🌸 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

[borelblue]

[Aymeric's expression softens; it screams "d'aww".] How precious. If ever Ringo finds himself in need of companionship, do let me know. I am sure Victory can be made available.

Oh, no, I've no name in that square yet. [Scribble scribble - now Ayaka's name is there.] And I suppose I could put you down for owning a pet as well, on account of your Eevee...

[divino]

[ ...What an odd request but also not terrible even if Alear knows he'll feel a little odd barking.

Repeatedly. ]

Does it count if I say noth– oh wait–! [ He grimaces at himself then barks: Woof. ]

For how long? [ Woof.]

[divino]

I really like you and think we could have been brothers in another life. I wouldn't have minded having more siblings I could rely on outside of Veyle...

[ More siblings that survived in general. He hates that he had to watch so many of them get ripped apart before he ever got to really know them. ]

In this one, I'm hoping we can at least be friends. I think you need some even if you act all cranky about it.

[nilhilistic]

It is a reasonable pessimism. It's not as though I'm accustomed to friends.

[divino]

Oh, that's really good! Citrinne, right?

[ Who else could it be? He only has the two... ]

Now, do Lapis.

[divino]

[ Alear braves poking him in the cheek. ]

Does that mean you think I'm a friend in return? Oh wait, I should ask truth or dare first, shouldn't I?

[ Although his question is kind of obvious now... ]

[nilhilistic]

[ rafal swats his hand lightly. ]

Since you've given yourself away, I'll choose dare.

[mistsplitter]

[ >:( Good! Now he is getting the headpat he deserves. ]

You must listen to your big sister, Ayato.

[wayofthehousekeeper]

If it's to satisfy your curiosity, just one should be fine.

[ He certainly won't tell anyone, given how much he's encouraging it. ]

[acquirement]

{ for a moment he stays quiet, there's nothing really on his face that shows his thought process, but... }

I can't say I understand how a dragon differs, but it's quite a... difficult experience to remember.

[nilhilistic]

It probably is.

But she would know best. I can only say so much on her behalf.

[acquirement]

Then what drove you to make that choice in her stead?

[nilhilistic]

Regret.

[ a brief pause. ]

She died to end my pain. Our cycle of violence and grief. It brought me back. So I had to do everything in my power to bring her back. And it took a thousand years of nothingness to do so.

[dreamsofwings]

[ Eren shakes his head. He's not shy about saying no, but he realises he gave the wrong impression. ]

No, I like tea fine. It's way better than coffee. I just…don’t know a lot about it. I've never been to a teahouse before now. I don't even know if we had anything like this. Not where I grew up, but…probably somewhere.

[ Tea was special to Levi, something rare that they didn't find often. Elsewhere in the world, who knows? A lot of things were kept from them on the island. ]

It's your teahouse, so…I guess you might like tea a lot?

[essenceborn]

[ Yes!!! Be the father of their plant children, Shigeru.

Hearing that offer causes Nenonen to perk up, bingo sheet clutched to their chest. They nod. ]

Yes please. I will carry the groceries.

[ They're strong enough to do that now, so they want to do it any chance they get. ]

[essenceborn]

....Why would you need to modify your body to signify marriage?

[ THOMA???? Why would you even say that ]

[wayofthehousekeeper]

Oh! Sorry- I was thinking of piercings.

[ He brushes back a bit of his hair to show off the earring on his ear. ]

I've heard of people exchanging earrings before, but you kind of have to pierce your ear in order to do that...

[mistsplitter]

Most tea, from what I know, are made from the same type of plant. It is the care and other steps put before harvesting and after harvesting that differ, and therefore classify what type of tea it is.

[ Ayaka sadly doesn't have much knowledge with black tea or other types of tea, but she has tasted some during her time here! She quite likes her black tea with milk. ]

Ah, and dango is a snack made from rice flour. [ Though she's not quite sure how else to describe it, beyond that. ] They are usually sweet, but not too sweet that you forget how the tea tastes. They are served together because they go well together.

[wingbound]

...huh. Guess tea and people have more in common than I thought.

[ It's meant mostly as a joke, but at the same time... everyone started off similar enough, but got shaped by their experiences and hardships from the very first moments, didn't they? Who could have thought the same principles could apply to tea leaves. ]

[ Now he wonders if black tea comes from "sad" or "happy" plants. It's probably the former, because certainly nobody and nothing could be happy back home. ]

I see.

[ He accepts the dango explanation as is, and makes sure to take note that he should try it together with the tea, as that was apparently the way it was meant to be enjoyed. He wouldn't want to ruin the experience for himself, especially with how rare it was for him to go for something like this. ]

[acquirement]

{ it could have been worse, alear. }

Until we're done with our games together, no need to carry on when you leave and go speak with someone else.

{ and since alear is following his request... he reaches out to pat him on the head with a smile. }

Good boy. { he is doing this to tease him 100% }

[acquirement]

{ that same smile softens as ayaka's head falls into contact with his head, a small laugh bubbling up the back of his throat. }

Of course, when do I not?

{ don't answer that- }

[acquirement]

{ he stays quiet for a long moment after that, hand raised to his mouth with a fairly blank expression on his face, ensuring his composure doesn't break. }

Were you worried you would relapse when you succeeded?

[nilhilistic]

No.

All I did was hold her hand each day, transferring my power and hoping. If not today, then tomorrow. I did nothing else.

[mistsplitter]

I think Ringo would appreciate that very much. Thank you.

[ It'll be like a Pokemon playdate! Ringo would be very happy to play with another Eevee. He's usually spending time with Cloud's Pikachu, after all. ]

Yes, I do believe that counts! Then we've accomplished our tasks now.

[mistsplitter]

I see. I can imagine the selection of tea might be overwhelming.

[ If you're used to just ordering tea and drinking whatever, not being particular about the flavours. Nothing wrong with that, though! ]

I had to learn the art of tea ceremony as a child, so I grew up learning about tea and making various kinds of blends. I do like matcha best, though.

I would recommend you try it.