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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 ))
sparkofgenius: (Happy)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-06 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Bait?

[...What a weird question.]
untalented: (snerky)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-06 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Then it's not a Poffin, but a Bait.

[Very. Pointedly.

He was going to need some proper instruction on fishing at this rate. Maybe he should just send Atlas out to go catch some lunch...]
sparkofgenius: (Big Grin)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-07 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Can they not be one and the same?

[Specially formulated for bait?]
untalented: (chinscratch)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-07 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know....can they?

[Gosh, this was complicated!]
sparkofgenius: (Not Happy)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-08 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. Semantics, dude. Seriously....
untalented: (snerky)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-08 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
You are aware of how a single word can change the whole tone of a sentence, aren't you? Semantics may be stuffy, but it's very important.
sparkofgenius: (Hairflip)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-08 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
Not when we're talking about fishing bait.
untalented: (mopey)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-08 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You have a point...but it's still confusing for someone who's never done this before.
sparkofgenius: (Goofy)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-09 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
You'll manage, kid. Seriously, it's not rocket science.

[Says the rocket scientist.]
untalented: (smol and angry)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-09 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Well...if you say so.

[He didn't sound entirely convinced, but he wanted to try anyway.]

Hey, Ashtear? If I don't win the raffle, can you build one for me anyway? I'll find way to compensate you for the work.
sparkofgenius: (Hairflip)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-10 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, sure? No problem. I have a commission next week, but week after? No problem.

And, nerdling, it's Lucca. Not "Ashtear."
untalented: (chinscratch)

[personal profile] untalented 2015-11-10 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
...We don't know eachother personally, so I was trying to keep this more professional.

[But he glanced away, appropriately chagrinned. Calderan manners, man. He couldn't get used to them.]

But thank you. Let me know what you want in return, okay?
sparkofgenius: (Happy)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-10 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Sure, no problem.

[Thumbs up, Nerdling. someone got a nickname.]