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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!
sassywelshcatgirl: (puzzled)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-02 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, you must be out of the loop. You haven't heard about other stuff going on?

[Nia comes at this sidelong, unwilling to say too much directly. Even to a kid.]
sassywelshcatgirl: (puzzled)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-03 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
You were around for the whole forest thing, weren't you? When people got taken, and then we all went into a Near Shore forest for clues?
sassywelshcatgirl: (puzzled)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-04 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, hey, did we arrive at the same time then? [She'd showed up after that too!] What did they have you doing when you got here?
sassywelshcatgirl: (smile)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-04 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, that was when I showed up too. Guess we have been here the same amount of time, huh?

[That shouldn't really make her feel fonder or more responsible for the kid, but somehow it did anyway. Brains, they don't make sense.]
sassywelshcatgirl: (smile)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-06 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep. Man, that feels like forever ago, doesn't it?
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[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-07 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Say, do you remember anything from when you were alive? I mean, did any memories come back to you? [The question's casual, not picking or pushing. Nia's not gonna demand anything out of him, not when the consequences are high.]
sassywelshcatgirl: (somber)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-08 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Just one, but it was a big one. Not sure I really need more.
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[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-10 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It had scary parts, I guess? [A horde of shadow monsters that even her full strength couldn't banish, because there was simply too little ether in the air to tap...] But no, it was a good memory.
sassywelshcatgirl: (smile)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-13 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Aaaah, you don't want to hear it, it's got a boy in it. [Even if it isn't exactly a mushy memory, Nia's guessing Romeo's interests aren't running that way.]
sassywelshcatgirl: (smile)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-15 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
A boy I liked. [Exasperated and fond both at once. How did she keep surrounding herself with the giant dorks and the oblivious types?]
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[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-16 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nia lets out a low, pained sigh.]

A boy I was in love with, ya git.
sassywelshcatgirl: (somber)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-17 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it was. Not for the reasons you're thinking, he never thought of me like that, but... the memory was real important.

['No longer afraid.' Nia brings a hand to her chest, over the rune hidden beneath her clothes. 'This is who I am.']
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[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2019-05-18 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
It helped me. A lot.

[Then she swipes a hand across her face, fingers slightly curled.] But never mind that, you didn't throw this party to hear me ramble on.

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