Shining In The Sky ★

[starfishlovesyou]

Who: You! Everyone!
What: The Starfish Festival
When: April 14th, all day
Where: All around the plaza
Summary: It's finally here, an entire day dedicated to celebrating the starfish and spending time with friends. Have fun!
Rating: ★ Please accept this!
After months of planning and roping in poor, innocent people to help out with some of the work it's finally done. An actual festival, all for the starfish.

The morning of the 14th mostly consists of people arriving, the stalls being brought in and decorations being put up. It's all about the preparation! Most of the decorating consists of banners and streamers you might find at a school festival, all hung around doors and windows and between the buildings in the plaza. And star shaped pieces of card being stuck up here and there in places too. If the decorations don't tell you what's going on then the banners saying 'STARFISH FESTIVAL' certainly will.

Come midday the festival is in full swing. There's plenty of food at many of the stalls (either prepared by Fuuko and the other girls or brought in by other villagers) ranging from cake, ice cream and different kinds of sweet things, to starfish tea, sandwiches, all sorts of festival fare. There are a few games set up too where it's possible to win starfish related prizes like pins, badges and even plush toys and some stalls are even giving out wind chimes. Finally there's also a little entertainment provided with music being played in the background throughout most of the festival. (You should totally go listen to Kotomi giving her very own violin recital.)

By night time when most of the food is gone there will be a fireworks display to bring an end to the festival. Hopefully the Starfish Festival would be a day to remember!

(You didn't need to receive an invite in order to come, that was just the girl's attempt at getting word of the festival out there. The festival is open to anyone and everyone to come along and have a good time.)

Comments

[etudes]

I'll be playing the violin later today. A song dedicated to the starfish. It will be a real recital, just like the one I've had back home.

Will Arata-kun come to listen for a bit by then too..? I'd really, really like that.

[cuethemasong]

[Taking your hands there, Kotomi.] If it's an offer from the beautiful Kotomi-chan... How could I possibly refuse?

[etudes]

[ ooh mister Arata ooh?! Except Kotomi is oblivious, so most of it goes over her head.. ]

I'm glad.. If Arata-kun wasn't there, the recital surely wouldn't be complete.

[cuethemasong]

[Letting go now.] Oh? That just makes me want to go over even more.

[etudes]

That's good.. it's a very good thing if Arata-kun wants to come over more and more. After all, I would feel sad if Arata-kun wouldn't be able to enjoy my violin playing..

[cuethemasong]

On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your playing?

[etudes]

Hmm.. Is it really okay for me to rate myself?

[ but fine, she's still thinking about it..!! ]

... I think I'd say a nine, maybe. It sounds really wonderful to me..

[cuethemasong]

That just means that you're really confident in your playing.

... Although, you might be aiming too low.

[etudes]

[ blink.. ]

Aiming too low..? Why would Arata-kun say that?

[cuethemasong]

Instead of aiming for 9, go for 100.

[etudes]

... But.. if it's a scale of one to ten, then there's no hunderd on it, right, Arata-kun?

[cuethemasong]

That's the point. You're supposed to go beyond expectations.