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daybreakacademy2020-01-11 06:54 pm
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EVENT - DAWNBREAKING PARTY
DAWNBREAKING PARTY
IC Comm | Network Comm | OOC Comm | Navigation
The sun has risen on a new year - a year closer to Daybreak’s ultimate confrontation, but a new year all the same. Instead of the customary welcome assembly and speech for students in January, the administration has decided to celebrate the students’ achievements of thwarting two Heralds, and thus ensuring that the sun can continue to rise at all. Soleil’s local amusement park, the Radiant Carnival, has been reserved for the Academy’s use on January 10th - which means free, unlimited reign of the park’s features and amenities, often with some further magical twists.
A. Welcoming Feast
Those who have attended the Academy before will by now be familiar with the kind of lavish spread Daybreak puts on for their start-of-year banquet, and the fare is as sumptuous as usual. The presentation comes with a twist, however - given that the party is hosted in the amusement park, the food has been laid out as an extensive buffet that students and staff can visit throughout the day, changing to new selections at certain hours to match the time of day.
The usual selection of drinks - both nonalcoholic and not - has also been made available through a combination of serving staff (for alcohol) and enchanted self-serve machinery (for anything else), allowing the possibly-inadvisable decision of mixing as many drinks as you can possibly get your hands on.
B. Amusement Park
For those who haven’t been to the Radiant Carnival before, it’s a colourful and magical sight - due to support from the Academy and the profit it turns from being one of the few places where the veil is more loosely enforced, it’s perpetually a bright spot, even in the winter landscape. Offering everything from the high-octane thrills of rollercoasters and drop towers to more sedate attractions like riverboat rides and merry-go-rounds, there’s no end to the entertainment that the Carnival provides - if an amusement park ride is reasonably common, the Carnival is sure to have it.
If amusement park rides aren’t to your tastes, there are also alleys and corners where people can gather for more traditional carnival games or - for those who prefer more technological pursuits, an arcade with everything from crane games and photobooths to high-tech game cabinets both enchanted and not. For those who want something more quiet, there’s space to sit and admire frozen water features, peaceful winter gardens, and even a castle to explore made from ice.
There’s bound to be something for everyone at the Radiant Carnival - or, at least, it aims to reach that standard.
C. Fireworks Show
As the day draws to a close and the sun sets, fireworks begin to burst in intricate patterns and vibrant colours in the darkening sky. While seating and rugs have been set up for convenience in the best places to watch the show from, those who are more daring might very well be able to secure a chance to set off some of these special fireworks themselves.
Or you can just bring your own and fire them off from somewhere else within the park, if you find the Academy’s selection lacking - though the administration will likely frown on it, if you’re caught.
D. Wildcard
The Radiant Carnival is open and free, at least for the day, to all of Daybreak’s attendees. Why not take advantage of it?
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That's not an aesthetic choice Hibiki would have made. Give her a moment. Maybe she'll notice something. Once she's done lamenting the style decision.
The butterfly, however, is super helpful and decides to land RIGHT ON the thing it had just been directed to look at! Here it comes. ]
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[Well, congrats, you're on the bracelets. And-
Well one of them mists down into a large, flemish rabbit sized...
Moth? Rabbit? Both? Kinda almost as cute as this-]
Oh. ...I don't think Moon liked that, [she remarks, the violet moth thing fluffing up for a minute before settling.]
/dramatic hamster
Then closer, to say hello (and get a good view). It begs your pardon...um....?
Hibiki's eyebrow quirks. She looks away for half a second and something interesting happens? Perhaps....mere surveillance grows insufficient.
Perhaps she shall have to do this
herself... ]
lmffffhgjkf rip hibiki???
s...socializing.... WITH CHILDREN...
Well in any case, Reira's busy petting Moon and scooping the moth-thing up, which is rather impressive given how big they are. She is also, apparently, going to take some time to introduce them so that's rather considerate.]
Moon, this is a butterfly. Their feelings are really small, smaller than normal butterflies, [She explains, incorrectly, but helpfully at the same time. Anyway, for the butterfly-]
This is Moon. They're one of the sprites.
[informative...]
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Which is right about when a voice resounds behind Reira: ]
You've quite the striking companion.
[ OH GOSH, IT'S A MOVIE STAR
This information shall be helpfully supplied by someone walking past, Just In Case. "Yikes! Isn't that Hibiki Shikyoin - the movie star?????"
Hibiki just smirks, like convenient exposition about her amazingness is just a typical part of her day (as well it may be). She keeps her eyes on Reira.
Or perhaps on Moon. ]
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Reira does not know what a movie star is. Her reaction is entirely non-existant, beyond to simply stare at the one addressing her.
(Maybe one of the stars in the sky was in a movie??? why is no one looking at the stars then)
Reira looks to the butterfly, and then back to Hibiki.] Mnh...they're okay. They didn't hit anyone, and I don't think it would hurt if they did.
[no not that use of 'striking' reira-]
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No. She must persevere. Hibiki Shikyoin is not so easily dissuaded from her goal!
Hibiki stamps down an immense, sudden feeling of dread (laced with judginess) and puts on a bright smile. ] They must have other fascinating abilities, then. Like a deeply-rooted flower, hiding its strength....
[ The butterfly is left hovering, unsure whether it's to return to surveillance if the person who's supposed to be watching is
setting herself up for a gagbusy here instead. ]no subject
Also Russian language.
Also EXCUSE-
Reira squints, just a little.This is a bit why she's not very fond of most people after all.
Their faces lie about what their feelings are. But....maybe they're just scared? There's some kind of Edge there she can't put her finger on but mostly...]
....You don't have to be scared of it. They cant even lift the beanbags. I had to throw for them.
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[ She says, smiling harder, as the pit of her stomach drops in despair for humanity (or perhaps just because She has found Herself in this situation). The air is sparkling now. ] Now, illuminate my heart with their brilliance.
[ Make the creature do something. Anything. She had hoped to be subtler, but she came out here to scout Talent, and sometimes Talent is.....lopsided. The sooner she can make a judgment call the better.
...She may just like Moon because Moon is purple. ]
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[wait uh-
Oh. She thought they were talking about the butterfly, but they're talking about...] ...You meant Moon?
...Mnh. ...Moon's power won't do a lot here though...they're mostly for hiding from dead things...
[Moon just happens to balance out the relative uselessness by being very invested in everything ever. Which is to say they're curious and are probably digging at the ground.]
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....You've idiosyncratic priorities, haven't you.
[ SHE CAN SALVAGE THIS
SURELY
SURELY
EVEN IF THE CHILD IS NOT BRIGHT AND THE CREATURE IS HERE FOR NO DISCERNABLE REASO--
SHE'S GETTING A HEADACHE ]
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...Idiosyncratic?
[Notably, the way that word was repeated was identically to how Hibiki said it.
Also notably is she's pulling out a Daybreak issue translator device, plugging it in, and repeating the word- again, exact intonation- to the device after getting a headphone in.
Is....she not fluent in-
She gets what she needs from the device, and looks to Hibiki with a frown.] ...I think that's you...
[WOW!!!]
Why do you want to know what just Moon does? The other three could do stuff a lot easier. But Moon is just Moon. Even using my body, it only works for dead things, like skeletons and ghosts.
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Any will suffice! What about a request for a power display is so incomprehensible?!
[ hibiki that sentence itself contained a six-syllable----
oh, forget it ]
i'm,,,sorry,,,hibiki,,,
The part where you won't say why. [she says rather calmly. She has a point Hibiki, she did ask about why you wanted to know to begin with.]
People who ask about power want to do things with it. Like use it...or make it stop working. Normally it's not a good reason.
So why do you want to know?
[At the kid's evident stern distress, the other bracelets react- a pink, green, and yellow version of the rabbit moth thing all tumbling forward and chittering nervously.]
nah don't be she brings this kind of thing on herself
Hibiki stares. Cynicism about other people's intentions.....is not what she had expected. But it's also not something she can't appreciate.
She snorts. ] Hmph. Choose whether you wish to be insightful or a simpleton.
[ This shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. With a sigh, she debates her next move. (Well. Her next move aside from "make a great show out of it, including the decision process". That part was never in doubt.) ]
Goodness me....is it even worth telling you, I wonder....?
sobs she sure does...
Reira is....
Unimpressed, to say the least.] You're the one who cares about it a lot, [she points out, busily muttering 'simpleton' into the device and squinting at the result.]
...I'm not stupid, you just keep avoiding things, [she adds from there.] If it matters, you should just say it. If it's something that matters, it probably won't be a lie when you feel something about it.
[Well that's certainly a statement to parse. In the meantime she scoops Moon up, and looks at the other three.] ...If you give me a real answer, and stop avoiding it, I'll let them do something. Their things are things you could see.
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[ This is a true statement. What Reira had said about being able to tell when she's being honest? Honesty. Right here.
Considering her next move, Hibiki watches the four mysterious creatures - and as she does so, she's filled with a sudden swelling of undying admiration. Ah, if only this rigamarole didn't prevent her from witnessing their charms.....!!
She isn't willing to go along with having rank pulled on her. Yet even if she doesn't mean to answer Reira's question, she can't help the fact that beings of pure magic inspire overwhelming longing.
Hibiki Shikyoin is in love with magic. She can't help it. It's her ideal.
She is, however, a rather disgruntled idealist right now. It's a wonder her temper hadn't stayed peaked. ]
We'll leave things at this for today. Conflict during a carnival is hardly my style.
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She's Not Entirely Wrong.
Doesn't change how incredibly ridiculous she finds Hibiki's response though. And people call her a child??? Boy,] ....
[She frowns, and ultimately has to make an observation.] ...So you only like talking to people who do what you want then....
[hooooo she's gonna push that temper she is]
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[ Yep. We have no shame.
She's definitely getting back into a snit, though, so she turns on her heel and raises a hand in farewell. ] Polishing that comprehension for our next encounter would be best.
[ ....Mrgh. The creatures weren't worth it anyway, were they? This won't bother her. It won't. It won't.
.........................Perhaps she can send Ando instead of the butterfly. ]
Sobs I love...this thread....
Also, that sounds dumb.] ...No, you're a jerk. [She'll say as much.] You can't always be right. No one is always right.
Pretending you are just means you don't learn things ever. [Also it means teachers frown at you a lot. She learned that!]
....Good luck though I guess, if you want to find someone else with magic. [Oddly, she's being sincere about that.
For now she'll look to the moth things if/as Hibiki leaves.]
Hey. Be bracelets again, I can't carry all of you, and we aren't fighting or running.
[The sprites will chitter and ultimately agree. Except Moon. Moon Wants Carries.]
ty.....i hope wrapping is okay, i figured To Be Continued sets up cr down the line!
Hmph.
[ Yeah, she's out. Her elegant, refined celebrity constitution can only stand being in a raucous environment for so long, and this is totally the only reason she is taking her leave, absolutely, one hundred and twenty percent. The butterfly flutters off to continue its recon duties, as well.
But Hibiki, alas, is no longer in a very festive mood. ]
Yep! It's a good spot to wrap up- excited to thread again!
...
That must suck. No wonder the feelings were so small. Maybe when they meet again she can figure it out though.]