Let the Festival Begin [Day 143 | Day 144]

[bastionmods]

Who: EVERYONE
Open: Open
When: Day 143 & 144
Where: All over the Bastion
What: The first two days of the Harvest Festival
Format Any
Warnings: None

For the past week or so, it may feel like to some that the Bastion is gearing up for something. And not anything bad, either. Something good and oh so needed. It's not just the people, the Caels and the Ura that are aware of what the coming days would mean if the world was still intact. It's like the very Bastion itself has suddenly gained new life, and there's a power over it that's greater than any person, creature or Core.

Anyone who is still awake as dawn breaks over the Bastion may find themselves inexplicably tired for no reason at all, and unable to give in to an intense need to close their eyes, just for a moment.

When everyone wakes, and I do mean everyone, the Bastion will be transformed. Decorations, lights strung across every angle, wreaths, tables with colorful cloths over them, streamers and banners and so much stuff just seemingly out of nowhere! The entire Bastion, suddenly a vibrant, beautiful place for a celebration. And not just any celebration.

The Harvest Festival!

Comments

[croceamors]

[...Goddammit, Axel, he can't trust you to be responsible about anything.]

Well, what did it taste like?

[coolerthansora]

I dunno, just... [He makes a face trying to remember it, then nods to Saix's booze.]

How's that stuff taste?

[croceamors]

It's very... sweet, but thick. It may be more to your liking. Do you want some?

[I mean, it's not like he can be worse than Axel in this subject considering what he did.]

[coolerthansora]

...sure, I'll try it.

[C'mon, there's nothing irresponsible about this. Anyway practically everyone's drinking something.]

[croceamors]

Here.

[They are going to be so responsible. Definitely. With that, Saix holds up the bottle to Roxas.]

[coolerthansora]

[Roxas takes the bottle and tries a swig of it. There's a thoughtful look on his face as he considers the flavor.]

It's- not so bad, actually.

[croceamors]

Then that might be best for you. You can have it- I prefer more bitter tastes.

[He gives a shrug. Considering the size of this table, he's not particularly concerned about finding more booze.]

[coolerthansora]

Oh. Okay.

[He'll just keep this bottle then with its Saix germs. Gonna finish his ice cream before having any more though.]

So you... actually drink sometimes I guess.

[croceamors]

Yes.

[To be fair, really only recently and because he apparently knows nothing but bad influences. (Thanks Axel and Anya.)]

Are you going to be surprised everytime I do something that doesn't have to do with work?

[coolerthansora]

[Is he really surprised every time? Well, it is still hard to imagine Saix doing non-work things.]

I just meant- Axel hardly ever drinks.

[croceamors]

[He's trapped himself in that reputation. Such tragedy.]

I hardly do as well, but this is a festival. Drinking isn't particularly unusual.

[coolerthansora]

[Maybe eventually he'll work his way out of it. Like in a few years.]

Yeah... Though I'm not sure exactly what we're celebrating.

[croceamors]

[More like a decade.]

I overheard from the natives here that it has something to do with harvest time and the Gods. Beyond that, I don't have any idea.

[He starts to look over the various different bottles that are on offer.]

[coolerthansora]

Did they make you go to the shrine, too?

[Here goes the last of his ice cream.]

[croceamors]

[An annoyed sigh as he goes to pick up a blocky bottle filled with a warm looking drink.]

Yes. I went simply so that there wasn't any chance of that woman bothering me at a later date. I don't much care for gods.

[coolerthansora]

[Ice cream gone, Roxas picks up his bottle of brandy and looks at it for a moment.]

I think some of them are nice, but I don't know any of the ones she talked about.

[croceamors]

They seem exclusive to this World. I suppose we'll find out more the longer we stay here, granted we pay attention.

[Saix shrugs before taking a drink.]

[coolerthansora]

Well, Vatheon brought in a few gods. You might've actually liked Little Sun, he was a dog.

[Look, he remembers a non-work thing that you like.]

D'you think the ones here are going to show up?

[croceamors]

...What was he the god of?

[Good job, Roxas, A+ for your remembering skills. Then again, with how much Axel heckles you, it's a given.]

I can't say. You would think they would have arrived here by now.

[coolerthansora]

I guess the sun, like his mom. Not exactly your element, but... he was a good friend.

[Hopefully Chibi's world didn't get affected by all this, or at least maybe gods are immune. He takes a drink.]

Are we supposed to know what they look like?

[croceamors]

Well, the sun and the moon have a close relationship.

[Saix takes another drink. He... thinks he's handling his booze better this time. Maybe.]

There were depictions in the shrine, but there's no telling how accurate those are.

[coolerthansora]

Mm.

[Still trying to figure out how much he likes the taste of this.]

And you figure if they've got a lot of power, they could be in disguise or invisible or something.

[croceamors]

Then we're just getting into far too many "what ifs". Whether they're here in disguise or not, the festival is still going on.

[coolerthansora]

...yeah. Maybe we should celebrate- our own stuff.

[croceamors]

Like Christmas, you mean?