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𝚂𝚢𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚡 𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚜 ([personal profile] synfluxmods) wrote in [community profile] synflux2024-07-12 11:07 pm

DOWNTIME MINGLE #3

DOWNTIME MINGLE #3


CONTENT WARNINGS: natural disaster, forced scenarios.

▶ 001. A JOB WELL DONE.

As Outsiders head back from Okinawa (or, perhaps they are already back, characters were able to leave Okinawa through the dataportal whenever) with plenty of coconut crab and mutated fish, Outsiders can expect to have the cafeteria filled with crab and fish food for the next.. well, undetermined amount of time. The power outages have been restored on the LILITH base, and while Outsiders have been enjoying their change of pace in Okinawa, there has been some celebratory news across the Outsider's ocular implants. It looks like it is a message from the big guy himself! Whoever that is. Wasn't his name.. Eiji something? Elijah?


"I'm not going to waste my time with introductions, because we have more important matters to discuss. First of all, good work. Second, while we have been met with several successes, don't let it get to your head. Third, continue following the lead of Yamakawa. ... This is why I don't do celebratory speeches. CODENAMES MONEYBAGS, DUELWIELD, BUSTERMOVE, CHAINSAW MAN and CURSE... great work. You'll see the rewards of your hard work momentarily. Report to me for a payout."

The announcement won't leave an Outsider's implant until it has been read, but just as the voice said, Outsiders will find a Sampo themed pachinko machine installed by the cafeteria near the vending machines. It looks like it's ready to be played! Why not give it a go? Because who wouldn't want to see this charm willingly.

A lot of toy companies are also wanting their skin in this game and have introduced the set of several actions figures based off Yzak and Dearka's gundams, which can be seen distributed on base. The caveat, however, is that you will need to build them piece-by-piece. Alongside this, there will also be Denji-themed plushies, even if it looks like a cross between a dog and human.

Thanks to Choso, hair care on the base has also gotten a lot better. Due to sponsorships, Outsiders are readily able to access more shampoo and conditioner options. Though, maybe thanks to the pictures on the bottle— buns are now trending.

Maybe give the pachinko machine a spin? Or try Choso's brand of shampoo your team's wing communal shower?


▶ 002. TRADITIONAL TANABATA.

The sun is hot but summer is traditionally festival season in Neo Tokyo; these old traditions have managed to hold up in this gritty society in attempts to keep a positive morale, so some citizens and organizers try to keep the tradition going and lift spirits by celebrating local festivals. Many districts and neighborhoods have their own festivals as well. One day, you might stumble onto a shopping district’s wind chime festival and the next day, you might find flyers for a neighborhood’s morning glory festival.

The largest festival of the month is the Tanabata festival. Since the holiday falls in an odd weekday this year, the main celebration is held the next weekend. Civilians and Outsiders can find various shrines, shopping centers, and community buildings with bamboo branches on display with holographic slips of paper that alternate colors. Characters that pass by may submit their wishes on their implants; a new way to keep the old tradition.

On the weekend, some stalls have been set up for people to celebrate. Attendance is low because of the heat and due to a food shortage, the options are lacking. However, there are plenty of games such as a toy shooting range with laser guns and kaiju targets. There are also goldfish catching games where people can catch a cheap goldfish drone that can “swim” in the air and water and shoot bubbles. As a bonus, LILITH will provide Outsiders with an outfit upgrade to help lift spirits. The outfit consists of a traditional summer yukata or jinbei.

Fireworks have gone out of style due to attracting kaiju attention. However, at the festival’s end, there is a drone light show. Hundreds of customized hummingbird drones take to the sky and create elaborate illuminations and shapes in the sky while music plays.


▶ 003. DR. RATIO'S RENOVATIONS.

Festival season means LILITH also has to get in on the action, and while a certain Outsider named Dr. Ratio has raised concerns over the stated of the LILITH base Library, LILITH has actually listened to his desperate plea to renovate the library. What a perfect opportunity for LILITH to use the festival as a way of raising funds so they don't have to dip into their kaiju payout funds (and pizza party fund.) It's time for LILITH's annual SUMMER FESTA. Every year, LILITH comes together with local organizations like fire stations, police stations, clinics, and nonprofits to promote public safety and awareness. It's a one day festival where people can get information about what to do to stay safe not only during kaiju attacks but in their daily lives. The funds raised at the festival will go to training, supplies, research, and maintaining services.

As usual, LILITH is raising money for disaster relief supplies and renovation projects across Neo Tokyo. Per request, LILITH has agreed to set aside some funds to help renovate the facilities on base, including the library. However, they will task the Outsiders with raising the money.

It's a festival so how they raise the money is both up up to them or they may take the suggestions according to their team placement below. Either way, Outsiders are required to work with other people on their same team but they're encouraged to make it fun. Set up game stalls, sell food, do performances, and ask for donations to raise as much money as possible for their projects. The team that raises the most money is promised a prize while the losers will be punished. Here are the team suggestions below and some of them may have some new, modern twists:

Everlight: Kingyo-sukui, which is goldfish catching with a paper scoop. Managing the takoyaki stands.
Revelation: Yoyo-tsuri, fishing for water-filled balloons with a “fishing pole” with a paper string. Managing the mask stands.
Brimstone: Shateki, shooting at targets for prizes. Managing the sparklers stands.. sparklers shouldn't catch kaiju attention, right?
Redemption: Wanage, ring toss. Managing the onigiri stands.

Outsiders will be given a week to prepare for the festival and they only have a single day to raise funds. In the evening, the winning team is announced: Revelation. All team members will receive can badges and a pizza party. A special donation will also be made to the library on their behalf: A stack full of self help books, yes, REAL books and not holograms or digital books, such as "Overcoming Your Depression for Dummies" and "How to Make Friends 101." Thank you for your effort, Team Revelation!

As for the losers, they will be given options: Sign up or the final fundraising event of the night or help clean up at the end of the festival. The final fundraiser is a punishment game where volunteers from each organization are dunked in tubs of water or pied in the face. It seems like a certain person (Seok Dang) was supposed to be LILITH’s tribute but he is nowhere to be found… maybe one of the other losers will step up and take his place to be dunked in water or pied in the face? Characters may also sign up a loser character without their consent. Come on, be a good sport!

▶ 004. MONSOON SEASON.

Despite the celebrations and attempts to raise morale, the heatwave persists in Neo Tokyo and with it, the problems from the beginning of the month. Food continues to go bad quickly and while fundraising attempts have provided some relief, the city is huge and shelf stable supplies begin to run low again. The energy crisis improves slightly with blackouts occurring less frequently as emergency personnel attempt to intervene. Though the weather is dreary, the renovations must press on! Fortunately, most of the things to do around the Library consist of staying inside. Dr. Ratio has given the following orders which Outsiders may help with in the Library:
- Install better lighting.
- Organize and add more books.
- Set up and secure tables and chairs.
- Add couches to once section of the library to convert it into a lounging area.

Characters may work together to help, or maybe they prefer to laze around and give the newly renovated Library a test run!

After a few days, finally, the rain meteorologists have promised arrives. The skies darken and heavy rain falls on the city which brings much cooler temperatures. People stay inside more often as it becomes too inconvenient to go out when the rain and wind are so strong. The rainstorms grow stronger and eventually become fully fledged storms. The ground shakes from thunder and lightning strikes light up the sky.

Everyone’s ocular implants will frequently give warnings about the weather. LILITH will task Outsiders with assisting across the city. Help evacuate citizens to higher ground during flash floods. After the storms subside, help clear the streets of debris and trees. Some neighborhoods will lose power because of lightning strikes and need their generators restored. However, every time they finish their tasks, a new storm will occur a few days later and they’ll have to repeat.

At first, it seems like the typical summer storm season but meteorologists become concerned when more storms begin to happen without following clear weather patterns and even the locals remark the season seems very active this year… could it be another kaiju? The last time Neo Tokyo had floods, it was sea water, but this is caused by heavy rain. Like clockwork, LILITH's investigating team is on the lookout for energy from a rift or any leads to what could be causing all of the heavy rain. Outsiders are instructed to keep an eye out for any emergency messages.

▶ 005. AFTERWORD.

Welcome to our third downtime mingle! While we would typically have a texting prompt, we instead have player plots for this event! Thank you Abbel and Eski for the Tanabata and festival player prompt and Sky for the Library renovations plot! We appreciate Eski for spending 500 bonus points to provide everyone with something to wear for Tanabata. For the character-run stalls as part of the renovation prompt, players are not limited to the suggestions given by the mods and are free to come up with their own stall ideas. Additionally, for characters signing up other characters for the dunk tank, please make sure you get OOC permission from their players first.

Please note also we have added new rewards: the Poison Dagger, Cat Ear Visor, and the Elemental Swords now come in the models Ice and Lightning. Please see the REWARDS page for more information.

All tags on this log are worth 2 points.


EVENT BREAKDOWN (CLICK TO EXPAND)
1. A JOB WELL DONE: The kaiju heavy hitters get recognition with.. a pachinko machine and shampoo sponsorship? Outsiders can react to their fellow colleagues about this development, or maybe even talk to the winners themselves around the base.

2. TRADITIONAL TANABATA: It's Tanabata season, even in a post-apocalyptic world! Put on some old, traditional attire with your friends and enjoy a drone show.

3. DR. RATIO'S RENOVATIONS: LILITH has teamed up with the local safety personnel to get in on the festival season. Characters are encouraged to fundraise for renovations at the LILITH base Library. Teams may also visit other teams events and stands to donate, partake in, and.. maybe deliver some competitive harassment.

4. MONSOON SEASON: With the weather being hot and renovations needing done, LILITH works together to improve the Library. A few days later, the weather gets suspiciously intense and Outsiders are instructed to help civilians with power outages, flash flooding, debris from heavy wind and rain.
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[personal profile] bemist 2024-07-17 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It's something I haven't tried before, so no. I wouldn't mind.

[ Also, it's not like. Flower-picking. Or flower crown-making. Or learning how to dance. Or coffee taste-testing. Or anything else that would just make her flat-out leave.

At least with painting, Netzach had always used to say you didn't need technique, just intent. ]
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-07-17 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Katsuki's asked that question about other worlds and their vocations. The ninja from Kakashi's world seemed to be more akin to heroes, but the sorcerers in Yuji and Raidou's world seem to be shadow operatives no one knew about, despite what they did for the people who knew nothing of them.]

You're gonna be at that level the more we help people in this world.

[Because they're becoming heroes to the public in Neo Tokyo. It'd be a real shit populace that witness what the Outsiders do for them every month and NOT grow to think of them in more positive light. Until finally, their status becomes amazing. Like heroes. But Raidou's right about Katsuki being a product of his society. In far more ways than just that.]

Thanks. [It's quiet, calm, and sincere, lacking the pomp and aggression Katsuki's usually spouting. Raidou's faith in him brings a good feeling to his chest. It's another reason he won't give up his own faith in Raidou surviving the back-stabbbing attack and saving his own world. He still believes that, even after he'd seen "the end" in his friend's memories.

Katsuki stretches one arm over his head, then pushes himself up to his feet.]
You don't know how to surf, do you.
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-07-17 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[It was a lot worse when the bay area flooded, atop the destruction those orca-like kaiju brought to the area. Entire buildings came down, condemns and rotting in the water. The bay area itself still isn't completely cleaned up. Renovations are a pipe dream long down the future road. Bakugo's satisfied with his work on the road, leaving it more than able to handle traffic.

He can return later to deal with the remnants once the rains wash away anything else that's left. Replacing it with more shit, but that'll be handled at that time. With the dirt an everything swept clean, it'll be easier to remove lingering debris from elsewhere. A never-ending task until the monsoons let up.]


Yeah, we got a road two streets over that's blocked.

[With that, he slams two explosions down and blasts away from the area, heading towards the rooftops and expecting Kadaj to follow him. How he does that... is something Bakugo's curious about.]
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[personal profile] wheft 2024-07-17 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Not all of them. I guess the idea of having your wish granted by just hanging these papers up is too good to be true.

[ she does brighten up at his offer, at least. ]

Sure, I'd like that.
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-07-17 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Whenever you want to.

[Whether it's a hot spring or one of the pools around the city, their options are good either way. Some people like hot water despite being hot. Weirdos. Katsuki makes a mental note to look into the pools to find one that'll be good to go to. He'd like to get out for a weekend and just enjoy himself with Yuji. Be a kid again for a bit. Kind of like the festival right now.

Katsuki growls when he's nudged, but moves away from the stall to let others go in. Biting one of the peaches off the stick, he pulls his head to the side, ripping it free like a gremlin rather than a normal bite and pull. Go figure. The crunchy shell is a really nice touch. Red eyes flick towards Yuji's brown, one brow arching in interest.

Bingo.]


Which one? I'll own them all.
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[personal profile] busternaut 2024-07-17 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[WOW THAT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME, OKAY??

Dearka turns from whoever he happened to be heckling just now, and instead takes a moment to look Yzak over]
.

Well, well... Aren't you looking sharp, all dressed for the occasion? [He takes one of the offered pieces of takoyaki and gestures with it, grinning.] Cheers.

[He'll never get the occasion to voice this out loud, but he kind of loves when Yzak pulls his hair back, for two reasons: one, it's just a good look on him. Two? contrary to the usual turn of phrase ("letting your hair down"), he kind of associates this style with the two of them getting to go out and do something fun and out of the ordinary. The contradiction in that kind of just makes him more fond.]
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[personal profile] blastedass 2024-07-17 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bakugo's quiet is more out of melancholy and nostalgia the traditional festival brings. Particularly these moments, when he's allowed to be alone with his own thoughts. Memories of doing these kinds of customs that are rooted in his culture and childhood, tying wishes onto trees while his mother held him up (never admitting it) until he got too proud to accept such a gesture. It reminds him of what he's currently sequestered from.

Oy! He was focused on something else and didn't expect Yato to quietly approach him! Normally the god's a chipper noise calling out to him while bringing his damn self closer. Luckily he's not in the mood to be angry right now, though there's only a single spark needed to ignite that. Even while talking normally, Bakugo's voice is rough and deeper than what you'd expect someone his age to be. There's emphasis in it that carries his pride regardless of his current mood. Go figure.]


It doesn't take as much effort. [Simply thinking a message and seeing it scroll across a digital paper is far less active than bringing pen to paper, making sure it's legible and in the border, then spending the time to tie it personally on the tree. Of course it would feel cheap not to do that.] Oy! Don't read other people's wishes! That's private!

[Sorry, you were saying, Yato?]

Tch, we haven't even been here a year. The longest of us arrived last December.
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behave computer!

[personal profile] blastedass 2024-07-17 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean he wanted to enjoy his time seeing the fireworks on his own! Duh! Bakugo isn't completely surprised when the other boy arrives at the grassy knoll he's resting on. He's been with Shoto almost an entire year back home. They've seen festivals and holidays, celebrations and parties, together as a class. Sometimes just the two of them, much to Bakugo's irritation (even though he never did anything to ditch him) whenever it happened.

But this time, the nostalgia of the moment and the memories of home make Shoto's presence a quiet welcome. Familiar and comforting to be around. The difference and similarity isn't lost on him either, striking an weird discord between the two.

"Haa?" What weird way to say that! "You could've just called where to meet." Didn't need to come find him. But find him he did, and Bakugo spent the day with his classmate. Despite the obvious arguments and blowups that occurred, he's glad to have Shoto with him.
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[personal profile] wheft 2024-07-17 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... nope, she's still not buying it. it's not like she's not a believer of superstition either, what with being a sailor and all, but it's so childish. doesn't help the fact that the guy seemed like they popped out of some fairytale book either. ]

It's really not that simple. I asked around, and these wishes are just good luck charms. Besides, most of the time you've got to put in the work in order to make them come true.
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[personal profile] siffriend 2024-07-18 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ It is, though... The Universe leads you onto the path that'll grant it. Everyone kn...

...

(No. Not everyone knows that, not anymore.) ]


It wouldn't come true if you didn't. It isn't like you open your eyes and... it's there, it just... helps.

[ And stuff. ]

... It makes sense if they're just charms, though.
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tanabata, a.

[personal profile] emancipating 2024-07-18 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ funnily enough, zagreus looks a little less out of place in his red and black yukata, likely because it's the closest thing to his chiton he's seen since waking up here. he can't quite do anything about his feet still, so here he is standing next to ishmael, barefooted as he considers his own wish. ]

You know, I would've thought they'd ask for an offering to go along with it. For the gods I know, at least. This seems quite generous in comparison, if it's true.

[ imagine zeus granting a wish on a whim??? lmao. ]
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[personal profile] siffriend 2024-07-18 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Okay.

[ Sip. Lukewarm cocoa sucks, actually. But it's okay. It still tastes sweet, right now. ]

Tired of telling me colors?

[ But it's clear they don't think that's why she suggested it. ]
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[personal profile] wheft 2024-07-18 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ "indomitable human spirit", huh... that might exist in the world tezcatlipoca came from, but there's nothing like that in the City. at least, not in her perspective. most people from there would rather keep their head down low and not wish for anything lest they die another day.

but it would come out too sentimental like he said, so she's going to focus on his other question. ]


I don't... really know what to wish for. But only because my greatest wish has already been granted a while ago. This tradition caught me off guard, honestly.
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[personal profile] bemist 2024-07-18 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
...

[ She sighs. ]

Listen up. I'm not that tactful. If you're pissing me off or I don't feel like dealing with you, I'll tell you. Got it?
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[personal profile] wheft 2024-07-18 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
I don't mind using male products if it's extra-strength, I guess. Sure beats horse shampoo by a long mile.

[ it's effective, but... yeah........... ]

Yeah yeah, I know that already. [ she snatches up a bottle of peach-colored conditioner that smells like it, too. ] Though, to be fair it's only since coming here that I began to be more cognizant of the stuff I put in my hair.

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[personal profile] sensehispresence 2024-07-18 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Unfortunately, Kadaj wouldn't know if he liked that type of food or not. There had never been a point in his life where he had eaten anything. Everything had been about the mission that he'd had. There was no time for stopping or being normal, as it were.

Did he want to try it? Well, he would have to learn to eat and sleep. Both things would be good in this strange new place. So, he takes the rice ball that is offered to him before taking a bite of it.

At first? The young Remnant isn't sure what to make of it. Was he actively hungry? He would say no but the taste of food actually changes that and he's not sure he likes the feeling. ]

It's different. I like the taste.

[ Or, rather, the taste wasn't too overpowering for him. ]
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[personal profile] undrowned 2024-07-18 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ she gives her a very surprised and confused look, like ... why horse shampoo? it works, sure, but -

- maybe she just didn't have resources before? oh well. ]


... there's always the option to cut it, too, if you find it's too high-maintenance, especially with the extreme weather we can have.
Edited 2024-07-18 00:52 (UTC)
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[personal profile] siffriend 2024-07-18 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
I know.

[ (But it's nice to hear.

That you aren't bothering someone, that they don't mind your company. It's nice.

Stupid. If you keep it up, she might just start minding.) ]
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[personal profile] bemist 2024-07-18 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ She tosses back the rest of the mug's contents, then stands. Her hair is dry enough. ]

I'm heading back. Since I agreed to this, pick whichever workshop and just give me the details later.
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[personal profile] sensehispresence 2024-07-18 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ The last thing that the young Remnant wanted to see was a place flooded. Nor did he want to be trapped within the water while they were out. Not when he had an aversion to it. Well, more to rain than water itself. This wasn't the negative lifestream that he could handle. Though, it did not feel like the lifestream either. He was not entirely sure what it was.

Those eyes look toward Bakugo before giving a nod. ]

Then we'll clear it.

[ Of course, he follows the other after he blasts away. Some of getting to the two streets over was by foot. However, at the last minute he turns to black mist and allows himself to come out where he needed to be. Being able to slip through the cracks of things and over things came in handy. ]
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[personal profile] siffriend 2024-07-18 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mm. Siffrin buries more into the overly warm blanket, closing their single eye. ]

Okay. When there's a lull, or when the storms die down.

[ Whichever has...

... vacancies? First. ]
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[personal profile] bemist 2024-07-18 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Either, or. Remember, don't go out there on your own if the storms come back.

[ And with a swift nod, she's striding off! With the blanket. She'll give it back later. She's at least taking her mug with her too, to drop off in the cafeteria, but the exhaustion's sinking in properly now.

She might as well try to pass out for a bit. ]
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[personal profile] frostfist 2024-07-18 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ Harsh words. Though....how old even is this guy anyway? ]

I'll take your word for it. Personally, I don't think you're ever too old to make friends with someone younger than you.

[ Says the guy with a 350 year old friend. He looks back down at his paper, thinking. ]

What other policies did this [ ... ] Madame Odile stand by?
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tanabata

[personal profile] gundemn 2024-07-18 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
No one said you couldn't write more than one. I think you're onto something~

[ Elan who had been nosing through other people's wishes stops to put a hand under his chin, humming in agreement. He has no clue how the Earthian holiday works and he doubts writing a bunch of wishes would get them granted any faster, but he's all for enabling her and possibly inconveniencing some poor god who has to sift through all the slips later. ]
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zagreus | hades | everlight

[personal profile] emancipating 2024-07-18 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
TANABATA
[ achilles had once called him the god of blood; of life, and thus, he'd be uniquely bound to the god of death. to this day, zagreus doesn't know if that's true — he'd never been granted a domain over anything, after all. but he sees the festival and the branches and the papers as he stands there in his red and black yukata, and a part of him feels... compelled, in a way he'd never felt before.

wishes and aspirations, hopes and dreams — are those not part of humanity, of life? if he is indeed the god of life, does he not have a duty to grant these wishes, or at the very least, to listen to them?
]

So — [ a little bit of an awkward start; he's never done this before, after all. his relatives on olympus likely would require some kind of offering, but they're not here and zagreus thinks the people here have offered enough already. ] What did you wish for?

[ hi... let this demigod attempt to grant your wish. ]

WILDCARD
[ keeping it short and sweet this time! he's in everlight so he'll be manning the takoyaki stand, but feel free to catch him struggling a little to flip the takoyaki in time, or watch him shove a fresh one into his mouth whole and completely burn his tongue. other than that, he'll be helping out with clean up after the festival is done, and also assisting people during the monsoon later. finally, his fire feet will come in handy.

if you want me to write you a starter, feel free to pm me or hmu on plurk at [plurk.com profile] himbos to plot!
]
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