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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 ))
allergictoloveletters: (That's so adorable)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2015-11-05 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you for coming to the shrine, by the way. I am Mizuno Ami, I apologize for the small fright, earlier.
niepokonany: (I'm so thrilled)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-06 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? O-oh, that -- I totally wasn't scared or anything, it's ok!
allergictoloveletters: (An interesting conjecture)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2015-11-06 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, of course. I don't think I've seen you come by the shrine before, it's a pleasure to meet you.
niepokonany: (She's a young girl talking about herself)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-06 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh... I guess I like, go to the big temple more often, it's way closer to where my family lives? The Vale's a little out of my way, usually...

It's nice to meet you, too, though!
allergictoloveletters: (Well if you think about it)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2015-11-07 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
[She inwardly sighed, seeing that her subtlety asking for a name wasn't going to work.]

Excuse me, sir, but what is your name?
niepokonany: (Watch it now - here he comes!)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-07 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Subtlety, like manners, has a bit of a tendency to go right over his head if he's not paying attention (which he typically only is if things are pretty dire.) The switch to the direct approach is probably for the best.]

Huh? Oh, right!

I'm like, Feliks Łukasiewicz.

[The family name might be recognizable as a noble house, though they keep a little bit of a lower profile than most noble families these days... unless one counts all the gossip Feliks himself has been involved in over the last couple of years.]
allergictoloveletters: (A pleasure)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2015-11-07 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Nice to meet you, Łukasiewicz-san. [She does recognize the name, but Ami reserves judgement until she actually meets the nobles in question.]

And thank you for coming to our smaller shrine today.
niepokonany: (I just can't keep my fingers)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-10 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[He grins, a little sheepishly thanks to his little faux pas.]

Oh, totally. Like, this place always has the best atmosphere around holidays!

It's nice to meet you, too!
allergictoloveletters: (That's so adorable)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2015-11-10 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
We certainly try and hope to always have those who visit us feel truly involved with the holiday season.

[Which was why Ami had really gotten involved with the passing out of candy.] I must admit, this is my first year properly helping at the shrine.
niepokonany: (Keep bringing up impossible hopes)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-11 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
For sure? Well, you're doing a good job of the whole spooky thing so far!

[...not that he was scared!]
allergictoloveletters: (That's so adorable)

[personal profile] allergictoloveletters 2015-11-14 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Well thank you, I took my cues from a Mismagius. Though admittedly I'm much taller.

Did you not wish to dress in costume?
niepokonany: (+If you can't do something smart)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-11-14 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
What? I'm totally in costume!

[He points to the little fake ears he's wearing, then more generally to all the ribbons and the overall white-pink-blue color scheme of his outfit.]

I'm a Sylveon, duh!