Book Party [ota]

[myblueskies]

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!

Comments

activities

[smilingbullet]

[ Do not trust the fashion sense of the man in the coat of pink and red diamonds over a white shirt and dangling green clip-ons in his ears. It's his costume but it's also not entirely far from his own fashion sense of bright colors that often clash and makes one of his gods want to weep. (But it's Hibiki, Hibiki is very dramatic.)

He happens to be a fan of origami and since he doesn't read printed books, he's making small, simplistic paper sculptures. ]

All of them would look super cute, I think. But for example how about the neon pink?

[medicinemaster]

[It's a curious costume to be sure but Yaone's not one to make hasty judgments or discourage harmless forms of self-expression. Some of her own fashion choices might seem a little strange to other people, too. If it's the way he likes to dress and is comfortable wearing it, who is she to tell him no?

Yaone picks up the suggested color, holding it against her bookmark.]

I think that is a bold color choice. I shall try it and see how I like it.

[She proceeds to tie it onto her bookmark, humming softly to herself as she does so.]

That is an interesting costume that you are wearing, mister. Would you tell me more about it? I am curious.

[smilingbullet]

[ Fashion is fun! His sense of it is not appreciated by some (but Hibikis eyes isn't really bleeding when she compains) and he only caught bits of color combination from Forrest, but he is never going to be stopped when he doesn't have to wear a uniform or "proper attire". ]

Bold is always good, often even encouraged.

[ It depends on what kind of bold that is, he supposes. Some people need to be slightly less bold in certain aspects of their life.

But D2 thinks neon pink looks cute with her creation; this is a good bold. ]

It's a bit improvised, but I got lucky- Howl, the wizard in Howl's Moving Castle, wears some colorful clothes, and I like his style, and since I like the story and all I wanted to go with that.

[medicinemaster]

How resourceful of you. I think your outfit looks very unique.

[It's certainly an unusual style but Yaone has a certain taste for eccentricity and individuality but perhaps her own odd color choices for the bookmarks she's making reflect that.]

I do not believe I am familiar with that particular story. Could you tell me more about Howl and the book he is from?

[smilingbullet]

Thank you Ma'am.

[ He is very happy about it. ]

Sure, I can tell me a bit. How are you with spoilers? In case you might want to give the books a try, I mean.

[medicinemaster]

Hmm. Well, I do not mind a summary. You could leave out the most intriguing revelations if you would like.

[Yaone smiles.]

And you are most welcome.