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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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God, why are girls so endearing, though?
He leans over, resting his arms on the back of the bench.]
Me.
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Aaaand she struggles for words? Because okay yes, he wasn't technically touching her and her eyes end up moving down so that she doesn't have to make eye contact with him? He found her asleep on a bench this is embarrassing, she's better than this!!
Yet her eyes fall upon the jacket that's pooled into her lap now and she's just going to blush some more because that's... that's pretty kind of him?!]
Is... this your doing?
[Lifting the jacket a bit....]
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It's getting colder. Nighttime and all.
[It's not weird, Lili, gosh.]
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Th-Then you should have it! Why would you give it to me....?!
[FUSS FUSS FUSS
Now extending the jacket back out to him, oh god, please take it back she doesn't know what to do with it.]
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Are you warm enough?
[Then again, if she keeps all this huffing and puffing and fussing, then surely she can work up enough energy.]
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[he's too calm too and it's bugging her?! So she's not even going to wait for him to take the jacket back from her anymore, instead opting for just
throwing it back to him
what a lady, amirite]
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You said nothing either way.
This isn't the best place for a nap, though.
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She huffs quietly again, blushing rising to her cheeks again as she gets defensive.]
I realize that... I'm not an idiot, you know!
[lili he's just
commenting on what he observed, YOU NEED TO CHILL]
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I wouldn't even dare think that in your presence. You might move on to punching me.
[It's a joke, but he wouldn't put it past her.]
Do you live far from here? I can walk you home.
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[aka... yeah.... Yeah she would definitely do that. Without hesitation if he provoked her enough. Still though the question is... befuddling.]
I don't know you. Wouldn't it be just as dangerous to be accompanied by a stranger?
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[...Hm. She's cautious. Not a bad thing, but it leaves Sano a little bit befuddled. He doesn't have any ulterior motives, but how can he make her believe that?]
Ah, you make a good point. Though I'm not exactly a stranger, am I?
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[Though she will concede that he's not a total stranger. That said... he has been rather kind and accommodating so far. It's not like she can pretend that he's a completely awful person.
So she'll be rather direct, if a little outdated:]
Do you swear upon your honor that I'll be safe in your care?
[And.... also a little naive.]
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[Maybe he is coming across as being kind of pushy...in a not-so-pushy way, but he does just want to make sure she gets home safely. Back in Kyoto and even before in Edo sometimes, it wasn't safe for women to walk the streets at night. All types of unsavory characters existed, which is why Sano stepped up to even it out.
Ah, but if she's going to give him a chance...!
He takes a step from the back of the bench and bows to her.]
I swear, as a man and a samurai, I'll keep you safe.
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It's the easiest test imaginable, but she believes it regardless. With that, she nods once, accepting it and not even flinching when he bows to her.... almost like she's used to it.]
You may rise.
[After a quick brush of her clothes, she moves to stand then, hands on her hips even as she stands at no more than 5'2".]
As a samurai? Yes... I believe that. I've met a few others like you. Very well then, kindly escort me home.
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Again, he remembers what he's had to tell himself more than once - different worlds, different cultures, all that stuff.]
Are we going upstream or downstream?
[AKA point him in the right direction, please, he's got no idea.]
I hope the other samurai you've met have been respectful.
[Because wow, not everyone born into that class is a decent person.]
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[She's at least confident enough that she'll walk ahead slightly?! But she won't go out of her way to stray from Sano's side. She knows when to be reckless and wander off on her own and when to... not. So there's that, at least!
Though at the question, she hums thoughtfully.
Saitou, yes. Hijikata, sometimes. Souji, not really.]
... Well, you all possess honor, yes? And I believe that's what counts. Or at least the ones that I've known who belong to a group called the Shinsengumi do.
[ . . . . that must be nice to hear, right Sano?!]
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Hearing the Shinsengumi spoken of positively is nice to hear, though, and Sano smiles while crossing his arms over his chest.]
Yeah, we're pretty big on honor in the Shinsengumi.
[Especially Hijikata and Kondou, and Sano is sure it's because they had to work their way to even be sort of considered as samurai. If you grow up with those dreams, then you'll treat everything about it with the highest respect.
As for other samurai...]
It's not universal, though. It should be, because a samurai is supposed to follow bushido, but people aren't perfect. They can screw up and make mistakes or decide to sacrifice honor in order to gain power. But if you don't have honor, then you don't have a whole lot that's worth anything, I think. Not when it really counts, like you said.
[1/2]
People aren't perfect but those without honor should not be allowed such positions of power - it's shameful when someone so greedy and pig-headed is allowed to decide the fate of others in their care. I consider the same for soldiers or warriors or whatever you choose to call yourselves as samurai. Those who cowardly abuse their position and throw away their honor... truly pathetic.
[TELL US HOW YOU REALLY FEEL.
Except it's still all too fresh in her memory how she'd dealt with having her face shoved into the dirt, abused by people who called themselves soldiers.]
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THERE'S MORE
after a moment pause she goes over what he says in her head one more time and-]
W-Wait!! Did you say we?!
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Sano reaches toward her, ready to pat her on the head in reassurance, but then he remembers her whole no-touching policy and awkwardly pulls his arm back.]
Oh, no, I agree with you. I just know the world isn't an ideal one, so we don't always get what we deserve.
[Her sudden question silences him, though. We?]
Uh...which part?
[Because while he believes everything he's just said, he doesn't pay super close attention to it. It's all natural to him, so why should he?]
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You're... part of the Shinsengumi as well?
[?????
give her a second to try to reconcile this connection and have it change her opinion of Sano substantially
whoops]
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Oh! Yeah. Captain of the tenth division.
[Said so casually. No big over here, bruh.]
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But Lili's just going to fuss a little bit?! Ahhh, how does she make up for when she was rude to him then-]
If I'd known then I....
[Wouldn't have been so untrusting? Probably wouldn't have slapped his hand away so angrily - he still doesn't get permission to touch her, no, but she'd thought this entire time that he was some sort of pervert....]
... I've met other Shinsengumi in my time here. If you're part of their ranks, you should have said so....
[which is why she has a positive view overall of the organization....]