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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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A-asking--?! [Oh lord.] Of course that would be upsetting! Oh, dear...

[She sighs and shakes her head before resting one hand on her chin thoughtfully. Yes, better to go down this line of thought rather than dwell on the "asking out" bit.]

Outsiders - we're scared they'll persecute us. Hurt us. We can only trust each other, so as a result... Why is it that the two of you were on bad terms before this, at any rate?

He was part of the reason the whole lockdown started. I didn't really dislike him that much - he helped us out in the end, in my version of the timeline - but I guess that didn't happen for him.

-And you know I won't hurt you, ever, right?

[It would absolutely crush her.]

I...know.

[She's blushing again.]

And - um - I don't want to hurt you either. ... That said, I may need to run damage control here, considering that he is the original ancestor of my family, and all. Or, well, would be, were we from the same world and all.

Edited 2013-10-02 18:13 (UTC)

Good luck. He's pretty scary when he's mad.

...Um, Agatha, can I ask something? [Midori fidgets, not looking directly at her.]

I know.

[Blink. That's usually her thing.] Of course?

If there wasn't that little tiny issue of your not-ancestor threatening to kill me over it and all, would you go out with me?

...Um!

[Squeaky noises!!! Now she's looking at the ground and fidgeting too.]

I...do not understand why you would want to do such a thing - t-there are a lot of better people out there, but, um...

[Sigh.]

Y-yes?

[The most ecstatic sudden hug ever! :DDDDDDDDDDD]

[SQUEAKY NOISES WEH HOW DO I HANDLED HUG. Um. Um. ... Back-pat? ... THAT IS HOW IT WORKS, RIGHT????]

I like you a lot. There are lots of other people out there but you're the one I like the most, so they don't matter when it comes to this kind of thing.

[Aggie's getting another quick kiss on the cheek.]

[So it really did mean that, after all. She's - not sure how to handle it. She's never exactly kissed anyone, so - So the best she can do right now is to actually hug Midori back.

Somehow, she doesn't want to let go. To just stay here, with...] ...You - I don't - know how to say it well, but you mean the world to me. You're one of the kindest people I've met. So...so...thank you. ... For everything.

You don't need to thank me. I'm glad to have met you.

[Midori speaks more quietly than usual, as is appropriate for this kind of intimate feeling.]

I'm...very glad to have met you, as well.

[She probably can't see it, considering that Agatha's resting the side of her head against the side of Midori's, but there's a warmth in that quiet voice that often isn't there.

And it's been years, it's an awkward feeling, but the corners of her mouth have turned up slightly. She closes her eyes, content to just stay there with the person s- with the one she loves. Okay, might as well be out with it already.

To be there smiling for the first time in ages with the one she loves - that's enough.]

[And all around them there are still beautiful lights in the darkness. Midori would make a metaphor here, but really-

It's beautiful, and this feeling is beautiful, and that's all she needs to say.]

Fall Festival + 13th Hour Log!

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