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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 :: Thinking)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-05-14 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Ginia's brow furrows a little at the question. It's always surprising realizing how long she's been here, but how short the time has been in the long run. It doesn't help it feels like something is always something exploding, sometimes literally.]

Only a few months. Five, I think? It's a hobby I picked up to keep my hands occupied.
medicinemaster: (reaffirmation; slight smile)

[personal profile] medicinemaster 2019-05-14 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Yaone's life has read like a fairytale during the past few years. Not many young women can truthfully claim to have lived the life of a fair maiden until a villain stole her away for her beauty only to be saved from certain death by a kind and noble prince that gave her a place by his side. Even if the reality of her situation isn't nearly as romantic as it'd be in a true fairytale.

"Yes. While I am more specialized in making medicine, I am also trained in assessing, diagnosing, and treating ailments in general. I believe that apothecaries and doctors provide more or less the same kind of service to others."

Though maybe Yaone could try to put this in slightly simpler terms. After a thoughtful moment, she continues with her explanation.

"It might be easier to think of it this way. An apothecary does all the same things a doctor can do to make someone feel better but rather than turn to another for medications to give to our patients, we make those medications ourselves out of herbs and other natural substances with healing properties."
Edited 2019-05-14 03:35 (UTC)
medicinemaster: (sketchy; gentle beauty)

[personal profile] medicinemaster 2019-05-14 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Daisies are very pretty flowers. I like the pink ones myself. They are really lovely and have a very nice scent.

[She smiles, reaching for a fresh, unadorned bookmark and a couple of sheets of construction paper - one pink and one yellow.]

What do you think about making bookmarks with our favorite flowers on them, miss?
Edited 2019-05-14 04:44 (UTC)
medicinemaster: (sketchy; gentle beauty)

[personal profile] medicinemaster 2019-05-14 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
I see. I, too, like to keep my myself occupied when I can.

[Especially after she's been left behind at the castle while the prince and Dokugakuji are off on missions or Lady Lirin has managed to slip away to some adventure. Idle hands and a mind left to wander too freely tends to lead down dangerous and dark pathways when Yaone's left alone for too long.

However, Yaone's as calm as ever as she smiles serenely and continues in a quiet but cheerful tone.]


Origami seems like an interesting way to pass the time.

[So far, Yaone hasn't come up with any ideas on how to return to her world, much less her proper time in it but she hasn't yet given up all hope. She might as pick up some new hobbies and explore a few new interests in the meantime.]
Edited 2019-05-14 05:32 (UTC)
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Proud)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-05-14 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
It's true people usually forget about us pretty fast, but the feeling remains.

[Their interactions on the Near Shore tend to be fleeting moments with humans. A few may remember - the spiritually strong, the attuned, children, or those close to death - but the general populace move on.]

It's like if a stranger holds a door for you. You might not know their name and forget what you look like, but you still remember someone doing a good turn for you.
medicinemaster: (sketchy; coming?)

[personal profile] medicinemaster 2019-05-14 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
"It varies. Most of my medicines are compounded from different combinations of herbs or mushrooms called formulas. In that sense, it is very similar to cooking a well-balanced, nutritious meal with different ingredients as often, one works from a recipe. Many of the ones that I use have been passed down through generations in my family."

Yaone hadn't expected to get into a conversation about her profession and family trade with another young man so soon after Yoon much less at a children's party. However, she'd been just as inquisitive as a child when presented with something new. It's simply not in her nature to discourage questioning or an earnest desire to learn.

"Would you or your goddess be interested in learning a little more about my trade sometime? I have taken on one apprentice and would not be adverse to allow others to sit in on a lesson sometime. It would be easiest to explain through demonstration and unfortunately, I do not have any books or components on hand to teach with at the moment."
thirdbeauty: (Maid at work)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-14 07:48 am (UTC)(link)
Oh! Hey, Agrias-san!

[Honestly, Natsuru's work "uniform" is almost as frilly as this and twice as revealing. So it's not surprising if Agrias isn't quite sure if this is actually a costume or not.]

Yeah, I've... been fine. Still kind of getting used to having a new goddess, I guess. But Elfnein-chan's temple is a nice place to visit and relax, you know?

[She smiles, a faint trace of color tinting her cheeks.]

And it's kind of fun to dress up, too...

[She notices how Agrias is dressed too! Kind of surprising that someone as serious as her would go with the theme.]
thirdbeauty: (Just chillin')

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-14 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Er... obviously.

[She stands awkwardly for a moment, letting the strangeness of what she'd blurted out pass. But when Chris continues, a small smile traces Natsuru's lips, and she nods in agreement.]

Yeah. I like Elfnein-chan's temple for that. It's nice here.

... I probably don't read as much, though. I wasn't even sure what to dress up as.
thirdbeauty: (Maid smile)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-14 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, that fox! She chuckles softly with his enthusiastic reply. She can't help it, it's adorable!]

I'm Alice! You know, like Wonderland?
thirdbeauty: (Uncertain smile)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-14 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
Well... Celty-chan's my friend. She told me you knew sign language once. I was going to try to learn, so we could talk without her having to use her phone...

[She seems a little sad for a moment. Thinking about it just made it hit her how she misses being able to talk with Celty at all.]

Ah, a-anyway, I think maybe Alex-nee mentioned you too? And I've seen you on the network! But, um. Yeah... I'm Natsuru...

[She's starting to blush now. Seeing each other around on the network isn't strange, that much is perfectly normal. But even now, she's still not used to meeting people and hearing that they've seen her perform!]
thirdbeauty: (Perky)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-14 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, Minako-chan and I came together! We were coming from the same temple, anyway.

[Not exactly an answer to the question Kairi was subtly asking, but it's close.]
thirdbeauty: (Dark and stormy)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-14 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
Minako-chan helped with something like that?

[Natsuru is actually a little stunned. And yet... finding out that the books are all romance related... somehow makes it make sense? She hasn't been living with Minako that long, but it just sounds Right.]

I mean... I didn't know she'd like that sort of thing...
alchemists: (cooking by the book)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-14 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
AA time limit might also be a good idea, if we don't say anything he could be there all day.
alchemists: (Somen noodles !)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-14 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well, Elfnein's not really ready for this but she has two puppets made out of lunch bags. The one story she really liked was the Moon Princess, even if the ending was a bit sad. ]

There was once an old man and his wife that wanted a child of their own, and one day while cutting the bamboo in the nearby grove they stumbled on a tiny girl in the reed that was cut.
alchemists: (Diary of secrets)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-14 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a double standard?
alchemists: (Double check)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-14 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
But if you figure out the most efficient way to do it you save energy.
alchemists: (It's no problem)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-14 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Romeo is far better at using his imagination then me, I envy it honestly.
alchemists: (Maria stop lecturing on strength)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-14 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I want to make a matching set of bookmarks with you!
alchemists: (New upgrades)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-14 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't pick just one type of scene from a book...

[ There's so many on her list of books to recommend, or just the ones she enjoyed reading. ]

Why don't you pick what you think best suits me?
alchemists: (Smol doing their very best)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-14 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I think your outfit gives off a midsummer type of feeling, like the play Midsummer Night's Dream.
alchemists: (Happy)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-14 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
She told me all of the pros of reading romance novels and it made me interested in that type of book. Though most of them are quite a bit adult so I haven't touched those.
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (You are the patron saint)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-05-14 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then you're doing good on that front. I'm glad Hibiki isn't like that, she just overindulges even when it's dumb..." Wendy sighs dramatically. Well, at least this time she's just messing around with the robo-goats. That's more manageable, even if she feels bad for the goats.

"If you know Shun, then he's the worst workaholic."