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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 even so, she doesn't speak but rather listens to the girl talk. If there's anything Rise's learned about people like Lili, it's that moments like these are rare and she better shut up when they happen. She can't help but make a small face at the mention of her father, especially knowing what she knows of Lili's home.]
I think we're all a little out of our depth here and that's why we're here to help each other. Sometimes it's hard to really get to know people...sometimes I think people are scared or they aren't used to making friends. That's a lot of why I want to run my booth tomorrow. Even if this place is totally weird, we can still make our own choices.
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You have good intentions but I hate things like that.
Kashuu wanted to set people up on blind dates as well and that's so disgusting. I hate matchmaking. Everything about forcing others to interact, even if one of them might be lying scum.... [Tell us how you really feel.] Just make sure you monitor your booth tomorrow well.
I don't expect anything less from you.
[Which is.
Both a compliment and a little bit of a threat?! Oh Lili.]
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It's not really matchmaking though if you're mingling with a bunch of other people, is it? [Oh no. Oh no it's too early in the morning and now she's really considering if this was a great idea.] I'll do my best to make sure lying scum won't be lurking around our booth. That's why Yu's going to be with me. He knows how to read people pretty well by now and can help me break up anything that goes wrong.
[...but hey, she'll take it.] We won't let you down.
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[Simple. Honest. Lili doesn't really tolerate incompetence... but she's also willing to let people do what they want as long as she doesn't have to personally get involved to be honest.]
In generally, forcing other people to interact with another is awful - but you did it on the volunteer basis, right?
[But she doesn't... seem to realize that others might get signed up for it by their friends. Others like Atsushi, her near and dear roommate.
.... Don't tell her.]
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It was all totally volunteer-based! [Even if it meant other people were volunteering their friends.] It's not gonna be fun for anybody if people don't really want to be there. [She gives a small, teasing grin.] Maybe you should stop by and check it out while it's going. You won't have to talk to people if you don't want to, but it could be nice.
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[LILI... CUSHION THE BLOW A LITTLE BIT.
But she's just going to huff at that.]
Didn't you hear me? I hate things like that. They're vain, shallow, and useless. I have no interest in meeting anyone so desperate as to attend an event specifically for making friends or - [an annoyed scoff] dating.
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Lili it's not shallow to talk to some people you know. Part of the sign-ups are classmates or people that're helping with the festival anyway. [She can't help but roll her eyes as she opens the door to the cafe to get their much-needed pick-me-ups.] But if you're that determined to stay away from my booth that just means I'll have to come find you tomorrow at some point to hang out.
[You have a friend, Lili. Deal with it.]
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But regardless, Lili steps in after Rise and doesn't at all hide her confusion at the other girl's subsequent offer.]
What?
Why would you do that?
[?????? why would you want to hang out with Lili, that's so weird]
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Why wouldn't I? It seems pretty silly to be working with you on something like this and then not spend some time with you after that.
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Lili's brow furrows in confusion as she doesn't understand. At all. Yona left her life just as quickly as she entered it and Lili had thought that was... natural. That's how things worked. Unless people were sworn to be at her side, it was fine for them to come and go.
It taught her that her ties to people have no measure of distance.
But it also taught her not to expect this sort of treatment.]
Who said that I wanted to spend time with you anyway? Aren't you being presumptuous?
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