Visitor Festival Log (OPEN TO ALL)

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Who: EVERYONE
Where: Virgo Ward
Summary: Visitor Festival Log! You're all invited!
Warnings: Celebrations

A year might seem so little at first, but for a city like Hinoto-Ri, progress had been steady. And how would it have been without you? Hard to say. Regardless, there were some appreciative people of your hard work, and thus you were warned ahead of time of a little celebration that would be held in your honor, this Friday (FRIDAY! FRIDAY!)

Nothing too outrageous, you had been promised. After all, budgets had to be made and citizens had to be saved. Something more akin to a fun party with friends and the city. An open note sent out to all citizens if they so wanted to join in.

There was quite a turnout! The lure of fun and food drew people from all the wards and words of encouragement and thanks were given to you freely. Maybe because some of them had drank too much sake.

The booths are bustling with activity. There's food for everyone as merchants try to outdo each other with both traditional food and more exotic ones; Corn on the cob, Pumpkins, Yaki Imo (Oven-Roasted Sweet Potatoes), Ramen stands, Falafel, caramelized apples, octopus sausages on sticks...

There are also signup sheets for competitions tonight. While townspeople can join, the big draw is to see the Visitors attempt the typical school festivals, such as the swimsuit competition and the dress competition (for both male and women!).

...yeah maybe they just have a good sense of humor. Which is good! A happy city means, at least, for a little while, people can forget what's happening and maybe the place is going to flourish more with hope.

So hopefully you can show them that by enjoying yourselves!

[Start your own threads and have fun!]

Comments

[echo_of_a_jedi]

It is. Definitely a lot more soothing than the flashier music some of us have done here, I think.

I haven't seen that instrument before...well, not exactly, anyway. What do you call it?

[bondsofsuffering]

Ah, this? It's a harmonica.

[He plays a short scale for her.]

It's pretty easy to pick up. Do you have something similar in your world?

[echo_of_a_jedi]

I think a harmonique is similar, but it's a fair bit more complicated.

[bondsofsuffering]

Oh? How so?

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Oh, you know, it's big, amplified, attached to hydraulics, all the strange things they do with stage instruments.

[bondsofsuffering]

Are many instruments powered by hydraulics where you come from? My world has a few like that, but it definitely isn't that common.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

Not exactly many. Well...it's hard for me to say, really. Everything I know about music comes from spending too much time in cantinas and pubs, and at least in the part of the galaxy I was in, people tended toward the complicated electronic ensembles.

[bondsofsuffering]

That still sounds a lot more complicated than the instruments people play at bars in my world. Most of ours rely on either air or strings to produce sound.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

I blame too much time overdesigning things and not enough time coming up with new music, myself.

[bondsofsuffering]

That's really a shame. Composing something of your own is part of the fun of music! ...But then again, that may just be me.