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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!
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (If I hid at school to avoid the cops)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-05-07 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"It would definitely steal the show at a wedding." Which is a little rude, when it comes to a wedding. That's the day meant for the couple getting married and all. Posing prettily while Kairi looks her over, Wendy hums a little bit.

"I definitely love tea, so I wouldn't mind doing it..." It feels a little weird to be doing, if she's honest, like she might not fit... But there's no point in worrying over it, right? "I wonder what other people would love to wear cute outfits like ours?"
pure_radiantics: (convo] agree 100%)

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2019-05-11 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's why we just ask! See who shows up. That's what I did with the sleepover party, and I suspect that's what Romeo - and maybe Elfnein? - did for this event too. What do you think about just mentioning in on the BBS and seeing if anyone's interested? Then, there could even be a shopping trip to prep for it! I could imagine someone like... I don't know... Minako, let's say, who's newer than both of us by several months, but I bet you she'd come - and want to have a nice new dress for it."

Variety seemed to be the key. Her subsequent sleepover attempt was less well attended than the first, and this book party was the first of its kind too. There hadn't been a tea party yet!
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (He signed me a blank check)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-05-11 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"I guess that's one way to do it, huh?" Wendy laughs a little bit before something hits her and she snaps her fingers. "You know, I was talking to Shun- you've probably run into him even if you don't know him that well." Wendy honestly isn't sure how close the two are. She can't really see Shun caring for someone like Kairi much... but that's because she has a feeling Shun has no interest in anyone too friendly and 'naive'.

He's kind of a jackass in that way, she won't lie and say he's not.

"He was trying to figure out how to invite people to something he wanted to do, but he recoiled when I said to use the BBS."
pure_radiantics: (moves] looking sideways)

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2019-05-22 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, that's a shame. I do know of him... a little."

Mostly he'd scolded her for taking so long when it came to updating Deku's pamphlet for new shinki. That had been their only memorable interaction and Kairi suspected it might stay that way.

"I can guess why he wouldn't like using the BBS, but I really do think it's the most effective way to ask people if they'd come to something you're thinking about hosting. When I had the sleepover I messaged my friends directly, but I knew I had a lot of them I could invite and half not show up but still have a lot. Romeo did the same thing, inviting us all one by one, didn't he?"
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."