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

[malborn]

[a small man in a hooded cloak stands off to the side in the viewing gardens. he's got a bubble wand? and he's staring at it like he's never seen a fun thing in his life.]

[shiftingwinds]

[sir.]

You know, it's more fun if you wave that around in the air a little!

[malborn]

[w... waves it??? it doesn't have any bubble in it. he's just waving a wand like an idiot.]

[shiftingwinds]

...

[she frowns]

Huh. I could have sworn I saw bubbles coming from something just like that earlier.

[malborn]

[he looks down at the wand, and then just like, drops it. like it's hot.]

Ridiculous.

[shiftingwinds]

[farewell, bubble wand]

...want to get something to drink instead? I saw a stall with alcohol earlier.

[she also drank a whole bunch of it earlier but it's fine.]

[malborn]

[he doesn't have teleporting powers here so he doesn't do that, but he does just sort of look at her for a long moment before sighing.]

Fine. [sound a little more enthusiastic, dude.]

[shiftingwinds]

Really? [she'll be enthusiastic enough for them both.] Great! Let's go!

[onward!! she'll lead the way.]

What's your drink of choice?

[toyska]

[I wasn't gonna tag Royce because we just started a thread but fuck it]

Not particularly effective that way, is it? [But look he brought booze, here you go]

[malborn]

[yea fuck it]

No. I don't know what it does. [i feel like mahito showed royce how to blow bubbles but i'm erasing him. he takes the drink, and holds it in his hand.]

... Hello, Childe. [wow he gets a greeting]

[toyska]

I believe it's a toy, though I admit I don't know for sure. Tonia could probably figure it out, she's the smartest of us all.

[His precious siblings are perfect but Teucer is a baby and Anthon is kinda stupid, the intelligence prize has to go to Tonia by default...

Anyway, he holds out his hand? He'll relieve you of the burden of this bubble wand if you want, bud. And a nod of greeting in return!]

It's a little more difficult to adjust to this kind of thing when there was no agreement beforehand.

[malborn]

[he hands... him the wand. take this, free him.]

Not a fan. Thought we were done with this whole thing. [he glances at childe, though.] I'm behaving for now.

[toyska]

[Just puts it in his pocket. He'll say it's a new invention from his shitty scientist coworker I guess, he already lets his siblings play with war machines.]

Who said we have to behave?

[Is he joking? Unclear,]

[malborn]

[his lips twitch.]

The general public typically frowns upon unprompted murder, Childe. [usually]

[liuli]

Left the indulgence center with a new toy, I see.

[


THAT IS NOT WHAT THAT IS ]

[malborn]

[STOP WHY

he just stares at gu yun.]

[liuli]

[ snickering ]

What? It’s a children’s toy. Who knows what that odd creature liked to play with. What were you thinking?

[malborn]

You know exactly what you said.

[dryly:] Incredible. I didn't miss you in the least.

[liuli]

Feeling’s mutual.

[ he drops down next to Royce anyway, feeling around in a pocket, and produces one of those little mini bottles of wine they sell at fairs and shit, offering it to him. ]

How’s your family?

[malborn]

[oh... he takes it. and holds it. he refuses to drink it. this might be a murder place and he knows what you did to mahito, gu yun]

Alive. [which sounds like, rude, but... y'know.]

... Safe.

[feytality]

[ i cant tag you with matt so im harassing u w a cute girl ]

You blow into it! To make bubbles.

[ helpful tip ]

[malborn]

[oh no, cute girls, his WEAKNESS]

I don't... want to make bubbles. [he tries to hand her the bubble wand. take this from him.]

[feytality]

Why not? It's kinda fun to pop em, right?

[ she blows a big one to demonstrate ]

[malborn]

No.

[royce is a buzzkill goodbye]

I'm not a five year old.

[feytality]

You don't need to be five to enjoy the little things in life!

[ says maya, known five year old ]

What do you for fun, then? Maybe we can find something else.