The Cultural Fair!

[wise_maiden]

Who: Everyone's invited!
What: The Cultural Fair
When: June 5th- 12th - admittedly dates are sort of nebulous - set up could have begun as early as the 5th, but given the event recently, more days could have been taken to do it and for people to involve themselves, so it probably "officially" starts a little later (by the 8th at the very least, though work can go on throughout it) - feel free to use your judgement/have fun!
Where: All around the town square!
Summary: Here.
Rating: ... who knows?!



Notes: Booths can be labeled as separate comments! Just put [booth name] or something in the subject line so people can find top level comments easier.

Work probably started for it on the 5th-7/8th for labor purposes, though feel free to use dates to your advantage here! (Even if characters slapdash something at the last minute, it would be fun to see! It would even be encouraged after the crazy from the last event - kind of a way to get back in touch with themselves.)

CHARACTERS ARE WELCOME TO TAG THE LOG FOR INTERACTING WITH OTHERS, NOT JUST BOOTHS, SO FEEL FREE TO TAG IN! Also a character who might not know what's going on is welcome to walk by and question it! And so forth. (Helios and Ikki made posts in regard to it and there have been art club posters around, so anyone could have noticed those as well!)

I'll leave descriptions up to you all as there isn't much that is too uniform about the displays, as everyone is encouraged to be creative about their presentations and how hard the characters worked isn't something I could define for each of you. Just keep in mind that this takes place in the plaza, there shouldn't be an issue with blocking traffic (there may be ropes up to try and keep pathways clear, however!), though it may branch around various points of the square depending on where someone wants a booth located / the number of actual participants. The square will also have a lot of brightly colored signs and decorations indicating what is going on!



For ideas/reference on how it was handled last time, feel free to look through here! There's no official signup, so go forth!

Comments

[Animals!]

[breezing]

[ WHO WOULD USE A REAL STARFISH IN FOOD, HONESTLY. ]

Oh oh oh you should! I never got to go to that! Well, I didn't know it was a thing, even...

[breezing]

Good! It's a promise, then! I guess I'll let you enjoy the rest of the festival?

[Air Gates!]

[therewerefifty]

Pokemon? [Some kind of animal, she guesses.]

[generalflirt]

[He nods, and he's off!

Not that he won't be back here a lot tho]

[therewerefifty]

[That's another flag. Makie glances at Prim curiously.] You live in a rural area?

[neverplaysfair]

Ah. So "was" being not simply interrupted by being here.

Do you resent him?

[personafalsify]

... I don't think I get it. Can you demonstrate at all?

[therewerefifty]

A great deal. For myself, I don't mind, but my mother deserved far better.

[twodragons]

I... Just imagine something like this.

[He holds a hand out, shooting a bit of flame from his palm.]

And it's done in such a way that the force of the blast sends my hand going the other way.

[neversurrender]

I think I've heard that name around the journal before. Don't think I've ever actually met her.

[Air Gates!]

[breezing]

Yeah, like over there.

[ She's pointing at her giant bird pokemon, who is perched in the trees where she's pointing. ]

[prims]

She tends to keep to herself.

...Anyway, so - baseball?

[prims]

Sort of. I mean, most Districts are rural, but Twelve's one of the more out there types. We're centered around our coal mines.

[prims]

Well, that's true enough. I mean...I'm still getting used to everything.

[ She laughs, a tad sheepish. ]

[Air Gates!]

[therewerefifty]

Oh, I see. They're birds...?

[Yes, Makie.]

[therewerefifty]

...this is an embarrassing question, but I'm not sure what a coal mine actually is.

[neversurrender]

Oh! Right. Well, first you need to stand by the base. [He motions to the white base laying on the ground.]

Then I'll give you the bat. You want to hold it like this. [He demonstrates the correct hold.] What you'll need to do is hit the ball with the bat.

[reminded]

Ha ha. A straightforward mystery is hardly a mystery at all, is it? That said... [He clears room on the booth counter and slides forward a notepad and pencil.] You don't sound very confident in your answer. I would suggest drawing a diagram to corroborate your mental work.

[In other words, she'd better try again.]

[neverplaysfair]

Did he have a reason?

[therewerefifty]

[It seems they've circled back to this topic after all.]

I was a more skilled kenshi than my brother, the heir to the dojo. He could not bear the shame and ended his life.

[complicatedliar]

[Loki produces a bit of string from his pocket and leaves his throne long enough to hand it to her. It's notably not attached to anything.]

That should do nicely.

[wise_maiden]

Sometimes I think it's better not to become used to everything. As long as you can still be surprised, it means you aren't entirely desensitized to everything around you... you can still look at the world in a new way, even if the eye-opener is difficult.

[neverplaysfair]

... [ Oh. ]

So rather than cast aside his pride, your father sentenced his dojo to ruin?

[therewerefifty]

[She looks at him sharply, not quite expecting that response. In fact, she's never really thought of it that way. It's an interesting thought.

Of course...] I suppose that's one way to put it. But I'm quite sure many of his peers would consider a woman inheriting the dojo as something shameful, also.

[fourthgenerationprincess]

"Well, it's never too late to learn!" Twilight smiles, trying to cheer her up. "Besides, from all of my research, I've learned that friendship is the most powerful kind of magic there is."