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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 ))
flying_chains: (Default)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-11 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Good. I spent most of this week, at least, keeping ghosts out of the apartment.
frozenflame: (Covering Up)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-12 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
Ah yeah. They get rough this time of year, just like Chie. It's been like that since we were little kids.
flying_chains: (Friendship!)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-12 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
And you? How have you been?
frozenflame: (Sympathetic)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-12 01:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Busy mostly. My business took off with all the need for flowers and herbs and stuff for Soulfasting, and checking in on Chie is a job all it's own this time of year.

But it's getting close to my birthday, so that's exciting I suppose.
flying_chains: (Hmm?)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-13 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh? When is that?
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[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-13 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
December 8th. Chie and I were talking about going up towards Glacier or something, and sledding. Would you like to come? [She assumes yes.]
flying_chains: (Energy levels max)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-13 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Tiniest of hesitation. Glacier was cold.]

That sounds nice. I would like to come, if that is alright.
frozenflame: (Yes But...)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-13 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
I invited you, of course it is. Fuuka will hopefully be able to come too. If not, then we'll arrange something else.

[With her health and all...]
flying_chains: (Hmm?)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-13 07:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Morgiana actually doesn't know anything unwell about Fuuka's health. She had seemed hale enough when they had faced off with Reshiram.]

Is she very busy? It would be a shame for her to miss your birthday.
frozenflame: (Not Comfy)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-13 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
No, she's not...hmmm...healthy? Her lungs have a bit of trouble sometimes, and I don't want her to push it just for a trip.

[Granted Yukiko could do a lot to alleviate that, as a healing sort, but then putting Fuuka in a position that would agitate her condition wasn't very nice.]
flying_chains: (You have been judged and found meh)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-13 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't realize.

But let me know what you do decide on. I would love to come.
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[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-13 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. You're my friend too, you know.
flying_chains: (Energy levels max)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-14 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad. If you ever need something that I can help with, let me know.

[She sounds serious about that.]
frozenflame: (Yes But...)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-14 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Same for you, you know. Especially if you get hurt.

[Because, you know, you always go haring off like a Tauros in a China shop.]
flying_chains: (Eh?)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-18 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
...Hopefully, it will not come to that.

[Morgiana does not pick up on this at all.]
frozenflame: (I'll Consider It)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-18 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Hopefully. Since we've been working together a lot when bad things happen, though...maaaybe you might should stay closer to the group just to make sure that doesn't happen.
Edited 2015-11-18 02:49 (UTC)
flying_chains: (Hmm?)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-18 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Have I been leaving you all in danger?

[Legitimate concern! Also she narrowly misses the point.]
frozenflame: (My Head/That Bus)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-18 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
...No. You've been putting yourself in unnecessary danger by running off alone. You aren't invincible, Morgiana.
flying_chains: (You have been judged and found meh)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-18 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
But I can take a hit far better than most of you. If someone needs to be in danger, shouldn't it be me?
frozenflame: (Respite)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-18 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
As noble as that sounds, Morgiana, isn't it better to face problems with a group to help keep you from being hurt in the first place? What happens if you get hurt away from us and I can't reach you?
flying_chains: (Hmm?)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-19 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't realize I had been leaving you all so worried...
frozenflame: (Down/Sad)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-19 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Just a bit...I don't want to see you hurt.
flying_chains: (These chains help me fly)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-19 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Then I suppose I had better be more careful.
frozenflame: (Covering Up)

[personal profile] frozenflame 2015-11-19 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably. We do want you to live a long and healthy life.

Since, y'know, we're friends?
flying_chains: (Chilled out)

[personal profile] flying_chains 2015-11-19 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course.