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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!
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Smiling)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-05-01 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe something like a potluck? One temple hosts the location and provides a few dishes, but everyone else brings food and drinks? Maybe some games too or a few set activities?"

It's definitely the best option for getting people together in one place. Free food might be enough of a draw to bring people out too. But would it feel the same after a few parties?

"How about alternating between a party and something elsewhere? Like meeting at an amusement park or the zoo? The entertainment then takes care of itself and there doesn't really need to be a host."
hedgehogsdilemma: (In the morning I'll be with you)

[personal profile] hedgehogsdilemma 2019-05-01 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh good! That was pretty painless.]

It's okay, I'm mostly looking to use them like they are.

[And to give her an idea of how not-big of a deal some oddly shaped pieces are going to be, he shows her the bookmark that he's working on.] See?
thirdbeauty: (Maid at work)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-01 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks...

[Her cheeks flush just a little bit too, unconsciously matching Chris' reaction.]

Do you know the story? I think Alice chases a white rabbit too. Er, n-not that I plan on chasing you or anything!

[This... could have gone better already. Why is she so awkward sometimes around really cute girls even when she's just trying to make friends???]
alchemists: (look I'm useful)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-01 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Do you have any type of fiction you enjoy? Maybe I can go off of that for finding one or two books that might interest you the most.

[ Books are the best, Elfnein does live in a pool of knowledge after all. ]
thirdbeauty: (Derp)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-01 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know... maybe fantasy?

[That's kind of like Alice in Wonderland too, right? Maybe her taste in songs to sing could help too...]

Like, things with friendship... and romance...

[She blushes at that last part, mostly because she's talking to a child right now. Even kids like innocent romantic stories too, though, right?]
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[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-01 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Well.. maybe you'd like the books that Minako helped me sort through? It's all romance related.
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[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-01 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Well it would improve how well you managed to kick ass.
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[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-01 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
I won't forget to do that, having fun is the point of this.
alchemists: (Double check)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-01 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
I agree, that's a good start point. From there we can ask him to maybe show off why he's a good book?
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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2019-05-01 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ D2 turns blinking eyes from his origami, and his absent, focused look turns into a grin. ]

Hello, cousin!

[ That is nice to say, cousin, like they're family. ]

You look really cool.
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[personal profile] roundtablerebel 2019-05-01 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Fine, fine. It wasn't even that mean anyway.

[ Weirdo certainly doesn't rank very high on the list of mean things she's said before.

Still, she doesn't want to argue with a child over how weird Hibiki Shikyoin is— She'll just count Romeo's admission of her strangeness as a victory and move on. ]


Anyway, forget about Hibiki, you still haven't answered my question.

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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2019-05-01 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ For people uncomfortable with just sitting around, too. ]

Not even on tapes or lp? They're pretty great, that they exist.
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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2019-05-01 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Shame there isn't one, then, and that neither of us can conjure one magically.

[ It would be cool to be an actual wizard, really. ]

There are points to them, probably, at least, not that that makes boring stories any less boring.
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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2019-05-01 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I see.

[ It might be why he did it, too. He knows he knew how to do it since before enlisting. ]

Yeah? It isn't for you?
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[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-05-01 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, not like that." Wendy twirls some stray hair around her finger, curling it loosely. "More like bad things sometimes happen. You know... They're bloody, or scary, or mean. That sounds like a lot of fairy tales anyway, people just don't know those versions as much."
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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2019-05-01 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ D2 arches an eyebrow and his lips quirks in amusement. ]

How should I know?
kokuyoyo: (I don't do stupid things anymore.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2019-05-01 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
All night to make the food... Eugh. It's not a position Chikusa is unfamiliar with, granted. After all, he worked for hours when he was making that full dinner for Ken. He's more than aware the kind of effort that goes into moments like these.

...Which just makes it all the more exhausting to think about.

"I guess you're not wrong... But if you're tired, then it's better to just have food that's easier to get, right?"
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (He signed me a blank check)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-05-01 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah ha!" Wendy claps her hands together and snaps her fingers the moment they pull apart. She had a feeling it was something like that, but she needed that confirmation first. "I've seen her! Not in person, I missed my chance there, but Hibiki references her!"

Rather, Hibiki has dolls of every person that's of relevance to her, whether that's good or bad, all sorted into very specific categories... But Wendy won't mention that. It sounds a little bit creepy when she says it that way, after all.
chibisu: (technoheart-archive, tumblr) (How much caffeine is poisonous?)

[personal profile] chibisu 2019-05-01 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"Takami might have been troublesome," Ebisu muses, pausing to reaffirm his grip on the blue bottle. At least, when he pays attention, he can catch some of his clumsiness before it has a chance to go bad. The problem is just getting him to pay attention. "He doesn't like some of the new generation of gods and shinki, but I think that's more because he's worried about things going wrong." Setting the glue to the side with a small huff, he looks over to where Kiwami is standing and speaking quietly to Aomi.

"Kiwami might have gone well? He has hidden depths."
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[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-05-01 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course it's not too much!" says the girl who has spent months now dealing with Hibiki wearing gold clothing and sparkling 24/7. She has perhaps been desensitized to what 'too much' might actually mean, although she stands by what she's saying.

"I keep saying that you need to have more confidence in yourself. You have such a cute face and body that you're guaranteed to look good in anything you pick out."
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Amused)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-05-01 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
It is. Or maybe more relaxing than fun, but I enjoy it.

[There's a wry smile and a waggle of her hand in a light apologetic gesture before she resumes typing.]

I know so many people who do things because it's practical or fills time rather than enjoyment I never know these days who actually likes things.
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[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-05-01 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Does she? Well... maybe Ginia can't be too surprised at that. As one of the few avid players of PriPara around, she's picked up on some of the people surrounding Hibiki back home and has heard some of the loose mutterings from the sun god. Still, Ginia can't help but wonder.

"How is Hibiki doing after her movie debut went awry? She seems like she's doing better and is her usual self again, but is she really or is she putting on a front?"
artificialrose: (salamandroid) (I'm not really sure actually.)

[personal profile] artificialrose 2019-05-01 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"A potluck would be nice..." Something about the idea of it sounds rather homey, after all. If other people share similar feelings to Garry, maybe it could help bring them all together. It feels as though there are way too many paranoid types in Heaven, or those who don't trust easily.

"Although if we try to plan out what places to go to, it seems as though we might end up competing with Heaven on that front. For example, Orihime helped plan that beach trip, didn't she?"
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Thinking)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-05-01 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
The new generation of gods and shinki are also remarkably opinionated, stubborn, and rash in ways that will probably get someone killed one day. Their sense of decorum is lacking too. Ginia knows she can't disinclude herself from the group too; better in some ways, far worse in others. She can't blame Takami's opinion, not after everything he's been through. But for all his nervousness, Ginia would not call him unreliable or cowardly. There's a hunch had Takami been one of the ones to speak with her, he would have snapped back.

Kiwami... a tiny huff escapes as she looks at her coworkers.

"He does, but Kiwami would have walled up as fast and without the charm Kimi has. I might have gotten more defensive and left sooner." If Kiwami and Unmi had a chance to get her out before Ebisu had reason to show up, they probably wouldn't be having this conversation.

"Aomi might have been okay. He's the first one of your retinue I actually met."
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[personal profile] smilingbullet 2019-05-01 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the point either way, enjoying it.

[ It's no good if it's boring, the relaxation. ]

I suppose that it can be a bit hard, sometimes. Some people don't let it show on their face no matter what. They can look so very angry all the time.