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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!
mithrarin: (smile)

[personal profile] mithrarin 2019-06-03 02:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Third time's the charm, right?" Whoever his next god ends up being. At least this time he won't go into it with any illusions. No friendships, no trust. Just a business relationship, pure and simple, one which will be used as little as possible.

Smiling, he did his best to put that thought aside. "You should know by now I don't know how to relax."
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (He signed me a blank check)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-06-09 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
"I keep telling you and Shun to learn!" Wendy sighs overdramatically, which is the best she can do to show she's not serious. "First would be learning to enjoy a good story now and then, probably. I bet there are plenty of cartoons you could get into, even if you keep sticking to books like that." She points a finger up at him.

"Some of them might even be to your tastes! They can get pretty serious on their own sometimes too."
mithrarin: (outstretched hand)

[personal profile] mithrarin 2019-06-10 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I do enjoy a good book! That just... doesn't feel the same as relaxing. Not compared to going out with a friend and having fun, for example." Which he hadn't done in ages, what with everything going on.
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (You are the patron saint)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-06-15 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, just. Let her dead eye him for a second. "And when's the last time you did that?" she presses, because calling people out is a favorite pasttime. The only person who's been exempt from this in any way is Hibiki, and, even with the knowledge that she's mostly relying on her god for things like shelter and money, Wendy still calls her out for things like buying that damn carriage.
mithrarin: (outstretched hand)

[personal profile] mithrarin 2019-06-17 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Around Christmas," Dust said, quite honestly. That was the last time things had been pure, and simple, and gone well. The last time before he'd spoiled things, while friends disappeared and he screwed up things with the ones left.

There really was no defense. Wendy was going to yell at him, and yelling at him wouldn't magically change things, and the afterlife would continue on.
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (You are the patron saint)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-06-29 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Around Christmas. So months and months now. Sighing, Wendy shakes her head. "Dust... People have been doing all sorts of stuff since Christmas. I guess I should be thankful that you showed up to this with something from a friend." It's kind of a step up, really.

"So is this relaxing or not? The book party."
mithrarin: (look away)

[personal profile] mithrarin 2019-07-02 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, but I knew that when I decided to come anyway. I can't just sit around brooding all the time, right?" He wanted to at least try to improve things, even if he wasn't sure what path to take.
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (Nope we are at the ER.)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2019-08-06 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, it's definitely better than doing nothing, so you're right there." And it's an attempt. That's more than she can say for some people in the world, honestly. "So what about the party in particular isn't doing it for you? Is there anything in particular?"