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Romeo ([personal profile] myblueskies) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2019-03-28 09:29 pm

Book Party [ota]

Who: Romeo, Elfnein and literally everyone in the heavens. Even if you weren't personally invited every invite came with a +ALL YOUR FRIENDS and there's also a sign. Strangers are just friends these two haven't met yet.
When: 29th April. Afternoon onwards
Where: Temple Smol (Gegute's library)
What: Just the cutest book party the heavens has ever known! Bring your best book!



Arrival

You might have received an invitation, or perhaps you are just passing Gegute’s library but there is an brightly painted sign outside.

Book Party today!

Everyone welcome! Bring your best book or dress up!

Lots of tasty food!


The doors of the temple are open and once you arrive in the lobby there are more bright arrows pointing the way into the library. If you are still stuck mister Goat is at the help desk, he’ll direct any one who needs it!

Activities

The layout of the library hasn’t really changed at all, except a few tables being moved to accommodate activities and all the comfy reading cushions have been brought to a central location. All the shelves are decorated with colourful paper chains and streamers.

Romeo had really enjoyed Yuna’s birthday party with the activities to do so he had copied the idea for Elfnein’s book party! On one table there is material for making bookmarks. You might want to recut the card strips, they are a little wonky. There is ribbon and glitter and colouring pens and glue.

On another there is a cardboard box puppet theatre, painted in a riot of colours with colourful strips of material as curtains. There is some felt and other material, as well as scissors, glue and wool to make puppets with. A sign reads in childish Hirigana. Show your best book!

Food

The invitations had promised lots of tasty food and there sure was a lot! A whole table filled with tasty treats, Romeo had been very very busy! There was a whole tray of chopped fruit, another of vegetables like carrots and cucumber.

There was bread and cheese and two bowls of pasta with different sauces. Another bowl of noddles with meat and vegetables. There was a huge bowl of rice too with a tray of grilled fish and a bowl of broccoli and asparagus.

An entire part of the table was taken up by apples and things with apples in them, apple turnovers and even an attempt at an apple pie, it was a bit smushed but probably tasted fine.

There was a tray of very misshapen cookies with messy icing and another of even messier cupcakes with far too much buttercream. There were also churos and a chocolate Gateaux, these seemed to have been bought rather than made, Romeo hadn’t even known where to start it making them!

There was an attempt at making books and other shapes out of rice and vegetables packed in the two bento boxes Ebisu’s temple had given him for Christmas, but they were a bit crumbly, misshapen or just plain strange. In the centre of Romeo’s bento attempts was his magical bento box, every time it was opened there were different fancy bento creations, if the children’s attempts left a lot to be desired.

Have fun!
trustheart: (295)

Re: Food

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-04-22 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh? [Chris realizes as she takes the napkin.] Oh, thanks.

[Her eyes light up as she cleans her face and hears the word an pan. She looks at where Ginia indicated and grins.]

Hey, thanks a lot! I'll get some right away!
trustheart: (007)

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-04-22 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Chris waves to Romeo as she scarfs down a cookie, swallowing before she replies to him.]

Hey there, Romeo! I wouldn't miss this, you know that. I'm impressed you were able to set up all this!
trustheart: (117)

Re: activities

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-04-22 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Chris just gives Hibiki an annoyed look.]

I know what I like. That's all it is.

[She blinks as the spygoat rolls up, and then notices what it's holding, causing her to smile at it nervously.]

Hey, uh, thanks. But I was actually looking for the multicolored kind...

[How much money does Hibiki have?]
trustheart: (256)

Re: Activities

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-04-22 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Chris grins, and reaches over to tousle Elfnein's hair.]

You know I would never miss this. You offered free food, after all.
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Cheerful)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-22 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Can't come to a party without bringing something, right? There's plate stacked with assorted bread including the aforementioned an pan as well as a fruit-and-whipped cream cake. Bless the local bakeries of the Near Shore.]

Next time I'm in Kyoto, remind me to pick up some anpan for you. There's a bakery dedicated to anpan that's supposed to be pretty good.
trustheart: (260)

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-04-22 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Chris has her own that she's munching on before Ginia is even finished typing.]

Trust me, I definitely will. Or you could give me directions and I'll go myself?
hedgehogsdilemma: (Is this serious?)

[personal profile] hedgehogsdilemma 2019-04-23 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[It's less like he's been doing 'fun' things and instead doing 'studious shinki' things, but he won't bother splitting hairs.]

Of course. [There are some pictures interspersed through the book, too! That'll save even more time in getting through it.] I thought it was really interesting, so hopefully you'll like it.
priforprince: (master)

[personal profile] priforprince 2019-04-23 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ You don't want to know.

The goat rolls off upon being informed of this fact. Goodness only knows with what it will return.

Hibiki, unperturbed, smirks. ]
Have you spent much time lately - pursuing what you like?

[ she means singing or preparing to sing, for the record

the record that she

is not clarifying ]
cleansingstrike: (Default)

[personal profile] cleansingstrike 2019-04-23 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Such works have also found themselves within the walls of our temple, and the lady as avid a reader as I have ever encountered.

The idea was simply too opportune to not pay heed.
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[personal profile] cleansingstrike 2019-04-23 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
A fine idea, Ovelia. The halls of our temple hold countless writings and stories. 'Twould be a certainty to say that they would hold even more to share.
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[personal profile] cleansingstrike 2019-04-23 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Agrias, for her part, is much less thrilled to see Hibiki here. Their previous... conversation, was still fresh in her thoughts.

For the sake of not ruining the evening for Ovelia, she puts in an effort to at least remain civil.]


Should the lady wish it, his works would available for you or anyone to read.
priforprince: (recognize)

[personal profile] priforprince 2019-04-23 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps I shall. They appear quite inspirational.

[ Hibiki, for her part, bears neither of these people any ill-will and may find this situation mildly hilarious, if only because she enjoys Knowing Something Other People Don't Know. Wishing this couple well doesn't preclude her from being an ass about it.

Hibiki! ]


What might be the story behind your characters.....?

[ please be deeply, inextricably intertwined with each other's backstories

please ]
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[personal profile] priforprince 2019-04-23 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ MISTER GOAT LOVES GLITTER! So it rocks forward on its wheels, doing its best to nod. Thaa-nk you for throwing a party where glitter may be had in maa-bundance!

If Hibiki grabs a book at random to read (there are, it seems, books everywhere here, yes?), will the goat still be there when she's done? Will she really have to deal with this?

Or is this a lone, lonely stretch of wall deprived of bookshelves.....is there no escape? ]
sassywelshcatgirl: (smile)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-04-23 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
You sure can. It makes them both better. The ice cream moistens the cake and they're just incredible!
artificialrose: (daydreamgalleries) (You're just mad because I have)

[personal profile] artificialrose 2019-04-23 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"If you ever need to borrow it, let me know," he responds, tucking the book against his side again. It's only a book, after all, and not some rare tome that costs millions of yen to get. There's no problem with it.

"And yes! It's really charming. You can tell the two of them put in a lot of work to this, can't you?"
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (You are the patron saint)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-04-23 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then I guess I'm just going to have to surrender to the idea of glitter covering book pages." She sticks her tongue out a little bit, but doesn't stop herself from continuing to layer on the glitter. Listen, no one can tell her how to live her life.

"Maybe I'll just give them to the goats. The robotic ones, I mean. The real ones would just eat them and get sick."
chibisu: (technoheart-archive, tumblr) (I keep putting the back of this pen)

[personal profile] chibisu 2019-04-23 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"And yet there still need to be masters of certain crafts," Ebisu says with a grin. He can't recall the entire saying, but he's positive of that much. "Both stations in equal measure are needed. For shinki, especially, I think." Doing his absolute best to pick up the bottle, he tries to get back to what he was doing.

"After all, a god can only truly be one thing, even with multiple domains underneath their guidance. A shinki is to guide them and remind them of what's important out of those things. It's something that benefits both parties, I think. AT least, that's how it should be."
smilingbullet: (Carcano)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2019-04-23 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wendy and Hibiki are a good match for several reasons. ]

Oh! I'm Howl from Howl's Moving Castle!

[ He slips into English automatically for the title, then adds the title in Japanese when he realizes. ]

I think it's one of my favorite books, I brought the audio book version of it. I was surprised there'd been a third book set in that world released after my death.

[ Oh right, did he tell Wendy that he's remembered how he died? And as a result, when? ]
smilingbullet: (Carcano)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2019-04-23 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ D2 peers at Chikusa, an expression of mixed curiosity and amusement on his face. ]

So you just grabbed one at random to be let in, then.

[ He'd probably be let in either way... Maybe he did, grabbed it after getting here. ]
alchemists: (New upgrades)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-04-23 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope I won't disappoint you. This is meant for fun so it's not as grant as your normal stage.

[ Only so much you can do with a cardboard puppet theater. ]
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[personal profile] alchemists 2019-04-23 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Hibiki?

[ After regaining some composure Elfnein realizes that the voice belongs to Hibiki. Why would she be going through all of the books in the drama section? A book store would have a better selection. ]
alchemists: (I swear I have pants)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-04-23 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh, I think offering knowledge and searching for more is just a normal part of life even if you're not a goddess.