NEW MEAT & TANABATA

[idolpro]

Who: Everyone~
When: Day 12, forward dated slightly
What: Tanabata ☆

[ Good morning, idols! It's. . . it's morning, right?

Even though your clocks are correct and it is the AM, the sun isn't out in the sky yet. More than that, the stars are shining ever so brilliantly today - you can see the entire Milky Way system here, in fact so clearly that it feels like you could reach out and touch them.

You'll find a message on your phones:

Producers: TANABATA POTLUCK today at Shinjuku Gyoen! Bring a dish, any dish! Share with your friends! Share with your foes! Get along with anyone and everyone! Today marks a special anniversary, the one fated meeting of the star-crossed! Anything can happen here ♥
Producers: And who knows? There may be a few opportunities for you to get some points ☆
Producers: Make sure to put on a good show for us, idols! Oh, and for the seniors here: make sure to teach the new scouts well, okay~?

New . . . New scouts? Well, come to think of it, there are a few new faces around your dorm - they'll be popping out of their rooms when they're ready (when did those rooms get there) the same way that you did: in pajamas and with 3 sets of starter clothes to their name, along with their cell phone and approximately 0 points and 0 memories. The elevators won't let them leave the floor until they decide their position in the unit, and they're probably just as confused as you were when you came - so maybe you should try helping them out?

Leave the dorms and you'll find a lit-up pathway to Shinjuku Gyoen from . . . anywhere you are, honestly; the pavement seems to reflect the sky above to make a river of stars that run down to the park. There, you'll find a wooden platform lined with white cloth just outside the park, as well as a few fold-up chairs and cloth-lined group tables - you know, the long ones. There's nothing on them, though. It looks like you'll have to bring your own food. It is supposed to be a potluck, after all!! As for entertainment - well, surely you guys can figure it out, right?

Lining this side's edge of the park are tall stalks of bamboo, with a wooden plaque hanging from one of the stalks. It has this written on it:

Long, long ago, the Sky King's daughter began to weave him a beautiful cloth. He loved it so much that the Weaving Princess would work diligently every day in order to please him - but her weaving left her in solitude, alone and loveless. Seeing this, the Sky King arranged for her to marry the celestial Cowherd. The Weaving Princess and the Cowherd fell in love, happily spending their days together ☆

However, in their love was tragedy. The two were so enamored with one another that they forgot their duties - the Cowherd his heavenly cows, and the Princess her weave. Displeased by this, the Sky King separated the two across the heavenly river - but at the behest of his daughter, he promised that the two could meet each other once every year should she finish her work.

And so, we celebrate Tanabata, for the two's reunion. When we celebrate the day when the two lovers can meet once more, we also ask to be granted a single wish! Write your wish on a paper tag and tie it to the bamboo tree; it very well may be granted to you.

There aren't any paper tags though . . . or ink, or brushes to write with. Oh, but come to think of it, there's probably a unit that could help with that, isn't there?

Hanging just above average height is the first paper tag: STOP BREAKING MY FUCKING TOWER ]

[ Just as an OOC note, this is not a game! This is just a little probably-picnic probably-potluck mingle with opportunity to perform a Live fitting to this occasion! Aside from the toplevel where you should respond to with wishes, you can make your own toplevels and do whatever you like! ]

Comments

LIVE; TANABATA WISH TAGS

[sonof]

[ dressed up nicely with his hair bound up and braided, he's already smoking first thing in the morning but also carried down a stack of paper tags and a calligraphy set in each hand, and sets them down on one of the tables. pulls his phone out of his obi to hit the live button before he sets to work unpacking the brushes and wetting the inkstone.

after he's written down his own wish on one of them, he turns on his heel and starts for the bamboo tree. ]

Free for public use. Help yourselves, now.

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[zugzwange]

[ hmmmm, takes a moment to think about writing and then goes for it: just some nonsense really ]

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[sonof]

You're really something, aren't you?

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[fistdere]

[ ten thousand years of slowly writing after scowling forever at the paper ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Also writing his own wish, but he also has a question for Taisho]

I have an inquiry about your Lives.

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[eatsthecanary]

[ newbie managed to put on actual clothes and in some way finding something that seems familiar to him is comforting.

though he's holding a paper tag and a brush like he's dubious of the whole process. ]

It doesn't really matter what I write on here, does it?

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[fiberoptic]

[The notion of wishes was silly to him, but points were points. But did it still count as a Taisho Live if they weren't the ones with the brush?]

We can write our own?

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[rollplayinghouse]

[Helping out with some paper and ink, also in her fancy outfit, but when it comes to her own wish she just stares at the paper for several full minutes.]

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[forgottenmercy]

[writes delicately on the paper.]

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[hashtagaesthetic]

[helping out, but not really like, going for writing a wish of his own.]

[syncintohell]

[ Helping with the ink, but either he doesn't have a wish or he has no wishes he's willing to publicly post while so many are nearby ]

Though it is only a story, I wonder if a peaceful day is truly what's best for the lovers.

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[bevoted]

[ well he seems to go to write something, but. ... hesitates. .... ah... ]

... can we only write one wish?

[unbr8kable]

You really think someone's reading all these?

[motorcycle_noises]

[ Sanguine is wearing this outfit as he approaches the table. ]

Oh.... Thank you for this.

[ He considers for a moment before he writes down a wish for himself. ]

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[dragonheartedgirl]

[ Coming by at the end of the Live, as promised. She's got a large basket that she's carrying with both hands. The slight clink of glass and metal inside it as it bumps against her legs while she walks is audible. ]

This was a cute Live!

[liarliarliar]

Thank you for the supplies as always, beautiful Taishos!

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[columbidaring]

Just any wish, hm?

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[crossmyheartandhope]

Hey, thanks!

[Going to grab one.]

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[ferociousfuckingnerd]

Thank you very much, Yasu-san.

[Writes down a very sincere and heartfelt wish.

His handwriting is a little shaky but that's fine.]

[rollwillpowercheck]

[sits at the table, staring intently at the wish tag in front of him. if you’re paying really close attention, he’s not really, uh, blinking. also, he’s letting his brush soak up way too much ink?

then he suddenly looks up.]

I’m really sorry in advance...?

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[artificialinelegance]

Thanks, fucko.

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[nohalation]

Ohhhh . . . really? You're so nice . . .

[picking up a paper tag]

[deicider]

[Offers a smile before taking up a pen and paper]

Thank you.

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[sancrimony]

[ here ]

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[carnivorouscarnival]

Sure, why not! Points are points.

[ doesn't have to think about his wish for more than a second before taking a brush and scribbling it down. ]