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bastionmods ([personal profile] bastionmods) wrote in [community profile] thebastion2014-01-04 01:20 pm

And in to the third day... [Day 145]

Who: Everyone
Open: Open
When: Day 145
Where: All over the Bastion
What: Day 3 of the festival
Format: Any
Warnings: None


Day 3 - Day of Pleasure and Purpose

The next lamp appears in the Bastion, this time with mirrors on one side. And of course a certain Ura gets to light it.

Oddly enough, there seem to be roses everywhere in the Bastion, almost completely obscuring any of the previous decorations. They're still there, just... buried. Behind bushes, next to vases, under mounds of rose petals. You can't escape it! They won't do anything bad to you, of course, but you might start finding rose petals in your hair, in your pockets, or lingering on your clothes as the day goes by. Mirrors also join the decorations, but besides that, all reflective surfaces (windows and mirrors) will suddenly have clearer reflections, and be decorated in rose borders. Unfortunately this means looking through actual windows will be a mite difficult as you'll see reflections more than you'll see the other side of them.

Today will also be a day of blindfold games! Guess the object! Guess how many are in this box! Place this thing in that thing! All without looking! Prizes will be given out to those who get through these blindfold games - another charm for your bracelet, and maybe two or three shards per win.

Along with these games, there's one big challenge in the center of the Bastion - a giant thorny maze. Should you brave this mess, you'll find twists, turns, awkward corners and areas just barely big enough to walk through. However if you make it to the center, you'll be rewarded with a rose ring. And not just any rose ring. This thing is special! It will allow a user to call upon rose thorn vines that will attack an enemy at will. It is restricted to three times a day on the Skyway, but it will come in very handy, especially for those with no real defensive or offensive capabilities. (That said, if your character manages to get this item and doesn't need it for whatever reason, please be kind and give it to some one who can.)

As day winds in to night, another torch appears, this time with roses. Roses going wild on this lamp. It makes it a little difficult to light, though. And oddly enough, near the gear symbol on this lamp... the roses seem to be withered. Huh.

Dinner gives way in to a sort of "desert" for the evening, a huge selection of cookies in various flavors on tables all over the place, along with tubs of rose petal ice cream that don't seem to melt no matter how long they stay out.

But those cookies are not just any cookies - they are hollow ones. They're backed with a thin indented line down the center of them, and snapping them at this point will reveal that there is paper tucked inside. It will give advice to your character that is shockingly accurate to this person, some how. Regardless of who gets it, the advice will be pertinent to them and really only them. From there you'll be encouraged to take a second piece of paper, write your fears, weaknesses or secrets that you don't wish to tell anyone yet wish to get off your chest and then drop them in a strange mirror-decorated box sitting near the monument. If you do so, you'll find yourself oddly sleeping easier tonight...

This night closes out the same as the previous ones, with stories for the children as the adults relax in to the wee hours of the morning.
findsrisks: (smile)

[personal profile] findsrisks 2014-01-06 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Nanaki had seen everyone else getting gifts, but she hadn't really been expecting to get anything important. She wasn't really that big into presents anyway.

But then she finds the small box, and soon enough she pulls a pair of all-too-familiar glasses out.
]

...that idiot.

[Even though she's smiling, there might be tears at the corners of her eyes.]
fuckthemancers: (I'm coming home)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2014-01-09 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
A gift from home?

[Zulf hopes he isn't too rude. He's simply... checking in on things, and managed to notice those tears. He'll leave if it seems he isn't wanted.]
findsrisks: ((゚.゚*)(*゚.゚))

[personal profile] findsrisks 2014-01-24 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh whoops someone is here, better wipe away those tears quickly!]

Yeah, it's...okay, they belong to someone else, but I guess someone thought to give them to me?
fuckthemancers: (I'm coming home)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2014-01-24 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
If it was personal to you, then it looks like that's all the reason the Gods needed.
findsrisks: (m'_'m)

[personal profile] findsrisks 2014-01-24 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
Seems so...

[She's feeling emotional, so.]

They belonged to a good friend of mine. He...he saved me. Both my life, and my soul.
fuckthemancers: (I set my sail)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2014-01-24 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
...I suppose I can understand a part of that. It's good that you have something to remember him by, then. Here, we could use every little thing to help make our memories of the past more physical.
findsrisks: (relieved)

[personal profile] findsrisks 2014-01-24 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods.]

At the very least, even if he isn't here, I can at least remember what he stood for.
fuckthemancers: (I'm coming home)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2014-01-24 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes that's the most important part. It keeps us going on.