STARDROP CELEBRATION: FINAL DAY

[starhuemod]

LET'S PARTY!
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A. Arrivals and Much More

You’re here because you were dropped somewhere that tried sending you home, or you're someone with a call to the heart to explore the vast universe. The buses run at odd schedules, so please pardon any interruptions! I hope you fellas make yourselves at home, here!

[ Marjorie’s whole speech rings through your ears as you begin to explore the area. It seems a few people who arrived on the TDM have already been here for a week, but you’re just a newcomer. So where are you when this all went down? Are you trying to get back on a bus that’ll take you home, or…?

B. Home Sweet Home

[ The dust has settled on the bus ride here, and you can’t help but notice that your farmland… well, it’s a mess. Rocks and grass everywhere, no matter which layout you were set with. You were given a set of tools, and the message that this land is yours to shape or change or build on no matter what you want, so long as it’s yours. The little crate by the edge of the house is what will hold your bounties from farming, collected nightly with money delivered to your mailbox the following day, like some kind of Produce Fairy visited.

The house is in alright shape. It’s not brilliant, but it has a kitchen, a bathroom, and a studio bedroom where all your belongings can be. It’s wide enough to accommodate several things until you upgrade it.

Sometimes you see a stray dog or cat at the edge of your property. Do you adopt it?

Anyway, it’s time to make what you will of your farm. ]


The Last Day Of
The Stardrop Celebration!
FESTIVAL PLAYLIST

[ Down a hill a little ways from Pelican Town is a remarkable festival set-up! Several attractions and vendors line the streets where everything is going down. Where will you go? ]

C. Food Stalls

[ Surrounding the entire property are dozens of food stalls, from all around the universe. Marjorie bussed in caterers from all around with a healthy sum of gold, and they’re happy to sell their wares in this strange place tonight. Where you might find octopus balls, you’ll also find kraken balls. Where you might find corndogs, you’ll find dogs selling corn.

It’s a veritable buffet! And the gold you’ve started with is more than enough to go shopping for food. Have fun! ]

D. Games

[ All manners of Carnival Games are set up! From throwing a baseball at bottles to catching goldfish with a paper net, everything you can dream of is here. There are even some unorthodox games, like dance-offs, karaoke, and a little bit of everything. Apparently, the NPC couldn’t choose who to go with what. It definitely makes for a big festival.

In addition to the above, there’s water gun races, squeaky duck ponds, skee-ball, target shooting, test your strength with a hammer, pitching speed, shooting hoops… and more! ]

E. Three-legged Race

[ You didn’t think this festival was going to go by without tomfoolery, did you? For the prize of 1,000 Gold, you can rally up a partner and get tied to them by the ankle, participating in a no-rules no-bars-held race. The winners will be randomized! But the real gift is going to be the fact that the ties around your ankles? Aren’t coming undone. You’re going to have to be tied together until 11 PM! ]

F. Fireworks

[ Errant magic and mishaps aside, you have to admit, the fireworks show at the end of it all is really something. Marjorie hired a pony for them, and the lights are as ethereal as they are non-traditional. It’s a good moment to snuggle up to someone or enjoy company with a new friend. ]

G. Wildcard

[ Exactly what it says! Make your own prompt. ]

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Comments

[ofobedience]

[well he catches that, the little sniff, and sets something sparking in him, a sting and sudden wetness around the corners of his vision that has him looking down and away. pretending to fix his interest on the array of flowers.]

You shouldn't have much trouble in that respect, I imagine. They're all quite beautiful.

[things he'd once thought he'd never live to see, had ended up seeing plenty of in death, and now...well. there's a different kind of pleasure from seeing an abundence of flowers when (almost) newly alive, with an old friend.]

I'll wait for you, if you don't mind. Take a moment to look around.

[and should the crowds become too much for him he'll find a quiet spot to wait it out.]

[anappleaday]

[ they're both as good at feelings as ever... ]

They're beautiful— but enough of us are coming in with nothing but what's on our backs that I have doubts about how many people can afford the luxury...

[ it's a dry mutter rather than an actual complaint, though. they aren't selling out of a drastic need for money so much as testing the waters. ]

All right. You're welcome to join me behind the counter, too. We can always use more ideas for how to combine things.

[ofobedience]

[some things, it seems, are slow to change.]

A fair point, I suppose. But given time...if people are choosing to settle in this place...

[He shrugs, eyes still on the flowers, something vaguely lifting in him in the wake of her suggestion. they still retain all their old meaning for him, the beauty of the flowers, their fragility. why they matter.]

And I may take you up on that, for a while. There are some flowers here that I've never seen before...perhaps you could enlighten me as to their names.

[anappleaday]

If we can.

[ and then—

the switch is small and undramatic; more a quiet blurring of lines than the clearly defined thing they tried to stick to around him and anyone else they thought might not be comfortable seeing how closely they've become intertwined— or capable of telling where their boundaries laid. it's still mostly Lilith's expression of quiet happiness, but shading toward a faint mischief that he wouldn't have seen on her face for a long time, if ever... but the Arbiter's careful diction and sleepy inflection remain distinctive. ]

There are plants here even I do not know.

[ perhaps she's just riding the tail-end of Lilith's tone in the same way she is with her expression, but she sounds delighted by that. ]

[ofobedience]

[The change is discernible of course, and different from his previous experiences with the way the two of them have become bound. there's the slight canine cant of his head in response, though that's outwardly as much note as he seems to make of it-- it's just another thing that's changed, now the weight of the forest is no longer bearing down on them. his acceptance of her bond with the arbiter had been a fragile thing, born more of necessity than genuine understanding, but the boundaries have moved and lines have blurred, jealousy and resentment bled away. it's easier, now the team bond no longer exists at all. now that they'd be separate no matter what.

and so he only smiles. raises one thin blond brow.]

And here I thought you knew them all. Strange lands and all that, I suppose.

[anappleaday]

Yes. There are many things we do not know, here ... and many people to learn them from.