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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!
sing_for_me: (smile)

/slides back in in shame

[personal profile] sing_for_me 2019-04-28 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, sorry. Did I wake you up?

[ She keeps her voice soft, in case he wanted to maybe doze off some more. Alex does keep on stroking his hair though. ]

I hope you don't mind that I'm checking out your book.
sing_for_me: (nee-san smile)

[personal profile] sing_for_me 2019-04-28 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
I think you earned a nap. You did help set this all up, didn't you?
sing_for_me: (hehehe)

[personal profile] sing_for_me 2019-04-28 06:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The poor, adorably boy. ]

Alright, then what if you just rest for a bit, hm? Maybe you can read this story with me?
sing_for_me: (bright and colorful)

[personal profile] sing_for_me 2019-04-28 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I was thinking we could read together actually. Maybe you could be one character..or we can take turns on the pages?

[ Even as he adjusts, she keeps her arm around him. ]
sing_for_me: (smile 2)

[personal profile] sing_for_me 2019-04-30 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Sounds good to me.

[ This felt familiar. Maybe it was something she used to do with Emilio? ]

Alright, then.

[ She's still somewhere in the beginning, so she figures they can start where she's currently at. She starts to read it out loud, matching her voice to however she thinks the characters might sound, only returning to her regular tone when narrating. ]
sing_for_me: (nee-san smile)

[personal profile] sing_for_me 2019-06-09 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ She could tell he was flustered, but she didn't point that out. She listened to him patiently, filled with such a pleasantly familiar feeling. ]

You're doing great, Emilio.
sing_for_me: (pic#13105649)

[personal profile] sing_for_me 2019-06-09 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She pauses, but smiles apologetically once she catches herself. She had been slipping up like that lately. ]

I'm sorry, my bad. I must have mixed it up because they rhyme.