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- critical role: taryon darrington,
- cyberpunk 2077: johnny silverhand,
- devil summoner: raidou kuzunoha,
- final fantasy 7: cloud strife,
- final fantasy 7: kadaj,
- jujutsu kaisen: choso,
- jujutsu kaisen: yuji itadori,
- jujutsu kaisen: yuta okkotsu,
- kara no kyoukai: fujino asagami,
- lunar: jessica alkirk,
- my hero academia: katsuki bakugo,
- rise of the tmnt: donatello,
- rise of the tmnt: raphael hamato
🎉 TANABATA FESTIVAL 🎊
WHO: Everyone in Neo Tokyo
WHAT: Tanabata festival! 🎉
WHERE: In the centre of the park
WHEN: 17/07 onwards
WARNINGS: N/A
NOTE: THIS PROMPT WILL REFER TO THINGS THAT ARE SPOILERS FOR JUJUTSU KAISEN CHAPTER 264 ( refering to Yuji's powers and how he uses them in a fight ).
Here's the thing: Yuji wants everyone to have fun. His dream is that people are able to find some joy and peace in the midst of the darkness of the last few weeks, and so he sinks into something that is familiar to him - cursed energy, and his domain expansion. In the early hours of the second day of his festival, you might catch him making a hand sign before a ripple of powers hits, collecting around the area of the festival like a literal bubble. Anyone on the edge of the bubble will see it like a flickering, semi-transparent void, but there's nothing to worry about... Right?
The power of Yuji's domain expansion is simple enough, in theory: it transports into the memories, digs into the heart of what people want to show. His intention is to share the tanabata of his childhood with the people of Neo Tokyo and spark some joy for the Outsiders who have been through so much. He wants to show them something sweet and nostalgic, but he doesn't quite anticipate the side effect.
Outsiders who end up stepping into Yuji's domain will find themselves able to come face-to-face with their childhood selves, and enjoy the festival together. If they're together with another Outsider, those childhood versions of themselves (shaped in the way they remember themselves rather than how they actually looked!) are visible and shared, like an extension of their thoughts come to life.
It's still tanabata, but this particular part of the festival is influenced by what Yuji remembers from his youth, and Outsiders can find themselves seeing and being able to take part in various activities:
WHAT: Tanabata festival! 🎉
WHERE: In the centre of the park
WHEN: 17/07 onwards
WARNINGS: N/A
NEO TOKYO TANABATA
For anyone who has been to the Sendai region in the midst of the Summer months, the decorations will look almost endearingly familiar; it's time for tanabata!
aka operation festival funtime
As the middle of July opens, the streets outside of Neo Tokyo seem to get decorated almost overnight. Colourful origami banners hang from the trees, a mixture of tanzaku, kamigoromo, orizuru and toami.
For anyone who has been to the Sendai region in the midst of the Summer months, the decorations will look almost endearingly familiar; it's time for tanabata!
▶ 001. OPERATION: FESTIVAL FUNTIME.
The savvier of people might notice a particularly bright shock of pink hair running around in the early hours of the morning, taking part in setting up the decorations and putting together a basic layout of tables with tablecloths and various goods and prizes. Each decoration is hand made, and if you look closely you might see little golden traces throughout, giving a clue to who helped made these ones. There's something infectious about his enthusiasm and the delight, even as he gets a little more tired as the day goes on - there's nothing stopping him. Eventually, his section of the festival is set up; there are various stands, some for making decorations (bamboo branches with ornaments, more paper ornaments, origami, and various other cute and traditional arts and crafts), some space for you to take a break and have a fruity and always non-alcoholic drink and an area with a handsome backdrop for the taking of photos.
He's not alone, though!
Raidou's looking livelier than he has than in the last few weeks. He's helping the festival in an organizational capacity, while Yuji handles most other things. He sets up the stands, moves and directs supplies to the right place, picks out spots for decorations, and makes sure both vendors and visitors have everything they need. If you stop to ask him a question or ask for direction, you get a quick, polite answer before he flits off to the next task.
Once things are running smoothly, you'll find him working at one of the food booths, where he's frying up takoyaki and taiyaki. Raidou couldn't be more in his element - serving up fresh food and treats to the Outsiders and the community. You might even get your food handed to you from him with a smile.
At night, the festival is lit up with fireworks and sparklers throughout, lighting up the sky with explosions of little joy and happiness.
Throughout the festival, you can also get a free bento, delivered to you by a cute looking rabbit. The bentos come in many designs, cute, adorable or precious!
He's not alone, though!
Raidou's looking livelier than he has than in the last few weeks. He's helping the festival in an organizational capacity, while Yuji handles most other things. He sets up the stands, moves and directs supplies to the right place, picks out spots for decorations, and makes sure both vendors and visitors have everything they need. If you stop to ask him a question or ask for direction, you get a quick, polite answer before he flits off to the next task.
Once things are running smoothly, you'll find him working at one of the food booths, where he's frying up takoyaki and taiyaki. Raidou couldn't be more in his element - serving up fresh food and treats to the Outsiders and the community. You might even get your food handed to you from him with a smile.
At night, the festival is lit up with fireworks and sparklers throughout, lighting up the sky with explosions of little joy and happiness.
Throughout the festival, you can also get a free bento, delivered to you by a cute looking rabbit. The bentos come in many designs, cute, adorable or precious!
▶ 002. A DREAM IS A WISH.
One of the most exciting aspects of tanabata remains the wish-making. In the set-up for the festival, there are little posters left around near one particular booth (manned by local cryptid Choso) to explain the story of the festival and the meaning that it holds. Alongside it are an almost ridiculous amount of paper strips in various colours, left with some pens and calligraphy brushes for people to pick up and use. A big sign next to it declares the following:
Make a wish! If it's a good one, it might come true!
The directions are clear: write your wish on a strip of paper and hang it on one of the bamboo decorations. The harder you wish, the more likely it is to come true - and there are some prompts for the kind of wishes people could make, just in case you're strapped for ideas:
If you require further assistance in your wish-making (or even if you don't at all) Choso seems more than happy to lend a helping hand. When he isn't cutting up paper strips and sorting them out into strangely-organized piles (paper thickness instead of size or colour), he's preparing the calligraphy ink via manual inkstone grinding or offering an absurdly wide variety of coloured (and scented) markers for your convenience.
The strips of wishes can be as decorative or simple as you like, so don't stress about your artistic genius!
( ooc note: If you would like Yuji to take a shot at making your wish come true, please respond to this comment! There will be some RNG "granted wishes" that you can use in your top level and keep as a fond memory, but please note there is only one "granted wish" per character. )
The directions are clear: write your wish on a strip of paper and hang it on one of the bamboo decorations. The harder you wish, the more likely it is to come true - and there are some prompts for the kind of wishes people could make, just in case you're strapped for ideas:
You might notice Yuji watching as you're tying your wishes up... Don't worry about that!Academic or work successes Prosperity or good health Care and love for family and friends Success in love or platonic relationships Fulfilment of a personal goal or ambition
If you require further assistance in your wish-making (or even if you don't at all) Choso seems more than happy to lend a helping hand. When he isn't cutting up paper strips and sorting them out into strangely-organized piles (paper thickness instead of size or colour), he's preparing the calligraphy ink via manual inkstone grinding or offering an absurdly wide variety of coloured (and scented) markers for your convenience.
The strips of wishes can be as decorative or simple as you like, so don't stress about your artistic genius!
( ooc note: If you would like Yuji to take a shot at making your wish come true, please respond to this comment! There will be some RNG "granted wishes" that you can use in your top level and keep as a fond memory, but please note there is only one "granted wish" per character. )
▶ 003. AS THE POETS SAY.
In the centre of the festival, in the midst of a park with vibrant flowers, is a table where Yuji sits for a few hours at a time between breaks. He seems to be practically vibrating out of his seat, and when approached he launches into an explanation of this particular game:
THE SOULMATE GAME!
The aim of the game is simple: you are given a ribbon at random with a number on it. Your mission? Find the person with the matching ribbon within a time limit of an hour and win a special prize. Don't worry though... If you lose, there's a prize for not quite making it within the limit. The festival is meant to be a celebration, after all, and Yuji doesn't want anyone to miss out.
Here's the problem: Yuji isn't making it easy for people to find their soulmate. He's not left a boundary for how far you can go (in case you were tempted to hide...) nor has he done anything to make the festival less distracting. This area is set up with your traditional festival games, such as (fake) goldfish scooping, ring toss and some chairs and tables set out for food and conversation.
To make it worse? Sometimes, Yuji might pop up and give you a hint to go in a particular direction, only for it to be a total red herring. This is definitely fun, isn't it? Who doesn't love a good chase? The problem is...
Will you find your soulmate in time...?
( ooc note: If you would like to win (or lose) at the soulmate game, please respond to this comment! Go ahead and OOCly decide who your character gets paired with and whether or not you win or lose - there are different prizes for each. You can play the soulmate game as many times as you want ICly, but you will only get one prize roll per character! )
THE SOULMATE GAME!
The aim of the game is simple: you are given a ribbon at random with a number on it. Your mission? Find the person with the matching ribbon within a time limit of an hour and win a special prize. Don't worry though... If you lose, there's a prize for not quite making it within the limit. The festival is meant to be a celebration, after all, and Yuji doesn't want anyone to miss out.
Here's the problem: Yuji isn't making it easy for people to find their soulmate. He's not left a boundary for how far you can go (in case you were tempted to hide...) nor has he done anything to make the festival less distracting. This area is set up with your traditional festival games, such as (fake) goldfish scooping, ring toss and some chairs and tables set out for food and conversation.
To make it worse? Sometimes, Yuji might pop up and give you a hint to go in a particular direction, only for it to be a total red herring. This is definitely fun, isn't it? Who doesn't love a good chase? The problem is...
Will you find your soulmate in time...?
( ooc note: If you would like to win (or lose) at the soulmate game, please respond to this comment! Go ahead and OOCly decide who your character gets paired with and whether or not you win or lose - there are different prizes for each. You can play the soulmate game as many times as you want ICly, but you will only get one prize roll per character! )
▶ 004. TINY FRAGMENTS THAT REMAIN.
Here's the thing: Yuji wants everyone to have fun. His dream is that people are able to find some joy and peace in the midst of the darkness of the last few weeks, and so he sinks into something that is familiar to him - cursed energy, and his domain expansion. In the early hours of the second day of his festival, you might catch him making a hand sign before a ripple of powers hits, collecting around the area of the festival like a literal bubble. Anyone on the edge of the bubble will see it like a flickering, semi-transparent void, but there's nothing to worry about... Right?
The power of Yuji's domain expansion is simple enough, in theory: it transports into the memories, digs into the heart of what people want to show. His intention is to share the tanabata of his childhood with the people of Neo Tokyo and spark some joy for the Outsiders who have been through so much. He wants to show them something sweet and nostalgic, but he doesn't quite anticipate the side effect.
Outsiders who end up stepping into Yuji's domain will find themselves able to come face-to-face with their childhood selves, and enjoy the festival together. If they're together with another Outsider, those childhood versions of themselves (shaped in the way they remember themselves rather than how they actually looked!) are visible and shared, like an extension of their thoughts come to life.
It's still tanabata, but this particular part of the festival is influenced by what Yuji remembers from his youth, and Outsiders can find themselves seeing and being able to take part in various activities:
As soon as Yuji realises his mistake (at the end of the day, lost in his own memories) he brings down the domain, but it might be too late for some Outsiders who have come face to face with their more adorable versions. Whoops.Crayfish catching (try and get the biggest or rarest one!) Archery (can you beat your friends and get the bullseye?) Horse riding (and you might hear Yuji commenting on how big their faces are) Parades (are you going to join in?) And anything else you can dream up! It's your character's childhood too, right...?
EVENT BREAKDOWN (CLICK TO EXPAND)
1. OPERATION: FESTIVAL FUNTIME: The festival is being set up by Yuji and Raidou, with support from other Outsiders to make decorations. Food and other entertainment is on offer for anyone who attends, but all drinks are non-alcoholic.
2. A DREAM IS A WISH: Outsiders are given the chance to take part in the tanabata tradition of wish making. They can decorate paper with their wish and hang it up in the hope it will come true. Yuji will be granting one wish per outsider.
3. AS THE POETS SAY: The "Soulmate Game" has characters being randomly assigned numbers and tasked with finding their matching pair to win a prize. They have an hour to find their partner and, win or lose, there is a prize for taking part.
4. TINY FRAGMENTS THAT REMAIN: Yuji uses his domain expansion to bring Sendai tanabata to life, that has the accidental side effect of allowing Outsiders to meet and see their childhood selves. It also allows them to visit Sendai itself and take part in some other minigames that are not tanabata related if they want.
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[ maybe they could do something like this back home, eventually. there aren't too many students left in the school currently, but because of kenjaku's mass idle transfigurations and binding incarnations, megumi thinks the student body will at the very least grow in number. it could be a good thing. they could truly change the world for the better, like gojo-sensei had wanted.
here, sitting next to yuji while he peels the rice treat out of its plastic, megumi thinks he feels hope blooming in him. hope, and genuine happiness. ]
Are you gonna play the games too? You should get a pass and just pick something out of the prizes if you wanted.
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[ He might meet up with Gojo-sensei again and win more prizes that way, even if that also might count a little bit like cheating... He's not sure how fair having the Strongest on his side is.
Taking a long drink, he breathes out. ]
I'm just glad everyone can relax. It's been tricky.
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[ it makes sense to want a break from it all, even if fighting is one's job and for megumi and yuji, it's their whole lives ahead; the world of sorcery won't let them lead anything different for the foreseeable future, especially not with sukuna's shadow still looming so large over them. in a few years, maybe they could move away from the wreckage they've been left behind.
until then, he and yuji and everyone else still alive have a lot of rebuilding to do, too. ]
If you're not gonna give yourself an easy pass for the games, then please win me something really nice later. Do you want to get a proper breakfast in the meantime?
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[ Because they promised to be honest with one another. Yuji doesn't want to tell Megumi everything that happened to him in the Underworld or all the things he did while corrupted, but he's not going to hide it, either. That's a promise he made to himself, too.
Leaning in, he nudges his friend gently. ]
I'll win you the best prize. [ And then he stretches. ] Mm, let's go eat!
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[ that would be gojo-sensei, if gojo-sensei cared to date anyone at all. megumi also wonders if maybe this is yuji's first relationship; maybe he knows better? kuzunoha-san doesn't seem the jealous type, but what does megumi know? he barely has friends himself. if not for kugisaki and yuji, megumi's closest confidant would've been his estranged cousin, and he still has the instinct of calling her senpai instead of being informal.
megumi swats at yuji's knee as he unwinds from his stretch, quickly adjusting the other's shirt where it's ridden up a bit along his side. ]
I want miso. With fresh radish. Ah, should we invite the others too...?
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[ Yuji shakes his head. It's not as if he thinks that he's that kind of boyfriend at all - he would never see his own company as a gift - but he does appreciate that he ought to do his best to get Raidou a good prize. Does it count if he was the one who picked most of the prizes...?
Either way, he grins at Megumi. ]
We can if you want. We can do a picnic or something.
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[ as much as he'd like to socialise a little more, megumi has been interacting with more people lately than he's used to even before shinjuku, and he's not the warmest person to be around when he's in a large group.
he doesn't begrudge yuji's energetic personality at all, though. megumi's only too aware of his own limits and he can sense he's nearing it already, especially this early in the day. but he promised yuji he'd help. he can withstand his own personality for the few hours it takes to help out. truthfully, it's a good early morning workout too.
he gets up then, and after dusting the seat of his trousers he holds a hand out to yuji. ]
Maybe Kuzunoha-san and Eresh-san, since they're already here. Come on, before it gets too hot!
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[ Yuji knows that Megumi might end up stretching himself too thin if he isn't careful, and he wants to keep an eye in his friend and make sure he's okay - even if he's distracted by the festival, his best friend is still here and he's going to do whatever it takes.
There's no hesitation in him as he takes Megumi's hand, beaming. ]
Can we invite Katsuki, too?
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I still don't know who that is yet, but of course. I'll explain if they wonder why I'm not being forthcoming when we meet.
[ he can feel that tell-tale plateau of a social battery drain creeping in; it's not so bad that megumi should excuse himself now, but if he's not careful, it could drain more quickly and leave a sour taste in his mouth. he doesn't want to disappoint yuji, however, and if they're friends with yuji, why should he worry? yuji's got good taste in friends. ]
I'll distract them with the rabbits if it gets too much for me.
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[ He'll definitely get beaten up...
It'd be okay if Megumi did need a break, Yuji wouldn't blame him, so he'll give him the space and time he needs. He doesn't hesitate, moving forward and starting to walk through the festival. ]
How many of them?
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Ba- wait. Is he Great Exploding Murder Fire Skeleton or something? It's that guy? Guri-san???
[ megumi grabs yuji by the arms with sudden urgency. ]
Yuji. He's a jerk.
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[ Yuji just. Laughs. ]
He does seem that way, doesn't he?
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[ in so many words, anyway, if not explicitly. ]
I'm not going back on my word so you have to close your eyes if we meet. Damn, I should pull up his file, review his weaknesses...
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[ He's still laughing. ]
He's really good, you know...
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I don't doubt you if you say he's a good person, but I'm still fighting him. He'll call me a coward if I don't.
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[ Yuji sighs. ]
I swear he's a good guy, really.
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[ sighing deeply, megumi cracks his neck a little. stares up at the brightening morning sky. ]
Please step in if you think I'm starting to take it too seriously.
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[ Yuji grins, nudging his hip. ]
I'll hold him back, too.
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—Ah, you haven't seen my domain yet, have you?
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...Just. Don't freak out when you see it. Please.
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[ He'd definitely freak out. ]
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I don't know why it's like that.
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[ Yuji hums softly. ]
I don't really understand mine, either. I don't think it even hurt Sukuna when I used it, but... It wasn't meant to.
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[ he quiets a bit, remembering that last conversation. ]
He was scared, when he came back to me. No, maybe not scared, but desperate. Like he saw something that he wasn't expecting and it cracked something wide open inside of him.
Whatever it was you did, it helped me get my mind back.
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🎀 closing us out!