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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.
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.
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During whatever downtime she might find herself with, she'll be sitting around and tying rose stems together to make more. She's made a couple already that are just lying about next to her.
Who wants a flower crown?]
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[That's just Zulf, leaning over to see what she's doing with some vague interest in his eyes.]
Do you usually craft things?
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[He kneels down besides her, hands folded on top of his knees.]
I'm actually curious about that, if I may be honest.
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[She grins, reaches into her sweatshirt pockets, and pulls out two fistfuls of roses that she spreads out on the ground in front of them.] It's real easy. Look at this— [After picking up another flower from the ground, she holds her half-finished chain out before her so Zulf can watch as she slowly works.] First you just make a little hole in the stem with your nail, like thiiiis... It's kinda tough 'cause mine are so shor—there! And you put the other flower stem through it. And then you make a hole in that stem. There! Rinse and repeat!
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I see. That's interesting to know. [There's no shortage of roses today, thankfully, so he can begin his own chain of flowers.] I was referring more to why you chose Hense, actually. The God one is drawn to can tell a lot about them.
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It takes about three flowers and, with them, a finished crown for her to get her thoughts together, but she looks back up at Zulf.] It's 'cause she's all cut up and hurt, but she's smiling! That's why I chose her. [And, beaming, she leans over and places her completed rose laurel on Zulf's head.]
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[And before he can say anything, there's flowers on his head. Good going, Aoi, you've gotten him all flustered as he drops what he was doing to straighten the rose laurel on his head.]
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fun fact: the flower crown he's making is for Zia
fun fact: that's the CUTEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD
[The serious tone is ruined completely by the big grin on her face.]
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[That big grin does not soothe his worries one bit.]
And just what could I do to keep you from doing that?
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[Aoi takes her time considering this, tapping her finger against her chin and tilting her head back and forth.]
...Absolutely nothing, hahaha!
Well, I mean, I can't think of anything good. What've you got?
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It's gonna have to be a really good flower crown to keep me quiet!
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[Wow way to make him regret telling you this Aoi!!]
Does making it extremely colorful count as 'good'?
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