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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 ))
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2015-11-21 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Lux nods gently. ]

We have come a long way in so little time. It's strange to think how small the world was even a few years ago.
wise_maiden: (through so many splintered trees)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-11-21 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
So many areas were inaccessible, with so few able or even willing to risk the dangers. Union just seems like a place that progress simply bursts out of. Was there a specific situation that led to them... opening their gates?
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2015-11-23 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
The walls were erected to defend from pokemon attacks in ancient times. People would leave from time to time, but I would say Team Evolution's first visit was what really encouraged people to explore. Up until that point, we assumed that we were the last surviving city, which, in hindsight, is a very self-centered belief.
wise_maiden: (by the lives that i have loved)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-11-24 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
Considering how scattered the civilizations had become since the judgment was rendered, it's not too strange a belief. How was the general reaction of the city when it began to discover that it was not alone?
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[personal profile] ladyofluminosity 2015-11-25 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Surprise, to be sure, and more than a bit of apprehension, especially considering how we were introduced. According to Team Evolution, one of their machines was malfunctioning, which caused a few tremors in the city. It also affected the behavior of certain species of pokemon in the area.
wise_maiden: (looking for the truth behind those eyes)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-11-26 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
That must have been an alarming development. Was the behavior of those Pokemon permanently altered?