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[OPEN] FLOWER FESTIVAL
Who: Open Log (All)
Where: Point-à-Tarte
Summary: A festival of flowers.
Warnings: N/A
At Point-à-Tarte, at the edge of the largest park in Eddan, booths that have been worked on for the past week are finally being opened to the public. Colorful banners decorate every single tree and and even the dullest of areas are covered up in the most creative of ways.
The booths themselves have everything one could hope in a flower festival, from mountains of flower crowns and necklaces being given to every resident of Eddan for free to the flower-shaped candy to the city-approved businesses touting the latest and greatest of the upcoming flower technology. New flowers, some supposedly glowing under UV light and others made to look like galaxies, are being sold at eye-popping prices.
The food, as always, is delicious and fresh, with early spring greens and even flowers themselves being added to salads. The only negative to the entire festival (if one can call it that) are the giant counters displaying the remaining time before sunset that serve as a reminder of Eddan's strange nature.
Sunday's opening sees the release of over ten thousand 'floating' seeds into the wind, a promise from the city to continue to make Eddan the greenest city in the entire world. Each person coming to the festival is given tulip bulbs in a variety of colors to be taken home.
The mayor takes time to speak about the recent string of murders and assures the people that they city shall continue to be vigilant to make sure that its citizens are kept safe. This is greeted with cheers from most of the population. Even the rainy weather doesn't keep such a happy day down!
An hour before sunset, the opening ceremonies close with a fireworks show. Due to the fact that they must be released only during the day, the explosive components have been changed as to give the night varieties a run for their money.
As the bright lights fill the sky, those soon-to-be-Awakened may have a flash of a memory from their past lives, such as a happy moment they spent with someone close to them or a moment of glory. This will soon be drowned out by ringing in their ears. For a few, brief seconds, they may notice figures close by glow oddly, their forms becoming distorted, but before they realize what has happened, blinking returns their vision to normal.
The headache, however, lingers until bedtime.
Royal Mount opens its WonderWorld Park to the public on Monday. For its opening week during the festival, the rides are all free.
Green Valley Organizes a flower judging contest for the various schools on Wednesday. Students are asked to present their most beautiful and unique flowers. Flower arrangements are also judged and with prizes evaluated at over 20 000 Macca, the stakes are high!
Eastmount offers rides in flower-shaped carriages driven by mechanical horses that could almost pass off as the real thing. (Though it is only the latest technology, thus keeping the entire thing animal cruelty free!)
The Giant Float Parade on Friday afternoon travels around the vast forest of Point-à-Tarte. Each school has been encouraged to enter its cheerleaders and theater productions into the parade. The Flower King and Queen greet visitors at the very end, throwing little presents for the children.
The festival continues until Saturday Nightfall. The schools visit the festival in turn, sometimes for education courses about the various flowers and trees that dot Eddan's landscape, sometimes to show off flower and plant-based sculptures that the various clubs have worked hard on.
Where: Point-à-Tarte
Summary: A festival of flowers.
Warnings: N/A
" Ah... the Festival of Flowers while a dreadful deadline looms! Enjoy what normal life you may have left...soon you may long for the return of these simpler times..."
A week of celebration (General Prompt)
At Point-à-Tarte, at the edge of the largest park in Eddan, booths that have been worked on for the past week are finally being opened to the public. Colorful banners decorate every single tree and and even the dullest of areas are covered up in the most creative of ways.
The booths themselves have everything one could hope in a flower festival, from mountains of flower crowns and necklaces being given to every resident of Eddan for free to the flower-shaped candy to the city-approved businesses touting the latest and greatest of the upcoming flower technology. New flowers, some supposedly glowing under UV light and others made to look like galaxies, are being sold at eye-popping prices.
The food, as always, is delicious and fresh, with early spring greens and even flowers themselves being added to salads. The only negative to the entire festival (if one can call it that) are the giant counters displaying the remaining time before sunset that serve as a reminder of Eddan's strange nature.
Opening Ceremonies (Special Prompt)
Sunday's opening sees the release of over ten thousand 'floating' seeds into the wind, a promise from the city to continue to make Eddan the greenest city in the entire world. Each person coming to the festival is given tulip bulbs in a variety of colors to be taken home.
The mayor takes time to speak about the recent string of murders and assures the people that they city shall continue to be vigilant to make sure that its citizens are kept safe. This is greeted with cheers from most of the population. Even the rainy weather doesn't keep such a happy day down!
An hour before sunset, the opening ceremonies close with a fireworks show. Due to the fact that they must be released only during the day, the explosive components have been changed as to give the night varieties a run for their money.
As the bright lights fill the sky, those soon-to-be-Awakened may have a flash of a memory from their past lives, such as a happy moment they spent with someone close to them or a moment of glory. This will soon be drowned out by ringing in their ears. For a few, brief seconds, they may notice figures close by glow oddly, their forms becoming distorted, but before they realize what has happened, blinking returns their vision to normal.
The headache, however, lingers until bedtime.
Weekly contest (week prompts)
Royal Mount opens its WonderWorld Park to the public on Monday. For its opening week during the festival, the rides are all free.
Green Valley Organizes a flower judging contest for the various schools on Wednesday. Students are asked to present their most beautiful and unique flowers. Flower arrangements are also judged and with prizes evaluated at over 20 000 Macca, the stakes are high!
Eastmount offers rides in flower-shaped carriages driven by mechanical horses that could almost pass off as the real thing. (Though it is only the latest technology, thus keeping the entire thing animal cruelty free!)
The Giant Float Parade on Friday afternoon travels around the vast forest of Point-à-Tarte. Each school has been encouraged to enter its cheerleaders and theater productions into the parade. The Flower King and Queen greet visitors at the very end, throwing little presents for the children.
The festival continues until Saturday Nightfall. The schools visit the festival in turn, sometimes for education courses about the various flowers and trees that dot Eddan's landscape, sometimes to show off flower and plant-based sculptures that the various clubs have worked hard on.
Casimir Gutermuth (Kaltz) | Flower Stand | OTA
[Every day this week, Casimir can be found running a small flower stand. The blooms stocked are more unusual varieties than he'd normally carry - they range from more normal ones like Ocean Song roses to Calypso Fairy Slipper orchids to Blue Cerinths, whereas the stranger ones include Night Sky petunias, Bleeding Heart flowers (for everyone being romantic at the festival), Flying Duck orchids, White Egret orchids, Dracula orchids and the Simia version (in a monkey shape for small children), Snake Gourd flowers, and two types of Passion Flowers, among other varieties.
The most unusual flowers at the stand are ones which glow under blacklight, and small blacklights which can be purchased separately.]
2. Late Sunday (OTA, but especially to Ariel and Asher)
[As the fireworks bloomed high in the sky, a flash appeared in Casimir's mind-
She'd fled, and Asato was safe. His relief at that was immeasurable. So many things were wrong, and even more waiting to go wrong. So many things he'd done or hadn't done. He'd never be free of worry, especially not while Asato was sick and cursed twice over - one of those times being his own fault. Still, with Asato's eyes closed and Kaltz's own hand resting on his forehead to send the chill of his powers into him to cool his fever... in that moment, it was the most they'd ever been like a real family, probably the most they ever would be. Asato, his precious son...
There was a ringing in his ears, and everything around him shifted for a moment before returning to normal. Another of those memories that weren't his? Magic?... Asato?... If his sons had another brother, he was sure he'd know.
.......Aside from that, why would he have a son with cat ears?]
You called?
Crazy auntcle is crashing the party.
The first fireworks rose with a loud hissing noise and exploded in a shower of sparks, lighting up the sky. There they were! Morgan was about to wave excitedly when...
My fingers... carding through soft hair. Soft silvery hair. The hair of a child. Of a child whose head was nestled against my chest, eyes closed in sleep. An open book of fairy tales, discarded, on his knee. The child whispers something unintelligible and snuggles closer, his mouth slightly parted, his fingers tangling in my shirt. A poignant, possessive feeling wells up inside me. My child. My son. Mine.
MINE!
Morgan stood on the spot for a moment, heart pounding, fingers itching to run through soft, silvery hair. Asher was near his father, bent over, one hand clutching his ear.
What had just happened? Smile and pretend everything is fine.]
Casimir! Asher! I'm here!
sounds good to me
Are you all right?
[He knows the answer to that, knows what just happened, because it'd happened to him as well. But he's not sure whether Morgan is involved with the strangeness that's started up since the app installed itself as well, and everything that's been happening would seem strange to someone unaffected. If he can trust anyone, he can trust Morgan... he knows this, but there's still a sense that he shouldn't talk about it.]
[ooc: approximate tag order Kaltz -> Gladion -> Rosiel, skips allowed if necessary to keep things moving, will reorganize if Ankh joins in]
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He turns to Morgan, smiling in a way that's a bit forced, and lifting a hand in a lazy wave.]
Hi.
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Is the flower stand as big a success as I think it is?
[Another shower of golden sparks erupt in the sky, interrupting the conversation, and Morgan, thrilled by the booming, as loud as canons -as loud as war- slips an arm around Casimir's -Oh, Casimir...- presses close to him, chin propped up on his shoulder, then whispers with eyes wide, eyes that are always focused on him, only on him...]
I can tell something is wrong...
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[Stopping at Casimir's booth, he's drawn by the variety of unusual varities, and lightly touches the petals of a Night Sky Petunia.]
I guess you've really gone all out...