🌸 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

[abnormalizes]

Hmmm... Do you have any pet peeves?

[houndofmanchester]

Those who wield their power without thought or care. Strength brings with it responsibility, so one must always consider how they use it.

[abnormalizes]

I wish more people at home considered it a responsibility.

Truth.

[houndofmanchester]

You've been here longer than me. What do you like most about Ellipsa?

[abnormalizes]

...It's so much safer here than home. I can get attached to people without worrying they'll be dead tomorrow.

[houndofmanchester]

I see. Your world must not have the Pruning Theoretical Phenomenon. It would never allow such a history to exist.

[abnormalizes]

Pruning Theoretical Phenomenon...? I haven't heard of that before.

[houndofmanchester]

In my home world, the intelligence of the Earth would not allow stagnation. Timelines that had become too dangerous for life to flourish, or had become so safe progress had halted, were regularly pruned from existence. Proper Human History referred to this as the Pruning Theoretical Phenomenon, and the remainder were the Chronicle Theoretical Phenomenon.

[abnormalizes]

Huh. I don't think my world has an intelligence of its own, as far as I know.

[houndofmanchester]

We are from entirely different universes, such differences are to be expected. That aside, it's my turn for another dare.

[abnormalizes]

Right, right. Let's see... Do you know how to sing at all?

[houndofmanchester]

That seems more like a truth to me, but I think I see where you're going with this. I have some skill, but I would hardly call myself an expert.

[abnormalizes]

Sing your favorite song then. Any kind will do.

[houndofmanchester]

Hmm, there is one. A song from a story that drifted to Fairy Britain from Proper Human History that I'm quite fond of.

[She hums a bit, takes a deep breath, and starts singing:

Fairy, where are you going?

[There are moments where she stumbles a bit in her cover of the song, straining to remember the lyrics that aren't in English, but she does get through the whole thing. By the end, she's a bit short of breath.]

How was I?

[abnormalizes]

[Evangeline listens attentively, eyes sparkling.]

You were lovely. It's a very sweet song.

Truth, for me?

[houndofmanchester]

If you yourself were a Servant, what Class Container do you think would best suit you?

[abnormalizes]

...Okay, you're going to have to help me with this one, I know a couple of class titles but probably not all of them or what they mean?

[She hasn't actually seen Rider ride anything.]

[houndofmanchester]

I'll break them down for you.

The Knight Classes are self-explanatory. Saber, Archer, and Lancer use swords, projectiles, and polearms respectively. The Cavalry Classes are slightly less obvious, but are still easy to understand. Riders typically have a mount of some kind, be it a steed or an object. Assassins are exactly what they sound like. Casters use magecraft and fortify locations, waiting for their enemies to come to them.

Berserkers are Servants of Madness, always fueled by some form of insanity. Their Mad Enhancement trades their sense of reason for raw power. There are also the Extra Classes, but those are special cases usually.

[abnormalizes]

I've definitely been called crazy before, but probably, I'd say Lancer? I have a few different weapons, but my scythe is my favorite one.

[houndofmanchester]

I do recall seeing you reclaim a scythe from the lair of those mushroom faeries. Alright, I believe I'll take Truth this time.

[abnormalizes]

Hmmm... If you were to get a job here that wasn't fulfilling quests and slaying monsters, what would you be interested in?

[houndofmanchester]

Perhaps something administrative? Along with my duties as a knight, I was also the Duchess of Manchester. I like to think I ran the territory well enough before things started to truly go downhill.

[abnormalizes]

Oooh, nobility. I can see you being good at that kind of thing.

Dare?

[houndofmanchester]

Let's see... a dare... I'm sorry, but it seems I've run out of ideas. Nothing's coming to mind.

[abnormalizes]

That's okay. Honestly, all my ideas for dares center around how much I want to smooch you, so.