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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.
fuckthemancers: (Eyes open wide)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2014-01-02 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
I'll see you then.

For now, I suppose I should leave you alone with your... maniacal laughter inducing socks.
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2014-01-02 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Come on, try it with me, just once. You'll never know what you're missing if you don't.

[Drawing a deep breath, Colin throws his head backwards and laughs to the sky.]

MWA HA HA HA!
fuckthemancers: (Eyes open wide)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2014-01-02 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[...]

I think what I'll be missing is a chance to look positively out of my mind, which I am afraid to say will not be much of a loss on my end.
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2014-01-02 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
It's okay. Not everyone can be as carefree and relaxed as I am.

[He teases because he's growing to like you.]

Some day, though, I'll get you to do it.
fuckthemancers: (Tear your heart out for what)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2014-01-02 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh boy. Zulf just gives a shake of his head.]

I cannot imagine a single situation where I would laugh like that, I'm quite sorry.
freedom_engineer: (Head cocked)

[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2014-01-02 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I am going to build a vid theater, JUST so you can experience some of the great minds that brought you those laughs in the future.

[Colin grins, and he shakes his head.]

I'm going to head and set this up in my place.

[He pats the ship model affectionately.]
fuckthemancers: (I'm coming home)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2014-01-02 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope you realize I have no idea what you just said.

[Zulf shakes his head as well and steps aside so that Colin can go on his way, although he does glance at the ship model.]

What is it?
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2014-01-02 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
A means of multi-sensory story-telling. It probably means nothing to you if you've never seen a vid before. That's okay, some day I'll change that.

[Colin blinks, and he beams and holds it up.]

This is my baby, the Firestorm. Or rather, a model of her.

She's a heavily modified Esper Class two-seater. One of the fastest ships in the galaxy.

[Technically, it's a heavy fighter craft, but Colin doesn't think Zulf needs to ponder on that little fact.]

She's the memory of home that I wanted to hold in my hands. And I'm going to be thanking of each of the gods that they were able to give her back to me. Especially Yudrig, I bet he'd have loved her if he ever got to see her in action.
fuckthemancers: (I'm coming home)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2014-01-02 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Still not quite sure what is happening in this conversation, but Zulf is doing his best to guess. 'Ship' he knows, at least.]

Well if it's fast and has to do with the stars, then it's no wonder he took such an interest in it.
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[personal profile] freedom_engineer 2014-01-02 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Be glad that he's keeping it simple for you. When it comes to the Firestorm, he WILL bust out the scientific and engineering terms to anyone who shows even the faintest bit of interest.]

She's a spacecraft, yes. There isn't a part on her that I didn't put there with my own two hands, and I've spent years of my life tweaking her just to get every sliver of extra speed out of her.

She's what I'm proud of. More than anything else in existence.
fuckthemancers: (I'm coming home)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2014-01-02 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Then I suppose this is a perfect gift for you.