#Springfestitales2024

[talesofourworlds]

Taking a break from running the fishing game, Eizen found himself wandering the festival to see what was going on. He'd seen several people wearing festival masks by that point, including his companions, but he couldn't figure out where they were coming from. That was, of course, until he encountered the mysterious hooded individual.

They'd been quite insistent that Eizen took a mask, and in the end the one he'd taken was... ironic, to say the very least. He was destined to become a dragon one day. Yet, the mask he had been given had a very distinctive dragon design on it. No matter, Eizen thought as he put it on the side of his head. No one at the festival outside of his friends, and maybe Edna and Mikleo, knew of his inevitable fate. So what if his mask had one? It was just a design. No big deal, he told himself.

He returned to his booth. By that point, Eizen and everyone around his booth had gotten used to the Reaper's Curse making things more interesting. But as Eizen walked, everything seemed pretty quiet. He looked over to Magilou's dunk tank. The game was going smoothly. None of the baseballs aimed at the target seemed to go astray.

Mieu's game, too, was running smoothly. No rings were going rogue. One did fall from the pile it was placed on, but it landed on the ground and didn't head toward him. Just... laying there, neatly on the ground.

Not one unlucky occurrence.

Eizen blinked. Then again. Maybe it was just a rare pocket of time where nothing was happening. A moment to breathe...?

[springfestitales]

·˚ ◌༘₊· ͟͞꒰➳ 04/25 - 04/28

·˚ ◌༘₊· ͟͞꒰➳ Hello everyone it is that time of the year already! While Tumblr will have the event as well there is a special server! You can apply by inbox with the following;

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And a message with the invite will be sent once you are accepted so no anon!

[beyondbinaries]

❝ SPRING FESTITALES ❞ ♡ ೃ༄

♡˚ · . It's that time of year again! From 04/25 - 04/28 it'll be the third annual festitales!

[isaaccecilbryant]

The Late Arrival || Closed Starter for @broadswordandpistol

Isaac look at the entrance to the village, framed beautifully by cherry blossom forests on either side. It was perfect beyond words, already soothing him after his long trek here.

Alvin had written to him, inviting him to enjoy the festivities here and as Isaac had nothing else calling his attention he decided to make the journey out. He was glad that the just the sight of the village made it worth it.

...But why did everything smell faintly of...fish? No, shark???

Now, where's the big guy in question...

"Alvin!" Isaac spotted him at last, waving a hand over his head to catch the mercenary's attention.

[broadswordandpistol]

"A mask, huh?"

Alvin had taken one; the hooded vendor had been persistent enough to thrust it into his hands. He turned it over. Made in the kabuki style, it was finely painted, with blue-and-red details. It was eyecatching, to say the least.

He looked up with a sigh, and caught a glimpse of his own face, tired and calculating, in the mirror of his inn room. His lip curled.

"I wear enough of 'em already."

He hung the mask on the edge of the mirror, swapped his coat for Elle's present of a shark hoodie, and went out again.

[ednaeflowers]

@ofstarsandskies : As Edna lingered around the Festival, she'd spot coming towards her a semi-familiar face from her honorary Dum Dum Academy. Though this denizen seems to have changed clothes and adopted some fake glasses instead. When he catches up to her, he takes a moment to let his lungs catch up. "H-Hello, Edna...! I was looking all over for you...!" Ludger gets out before finally settling down. "We haven't met before--well, you've met the Ludger who got stuck in Dum Dum Academy, but not me... A-Actually, let's just say we haven't met before. I'm Ludger, from a whole different dimension!" If that didn't make sense... he wouldn't blame her. Alvin, the other Ludger, and Jude were the only ones who could explain it. And at times, it's better not to know. "Anyway, I didn't come just to introduce myself! I'm actually here to give you something! Here you are!" Ludger hands Edna a life sized Normin box he might have spent some good hours on crafting. When the lid's lifted, Edna'd find... an entire collection of costumes (like a Teepo hoodie, a Rollo poncho, a mini tuxedo, the list goes over a dozen) for her adorable plush hanging from her umbrella. "I thought since you carry that little guy everywhere, it'll be fun to make him fashionable! They're stitched to last, so if these get dirty, throw 'em in the wash. They'll be good as new!" "Now!" Ludger can sense the followup, and so he answers, "I wanted you to have these because I wanted to thank you for being a good friend to Alvin and keeping the interesting characters in check. He's not my Alvin, but I'd still like him to be happy."

"Thank you so much, Edna!"

Wow, he talks a lot, is her first thought, and she wonders what he meant by that. Sure, she's heard of his name here and there, but Edna's never actually met Ludger—or even a Ludger at all—and now she finds out there are more than one out there from different dimensions...? The first one she's heard of has a very serious case of whatever 'dingusitis' is, so he's been enrolled into Dum-Dum Academy, but this new Ludger... He seems to have gone out of his way to give her a gift. Is he the one Elle and Julius sometimes talk about? Then again, she's only ever met those two a handful of times as well.

Curiously, she accepts the normin box, wondering how and where he even got this from. It seems so elaborately-made... like it was custom-built... How did he know she likes normins anyway? Is she being too obvious?

Fashionable? Blinking, Edna carefully lifts the lid to just what Ludger's been explaining: clothes! Tiny clothes! They all look like the same quality as the normin box itself, and she is a little awed by how thoughtful the gift is even though they've never actually met before. If there are multiples of him out there, then this Ludger is probably the Overly Nice One or something. All she's really done here in Spring Rise is talk with a few people and bother Meebo, after all. Still, he went out of his way to get her a gift, and as a lady, Edna has no real reason to reject it after such a sincere show of gratitude. The sheer quantity of clothes in this box is plentiful, and that's how she knows he's being earnest. 

She looks at Phoenix hanging from her umbrella, then eyes the collection and thinks the pink hoodie with cherry blossoms print will suit the occasion just fine. ( Phoenix might actually enjoy it anyway. ) She'll put it on a little later, so for now, she gives Ludger a nod. ❛  I don't know the whole story behind the 'your' Alvin part, ❜ she begins, an eyebrow raised, ❛  but I'll accept your gratitude nonetheless since the craftsmanship and quality seem above average.  ❜ After a beat, she mutters softly, ❛  ...Thanks.  ❜

And so that it doesn't turn awkward for her, she also adds, ❛  After all, without me, the 'interesting' characters will really be on the loose with their dum-dumness. It's only expected of me to do damage control, really.  ❜

[pyonpyonpyon]

[Festitales booth visit] Hazel lets out an excited squeal as she sees the fashion booth--she's never been a materialistic person, but she also does appreciate looking fine as hell! Volo is equally interested, given the care he devotes to his own appearance.

"Are you able to take two orders right now?" Hazel asks, her eyes sparkling.

"Make it three," Volo says, with a bit of a mischievous grin. "There's someone I know who I think will appreciate a present."

My, my, his stall is getting real popular~!

Ramuda sets aside his sketchbook, giving the both of them a winning smile. He doesn't recognize them, he thinks, but there's a lot of people around here, so maybe they just haven't met yet!

"Of course course~!" He answers easily, voice cheerful as he hops from his seat. "As long as you don't mind a widdle bit of a wait and all~! All you gotta do is pay the commission fee, that's all~!"

He gestures to the sign beside him, which explains that the cost of the clothes are...! Hugs and sweets! But it's an and, not an or, so both of them are gonna have to give him hugs and treats for his work!

"As for the third order..." Ramuda taps his chin in thought. "Depends on what you wanna get for them! And if they're here! Chances are I'll need a hug from them too for payment and all~"

[thosetaleskids]

[for booth activity at Spring Festitales] "Tokunaga riding service…?" Hazel cocks her head to the side curiously as she and her father Volo approach. "What are those? Are those like Pokémon?"

Customers...!

More customers meant more gald, as far as Anise was concerned, and that was perhaps the main thing motivating her enthusiastic leap forward to greet the two inspecting her booth.

"Hi, I'm Anise, your cute and loveable host of this booth! Were you looking for a ride?"

The question directed her way put a slight - although only slight - pause on her exuberance; and that only because what she was being asked didn't mean anything to her.

"What's a Pokémon?" Though she asked, however, Anise didn't dwell on the question long enough to get an answer; she had a sales pitch to reel off.

"Tokunaga's my stuffie here." She slung the doll off her back, letting him dangle limply in her arms. He probably didn't look like much, Anise was aware; but that would soon change.

"See, I can make him grow reeeeeeally big." She stretched as high as she could to indicate just how big she meant... and still didn't quite come close to the actual size in question. "Then you can hop on his back, and he'll march around the festival while you enjoy the ride and take in the sights. What do you say?"

She held out a gloved hand, confident that she'd sold just how great the rides were before she dropped the little bombshell that was her price.

"Only 500 gald a ride--! ♪"

[broadswordandpistol]

All right, he had been a little hard on Zig. It was hard not to be; the man was nearly a caricature. But Ludger's concern was plenty genuine.

"Look, I'm no expert on "friends taking care of friends", but if that Canary guy gets angry or upset at you for telling him there's something wrong with his friend, that's not productive on his part. You're trying to do the same thing he'd want -- get the man some help.

"Hell, if he's as bad off as you say, I'd like to get the man some help. Things can get weird around here real fast." He remembered last year in vivid technicolor.

"If you want some company, I'll tag along too. Pretty sure I can file this under "guard duty" when they ask for my time card."

Ah, a good point-- in this world, several Judes was still alive. Though he never noticed his height advantage over Ivar; somehow, his larger-than-life attitude made him feel taller at all times. "It wouldn't affect someone as sincere as Ivar. But Jude... worth a try!"

Normally he'd defend Zig's honor against a jab as his friend. In Zig's current case, the truth is the problem, "That's the thing-- normally he's happy to try Elle's new crazy idea. But now, he just follows orders in silence. That's not the Zig we know."

Hell, Victor noticed Zig's not 'his stupid self' anymore. When Victor's concerned, there's a problem.

"I-I don't want to cause a fuss when someone's working," Blame the martyr do-gooder in him, despite his sins. "And I don't want Canary to get... angry? Upset? One of those when he finds out his friend's not doing well." It might get worse than a ban from the bar if he found a new thing to hate.

"Don't worry, I'll bring my brother! But if you've got some recommendations for help, I'm happy to hear them!"

[talesofourworlds]

@pyonpyonpyon liked for a Spring Festitales starter!

Things had started out well enough at the festival, he felt pretty sure. Raven had been having a good time, going around the festival and just palling around. He'd thought the hooded figure handing out masks was a little weird, but he'd accepted one without too much thought and put it on. The mask itself didn't appear to be all that flashy. It was one that was black and white, split down the middle with one color on each side and feathers adorning it, matching the colors of each side. He'd liked it well enough, though.

Then the headache started as he'd gone back to wandering the festival. He was near enough to the inn to go in and get whatever he needed from his room, but far enough to still be around the various vendors and games. No matter what he did, though, his head didn't feel much better.

Just walk it off, Raven decided. Whatever this weird feeling he had was, it was sure to pass. In fact, as he walked the feeling started to dissipate.

Just in time, he also happened to see someone familiar to him up ahead. The pink hair and bright clothing were dead giveaways. Ramuda was one of the people he'd met last year. He remembered that much. Just what the pink haired lad was doing was uncertain, but he wasn't about to just walk by and act as though he hadn't seen him. Headache or not, faint though it seemed now, it would have been rude. And one would expect him to at least be sociable.

"Ramuda." Though the greeting was friendly enough, something had changed about the way the old man was carrying himself. His expression seemed different somehow, too.

"It's been some time since last we met," he said. "How have you been?"

[springfestitales]

Springfestitales Sentence Starters (part three)

"Much as I'm inclined to agree that the forest seems to be testing us, I don't think burning it down is a good idea."

"Well. That didn't go to plan."

"But then where would the fun in that be?"

"__, quit it. You're fine, just wet!"

"So, what, did someone do something to piss off this ocean monster?"

"Lots of people ordered a ‘So spicy I might die’ curry omurice."

"Wouldn’t it be easier to just use a fishing rod?"

"That's the most dapper polwigle I've ever seen."

“Your trash can. Hand it over.”

“Hey, put me down!”

"__, do you think you could blast a person like that without hesitation? I won't blame you if you say no."

"Put them in the juicer."

"I've been domesticated."

"You haven't been eating that much grass anyway lately."

"Fruit ain't weeds, get your eyes checked."

"SHARKBAIT OOH HA HA!"

"Please, no more debt…"

"The one time. The only time. I ever stepped foot on a beach, and i nearly get killed by that thing. It ruined the beach for me. ruined."

"Think of the poor sharks getting kicked out of their home :c"

"__, are you gonna keep virtue-signaling about your diet or are you gonna have some candy and join the rest of us?"

"we had terms for that back in my day. insane."

"I'm foodtose intolerant."

"…When did we get a table goblin?"

"Stalking should be a violation of Big Bro law."

[isaaccecilbryant]

Outfits in order: Everyday outfit, beach outfit, Hero Of The People costume, and Shining Knight

[broadswordandpistol]

Adding onto "memories Alvin's picked up from this Spring Rise", he now has a friendship bracelet from Mana. All Pro Pinkists may now be jealous.

[pyonpyonpyon]

"Now that I have some new clues about whatever's going on with Raven..." Ramuda lays on his stomach, sketchbook open to a blank page. He examines the mask he got from that mask maker--Aeris, if he remembered right. He'll have to see how much information that the other concerned parties got, but... "Maybe I should--"

("Why?") ("Why???")

Ramuda stays silent, as his own voice resounds in his ears... even though he's the only one in his room, and he definitely wasn't speaking that time. His heart beats just a bit faster.

He's so, so scared of ghosts, but he knows them far too well to be scared, just this once.

("We can finally talk to you.") ("You can finally hear us.") ("You want to let us go again?")

Ramuda swallows dryly. He does not speak.

("Do you want to forget us?") ("You would never, right?") ("We'll die again if you forget us.")

"I still remember you, idiots." He mutters softly, tracing the edge of the mask. "If I'm not actually hallucinating you, then you've got to be there when I'm telling the others about you guys?"

("But you're the only one from our batch left...") ("We miss you.") ("Join us, join us!") ("Not yet! It's more fun to watch you--")

("So hide that mask.") ("No one else saw.") ("Just show the one you have from the start.")

Ramuda's magical girl outfit has plenty of decoration. His usual outfit has deep inner pockets that he sewed in himself. He can hide this new mask, no problem.

... But does he want to?

("... It's scary to be alone. Don't leave us alone, pwease?")

Ramuda makes his decision.

[thosetaleskids]

As Laphicet wandered the festival grounds, he'd spot a familiar bubbly face. The second she noticed him, her hands were waving for his attention, "Laphicet, you came back this year too! It's nice to see you without last year's drama hanging over!"

Buuuuut since she was here, she'd hand him a flier drawn, colored, and glittered by hand. On it was a variety of different colored sharks and small tornadoes with confetti flowing out of them.

"I started a second club for those who aren't big readers: Sharkbait Ooh Ha Ha! Did you want to join? We need more hands on-deck for our next activity: sharknado-themed cookies for us and Mr. Entity!"

"Elle!"

He probably shouldn't be surprised to see her again, but that didn't stop him from being excited either way. The young Malak beamed from ear to ear at the sight of his friend-from-another-world, quickly scampered up to join her.

He was even more enthusiastic to be here this year than he had been last: not only did he know he had friends here like the girl in question, but his favourite person in the world (i.e. Velvet) had come to Spring Rise with him! Even if her levels of enthusiasm had... not seemed high, Phi was still just excited to share the experience with her too.

Maybe he'd get to introduce Velvet and Elle to each other at some point?

"Oh?"

Head tilted quizzically at the mention of Elle's second club. Honestly he was aware that the 'book club' had been a bit of a joke, but the idea of a new group? He was curious.

And maybe a little confused. But Elle was a friend; she wouldn't be inviting him to join in anything bad, he was sure.

"Sure, I'll help out! Are we just commemorating the events that happened here last year?"

Poor boy so far had no idea that the whole point was to summon a second sharknado... and honestly he was probably happier in that ignorance for the time being!

[thosetaleskids]

"What are you, some kind of price critic? I've got my costs to cover, you know!"

She also seemed like on the verge of losing a customer; Anise's love of money warred with her common sense on whether it was best to slap down her prices a bit she really, really didn't want to or risk letting the chance to make some money (if not quite as much as she'd hoped) slip through her fingers.

Before she was forced to come to a decision, however, the lady was speaking up. Anise instantly melted her defensiveness all away, pasting on the cutest big beaming smile that she could muster.

"That's right, I really, really would! ❤"

The accompanying question gave her pause. It was true to say that there was definitely a reason that she was so keen to charge her extortionate prices, but it had little to do with buying anything at the festival and everything to do with circumstances back home. She normally wouldn't spill this to just anyone, but... these two didn't look like they were from Auldrant, they must have been from one of the other realms that Spring Rise connected between. So she had no fear of them affecting anything back in her world by knowing this.

So for once, she settled on the truth; it might even gain her some sympathy points if they knew she had a genuine reason for what she was charging.

"No, as much as I'd like that. I'm saving to pay off a really big debt that my papa and mama were tricked into back home."

@thosetaleskids [Spring Festitales]

500 gald to ride a stuffed animal? He narrows his eyes.

"Now, I'm no expert on the economy in this world, but if I learned anything from my accursed former job as a merchant, it's to know when a price is too much," he says, narrowing his eyes. "Maybe if it was a 2-3 hour ride in a much larger area it'd be fair, but as it is--"

"I don't know," Hazel says. "Maybe it's worth it to give her what she wants just this once. It would make her very happy." She turns to the girl.

"You'd be very happy if we paid your fee, wouldn't you? Is there anything around here you've been saving up for?"