estoria | [ 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!

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[ Look, don't let one small moment ruin it all, you idiot. He shifts his hand to push her ponytail aside. It looks like she's doing alright though, so he leans back after. ]

It was a surprise but I'm fine. I'm not the one with super sensitive hearing, am I?

[ hah... she laughs amiably. she's always just used to pretending she's fine when she isn't, but at least she can be honest with merlin. ]

You remembered.

[ His eyebrow shoots up at that and he just laughs faintly because?? ]

You really thought I'd forget something like that? [ He shuffles a bit closer. ] Does it hurt a lot right now?

It so loud, [ she says with a laugh, then she fixes her hair. ] The ringing will stop later on, I'm sure.

[ what he doesn't know though is that she's trying to listen to his heart just to distract herself. ]

Just like you-- [ He has to bite back a laugh, though he makes sure the dragon plush is steady before he twists a little, hands hovering for a moment. ]

Can I try something?

[ A healing spell... that is...................... ]

What- hey! [ and then she deflates... okay. she is loud.

merlin is rude, though. ]

What is it, first?

[ Both pieces of information are correct.

He looks at her a little bewildered at her question though, hands pulling back a bit. ] A healing spell?

[ she thinks about it first. there's a lot of ringing in her ears but she still feels fine... ]

Well, if you want to. I'm fine, though. I mean, I'll be fine.

[ He pulls a face at her for that. ]

I'm not going to get any better at this if I don't practice.

[ Don't bully her into it??? ]

But what if I turn into a frog?!

[ she trusts you, merlin, but you said practice. that means you're not good at it yet. ]

[ ...???????? ] No one turns into a frog. And I can already do the spell that makes you throw up frogs, trust me, I'm not going to do that.

If anything, nothing will happen. It usually doesn't.

[ "that makes you throw up frogs" and now she feels like throwing up. ]

Hold on to that thought.

[ deep breaths, deep breaths... don't throw up. . . ]

[ Charming... isn't it. ]

What thought?

[ Athena.......... are you ok ]

[ NOT AT ALL. ]

I almost threw up.

[ but she's fine now. ]

[ Rabbip :9 ]

Because of... Ah. [ Well. ] Sorry?

[ she just sighs. ]

I'm fine now.

Do you want to try it now?

[ He clears his throat. ]

Alright, just stay still. [ He moves his hands to gently press over her ears, quietly he murmurs a few words, Licsar ge staðol nu, only ... nothing happens. Nothing at all. ]

Any change? [ He pulls his hands away from her ears, but they linger on her cheeks, watching her face curiously for any changes, too. ]

[ a blink or two later, she realises that nothing's changed. she even looks at her hands to see if they're green and webbed now, but... nope! she's not a frog! ]

No? What should I be expecting?

[ ... Of course she's not a frog?!

Though he sighs when she says that, as he'd hoped that maybe that one would work and her ears would feel a bit better. ]

For it to heal, no more buzzing. It didn't work.

[ BUT WHAT IF!??!!?!

she smiles at him, a hand moving towards his as she brings it down. ]

I'm fine. I'll be fine, like I said. I'm not deaf yet, you know.

[ His magic is better than that?!

Still, he lets her pull his hand down and instead considers something. Someone just ran past from the rooftop to go downstairs, but it's mostly safe. ]

Just tilt your head a little, to that side. [ He indicates away from the wall. ]

[ fine. if it's to appease him, he'll do just that.

though, she has to talk. being quiet this time is just weird. ]

How did you like the fireworks?

[ He's trying to not laugh as she tries to keep things going, talking about the fireworks to make it easier. ]

Dangerous, but beautiful to watch from afar. [ Just like s o m e o n e else here. Though that said and done, it's like he's "done" with the examination (there wasn't one...) and instead just leans forward to press a tiny chaste kiss against her ear lobe.

That's what you do to injuries, after all. ]

[ she can't help but twitch when the contact is made because 1) that's a ticklish spot, and 2) it's not something you do to people??? what the hell. ]

I'm- I'm fine. Please.

But fireworks weren't supposed to work that way... I wonder what happened.

[ Um??? Maybe not most people, but is she most people? No. He pulls back right after anyway, calm down gosh. ]

They weren't on the itinerary, so someone else probably brought them here.

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