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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 ))
niepokonany: (How did it end up like this?)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-12-14 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Not really? I mean, yeah, but I kinda always got along better with Pokemon anyway, and most of them are pretty okay on their own most of the time if they need to be.
wise_maiden: (thought i'd never find the words)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-12-14 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
They were independent before we came along, after all, with most of them leaving their homes to come here. If you really think about it, we do have such an odd coexistence with them.
niepokonany: (Only because I was eavesdropping!)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-12-15 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I guess. But I'm totally grateful that they wanna trust me that much!
wise_maiden: (the power to shine)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-12-15 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
It says a lot about them. The ones that trust, and the others that don't... and they're allowed only one bond with a human, while humans can make multiple ones. [There's a wry lilt to her tone.] Not that I can exactly imagine the situation if it were the other way around...

[Pokemon bonding more than one human? Humans going to live with them in the wild? It was just too weird. Though who knew; it could very well have been like that in ancient times.]
niepokonany: (It's possible!For a poor country bumpkin)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-12-15 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It'd be pretty weird. I mean, I guess if I had to pick a Pokemon, it'd be Jadwiga -- sorry, Krystyna! -- but it'd be super weird if she had a ton of other humans she was bonded to!

...I wonder if they ever get jealous.
wise_maiden: (it won't let me in)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-12-16 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
They are capable of a varied range of emotions and personalities, so it's possible. Not to mention the growing and adapting they have to do. Settling in with others who might be perceived as taking up too much attention, for example, could invoke some negative feelings. I wonder if they get over it faster? They truly are more complex beings than most humans would give them credit for.
niepokonany: (I love her! She's like a Martian!)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-12-16 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
I guess that's true. Actually, I think one of mine that I hatched was a little jealous the next time I got an egg?

[Krystyna scoffs a bit. "A little" is understating it, Feliks.]

Shh, you. But you're right, they've definitely got a lot going on! I think they're still easier to understand than people most of the time, though.
wise_maiden: (lets begin the research)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-12-16 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
That could be true. Ah - but wait a moment, you've befriended some of them since the day they hatched? [Sanctuary didn't exactly have breeding centers for the citizen's use, after all.]
niepokonany: (I love her! She's like a Martian!)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-12-16 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, two of them! Huzar kind of still thinks I'm her mom, I think.
wise_maiden: (by the lives that wove the web)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-12-17 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I wonder how that affects things... does having the chance to bond them from the very start make you feel closer, do you think?
niepokonany: (out of anything)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-12-20 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
In a way, I guess? Like, knowing you've known them all their life is pretty cool, and they trust you just like a ton.
wise_maiden: (build a casket for my tears)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-12-21 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
All they would know is life with you, though, and not much of the outside world... now that makes me wonder about a few things.
niepokonany: (Another sign of tragic space dementia)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-12-22 07:03 am (UTC)(link)
You seriously don't hatch eggs in Sanctuary? Are people's Pokemon friends just like, not allowed to breed or something?
wise_maiden: (when the world comes in)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-12-22 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Some families make arrangements, although with the occupation, it wasn't the best time for most Pokemon in the city either.
niepokonany: (Open up my eager eyes)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-12-24 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Weird.

Oh, hey -- a band I like is gonna be playing in the square soon, so I'm gonna go. It was good talking, though, 'kay? Tell me more about this stuff sometime!
wise_maiden: (thankful for small favors)

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2015-12-25 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
[She laughs softly.] Sometime, then! I have some more looking around to do myself. Have a good time, Feliks.
niepokonany: (I think I'll try defying gravity)

[personal profile] niepokonany 2015-12-26 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
Totally. See you!