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

[apothekitty]

[ in relatively neat simple handwriting: ]

Seeking test subjects.
High poison tolerance preferred.

[ there is no offer of compensation. oops? ]

[secondbornsun]

[ ,

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ]

[apothekitty]

[ it's not signed '-' ]

[secondbornsun]

[ what does it smell like . . . ]

[apothekitty]

[ it smells like the little Weed apothecary who was with Daffodil in that one family game. ]

[secondbornsun]

[ . . .

just . . . takes this poster off the board. ]

[apothekitty]

[ hey rude :( she needs those subjects :( ]

[secondbornsun]

[ naughty weeds who don't offer contact information or compensation or even a place to sign up get their signs put in the wiggler ]

[apothekitty]

[ an hour later the exact same sign goes up again. she is persistent. ]

[debug_mode]

...Hey!

[secondbornsun]

Hmmh?

[mykidisthebest]

[apothekitty]

[ this is a very serious legitimate request. ]

[mykidisthebest]

[how am I supposed to respond to your very serious request when you didn't sign it, ma'am]

[apothekitty]

[ GUESS WHO STILL DOESN'T HAVE A NAME! ]

[mykidisthebest]

[PICK A NAME, YOUNG LADY

cubecalls her]

[apothekitty]

[ it takes a moment, less because he is being ignored and more because she still has to do the whole startled cat poof thing before she answers. ]

Hello?

[mykidisthebest]

Hi.

Did you leave this note about looking for "test subjects"?

[potentshell]

[ ....... this seems dangerous ]

[apothekitty]

[ trust her she's not a doctor. ]

[potentshell]

[ oh boy. he considers it. ]

How do you respond ... just write a r-reponse?

[apothekitty]

[ unfortunately(?) she does not yet have a name so she did not write it on there. possibly that is the best way to do it.

they didn't have these kind of things in fantasy China she's just following the exact letter of the law. ]

[potentshell]

[ welp. he's curious, so. He's going to write ECLAIR down and go back to helping with the cat-host cafe. ]

[apothekitty]

[ what actually happens is that a few hours later, probably around the time things are winding down, a little nameless Weed comes wandering into the cafe. she walks more like a woman on a mission, looking around and then beelining straight for him.

I would have tagged the host cafe thread but it was very long by the time I got back to tags. ]

You. You're Eclair, right?

[potentshell]

[ entirely reasonable. plus, it's kind of cute if she's catching him just as he's clearing the plates and helping shut the booth down. ]

Oh! Y-yes, that's right. You're the Weed that we played with, right...?