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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!
artificialrose: (daydreamgalleries) (You're just mad because I have)

[personal profile] artificialrose 2019-04-30 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, it's not as though a book club has been started up yet." Garry laughs a little. Maybe that's the kind of thing that only starts up when there's a sense of permanence. That, unfortunately, is something he knows is lacking from all their lives. That's really the bad part of being here in the Far Shore, as part of this new group that's apparently so different from the old gods and their shinki.

"I wonder what other kind of parties we could start up?"
pure_radiantics: (convo] quiet awe)

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2019-05-04 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
She's pleased to hear that kind of thoughtful response. "Well-" She nods elsewhere in the room. "It seems there's quite a bit of passion for arts and crafts among this group - one I haven't seen in awhile. Maybe it's the younger crowd's presence that's made a few others more willing to try them out - or maybe just the kinds that they brought instead of the last time I hosted one."

Kairi's a little bummed - but only a little - that this event had a better engagement for the crafts. More importantly, she's trying to piece apart which ones brought people together here, so that maybe if she does a similar event in the future, it would be more exciting to people.

"Then there's also snacks and making them... or movie nights. I've been meaning to host one with my brother for awhile now."
artificialrose: (daydreamgalleries) (You're just mad because I have)

[personal profile] artificialrose 2019-05-07 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well... It does seem like Romeo reached out to a lot of people." Garry chuckles a little bit into his hand softly. "Even for people who are normally strangers, I think it gets hard to refuse a little kid like that. The crafting might have been secondary... but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. When it comes to new activities and events like this... Any little reason to get people through the door is good." His shoulders rise up in a shrug.

"At least, that's what I think, when it comes to arts and crafts. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to send out a survey of sorts. The Far Shore changes so regularly, one thing might not work from one month to the next."