🌸 sunshine, she's here, you can take a break

[mistsplitter]

WHO: Everyone!! :D
WHAT: A get-to-know-you-together!
WHEN: end of August
WHERE: shinrin-yoku, Sunwaning
WARNINGS: None for now!


[ The past week, Ayaka and Aether made an announcement on the network, inviting everyone interested to make friends and meet new people to the shinrin-yoku teahouse the following weekend. Well, this is it! The time has come! ]

Welcome
🌸 shinrin-yoku seems like a simple tea house upon entering, with a large wooden sliding door that's already opened for guests to enter.

Ayaka will be the one to personally greet her guests, offering three possible areas for seating– the traditional Inazuman set up, the space for where you can let your legs down and not kneel while seated, or outside in the gardens. Familiar faces may be abound, and guests may like to walk around and see the interior, perhaps even say hello to the manager who is walking around and sniffing people here and there.

For future endeavours, Ayaka informs guests that they may use the shinrin-yoku for business gatherings and meetings. Members of Ayato's committee are more than welcome to use the shinrin-yoku, and may even become a place for exchanging information and the like. The tea house promises to be a safe place to all.

And for this particular gathering, Ayaka is not only serving tea, but also sake. It never hurts to make things more fun!


Konpeito, Truth, or Dare
🌸 All guests, upon entering, will be given a small clear glass container. They will also be presented with a giant bowl containing konpeito. They must take at least one, and as many as they could possibly want, and put it inside their own container. They are told not to eat any for now, but no one's really stopping them from doing so!

At some point during the occasion, a game is announced. Everyone is told to check their konpeito and count how many they have! Now, they must pick a partner and play a couple of rounds of truth or dare with them. Every time they get a turn, whether they pick truth or dare, they can eat a piece of candy! Or eat three or five at the same time Once they've had five rounds, though, then they have to choose another partner and start over until they've finished their konpeito bowls.

There is an added rule to the konpeitos, but not necessarily required to be followed! A white konpeito must have a truth or dare related to family, green for a "favourite", yellow for love or sex, orange for childhood or childlike-ness, and pink for "hate".

Ringo (Ayaka's Eevee) and Taroumaru will be watching people and make sure they aren't cheating! Though sometimes, they may not be looking, and can even be bribed with snacks. Participants who can finish their konpeito in an hour (which we'll conveniently handwave) will receive a box of sakura mochi to take home.


Introduction Bingo
🌸 Guests are given bingo cards to fill up at some point during the afternoon! Pens are also provided, or if they have their own, then that's cool!

Participants may put someone's name twice on any of the squares, but more than that, and it won't count. The objective is to get a blackout by filling out names of people who fit the description! How one does this is completely up to them. They could even slip it into their conversations during the truth or dare games, or just randomly walk up to people and ask them things.


Two Twists and a Lie
🌸 A card is given to participants for them to write two truths and one lie on it, then they have to pin or stick it to the back of their clothing. When someone wants to play, they must first challenge you to a game of janken. If you win, you get to turn the game around and guess which is the lie on their card. If they win, then they're entitled to one guess! If they get it wrong, you have to play janken again.

So, what happens when the person gets it right? The person can now make a rule that the other person has to follow. Whether it means they have to call you "Master", end all their sentences with "yes, please", or some other rule that you can think of! And in case you can't think of anything, there's a box nearby with cute props that you can make the loser wear: cat ears, a cat tail, bunny ears, a bunny tail, a raccoon kigurumi, and some goofy glasses.


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( OOC: Feel free to play around with the prompts. Get creative! )

Comments

[roundandaround]

Isn't gossip kinda mean, though? So I don't really pay attention to it.

[roundandaround]

[Mecchan hides in Rinku's bag at being addressed by a stranger. When nothing goes wrong, he very slowly and curiously begins to poke his head back out, and Rinku pets him.]

It's okay, Yuri-san is nice! [She looks up at Yuri.] Sorry, he's scared of new things and cries a lot. I thought taking him out more would help. Hmm... Maybe you could draw or something if someone asked you a question?

[Mecchan sniffles and contemplates this.]

[abnormalizes]

That's fair, but for the record, I don't mind whatever you say or hear about me.

[mayoninofukucho]

He's got a busy schedule. I think today he's standing in for a colleague at work.

...

He's shy, too.

[But that's all the more reason to attend a mingle like this, isn't it? Perhaps the next time he should drag the boy along.]

What about Ryouma? Is he busy, too?

[Someone is behind on the news...]

[roundandaround]

Then I'm still gonna say stuff like "Evangeline-san is cool" or something, and then no one has to worry!

[kerontribution]

[Oh.]

...Ryouma disappeared from Ellipsa. He went home. But Oryou is still here.

[acquirement]

Do you play publicly? I haven't had the chance to learn any myself, but back home my family was in charge of organising festivals for our country. I can at least appreciate it even if I can't play any myself. Ah, speaking of which, I don't believe I introduced myself properly, even when we spoke before.

{ nvm that his username is literally his name... }

Kamisato Ayato, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

[bloodwar]

Yeah? What kind of bedtime stories?

[mayoninofukucho]

Oh, back home they would.

[He gets bullied a lot in general back home. He fires back, of course, but it's still stressful!]

I guess people here aren't so bad, but it still isn't my favourite game to play.

[wildwarden]

( Honestly she couldn't even tell if his handwriting was bad anyway. Hers is also terrible. )

I do. Any I could put you down for?

[mayoninofukucho]

[He hands the konpeito over - and almost immediately the two fluffy referees come running, barking and "vee"-ing respectively.]

Ah-- okay, alright, I get it! Let me have it back, Natsuno-chan!

[The dog and pokémon simmer down once he takes his candy back... but instead of leaving, they sit and watch the two humans. Great, apparently they don't trust me to not cheat again!]

...

In this case, I dare you to... let's see... I dare you to imitate a duck!

[mayoninofukucho]

[Hijikata marks him down for liking coffee and wearing glasses - that seems to be a relative rarity around here!]

I assume you won some acting contests?

[He also looks for that jewelry... did a certain someone put a ring on Tsumugi already?]

[startraveler]

A dare...

[He tries to focus on thinking of something.]

Walk up to a random person and tell them a compliment.

[roundandaround]

Huh, I guess so... What would you think was better at parties?

[mayoninofukucho]

[That's... really sad to hear, actually. Somehow Hijikata didn't expect a loving couple like Oryou and Ryouma to be separated like this. His consolation is the knowledge that they'll be reunited safely in their homeworld (at least for all he knows).]

I'm sorry.

...

You've got enough people to touch, right?

[With other people he's use a euphemism such as "charge up", but surely Oryou won't tease him!]

[fishfearme]

Games...? Oh, is that why I was given this jar and slip of card?

[Yes. He took the entire jar. Listen, if you offer a mercenary a jar of food, he isn't going to politely take one or two treats and go on his merry way! No, he'll take the jar without hesitation or shame! (In fact, that's why he got away with it, because he did it with such confidence...)]

[fishfearme]

Yes, you may put me down for: owns a sword, has won a contest before, owns a pet, can dance and can sing.

[So quite a few!]

[nilhilistic]

I'm not dwelling as much as admitting the truth.

[at_heart]

Hey, that's okay. [ His voice softer, gentler. Even going down into a crouch, although he doesn't reach for the pokemon again. ] It's not easy being that little.

[ His gaze flicks up to Rinku. ]

We could sit down. Kinda get on his level?

[skypiercing]

Blue. It's calming.

[So very normal.... he's glad for the easy questions, though.]

Should I be asking you the same back, or picking a candy?

[mayoninofukucho]

[Hijikata isn't surprised at Aether's versatility. He has huge RPG main character energy! Come to think of his friends, though...]

How'd you get to know Ayaka-chan? I assume you already met her on Teyvat, not only here?

[skypiercing]

You have good taste.

[His taste falls down similar lines, though he also enjoys coffee on... occasion.

'Enjoy' is not the word some would use for Himiko's coffee.] I enjoy earthy and floral teas myself.

[He offers his handful of candy to her, some amusement in his eyes.]

[mayoninofukucho]

[Thanks, Yuri... indeed, shit happens, sometimes it just hits the fan harder than other times!

Hijikata checks his bingo sheet. He already has a good number of field filled out, but there's still plenty of choice left.]

Let's see... are you left-handed, do you have more than three siblings, can you summon a magical creature, do you collect anything, or have you been handcuffed before?

[There are a few more general ones left over, like being able to turn into an animal and being from a wold with cellphones, but he's trying to fill the rare fields out first! He also refuses to ask anyone if they like to be blindfolded. That question feels like a slippery slope!]

[at_heart]

First and last.

[ Said with 0 shame. ]

[mayoninofukucho]

My idea of a fun party would probably be really boring to you. I like to just sit around and drink.

[A typical adult!]