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

[shiftingwinds]

Hm! It might just be.

[shi qingxuan is, predictably, a couple of summer festival cocktails in, herself. she's sipping idly at one when gu yun speaks up, and she doesn't even hesitate to go entirely still when he tells her to, though her gaze does flick briefly to the blossom.]

I'm not moving, Gu-xiong.

[liuli]

A bit early, but I'm sure Niulang and Zhinu wouldn't complain for the chance to see each other more than once, don't you think?

[ cowherd and the weaver girl, summer festivals... all that jazz.

he's coming over to step to qingxuan's side. ] Give me your hand? [ and then places his drink in her hand, then starts to weave the plum blossom into her hair. ] We'll have to find an ox or two to hang flowers from their horns.

[shiftingwinds]

They'd better not! Once a year is just too sad!

[she beams, offering him her hand and holding onto his drink - but she takes a sip from it, because of course she does, and lets him weave the blossom into her hair. haha, he's making her pretty. prettier.]

Luckily, there seems to be no shortage of flowers. Well, I suppose if we can't find any oxen, we can hang them from White's horn.

[liuli]

Oh! An excellent idea. [ the mental image of a chain of flowers hanging of white's single horn is really, really funny, actually, so gu yun decides this is exactly what they're going to do ]

Let's ambush him. I suppose we should try and get Endorsi, as well? I've already done this once to Molly, I fear the joke won't have the same impact upon second delivery.

[shiftingwinds]

Ahaha, she'll try to hit you! But we can certainly try!

[these fools. these absolute fools.

time to look for some good flowers, though... especially now that they know who their targets are...]

How's Molly doing, by the way?

[liuli]

Assuming she'll catch me! And I'd love to see her try.

[ he would truly. she probably has superpowers here? irrelevant sometimes you just love a fight. anyway, he's now also hunting for good flowers to chain together, plucking out some daises and waving a hand to the question. ]

He's quite well. I'm sure he's around here, somewhere - wherever the loudest part of the festival might be. [ rude (affectionate) ] I did see Beau a bit earlier, too.

[shiftingwinds]

Don't tell her, but I'd bet on you, Gu-xiong!

[irrelevant indeed. honestly, shi qingxuan is pretty sure gu yun could go toe to toe with most gods and most ghosts from her world...]

Oh, good! I'll have to go and find them both at some point. Ooh, do you think Harrow might show up?

[liuli]

By choice? No. But, I’m sure she’d be pleased to see everyone again, even if she won’t admit it.

[ lol

this gets him snickering, but despite that he seems very fond of his terrible sort of little sister. ] Now, if Gideon makes it as well, this will be a real party.

[shiftingwinds]

That sounds like it would be fun! I hope they both make it here.

[DON'T JUST CURSE HARROW WITH INTERDIMENSIONAL KIDNAPPING, SQX.]

[liuli]

[ fufu ]

Me too. [ gleefully curses them with inter dimensional kidnapping.


(also he’d always like to see either harrow or Gideon but he’s never gonna say that.) ]

[shiftingwinds]

We should get some flowers ready for them! There probably aren't any horns to drape them on, but we can make crowns, maybe!

[liuli]

A very kind gesture. Why don't you pick some out?

[ while he's gathering up all these other flowers for their mischief chains instead... ]

[shiftingwinds]

[she sets to gathering up flowers that remind her of harrow!!


she'll probably end up with something like this.]

What do you think?

[liuli]

Looks a bit like a decoration you might put on a corpse.

[ ..... ]

So, I think it's perfect! Excellent choices, meimei.

[shiftingwinds]

Ahaha... that does sort of sum up her fashion sense, doesn't it? But she pulls it off!

[it's just harrow's Style.]