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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 ))
niepokonany: (Swimming through sick lullabies)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-03 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Waver, please. Like I'd lead you wrong about fashion?

[And he certainly needs the guidance, or he'd probably just wear the world's most boring sweaters every single day of his gods-given life. Bless his heart.]

Anyway, the shoes are just practice! And confidence. Just like, own it, you know?

[Feliks definitely seems to know, whatever he means by it. Perhaps it's just that his legs are more exposed than usual, or even that the heels necessitate a little adjustment to his strides, but there's some clear swagger to his step (in spite of his tiny, tiny, even shorter than Waver stature.)]
untalented: (snerky)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-03 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
It's not just fashion I worry about, [Waver complained, studiously keeping his eyes on Feliks' face instead of those slender and well kept legs.] It's your taste in it. This sort of frill is better suited to someone a little different, you understand.
niepokonany: (Seemed like the thing to do)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-03 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Right, that's why you're wearing the Umbreon one. Duh.

What's wrong with my taste in fashion, though? Like you can talk about that!
untalented: (smol and angry)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-03 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
...It's just not my style, okay?

[Yes, it really was that simple.
niepokonany: (I was like he was all)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-03 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
How come? It's cute!

[That's really all there is to style for Feliks. If it looks good, why wouldn't it be anyone's style?]
untalented: (complaining -- its useless)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-04 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Because I don't do that kind of cute?

[Clothes were clothes....and, honestly, he didn't like it when people stared at him.]
niepokonany: (I'm a mouse. Duh!)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-04 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Cute is cute. Like, why limit yourself?
untalented: (incredibly unsure)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-04 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Because it looks better on people like you rather than people like me?
niepokonany: (I'm so green it's really amazing)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-05 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
It looks fine on you, don't be a drama queen...
untalented: (snerky)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-05 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not being that much of a drama queen!

[He just couldn't navigate in these heels...and with this tail.]
niepokonany: (It's full of SECRETS.)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-05 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Feliks nudges his shoulder against the other boy's, a friendly (if slightly boisterous) little gesture.]

Just a little bit of one?
untalented: (/brb grumbling)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-05 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[pooooouuuuuut.]

It's not really drama when you're just pointing out the facts, is it? That doesn't make a person a drama queen.
niepokonany: (Not a power in the 'verse)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-06 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Drama lesson #1 - it's totally not what you say, it's how you say it!
untalented: (smol and angry)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-06 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh? What does that have anything to do with anything?
niepokonany: (And won't believe)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-07 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Only everything! Like, if I say "it's kinda cold out"? No drama. But if I'm like "oh my god, I think I'm actually dying, tell Fai I loved him, this is totally it, go on without me!"?

Boom! Drama queen.
untalented: (chinscratch)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-07 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. That makes sense enough...


[...he still couldn't quite see how it applied to him, though.]
niepokonany: (Waiting on some beautiful boy)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-10 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
I like you when you bring the drama, too, though, so whatever.

[Feliks feels like his explanation was enough! Waver didn't ask more questions, right?]
untalented: (tsundere)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-12 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Well, if you're sure...

[He was so confused-- like always.

Damn Fairies.]
niepokonany: (30% chance it's already raining)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-12 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Trust me, I'm like, always sure.