Fall Festival + 13th Hour Log!

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▼ Joint Fall Festival and 13th Hour Log!

 

Who: Anyone
Where: Virgo and all over the city!
When: The 22nd of September and any 13th Hour!
Summary: A combination Fall Festival log and 13th Hour log!
Warnings: Stay away if you are allergic to celebrations and fun. ...Or demons.

▼ As long as Heaven and Earth endure, I offer such to you...

 

The last of the effects of TRIHARDO have faded, and the city has slowly returned to its senses. Sheepish civilians emerge before dawn to restore graffitied property in shame; friends and family alike murmur awkward apologies as they realize the transgressions committed in the previous days. They work quickly. By daybreak of the 22nd, it seems as Hinoto-Ri has largely recovered from the effects of the Zodiac monster...

Just in time for the annual Fall Festival. Close on the heels of the previous event, the attempted feeling was much the same. Booths selling assorted merchandise including lucky bamboo rakes and all manner of gourd-based household items (have you ever wanted a bowl made from a squash?), activities ranging from bobbing for apples to what appeared to be a 'largest squash' competition, and of course, food. Lots and lots and lots of food, from fresh fruits and fresh berries to candied apples and yams to more traditional chrysanthemum candies and taro and rice cakes. Consciously or not, Hinoto-Ri has fused a variety of customs into a single event, allowing for familiar fun for those of any background.

Through it all, though, there hangs a sense of unease and a slightly subdued atmosphere. Painted trees and bushes are still visible, and the destruction of property caused by overzealous citizens has not been fully restored. Whether or not the people of the city blame the Visitors for the events of the previous weeks remains uncertain...

▼ Tis now the very witching time of night

 

Soon enough, the curfew comes and in the blink of an eye, it seems, the festival has disbanded. The memories of the Virgo attack are still too fresh, and citizens and merchants alike retreat to the safety of their homes. Whether or not the private conference from earlier that week had any conclusion, the Visitors, it seems, are still granted free rein of the night.

11:58. 11:59. ...Now. Once again, the night sky is dyed a crimson red as the 13th Hour falls upon the city. And from the ether, the demons come forth, called by the fanatic light of the moon. It is only three days from the full moon, and the monsters remain aggressive.

But the 13th Hour is hardly a unique phenomenon. It comes nightly and by now, both Visitors and citizens alike have doubtlessly learned to accept it. On any night of the week, venturing out during this time will surely result in trouble...

▼ OOC Blurb

 

[ This is a dual log encompassing both the Fall Festival on the 22nd of September and 13th Hour posts running throughout the entire week and even month. We're trying a different format this time with more potential prompts; go ahead and start as many threads as you'd like under the appropriate section! Please tag with your character's name and OPEN. If you respond to the 13th Hour section, please write the days your character is out and about.

You have free rein in this log - join other people's posts, explore the festival, post them fighting monsters and enjoy leveling up/interacting! For this log, you can level up persona ONCE PER IC WEEK, but not in the same thread IC-wise. Please do not abuse this. The conditions are that the fighting must happen on different days. The threads should be long enough that an attack is possible and shouldn't just be a few comments for the sake of leveling up (i.e.: we want effort in them, as much as you would make with a normal log.)

FOR THE CREATURES: The creatures have to be in the Bestiary for you to use them. You don't need to use creatures from your own home worlds either, as long as someone's put in a creature in there! (Also, make sure your characters could logically take on the creatures you pick let's not have them take down a giant creature when they couldn't normally.) ]

DON'T FORGET TO TAG YOUR RESPONSES WITH NAME AND/OR DATE

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Comments

[badluckhealer]

[She doesn't. She just looks up at him, obviously distressed.]

... It wasn't supposed to be that easy!

[egotrigger]

People and... monsters, I guess... are pretty fragile.

[badluckhealer]

...I'm a monster now too...aren't I.

[egotrigger]

No!

[His grip on her shoulder tightens slightly.]

You're not, okay? You're... you're not. You defended yourself. You did what you had to. You're not a monster...

[badluckhealer]

[...

She...hasn't cried in years. It's an unfamiliar thing, and she can't keep the sobbing from punctuating her words every so often.]

But - t-there's still - it's still dead! I'm a m-murderer...

[egotrigger]

[He's not good at comforting people, but he puts a hand on her back, trying to calm her.]

You're not a murderer. You didn't mean to do it. You aren't at fault. You were just trying to defend yourself.

[badluckhealer]

[She shudders and covers her face with one arm.]

I'm sorry - I'm sorry - [Hiccup.]

[egotrigger]

It's okay.

[He rubs her back gently in what he hopes is a comforting manner.]

[badluckhealer]

...H-how'm I supposed to tell Uncle, though...?

[Yeah that. It's gonna be pretty obvious that she was in a bad way and Uncle will probably react poorly to that.]

[egotrigger]

... Tell him the truth. Tell him you were defending yourself.

[badluckhealer]

[She takes a deep, shaky breath and tries to stop crying.

.... Emphasis on the 'tries to' - there's still tears, but she's not a total mess. For now, anyway.]

U...Understood...If you think it best...

[egotrigger]

I'm... not exactly an expert on handling family, though.

[He smiles a little, shakily.]

[badluckhealer]

Oh. I - apologize, then.

[She rubs her face with one sleeve, awkwardly. Her hands are still shaking, so it's difficult.

She's not sure it'll stop, the shaking or the uncertainty or any of it. It's like her head is full of static, now.]

It is - complicated - my situation is almost the opposite, so...yeah.

[egotrigger]

It's all right.

[badluckhealer]

[No, it isn't, but she doesn't say that out loud. Instead, she just...keeps trying not to cry.]

Nn.