glocksuke | Summer Festival in the MGU

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.]

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Y-You mean-! They all got captured by stories...? Wow...

[Takes the pastry.]

That's so much...and um. Thanks.

Who knows! Haven't talked to 'em all.

[ He's biased and has favorites. ]

Besides this seems light-hearted and whatever.

[ "Hello, have you recently been forced to play a part for a story's amusement?" What kinda opening is that? ]

Yeah, it does...

I wonder who made it happen? Either way, nice of them, I suppose.

The powers that be. Who knows?

Maybe whoever sent us to story school is givin' a late apology.

Uh, I'd rather they not give any apology at all...but sure. I'll take it.

You doin' okay, Bradley?

Man, me too. [ He died! More than once! ]

Did I leave lookin' like ya should be worried? Everything's fine back home. No moon tryin'to kill us either.

Oh, that's so good...and really, I was just askin'. I just always want you to be okay.

[ Haha, he's still in jail for like the next 1000+ years. It's fine. He's fine. ]

You're real sweet, ain't ya?

How's it going with your man?

[BRADLEY PLEASE TELL HIM THESE THINGS]

Uh...well! Um. Wang Lu and I are pretty well. We went and visited some of the more modern worlds just to check them out. It was fun.

[ :upsidedown: No.

It's not like Bradley can break that promise anyway. ]

Yeah? Glad to hear it. Did ya do anythin' while ya visited?

Just played in some arcades, saw some sights.

He taught me a lot of gamer slang, too. It's a cool world, the gamer world.

[Bradley visibly doesn't know what these things are.]

What's a gamer?

Oh, it's a type of person who plays games, like. Video games. But they have their own lingo. Like "noob" and "pog". Wang Lu's a gamer.

That make you a gamer too?

[Noob sounds like newbie, so he can parse that but.

But...]

What's a pog?

Sort of? I guess I am now...

Oh! It's like..."that's so cool!" It means "play of the game" but it means you saw someone do something great so you're like...."pog"!

[I HATE THIS]