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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.

I » PRE~~GAME~~-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 too ~~violent~~ excited 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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[of course, when he saw mary just sitting on the ice, he needed to go see what was up.

except that when he steps on the ice, he realizes this is probably going to be difficult and ungraceful sort of thing. so why walk when he can glide? it just takes an air somersault and a little precision...

and for the landing to stick.

which it does not, because the booming crackle of the fireworks startles him and roxas ends up landing facefirst into mary's kneecaps.]

—Ooof! [smooth, roxas. a real romantic.]

R-Roxas?!

[ She hadn't even heard him coming, but it's hard to miss him meeting her kneecaps so... elegantly... ]

Are you okay??

Ye...yeah...

[it's okay, he'll just sit up and rub his face a little. it's a little red from the impace, but it's nothing too serious.]

I just got surprised, that's all. [and possibly mildly embarrassed, but there's no reason to bring that up, right?]

But your face-- [ Her hands are probably cold from being out on the ice, so she'll press them to his face briefly-- free ice packs! What a benevolent person she is. ]

[free ice packs! except they're cold! so he winces a little bit.]

...You hands are really cold, Mary. [this is clearly something more important to worry about than his sore face.]

You're supposed to put cold things on your face when you hurt it!

[ ENDURE IT, ROXAS. Because this is embarrassing. ]

[it's not like she's the only one who is embarrassed here, okay!]

Yeah but... [he's not trying to even argue that.] Are you cold?

[ There can be only one Embarrassment Champion, and you'll have to fight her for the title!!! ]

... [ Oh. Well, her hands are cold, and she wasn't really wearing proper clothing to be sitting on the ice, so the rest of her isn't exactly warm either, but she still seems surprised by the question. ]

Yeah. [ But still, an honest answer. Snakes are cold-blooded, after all. ] But I had a hard time getting off the ice so I took a break and then...

[ She nods up, towards the fireworks. ]

Won't you get sick if you're that cold again?

[he remembers when they both ended up sick from being in the mountains, and then later on again when she came to live in his apartment. he doesn't want mary to get sick again...

so roxas pulls back a little, shaking his head before unzipping his coat and taking it off. naturally, thanks to the power of stupid kingdom hearts magic, his clothes go back to normal and he's no longer shrouded in the shadowy blacks he often is when he goes out. but he's holding the coat out to mary.]

Here. You can warm your hands up if you wear it... the gloves will be there if you put it on.

Wait a-- [ Okay yes, being the two of them, she's the one with the more pathetic immune system, but she's still holding out her hands in protest (and not to take the coat, thank you very much). ]

But you're out here too! You're going to be the one getting cold if you give me your coat!

I'm fine. My hands are warm too...

[he'll just put his hand on hers for a second to display this. perfectly warm. he's got this.]

See? Warm. It won't be so bad if we get off the ice, too.

[ You know what else is getting warm? Mary's face.

Seriously, Roxas, she's fragile!! Her dokis!! Stop! ]

Then once we get off the ice, I'm giving it back.

[ But fiiiine she'll put the coat on. Tiny Organization XIII Mary. ]

[it's not like he knows about her dokis!! even though he's doing it somewhat inadvertently because of his own.]

Just keep it on until you're warm. It's okay... I don't really need right now anyway.

[it's not like he's traveling through any corridors right now.]

I don't know how you stay so warm... [ With a heavy sigh, as she huddles down a little more in his jacket. Well, it ought to do the trick, so no medusasicles tonight. ]

I don't know.... maybe it's because I don't go to cold places a lot. [he spent more time in deserts and tropical like places, so he's used to being really warm.

...shh, his logic makes sense. (no it doesn't.)]

... [ Now she's just thinking way too hard on this. ]

I don't, either... but I've never been anywhere really hot...

[ IS THAT HOW IT WORKS? ]

Oh... I have. I had to work in the desert sometimes... and I had to wear that coat when I worked.

[MAYBE THIS IS HOW IT WORKS.]

In the desert?? That's the place with all the sand, right?

[ Mary's a little envious, obviously. Roxas seems to really have been all sorts of places, and all she really knows about the outside world has been greedily devoured from books and mulled over in wistful daydreams. Meeting Seto had expanded her world further, this place even more so but it's also taught her that there's still so much she has yet to learn about. ]

Yeah... there's a lot of sand there. And it's really hot, too.

[roxas isn't particularly fond of agrabah. he's spent a lot of time in that world, and he's done a lot of annoying missions there, too. he may have been to the desert, but that doesn't mean he likes it.

maybe it's not so bad if it's only once or twice, and not while fighting heartless or... playing "tail pete," but roxas can't draw on any experiences but what he's got.]

You don't like it?

[ You're making faces, Roxas. Did your coat get too warm? It's doing a great job now, but she can only imagine what it's like in the desert. ]

Not really. I don't mind it being warm, but that's too much.

[and also:] Sand gets everywhere, especially when there's wind.

[sandstorms are awful.]

I think that's what I heard about the beach, too.

[ Are these places really that much fun? ]

Yeah... I guess so. There's a lot more sand in the desert, though.

[the beach also has the ocean, seashells, and other cool stuff. there's a huge difference here.]

I bet either place would be better to sit on and watch fireworks than the ice.

[ Mary, this is your own fault, don't complain. ]

We could find somewhere else to watch them...

[but..]

Why were you on the ice, anyway?

v, naturally

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