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Entry tags:
- augustine gheorghe vlad tepes,
- lea,
- satori komeiji,
- thea queen,
- theodore satchel,
- ★ alessia,
- ★ belle,
- ★ cloud strife,
- ★ colette brunel,
- ★ eliot durant,
- ★ enis edrin,
- ★ faye valentine,
- ★ flandre scarlet,
- ★ hikari yagami,
- ★ jack harkness,
- ★ martha jones,
- ★ mikaela banes,
- ★ mimi tachukawa,
- ★ nico yazawa,
- ★ qrow branwen,
- ★ rapunzel,
- ★ remilia scarlet,
- ★ riku,
- ★ ryuji sakamoto,
- ★ seth rim,
- ★ shi yamato,
- ★ takeru takaishi,
- ★ terra branford,
- ★ the doctor (10th),
- ★ the doctor (11th),
- ★ tsukasa kadoya
Festival of Amore - Dated 2/14
The whole park is decorated in the traditional colors of Valentine's Day, red, white, and various shades of pink. Hearts are the theme and though you won't be turned away, those without a partner to spend the evening with may get a few strange looks or start to feel rather lonely.
Festival Games
There are a number of activities to partake in, including festival games, the most popular of which seems to be the Super Ball Scooping, in which hundreds of balls float around in a pool of water, secretly marked with prizes- mostly goldfish, though there is one hidden that has a special romantic getaway to win! The challenge is that you must use a paper net, so the balls will often break as you try to get them into your bowl. Additionally, the balls are stirred up after each play of three scoops. Other traditional festival games like dart tossing, wack-a-mole, ring toss, and more. However, there is one challenge that you should be aware of for all games. You and your partner must do them together! This means two hands on the ring when you toss it! Hold the paper net steadily together! Good luck!
Food Stalls and the Chocolate Fondue Stream
There are a variety of foods from around the world available at the festival, most of which seem to have some kind of love-related theme to them. Spaghetti for two a la Lady and the Tramp, heart-shaped pizzas, pink french macarons, hearty waffles on a stick, romantic eggs in a basket, Shrimp skewers, and more.
Running through the inner circle of the food stall areas is a small stream raised above the ground with candy and fruit decorations lining it to hide the metal fondue heater that keeps the chocolate within the body of the stream warm and flowing. There are large bins of fruits like strawberries, bananas, rice krispy treat bites, and other fun things to dip in the chocolate river. It's very cute, and very chocolatey.
Paddle Boats
The large pond in the middle of the park has a number of paddle boat swans available for you and your partner to go through a tunnel of love, or simply enjoy the water and get some alone time away from the rest of the party for a good cuddle.
Live Entertainment: Eli Ayase and Nico Yazawa!
The live entertainment will be provided by celebrity idol Nico Yazawa and Eli Ayase tonight! Put your hands together for a special performance filled with their L-O-V-E for everyone! ♥ ♥ ♥ They've got a wonderful set prepared!
Feel free to enjoy the concert either by standing up close or putting down a blanket for you and your bae. Blankets are available for purchase if you forgot yours!
Fortune Telling
Love fortune telling, of course! Find out your romance's future from famed fortune teller Geneva Godiva! She won't give any truly negative fortunes of course, it's a positive occasion, so if your outlook is bleak she might try to phrase it more positively or offer advice to turn things toward the positive. Feel free to pick your own fortune- be it anything from "You might want to see a couples counselor to make it through a rough patch, darlings" or "I see triplets!" or just "Wowie, I can see clearly now- your rain is gone! Looking good for this next year, sweetie pies!" Enjoy and have fun, the accuracy of the reading is up to you, but she won't tell you that a relationship is going to sink at any point. She'll use crystal ball, tarot, whichever- but not seance or anything. It's happy lovey-dovey fortune telling!
End of the Night
The festival itself was timed with the arrival of Genessia's firefly season. The first night of fireflies rising coincides with Valentine's Day this year, so if you stay until the end of the festival, you'll be able to see the fields light up with little glowing bugs. It's a romantic sight, best seen with your partner.
Eliot Durant . OTA
[Eliot can be found lingering around the fondue fountain and eating a lot of fruit.
A lot.He's well bundled, with a scarf, mittens, thick coat, and his hair highlights are a technicolour nightmare. Sometimes it's a content green, but it occasionally flickers to a lonely cyan. Despite his best pep talks, Eliot finds people watching to be very lonely on Valentines Day. ]These things are so much more fun with friends... Why am I even here?
Everywhere -- and he's coming after you and your mood ring colours!
[Mid day, Eliot decides he's going to give himself a reason to be here: He's memorizing the colours in action! If he's going to be a good library and helpful to the people of Genessia, he needs to memorize this event. So if you're alone and have a colour-changing body part visible, Eliot is going to approach you at some point.]
Good evening~! How are you feeling?
II.
[Augustine mutters under his breath once the little champ comes bumbling over. He doesn't seem the mind the boy's presence much but those formerly red eyes are a dull gray now. Is he truly that bored here? Perhaps. The festival is nice and all but Augustine isn't too interested in it beyond the food.]
But thank you for the concern.
[He says before quickly devouring one of those bright pink macroons. For a vampire, he certainly seems to enjoy the sweets.]
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[Eliot gives the macroon an envious look, but he can't waste his stomach on treats.]
At least there's a lot to eat. I wonder if I could take some of the fruit home...
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[He gives the young vampire a look once he mentions the fruits.]
Are you plotting to smuggling some of the food? [Pause.] What a fantastic idea.
I'm going after the sweets. You take the fruits and maybe some chocolates too.
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Though, I don't know if I have much use for chocolate. I can't taste sweet things very well.
[His immortal life is suffering.]
Chocolate Fondue
Making sure she wore the only pair of shoes her feet liked, a nice warm jacket and earmuffs she was happily looking around. She wasn't getting involved with anything because it seemed like it was tailored to couples or people who came in pairs.
So it was a little disappointing in that way, but when she spotted someone she was sure she recognized, she had made her way over, waving frantically.]
Hello there. Are you enjoying yourself?
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[Eliot pauses his pitiful attempt to make up for blood with strawberries and waves towards her. He still only recognizes her from the library.]
I suppose I am. I don't regret coming here, in any event. Yourself?
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[She was aware she couldn't do a lot, but she did just come here to people watch and maybe do what she could before planning on going home. But for now talking to someone was her thing.]
But the food looks delicious.
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[Eliot assumes. He can't taste sweet things too well, which is a shame. He really likes the look of chocolate.]
I was headed back that way myself. [A lie. But when she said she was limited, he gathered she hadn't had a partner... Which would mean she's missed out on any games she might have been eying. He wants to give her a chance to play now.] Care to have a look around with me?
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[She nodded slightly. She had come alone and it was okay for the most part. Sort of. It did kind of mean she had been limited which was rather bothersome. But the young woman made the most of it regardless.]
I would love that. We can make a fun day of it. [She seemed rather excited at the thought at least.]
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[Though, once again: Can't taste sweets. But that doesn't stop him from pretending.]
Let's be on our way, then. There's a lot of stuff for two people to do!
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But you can pick the first thing, minus the whole eating all the food because I mean... I doubt we could.
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[He laughs, since he's definitely joking. Even if he wanted to, Eliot has to save room in his stomach for fruit juice. Whole fruit doesn't nourish him as much.]
Do you want to try one of the games? I've seen these for one person before, but never a pair.
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[So she had no idea what to expect as she looked at what ones there were.]
Can you tell me a bit about them?
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[Eliot begins pointing out some of the standard games. At least, the ones that he has read about recently. Though he recognizes a few, he has no memories of actually playing them himself.]
With that game, I believe you scoop up balls in paper nets. Over there, you throw darts at balloons to get prizes... Or at that stall, throw rings at prizes. Then there is 'whack-a-mole.'
[After finishing, he looks back to Rapunzel.]
Have you played festival games before?
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No, not at all. I mean I couldn't back home and here no one's really had anything with such games. So this is my first time.
[And really had no idea how they were played, but she looked at the paper nets excitedly.]
They all look like fun though, but since this is a special kind of festival I guess there are special rules...
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He would pry, but it isn’t his place.]
I think we have to hold hands? [ At that, he holds out his hand to her. ]
Shall we give it a try? I’m sure we can win one of the prizes.
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Let's give it a go~ I am sure it will be fun.
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[Eliot is surely quoting someone, because he doesn't try much anymore. But if it's to make someone happy, he'll risk disappointment.
After paying for a round of the game, Eliot comes over to kneel next to her.]
The little paper net looks delicate, huh?
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[Which would defeat the purpose of the game... At least this was a thought that crossed her mind as she looked at it.]
But never the less we will try our best and even if we lose we tried and that is what matters. [She smiled happily but for the moment she picks it up before looking over.] But what do we do now?
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I believe the next step is to get one of those balls into a cup. We'll have to be gentle so our net doesn't break.
[Eliot rolls up his sleeves and grins childishly.] Ready to go, partner?
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[She believes so anyway, but she didn't mind if they failed or not, she was honestly just having fun.]
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[Thinking of the prizes, Eliot is reminded that he has surprises... get it? laugh.
He pauses to reach into his pocket and takes out a thin hair ornament shaped like a flower. He's picked a golden one with green jeweling to match her eyes because that's how he rolls.]
For luck! I meant to give this to you earlier, but... oops.
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It was very beautiful. She couldn't help but smile slightly. Though it did also make her realize all the gifts she had for people were at home.]
it's beautiful though, you didn't have to.
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[And in light of that plurk, this is a terrible line for Eliot to shoot out. But it's true. He did pick it specifically because he knew that Rapunzel would make it shine. Everything deserves its best chance to shine, right?]
And with that, I'm sure we can definitely complete this challenge.
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