The Longest Day (Open to All)

[cordibus]

Who: Open Log (All)
Where: Point-à-Tarte
Summary: The Longest Day
Warnings: N/A

"Do they ever stop partying? Probably not...I gotta say that's one thing Eddan has going for itself..."

A Festival for the Sunlight

Eddan prides itself in its many festivals. While the summer solstice doesn’t have much religious significance to the city, it’s surged back into popularity as a holiday partly due to the city’s curfew. More daylight means more time to be out and about and to party!

It’s for this reason that the rest of the week is a holiday for most of the city. Everywhere people look, the city is decorated in bright flowers and lights that light up even the darkest of night (although everyone is warned to stay inside regardless).

A music festival with rock and electronic concerts is being arranged in Point-à-Tarte's park. Many great local acts are scheduled to take the stage until sunset, though that won’t be enough for some. The party will move into bunkers and underground clubs once the sun goes down, with the pounding beat of the music lasting until dawn.

The Arrows Never Lie

However for the Awakened, they will soon notice something odd. Some of the festival goers around them will take on a different appearance if they don’t look at them directly. If that’s not enough for someone to notice, the red arrows that begin to appear over their heads with the same symbol from Applenet is a pretty big clue.

No one else seems to notice, however. Not even the people themselves.

However if an Awakened person gets closer to one of them, a disclaimer will appear on their phone.

"Don't overdo it, got it? If you shake their brain too much, it might be dangerous. But keep a close eye on them for me, won't ya? Don't give them multiple headaches! That's bad!"

[OOC: If Awakened speak with non-Awakened characters, their conversations may bring little bits of memory back to them. However, be careful! If they overload them with memories they might attract the attention of something they wouldn't want to. Let us know if that happens!]

Comments

[failedhandjob]

[to all Awakened, Emily will have a nice red arrow over her head! because of the lowish back on her tank top, out of the corner of their eye they may also see what appear to be a multitude scars there - or is that blood..?]

one;

[although Emily's social circle is respectably healthy for a teenage girl, there are some days when it feels just as nice to go out on one's own. after the strange occurrences with her phone - and whatever that feeling had been - the solstice festival offered just such a lovely opportunity. it was hard to find time for troubling self-reflection among so much color and sound.

Emily herself is sporting a lovely flower crown on her head which serves a secondary purpose; as twilight begins to creep in with the approach of sunset, the flexible glo-headband she'd cleverly woven into the crown makes itself known. whether you catch sight of her then or earlier in the day, it's a very cute setup.

it doesn't appear to be enough to satisfy her floral appetite, however, as she's currently checking out the flower display. as she peers at the lovely blossoms all around, she can't help but murmur to herself.]

I wonder if any of these are really hardy..?

[it's not for her this time. she's thinking of bringing something back to her parents' daycare to give the kids a way to learn about responsibility.]


two;

[the concerts are pretty nice, but some of the attendees could definitely use a refresher course in manners. they have so few opportunities to really take advantage of the way they can with the solstice, and so they're diving into partying with an almost reckless abandon.

it's entirely reckless abandon for people like Emily, just a little too slight to do well alone in frantic crowds. she'd only wanted to listen to a little music and soak up some of the atmosphere, but instead finds herself exiting rapidly after being unable to stop anyone from jostling her around a little too roughly.]

Geez.

[her cheeks puff out in silent indignation as she pulls her flower crown off her head to inspect the damage. honestly, none of that was called for.]


wildcard;

[come at me, friends.]

two

[seigikan]

[In an instant, there's someone at Emily's side, looking her over with great concern.]

Are you alright? No one hurt you, did they?

[Hotaru has been listening to the music from a distance precisely because the crowd looks so rowdy. Seeing someone leave so rattled, however, requires her direct attention. If there's wrongdoing going on, then she's obligated to do something about it. She is, after all, a...

Actually, she's supposed to be Harper Miles right now, not Hotaru Tachibana. Oh well. Justice never sleeps.]

[failedhandjob]

[Emily starts a little at the sudden appearance of another person, but her expression melts into an easygoing smile soon after.]

Oh, no, I'm fine! I just didn't realize that everyone was going to be so worked up.

[aside from being a little shaken up, she really was fine; it was good fortune that she'd managed to realize things were getting too much early on and makes her way out relatively unscathed. definitely nothing to get a stranger worked up about - although her lips can't help but tug into a gentle frown as she looks back down at her headgear.]

They crushed most of my flowers, though. [she sighs] I guess I should feel lucky they didn't break any of the lights.

[seigikan]

They crushed your flowers?! Who crushed your flowers?

[She's already looking over Emily's shoulder at the crowd, trying to see if she can figure out who the culprit is. Because that is simply unacceptable behavior, no matter who or where you are, and something needs to be done about it.]

[failedhandjob]

[oh my god girl calm yourself. Emily laughs, shaking her head gently. even if she was kind of annoyed, she knows how futile enacting some kind of punishment for this would be. better for everyone's blood pressure to let it go.]

I couldn't really tell you! The crowd's so big I don't even really know when exactly it happened.

[seigikan]

[You can practically see the wheels turning in her head. It's only what feels like a lifetime's worth of false memories that's keeping her from taking immediate action. Harper Miles was a lot more sensible than Hotaru Tachibana is capable of being.]

If I went around and got up on stage between songs...

[Though, admittedly, "sensible" at this point really boils down to talking through her plans out loud instead of acting on pure impulse.]

[failedhandjob]

[this is dangerously similar to the thought process of some of the kids she babysits for - but thankfully that also means that Emily has a few tricks up her sleeve to maybe prevent the concert from being thrown into even further chaos with a stage interloper.]

Mm, well, I'm probably going to go get some ice cream. You want any?

[seigikan]

What?! At a time like this?

[She boggles at her like she can't believe what she's hearing.]

Ta-- That is...I need to do something about this! This can't be allowed to go unpunished!

[She's completely sincere about it, which is the most dangerous part.]

[failedhandjob]

I heard there's a place where if you buy two you get a coupon for half off the biggest size, so it'd be really great if you came.

[and there's Emily, just blithely steamrolling along like the other girl hasn't said a goddamn odd thing since they bumped into each other. she's got a much cooler head under pressure than she gives herself credit for.]

Justice takes a lot of energy, right? It'd be better if you fueled up now and took them by surprise.

two lets do this thing

[rooftopempress]

[As Emily exits to avoid the jostling crowd, she just might end up being jostled by someone else trying to dodge out of the party! And this advanced cycle student takes the jostling much less gracefully than Emily will, stumbling and nearly falling over onto her face.]

Ah hell, sorry about that! You okay? Didn't see you there.

ye ye ye

[failedhandjob]

[oh, geez. Emily instinctively reaches out with her free hand to try and keep the other girl from falling over, although thankfully she seems to recover herself before any outside help is actually required.]

I'm fine! Are you alright?

[she may be short, but she's also not the one that nearly got a nice mouthful of pavement for their troubles.]

/comes at

[rooftopempress]

What me? Pffft, don't worry about it. Took harder spills afore.

[Despite taking an unpleasant spill, the elder student just brushes it off more like it was a sneeze than something that could have hurt. Her smile is constrained somewhat by the crowd but clearly honest in its own way]

Some of the best days I've had have been from falling over, they have! [She laughs as she works to try and ease the younger woman's mind about what had just happened]

[failedhandjob]

[Emily's not really buying it, but the comical attempts to shoo any concerns away at least manage to elicit a laugh. maybe she laughs because she doesn't really buy it, rather than in spite of it.]

I'm pretty sure you're supposed to see a doctor when that happens.

[rooftopempress]

[Delilah exaggeratedly rolls her eyes, her face lighting up as the other woman laughs. Honestly this stranger's laughter was making her day more than whole festival.]

What if I said that it was the doctors that made me fall over, that day so long ago?

[failedhandjob]

Mmm...that's when you call a lawyer, I think.

[it's a little bit like talking playful nonsense with the kids she watches over now and then, and Emily falls into the rhythm easily. fun always came naturally to her.]

[rooftopempress]

But then they call their lawyers and their assist moves are WAY better than mine are and they end up taking the best of three.

[She droops overly dramatically before getting jostled by some other party goer, her playful grin warping into an annoyed grimace. She lets out a sigh and thumbs towards an emptier spot nearby]

This blows. You wanna bail?

[failedhandjob]

Yeah, it's probably safer that way. I think they're going to be coming out of there for a while.

[she pauses for a moment to make sure that the other woman isn't going to topple over from the secondary assault before starting off towards the aforementioned locale herself. always better to be safe than sorry, after all.]

one

[kokuyoyo]

[Even if Chikusa thinks of the Gardening Club as something from a false life, well, he has to admit it's still something that has his interest now. Besides, it offers a good excuse to not deal with people too much.]

[That's why he's looking over the flowers as well, having offered to get some plants that were on sale for the GVGC. At a voice speaking up, he glances to the side.]

...Bad with plants?

[failedhandjob]

[Emily looks a little bashful at her thoughtful murmuring having actually been picked up by someone else, although not enough to warrant an apology. she laughs instead, waving her hand gently.]

Oh, no, I do alright enough. I wanted to get a few for the kids at my parents' daycare.

[and no matter how well-meaning the child...well, the tougher the plant the better.]

[kokuyoyo]

....Bean sprouts.

[He goes back to idly browsing even as he says it.]

Seeing the whole thing makes it easier to care...

[failedhandjob]

[she considers this for a moment or two before breaking into a pleased smile.]

That sounds like a pretty good suggestion, thanks! They'd probably like to see all the funny shapes they can sprout into.

[another thought crosses her mind, and she can't help but laugh softly at it.]

It'd probably give my parents an excuse to try and talk about proper nutrition, too, but I don't think that's going to go over as well.

[kokuyoyo]

They'll be ignored. [At best. Chikusa looks over the leaves of one plant in particular.] ...And it'll take away from learning about plants...

You can't shove everything onto people...

[failedhandjob]

Not all at once, anyway.

[she makes a thoughtful noise, bending in to get a closer look at things now that she actually knows what she's looking for. they're all going to grow up the same, but somehow it feels very important to be discerning about what she picks.]

As long as they make some nice memories, I think it'll be a success.

[kokuyoyo]

[That has him pause. Nice memories.... What to say to that, when it's relatively certain that all of the ones he thought he knew are fake?]

...And if they forget those memories?

[failedhandjob]

Well, they are pretty young. I'd be surprised if all of them remembered that sort of thing for the rest of their lives.

[but she smiles anyway, idly turning a nearby pot so that the blossom faces forward.]

But that's fine. Even if they forget what shape their favorite bean sprout sort of looked like, they're always going to remember the feelings it gave them. That's what's really important.

[there were so many parts of her own childhood - hell, her own school life - that she couldn't recall with any clarity. but she knew the emotions, could still tell exactly how she felt. the heart hung onto those things, the ones that colored a person's vision of the past. it was fine.]