royalsubject: (daytime)
royalsubject ([personal profile] royalsubject) wrote in [community profile] kingdomdaze2015-08-24 11:22 am

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Who: Everyone
When: Day 2, through the day!
Where: ANYWHERE REALLY
What: Mingle with some lake-centric festivities!

[sometime after you escape that labyrinth and enter town, you might overhear some of the townsfolk gossiping amongst one another:]

Didja see? The lake's fulla water again!

Why, no, I didn't see, it's not like I take a walk to the empty shell of my father's childhood like you do every freakin' day.

I wanna catch a fish and name it Bowie!

[if you do go to the lake, you'll find that the gossip is all true: the large lake is actually a lake again, seemingly being filled with the waterfalls coming from the three rivers above. investigate further and you'll see little round fish covered with spikes, like a porcupine, bouncing in and out of the water as they swim. in reality, the spikes are dull and very soft—almost rubbery—so even if you touched one of these it wouldn't actually hurt. maybe this is what's giving the weird little guys the bounce

throughout the day, townsfolk have banners, balloons, and tents set up around the lake for this occasion. one independent tent is offering a small amount of $$$ to anyone who can catch some of these bouncy fish. in addition, they're offering a plate of this fried fish for a single coin; try a taste and you'll find that it tastes a lot like... rubbery garlic chicken! the other tents belong to the business/establishments you've seen through town:

• the weapon shop is selling all kinds of nets, fishing rods, and even pikes, for those who want to try and catch the fish
• the garrison and clinic are cooperating to perform a duty equivalent to lifeguards
• the library has a tent with fish-themed books; fish cookbooks, romance novels involving fish, picture books depicting fish, etc etc
• the bakery is offering a wide variety of fish-themed sweets and iced coffees
• the tailor's also has a changing tent and is selling visors, swimsuits, and other summery accessories
• the flower shop is selling fish bowls in a wide variety of sizes and styles and dahlias in many sizes and colors

maybe at some point today you're stuck working at one of these tents—or maybe you don't have to work at all today. whether you choose to engage with this event or continue doing your own thing, it's your day to spend as you see fit, and these festivities will be going on well into the evening!]

((OOC: trying a thing with ALL DAY MINGLES! if you're worried that this kind of limits what your character might be doing since this encompasses all day, a thing you can do, that we've seen some players already do, is provide multiple interaction options, which would be opportune here!

ETA: though the method of accessing tier 2, where the lake is located, is a staircase, there is IN FACT a convenient magical button that you can press to briefly make it into a flat, wheelchair accessible slope! this will be added to the info page soon enough, along with all of the other changes.))
ninetyninelives: (yellow pearl my city is)

[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-08-24 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[working the library tent, picking at a plate of fried fish]

Want to know a Fun Fish Fact?
jarredforlife: icons by <user name="cyanidebombers" site="livejournal.com"> unless otherwise stated (at ease)

[personal profile] jarredforlife 2015-08-24 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
1. dignity is for people who know how to pull espresso shots

[As Barakiel both lacks the ability to smile on demand and make iced coffees for thirsty townsfolk, he has been consigned to grunt work. That's right, he's standing around the middle of the impromptu fair, wearing a sandwich board

The board has a very cute painting on it pointing towards the bakery booth. The enormous cupcake-shaped hat on Barakiel's is also cute, if one is fond of cupcakes topped with paper-cut-out fish.]

Fish sweets... Fish sweets... Fish coffee... I mean, fresh coffee. No fish in the coffee, I promise.

2. but the bakery owner is a just and merciful ruler

[At some point Barakiel has been freed from the tyranny of the sandwich board and cupcake hat. He's spending his break at the lake edge, smoking contemplatively and watching the fish do their fish thing.]
Edited 2015-08-24 19:05 (UTC)
jarredforlife: (you're joking right)

[personal profile] jarredforlife 2015-08-24 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
...Sure.
ninetyninelives: (it's both seen)

[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-08-24 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[flips through one of the books]

Goldfish have teeth in their throat!
aliveandkicking: (pic#9454595)

[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[staring at him with a ~suspicious~ glint in her eyes. also, she's soaking wet and carrying a Big Pointy Stick]

Fish, taste good?
ninetyninelives: (PERCEPTION)

[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-08-24 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
They're garlicky. Want a piece?
aliveandkicking: (pic#9454385)

2!

[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Suddenly a (red) Chaika leaps into the lake and starts viciously stabbing at the water—or, no, the fish, she's trying to stab at the fish. There's lots and lots of angry, yet tired, stabbing... along with lots and lots of pointless splashing very close to him]
aliveandkicking: (pic#9454401)

[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[pauses... and her stomach growls, so she just. holds a hand out.]

Yes.
ninetyninelives: (i'm a road runner)

[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-08-24 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[gives her the whole tray]
aliveandkicking: (pic#9454396)

[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[visibly wary]

All of it?
ninetyninelives: (i don't know the mind)

[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-08-24 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I wasn't going to eat it all, anyways.
aliveandkicking: (pic#9454586)

[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[...yanking the plate/tray closer to herself]

Your loss.

[gracefully shoving as much as she can into her mouth]
ninetyninelives: (FIRE)

[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-08-24 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you not have a job yet?
aliveandkicking: (pic#9446422)

[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[after she finishes chewing the mouthful]

This morning, acquired job. Slept outside last night. Monsters, no match. Pitiful.
ninetyninelives: (of milky winter disorder)

[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-08-24 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
How much sleeping and how much fighting?
aliveandkicking: (pic#9454586)

[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[—this is the perfect moment for her to shove more food in her mouth]
Edited 2015-08-24 20:59 (UTC)
ninetyninelives: (i'm behind you)

[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-08-24 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Take a nap, okay?
aliveandkicking: (pic#9446420)

[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
No. Must fish.
botamessiah: (My best recipe)

[personal profile] botamessiah 2015-08-24 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
01.

[After finishing the labyrinth, Togo cleaned up and hauled butt to the bakery. Fish sweets? For a Japanese girl that mean one thing - taiyaki, fish-shaped pastries filled with different sweet things: red bean (azuki) paste, custard, or chocolate, for today. In honor of the labyrinth, they are modeled after the fish from the water cavern. Togo sits outside the bakery tent, a tray of still-warm taiyaki on her lap, an apron and hat on her as she smiles.]

Taiyaki! Taiyaki for sale!

02.

[After her work is done, Togo takes advantage of the new ramp and moves down it, just to get a closer look at it. She has one of the taiyaki she didn't manage to sell in her hands, munching on it once she's at the right level. She seems to be just... appreciating the view.]
aliveandkicking: (pic#9454383)

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[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Chaika, soaked to the bone and clutching a Big Pointy Stick, strolls by the tent... then stops. That's fish, but... it's not real fish, is it? Was it baked?? Wait, is this fish actually called taiyaki?? On second thought, it doesn't look like the fish in the lake. What is up with this fish? ...she has no idea what it really is, is what I'm saying here. She scrunches her brow and just sticks a finger at the taiyaki.]

Taiyaki? Fish?
botamessiah: (Giving you my best)

[personal profile] botamessiah 2015-08-24 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her first convert customer.]

It's a pastry shaped like a fish. There's three different fillings: red bean paste, chocolate, and custard. Fresh baked today. Would you like one?
jarredforlife: (you're joking right)

[personal profile] jarredforlife 2015-08-24 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[eyebrows continue to rise]

What.
jarredforlife: (blah blah blah)

[personal profile] jarredforlife 2015-08-24 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[there goes his cigarette. 8( he only arrived with half a box...!]

Calm down.
aliveandkicking: (pic#9454588)

[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Take one.

[She pauses to give the second part of her answer some thought.]

Which better?
aliveandkicking: (pic#9446425)

[personal profile] aliveandkicking 2015-08-24 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[sorry not sorry for as you can see this is Very Important Business]

No! Will catch fish! Must!

[she won't, she's just going to keep stab-splashin']

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