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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!
towards_okeanos: (bliss)

[personal profile] towards_okeanos 2019-05-26 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Not yet. It [Iskandar knocks on his breastplate.] took some time to assemble.

[While not real armour it's still quite a cumbersome thing to put on. Funny thing. He was so occupied with his costume that he forgot to ask Waver if he had one too.]

How does he look?
towards_okeanos: (look)

[personal profile] towards_okeanos 2019-05-26 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Iskandar is utterly delighted by his discovery. He definitely will exploit this newly acquired knowledge at some time in the future. Not right now though. Right now he has other plans.]

Who's causing a scene? I'm certainly not.

[How he is able to rise up from behind the table without letting go of Waver is a testament to some inhuman agility on the part of them both.]

I do, however, require your expertise on one delicate matter.

[There's little chance that the cool air outside would do anything to dampen his hunger but at least he stops scandalizing the children.]
artificialrose: (daydreamgalleries) (You're just mad because I have)

[personal profile] artificialrose 2019-05-26 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm.... Well, there are a whole lot of flowers to choose from, although you're certainly right that daisies are the easiest to draw. Oh-

[He snaps his fingers together.]

Why don't we go see if there might be a book around here with pictures of different flowers? There are so many here, I'm sure we could find something.
kokuyoyo: (I don't do stupid things anymore.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2019-05-26 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Maybe they should, like... find a table to sit at...? Naaaaaah. Chikusa thinks it's way easier for him to just... slowly lower down into a crouch so that Nanako can get a better look at the manga he has in his hands. It's actually the second volume... which admittedly shows off a little more of the cast for this particular series.]

...I've been reading... romance stories, I guess. I have more than this one... but it caught my attention because it's about a random human girl... who ends up becoming a god when the god ditches the responsibility on her.

[...So, you know. Relevant to their entire situation.]

But the dog guardian who's been waiting at the shrine doesn't want to accept her as the god... Oh. And he's a handsome guy. [Because it's a shoujo.] There's also other guys... like this villain, or this tengu and a snake spirit...

[So, you know. It's basically Kamisama Kiss.]

They're mostly traditional, but there's other stuff...? Like the snake is an idol...
chibisu: (technoheart-archive, tumblr) (I keep putting the back of this pen)

[personal profile] chibisu 2019-05-26 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hibiki probably has a lot of things she'd rather be seen as, but, unfortunately for her, the eyes of the babes see past it all. Ebisu beams right back.]

She's an excellent performer, true to form for Apollo! However, I've only seen her goats a few times. I haven't had the pleasure of getting to be more properly acquainted.
hypomeneo: (Too much for me!)

[personal profile] hypomeneo 2019-05-27 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Hmph. [There a bit of a pout as he gets to his feet; how they both manage it while staying pressed close is indeed a supernatural feat. One Waver silently notes, as for every incident of clumsiness, there's one of grace on his part too.] You and I have very different definitions of scene.

[He leans forward, one hand nudging Iskandar to lead them out, to whisper:]

Oh... a matter of that sort of delicacy, is it? It'd please me to give it my full attention.

[Subtlety, thy name is not them.

... please may there be no questions later from those children, though. Waver has firmly decided if there are, Iskandar gets to handle any Talks. He'll be too busy trying not to burn up in embarrassment to answer.]
towards_okeanos: (wink)

[personal profile] towards_okeanos 2019-05-27 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope he will.

[Iskandar lets out a sigh. Then winks to Romeo.]

He can be quite critical of my usual attire. He definitely has very refined sense of style. Which I never got to develop myself.

[Because he was too busy being a warrior, conquering Asia and such. But even with such stealthy jab it’s obvious Iskandar cares if Waver would like how he looks.]
Edited (rewording for clarity) 2019-05-27 18:05 (UTC)
badassfreakingoverlord: (adrift in a sea of nothing)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2019-05-27 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Well then now we're back to the most effective way versus the most efficient.
priforprince: (brag)

[personal profile] priforprince 2019-05-27 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Radiance shall never suffuse the Near or Far Shores without a guiding hand to nourish its blossoming. [ Hibiki lowers her chin in acknowledgement of Iskandar’s gratitude anyway, then puts a hand on her hip to smirk. ]

All matters related to high quality may be safely left to me.
yoshinocherry: (And feel the tones)

[personal profile] yoshinocherry 2019-05-27 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"It really is."

And seeing someone his age enthusiastic about learning is definitely encouraging...!

"I'm sure if you find lots of interesting books to read, you can learn all kinds of things from them."
roundtablerebel: (55)

[personal profile] roundtablerebel 2019-05-28 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
Well yeah, I mean it'd be annoying if someone was asking a bunch of questions while you were trying to watch something.

[ It's not so bad for Mordred, mostly because she gets so absorbed when she's watching stuff that she just completely ignores the existence of everyone around her. ]

I suppose you could always watch movies at home if you really can't keep your mouth shut. You can even pause it to ask your questions.
towards_okeanos: (ahem)

[personal profile] towards_okeanos 2019-05-28 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Sometimes he doesn't.

[Iskandar lets out a chuckle. Doesn't like seems like an understatement quite often. Sheer horror would be a more suitable description. The fact that Iskandar sometimes decides to employ his utter lack of style tactically only complicates matters. He's a big, intimidating guy. Put him in a suit and he could as well be a mob boss.
A lot of people, especially in this country, would be too scared to talk to him if he wasn't sometimes dressed so shockingly that fact alone provokes curiosity. It makes them a little less afraid of that weird foreigner... and easier for him to strike a conversation.]


Most people tend to pay attention to how others are dressed. Then they can draw conclusions about those people even without asking. Usually, not very good conclusions.
alchemists: (cooking by the book)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-29 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She'll have to reward the goats later, they're doing a good job at helping out. ]

Just don't leave a mess when you're done.
alchemists: (Did you really need to smash that)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-29 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
What sort of assignment?

[ They're still in the middle of a party so she can't get to work on it now. ]
alchemists: (:D !!)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-29 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
She sounds amazing!

[ It's something she'd have to research later, this women sounded like someone who left a big impact on history. ]
priforprince: (populism)

[personal profile] priforprince 2019-05-30 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Hmph.

[ Hibiki. Leave a mess. Absurd. That is what her staa-ff is for: so she may behave as she pleases without negatively impacting the ambiance.

A tome is selected and perused... ]
priforprince: (congratulate)

[personal profile] priforprince 2019-05-30 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
I want you to design me a set.

[ No....explanation. Just that. But what a chance! Who could doubt the opportunity being offered?! ]
trustheart: (295)

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-05-30 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Chris just raises her nose into the air, snootily, as she crosses her arms.]

You act as if those shounen shows don't have stuff like that one karate monkey alien telling kids to obey their parents and stuff. Also, you're a girl, stupid shounen series never let them do anything important.

That's why magical girls and seinen are better.
trustheart: (153)

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-05-30 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Chris nods, and then snickers.]

Maybe we should add maroon for the old man, and brown for Ogawa. And navy and amber for Sakuya and Tomosato?
trustheart: (012)

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-05-30 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Chris paused and tilted her head to the side.]

Huh? Counting on me for what?