Make A Wish!!

[godbent]

Who: Everyone Ever
What: Tanabata + 2nd Cross Pageant
When: July 7th, 7:30PMish onward
Where: Outside the Brigade HQ: Pageant Stage In the Plaza in front of House 37 (which no one lives in right now)
Summary: First it's the Cross Pageant, then the normal Tanabata stuff the Brigade does such as supplying bamboo to tie wishes to and fireworks. Some food and drink supplied
Rating: Wishy Fishy
[Tanabata in the form of few sub-threads below! There's going to be four:

One, for people performing in the pageant, details will be in the top comment of the subthread, but this one if for people to make direct responses to their appeals as well as to write out what they were and what they do.

Two, for general mingling during the pageant. For the judges and audience and all that jazz.

Three, for the wishes people write up for Tanabata - eighter just to note them or for people to spy on your writing them or tying them up or reacting to them once up or whatever!

Four, finally, is at the end of the night when there are fireworks being launched to go with all this stuff, for people to mingle/watch the show

Timeline
7:30ish -> sunset or so: Pageant
Between: Go make wishes and stuff
10:00ish: Fireworks]

Comments

[magentarific]

Haven't you ever watched talent shows? They've always got the person who likes everyone, the guy who insults everyone, and a token minority.

[noexit]

I guess I never noticed that. [...So is the weird rabbit the token minority? Or the French guy?]

[magentarific]

There are a lot of weird things that no one ever notices. That's one of them and it happens because most people are entertained by emotional drama. If everyone was nice about it, we wouldn't have a very big audience. [ They both are, since there are more than 3 judges, with Japanese being the majority! ]

[noexit]

I seriously don't think anyone here has anything better to do. [That's her story, anyway.]

[magentarific]

There's plenty better to do. I volunteered because I like Haruhi and this seemed like a nice break from things to do. Only boring people let themselves get bored.

[noexit]

[...Hey. Excuse you.] Oh, really?

[magentarific]

Really. If you want to do something, make it happen.

[noexit]

[When she puts it that way, it sounds like something straight out of her own mouth. The grin is back.] I like that attitude.

[magentarific]

It's a great attitude to have. [ Yuri grins right back. ]

[noexit]

The thing I can't stand about this place is having to sit back and give up all control. [She leans back in her chair.] But that doesn't mean I can't find new ways to have agency in my life.

[magentarific]

The fact that you can is kind of impressive in its own way. [ Yuri can't accept that. ]

[noexit]

What do you mean?

[magentarific]

I don't think I could ever stop fighting for control.

[noexit]

I never said I've stopped. It's just hard to feel like you're in control of anything when you're taken away from everything you know and basically imprisoned.

[magentarific]

We could be in a lab somewhere, tied down and drugged all the time instead. I think this leaves us with a little bit of control at least.

1/2

[noexit]

[Then why does she still feel so useless? .....This is just dragging down the mood of what's supposed to be a fun day. Time to back away.]

[noexit]

[Back to a smile.] ...Things could be worse, I guess.

[magentarific]

Absolutely! As far as prisons go, this has to be one of the better ones.