Flower Viewing

[god-is-a-dude.livejournal.com]

Who: ...Lol man anyone ever. Everyone?
What: A very "special" Hanami as noted here
When: Most of Saturday afternoon going into Saturday evening
Where: Ammy's Hill
Summary: The haphazardly planned long-waited Hanami actually happens.
Rating: Bro

Today is the day of the Hanami - the flower viewing - as planned by the SOS-Brigade, and it couldn't be a better day! There might be a cold snap today, but sometime during the early afternoon (because Haruki willed it to be so and I got mod permission) the sun gets out more and the temperature shoots up into a nice spring day. This nice spring day will persist until the sun sets, at which point it will go back to being the cold day it was meant to be today.

So while the weather is nice, you might as well enjoy yourselves! As promised, the set up here is fantastic. On the top of the hill is one giant Sakura tree and four smaller ones along the side leading to the road serving as something akin to a natural (double) torii (you know those old Shinto gate things) leading up to the main tree. All five trees are in bloom, but while the four smaller ones have the pink flowers everyone is familiar with, the top one (the big one on the center of the hill) has darker pink, almost red ones for some reason.

One reason why it might be red is that (buried in the ground) at the base of the biggest tree is a (fake Made in China) human skeleton. It's buried pretty well and thus might not come out at all, but it's there. It is.

Anyway, aside from the flowers, there are other things too! There are three big mats with a large collection of chips, sake, and water in various bowls with cups and such for people. And then towards the center (manned by Haruki and one or three other Brigade members [feel free to assume you character is one of them if you want; it'll probably be in shifts]) is a big collection of burners, pots, pans, and everything you would need to produce dumplings on the spot. And they are making dumplings (usually pork of course) for people there.

As for decorations aside from the flowers themselves... there are various painted things and paintings which some people might recognize as Miyabi's work. There are also more than likely paper lanterns up which'll help once the shadows grow deeper in the early evening. I'm being vague in case Miyabi's player wants to post something specific.

Oh and off on the opposite side of the hill from the four flank-trees (for the kids) is a series of three somewhat normal sized trampolines (for the kids) to make up for the lack of Haruki's promised jump land or giant trampoline.

So that's the setting: ENJOY.

[Naturally, this is action script/commentspam/whatever you kids are calling it these days and naturally like any big meeting post thing is set for full threadjack mode]

Comments

[burningfighter.livejournal.com]

That's how it's worked here so far, right?

[mischiefbreeder]

[You better hope so, because Gold's already at work, consuming food.]

[sweethealer.livejournal.com]

[ Takes one and bites into it. ]

Woah! It's really good.

[burningfighter.livejournal.com]

*nom nom nom.*

It is! I wonder who made it?

[mischiefbreeder]

Who cares? They're delicious!

[sweethealer.livejournal.com]

[ Eating! But also getting a little distracted by the flowers and decorations -- especially the drawings. ]

[burningfighter.livejournal.com]

If they run a restaurant or something here, I'd want to stop by sometimes!

[mischiefbreeder]

Oh yeah! Whoever they are, I want the recipe!

[sweethealer.livejournal.com]

Well... Maybe they'll know?

[ Looking at the people cooking. ]

[burningfighter.livejournal.com]

*Going to go ask now. /o/!*

[mischiefbreeder]

Alright, go Red! [Omnomnom still.]

[sweethealer.livejournal.com]

[ Eating, watching Red, waiting. ]

[burningfighter.livejournal.com]

*He gets a good ways, and then stops, and looks around, realizing he still doesn't know which of them to ask...*

[mischiefbreeder]

[He walks up to Red, still eating a dumpling.]

...What's wrong?

[sweethealer.livejournal.com]

[ When Gold starts walking, Yellow'll follow him. And since he's asked the question that was on her mind, she'll wait for Red's answer. ]

[burningfighter.livejournal.com]

They're all busy cooking, I don't see anyone free to ask.

[mischiefbreeder]

That's why you need to speak up, Red!

[sweethealer.livejournal.com]

Maybe we ask them later? They can't be cooking forever...

[burningfighter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it'd be rude to interrupt.

[mischiefbreeder]

[What is this strange concept of... rude.]

If you say so.

[sweethealer.livejournal.com]

[ And now that she's finished her food, Yellow's going to go back to admiring the surroundings again. ]

[burningfighter.livejournal.com]

*That thing Crystal keeps hitting you for being, Gold.*

[mischiefbreeder]

[Bah! No idea what you're talking about!

But yeah, Gold's going to grab one last dumpling for the road and join Yellow in taking in the rest of the scenery. There's a lot more to enjoy than just food, after all!]

[sweethealer.livejournal.com]

[ Especially the art pieces! Yellow's gaze is drawn towards them, admiring. One day she'll manage to draw/paint like this.

But she'll pull herself away to look back at Red and Gold. ]

Where shall we go to next?

[burningfighter.livejournal.com]

Why don't we look at that red tree? It looks pretty weird.