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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!
happiestberry: (Cheery smile)

[personal profile] happiestberry 2013-12-31 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Chika? Thats such a cute name! I love it.
lovespinkbirdies: (That's sooooooo cool!)

[personal profile] lovespinkbirdies 2013-12-31 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks Miwako-san! I like your name a lot too!
happiestberry: (Birds and the bees in person!)

[personal profile] happiestberry 2013-12-31 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You're just saying that.
lovespinkbirdies: (Can we take it home? Please?)

[personal profile] lovespinkbirdies 2013-12-31 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
No I'm not! I really do like it!
happiestberry: (C-come again?!)

[personal profile] happiestberry 2014-01-01 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Awww! I love you even more now!
lovespinkbirdies: (pic#6927461)

[personal profile] lovespinkbirdies 2014-01-01 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Chika didn't say anything in response to that, she just blinked and blushed. A lot. ]
happiestberry: (Cheery smile)

[personal profile] happiestberry 2014-01-01 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She beams brightly at Chika. ]

I bet you would be the perfect little sister.
lovespinkbirdies: (I can smile like this all day)

[personal profile] lovespinkbirdies 2014-01-01 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Chika giggles. ]

I'm not sure about that. My older brother and I kinda used to fight a bit when we were both back home.
happiestberry: (Do the noodle dance)

[personal profile] happiestberry 2014-01-01 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
How could someone possibly fight with someone so adorable?

[ She pouts a little. ]

Maybe that's a brother thing. Miwako's big sis never fought with Miwako.
lovespinkbirdies: (Can we take it home? Please?)

[personal profile] lovespinkbirdies 2014-01-02 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Chika shakes her head. ]

Umm... usually it has to do with him doing something really stupid, and then me getting angry at him for it and then it goes from there.
happiestberry: (What was that?)

[personal profile] happiestberry 2014-01-02 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
If he's being a dummy then he needs to be told he's being a dummy!
lovespinkbirdies: (... Where'd that wall come from?)

[personal profile] lovespinkbirdies 2014-01-03 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah! He really does!

... Though other than that thing with the virus, he hasn't been doing it all that lately.
happiestberry: (. . . . .)

[personal profile] happiestberry 2014-01-04 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Miwako will scold him next time he acts like a butt!
lovespinkbirdies: (I can smile like this all day)

[personal profile] lovespinkbirdies 2014-01-04 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Chika giggles, her smile getting a bit wider. ]

Thanks Miwako-san! Though I might end up doing it before you get a chance out of habit...
happiestberry: (Just like that!)

[personal profile] happiestberry 2014-01-04 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Well okay... I suppose I should let you take care of him instead.
lovespinkbirdies: (I wonder how I can screw up this plan?)

[personal profile] lovespinkbirdies 2014-01-04 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Chika nods. ]

Yeah. I think I'll be okay with dealing with him. I mean, I've been doing it long enough, after all.
happiestberry: (Time for tea~)

[personal profile] happiestberry 2014-01-04 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I certainly have faith in you.
lovespinkbirdies: (I can smile like this all day)

[personal profile] lovespinkbirdies 2014-01-04 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She pauses for a moment, giggling again before deciding to say something else. ]

Anyway, what's your partner like? Or I guess partners. My Biyomon's pretty nice and awesome and always there for me when I need him.
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?