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

3

[otakuro]

Wow, Nano. I didn't think you even had room to store that many guns inside your body.

[Atsuro patiently continues to remove guns from the action figure he's holding; they come out endlessly like a Swiss army knife.]

[all_wound_up]

[Nooooooo, not Atsuro, why did he have to see these? ;~;]

I-I don't! I mean... not for guns!

[otakuro]

Is it storage room for cake, then?

[Atsuro has finally reached the end of the gun stockpile and slowly begins to put the Nano action figure back together.]

Ehehe, try not to be too worried, Nano. No one will see this and assume you have guns inside of you; they'll just think it's part of the toy. Like how sometimes they come with plastic swords and weapons when it's not even canon.

[all_wound_up]

U-um, well...

[Translation: yes.]

I-I know, but it's embarrassing. And the USB drives...!

[Those are even worse, really.]

[otakuro]

The what?

[USB drives? He could totally use more of th -- ]

...These are USB drives?

[He reaches for a Nanotoe but he can't quite bring himself to pick it up.]

Uh...........

[all_wound_up]

Mmhmm...

[Nano nods, cheeks flushing in embarrassment as she frowns.]

Remember, from before?

[Staring down at her feet, she uncomfortably shuffles them back and forth.]

How did anyone else find out about that?

[otakuro]

...

[Atsuro will bite on his lower lip for a few moments. ...There probably wasn't any use going into the whole Nano potentially being hacked business at this juncture, not least of which over something as insignificant as toedrives.]

Maybe it's a coincidence?

[..........]

[all_wound_up]

[Oh wait. She just realized what that must have sounded like.]

N-not that I think you told anyone, Atsuro-san! I know you would never...!

[otakuro]

Oh! N-No, don't worry! I wasn't thinking of that at all!

[oops wait had he ever actually said anything no way when would nano's robotic powers ever come up with anyone besides nano

...he hadn't said anything right]

I, um. Well. I mean, Philemon probably knows all about you...

[Blaming things on Philemon was generally a good choice.]

[all_wound_up]

Philemon-san, why would you do this?

[She's not even sure if he can hear her, so she's just yelling up at the sky.]

[otakuro]

[Phew.]

M-Maybe part of saving the city is, uh, increasing its profits so it can be more sustainable.

[all_wound_up]

But does it have to be like this?

[otakuro]

It does seem to dive right into 'gross violation of privacy'. You could probably take legal action or something.

[all_wound_up]

Legal action?

[Nano blinks. That sort of thing is completely over her head.]

[otakuro]

Aha... That was mostly a joke. I don't think Philemon is up for being sued.

[all_wound_up]

I wonder how many people have already seen these...

[otakuro]

...I can scribble over your face if you'd like. They can't do anything about it since they didn't ask permission to market your face on their merchandise, anyway.

[all_wound_up]

I think most people could still tell it was me.

[She frowns, turning one of the action figures around and pointing at the key.]

[otakuro]

That's normal for action figures! ...Some of them. They have to... wind up to work. Back in the day, anyway.

[all_wound_up]

I haven't seen any others here that look like that.

[otakuro]

I bet if we look around, we'll find some wind-up toys. C'mon.

[Atsuro thinks it's probably a poor idea to let Nano sit around staring at her own action figures. He attempts to guide her away.]

[all_wound_up]

[Nano is all too glad to follow.]

[otakuro]

[Wind up toys, sadly, are a product of the past, and Atsuro stops looking for them after he walks past another stand selling nothing but battery operated toys.

He pauses.]

Hey, look! Takoyaki!

[...Very subtle.]

[all_wound_up]

[It doesn't take much with Nano, especially when she's desperate for a distraction.]

Let's go buy some!

[otakuro]

[Distractions are never a bad thing. Atsuro quickly makes his way over with Nano in tow, already taking out his wallet.]

I skipped dinner to come to this thing. Let's get a lot.