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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.




kouteipenguin: (no goggles - 69)

Michi Yamashita | OTA

[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-05-22 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
1.

Usually Michi loves celebrations and festivals. There's always something new and interesting to look at; there's absolutely no telling what will happen. He sweeps through initially with his usual enthusiasm, peering through displays of improbable flowers and squinting both at the flowers and the people trying to sell them - 'are you sure these are real? They don't look real.' - to meandering over to investigate the food. This whirlwind stops abruptly as he catches sight of one of the countdown timers.

Something in his mind immediately flashes back to another countdown that's burned into his mind at this point. There's only 13 days left now until the awakening... He freezes entirely, eyes wide as if he's never seen those timers before in his life. Michi's a short kid; 14 and generously described as 5 feet tall; the crowd swirls around him as if he wasn't even there. But in this lively place, he's reverted to a statue, mind a million miles away.

Please don't run into him. Or do.

2.

Michi was late to the ceremony; there's just too many distractions around, and he made it his personal mission to visit every last thing while he still could. This turned out to be a mistake, since he ends up wedged in the middle trending towards the back right behind some people far too tall for him to see around. He ends up standing up to try anyway, figuring he'll look for another place to relocate. Where's a good option...? He'll just start moving before the fireworks start. Everyone will be looking up, so it's his best bet to be unobtrusive-


Even before he notices anything else, he notices that again, his vision is limited.
He's wearing blinders of some kind for the third time in a row, and Michi instantly knows what this has to be.

A giant winged fireball - a phoenix? - rises high above the field. The whole field watches; his whole body aches with bruises that he's barely even feeling at the time. All of his focus is right on the ball as it's carried on wings of flame to slam into the opposing goalkeeper. He stands his ground for a few seconds, but on seeing the massive wall of firebird approaching, ducks to the side for cover at the last second.

"Score reversal!" the announcer screams jubilantly. "Raimon has finally taken the lead!"

And just as the score is announced, the whistle blows.

"And that's the end of the match! The Football Frontier finals goes to Raimon with a dramatic turntable score!"

They all stare at the scoreboard, in shock. It seems impossible. First half ended with a score of 0-3; there had been no way they could possibly fight. But they endured, lead by their captain. And now... the second half ends with a score of 4-0. By one point in an unimaginable turnaround, they had actually won. The shock begins to bleed away into a fierce, jubilant pride. That feeling of victory is overwhelming. It ripples like a shockwave through the whole team as looks of disbelief turn to ones of joy. All around him, his teammates scream as one -




But he can't make out what it was. He can only hear the whole thing fade out into a fierce ringing noise that takes over his whole mind. The world seems strange, for a moment; as if people look wrong, somehow...

But that, too is gone. And Michi realizes belatedly that he's stumbled when the memory took him, having stumbled to the side and ending up on top of someone trying to watch the fireworks.

Week Prompts

Wonderworld park had Michi's full attention at 'free rides'. That's where he spends as much of Saturday as possible (any other days, unfortunately, aren't really viable), trying out literally everything he can. It feels like it's going to take him far longer than he has to manage this, given the unending lines. After standing around staring forward, then fiddling with his phone, looking up occasionally to see if anyone's looking at him, then staring at the sky looking immensely bored. Yes, he is fourteen. Yes, he is unsupervised. Yes, this is a thing that's happening. He finally speaks up, asking no one in particular - "Is it just me, or is the whole population of Eddan here?"


Wildcard

[I will follow whatever style you want to post in, so if you prefer action that's completely fine. Want something else, or another prompt? Hit me up and we'll make it happen!]
Edited 2017-05-22 07:24 (UTC)
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[personal profile] forsteri 2017-05-22 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
His head hurts. Yoshio had climbed down from his spot in between the planters after the fireworks had ceased, thinking maybe it was best he find somewhere he could get a bottle of water before he went home. He wasn't really paying attention to his surroundings -- and so when someone bowls him right over his first thought is 'why wasn't I watching where I was going', rather than wondering why the other person wasn't watching where they were going.

"Oh, sorry --"

He blinks, reaching forward to support the stranger, and then realizes as he's apologizing just who it is that ran into him.

"Michi?"
kouteipenguin: (no goggles - 35)

[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-05-23 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
If this wasn't embarrassing enough, it just has to turn out to be someone he recognizes that caught him. Michi blinks up at Yoshio for a second, then hastily tries to straighten up. He's unsteady on his feet at first; his head is still pounding with the aftereffects of the vision.

"Yoshio?! Sorry-" Michi rubs at his head, backing up as far as he can go without running into another chair. "I was, uh..."

He was completely out of his head for a second there, but there's no way he can say that without sounding insane. He may be going crazy thanks to that app, but it'd be nice if the whole school didn't know. "Fireworks."

Nice, Michi, what an excellent save.
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[personal profile] forsteri 2017-05-24 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Michi backs away from him as fast as he ran into him and Yoshio is left standing with his hands outstretched. They hover there for a moment before he lowers them slowly to his sides again. Fireworks, Michi says, and yet...

"... Yeah," he says softly, after a moment. It's almost drowned out by the rumble of the crowd around them. "I think I know what you mean." Except he certainly can't blame everything going on with him just on the fireworks, can he?

"I don't know if they were particularly bright this time, or..." Or he's just having another weird hallucination, but he certainly can't share that part of this. Not with Michi, who can not be allowed to know about this weirdness going on with him. Yoshio Koutarou is completely normal. Of course he is.

Yes.

"... I'm going to find some water, if you want to come."
kouteipenguin: (no goggles - 23)

[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-06-01 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Water. Water sounds good," Michi echoes, retroactively crafting a statement as he shakes himself more into this world and away from the echoes of - a memory? a hallucination? - he's not even sure. "Probably didn't drink enough of that..."

He's grateful for the excuse to be acting strange. Not having enough water can be really brutal, he's learned firsthand. That could completely explain his losing control of where he was going for a while if he's dehydrated or the like, couldn't it?
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[personal profile] forsteri 2017-06-05 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't think I did either," he says quietly. But he knows he did. During the incident with the gulls, Yoshio had been forced to leave his bottle of juice where it was on the picnic table. After that, he'd found somewhere to get a bottle of water, instead, and refilled it from drinking fountains as needed. But of course his bottle is empty again.

"There's someone nearby that sells water bottles. I'll show you."
kouteipenguin: (no goggles - 62)

[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-06-05 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thanks." They'll miss the fireworks if they're wandering around, but Michi's seen fireworks before. He'll live if he doesn't get the show - so it's all up to whether or not Yoshio wants to stand here and watch them start up, or show him and see if they can race the clock.

It'll probably be the second one, but he's okay with that. If someone careened into him like that, he'd be really worried.
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[personal profile] forsteri 2017-06-11 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yoshio doesn't really care about the fireworks. They'll see bits of them -- they're big, after all, and wide-spread -- but on the whole, either way is fine with him. As it is, though -- Michi practically ran him over. Is it really okay for him to be on his own right now?

"Over here." Yoshio leads him quietly, his hands in his pockets. "Did you have a headache?"
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[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-05-26 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
There won't be any running into- hopefully not ever, because there's a lanky teenager idly waiting on his tables in the nearby outdoor cafe run by the GVGC. With a lull in the action, he's idly been glancing out to the passing crowds when he spots the boy suddenly freezing up. When he doesn't move after a few seconds, worry strikes through Ciro, and he leaves his post. Lenka and the others won't mind, he's sure- if anything they'd understand.

"Hey- are you alright?"
kouteipenguin: (no goggles - 35)

[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-05-29 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Michi stiffens in surprise at the question, then frowns, embarrassed. Was he being weird...? He must have been, if it was noticeable. There's no possible way he could try to explain what was up, even if he wanted to. What's he going to say, that he's never seen a countdown timer before despite living here most of his life?

Yeah, no. That's not an option. With one last lingering look back at the counter, he turns to completely face the person.

"Yeah... Yeah, I'm fine."

He sounds less convinced about that than he should, and the smile he flashes to try to sell it doesn't reach his eyes.
kokuyoyo: (Tell him next time I'm going to be)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-05-31 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds fake, but okay. Ciro knows he isn't exactly the best at this empathy or social thing, so, when it's certain that he's alright, he takes an awkward step away. Still....

"Well, if you're fine, would you like to come try the GVGC's floral cafe?" He gestures behind him, where the cafe has been set up. "A good majority of our menu incorporates actual edible flowers into them." And it'll be a good way for him to sit down and catch his breath if he really is feeling sick but doesn't want to let anyone know about it. Ciro likes to think it's a decent excuse, anyway.
kouteipenguin: (no goggles - 42)

[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-05-31 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Michi's head follows where Ciro indicates. A cafe probably is a good idea, he figures. At the least, some water wouldn't hurt. It might even help. He takes the pretense for what it is, and pounces on the most normal thing to question about that statement.

"There's edible flowers?"

It's true that he's curious, but mostly he's glad for the offer to be forced back out of his own thoughts again. It's proving harder do that more and more lately.

"Okay, that I've got to see."
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[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-06-01 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
A dry smile flicks across Ciro's face as he starts to guide Michi through the crowd and over to the cafe. "Technically all flowers are edible, there's just a lot of them that will kill you," he says, pulling out a seat for him.

"But some plants, like roses and lavender, can be used in recipes. We use them for our cold brews and lattes and, if you don't like coffee, we also have rose appleade. Our cakes come in rose and lavender flavors too."
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[personal profile] prayed 2017-05-28 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Cousin. Bro. What're you doing?

Kyoko heaves out an exaggerated sigh when she sees Michi standing around, looking like he'd never seen a timer in his life. When her subtle hinting doesn't prove to be enough to catch his attention, she redoubles her efforts. She lets out another sigh, louder this time, and bumps his shoulder with her curled fist, using just enough force to get his attention.

"Oi! Earth to Michi! You in there?"

Despite acting in her typical loud and obnoxious manner, though, if he were to look Michi would see the worry written on her face. This isn't like him.
kouteipenguin: (no goggles - 35)

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[personal profile] kouteipenguin 2017-05-29 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
"Eh?!"

Michi jumps in a momentary surge of panic that's just as quickly replaced by embarrassment once his mind asserts who that is. He hadn't noticed her at all... which was weird. Usually Kyoko was loud enough to be pretty easy to find. He counted on that very fact sometimes.

It wasn't that often that she could completely sneak up on him. Then again, it wasn't that often he completely zoned out.

"Maybe, depends on who's calling." It's a lame joke meant to diffuse things before she asks questions, but something about that doesn't feel quite enough like a joke. He shoves that feeling aside and smiles as genuinely as he can manage. Hopefully that'll be enough... "...Hi. What's up?"
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[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."
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[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?"