of his head, over the top of his hood. The mask seems to have some scribbles on it, and maybe some suspiciously similiar coloured marks on the hood too.

Yamanbagiri glances over at Urashima and blinks.]

... You're alright?

[He's pretty sure he didn't hear a fight. But on the other hand, maybe the festival is just noisy enough to mask the sounds?]

[minogame]

( He can't help but sigh because he knows exactly what Yamanbagiri is talking about, )

I lost! ( He lost a card game and now he's been penalized. ) I keep trying but i can't get it all off!

[replicatedform]

[With a sigh, he walks over.]

You're making it worse like that. You'd need soap and water, and a cloth.

[They probably don't need a cloth, but it'd make things faster.]

[minogame]

Yeah...

( He knows that's what he really needs but he was hoping to take the easy way out. He stops wiping at his face to look up at Yamanbagiri so he can get a closer look (since that's why he's coming over, right?). He's definitely going to need some water at least to wash off the rest. It really does look like he's gotten himself into a fight. )

I guess we can get some water...

[replicatedform]

[Yeah, he's getting a better look at it. It doesn't seem that bad? Probably need a cloth at this rate.]

Right, let's go. There should be a toilet somewhere. [Worse come to worse, they can find a pond and hope they don't get into trouble.]

[minogame]

( There are probably some rest areas around since this is a big public space. There's also a drink table with water and sake so your choice! Either way, Urashima will follow along with him without any trouble. He's still trying to wipe at his face. )

[replicatedform]

[Water will work well enough. After they walk over toward one of the tables, Yamanbagiri pick up a cup with hopefully water inside. He looks around for napkins.

Where the hell are napkins, did they run out?

He turns to face Urashima, holding the cup of water to him.]

Here, let's try and wash as much as them off with this.

[minogame]

( He'll take the cup and wet his fingers and the edge of his sleeve to wipe at his face. It definitely helps! It looks like he'll need some soap and warm water to really get it to come off completely but this is good enough for now. Looking up at Yamanbagiri, he shows his face, )

How's it look?

[replicatedform]

[He looks at it and nods.]

Yeah, most of it's gone. You can wash the rest off later.

[... He say, as his hand idly grip his cloak and bring it up to wipe Urashima's cheek for a moment. There, the smudge looks a bit more better now.]

[minogame]

( It's a small gesture but it gets him to stay still. He lets Yamanbagiri wipe at his face because at the end of the day, he's just a sword spirit that wants to be taken care of, )

... Thanks.

Have you tried playing any of the games yet?

[replicatedform]

[For a moment, Yamanbagiri pauses when he realised what he's doing. He stammers for a moment, before he pull the now stained part of his cloak away.]

I... er, you're welcome.

[ANYWAY.]

Just a few so far. The maze was rather annoying, out of all of them.