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Melodies Of Eternity Moderators ([personal profile] eternitymods) wrote in [community profile] melodiesofeternity2018-08-12 07:13 pm

Event || The Festival of Light

Who: Everyone!
When: August 18th - 25th
Where: The Empire
What: The Festival of Light is here! Feel free to use any of these prompts. NPCs tag will come sometimes this week. Please mention it in your top-level if you'd rather not be tagged by a random NPC.
Warnings/Notes: N/A

EXPOSITION OF THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT
— Third District || August 18th – August 25th || 10:00 to 23:00 —

The museums in the 03rd District are open to visitors and are home to many relics predating written history. A lot of those old relics are items of archaeological interest or look like they could be really advanced technologies if they weren't broken beyond repair. Prototypes for Magitek Armor of a new age are exposed, alongside fragments of what are believed to belong to the legendary WEAPONs, machines that belong to the same category than Ultima WEAPON.

The section for Eidolons has all the Eidolons the characters have met so far as well as others yet undiscovered displaying on a gigantic wall-covering painting. The largest Eidolon on the painting appears to be a dragon some characters may recognize as Bahamut, he is so big he dwarves the other Eidolons and should one pay attention, his wings are actually the background of the painting.

Interestingly, someone has doodled something that looks like Ultros over Leviathan on the painting...


SUNNY STARLIGHT
— Ninth District || August 22nd – August 25th || 07:00 to 19:00 —

Do you really believe because it’s summer, you can escape the beauty and magnificence of Christmas? Think again. There is one thing all the nations on Vaikuntha are of one mind on: the wait from the December 26th of a year to the December 24th of the next is too long. This is why a band of Moogles, Lalafells, Bangaas and Zoras from all across the Empire have occupied half of the Ninth District. Decorated trees, Christmas music, people dressed as Santa Claus (and probably dying because of the heat), fake gift boxes as well as a very large and pretty box for donations all await you!

Kids below the age of 15 will all receive a gift if they come: plushies made in the likeness of the main villains of numbered Final Fantasy games! And when you press the button hidden on their stomach, they speak a random line. Who doesn't want a Sephiroth plushie saying "You are a puppet" or a Jecht one repeating "Cry, cry, cry" all day long?

It's like a dream come true!


MIDNIGHT AIRSHIP
— Twelfth District || August 20th – August 24th || 23:00 to 06:00 —

For the late sleepers, it is possible to board a special airship prepared by Hypellos to party up in the sky. The Airship flies all around the Imperial Territories and should characters so desire, they can ask to stop by one of the two other cities. Whether they want to dance, to eat or to enjoy the view, it might be a very fun and relaxing activity. It is also a very good place from where to watch the fireworks… Or to scout for an incoming Tarutaru and her weapon toy.

Note that all the personnel onboard are Hypellos. They are very serviceable and nice, but can try the patience of those not used to their accent. Of note, one Hypello is green and appears to be angrily stalking anyone heading for the "Sunny Starlight" event. He is quite sneaky though and will always manage to get away before being approached.


MOGNET EXPOSITION
— Ninth District || August 22nd – August August 25th || 07:00 to 19:00 —

The half of the Ninth District not occupied by Christmas fanatics is occupied by the Moogles working for the Imperial section of Mognet. Split for the regular Mognet for a decade, Imperial Mognet has managed to thrive. Imperial iMog Slates have all sorts of functions other iMog Slates could only dream of, such as games, grammar check and that kind of stuff. All of those things can be visited at the exposition! Not only that, but the Moogles are also putting on display things that have nothing to do with Mognet but more to do with Moogles themselves.

Come and visit the exposition to discover the rich and amazing culture of the Moogles! Kupo Nuts, Fur Dye, Fake Kupo Nuts, Pom Shiner, Carved Kupo Nuts, booklets titled "How to Use Your Cuteness to Exploit People," Mognet Bags, Deluxe Kupo Nuts, Sheets to Prepare Future Strikes, Mog Beds, Explosive Kupo Nuts, Kupo Champagne—

There is no end to what might be learned from Moogles!


CHOCOBO RACES
— Sen Riqeaux || August 23rd || 15:00 to 20:00 —

A Chocobo Race will be held all around the city! Will you compete? Shall you win? There are no prizes as all the money earned through the race is given to the Safety of Sparks Golsaucia movement. Those participating can bring their own Chocobo or get a temporary one from the people organizing the race. It will be a very bad Chocobo though, so they shouldn’t expect to win… Beware the Hamsters and Marlboro during the race though. It’d be a real shame to end up getting eaten while racing.


SHOPPING
— City's Outskirts || August 18th – August 25th || 07:00 - 20:00 —

On the city's outskirts are all manners of stalls by shoppers eager to make some money. You can find everything there: plushies, food, clothes, souvenirs, books and even cosmetics. Why, one of the merchant is even selling contact lenses covering nearly all of the rainbow's spectrum aside from green while another sells all kind of swords, even the supposed legendary Excalibur! This might be the perfect place to take on O'aka's Quest if you so wish!


MINI SPARKS GOLSAUCIA
— Eleventh District || August 19th – August 24th || Anytime —

Specially for the festival, stallholders from Sparks Golsaucia were invited and brought a few attractions to display what they can do. Noticeably, there is a shooting stand—Once again, a treasure chest game where characters are presented with ten chests and can open only one-- Prizes range from one Gils to gigantic plushies. The novelty this year is something called the "Kupo Boxes," Boxes you punch open and you get something: perhaps something wonderful like a 1 million gil ticket, more often than not though absolutely nothing. Will you try your chance? Be careful, your wallet might not survive it.


TOURNAMENTS
— Tenth District || August 19th – August 23rd || 10:00/15:00/20:00 —

There is a Blitzball Competition taking place during the Festival of Light! Characters are free to go and watch the matches, so long as they can pay for the tickets. At the same time, a Triple Triad competition is taking place. Characters are free to enter the Triple Triad tournament if they so wish. Characters who know Triple Triads have decent chances to win. And even if your characters lose, what matters is trying, right? There are no prizes to be won, as all money goes to the Triple Triad For Everyone associations.


CULINARY ATTRACTIONS
— Second District || August 18th – August 25th || 12:00 to 13:30 / 19:00 to 21:00 —

What would a festival be without free food and banquets? Not really a festival. In the fourteenth district, there is a banquet and many stands held by people from all over the Empire. All kind of food can be found here-- Refined food, pastries, cakes, cooked meals, etc. It's virtually impossible not to find something to like in all of this, and it's all free! There are, however, guards standing around on the lookout for Gourmands who would be tempted to ruin the fun for everyone. After what happened two years ago, better be careful.


THE OPERA
— Ninth District || August 18th - August 24th || 22:00 —

There is an opera every day for all to see for free, titled "A Goddess's Tears." It is a retelling of the creation myth, but shown from the (presumed) perspective of the Goddess of Death. The play depicts the Goddess as someone who started out as a rather sweet person, but whose life took such terrible turns she wished to die and resented life. Yet, death was too scary of a prospect for her and she couldn't choose what was better, Life or Death. As the play progresses, she decides both are equally terrible and resolves to create a world where those very notions shall no longer exist.

As the play unfolds, toward the ends the story becomes what people are more familiar with. However, rather than letting her die wordlessly, the four heroes appease the Goddess's soul by singing. As the four heroes sing, the Goddess smiles and sheds a single tear before passing away. It is said the play is very emotional, sensible people might want to pass on it.


HOUSING
— Fourteenth District || August 17th - August 27th || Anytime —

Before, after and during the Festival of Light, the characters will all need a place where they can rest. Thankfully for them, people coming with the Curti Center delegation are all given the keys to stay in one of the abandoned houses in the 14th District. Truth to be told however, those house look anything but abandoned. Why, it's as if people had been living in them up until very recently, given how either clean and ordered they are for some, or chaotic and neglected they are for others (Characters who were present in Melodies of Life will be able to notice the houses are nearly identical to what they were just before the time skip during endgame, though there are a few eerie differences).

At least, it's a good place to sleep!


ARDYNIAN DISCOVERY
— Fifteenth District || August 18th – August 25th || 10:00, 15:00, 20:00 —

Everyday, it will be possible to get wheeled motor vehicle driven by imperial soldiers and go visit one of the other cities, case in point, Ardynia! Not much is done over there for the Festival of Light, but it is worth checking out, if only for the Wizard and Jester Jobs. It is a thriving city with people from all over the Empire, and it appears to be something of a shopping center for the imperial region.

And most importantly, discover the official headwear of Ardynia: the Fedora! It is said Archaeologists have imported this fashion trend to Ardynia when they pass by, but none know whether this is true or not. While most citizens have enough senses not to actually wear this dreaded hat, those who do wear it really look dumb doing so. And those who don't look dumb look like they'd make jokes about your pet's untimely demise while you're still crying about it.

Perhaps is is best to stay away.


PARASRAYA DISCOVERY
— Fifteenth District || August 18th – August 25th || 10:00, 15:00, 20:00 —

Everyday, it will be possible to get wheeled motor vehicle driven by imperial soldiers and go visit one of the other cities, case in point, Parasraya! Not much is done over there for the Festival of Light, but it is worth checking out, if only for the Archaeologist and Catmancer Jobs, as well as the Weapon Master Association. It is a technologically advanced yet small and cozy city...

... If it wasn't for a tragedy plaguing the city: cats, cats everywhere. If the meowing doesn't kill you, the constant flow of cats asking to be pet, fed and to sit on your lap might. You may even encounter a few tired citizens paying you money to take care of the cat infestation around their house. Others however are really defensive of the cats and will hunt anyone trying to bring harm to them. Of course, the source of all these cat-related troubles can be traced back to the origins of the Catmancer guild.

But, perhaps it is a story best left for another day.


FIREWORKS
— First District || August 18th – August 24th || Midnight —

Fireworks will be launched from the Castle starting 00:00 and will end at 01:00, everyday of the Festival. No matter where you are in the city, anyone should be able to watch them with ease if they so wish. Unfortunately, it means falling asleep before midnight may be a bit hard with all the noise. On the 25th, characters will be with dining with the Empress as the fireworks happen.
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[personal profile] pidgeypidge 2018-08-29 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Maybe she could've lied a little and claimed to be a little impressed, but Pidge couldn't see the point in doing so. Still, the comment earned Futaba a chuckle.]

Well it is very shiny. Shame that's about all it has going for it.

[But the less than stellar tech was all but forgotten thanks to that comment, and Pidge turned and just sort of stared for a moment.]

Wait. Are we really?

[Was that something she was supposed to know? Oops...]
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[personal profile] promiselisting 2018-08-29 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Huh? You didn't know?

[ Maybe?????? Futaba certainly expected Shiro or Hunk to mention it, or something???? Or maybe that woulda been kinda weird in hindsight. ]

Yeah, I'm from Earth, 2016.

[ Y'know, that time before a lot of space travel had even been developed. And World War III, for that matter. ]
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[personal profile] pidgeypidge 2018-08-29 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
... No?

[Oh. Was she supposed to have known that? She supposed they'd all been a bit distracted the past few days so it was possible that it just hadn't come up. But either way, it was certainly something to find out now.]

Ha... Timey wimey.
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[personal profile] promiselisting 2018-08-29 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell me about it.

[ Futaba sighs in exasperation. ]

I'd tell you all that it's worse when it's the people you know from all different times, but... pretty sure you probably figured that out when you got here.

[ Given what Keith said about Shiro and Hunk only catching up with them after the whole debacle with their disappearance. ]
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[personal profile] pidgeypidge 2018-09-01 09:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Something told her that she didn't have to tell her about it. So she'll just settle for shrugging, because what else can she say to that?]

Yea, it's...

[Honestly, Pidge's opinion of this world couldn't have been worse if it had actively tried. In the short time since she'd woken up here, it had already taken two people she loved away from her, and it still killed her that nobody had any idea why. The fact that they'd come back didn't diminish that.]

It might not have been so bad if that was the first time Shiro had disappeared. [It occurred to her, after she'd said it, to wonder how much Futaba knew. But it was too late to take the words back now. And she couldn't bring herself to feel guilty about spilling potentially secret information, because Futaba had been right there with them when they went to get Shiro and Hunk.]

I thought we were going home. And then I ended up here.

[Not exactly what she'd been hoping for.]
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[personal profile] promiselisting 2018-09-03 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Thaaaat gets a bit of an eyebrow raise. That... admittedly took a turn for the more-serious-than-expected. Like. She'd expected it to be a little serious but not quite this much??? ]

That... isn't the first time Shiro's disappeared.

[ She says it as a statement, not a question. ]

Hunk... told me a little. That you guys've been away from Earth for... a really long time.

[ She can't imagine how homesick she'd be in that situation- or... well, maybe she can a little, because of here. But still. ]
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[personal profile] pidgeypidge 2018-09-04 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Nope.

[Or the second, even. But the mention of Hunk was enough of a distraction to keep her from dwelling too hard on that.]

Yea, it seems like we've been gone forever. [She couldn't say for sure how long it had actually been, but coming here certainly hadn't helped.] How much has he told you? [Some of it wasn't hers to tell, after all. But it wasn't like they were being super secretive about who they were or where they'd come from.]

He's been... okay, right? [Aside from disappearing, obviously.]
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[personal profile] promiselisting 2018-09-04 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
I mean... as much as any of us are, I think.

[ She's... pretty sure Hunk is better at putting up a front than she is, though. Most people are. ]

He told me about Voltron. About the whole... fighting the Galra Empire thing. Saving solar systems, stuff like that.

[ The broad strokes, really. There'd been vague plans to hang out again and talk more, share more of their stories, but... well, then things happened. and will be happening. She pauses a moment to grin though, and hopefully lighten the mood a bit? ]

He told me you were a hacker too, which is awesome, because in my time? Most online and tech communities teeeend to be boys clubs.
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[personal profile] pidgeypidge 2018-09-04 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
Ha. Fair enough. [She had yet to meet someone who was one hundred percent okay.] I just worry about him a lot. [Probably to the point where he'd laugh at her and tell her to quit worrying so much.]

Yea, that's about it. [Aside from a few shifting details, that was pretty much what they'd been doing this whole time. It was just odd to think of it that way.]

Oh. Yea! [That actually got a grin out of her, because talking about this kind of stuff was always easier.] I've always been into tech and stuff, and I wanted to be like my dad and brother. [Which probably just proved how much of a male-centric thing it might've been in her time too. But she'd never really noticed it much.] Was it really? [Then again...] I guess I've never really thought much about the uh... non-tech aspect of it.

[Because people tended to be unpredictable and she normally preferred spending her time with her laptop or something.] Then again, I did spend a fair amount of time posing as a boy. [A pause, and then-] Long story.
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[personal profile] promiselisting 2018-09-09 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Futaba glances around and then shrugs. ] You got somewhere to be?

[ Because she certainly doesn't. And if neither of them are doing anything she doesn't mind the whole long story, thing. ]

Guess that's fair about the social stuff, though. Not thinking about it, I mean. I wasn't... ever really super social either. Just meant I never talked about being a girl much online.

[ Never really talked about anything honestly but... especially that. ]
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[personal profile] pidgeypidge 2018-09-16 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
Not really. [They weren't any closer to figuring out a way home, and she'd already resigned herself to spending the day trying to relax. Which just meant that she was going to try not to think too much about everything that had happened.]

What else did he tell you, aside from me being a hacker? [Because if Hunk had mentioned much about how they'd met, it would save a little time.]

Yea, I know the feeling. Fortunately, everyone was pretty chill with it when I finally told them the truth.

[Then again, she's pretty sure that Lance was the only one who hadn't figured her out before she'd decided to tell them.]