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Yu Narukami ([personal profile] leaderkun) wrote in [community profile] thefolder2013-12-25 11:52 pm

New Years Festival!

Who: EVERYONE! Chosen and Partners, Damemon, Deputymon, Starmon too!
What: The New Year's Festival and Masquerade Ball
Where: Shinjuku Gyoen in the Park
When: December 31st



December 31st has at last arrived, and despite certain events depriving the Digital World of the original creator, the people involved with the New Years Festival managed to pull through. With Roze's work already underway and the designs and directions sent out, it wasn't hard to finish what had been started.

At mid-afternoon, a general text was sent out to all the D-Terminals announcing the festival grounds as open. Going to the Shinjuku Gyoen part of the park revealed a tiny wonderland of games and food manned by Chosen, Partners and Damemon alike.

Every Chosen and Partner have Damemon helpers and shifts rotate at each stall, making certain no one is kept from enjoying themselves to the fullest.

To either side of the festival grounds are picnic areas set up with several tables, all surrounded by bright white and yellow string lights. The four rows of game and food stalls are all decorated with large red paper lanterns, paper dragons and bright string lights, allowing the festivities to proceed well after dark.

At the front of the entire festival grounds Roze's Digimon - Julie the Impmon and Musashi the Kotemon - hand out copies of a simple map. On the back of each map the times for the masquerade dance are printed in case people forgot the time from their invitations.

In the Taiwan Pavilion, from the start of the festival to the end, Maya Matlin and Ryan Evans play music on piano and cello, rotating with Neku Sakuraba who maintains a steady flow of pre-arranged music. Several times throughout the day a handful of Digimon put on a simple but entertaining Taiko drum performance. Two long buffet tables filled with food and punch stay full throughout the day and night.

Jin Uzuki teaches calligraphy at one stall, as well as performs tea ceremony and lectures on Japanese traditions for those not educated on the themes presented by the festival.

Squall Leonhart stands sentinel over the Kingyo Sukui (goldfish catching) stall.

Campbell Saunders covers the ball toss, where people can try their luck knocking down milk bottles.

The Medicine Seller mans the Okonomiyaki cart, where people are free to order any combination of ingredients and eat hot food straight from the iron.

Mikasa Ackerman covers a colorful and pleasant-smelling stall where festival-goers can choose from dozens of bananas on sticks, the fruit dipped in different flavored coatings and numerous toppings.

Shannon Vaughn and Eli Delacroix cover the stall on the center walk where those at the festival can pick up sparklers and handmade papier-mâché masks for fun or the masquerade, if they have none of their own.

A ping pong toss with water-filled glass bowls sits with a pair of Damemon attendants cheering on participants.

Next to the Okonomiyaki cart, Saori Nakagawa and Laguna Loire provide fresh Takoyaki (octopus balls) on sticks, steaming and delicious.

The local Prince, Rowan, cheerily provides personal pies or slices of ready-made large ones and chats amiably with anyone who happens to be drawn in by meat or fruit fillings inside flaky crusts.

Cheerful little Miwako Sakurada watches the Yoyo Tsuri (water balloon yoyo) cart, balloons in bright splashes of color floating in a rotating pool of water, casting a rainbow across the cloth roof of the stall.

The ever large and boisterous Rider struts around a Strongman Hammer game, jeering and cajoling the men and complimenting the women, making bets and offering arm-wrestling competitions.

Little Wily-Kit has a raised platform surrounded by cushions where people can sit and listen to her play the flupe and regale them with tales from her homeland.

Dante sits at a stall of his own, playing guitar when he's not giving kisses for donations to the festival fund.

A ring toss game where one can try to put small rings around the necks of glass bottles stands manned by two Damemon arguing restlessly about the arrangement of the bottles.

Waver Velvet and his Wizardmon stand to dazzle onlookers with card tricks and details of magic performed in Waver's homeland.

Next to Wily-Kit's storytelling and Waver's tricks, Harry Potter serves up a variety of hot drinks close to the front of the festival so people have something to warm their hands and bellies while they enjoy the festivities.

Throughout the entire festival ground, Seifer Almasy and his hand-picked group of Digimon patrol the area, ejecting trouble-makers and seeing to damages while Yu Narukami and his team keep supplies full and assist Seifer with damage control.

The festival continues on through the day until the Masquerade Ball begins. All the stalls close and people are free to dress and attend as they like. Food and punch remains present and the music continues until midnight, when masks are to be removed and the New Year begins!
changelingdude: (drool)

[personal profile] changelingdude 2014-01-08 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooo~ I love it when you speak my language.

[Purring and wiggling his ears cheerfully they cut through the crowd towards the food stalls letting the sights, sounds and smells guide them]

Where do we start? I can't decide!
privatematter: (♛ and it’s glowing.)

[personal profile] privatematter 2014-01-09 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Kera shifted his head at the last moment, very intentionally letting his mouth open and licking the length of Eli's hand in hopes of creeping him out for being incredibly rude. Lesser beings should learn their place, but Shannon was very fond of this one for whatever reason and so it translated into some kind of rivalry that Kera was oh so obviously allowing. Definitely.

"You give manners to friends, not the jerk who uses you like a napkin," Kera said. Thus, the only one he ever had to be polite around was Shannon. Funny how that worked.

Meanwhile, Shannon had long since taken Eli's advice, having come up with it first, and merely nodded to Rowan. "Sure you don't want anything in exchange? We've got sparklers. Or masks. Ooh, Eli, do we still have that BK one?"
Edited (brb, murdering DW and getting an icon to work.) 2014-01-09 01:19 (UTC)
for_granite: (i wanna be free‚ i wanna be loved)

[personal profile] for_granite 2014-01-09 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Somethin' sweet. Like you.
happiestberry: (Charming smile)

[personal profile] happiestberry 2014-01-09 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucephina over here who seems to be wanting to sleep she's so bored is pretty lively usually. Though she likes to pick on me a lot. And Bloomers? She seems really sweet but we still need to get to know each other more.
lovespinkbirdies: (Can we take it home? Please?)

[personal profile] lovespinkbirdies 2014-01-09 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Chika nods. ]

Yeah, I guess it would be pretty weird to suddenly get a second partner like that. It'd make everything even more awkward. But well... your other partner doesn't need to stay bored, I'm sure something will excite her soon enough! You're not going to be here all night, right?
changelingdude: (Excited beastboy)

[personal profile] changelingdude 2014-01-10 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[From green to blushed red, Beastboy grins sheepishly and leads her to the closest snack stand]

Deep fried Twinkies? Duuuuude that's like...the most unhealthy thing ever.
for_granite: (we should feed our jewelry to the sea)

[personal profile] for_granite 2014-01-11 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
We need it.

[She buys two.]
changelingdude: (Bwahgarglefaint)

[personal profile] changelingdude 2014-01-11 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[And two for Beastboy~]

With extra hot fudge and whipped cream!

[And with their drippy sticky monstrosities they find seats near some Digimon performing a juggling act. Beastboy scoops up some of his with a fork and plops it into his mouth. His eyes pop open wide and Terra can see a twinkie shaped bomb falling through his brain to explode with flavor]

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude~
for_granite: (we should feed our jewelry to the sea)

[personal profile] for_granite 2014-01-12 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
deceasedparrot @ lj photo Terra-Foodcornicopiadeceasedparrot.png

[She's already finished hers and buying two more, time to kill the bank account.]
the_lion_roller: (★ Confidence)

[personal profile] the_lion_roller 2014-01-12 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
That gets a small chuckle out of him.

"Hah, it's possible."

Survival of the fittest could work that way sometimes. Then he looks up in thought, smiling idly as he follows his own train of thought.

"But my bet would be that something in your world created the right conditions for dragons to evolve. Conditions that just didn't happen on other worlds, even ones that are super similar."

He grins a little, continuing on oblivious of whether Ruffnut is following him on this.

"Better yet, maybe there are dragons in other universes, but they just haven't discovered them yet. Scientists and explorers back in my world are still finding new creatures that nobody's ever seen before, and even some that were thought to be nothing but legends. ...H'in fact, that's my brother's big dream; discover a new species."

He can't help but chuckle at that.
changelingdude: (T/B.B: Holding out for a hero baby?)

[personal profile] changelingdude 2014-01-12 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Beastboy's mind is still blown by the first two]

It's like...pure flavor just melting in my mouth.

[Just nobody tell him how much animal fat is in the cream of Twinkies...it's all digital anyway]

Oh deep frying...is there nothing you can't make more wonderful?
ruffntumblenut: (Are you stupid?)

[personal profile] ruffntumblenut 2014-01-12 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
His explanation and theory flew right over Ruffnut's head. Too many big words said too quickly. So she let it go and instead focused on the more interesting part of the string of words. More interesting in her opinion anyway.

"So what, you and your brother just go exploring around looking for new animals?" That actually sounded like something she and Tuff could get into.
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[personal profile] fullofthorns 2014-01-15 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
She relaxed in his arms, eyes drifting closed as she stood there, content for the moment to be held by someone who had once been so impossible with it. No sense pointing it out and potentially ruining the moment, so she'd give him all the time he wanted.

"I'm glad to be back," she remarked softly, moving her arms to wrap around herself, shifting in his grip til she practically huddled against him where she stood. "It was never worth going back. Its all the same..."
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[personal profile] fullofthorns 2014-01-15 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
She sniffed faintly, offering a small nod in reply and looking away, fingers tapping lightly against one thigh.

"I'll keep it in mind, Saori. Thank you. Please enjoy your evening and put my situation out of your mind. I'm sure Laguna will be waiting for you."
innermonologues: (Just a little embarrassed)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2014-01-16 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
While holding onto her something seem to catch his attention for a moment. He paused a little before pulling her off of him. Don't worry though Roze. He doesn't let her go for too long. He moves her hands to the right places and places his on her as well. And without even telling her what he was doing he slowly nudged her to start moving the same way as him.

Yes, he might be attempting to dance with her without being forced into it.
for_granite: (i had a rosy dream)

[personal profile] for_granite 2014-01-16 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
[She will never ruin this, what are you thinking.]

Mmm...

[These two she's savoring.] I think we found it. The food Holy Grail.
fullofthorns: (pic#7172089)

[personal profile] fullofthorns 2014-01-16 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
There was a brief moment of disappointment when she thought he was ending the embrace and once again putting that all too familiar distance between them. Then he went and pulled in in again in position, and she brightened immediately, the glitter of not yet shed tears making her eyes sparkle like green gems, sadness evaporating in the face of surprised pleasure.

They moved together with surprising ease, Roze letting him take the lead and falling into step, her tail a smoothly slithering thing, twisting around them both as they turned. She had adapted well to her new form back home and was very aware of her body, not at all a clumsy or lumbering thing.

"I thought you'd forgotten," she whispered, painted lips curling into a smile. "You're always full of surprises, Pretty Boy."
innermonologues: (Forming of a smile?)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2014-01-16 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
He closes his eyes and stiffly goes through the movements with her. There is a small smirk on his lips though. He can't help it. She seemed surprised which amused him.

"I did promise you, didn't I?"
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[personal profile] fullofthorns 2014-01-16 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Hm, I suppose so," she replied with a soft sigh, squinting at him with a small smile. "Things have changed. I've changed. I guess I shouldn't let that dictate my assumptions though. I'm just...used to people breaking their word," she offered, feeling it to be a lame explanation for her doubts.

"Its been seven years for me...they were...they were very long years. I'm just. Hm. I just can't seem to be so optimistic anymore. Maybe it'll change. I feel like I'm going to disappoint people. I'm not a girl anymore."
innermonologues: (Forming of a smile?)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2014-01-16 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
"You must be lost in another world still if you feel that way. The people here with all of there weird feelings and what not, they cared about the person, not the actions you made. You're more mature, or less wild? Or maybe the exact opposite? No one cares. They just want you around because they like you."

He pauses for a moment and just dances with her more in silence. At least until that silence is interrupted by him laughing a little. He shakes his head and looks off to the side.

" I am the last person you should be getting a boost of positivity from. I guess you better treasure it."
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[personal profile] fullofthorns 2014-01-16 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe you're the best person to get it from?" she mused with a smirk, arching a brow and shaking her head. "You're always the practical one and you were always terrible with encouragements, but maybe I just need that sense of realism for a minute. I just need to hear real answers from someone not dancing around with an over full cup, you know?"

She sniffed, reaching up and pressing a finger lightly to his scar.

"Its only a little while before the new year. You gonna surprise me with a kiss, too?"
innermonologues: (Might be interested?)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2014-01-16 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Now you're asking for a little much." He says this but his expression towards her is still calm and light. Not a scrunched up or irritated wrinkle on his face at all. You could say he might actually be happy right now. Maybe just a little bit, not it was enough to make him not push her away right now. He might later once he used up all his social energy, but right now it seemed like he was fine.
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[personal profile] fullofthorns 2014-01-16 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Hey, it was worth a try. Asking about a kiss is a lot less than asking about you, me, a bed and a lack of clothes," she remarked, grinning and cocking a brow before leaning in to press a kiss to his scar.

"Whatever. A dance is a dance. I won't press my luck," she added, resting her forehead against his, noses brushing.

"I'm glad to be home. I'll enjoy what I can get."
innermonologues: (Not embarrassed....)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2014-01-16 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
His cheeks turned a little in color when she kissed his scar. he still wasn't used to such physical affection, and every time she did it it made him a little more embarrassed. She could probably feel his movements stiffen while they continued to dance to the slow song that was playing in the background.

" ....The dress doesn't look bad," he pauses and shifts a little in the dance.

" Just so you know."
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[personal profile] fullofthorns 2014-01-16 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
She smiled softly, shrugging slightly as they turned, leaning away from him so as not to ruin the magic of the moment. She appreciated the compliment for what it was and turned fluidly with him, stepping away and holding his hand to curtsy.

"I'm glad you like it. I wasn't sure it would still fit. Things have, uh, moved around a bit over the years," she remarked, gesturing vaguely to herself. she had indeed filled out nicely.

She'd been stunning before, but the added years had smoothed the curves, rounded the jagged edges and added a sensual sort of softness to her tall figure. She'd become the creature one lusted after before realizing one was even interested. That coupled with her tempered demeanor granted her a new measure of cool approach and casual sensuality very unlike her forceful, aggressive and overbearing ways. Now she simply was; existing in a perpetual state of attraction.

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