[ OPEN ] CULTURAL FESTIVAL

[coastal]

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 » 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 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!

Comments

princess i don't know what to do with you

[coastal]

[ . . . . . oh. The mention of her hard work surprises her for a moment, a little shocked that he'd be so open about it?! A-Aaaahhhh. She blushes despite herself and that sort of just.

Sets it in stone.]

No... No, I don't - please continue to rest. Others... they should get to enjoy seeing your magic.

exorcise the spirit trapped within

[sortileges]

[ Well, that wasn't even intentional... It draws a smile to his face, all things considered. Especially considering how many times she's yelled at him by now. ]

They will, this isn't a rest for my magic. We're not in that place right now. I don't really have any limits--I think. I don't mind.

[ Especially if it stops her yelling angrily into her ear(?) about whatever that was. ]

[coastal]

[Why.... is he smiling! Stop that! It's embarrassing.

She's flustering a little bit but is quickly distracted by his insistence that he doesn't have any limits right now. O-Oh!]

You... don't? Are you certain? I won't have you blaming me if you're too tired later...!

[sortileges]

[ Ah, I see. So she'd rather he be sad and frown at her? Is that it?

Though he's a little surprised in the switch of her attitude. ] I'm sure. What do you need?

[coastal]

[It's more like what she's used to.

(Lili, that's pathetic.)]

Balloons... [Like she was saying - ] Only however many that you would be able to conjure.

[sortileges]

[ Uh... Lili... Sorry to break it to you but-- ] That isn't how my magic works, I can run and buy some if you want, but I can only conjure something natural.

[ News flash... balloons are Not Natural. ]

[coastal]

[ . . . . a sigh.]

Then nevermind, you're useless to me.

[WAY TO CHANGE YOUR TONE, GIRL.]

[sortileges]

[ WOW ....... ]

Well I don't see you conjuring them out of thin air, either.

[ This is what you get, Lili. He hopes your festival burns!!!!!!!!! Only not really. ]

[coastal]

[An unimpressed quirk of her eyebrow.]

I don't boast myself a magician.

[A wave of her hand.]

It's fine. Go on with your show. I don't need your help.

[sortileges]

[ Wow, what an A class biatch. Really though, he just gives her a look for that. ]

You do realise balloons didn't even exist in my time, right? I only know what they are because one of my jobs involves working at parties.

[ This is somehow offensive apparently. ]

[coastal]

Which is why I said that I don't need your help, since you also clearly can't provide any. I don't need your flimsy explanations either. It still doesn't actually matter.

[???? calling it like it is???]

[sortileges]

[ He just stops there. ]

There's just no pleasing you, is there?

[ Thankfully he isn't trying to gain gratitude or anything or he'd tell her he already fixed her dumb rental bounce house after Neji stupidly almost broke it or that he turned up to help out in the evening too, even if it isn't part of what he needed to do.

Instead he just shrugs, looks away and offers: ] Good luck with that.

[ He's just going to leave her there, not willing to keep arguing over why he can't create a miracle like she seems to think. Rude. You're so rude, Lili. ]

[coastal]

[Congrats on your 'being a good human' accomplishments, Merlin!!

But Lili blinks when he seems to take great offense at her words because yes, she's rude. Absolutely. Yet there are moments where she actually doesn't intend to be malicious, and this is one of them. There's a confused tilt of her head as he looks away and seems... irritated?

Did she say something?]

.... Right. Same to you with your show.

[???? and she'll walk away, vaguely mystified by his reaction before she gets back to looking for her balloons.

Social competence at its finest here.]