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

[stillnot]

[ clementine is at a shooting game, winning prize after prize.

....... she doesn't actually realize these are supposed to be rigged. she just has TWD Aim™ and it's that good. she has more prizes than she even wants - she's got some snacks set aside and a big broccoli plush, but otherwise

is just shoving a random snack and/or giant plush in your arms as you pass. ]

Take this.

[sacredchants]

[ hello?? clem?? ]

Okay..?

[ she'll take one of the random plushes, i guess. ]

[stillnot]

You like cute stuff, right? You can have another.

[ she pushes a second one towards her. please. ]

[sacredchants]

W, well I don't think they're bad, and these are pretty cute.

[ CLEM PLEASE? ]

Don't you want any of these for yourself?

[stillnot]

I'm a little old for stuff like this.

[ she does not see the contradiction in expecting other people her age to take them. but she nods toward the broccoli plush. ]

Picked one for AJ, though.

[evocationary]

[gasps delightedly]

Oh, you really do love me! [she loves this giant plush...] Feels a bit familiar, huh.

[stillnot]

[ she laughs. ]

Yeah, of course I do.

[ but, hm? ]

[evocationary]

[she nudges clementine with her hip a bit.]

Think jumping over the counter to knock the bottles down will work at this carnival?

[stillnot]

[ ah, yes. ]

I don't think anyone could stop you if they tried. But these are easier than back then, so you even need to.

If you want something specific I can just win it for you.

[dianxias]

Miss Clem, you were able to win all of these? How incredible!

[ xie lian is so genuinely impressed!!! miss clem is so talented..... ] Are you sure it's alright to part with one...?

[stillnot]

'Course. It's easy, shooting at a target that's not moving.

[ and she pushes some snacks his way, because she thinks he'll like those more than stuffed animals. ]

[dianxias]

Ahaha... it is...

[ smashcut to xie lian who has not won a single carnival game because his bad luck is atrocious

anyway he looks delighted at the snacks, eyes going a little wide. ] Oh - thank you. This is quite nice, isn't it? It reminds me a bit of that pier.

[stillnot]

[ poor xie lian im crying. ]

Yeah. [ despite it all, a lot of fond memories there... ] But this place has easier games.

[chanteuser]

[ oh. well.

she's now holding this, i guess. ]

Ah-- thanks?

[ she's just gonna glance at all the goodies and-- ] Wow you're really good at this Clem.

[stillnot]

I have a lot of practice shooting moving targets.

[ #just-teen-girl-things ]

[chanteuser]

[ mmmMMMMMMmmmmMMMMmmm--- well. ]

I'm pretty sure they rig these things, so this is more than impressive in and of itself. I had to bully to booth runner to actually get my prize.

[ she won't dwell on clem's rooty tooty shooty zombie skills when this is a Good Fun Time for Everyone ]

[doublebladed]

[ill give you sora later this is funnier. anyway so yeah, suddenly there's a giant plush shoved into his arms and there's an indignant squawk as he tries to maintain his balance and also see where he's going.]

What am I supposed to do with it? [help.]

[stillnot]

[ she is. squinting at him for a moment because A) he looks like sora and B) she's definitely seen a picture of him and knows who he is but it's still real fucking weird. ]

Oh shit, that's weird.

[ that is not an answer to his question. ]

[doublebladed]

What, handing off giant stuffed animals to strangers? Yeah, pretty weird. [he will eventually juggle the stuffed animal in his arms to hold it better at peer at her from over the top of it.]

If you don't want it, you could probably find someone else who does.

[silentscout]

[I had to tag Clem, zombie deathworld survivors unite.

He had been watching her shooting, and he's impressed by it! Even with how rigged the game is, she's winning so much.

And then he has a plush shoved in his hands, and he stares down at this banana-thing.]

Okay? Why is it food-shaped?

[stillnot]

[ hell yeah, zombie deathworld survivor buddies. ]

Dunno. I think it's like some law that every world likes to put cartoon faces on food.

[silentscout]

It might be to make sure we don't eat it. But that's silly, nobody would accidentally eat a pillow.

[Still, he'll hold onto it! Maybe Kissa will like it.

Speaking of which she is around, meowing at food stands to get tweats.]

[reconnective]

[eventually, someone seemingly floats over and settles on the counter of the game booth while he watches clementine shoot. granted, she's also handing him a snack and he pauses long enough to take a bite.]

Funny. I was gonna come ask if you wanted to go find something to eat but it sort of looks like you've got it covered.

[hi, long time no see.]

[stillnot]

[ she lights up when she sees him - and then laughs. ]

Hot food is better than stuff in boxes, so I'll still take you up on that.

[reconnective]

We can always grab both? That way we have something for later. [he looks very pleased with this plan.] I think I'm gonna stick around for a while tonight.