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cordibus ([personal profile] cordibus) wrote in [community profile] tornheart2017-05-21 11:57 pm

[OPEN] FLOWER FESTIVAL

Who: Open Log (All)
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.




draculabackwards: (Default)

[personal profile] draculabackwards 2017-05-27 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I believe I've run into your brother. I had to help with a few floats since they were short workers. Hopefully you can both have a chance to rest after the festival.
transient_specter: (okay who do i have to punch)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-27 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Hopefully. I know he's been running himself a little ragged. He's probably going to sleep for a few days once all of this is over, and I don't blame him. He kind of overdoes it...
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[personal profile] draculabackwards 2017-05-28 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. I think there's a lot of...near frenzy surrounding this festival this year. As though there's lots of reason to try to make it as good as it possibly can be.
transient_specter: (look i'm brooding)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-28 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
True, though they always try to top the previous year. Trust me, I've seen Ciro freak out over it before...
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[personal profile] draculabackwards 2017-05-28 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Is he actually in a particular float this year or just continually helping out with the club?
transient_specter: (look at how glowy i am)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-28 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
The latter. I know he's going to crash, it's just a matter of when.
draculabackwards: (oh really?)

[personal profile] draculabackwards 2017-05-29 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I do hope he actually gets to take a moment to enjoy some of the festival instead of constantly working. [Which might be hard, given that it's almost over, but one could hope.]
transient_specter: (look i'm brooding)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-29 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
We can hope, but it's doubtful. Still, at least it's something to do that he enjoys.
draculabackwards: (smile)

[personal profile] draculabackwards 2017-05-30 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
He did seem to be throwing all his enthusiasm into it. At the very least, you only have another day to suffer through allergies.
transient_specter: (holy shit that's cute)

[personal profile] transient_specter 2017-05-30 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
True. And then I'll spend the next week picking him up from wherever he's fallen asleep. Oh, well. I don't mind.