Tana-baa-ta

[survivaltricks]

WHO: everyone!
WHERE: the pasture
WHEN: day 22, all day

[the morning of day 22 begins with a light drizzle, as has been typical for the past few days. but despite the damp weather, a playlist of music also echoes across the pasture, luring you towards the center!]

[there, you will find that someone has planted a large bamboo tree, which is surrounded by wooden tables that are covered with colorful slips of paper and pens. a colorful sign, decorated with random doodles of stars, clouds, suns, and other fun shapes, contains a set of instructions:]

WELCOME TO TANABATA!

WRITE A WISH ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND TIE IT TO THE BAMBOO TREE.

HAVE FUN!

[the music and the bamboo wishing tree are a great start to the festival, but other people have been hard at work to make this a day to remember, right?]

[it's time to celebrate Tana-baa-ta!]

((FEEL FREE TO MAKE YOUR OWN TOP LEVELS IN THIS POST AS WELL! I made a few to get things going, but you should all run wild and free and thread to your heart's content ♥))

Comments

ROCK FORTUNES

[finalbows]

[chasseurdebeaute]

Ah, how can one resist? Please pray tell, what is a Rock Fortune?

[finalbows]

_{[ him refusing to submit to the pun of a 'f-ore-tune,' firstly. ]}

How kind of you to ask, Rubato. I find it would be easiest to explain through the process of doing, however, if you would be so amenable...? I merely require your outstretched palm... the closing of your eyes... and a few more moments of your time.

[chasseurdebeaute]

[Shuts his eyes and offers his (gloved) hand! He will peek.]

[pleasantmisery]

What's a rock fortune?

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[finalbows]

<sub>[ he leans in toward her, and sotto-voce, says, ]

A little bit of magic, makes a chip of rock, determined by who you cast it at. And then I make something up about it.

Like showing someone their thumbprint and telling them it means something special, really. Premonition is really all about spin. This one was my favorite trick for getting gil quick when I was... what, seven? Hn. Must have been.</sub>

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[pleasantmisery]

Oh, so people get a fortune AND a souvenir? That's so cute!

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[wants_the_phd]

I'll just watch someone else do it.

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[catposting]

[ is also watching someone else do it ]

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[wants_the_phd]

[just two weirdos staring at a third weirdo, i guess. is this bonding? probably not.]

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[finalbows]

Suit yourself. Looks like we have a bite, anyway, so watch~ close~ly~. _{Not that I need to tell you that.}

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[wants_the_phd]

[oh yeah she starin'! thanks for taking one for the team, rubato]

Think you can do it without someone having to close their eyes?

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[electricflock]

I want one!

[he doesn't know what these are, but it's angel devil offering it so muffin is THERE]

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[finalbows]

Then one, he shall get. But first-- give us a twirl! I didn't know if I'd catch you and get to see what you'd picked out to wear.

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[catposting]

[ drowsily sipping catnip lemonade ]

Mmmm... sure, why not.

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[finalbows]

Sure, he says? Why not, he says. What passion! What fire. How could I turn such an invested patron away?



Anyway, cat. Hand.

_{[ outstretches his own. ]}

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[eonsadrift]

I'm not typically one for getting my fortune told... but this seems interesting. How does it work?

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[finalbows]

With a bit of genuine magic, and a whole lot more genuine, hard-won knowledge of stones and gems to draw forth your personal, personalized, permanent souvenir.

Lasts a little bit longer than all that fried food, anyway. But... here's something to make it funner for me, stuck behind this booth all the hour. Roll one of your dice for me, Cloverlord; I want to see if the number you roll is higher, or lower, than the strength of the rock.

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[beathollow]

Ah... I've never had my fortune told, before. How does this one work?

[finalbows]

Simple as could be~. I think you might like the practice, Sonata. As the querent, what is most important for you... is to have in mind what you might hope to see.

...The spell for it is very special. It's purpose is not to harm, or even to heal...
It is a mirror. It taps, briefly, the heart, to speak to it, candidly. And carries away with it a measure of what, there, it sees.

...Are you ready, then, dear? To see?

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[potentshell]

[ A LITTLE LATER ON - ]

Muffin said I should try getting a rock fortune...?

[finalbows]

He did?
--He did!

_{[ congrats, you get see to see angie's pleased ":> muffin." face, for a moment, unfiltered, before he shifts into ego and fanfare. ]}

Then please, come closer, make yourself at home. I don't believe we've been much introduced? I'm known, regularly, as... the Angel Devil, of the Rose Devil Army...


But today, I shall simply be serving as a humble voice of the powers that be.

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[themanofyourdreams]

[muttering to not be completely obvious to non-Rose attendees]

Wait, is this one real? I've never even heard of this.

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[finalbows]

Why don't you give me your hand and find out~?

[shortforever]

Well, we tried cards, so let's try rocks too sure.