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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: (bwahaha)

Wrap? Because the World can only hold so much of them inflating their egos ;)

[personal profile] towards_okeanos 2019-06-02 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Splendid! Then I would always know who to turn to for recommendations.

[Not that he himself lacks refinement seriously, he does he's a king after all, but Hibiki is more, how to say it, updated in the modern affairs. At least when it comes to culture.]

unlucky7: (STATUS :: Observing)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-06-02 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
The world has a way of balancing itself it seems. Is Ebisu's power a static or shifting thing? The curious part of Ginia wants to see what would happen if the two met. The sensible side recognizes this could be disastrous to everyone and everything around them and it's not worth the risk for casual experimenting.

Ginia is also fairly certain of Ebisu caught wind of this, he'd want to find out for his own knowledge too. 

"Perhaps it's safer if the two don't meet. Along with what would happen in the area they met in, I worry about any lingering effects after they leave too."

Bad luck and good luck are a matter of perspective. Good luck could aid the wrong people in a given moment just as bad luck could aid the right people.
towards_okeanos: orig by https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=62393 (grin)

[personal profile] towards_okeanos 2019-06-02 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Just a moment.

[It doesn't take long for a likeness of Elfnein to appear on the narrow piece of paper. It's definitely her. Even if unusually dressed. She's holding a stick, drawing a figure in the sand, explaining something to the crowd of disciples around her.]

There.

[He hands her the finished bookmark.]

What do you think?
towards_okeanos: (Default)

[personal profile] towards_okeanos 2019-06-02 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Iskandar nods.]

Yes. It may not even be in ill intent. There are things you can say about a person just from the way they dress. For example, you can say if that person cares about fashion.
Even here there are people with a distinct style. They wouldn't get caught wearing something accidental. All their looks are thought out. There is nothing wrong in having a style and equally, there's nothing wrong in appreciating people who have it.

The only problem comes when somebody tries to reason about the character of the other person solely on the basis of what clothes they chose for themselves. Unfortunately, there are people who are very quick to judge others on such slim evidence. Just because it's easier that way.


towards_okeanos: (intent)

[personal profile] towards_okeanos 2019-06-02 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Iskandar catches that hand with a sly smile. His focus is fully on Waver when he leads them outside.
There is a small sitting area outside the Temple but it is occupied. They need to go further. Further, until they cannot be seen but still are able to hear the buzz of the party and the voices like a low buzz showing the direction to the temple.
Like rest of the district, the forest here consists of the maple tree. They certainly are at their peak beauty in the autumn but even now, with the last rays of sunshine filtering through the leaves, they look splendid.

Iskandar stops. He didn't let Waver's hand until now. He's not exactly planning to do that now. Instead, he lifts it to his lips and kisses the tips of Waver's fingers, then his wrist...]


Your pleasure is my goal right now.

[Excuse them as they take a moment to appreciate fully their mutual company. They can always return to the party later.]
nopixiedust: (insovereign) (He bought me an oreo ice cream)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-06-02 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if Kairi's going to put it like that, then Wendy is just going to say what they're both thinking out loud. She takes a moment to tilt her head to one side, surveying the taller girl, before grinning. "He's an ass, right?"

There's no point in hiding it. There's a heart of gold in all of that salt, Wendy knows that for a fact. However, not everyone wants to deal with that kind of thing, and she doesn't blame them. She's observed that Shun's stubbornness seems more important to him than any sort of people skill.

"And yeah, that's right. I was pretty surprised, honestly! I told Hibiki about it when I got my own invitation, but I wasn't expecting her to have gotten one too. He's a pretty friendly kid, so I'm not surprised that he's fine with doing that sort of thing."
chibisu: (sassybird) (i refuse to die until things are better)

[personal profile] chibisu 2019-06-02 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, no, you weren't boasting."

[Aomi shakes his head, still smiling softly with a chuckle to match.]

"I was simply stating a fact. It's very impressive that you've learned so much so quickly. It's a good thing. However, for nora, it isn't so much a matter of trust on our part. Simply put, once other shinki in their temples realize we're nora, they would refuse to teach us any spells they know at all."

[He tilts his head towards her faintly.]

"And them learning that we're nora would be inevitable, as an exchanging of names is common between those who are learning from one another, since there's no way to practice otherwise. Knowledge throughout my temple is rather scattershot as a result."
kokuyoyo: (Tell him next time I'm going to be)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2019-06-02 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
...I guess?

[Caring so much about fashion is something that's a little bit foreign to him, honestly. That he has perhaps the largest collection of beanies in the entire Far Shore is a fact that he see has nothing to do with this.]

[He'd be wrong, but that's besides the point.]


Why not just... wear it all the time, then. As long as it's not during a fight... and if you want to wear it...
towards_okeanos: (hey)

[personal profile] towards_okeanos 2019-06-02 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
That's correct! You're absolutely right, little fox. I don't know if I ever met wiser boy than you.

[Iskandar smiles. Whoever instilled those values in you, kid, may they be blessed. These are not common.]
nopixiedust: (insovereign) (I'll always be here to give you)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-06-02 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"You'll figure it out eventually," Wendy says plainly, as if it's just a truth. Well, either he'll figure it out, or he'll disappear before then. One or the other. Wendy likes to hope that he'll get the former first, personally.

"But you can worry about that later. This is a party, so you should relax first, right?"
nopixiedust: (insovereign) (Nope I went the fuck home like)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-06-02 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"You have to threaten or bribe those kinds of people." Wendy probably shouldn't say those kinds of words as easily as she does, but, well. She does regardless. Still, it's definitely a nuisance of an issue, and she can't help but turn it over in her head as she looks over the many books.

"For those sorts... You'd probably have to figure more out about them," she says at last. "If they won't come on their own free will, you have to figure out what exactly would make them come, and that's not the same for everyone."
priforprince: (lothario)

Works for me!

[personal profile] priforprince 2019-06-03 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
My pleasure.

[ The spygoats hastily drag the end of the thread into the frame, lest the Far Shore crack from the weight of Hibiki appreciating Iskandar appreciating Hibiki.

Emaa-gency maa-voided..... ]
mithrarin: (smile)

[personal profile] mithrarin 2019-06-03 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Third time's the charm, right?" Whoever his next god ends up being. At least this time he won't go into it with any illusions. No friendships, no trust. Just a business relationship, pure and simple, one which will be used as little as possible.

Smiling, he did his best to put that thought aside. "You should know by now I don't know how to relax."
alchemists: (Double check)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-06-03 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I can try my best to make blueprints and whatnot, though I'm going to need a lot of help if it's going to meet your expectations.
alchemists: (in the game I'll have cards right?)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-06-03 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
In that case, what about a book that's based off folklore? I've been recommending the Moon Princess to people today since it's interesting.
alchemists: (clap)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-06-03 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It's beautiful, I'm really at a loss for words about it.

[ She'll have to frame this later and put it on display. ]
priforprince: (host)

[personal profile] priforprince 2019-06-04 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ A minor detail. Hibiki waves a hand. ] Staff and such are easily procured.

I’m counting on you.

[ No one could protest after being told that! ]
Edited 2019-06-04 01:57 (UTC)
welcome_home: (058)

[personal profile] welcome_home 2019-06-05 11:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ I'm SO GLAD you picked Kamisama Kiss

Nanako's mouth drops open as she listens, fascinated. ]


A snake can be an idol? Really?
kokuyoyo: (Tell him next time I'm going to be)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2019-06-06 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
I mean... It's a comic. So I guess it can be anything it wants to be.

[Chikusa pauses, blinking at the sheer amount of weirdos at this one party.]

...Maybe here too... since it makes as much sense as anything else...

[Hibiki is an idol, after all, and Chikusa doesn't really see the appeal there. Then again, he doesn't see the appeal in most idols. He's co-dependently married to his boyfriend and also gay, so the window is narrow.]

...But this one can turn into a human for a while. So he hides that he's a snake.
trustheart: (295)

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-06-06 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
... Heh.

[Chris folds her arms, looking smug.]

I've already got that well in hand.
trustheart: (027)

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-06-06 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
So a support team set? That makes sense.

... Let's uh, avoid doing a "bad guys" collection though, alright?
trustheart: (142)

[personal profile] trustheart 2019-06-06 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Because our life is nothing like an anime already.

...

Oh god. I'm becoming this one girl from my school. She compares everything to anime...