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

[allseeingdeath]

Well, she just loves starfish so much. Never seen anyone like that before. It's new to me.

[etudes]

It's just that everyone likes something else.. Just like Fuuko-chan likes starfish, me or Shiki-chan like other things, right?

[allseeingdeath]

Hmm. I guess. Just like you like books.

Though you don't go and throw a festival for them.

[etudes]

A book festival.. [ oh no, Shiki, what did you do!! just watch those eyes light up.. ]

That sounds like it'd be wonderful.

[allseeingdeath]

[ ...What was this look in her eyes? ]

Well, I guess it would be kind of fun. Seeing all the different books and all.

[etudes]

Wouldn't it..? And we could have all kinds of games involving books too..

[allseeingdeath]

Wait, you can play games with books?

[etudes]

... Shiki-chan can't think of any games you could play with books..?

[allseeingdeath]

I can't really think of any games at all. I don't play them.

Can you think of some?

[etudes]

[ for a few moments she thinks, and then-- ]

You could build a tower out of books. [ this seems like a brilliant idea to her. ]

[allseeingdeath]

[ This just gets a chuckle out of her. ]

Guess you could. That still doesn't sound like much of a game.

But a book festival would be kind of interesting.

[etudes]

Then maybe we should have a book festival instead of a Starfish Festival sometime.. wouldn't it be fun, Shiki-chan?

[allseeingdeath]

...[ A small smile. ] It would be. If you ever want to, just let me know. I'll help you.

[etudes]

You will, Shiki-chan..?

[ she can't help but smile at that too. ]

If we'll ever try, we'll do it together, then. Since we're good friends.

[allseeingdeath]

Of course, Kotomi-chan. We'll do it together.