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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!
badassfreakingoverlord: (disgruntled)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2019-04-02 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah?! What about that sign!?

[Zetta is referring to the 'show your best book!' sign set up further inwards, of course, which his raging misanthropy had focused on with laser precision.]
cleansingstrike: do not use (15)

Agrias & Ovelia (OTA; all prompts welcome)

[personal profile] cleansingstrike 2019-04-03 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Agrias had been thankful for the invitation and had passed the news along to Ovelia.

Needless to say, her shinki was truly excited for the event. Ovelia had always held a deep love for books and scripture, and the festivities seemed like an excellent opportunity to help lift her spirits.

Perhaps... the knight had actually underestimated how excited she truly was.

The invitation had made mention to arrive dressed as one's favorite character, if it suited them.

The practice was a little lost on Agrias, but Ovelia seemed to gravitate to the idea ever so strongly.

To the point that both of them arrived in costume.

While Agrias was always willing to support her shinki in her endeavors, this was...

Well, she found herself thankful that nobody else from Ivalice would recongize her dressed as a... moogle. Of sorts.

She did not want to put a damper on Ovelia's enjoyment, to be sure, but...

Goodness, what had she gotten herself involved with?]



A-Allow me to express my continued surprise, Ovelia. I'd no idea at how skilled you were at this craft.

'Tis a feeling of pride, knowing that this came from yon hands.


[Was she embarrassed? More than just a bit. But this night was not just for her.]
Edited 2019-04-03 01:52 (UTC)
hypomeneo: (I've got something better up my sleeve)

[personal profile] hypomeneo 2019-04-03 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Get Iskandar to read it to you, then. And make him answer all your questions.

[There's that sadness at Romeo never being able to grow up unless he switched roles and became a god. Or left and it turned out his death was miraculously undone in some manner.

... he'd be an amazing man. But if shinki are second chances, and Waver frowns at that because he smells something wrong, they are also withered possibilities.

But... Waver can help prepare him to tackle the adult issues being in Heaven will bring a little bit. Honestly he hopes other men are stepping to mentor him as well.]


Of course! Chapter by chapter and we'll talk about the issues afterwards.

[Because the Odyssey, though a classic, is a book from a different time and one more appreciated by adults.]
sassywelshcatgirl: (puzzled)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-04-03 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Nia frowned slightly, folding her arms. "That's a pretty heavy story. Here I was guessing you'd like something with a heroic knight or the like..."
reloves: (♀ my radiant smile)

[personal profile] reloves 2019-04-03 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wait, hold on a second. Romeo not knowing karaoke.. that much she can understand. It's a very time-specific thing, and it's not even as popular in other places as it was where Minako is from. But comics?!

She gasps. ]


Are you saying you've never read a comic before?! [ What kind of childhood is he having!! ]
reloves: (♥ hold on tightly to these feelings)

[personal profile] reloves 2019-04-04 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean.. I guess it depends on what kind of books you have..

[ If they had a comic, then Romeo would probably know, right? Minako blinks for a moment as she considers that before turning her head to look if she can spot one. ]

It's like a book, but with a lot more drawings in it.
sassywelshcatgirl: (disgusted)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-04-04 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not much of a reader, honestly," she said, looking away with a determined frown. "Don't know why that is, of course, no idea what I did while I was alive..."
ofnovalue: art by crazymoon (it will be alright)

[personal profile] ofnovalue 2019-04-04 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, y-yes! [ Ovelia was slightly startled by someone approaching them, but wore a smile despite how nervous she was. ]

Tis a faire for book lovers, yes?
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Wonder)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-04 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a very full food table. The amount of apple-based dishes is quite surprising and Ginia's thankful she'd gone for a different fruit cake. It takes a bit of careful shuffling, but Ginia manages to find a space to put the cake at. It's a delicious looking cake, covered in rich white whipped cream and decorated with various fruit on the top.

"No problem. The more food the merrier everyone can be. Want the first slice?"
yoshinocherry: (I can see it all so clear)

[personal profile] yoshinocherry 2019-04-04 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
A mischievous fox named Gon... a story that's a bit sad, it's ringing some bells for Yuna, a story she's likely read in the past, when she was younger.

"I'll have to keep my eyes open for any tricks, then, won't I?" Not that she particularly expects that kind of mischief from Romeo, but playing along is part of the fun of dressing up, right? She winks, just to emphasize that point.

As for herself, "I'm the mysterious magician, from," she brandishes the book she brought along so that Romeo can see the cover, "here! I haven't finished reading it just yet, but it's a very fun story so far."
sassywelshcatgirl: (smile)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-04-05 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Kind of helps when your goddess has a library for a temple." And you really wanted to help and impress her, or at least that's the impression Nia had of Romeo.