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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.




prayed: (460.ginger milk curd)

[personal profile] prayed 2017-05-29 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Kyoko raps on his temple with her knuckle to make sure he knows exactly who was calling and has now moved onto knocking, a smile briefly flitting across her face before it fades back into worry. It's not like him to let himself be taken by surprise like this.

"I thought we could go see the festival together, but..." She cocks her head to one side, gingerly placing her hand on his arm, "Are you okay? You were pretty out of it just now."
kouteipenguin: (no goggles - 38)

[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-05-29 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Once she upgrades into knocking, he waves at her hand, trying to bat her away and duck to the side at the same time. But it's short lived when the smile vanishes off her face, moving into a worry that Michi knows is entirely because of his inability to act right.

He sighs, and nods.

"I'm okay. I'm just a little out of it. Probably need water or something." What else can he say? 'oh, this app has started to really get to me'? Even thinking about the words makes him feel uneasy; he's not about to risk it. Especially since, at the best possible outcome, she'd just be more worried for him. It's his job to worry about her; not the other way around. As much as he hates having to lie to Kyoko, he doesn't have any other choice. Hopefully she'll forgive him for it.

"But anyway, about the festival. I'd love to."
prayed: (016.castella)

[personal profile] prayed 2017-06-03 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Kyoko fixes him with a concerned stare for a moment, as though her gaze alone might be enough to cause him to crumble and confess to whatever it is that's bothering him. It's only after her efforts fail that Kyoko seems to set aside her misgivings, a wide grin replacing her worry.

Naturally, her second thought is related to filling up her stomach.

"Ah! Great! There's a stall over here that has a bunch of flower candies and stuff." Kyoko grabs his hand without another word and starts tugging at him. "C'mon! I wanna try all of them! Ah, we have to check out WonderWorld Park too!"
kouteipenguin: (no goggles - 41)

[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-06-03 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
It's so hard to not crumble under that stare. He has to force himself to stay strong, letting the guilt coil heavier in his stomach. She knows he's lying. He knows she knows. And yet, he's willing to do so anyway... needless to say, it's a relief when she returns to a topic far more enjoyable and fun. Honestly, Michi's looking forward to this, too.

The second tug is all it takes to get Michi following along at any speed she sets. "What if we save WonderWorld park for another day? It's free all week, isn't it? That way, we can focus on here for now and do more."

And what are the odds that they both are going to want to do everything there? They're high. As they near the stall, he changes gears.

"So are they candies shaped like flowers, or made of flowers?"