Summer Festival in the MGU

[crashout]

Wherever you are, whoever you are, one minute you’re at home minding your own business and the next you’ll see a shower of sparkles before you blink and find yourself teleported elsewhere.

The elsewhere, it seems, is an open grounds lined with stalls, pathways and gardens. Lanterns light up the pathways in soft glowing oranges and pinks, and even though it’s evening the weather is warm and enjoyable for a fun summer festival.

As you set off to explore, you’ll find that there are countless stalls with every type of treat you can imagine from a variety of cultures (including some from your own home worlds, strangely), all of which smell delicious and enticing. There are other stalls available with different carnival games as well. Go ahead and give it your all! Win a prize for that special someone, or just keep trying out of sheer stubbornness. Other stalls seem to be selling wares such as clothing, household items, flowers, and other things that can be given away as gifts. It seems that every time you look around, a new stall opens, almost as if this festival is responding to your every wish.

Speaking of wishes, there’s a small cluster of bamboo trees nearby as well, tables set up with baskets of arts and crafts supplies to write your wishes on the colorful paper and tie them to a branch. It’s a sweet thought, no?

And of course, what’s a festival without fireworks? Every now and then fireworks will light up the night sky, bursts of color in fun shapes such as stars, hearts, faces of people you know, whatever! Sparklers and bubble wands can also be found to play with throughout the evening near the viewing gardens. Flowers bloom and cover the area, though the paths lead to several small alcove-like areas and gazebos for those of you who wish to have a little romantic privacy. No matter where you are though, you’ll always be able to see the starry night sky.

Do try to play along and enjoy yourself for the evening. It’s only when the last firework bursts several hours later that you can actually leave anyway. Have fun!

[ooc: you know the drill, past mg characters from any of our past games, please don't make me list them again but go nuts.]

Comments

[azuta]

This kidnapping frequency is getting a little ridiculous.

[her WORK. but at least for now it seems mild enough? iris huffs a bit as she mostly keeps to herself, smiling politely and staying out of people's way amidst the festivities. though she does get distracted when it comes to the game stalls, her eyes set on a rather fluffy teddy bear. finding... well, little else to do, she picks up one of the toy guns and goes to take aim. she's okay at it, clearly more accustomed to video games than holding something in her hands - but when she does manage to knock one of the cans, her eyes light up and she gives a triumphant] Boom! Headshot!

[and then looks around nervously in case anyone overheard her. clearing her throat. or you could snipe the win from her while she's still struggling. she will never admit to needing help.



a little later she gets distracted by the bamboo trees and the wishes - smiling faintly at the tradition. she writes down her own wish on colorful paper before turning to someone nearby] Do you think they'll come true?

[so many of these weird places promise wishes,,,, but also she'll step back a few paces, like she's trying to see just how high the bamboo branches go and how she can tie her wish to the very top. high hopes as always, miss iris.]

[evocationary]

They tend to! Amazingly enough.

[she watches iris step back, and then:] Need a boost?

[azuta]

[she smiles at that - ]

Maybe a bit? Did you have a wish too? We can trade.

[this is just two noodles doing their best]

I just think it might be nice to have some wishes touch the sky if we can manage it.

[evocationary]

[two hot noodles trying to make their wishes much higher up than other people because they're competitive as hell]

I do, in fact, but uh. It's just something silly, doesn't matter if it comes true. [she pauses, and then focuses for a moment, murmuring something under her breath, and then:]

Alright - up we go. [and now they can just both Fly? it's fine. have fun with that.]

[azuta]

[oh - hELLO???

IRIS IS JUST - ]

How on earth do I learn some magic already.

[WHY DOES EVERYONE KNOW MAGIC BUT HER!!!!!! - but she's also polite so]

This is amazing! Thank you!

[evocationary]

[that cracks her up, and she zooms up to the very top, though she'll make sure poor iris doesn't like flip over or anything.]

Wish for some. That never backfires.

And you're welcome. [...] So uh, which one were you from? Is that an awkward question?

[azuta]

No way to make it homegrown? I rather like doing things myself...

[but she's laughing - as she gets her bearings she'll follow lup upward. a little unsteady but eager]

Ah - it was the worst school imaginable... but the principal was a bear, so. Speaks well of management, as I'm sure you can guess.

[she loves principal bear but,]

[evocationary]

Probably! You seem like a go-getter.

[if only you knew, lup] A school? Who thinks of these. Anyway, I don't know, I've known some pretty smart bears. Not in the place I came from, though. Not a single bear there, just twinks.

[making sure iris is steady, still, but also pulling her paper wish out of her pocket.]

[azuta]

[she



she's cracking up so hard she's reaching a hand out to the bamboo to make sure she doesn't just fucking flip over]

Oh, that's precisely the sense of humor that thrived there. No, I meant the, erm -

[hairy? growly? no that doesn't help]

The type with the snout, and claws. [there] Couldn't even type without smashing his poor paws against everything.

[a beat]

Though we had twinks too.

[rupert is out there]

[evocationary]

[lup looks bemused until iris explains, and then is like oh, i see in response.

sometimes your experience is skewed by the fuck center metrics]

Aw. He had a computer? That is - wow, that is hysterical. Good on him for trying. [...] I feel like most of these places must have had a decent spread of twinks, considering how many I've seen.

[refate]

[ from her blindspot, when she's checking to see if anyone heard her: ]

Nice kill.

[ stop don't bully your friends kon ]

[azuta]

[dlkjdfd

she'd be embarrassed but - ]

And nice hair! Look at you!

[automatically reaching a hand up to try to pull him down closer to her level so she can look at his new do???? hELLO????]

[refate]

[ gah - he lets himself be pulled down, snortlaughing a little. she can do what she wants forever, really. ]

Yeah, good news - got out of Amatsuki fine. So you're seeing my real everything, I just haven't had a chance to dye my hair black yet.

[ the scars he got from his field trips are largely gone, faint impressions if anything else. ]

[azuta]

[yea let's be honest iris isn't strong enough to pull anyone down if they don't already want to come with her]

Will you? I think the blonde looks good too...

[she lets her hand rest against his cheek, fond and amused]

But good, good. I expected nothing less from you, of course.

[refate]

I got used to the black while we were at school. Kind of miss the blue, too. [ his bonding time with beau... ] Maybe I'll do something fun with it before I'm required to be a normal member of society with normal hair.

[ which will be eventually, if only for a little while. but, for now, he tilts his cheek into her hand. ]

Got some work ahead of me yet, but I guess I don't mind this kidnapping as much as I did the last one.

[azuta]

I still mind a little.

[of course she does, she wants to get back to work - but she's just going to huff gently in amusement]

I think you have the kind of face where just about any color would work for you. [she brushes her thumb over his cheek briefly before pulling back, giving him a smile] Is that the next step for you though? Going back to work in Japan?

[refate]

It's an interruption to what work we were in the middle of, yeah. [ please they are so busy ] But I'll take seeing some friends for a couple of hours.

[ he settles in when she pulls away, moving to stand close at her side. ]

Tsuyukusa's wish brought the NPCs out of Amatsuki, so I have to work on making sure that the people kidnapped for terminals are safely taken care of and reintegrated along with a bunch of Edo period people in the modern world. [ beat ] And school, I guess. Maybe I'll just indulge and do some interesting hair color for a bit while I deal with all that.

[toyska]

[Imagine if I put gingerbread here in a yukata

Anyway he's reliably here to applaud violence from strangers]

Ahaha, no need to be embarrassed! It was a good shot.

[he has the authority to say this on account of he knows what a bad shot is]

[azuta]

[ENOUGH WITH THE WHITE BREAD

though she laughs at that - the applause gets her to bow, playing along]

Wouldn't say it's the shot I was embarrassed of.

[but her nerd tendency to celebrate like she's playing an FPS???]

But thank you, thank you, I'll be here until I get that dratted plush bear.

[toyska]

[never

But he grins at that, wandering over to observe the game a little better.]

Would you like some assistance? [hm]

[azuta]

[ . . . . ]

I suppose if you have nothing better to do...

[she doesn't want to ask for help but also

opportunist]

[toyska]

It's a festival, isn't it? This is what we're here for!

[Is... is it?

Well! Regardless, he is stepping up for a turn! The Fatui have guns similar to this so I'm gonna say he's a better shot with these than he is with a bow.

Not that it matters all that much because he

doesn't even try to aim at the cans

he just shoots at one of the decorations on the inside of the stall instead, and when it crashes to the ground, startling the stall worker into spinning around ("What the--?!"), he uses a burst of water to scoop up about five of the plush toys and toss them over towards the two of them.]

There we go.

[THIS IS JUST STEALING.]

[gamerbrain]

[ ohhh, aoi claps for her headshot. can... shot...?

anyway ]

Ohhh, a mini-game master!