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🌸 ᴛʜᴇ sʜɪʀᴀsᴀɢɪ ʜɪᴍᴇɢɪᴍɪ. ([personal profile] mistsplitter) wrote in [community profile] seasonsrpg2024-04-30 01:52 pm

🎨 you were only waiting for this moment to arrive

WHO: people!!
WHAT: arts festival
WHEN: late apr! forward dated a couple of days
WHERE: amberfall
WARNINGS: none for now!




Introduction
Welcome one and all toooooo the Titanic Dome!

This year's arts festival is a lot more ambitious than last year's, what with its giant venue that can house most of Ellipsa's population! Just like last year's, it is a festival by otherworlders for otherworlders, but it's definitely garnered a lot of attention that locals have come, too.

Despite it being a venue for fighting and combat and whatnot, the hallways that line the arenas are definitely prime areas for putting up booths and exhibits. Of course, the won't just be used for fighting this time around, too! It's definitely a creative way of using the venue. Granted, it's a little farther from the city as people do have to teleport to access the area, but what's a little adventure? Everyone is guaranteed safety here despite it being in the middle of two segments as there's security around, so even civilians and those local to Ellipsa have come to enjoy the festivities.

Everyone who participates is given a nice paper arm band like what people are made to put on in amusement parks. The bands aren't something everyone is required to wear, at least, and they can even stop by the booth nearby and decorate their arm bands! Show your support of your favourite fighter, or maybe you're a fan of one of the performers? Either way, it's definitely a good way to show you're on someone's side!


Food, Talents, and Exhibits
🎵 As otherworlders enter the dome, they'll be greeted with the sights of various booths and aromas of the bustling food stalls, some run by familiar faces you might know. Ayaka and Yoimiya have made sure there's plenty of food for visitors to eat while they walk around and partake in the festivities. From barbeque burgers and hotdogs to taco stands, to dumplings of all varieties, never-ending desserts and drinks, a plethora of goodies await those who are hungry. There's even a ramen food truck and for the more brave souls who wish to take on a challenge, featured on the menu is an appropriately named, devil's ramen. Nearby is a taiyaki ice cream stand for those who need to cool off their scorched tongues.

One of the main attractions is the talent showcased by the otherwordlers themselves. Strewn across the park are various stalls and art exhibits. A blacksmith booth with samples and sketches of all sorts of weapons is run by Jean. Works of art from Mary, Tau, Albedo, Kaeya, Jinhai, Rapunzel, and dioramas from Caster are featured. There are also other fun stalls such as magical face painting from Jinhai, and a crafts booth run by Rapunzel who is also giving out complimentary cupcakes. (While supplies last!) Come visit and have a chat with everyone while you admire their works if they happen to be around.

Inside the arena proper sits a dazzling stage stage for everyone to come watch the talents. Like last year, Ren Jinguji takes on the role of host, introducing everyone, hosting games, and even performing himself! All of the performers are stars in their own rights, showcasing their singing, acting, dancing, and instrumental capabilities. Pull up a chair or blanket, and come watch some showstopping performances! Everyone has worked so hard to make this a fun, joyous occasion.

Talent scouts, as well as other professionals native to Ellipsa, are present during the festival, as well. Any performers, if they do well? May end up being approached by these people at some point, and be given an opportunity to go big in the future!


Tournament
The schedule of festivities can be found via pamphlets and in various social media platforms. There are also screens around the dome that show what event is happening now and what event will happen soon!

The Flower Cup games all happen at the start of the tournament, on the first day. Each game is done one after the other, where contestants either line up on stage for the push-ups contest or down on the ground of the arena itself for the animal transformation race. These games serve as a warm-up for the audience to get their blood pumping and for their competitive spirits to light up!

After that, some talents are asked to come up on stage, whether it's a group acting a lighthearted romcom, playing the lyre, singing songs, or performing a "magic" show! Entertainment is at is finest–where so many forms of art come together to make people happy and inspire them. And after half of the talents that have signed up perform, Ren gets back on stage to announce that the Tournament is about to begin!

It's the Seasons Cup first before the Rainbow Cup, and it's towards nighttime that the Rainbow Cup actually happens. What's more, only the eliminations happen on the first day, creating so much hype and suspense for the following day.

Because of how big the tournament has become, many locals have even formed fanclubs of the participants. It hasn't even been a couple of hours, and there are already all kinds of merch of the participants that can be found in the various booths around the dome! Is that a body pillow cover of Hijikata?! Wait- is that E'kayan's face on a mug? Hang on! There are posters of Minato already?! People sure do work fast… There are even a bunch of very muscular men in speedos jogging around the arena come nighttime, all cheering for their Lovely Miss Yoimiya! People are going crazy for just about everybody who's come up on to fight, that much is for certain!

Come the second day of the festival though, more talents take the stage once more, some with their guitar, some with just their own equipment to sing and dance, and some to even eat a giant chicken! There are so many more acts prepared for the second day and everyone is hype for it! But what is more hype is the grand finale for the Seasons Cup and the Rainbow Cup.

Someone might have even rented a blimp just to drive a message by to cheer for Tartaglia! And let's not forget the one fan who's been distributing free bananas as a tribute to MK for the finals…

Of course, the participants do! Not! Disappoint! From day one until the last day of the festival, everyone has fought so well and has displayed so much showmanship. Right before dinner time, Ayaka comes on stage for the first time, introduces herself, and awards the champions and runner-ups with their trophy and a flower crown to wear. Prize money are credited to their accounts by the end of the week.

Before anyone can go, though…? There's still the closing ceremony to spectate!


Festival End
In Naganohara Yoimiya fashion, a festival is never complete without a barrage of fireworks. Together with Tartaglia, the two have prepared a dazzling light show to close off the festival with a bang. A series of fireworks representing each of the seasons start things off, pink sakura petals for spring, yellow suns for summer, red maple leaves for autumn, and blue snowflakes for winter. Next, star shaped meteors blitz across the sky, a representation of the otherwordlers who came from distant worlds. And last but certainly not least, the couple finishes off the show with a swarm of their signature mini goldfish and narwhals that swim around in the sky together until they explode into a beautiful array of orange and blue. Another exciting year for the Arts Festival has come to pass, one that is sure to be filled with fun memories.

Now that festivities have shimmered down, the organisers begin the clean up and the stall owners make their preparations to go home and close up. If you have some time to spare, feel free to lend a hand. The dome is still open to those who just want to wind down for the evening, various tables and chairs around the corridors for resting.

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(( OOC: Thank you all for participating in the arts festival! The prompts are more general than they are specific, so please feel free to make up just about anything with regard to the various booths that one can find, as well as other things happening in the festival! Feel free to ask any questions here and I'll get to them as soon as I'm able! ))
worthit: Come on Rapunzel honey get a mitt and catch the clue. (♥» The lights will appear)

HECK YEAH

[personal profile] worthit 2024-05-06 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Rapunzel is delighted to have someone to share in her excitement, honestly, and she listens to the anecdote with rapt attention. She's somehow managed to never see a dragon before, but she's read about them, so her imagination is running a little wild trying to picture it. SHE'S RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, RINKU.]

That's amazing! I wish I'd been here to see it. Being fireproof is pretty cool too.

[She says it casually enough, but the tone of her voice IS appropriately awestruck as she flashes Rinku a smile, moving a little closer so it's easier to hear each other, and turns her gaze back up to the sky lighting up overhead.]

Have you had the chance to see a lot of her firework shows then? Does she hold them often?
roundandaround: Wink. (leave it to me!)

[personal profile] roundandaround 2024-05-06 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
A couple! Whenever there's a big event, she usually signs up for it. Oh, and last year she started up a big summer festival and a bunch of us pitched in! I got to DJ the whole thing, it was fun!
worthit: I'll miss you lantern! (♥ » Up and away you go!)

[personal profile] worthit 2024-05-06 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe if I'm around long enough I'll get a chance to see more of her work then. You said her name is... Yoi-chan? If you talk to her today would you mind telling her I loved today's show.

[She'll never forget this, if she has anything to say about it.]

I wish I'd learned how to use the camera on my phone for this.
roundandaround: Waving. (hiiii)

[personal profile] roundandaround 2024-05-06 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, Naganohara Yoimiya-chan! I call her Yoi-chan. I'll definitely tell her! Though she's really friendly, so I bet she wouldn't mind you telling her either.

[Rinku pulls out her own phone and starts recording.]

That's okay! A lot of the phones here in Ellipsa work kinda the same. It's never as good as seeing it live, but I can try and film some of it!
worthit: (pic#13750748)

[personal profile] worthit 2024-05-08 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
If I get the chance to meet her, I'd love to! But it seems like you'll probably see her first.

[Rapunzel takes the opportunity to reach into her satchel as well, retrieving her phone so that she can try to figure it out in between colorful bursts of light.]

We didn't have anything like these phones where I'm originally from, but we did in the last two worlds. I just got so distracted by everything else these phones can do that I didn't really get around to practicing yet.

[NEW PHONE WHO DIS

The joys of swapping from an iPhone to a Galaxy after you've been trapped in "the Garden" for three years. Am I right?]
roundandaround: Shameless smile. (smile smile smile)

[personal profile] roundandaround 2024-05-08 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, so you've been to lots of different places like this? There's people who were taken to another world before this one, but I think there's only a few who went to more than one.
worthit: The kingdom of Corona (♥ » Amazement)

[personal profile] worthit 2024-05-09 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Just the two, really. The first one- ah. It didn't end well, so everyone had to be evacuated. The second world was actually barren when we arrived so... I guess technically speaking most of the places there were sort of the same? At least at first!

[That did begin to change once things started taking a turn for the better, but that's a long, long story.]

I've heard someone mention that before. I feel terrible that they've been separated from their homes for so long, especially if they were brought someplace dangerous... but doesn't it also sound pretty exciting? I had no idea there were so many different worlds out there. It's like... the stars are a whole new sea of possibilities, right? So... I kind of wonder if our worlds aren't up there blinking back at us, sometimes.
roundandaround: Concentrating hard. (gotta get good)

[personal profile] roundandaround 2024-05-09 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Rinku clasps her hands together and looks worried at first, but as Rapunzel continues, Rinku nods repeatedly.]

Yeah! There's so many things out there... I know we're gonna go home eventually, and every day there's something new and exciting, so I'm trying not to be sad or scared about it. Ellipsa's a lot of fun! And I think we're really progressing on the whole world-saving thing anyway.
worthit: (pic#13750829)

[personal profile] worthit 2024-05-16 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's right! If we focus on the positive things it isn't so scary, right? And we're not in this alone. We have everyone else who's in the same boat as us. So as long as we help each other out I'm sure it'll be okay.

[She agrees that Ellipsa is also a lot of fun, and that helps.]

I'm sure we can do it. We'll fix whatever is broken, and then maybe people will get to choose if they want to stay or go.

[She won't get into the why of it, but she knows at least one person who's circumstances were better in another world than back home.]

We'll do it, you'll see!
roundandaround: Calling happily from a train. (happy happy -- wrong idol franchise)

[personal profile] roundandaround 2024-05-16 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I think so too!

[And maybe they won't have to choose, and there'll be nothing to worry about.]

You get it! This world'll be even better once we save it.
worthit: (4073524 (85))

[personal profile] worthit 2024-05-22 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course!

[This will DEFINITELY turn out better than the last time. And it would be great if they could come and go as they pleased. She'd love to show Pascal, Eugene, and Max this place if given the chance.

For now, Rapunzel draws a box from the satchel she has on her. It's hand decorated in her usual style, with swirling, bright colors in the shapes of flowers, birds, people that can be spotted at the event, and symbols for each of the four seasons. Inside are four cupcakes that she'd brought over from her stall, one for each said season. She offers the box over with a friendly smile.]


In the meantime, how do you feel about cupcakes?
roundandaround: Calling happily from a train. (happy happy -- wrong idol franchise)

[personal profile] roundandaround 2024-05-22 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rinku's eyes sparkle and she pumps her fists a little.]

That's so cool! Of course I love cupcakes! Did you make those? And the box?
worthit: (jO24QlJ)

[personal profile] worthit 2024-05-29 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
I made them, yes! [Wait.] Well. Not the box. I don't know how to make cardboard, but I did decorate it! Help yourself! Oh- you're not allergic to anything are you?
roundandaround: Dancing in the music room. (super hype)

「gratuitous english」

[personal profile] roundandaround 2024-05-30 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Eh? No, I don't think so. It looks nice!

[She happily picks one up and takes a bite. Her eyes light up, she spins in a circle, and she points in the air.]

「Happy Around!」 You're really good at this! You must do a lot of baking.
Edited 2024-05-30 00:37 (UTC)