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

[watercress]

[Oh come the fuck on! Plant mages who aren't Perci?! Rude.]

Well, where did you get them?

[strateelgic]

[Just Rose Things(TM). And he'll be taking those back, thank you, after which he'll remove the vines.]

Where does anyone get anything in this place?

I'm afraid that's a secret, however.

[watercress]

[Shells are not worth dealing with Red, dammit.]

Whatever.

[strateelgic]

If you really want some shells, you can come see me again when I'm done here and we can work out a trade.

I won't make you do anything silly the way the little beastmen here would.

[watercress]

[You know what]

I can do that. I miss the ocean, dammit.

[strateelgic]

[Him too, kid.]

Did you live in or near the ocean before, then?

[watercress]

[Sir this birb is 26. It is you who is the kid. They are just short]

Island, and I'm a water mage. There's too much land and not enough water for my tastes here.

[strateelgic]

[Sorry he can't hear you from all the way up here...]

Water specifically? Interesting. We usually just use the general term "mage", since we dabble in multiple aspects of magic. Not as focused.

[watercress]

Yeah, no, we're born with it and can't branch out. I'm not sure I'd want to, honestly, it sounds like way too much work.

[strateelgic]

Perhaps. Attending a school specifically for mages means we get to learn it as part of our main curriculum, however.

[watercress]

...how does magic work in your world? We have academies, but this sounds different.

[strateelgic]

That would be difficult to explain.

Mages develop their abilities naturally - are born with the ability to do magic, as your are. Not everyone is. Mages are in the minority, in fact, so there are special schools we're sent to for training. What we choose to specialize in is then up to us.

[watercress]

Huh. Yeah, no, we're born with whatever type of magic we end up working with.

[Born water mage baby]

Mother joked I was born knowing how to swim.

[strateelgic]

Is that so? Then that would make two of us!

Though to be fair, I was actually born in the ocean, so it would be a problem if I didn't.