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bastionmods ([personal profile] bastionmods) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2014-01-01 08:28 am

The Festival Continues [Day 144]

Who: Everyone
Open: Open
When: Day 144
Where: all over the Bastion
What: Day 2 of the festival because that other post filled up fast
Format: any
Warnings: none

Day 2 - Day of Hope and Bravery

Once again, at midnight, another torch arrives - this time with a horse along with the gear and bullshead. As before, they are list by Zulf. Some of the other decorations fade out, to be replaced by Yudrig or Lemaign-specific decorations like horseshoes, saddles, hammers and plants made of colored metal. This will continue to happen throughout the festival, with new decorations overshadowing old ones, but the old ones still remaining here and there.

During the previous day, conversations with a any of the NPCs (or the recently arrived Uras) will bring up the topic of the second day of the festival. Should you care to listen, you'll learn that they use the very early morning of this day to make wishes, wishes that you must think in to a horseshoe that will be left on the side of your home that faces where the "sun" would be rising (the closest approximation to "east").

Speaking of horses! There seems to be a pen with stallions! Unlike Pyth, one must ride one of these stallions and try to stay on it as long as they can while it bucks and jumps about wildly. Good luck to whoever can manage this, it is not an easy task at all! Only one person can win Yudrig's favor, because at the end of the day the stallions will all take off back to... wherever they came from. The person that manages to stay the longest, though, will win a lovely pair of Yudrig boots, and will gain a single very fast horse for the Bastion to keep.

Along with the horses, there will also be races! Three legged races, races while balancing odd objects on spoons, so many races! Most of these are for the kids to make up for the lack of kid-focused things from the day before, but adults are encouraged to help and participate.

Incidentally, respect is also given to those considered soldiers. Be it by their own mental thinking ("I am a soldier for justice/I am a protector, etc") or by their actual title (this includes exorcists, exorcists in training, rebel leaders, etc) but they will be honored on this day for their bravery, comittment and efforts. The same goes for masons. There will be a table set up with charms for the bracelets, specifically hammer shaped ones - everyone is welcome to take one, but anyone who isn't of this persausion may find them too heavy to wear. The charm can be removed, though, but remember to keep the bracelet!

With that in mind, about midday the center of the Bastion will be cleared and people will be asked if they would like to participate in a game of "Defend Lemaign". It's basically Capture the Flag, but with a singular goal in mind - only one team has a "flag" (actually a small hammer statue) and that team must defend it from the other team. Teams can be any size, but once that statue is grabbed and brought to the other side, OR the timer runs out with Lemaign still within his "temple" the game is over. This will continue throughout the afternoon.

When evening falls again, the second torch for the day will appear to be lit, this one decorated with hammers as well as the standard gear and bull. The day begins to wind down, though there are once again other things to do - this time an entire area dedicated to various sizes of building blocks ranging from small to huge. Go nuts, build what you want, show off your creations! And keep them, they will come in handy later! This is not just for kids, even if it seems like it.

There's also jousting taking place. Nothing as dangerous as true jousting - just wooden horses on tracks that have to be manually pushed along (so be sure to take a willing friend with yout) and padded poles that strike padded armor. Winners will find more charms for those bracelets that were given out as their prize, and five shards per win.

Also, something to keep in mind: Since the day is focused around bravery quite a bit, anyone who shows off a particularly awesome show of bravery (be it personal like asking someone out that you like, facing a mild fear and not running away from it, or something even more spectacular) you will inexplicably find your entire room decorated with horseshoes. Horseshoes everywhere. Why? Yudrig, that's why.

And anyone who visits Lemagin's shrine, for whatever reason, will find themselves inexplicably hit with a wave of optimism. Just for the day, though.

This night winds down much the same as before, and again the children are encouraged to sleep outside while lulled to sleep by tales of Yudrig and Lemagin's adventures.
dissectionislove: (happy cracked lenses)

[personal profile] dissectionislove 2014-01-01 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm? [There's a tug on the sleeve of his lab coat that catches him off-guard. Sure, a giant dragon speaking to him in some sort of ancient tongue doesn't garner much beyond the perk of a brow, but this little girl approaching him sets him completely off-kilter. That makes all kinds of sense. Still, seeing Anna, his flat expression softens noticeably, even without his knowledge.] Oh, hello Anna.
aprettyred: (Don't go)

[personal profile] aprettyred 2014-01-01 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello...

[ Softening expression or no, her hands still grip the front of her dress. ]

I'm.. sorry for running, and panicking. You were trying to help...
dissectionislove: (happy cracked lenses)

[personal profile] dissectionislove 2014-01-02 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is Stein we’re talking about, here – he gets that reaction a lot. In all seriousness, he understands why she did what she did, probably better than he’d like to. He puts a gentle palm on her hair, expression startlingly kind, for anyone who knows him. Well, except maybe his former students.]

It’s all right. You did what you needed to.
aprettyred: (Don't go)

[personal profile] aprettyred 2014-01-03 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
The pain and the burns were me.

[ That sure came out in a rush. ]

I panicked and they leaked out. I'm sorry.
dissectionislove: (huh what?)

[personal profile] dissectionislove 2014-01-05 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[That makes sense to him, actually, but he'd previously taken it as a physiological response to the body being inundated with outside influence. He's no stranger to that, after all.]

No need to be sorry.

[Whether it's something in Anna's words or the words themselves, something about them changes Stein's perspective. Is this... an ability she fights for control of? If she was an adult, he'd blurt out whatever was on his mind, point blank. However, since she's only a child, he takes a stab at using tact.]

Can I ask how you did it?
aprettyred: (Don't go)

[personal profile] aprettyred 2014-01-05 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Anna tugs at her skirt a little. ]

I see things. At the facility, they said I could see all sorts of things, which was why I was dangerous. I sometimes see the past, sometimes the future. Sometimes its things on the other side of the wall, or on the other side of the house. Or from an image, I can find it on a map, if its a good image, and its on the map. ... Or I can try to connect to things.

[ Her expression closes off a little. ]

I think, because I can reach a whole lot, a whole lot gets in? Because when I get upset, I.. let what is inside out? The burns and the drowning, and the loss, that is... what I know, so...

[ And that is a little scary, to think about. Why does this tiny girl know drowning or burns? ]
dissectionislove: (piercing eyes)

[personal profile] dissectionislove 2014-01-15 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Upon hearing her explanation, Stein nods solemnly.] I see.

[Coming from the world he's known, her ability isn't surprising at all. Despite that, he can't help but think of their first meeting, and it leads him to make an inference. While it might seem a little far-fetched to some, it sounds logical to him.]

Does that ability have anything to do with the marbles?

[After all, she had been staring so intently at them when he first found her, as if dependent upon them for something.]
aprettyred: (Are you going to pick me up too?)

[personal profile] aprettyred 2014-01-21 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
I search through them. Sometimes they show me the future, or what someone faraway that I am close to is doing. ... and I can see all the colors if I look through them.