Spring Festival [OPEN TO ALL!]

[deadly_legacy]

When; Friday, April 6 2012, afternoon into night
Rating; Various! Warn if you need to on individual threads.
Characters; EVERYONE EVER!
Summary; Spring festival
Log;

Xanadu is buzzing this afternoon with with food stands and booths with games to play and trinkets to sell or win. There are a couple of stages where people play instruments, sing, juggle, and otherwise entertain.

People donated money, time and materials to bring everything together. Some areas are very polished and professional while others have more of a homemade touch, but it blends together nicely and there is a little something for everyone. A little further from the main attractions there is space for relaxing or playing a game of frisbee or catch.

As the evening settles upon the City, paper lanterns light up an outdoor dance floor and a band plays a range of music from romantic to spirited. There are also tables set up for those who would prefer to star or people gaze.

(OOC: As mentioned here please feel free to have your character/business set up a booth or stand or to be performing under the appropriate headings! They can be doing if for money, free, or charity. General Mingle | Booths: Games/Merchandise | Food Stands | Entertainment/Street Performers | Dance)

Comments

[open]

[nohometown]

[Sephiroth is not in what one might call a "festival mood", but he usually walks his chocobo in the park, and why should today be any different? Chocobos grow rather quickly, and Faremis is already taller than any dog. The black bird is large by almost anyone's estimation, now.

Sephiroth is completely calm as he makes his way through the festival-goers, but the animal accompanying him is clearly excited by all the people and noise--yet it remains obediently at his side, though it makes soft and curious wark-ing noises, brightly regarding everything they pass.

It's good for him to grow accustomed to crowds.]

[auguria]

[Faremis has drawn this ones attention, peeking curiously through the crowd after the pair of them, following from a subtle distance for a little while.]

[nohometown]

[Sephiroth's not the type of man one can follow for long without his noticing. He turns back to see Jast and nods in his direction: a greeting.

Wark! says Faremis, cheerfully.]

[auguria]

[Wark! It seems that Jast really does not think about it, in the slightest, before returning that greeting. It probably shows in the faint flush across his face as he shuffles closer to pet Faremis's head and rub noses and other such cutesy nonsense. He will get to you, eventually, Sephiroth.]

[nohometown]

[Faremis is all too happy for this communication, gregarious like any well-socialized chocobo.

Sephiroth watches this exchange, calmly but curiously.]

You can speak to him?

[auguria]

[Jast nods eagerly.]

Yes!

[feycarved]

[The bird has also caught Elijah's attention, being that it's something not quite like any fey or animal he's ever seen before. He sidles over, attention focused on the chocobo until he's close enough to look Sephiroth in the eye.]

Cute li'l fella you got there.

[nohometown]

[Sephiroth gives a small smile in response.] Hello.

And thank you. He's a chocobo. They're native to my world. And my world alone, it seems.

[Faremis looks up at the stranger. He is enjoying all these new people. Wark wark.]

[feycarved]

[The warking gets a smile from Elijah.] Afternoon, sir. [And to the chocobo:] And hello to you too, little guy.

Do them chocobos usually get that big?

[nohometown]

Good afternoon.

[The chocobo steps forward curiously, cocking its head at Elijah and blinking.]

They do, and much larger. He will be larger than I am, when fully grown, and capable of carrying me.

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[worldofourown]

[Have a bright smile.]

What a hideous creature.

[That's a compliment, btw.]

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[nohometown]

[Oh look, it's his favorite person. He's underwhelmed.]

Its aesthetics don't greatly concern me.

[open]

[worldofourown]

What then? Does it do any special tricks?

[nohometown]

It's intelligent. A quality I value.

[worldofourown]

And a sparkling conversationist too?

[To make up for what Sephiroth... lacks.]

[nohometown]

[He just doesn't like talking to you, Karl.]

They can be vocal birds, but are not capable of human speech, no.

[Faremis warks cautiously, cocking his head at Karl.]

Though I appreciate his ability to hold his tongue. A skill many lack.

[worldofourown]

[Smiiiiiirk.]

Only because they have nothing interesting to say.

[Insufferable bastard, that Karl.]

[nohometown]

I find many people who speak a great deal have very little worth saying.

And by the same token, there are some people it's not worth speaking to.

[majorcrotchgrab]

[It isn't the bird that catches Raikov's attention... it's the silver hair. It's rare to find someone else his age with natural silver hair. He does notice the chocobo eventually and as he approaches, his raises an eyebrow at it]

That's a rather large bird...

[nohometown]

[He notes the other man's hair color as well, though with the many worlds people here come from... It's impossible to say if it's as unusual in other worlds as it is in his own.

He nods.] It is, but for its species, it's still quite small. It's just a juvenile.

[majorcrotchgrab]

[Raikov's eyes widen a bit]

That's... a juvenile? Jesus.Really...? How big do they get?

[nohometown]

Yes, he'll be larger than I am when he's fully grown. They're riding birds.

fff messed up my tag. the before "really?" should've been in the action XD

[majorcrotchgrab]

They're definitely not in my world... I've never seen one before.

ah, that's ok, no problem!

[nohometown]

I haven't met anyone here who has. But then, I haven't met anyone here from my world.

[He doesn't seem at all bothered by this fact, however.]

They're analogous to "horses", from what I can tell.

[Horses seem just as odd to him.]

[majorcrotchgrab]

It certainly is huge... I can't imagine riding around on a giant bird.