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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!
innermonologues: (Bored eyes)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2013-12-26 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Squall was bored-ly sitting on a stool behind his booth. He wouldn't have even shown up, but he made a promise to Roze that he'd show up and do his job. So even though she was still nowhere to be seen, he was going to be a man of his word and stick around.

To show off how easy this game was at least for him, every once in a while he'd get off of his stool and demonstrate the scooping game. He had a large glass fishbowl sitting on his counter of all the fish he's managed to catch so far.

Don't let his grumpy exterior scare you. He was harmless for the most part after all.
]
motherswisdom: (So proud)

[personal profile] motherswisdom 2013-12-26 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nala was amazed by the whole event, unsure what many things were and simply wandering around, which meant that when she caught sight of Squall she wasted no time in heading over to him to talk.]

Hello.. um.. is it this time when I'm supposed to say happy New Year?

[She looked just a little confused but not too much, and offered him a smile.]
innermonologues: (Ah...?)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2013-12-27 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ He saw it was Nala speaking to him and he seemed to soften just a little. He shifted around on his stool and stretched out his arms. ]

Ah, yeah... something like that.

[ He never really celebrated anything back home so it was pretty much new to him as well. ]
motherswisdom: (Who are  you?)

[personal profile] motherswisdom 2013-12-29 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
[She smiled a bit more at him.]

Then I'm glad I've said it... if I understand what Malaika was telling me, it's something like a wish, for the new year to be a good one.

[She noticed the fish and looked at them curiously.]

Why is it humans keep such small fish? Aren't large ones better to eat?
innermonologues: (Ah...?)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2013-12-29 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
These fish are normally kept as pets, not as a food source.

[ He gave her a curious look. ]
motherswisdom: (What... no)

[personal profile] motherswisdom 2013-12-31 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
OH! Oh, I had no idea humans kept such things. I wonder if I could care for something like this.

[Though she was still talking to Squall, she was watching the fish as they swam, not unlike a very large cat would.]
innermonologues: (Ah...?)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2013-12-31 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Not all of them do, but it is something that some will keep around...

[ He gave her a curious look. ]

Did... you want one?
motherswisdom: (Really?)

[personal profile] motherswisdom 2014-01-03 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
[She tilted her head to the side as she thought about the question.]

Do you think you could help me know how to care for one? I think having something to care for might be nice.
innermonologues: (Ah...?)

[personal profile] innermonologues 2014-01-04 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Ah... if you really want to yeah I suppose I could.