genessia | Festival of Amore

Festival of Amore - Dated 2/14

Welcome to the Festival of Amore!
A wonderful festival dedicated to celebrating love of the romantic nature.

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.

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[For an early portion of the festival, Nico is taking song requests! She's dressed up In a festive costume and standing by her mic stand. At her feet is a sign advertising their later concert and encouraging people to pick up some pink glow sticks to wave during the performance.]

Nico Nico Ni~! Thanks for coming out to listen to me, everyone! I hope to see you all at the concert. Feel free to pick up a glowstick and support your cute, heart-pink Nico Nico~!

Who cares what anyone said? Faye was a smart, beautiful independent woman, and if she wanted to go to some lame Valentine's festival on her own, then she would.

Faye's hair seems to have been afflicted by something - and not just her new shampoo. For the most part, for some unknown reason, it's an ugly cyan colour. So strange when all the couples around have mostly red or purple. At other points, when she watched the various couples around, her hair might turn dingy yellow in annoyance, grey with boredom, or, on the odd occasion she saw a couple who actually looked like they really cared for each other and were good for each other, a green shade.

GAMES

Faye is standing around, apparently on her own, and she looks really quite miffed that they won't let her play any of the gameson her own.

FOOD STALLS

Yes, this is more what she is here for. She joins the queues to try various things. They're all annoyingly cute, but she is hungry after all. Now, if only there's a place round here to get a drink. If you're nearby, she might ask you.

FORTUNE TELLING

The couples around her are having so much fun with these. When she thinks no one's looking, Faye will sidle up and ask to get one of her own.

Thea's hair had gone cyan in a mirror of her emotions, with Barry gone she had gotten lonely. Sure she loves her new job at the museum and she's been quietly looking into a part time second job via the bars or becoming a deputy guardian but she needs to be pulled back into life. Missing her boyfriend was not helping things since she still sees herself as very taken. For now however she's mostly wandering the festival, ducking the games but snagging some food.

The princess' hair had gone bright magenta whenever she thought about Tsukasa, who she had been planning on meeting once at the festival (she hoped), and the little pale pink streaks that appeared when she realized what was happening made her so flustered that she just...shoved her hair under a baseball cap as she wandered the festival, going for the food first.

[Hikari was not at the Festival to have fun.]

[...well, okay, she was. Just not the kind of fun might normally expect. Unless they were expecting 'fun' to be defined as 'follow around one of your close friends for roughly half an hour alongside your other close friend, snapping pictures of said first close friend while she was on a date.' Because if that was what was expected, then...um...okay, long story short, Mimi was being stalked with a camera and it would be a small miracle if her and Takeru weren't caught once the entire time.]

[Shenanigans aside, she did seem to be enjoying herself. Since this definitely wasn't a date, she hadn't thought to dress anything above comfortable casual, donning a cute blue long-sleeved dress and black leggings, short hair pulled back in a matching headband. Nothing unusual there. Oh, except for the fact that she was also wearing a pair of cat-eye sunglasses. Even when trying to take pictures.]

[Strange.]

[Of course, that could only go on for so long, so once satisfied that a good number of forever keepsakes had been captured, Hikari stepped back and allowed herself the time to flip through her memory card. She'd snapped a few other shots along the way, although Mimi and her date were the primary subjects.]

It reminds me a little of the festivals back home.

✪ Locked to 10 paddle boats and fireflies

[Martha laughed softly as she was splashed when the boat jostled slightly. She had slipped her shoes off in order to paddle better. ]

Tell me you've done this before?

[ Later in the evening, Martha leans back against John, wrapping his arms around her to stave off the chill. Yeah, sure, she was going to go with that. She smiled, as she watched the first of the Fireflies light up. ]

Happy Valentines Day.

Edited 2018-02-15 04:01 (UTC)

✪ Food Stalls

Martha figured everyone just wanted to go all for the Hearts holiday, what with the crazy hair and all that. Martha? well She remained unchanged and thought she looked quite good thank you very much. Of course, she was going to try everything at the Food Stalls. Martha Jones was nothing if not a foodie. Come bug her.

✪ Concert

Martha really loved music and she didn't get to listen to it as much as she would have liked, so at some point during the evening she can found sitting on a blanket relaxing. She is smiling and dancing her own little dance to the music. Martha even grabbed a glow stick and tried to keep up.

[Anyone who wanders through the area full of games is certain to pass by the Super Ball Scooping section, which happens to be where Fran is currently wandering -- thanks to her own curiosity. As curious as she is however, she's more than content to watch as others attempt to scoop the balls out of the water pools. This is unacceptable to one stall runner who is currently trying their best to needle Fran into participating. For now, Fran is simply politely (but firmly) rejecting the offer.]

No, I do not wish so. [is her final answer, but the stall owner doesn't seem happy with that. Instead of taking her rejection they reach out and take her by the arm with the intention of guiding her to the pool's edge. They even put a paper net in her hand.

Fran, for all of her restraint, is extremely displeased and reacts accordingly. She jerks back quickly, dropping the net to the ground, and the motion she makes unfortunately has wide falling consequences. The stall owner trips and falls back, landing squarely in their own water pool, splashing water to the ground and causing several balls to spill to the floor. Fran simply stands there, folding her arms over her chest.]

Perhaps you would do best to take no for an answer, next time.

[for anyone nearby who witnessed the exchange she inclines her chin and tilts her head to the side slightly, almost inviting a response should they have something to say.]

Bits of cyan speckled through Gwen's raven hair, Rhys was on her mind and its showing. But she spots Martha after going to get herself a drink,"I keep missing you it seems!" going for light since tonight is supposed to be fun after all. Between Torchwood and simply finding her way Gwen's been oddly quiet as of late but she's trying.

Kaitou was off... somewhere, and Tsukasa was taking pictures when he noticed Alessia through his lens. Looking up, he walked over, raising a hand. His eyes were a spring green color at the moment. "Hey," he greeted.

Alessia squeaked and spun around. "O-oh hi!" she said, pulling a wisp of hair out from under her cap to check to see what color it was now.

~~Looked like the magenta had faded out some more in favor of the pale pink. Okay then. Keep it cool Princess.~~

She gave him a small smile, tilting her head when she noticed his eyes. "So your eyes got hit with that spell?" she said. "So did my hair."

"Eyes and fingertips," replied Tsukasa, holding up his hand which was tinged with the same color. "Although it's not like it's much of a difference. I'm used to much different shenanigans than this."

"What color's your hair?" he asked.

Alessia was quiet for a moment before just reaching up to pull the baseball cap off, revealing her bright magenta hair with the light pink streaks. "I got two actually," she said, clutching the cap in both hands as her eyes scanned the food stalls.

"Interesting colors," he said with a slight smile. "I'm sure they'd look good on you normally."

"You think so?" she said with a small smile of her own. "Thanks...maybe I'll look into getting it colored once this is over."

She took a deep breath to relax before nodding towards one of the food stalls. "Want anything?"

[Takeru himself had two purposes when he initially came up with the idea, one was just to be nice the other was to just get Mimi's reactions when she realized what they had done. But Takeru himself had only been watching the whole time, wearing something akin to a casual long-sleeved shirt and jeans combo that Mimi hadn't yet seen him wear, so it made it a little easier to go unnoticed.

The other difference was the lack of hat and a pair of sunglasses that were sitting in his front pocket, which wasn't necessarily needed but thanks to his eyes changing colors, he knew he might need them for certain situations. But right now he seemed fine, even if his usual blue eyes were currently bright orange.

He soon found himself looking around slightly, taking in the whole thing. This place was really set up for couples, even the games seemed to have that two-person thing going on.]

Reminds me a little of that too, except the focus is more on couples. So pretty much if you wanted to come to this thing alone you'd be sorely disappointed.

[He paused briefly, before looking over at Hikari, if for a moment before looking away. He was trying to decide if perhaps the glasses need to come out right now or not. He was sure it would be fine.]

What do you want to do first?

[Orange]

[It was strange. Seeing Takeru's eyes a color so starkly different from their usual shade of blue. Even when she wasn't looking directly, they seemed to stand out in her peripheral vision. Enough that it took her a moment longer than it should have to place the camera safely back in its holding case. Making sure each piece was secured so that there would be no damage as they continued to walk around.]

I'm not sure. Most of my attention the last half hour was on Mimi. And a few other couples.

[It was still bright enough outside that the sunglasses weren't affecting her vision so much, but she still needed to adjust them as she looked back up and at Takeru. An almost Jou-like gesture.]

You're right, though. Most of what's set up seems to be for them. [Romantic couples. Not as many choices for we're-just-friends-we-swear.] We could walk around a little and see if anything catches our interest?

"I usually get mine done, although it's been a while since I've had to do so." said Tsukasa with a nod.

"Sure, I could use a holiday churro."

Mimi could have sworn her hair was a gold color as she ditched her friends with a "Have fun you two~" and took Ryuji's hand to wander off to another part of the festival. However, now that she saw the parts of her hair that fell on her shoulders, she noticed it was a bright magenta color that matched her new dress she bought specifically for today. What did that color mean again?

Attraction.

She looked at her date with a shy smile.

Good thing he knew she was attracted to him or that would be REALLY embarrassing.

As soon as they were out of sight of her two friends, she had let go of his hand- suddenly feeling a nervousness she hadn't really felt all day. Streaks of bright orange and pale yellow appeared in her hair, mixed with some pale pink to go with that majority magenta color. Excited/happy, anxious, and embarrassed if she remembered correctly. Yep. That was EXACTLY how she felt.

"So..." she wrung her hands and tilted her head cutely. "Did you want to play any games?"

She was starting to regret letting go of his hand. She really wanted to hold it, but for once? She didn't want to force herself on him. Odd behavior for the biggest flirt in her group of friends. Then again, flirting was one thing, but actually liking someone was another!

[Takeru nodded slightly, before deciding that the sunglasses were the best idea. So on they went at least for the time being as he looked around.]

Walking around seems like a good idea, if you see anything you want to do, you'll let me know, right?

[He was going to let her take the reigns for at least now anyway. There were a few things, but nothing that caught his eye. Games which when looking closer seemed to be a couples thing in which you had to play together, which he guessed they could do later, but for the meantime he was checking out what else there was.]

The fresh air would do him some good.

Sure, it was still rather cold outside, but Ignis had been spending far too much time inside recently. Even when training, it had been somewhere indoors. He was grateful to Gladiolus for helping him find a new way to fight, should the situation arise (given Ardyn's appearance in this world, that would no doubt come to pass).

But today was not about him, not completely, as he was being a friend and truest of gentleman to the beautiful girl on his arm.

"I apologize for not being of much use as an escort for the games, but I will try if you want to have at it." He smiled. Maybe it was the feeling of so many (mostly) happy people.

Honestly, he's not even sure why he came to the festival. It's not like he has anyone special to him. Not here, and not that kind of special back home, either. Yet, he finds himself wandering around. Just listening to the crowds of happy people. He can't help but smile faintly to himself, though as he passed the games, he couldn't help hearing one of the stall owners calling out to him. Asking if he'd like to try their game.

"Thanks, but no thanks." He didn't want to at all, nor did he have anyone to play with if he did. So chances were he'd just walk away unless someone stopped him.

Festival Games

[Long story short: Shi really wants a goldfish. He's been watching them for at least 30 minutes by now and is absolutely in love with them. He must have a goldfish friend.

But all of the stall games require two players... So he's just standing in front of various stalls, staring at the goldfish like he's some dejected lover.]

I'm sorry... I don't have a date, so you can't come home with me...

Chocolate Fondue

[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?

Bored.

[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.]

Edited 2018-02-15 23:26 (UTC)

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Festival of Amore - Dated 2/14

Live Entertainment - Nico Song Requests!

Find Faye Anywhere - Open To All

Thea Queen: OTA

Alessia: OTA

Hikari ☼ OTA

Martha Jones

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Fran | OTA

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Mimi Tachikawa - Locked to Ryuji Sakamoto (they can be seen unless otherwise noted!)

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Ignis Scientia || OTA, but arrived with Cindy Aurum

Riku | OTA

Shi Yamato . OTA

Eliot Durant . OTA

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