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Spellbind Mods ([personal profile] spellbindmods) wrote in [community profile] spellbinders2017-12-20 09:49 pm

[WORLD TWO | SUNSU FESTIVAL]

Who: All coven members, and more!
Where: Anmung Tower and about a mile radius from the base of the tower!
When: Day 174
Open/Closed: Open to All



For those coven members who come from worlds with Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, etc., they'll likely recognize Sunsu as a version of similar holidays. While there aren't any religious over or under tones, there's snow falling, a high level of merriment and cheer all around.

That isn't to say Sunsu isn't without a bit of meaning and lore. Certain stalls are focused on a minor history of Sunsu, a holiday stemming from the story of two lovers, Princess Xin and one of her ladies in waiting, who proved to the Princess' father that their love was worthy of marriage by blessing each other with a fabulous gift. Depending on your taste and place in life, Sunsu can be more romantic or more family-based. Sunsu is marketed as a holiday that focuses on blessing and giving to those that you cherish in life, and receiving a blessing or gift symbolizes uniting people together forever.

Because of this meaning, there is a certain romanticized overtone to Sunsu, though of course others celebrate in their own way. It's a holiday of togetherness, and everyone in Shehui seems to be in on the holiday spirit. There aren't as many monitors around, the streets around Anmung tower are packed with families, newcomers and couples alike. Are you ready to get into the spirit of the season?

      A ▢ For some coven members, Sunsu is a day of work. This work may have actually started early in the morning, which is when the beginning of the Sunsu festival begins. Those who volunteered to work at the festival will be paid handsomely, but they'll have to work hard for it! One such job up for the taking is personal shopper which can be completed with the help of another person -- lucky you! This requires making your way through the streets of Shehui, looking for gifts and items that you're likely unfamiliar with.

      B ▢ Other volunteers are lucky enough to be stuck in stalls where there are at least chairs. Almost anything and everything is being sold in Shehui, and it's your job to push whatever goods you're being hired to peddle. The good news. You get 10-20% commission! The weirder or more ridiculous the item, the higher your commission!

      C ▢ Others may not even be working. You've been exceptionally naughty and decided to skip out on your Sunsu shopping until the last minute! Whether you're looking for a last minute gift for your Secret Sunsu recipients, or you're being a horrible friend and neglecting those you love until literally the last day, you've still got time to get some gifts!



As the day goes on, more and more festival decorations are going up -- which this may also be a job you've been roped into! With the sun falling steadily in the sky, the true beauty of Shehui can be seen as night creeps in. As per the request of the lottery winner, almost every structure in Shehui around the Anmung tower, including the famed structure, is illuminated with brilliant, twinkling lights in gold and red colors. Some areas are lit by different colors, like the nearby Huhu Coffee House that's building is wrapped in green lights, while Xi Park is filled with a soft pink variety on trees and fountains.

Streamers and banners are hung everywhere, with some offering simple seasons greetings, while others are making passers by aware of sales and wares to be sold.

      D ▢ Sunsu is certainly a togetherness holiday, and everyone in the coven must have at least one friend or loved one they know in Shehui -- at least a casual acquaintance? There are a lot of things around Sunsu to do in groups or pairs (three ain't a crowd, here!), from stupid picture booths to horse-drawn carriage rides. Well, those creatures certainly look sort of like horses, if horses had four legs and two arms. In the spirit of togetherness, grab a friend or three and enjoy yourself. You've earned it, right?

      E ▢ Sunsu is a festival, and what's a festival without drinking? Drinking is actually a pastime that is popular at Sunsu, with local signboards discussing the historical significance of drinking in Shehui a long time ago. (If you're inclined to notice, all historical signboards have a sort of whimsical vagueness about them, as if they're discussing a myth or legend, not actual history). There are three types of traditional alcohol in Shehui that are made on Sunsu. One, a red concoction that is strong, reminiscent of a type of vodka. Two, a clear liquid that has a distinctly almond taste; akin to beer but with no fizz. Three, a pink, champagne-lite that is comparable to a wine cooler -- for you kids and lightweights out there. These drinks are also essentially handed out with very few stalls requiring you pay for them. Some stalls are extremely beer-focused, even promoting drinking contests with cash and gift prizes!

      F ▢ While not completely close to Anmung tower, Chips! is running a special promotion tonight! All games that aren't table gambling are completely free! If you're an introvert who just wants to DDR the night away, you're welcome to spend your night here, as pathetic as it may be. You're also welcome to escape the Anmung crowds, only to find yourself in a different type of mob inside Chips! -- it's better with a friend, though!

      G ▢ Closer to the base of Anmung tower, a festival game is taking place. Called XiXi, this game involves receiving a red envelope and finding a person who fits the criteria within that envelope. When you do, take the person to a table and receive a credit prize of 500 and a small basket of pastries and fruit. It's popular with children, but adults are allowed to get in on the fun too -- a lot of people treat it like a mixer. There's also no limit to how many times you can complete the challenge, as long as you don't use the same person twice! These criteria can be physical traits, more embarrassing personal qualifications...anything you can OOCly think of!



At midnight, the Sunsu event is supposed to culminate in a fireworks show -- and it does! To commemorate the day being over, fireworks of many different colors are being displayed all across Shehui, further illuminating the evening. It's almost as if it's truly daylight again, between the fireworks and Anmung tower.

      H ▢ In one more relaxing prompt, you're allowed to enjoy the fireworks. There are several parks that have set up watching points, including blankets on the ground and pre-made picnic baskets you can buy. After a busy day, whether working or playing, it's nice to be able to sit down and simply observe the night sky.

      I ▢ This doesn't last forever, though. About 15 minutes into the show, there's a disruption in the typical fireworks booming, instead replaced with a very large and ominous bang. These explosion sounds continue until there's a decidedly larger explosion sound that appears and feels a lot closer than the others. While there aren't any signs of fire or debris, the Sunsu festival is thrown into chaos. People are running, stores are closing immediately, and inner city speakers are announcing an emergency and for all residents to return to their homes immediately with escorts available if necessary. It's impossible to see what the source of the sound is here, but it's obviously abnormal. Will you help people in the panic? Where are those friends you've spent so much of the night with? What is going on?

      J ▢ Wildcard! Have another idea for a prompt? Try it out and tag around!
deem: (agree)

[personal profile] deem 2018-01-02 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Why would I forget about it? Pretty distinctive, you know.
talim: (16.)

[personal profile] talim 2018-01-02 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess so...

[ jude huffs. ]

Getting in trouble was worth it, though.
deem: (say)

[personal profile] deem 2018-01-02 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[He gives Jude's shoulder a gentle squeeze]

Aaaand that's how I'd know it's you and not some duplicate, even if there were a bunch.
talim: do not take (pic#10683704)

[personal profile] talim 2018-01-02 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ jude looks surprised for a moment, before he laughs, letting his head lull to the side and rest against 9s'. ]

Is one Jude Mathis trouble enough?
deem: (glad)

[personal profile] deem 2018-01-02 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Too much of a good thing, and all that.

[Said with a smile]
secondadvent: (♚ but who was phone?)

[personal profile] secondadvent 2018-01-03 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
...Ah. I see. [ He tips his head a bit, reading the letter. ] So you're given a list of traits and your task is to find someone who fits the criteria.
talim: (pic#11824106)

[personal profile] talim 2018-01-03 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ jude smiles into the crook of 9s' neck. ]

Really, how far are you going to go with all this flattery?
Edited 2018-01-03 00:23 (UTC)
reckoner: (116. ʟᴏᴏsᴇ ᴛᴀʟᴋ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴀʙʟᴇs)

d/e if it's too late ignore!!!

[personal profile] reckoner 2018-01-03 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ While waiting for a certain man, Gaelio browses the booths, expression as close as it has ever been to outright pleasant. Call it the delusion of the mundane this city provides, another life where each moment stolen might be prolonged. A holiday of warmth and twinkling lights, of exchanged affection, of the pink liquid in his cup.

Wondering if the games are as rigged as those fabled on Earth (not that a Seven Star ever attended such a carnival, television provided a good idea), he weaves slowly, waiting for the last of the bakery shifts to end. Even on a holiday, it had kept open, the demand understandably high.

Moving on, then, to inspect the "horses" and resist being drawn into a ride. It could be less startling, not only given the alien possibilities here, but Sleipnir on the Bauduin emblem predisposed him to too-many legged equine. The arms take some getting used to. ]


No, I'm waiting --

[ for someone, but in that moment, he notes Prompto and his camera, both imbued with purpose. Assuming he means to have a picture of the animal and carriage, Gaelio steps out of the shot, waving him along. ]

Happy Sunsu. Go ahead.
reckoner: (pic#11817173)

adds to the g pile on bc i want garbage

[personal profile] reckoner 2018-01-03 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Or, waiting for the special special special special special ... special people in his life. Gaelio's just debating allowing a proprietor to rope him into some sort of game with rings and tall bottles, tipping the last of his drink back, when an unexpected interruption comes far below his line of sight.

Gaelio blinks, leaning hard left to deposit the plastic cup into the proper receptacle. Whatever his experience with Mikazuki those few weeks ago, it had not prepared him for this brash command. Surprise muffled by the atmosphere, by a different, flushing expectation.

Well, it would save him the credits while passing this last half hour. ]


Hm. No "please"?

[ Regarding him, eyes oddly bright. It might be the champagne. It's probably the champagne. It's the champagne. His eyes flick up, confirming by a large clock that he has the time, that Mikazuki hasn't have found a way to cut into it.

Time enough. ]


Lead the way.

[ Probably should ask about it. Doesn't. ]
Edited 2018-01-03 00:46 (UTC)
keeptrucking: (22)

[personal profile] keeptrucking 2018-01-03 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[hell yeah... see how he saved this evening?! yeah he sure did.]

You keep those. One day I'll actually teach you about filters.
mesmerevenant: (04)

[personal profile] mesmerevenant 2018-01-03 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
I feel a little better about leaving that to the professionals.
keeptrucking: (61)

[personal profile] keeptrucking 2018-01-03 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, come on, what do you have against filters? It's just pushing some buttons!
mesmerevenant: (67)

[personal profile] mesmerevenant 2018-01-03 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
Nothing, actually. It's just more fun for me to see you have fun with them.
heartholder: (pic#11883164)

[personal profile] heartholder 2018-01-03 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it is pretty crazy. It both makes me miss Uchiura even more and makes me wonder what kind of place the next world might be.

[ if there is one. if they don't go back home first. ]
oceanaria: (038)

[personal profile] oceanaria 2018-01-03 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ As much as Riko wishes that it was their world, it's just a pipe dream. A mission in their home world, that would be something else, wouldn't it? ]

I just hope it won't be too different from this one. It's really peaceful here.

[ Thanks Riko, you jinxed it. But at least it's their turn to pick up some tangerines. ]

How many would you like, Chika-chan?
heartholder: (pic#11883172)

[personal profile] heartholder 2018-01-03 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Two? No, three! Or four—

[ oh. wait. ]

Aah, wait, Riko-chan! Were you going to use your credits? Let me pay for it!
soulcomet: (human ◡ you are the one)

[personal profile] soulcomet 2018-01-03 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Madoka can't help her own slightly flustered reaction, but she does have a pretty solid feeling that she and Yuna are going to be good friends.]

Ah — Madoka Kaname! It's nice to meet you.
oceanaria: (013)

[personal profile] oceanaria 2018-01-03 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's split, then. I feel like eating some tangerines later too, you know.

[ She's not letting her not-girlfriend pay that easily!! ]

I wonder what can we do here...
idolpedia: (pic#11826472)

[personal profile] idolpedia 2018-01-04 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Can anyone be a witch?

[Dia is accepting the fact that Amanda is a witch, okay.]

I suppose it doesn't.
idolpedia: (pic#11986471)

[personal profile] idolpedia 2018-01-04 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[The giggle is welcome, Dia laughs too. Softly.]

We do. We look like fairy queens almost, wouldn't you say?
argenteums: (♢ 105)

[personal profile] argenteums 2018-01-04 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hey, another one. He smiles up at him quickly, showing him the camera with an enthusiastic grin. ]

No big, no foul! This here's a camera, see? It takes pictures. Look!

[ He scoots over to Eizen's side (wow, he's tall), and turns the camera around to show him the back screen, with its lcd display. He grins and swipes through some of the images he's taken already, a lot of them selfies, but also of others around the festivities. ]

How about I take one of you? Uh- stand right there!

[ There's a nice sunsu celebrating arch that looks decorative enough. ]

Just stand in front of it and let your body talk!
witchwithoutacause: (chew)

[personal profile] witchwithoutacause 2018-01-04 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well, yeah, she is. Weird to think of worlds without magic, or that just put harsh bans on it. ]

I mean, there's a certain level of natural talent. Just about anyone could learn magic, technically, but making up for a lack of talent can be pretty hard.
marakukaja: (❧ dia)

[personal profile] marakukaja 2018-01-04 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ Winner winner, no chicken dinner? Despite not having to eat at all, she nods at the suggestion. ]

Yes, I have, with some friends. Though they advised me to stay off the machine after a few rounds...

[ Robot problems. Maybe she'll handicap herself to give him a fair chance. ]
deusex: (eightysix;)

[personal profile] deusex 2018-01-04 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ he's not denying it. ]

You get to win things.

[ but.... you know, nbd, whatever. Mikazuki will just shrug a little bit. ]

If you're not, I'll find someone else.
deusex: (twenty;)

[personal profile] deusex 2018-01-04 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ the destination is the booth on the other side of the square or ... something i don't know the layout, man, let's just go with this. He weaves through the people easily, but glances back after a moment or two to see if the other is following along okay. ]

Is he going to be okay?

[ meaning 9s.... ]

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