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.]

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[shiftingwinds]

[catch shi qingxuan after she spends a few minutes panicking over the fact that they've been whisked away again. (and it might be for murder? it is not, in fact, for murder, but how is she supposed to know that?) or catch her during it if you think that would be funny, i don't control you.

anyway, once she clues in that this is just an innocent summer festival and not anything more nefarious, she sees no reason not to enjoy herself! it's nice that these stalls seem to crop up with whatever they all want, because this means she does not have to spend the evening sober. she is absolutely going to be lingering at a stall serving alcohol, and when she spots someone - whether they're familiar or just interesting-looking - she calls out:]

Hey! Come and join me for a drink, why don't you?

[also, much later on, join her in watching the fireworks! for her part, she's entranced, just watching the colors as they explode in the sky.]

How lovely...

[battling]

[The very funny thing about sudden transportation is that Bradley is already used to it. You can catch him after a sneeze. Same as ever.

This is new though! New place, where is this? Festival? Don't mind if he does.

By which he means, he is making his way through the food stalls, stealing bites as he goes. Anything that's mostly vegetables he leaves alone.

Later you can find him at one of the games. Specifically the target gallery, where he's racking up points and prizes. He's holding onto a teddy bear and a toy bunny.]

Which one d'ya like more?

[fishingforcompliments]

[here's flayn! she's dressed in hanfu again, because she is definitely spending more time in yin yu's world than in fódlan lately, and she's at one of the games stalls!

specifically, she is trying to catch a goldfish with one of those flimsy little nets.

three broken nets are sitting nearby, but she doesn't look at all daunted as she picks up a fourth.]

You shall not escape me this time, just you wait...!

[dianxias]

[ well, nothing says interesting quite like being transported to a random place at the blink of an eye! it looks like it's probably not murder related this time, at least, but xie lian has never been anything if not the type of person to just go with the flow - it's probably fine? so! the atmosphere here is wonderful, anyway, and very lively, reminding xie lian very much of the revelry of ghost city.

that, and the food smells amazing! so. found on his own, xie lian wanders through the festival over to a stall and is presented with a skewer of delicious smelling meat. he looks delighted, thanking the person running the shower with a proper bow, and then slips back into the crowd to resume his curious wandering.

of course, he is xie lian, so therefore, he makes it about five steps before someone bumps into him from behind, and he loses his grip on his skewer. ] Oh - !

[ and it falls in the dirt with a sad little plop - before he can even kneel down to try and grab it, someone even steps on it. xie lian's left crouching down kind of sadly before his treat.

there's a pause. xie lian picks up the skewer and the remains of what's on it, turns his hand a little to inspect the damage... brushes it off....

and then just resumes eating it.

it's fine. ]

[cuedoves]

[ zuko is looking like a cranky bitch as always... he holds up a bubbler ]

What is this supposed to be? A cheap imitation of waterbending?

[impurities]

[ there's a brief moment where chang geng seems to be deeply considering committing a murder, as you do when you come from a TPK game, but then he seems to process and reason that this is not the same scenario. so he's here, enjoying the festival. insomuch as someone who, at their core, doesn't enjoy crowds, but has adapted to politely tolerate them.

after a passing interest in the shooting gallery booths that crop up, but not being particularly interested in the guns aspect - not his specialty, even if he can handle them fine enough - when there's one that has bows by some chance (wow, convenient!) he stops off at it.

he's impressively poised, drawing the fletching back to his cheek before he releases. you can interrupt him and see if it'll fuck up his shot, or watch him hit the bullseye, or come join him when he's gotten his prize. whatever random plush or trinket or what have you it is, chang geng offers it with a smile to someone else. ] Here, it's better to win a prize for someone else, right?

[feytality]

[ catch maya snacking on absolutely everything, making colorful wishes or..... harassing you at one of the game booths with the cutest face she can muster ]

Can you win me that big fluffy wolf? Pleeeeease?

[targon]

[ if you glance away for like half a second, any food you were holding is gone now.

giggling can be heard nearby... and if you search, it's very easy to spot zoe, given that she's only a couple feet away. and she has absurdly long gradient hair that sparkles. she's sitting in mid-air. eating your food. ]

This is real yummy!

[refate]

[ WHO THE FUCK IS THIS?

it's kon, actually. i have no blond kon icons so you're just going to have to use your imagination, but he's here - thankfully he's dressed like he usually did at wiwaldi, something like this for the festivities, so he's still recognizable. he's mostly walking around and enjoying the food that's popping up in stalls. but at any random carnival game you might be considering: ]

You know these are rigged? To win, you usually have to cheat the system.

[applechemist]

[ escha has like four candied apples in her hands. she is struggling to hold them all. help. ]

[maelstroms]

[ i guess this asshole is here.

find him stuffing his face and mostly avoiding interacting with other people. ]

[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.]

[daifukus]

[ henlo it's your neighborhood bara spear back in action. he's surprisingly comfortable with this nonsense happening yet again and seems to have dressed up for the occasion.

catch him at the fish pool Very Carefully trying to catch a teeny goldfish with minimal luck. there's a least one fish and about six nets next to him but look sometimes... you are meant for stabbing, not catching... ]

Perhaps I require something other than such a flimsy device.

[evocationary]

[you can find lup (redacted, or rings, your choice) in several places!

first, she's out by the fireworks, sitting on the grass. she's got a sparkler of her own, and she's got a mage hand writing curse words in midair. she's also sending her own fireworks up into the air, and those are usually less obscene and more like... symbols. an umbrella, a big floppy wizard hat, an axe, a shark. if you catch her in the act, she just grins at you.

there's also a point where she's curled up writing a wish on one of the papers. upon running into her doing this, she immediately shoves the paper down her shirt. what? what paper.

she can also be found harassing a poor food stall worker.]

Are you sure you used the right amount of cumin? I can barely taste it, my dude, you have to change your recipe because this ain't it.

[liuli]

[ it doesn't say that any of these stalls have booze but i've decided they do so

when in rome! or, when in a weird summer festival, you do as the romans do. if gu yun is concerned about suddenly appearing in a strange place, he doesn't seem to show it; he's already two drinks in from one of the stalls and holding some other festival cocktail with a paper umbrella sticking out of the top of it as he peruses his way through one of the flower shops. ]

Never been whisked off to another world to celebrate Qixi before - only celebrated Qixi in another world. Suppose this is some sort of hint?

[ he will pluck out a plum blossom from one of the bouquets with a charming smile at the person minding the stand, and then turn to you, twirling it a bit between his fingers. ]

Here. Hold still.

[ ? ]

[sacredchants]

[ wow what the fuck is a wiwaldi? don't know what that is however—wow she doesn't need unsolicited advice from you? that said, she's standing there with a broken fish scooper in her hand. ]

Obviously.

[ haha... ]

[sengokus]

This is...

[mineo looks up and down the different rows of activities with two eyes. he's eyepatchless and cute now. he's frozen in one spot, looking at people walk around, enjoying themselves. despite this, he is absolutely holding cotton candy in one hand and taiyaki in the other.]

This is....!!

[TURNING TO THE CLOSEST PERSON]

This is like - PEAK DATE ACTIVITIES, RIGHT?!

[shut up shut up just shut the fuck up]

[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.]

[seradotwav]

Then where's your date?

[nodo]

[ hmm. in another universe he might have been softer towards her but you know. that was in another time but in this instance, he's just going to look down at her and just ????

who are you? he was just taking a look. ]

And is there a reason why I should go about doing that?

[battling]

[ Bradley, eating a stick of dango: ]

Depends on the person you're dating.

[robopriest]

[Here's a certain someone, hair in a ponytail, though he's dressed in a casual long-sleeved shirt with a vest on as he walks around, enjoying the sights.]

[He can be seen poring over one of the colored papers from the baskets, tapping his chin with a pen.]

Do you think it's in poor taste for a priest to wish death on all his enemies? [And then a chuckle.] Ah, just kidding.

[Later can be found with a bubble wand just blowing bubbles everywhere! He's having fun! Yes, he might be blowing bubbles in people's faces. Also for fun. He's just vibing.]

[shixiong]

[ kidnapping...3

if you look up on one of the rooftop buildings you - probably won't see anything. unless, of course, you look really hard, and then, you just might notice that there's a male figure down on one knee up there, wearing a white mask with horns.

he seems to just be observing everything, though, at one point, he does reach up to nudge the mask off of his face - and of course, it's the ever presenceless yin yu, who seems pretty content to watch the festivities instead of socialize. he looks happy, actually, and occasionally pauses in his observation to reach up and murmur something to a small silver butterfly, then carries on with his 'duty'. ]

[sengokus]

I don't know!!

[HE'S PANICKING NOW]

Is this an elaborate date party?! Do you have a date?! Am I supposed to find one? Isn't that too high level....?!

[applechemist]

I could make a better one!

Oh, but I don't have a cauldron with me...