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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!
thirdbeauty: (Dark and stormy)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-14 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
Minako-chan helped with something like that?

[Natsuru is actually a little stunned. And yet... finding out that the books are all romance related... somehow makes it make sense? She hasn't been living with Minako that long, but it just sounds Right.]

I mean... I didn't know she'd like that sort of thing...
alchemists: (Happy)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-14 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
She told me all of the pros of reading romance novels and it made me interested in that type of book. Though most of them are quite a bit adult so I haven't touched those.
thirdbeauty: (Uncertain smile)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-18 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
A-Adult?

[She's kind of surprised! Elfnein has books like that here? She's blushing a little at the thought; but she can at least trust Elfnein to be sensible enough to stay away from anything too grown up. Probably.]

Er, I guess... some romance novels would be. I haven't read any either, though!

[Is she even old enough for that? She's closer to adult, but she's still a teenager! And will be for the foreseeable future.]

Wait, do you mean... Minako-chan reads stuff like that?!
alchemists: (Maria why)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-21 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Some of the books had people kissing on them, so I put them in an adult section...

[ She didn't touch any of the books with the odd covers or any that had a back cover with steamy descriptions. ]

I think so? She knew a lot about them.
thirdbeauty: (Happy blush)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-21 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Right... of course Elfnein would think of just kissing as 'adult' enough! So she probably hasn't seen anything... really adult.

Minako, on the other hand...]


Really?

[She's definitely blushing now, imagining what kinds of things Minako has looked at! Maybe she'll ask her later? Or not! But maybe...?]

W-Well, I'm sure the ones you have are fine! I'll just... look at the adult section by myself later, for those.
alchemists: (Aww mom not in front of my friends)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-23 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Now Elfnein's blushing, the adult section has all sorts of books with kissing and hand holding and there's a reason it's sectioned off. ]

Y-you don't have to look there! There are plenty of other books to look at.
thirdbeauty: (Um... your top...)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-05-30 09:53 am (UTC)(link)
[She's not used to seeing Elfnein so flustered! Just what kind of books did she put in that section?!]

I-If they're the kinds of books Minako-chan likes, then they should be okay? Er, for older girls like us, I mean!

[But are they? Maybe it'd be safer to listen to Elfnein on this one!]
alchemists: (Maria why)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-05-31 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess it's up for you to decide after reading?

[ After all Natsuru is an adult for the most part, or at least in Elfnein's eyes. ]
thirdbeauty: (Oh hey~!)

[personal profile] thirdbeauty 2019-06-01 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I don't have to check those right now, anyway!

[Yeah, she should definitely make use of Minako's experience in this area sometime soon. For now...]

I kinda need your help to find some good books to start with, so let's stick to ones you know. Okay?
alchemists: (in the game I'll have cards right?)

[personal profile] alchemists 2019-06-03 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
In that case, what about a book that's based off folklore? I've been recommending the Moon Princess to people today since it's interesting.