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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 ))
conquerorofwaves: (yaaaaay)

[personal profile] conquerorofwaves 2015-11-09 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
Yep! I got to use this!

[He held out the amulet with the megastone inside]

It was exhausting but exhilarating!
sparkofgenius: By Ghost!  DNS (Mad in Color)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-09 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
A Megastone? For what species? I don't recognize it.
conquerorofwaves: (Now listen close!)

[personal profile] conquerorofwaves 2015-11-09 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
For myself.

[His dragon-like tail is practically wagging now]

I'm not sure exactly what the qualifications are beyond what Diancie told us about proving ourselves, but it changed my body, my abilities - even my typing. Dunno who else has one.
sparkofgenius: (Cute)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-10 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Oooooh! Like Diancie said we could do. That makes more sense.

[Still weird but...]

What's the new typing?
conquerorofwaves: (No - more like this)

[personal profile] conquerorofwaves 2015-11-10 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
From Dragon and Psychic to Ice and Psychic. Least means I'm not going to freeze as much.
sparkofgenius: (Notes!)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-10 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that's fair. I mean, I never really worry with freezing but I'm a walking blast furnace.

But hey, it'll catch some people off guard for sure.
conquerorofwaves: (Too. Damn. Cold.)

[personal profile] conquerorofwaves 2015-11-10 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
I envy you. Really.

[He wasn't looking forward to a second winter in Union, still too used to the Archipelago climate]

sparkofgenius: By Ghost!  DNS (Ehehehehehe)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-10 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well you should. I mean, who else has my beauty and brains?
conquerorofwaves: (Hey cutie pie.)

[personal profile] conquerorofwaves 2015-11-10 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[You just gave him an opening, Lucca]

While there are plenty of beautiful girls, as well as beautiful and intelligent girls - I do agree there's very few who can match you in both categories.
sparkofgenius: (Eheheheheh)

[personal profile] sparkofgenius 2015-11-11 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
Is that a fact? Why...[She smirks.] Tell me more, huh?