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[ OPEN ] CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Who: Anyone and everyone! Yes, even you.
When: IC Date: 6/9 || OOC Date: 3/20
Where: Centered in CERES Academy but spilling out into the streets!
What: It's all fun and games until someone chokes on cotton candy or gets a black eye from jousting. The player plot of the cultural festival!
Rating/Warning: Totally PG, family-approved fun! Please poke me if this changes.
Flyers have been up for the past two weeks, students have been all atwitter (whether this is good or bad chatter is up in the air), outside help has been enlisted by a bunch of weird adults and finally the day has dawned upon us.
The cultural festival is here.
And it looks like stepping into an alternate dimension of Cerealia, a far cry from the Hunger Games that many had to endure just days ago - and maybe that's the whole damn point. Wander around, have some greasy comfort food, and win a stuffed animal to muffle your tears into or something. It's all gonna be okay.
When: IC Date: 6/9 || OOC Date: 3/20
Where: Centered in CERES Academy but spilling out into the streets!
What: It's all fun and games until someone chokes on cotton candy or gets a black eye from jousting. The player plot of the cultural festival!
Rating/Warning: Totally PG, family-approved fun! Please poke me if this changes.
Flyers have been up for the past two weeks, students have been all atwitter (whether this is good or bad chatter is up in the air), outside help has been enlisted by a bunch of weird adults and finally the day has dawned upon us.
The cultural festival is here.
And it looks like stepping into an alternate dimension of Cerealia, a far cry from the Hunger Games that many had to endure just days ago - and maybe that's the whole damn point. Wander around, have some greasy comfort food, and win a stuffed animal to muffle your tears into or something. It's all gonna be okay.
I » PREGAME-FESTIVAL Let's back up a little bit. Set-up for the festival was intended to begin at 8 PM the night before to allow all groups an hour - maybe even two! - to set up their booths so that everything could be pristine and ready. . . . . Of course that didn't happen. So here you are, in the gym of the school where it looks like a crafts store went to die. Don't slip on the glitter glue! Don't touch that feather boa, the drama club might need it! Is that a soccer ball while everyone else is trying to prepare? Do you want to die? The clock continues to tick later and later, a groan coming from everyone in the room when it strikes 3 AM, but there's nonetheless an air of dedication here. Everyone's working - are you? - and this seems like a great time for caffeine overdose and some late night confessions.
II » WELCOME Whether it was through hard work or sheer dumb luck, the festival is underway!! There are sounds of yelling, students competing for patrons - "Care to have your fortune read?" or "Check out this kickass magician!" - or cries of defeat - "That balloon game was impossible - how am I going to get my McCeres plushie now?!" and "What's up with that scavenger hunt?" - You can already hear the sizzle of deliciously greasy food in the distance mixed in with whatever terribly Teen Pop mix they've got playing in the background. It's a little hard not to feel excited! Or... maybe it is, given the fact that you might not have wanted to end up here in the first place?! But the festival is spilling out into the streets! Pushy teenagers and teachers alike might've just tried to corral you in here like cattle to a brightly-colored, teeny bopper slaughter....
But if you look like you're not at all interested in having fun, this may be the time when a snowball smacks you right in the back of the head, suddenly implanting the idea of.... fun?
III » INFLATABLE HELL Whether you were running after reading some horrible gossip about you or getting way into playing the part of a fleeing criminal in the mock trial, you've found yourself in what every single carnival needs and deserves: a bounce house. But wait - that's not all?! Apparently this is some kind of inflatable course from hell as you realize that once you enter, there's even more waiting for you. Yes, that's right, welcome to the squishiest obstacle course of your life. When you make it to the end, you still have one last task: joust for your honor against the person that you've ended up with or break out your intense sumo knowledge for the exact same thing. The student overseeing this area just nods solemnly with an air of 17-year-old sage wisdom. "There can only be one."
IV » ANIME FOOD So that's what you're here for. Well congratulations friend, they've got every sort of carnival contraption or festival delight and dish - apparently this is where the culture can be found! But... but oh god, what's that? The hell is that?! Apparently there's an eating competition for these heart attacks if you really wanna try your luck.
Also hey - is this cotton candy really sticky to anyone else? Careful, don't reach too close to that other person or you just might end up stuck together...?!
V » AFTERPARTY So... where were you after the school festival officially concluded? Were you in the middle of a food coma? Were you trying to steal a giant sumo suit before they could be closed down? Were you caught on the ice of the frozen swimming pool? Drowning under the weight of discount flowers? Hopefully, you're not caught up in the craziness of a cleaning crew turned cleaning competition... or are you?
Either way, there's no way that this party is going to end with a fizzle.... but rather with a bang! Literally. The sky is lit up with a sudden firework, followed by another and anotherandanotherandanother-- except don't those... seem to be a little close? They're deafeningly loud and blindingly beautiful and perhaps that what covers up Lili's distressed screech of, "Those weren't authorized!" Hopefully all the little sparks extinguish in the air before they get too close... Kindly help make sure nothing catches on fire? Stand there and actually enjoy the show? Start a lawsuit for your sudden bout of blindness and deafness? Your move.
VI » WILDCARD ME UP For the record, there is a medical tent for anyone who gets a little tooviolentexcited during the events. And besides all the festivities mentioned here, there's also the typical bunch of carnival games and prizes, too. Maybe even a maid cafe. Also hey, is that smell of something burning... normal? Do we have a fire on our hands?! Or is there some other type of carnival gimmick that you really love but didn't get written up here? Feel free to make it right on up! Have fun, everyone!
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[AND HERE'S LILI ON THE WARPATH.
Probably even more so when she watches Atsushi dodge to avoid getting hit by a firework - and that's unforgivable. The hooligans who are setting them off take off immediately and Lili would be rushing after them in a half second if she wasn't distracted by her poor, poor apartment mate...]
Atsushi, are you alright?
[is he the damsel in distress today]
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He's dripping with soda and he can feel the stickiness seeping into his shoes, but the more important issue is: ]
I—! I'm alright, but they...!
[ The hooligans have stopped a few yards away and are taunting Lili now, with jeers and hands cupped over their mouths, yelling "what're you gonna do now, yell us to death?"
They're gonna make Atsushi mad too, at this rate. ]
...We need to stop them from doing something like this again...!
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I'll stomp you into the dirt is what I'll do!!
[Well that's nice.]
Help me catch them, Atsushi!
[Not that she's... going to be waiting for his answer, taking off into a run as she is?! Who knew that Lili had an Action Girl mode apparently.]
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The hooligans are the sort to only get bolder as their subject gets angrier (the fools), so after their initial surprise at Lili's fist to the booth, they laugh nervously and toss a few wadded-up napkins their way. What the hell, man. ]
Huh?! W, wait for me...!
[ Is this going to be the day that Lili finds out about Atsushi's Ability?
Maybe.
But without using his powers for now, he sprints ahead and tries to keep up, even as the dumb guys gear up to blast another firework their way. THESE KIDS ARE DANGEROUS...WHO INVITED THEM HERE. ]
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Cue a moment where she's honestly going to grab whatever is in the closest stall - the answer is some of that really sticky cotton candy - and move to chuck it to intercept the firework whenever it gets launched.
Children, please don't play with your food....]
Why would you even do that?!
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Th, they're really not fooling around, are they?!
[ DO THESE KIDS JUST... ??? WANT TO MURDER, apparently so.
One of them lights up a relatively less harmful weapon, one of those firecrackers that pop on impact, and chucks it at Atsushi. It explodes in colorful lights at his feet, which would be nice and cool if it didn't also hurt like hell.
Okay, now he's getting mad. ]
Lili...! We're definitely allowed to beat them now, right...?!
[ THIS IS IT, THEY'RE GONNA RUMBLE. ]
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Yet Lili's falling back similarly, wincing as she impacts against one of the booths because even if she's pretty much made of up Pure Angry Energy right now, there's no denying the fact that she's still pretty fragile. Augh.
She may start seeing red a little bit when the firecracker pops near Atsushi - she recognizes that she's absolutely picking a fight with these guys but he was just trying to enjoy his soda?!
But then Atsushi asks her that question and she honestly just balks.]
You mean you weren't trying yet?!
[ATSUSHI PLZ.]
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[ How does he break this news to her... 'when I really try, I turn into a furry'?? This doesn't seem at all like something he should be saying right now, at this moment.
But one of the punks actually has the gall to throw a half-drunk Slushie their way this time around, and that's the end of the rope: Atsushi whirls on his feet and gets up, braces himself as his feet
turn into tiger paws.
Whoops. ]
—I'm definitely trying now...!
[ His shirt's a mess of soda and slushie now, but that doesn't stop Atsushi from kicking off and landing right in front of one of the two rude-ass teenagers, grabbing him and throwing him into a nearby dunk tank.
Bye Felicia. ]
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Lili's pretty sure that she's half-covered in slushie and that's Unacceptable but worse than that, there's Atsushi with... tiger paws for feet. She blinks once. Twice. No, they're definitely still there. She isn't seeing things.
And then there's Atsushi - sweet, gentle Atsushi who makes her breakfast in the mornings and is always embarrassingly nice - picking up one of the hooligans and throwing them into the dunk tank. Um. Um???]
W-What...?
[But that's... also pretty cool, even if it doesn't make sense?! So even Atsushi can fight? Is that right?]
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With one of the two hooligans detained, Atsushi turns to the other one, who looks thoroughly freaked out after this scrawny kid turned half-animal to pummel his friend.
With a frantic 'Hey man, don't make it weird' (as if Atsushi started this??), the punk scrambles and rushes straight towards Lili. ]
—Ah...! L, Lili! Watch out!
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At least she's at the point where she feels more irritated than anything. But the fact of the matter is that A ) this punk is far slower than Kashuu and B ) Lili's been training enough that she's not scared of loser teenagers anymore at least. Even if this is the first time that someone's tried to fight her outside of ViViD.... Except when the delinquent raises his arm, as if ready to pick her right up as a hostage, she holds her breath.
And then moves to sidestep out of the way, but only just far enough so that she can stick her leg out and trip the loser, who then goes careening right into a booth.
Then she releases the same breath. Oh. Okay. That worked out alright. She looks back to Atsushi.
. . . . ]
I feel like... you need to explain something to me or I might scream.
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He heaves a breath that he hadn't realized he'd been holding when Lili makes short work of Punk #2, but now he has this to contend with.
There's nothing he can do about his legs, but he does folds his arms behind his back in an attempt to hide them if she's not comfortable with seeing that sort of thing. ]
Well... this is...
[ He knows better than to think that she'd shun him for something like this, but still. How to explain? ]
It's... an Ability of mine.
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It's... a little surreal though? Even then, it doesn't seem to occur to her to keep her distance at all... Instead, she's walking toward Atsushi, tilting her head as she can't quite seem to keep her eyes off his leg paw things. It's so bizarre... but there's no denying that this is still Atsushi.
When he hides his arms behind his back, she stops in front of him and holds her hand out, as if expecting him to give her his.]
That's still too vague. Explain further. [It's a little like giving orders but... what else can she do?] Have you always been like this? Were you hiding this from me...?
[What a stressful day...]
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—so he holds his arms out for Lili to look at, to touch if she wants to. ]
I didn't mean to hide it [ he starts, but that also sounds like an excuse, doesn't it? ], but... I guess I could've told you before.
[ What else can he say? He wracks his mind for a better explanation than "whoops, sorry I didn't tell you about this", but his words come out a bit clumsier than intended. ]
Some people in my world have Abilities like these, but— having one doesn't mean that they'll be happy. [ Stumbling over his own logic, he adds: ] So, some of us have a habit of not talking about it to more normal people...
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Lili's listening to his explanation but she can't hide the fact that she's amazed. Yona's companions were capable of fearsome things as well, one of them had an arm that was constantly bandaged and the other seemed to be able to launch himself into the sky at times, but it's different to see it in front of her. From someone that she knows rather personally now.
Carefully, curiously, she places her hand on Atsushi's wrist, tilting her head as this is confirmed to be real underneath her touch.
Then she looks back up at him, bewildered.]
Did you think that I would react badly?
[There's... just a hint of hurt mixed with irritation in her voice. Don't tell her that you didn't think that she was trustworthy either, Atsushi...!]
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[ That's as truthful as he can be about her question, as he pulls his arm back and slowly retracts his ability. When he finishes, it's as if there'd never even been a transformation: just the regular, smooth skin under his sleeves. ]
But it's more that... there really wasn't a good time to tell you about it, I don't think.
[ Maybe that's an excuse, but that's the truth too. ]
H, how would I have just been able to say "by the way, I'm sometimes part tiger"...?
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I'm running out of clever overflow quotes.]