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Brave New World Mods ([personal profile] bravenewmods) wrote in [community profile] bravenewworld2015-10-31 04:56 pm

Soulfasting Mingle

Who: EVERYONE
What: Soul Fast
When: During Soul Fast
Where: All over Ninetails Vale and in people's houses, etc.
Summary: The Celebrations of Soul Fast Begin!


It's that time of year again, and all throughout Union and in particular the Ninetales Vale, celebrations are beginning. A festival celebrating the passage of another year, of remembering and honoring the dead, and of placating particularly violent spirits has begun. Soulfasting, an old Union tradition, is one of the most popular holidays celebrated, with the Ninetales Vale being overrun with people of all ages.

Children scamper through the streets of the Vale in masks and costumes, begging for candy, while surly teenagers do the same and occasionally play pranks, and adults celebrate in a variety of fashions. Elaborate, highly fashionable costumes are all the rage, and even the nobility slips out into the Vale for a bit of fun. It's not exactly a popular destination most of the year, given the high concentrations of Dark and Ghost-types but during the festival it's most definitely in vogue and teeming with people all happy to help revitalize the area for a week.

The sounds of music drift through the air, celebratory tunes, dirges, jigs, and tunes for all ages. From the Kurain school on it's hill overlooking most of the Vale, a pipe organ solemnly plays out traditional tunes, and is surprisingly cheery for a ghost school. Across the neighborhood on another hill, Hikawa Shrine has it's doors wide open to welcome visitors, with decorations of all sorts set out.

Games are set up at both locations, including Apple Bobbing, Ducklett Pond raffles, and Pin the Scroll on the Spiritomb, though there are others set up all over the Vale's plazas. Skeeball, Target Shooting, Bell-and-Hammer games, and perhaps most strangely a “Whack-the-Diglett” that's been possessed by one of the local ghosts to give the little wooden Digletts faces all hideously angry ones. Eating contests, Pokemon Battle Circles, a Haunted House (with real ghosts!) and dozens and dozens of fortune telling stands all further add to a carnival atmosphere that even the dead can enjoy!

Lanterns and faux Spinarak webs hang from every lamppost and awning, and food stalls line the streets as vendors ply their wares. Food from all over is available, and it all seems to come together around a central square between the two hills. A stage has been set up, with musicians from all over the known world called in to show their stuff. There are dance tunes from Caldera, Union Pop and Jazz songs at work, setting crowds on fire. Sanctuary has sent a full orchestra to play various classical pieces, while Citadel's famous woodwinds and tribal drums surprise and delight. And towards the end of the day, a band from Glacier comes on stage. Their music starts out slow and ambient, but after a few sets they set up electric guitars and the gloves come off. A folk metal concert, complete with an armored warrior-woman doing the vocals and several of the soldiers from the battle weeks prior (some still bandaged) backing her up. It might be a bit shocking, but some of the youth are definitely getting into it...

And then night falls, and the party atmosphere becomes a little quieter. Plays, family meals, Ghost-story tellings, and more subdued activities become the norm though there's still a contingent of rowdies at the heart of the celebration. It's then that the ghosts really come out to play, slipping through walls to greet relatives or tease revelers. For the most part they seem friendly but not always. As usual, some specters of ill-repute have slipped in among the friendly ones, and they're making trouble. Good thing you have a Warp Band to call an exorcist, right?

((OOC: This is a general mingle log, feel free to put up your own top levels and tag around! Welcome to Soulfasting, everyone! We hope you enjoy =D ))
untalented: (crying)

Open to All~

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-03 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Right may stumble upon a certain someone in a stupidly cute costume literally chasing around his own tail in the middle of a crowded set of displays. Said tail was responsible for knocking over a display of masks, and the young mageling had become well and truly fed up with it!

Unfortunately, he's not watching where he's going.]
lunchleader: (lulz)

[personal profile] lunchleader 2015-11-03 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fortunately, Right is far enough away to be watching such a scene unfold without getting bumped by Waver.

Unfortunately, he starts laughing at the comedic aspect of it all after a few moments.]
Edited 2015-11-03 21:05 (UTC)
untalented: (blustering)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-04 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Waver froze the moment he heard laughter-- and felt his ears burning in embarrassment the moment he realized who it was.]

L-laugh all you want! [He sputtered, frantically brushing his hands over his jacket in an attempt to straighten it out a little bit.] I was told that this was the best way to enjoy the holiday!
lunchleader: (*snorts*)

[personal profile] lunchleader 2015-11-04 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
No, no! The costume's just fi--fahaha--fine!

[Right attempts to get his laughing under control after a few moments.] It's just that you really don't know how to walk with a tail, huh?
untalented: (incredibly unsure)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-05 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it's not like I'm going to evolve and get one, you know.

[He was a Magus. Magi didn't evolve.]
lunchleader: (hey Tokacchi...)

[personal profile] lunchleader 2015-11-05 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, neither am I, but that don't mean that you can't learn how to move around with a fake one. You just gotta be more careful about clearance behind you.
untalented: (smol and angry)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-06 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
And how do you do that when you're in weird shoes?

[He held up a foot for Right to see the low heels he was sporting underneath the bobby socks. Physical fitness was his worst subject area, and even his newfound interest in exploration hadn't prepared him for the trials of costuming.]
lunchleader: (hey; what is that?)

[personal profile] lunchleader 2015-11-06 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Right looks at the shoes for a moment or two...]

Those aren't very tall, so you should be able to walk normally in them.
untalented: (complaining -- its useless)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-06 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
This is my first time walking in these things in my life.

[Some people weren't as adaptable as you, Right...]
lunchleader: (huhn?)

[personal profile] lunchleader 2015-11-10 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
--Oh! Oh, yeah, it can be difficult at first. You're lucky that the heels aren't very high. One of my childhood friends tried high heels as soon as she was big enough to do heels - ended up twisting her ankle because of it.
untalented: (incredibly unsure)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-10 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Waver made a face-- as if he could understand all too well how that sort of thing could have happened.]

So you understand my problems here, right?
lunchleader: (c'mon get happy~)

[personal profile] lunchleader 2015-11-19 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah I do! You just need to step carefully and watch where the tail swings.