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

d - games - test your strength

[zenos]

[ In all fairness, Zenos yae Galvus hasn't truly considered all of his options in this strange, strange place. All he knows is there's some bizarre on-goings happening, things that even he doesn't quite understand and just the thought of that is enough to have the Garlean digging his heels in on returning home. Perhaps if he can garner an understanding of the powers at work he can then look to harnessing it. Everything is useful at the end of the day when it comes to better oneself in the pursuit of power.

It doesn't really explain why he's standing there, around about the eight foot tall mark, large and imposing in his armor sans helm as he watches everyone walking to and fro without him saying a word. Anyone with an ounce of survival instincts would recognise someone dangerous, the kind of large predator that is currently wondering when to attack rather than if. There's little doubt in Zenos's mind that he could do a lot of damage in a short time during this festival (if that was what one could call it). Everyone is so focused on having fun that the majority don't seem to have even thought to bring weapons let alone taking stock of their surroundings in case of an attack.

How disappointing. There's no fun to it if they don't fight back.

Zenos moves slightly, shifting idly from one foot to the other and ignoring the nearby person asking him to test his strength with a hammer. Really, there are better things to be doing and the Garlean is all for going back to his idle musings when the nearby person asks if he's a coward for not trying it. Coward. One of the last things anyone had said to him. Now he's got to try it and it's with a slow, almost lazy movement that Zenos takes the hammer and swings it hard enough that the bell not only rings but shatters. The wooden pole holding it up splints and slowly keels over, sending up dust as it hits the ground.

Zenos doesn't know what he expected, but that was too easy and also disappointing. This place will hold no challenges for him for now. He glances over at the hammer in his hands, expression vaguely contemplative as he talks to no-one in particular. The owner of the attraction is quite rightly making sure to stay out of Zenos's way.]

Maybe I'll keep this.

[hornedskull]

[ It did not take much for Fordola to see Zenos - to see his display of strength. One of the reasons she had not slipped away and become Ifrit in Eorzea - for he would force her to burn away to embers. She did not consider that he was another Zenos. Even if Fordola did, did it matter? Lord Zenos was Lord Zenos, no matter what.

Her first mistake, however, was alerting him to her presence - though she looked almost the same, her eyes burned golden, her teeth were heavily fanged. Hatred flowed though her - more then usual. (Hatred was what she used to power herself. And now, with the prayers she longed for? Oh, she would get them here.) Her second was to speak up, glaring at the owner of the attraction. ]

These machines are pathetic.

[icebrand]

It could be said that you have easily earned the right to it. (The tone she greets him with is soft, but not out of fear. Rather, her voice is soft just because it's her preference to speak in a wistful manner.

Honestly, it'd take a lot more than breaking some toy to invoke fear in her.

More than that that dot in the middle of his forehead. That alone was enough to startle most Eorzeans, but it doesn't seem to phase this Elezen as she looks him over, head to toe.)

Leave. (She looks over her shoulder a bit to direct that remark to the owner. Just in case he's every bit as grumpy of a Garlean as she might expect.)

[astralera]

[ This isn't the first time Era had awoken to find herself in a place that was not her home, though it is the first time said place was not Eorzea at all. It is strange and discomfiting, with so many things she does not recognize and cannot place. She keeps her codex attached firmly to her hip, unwilling to draw unwanted attention to herself by wearing a more obvious weapon and even more unwilling to walk around unarmed.

The commotion just beyond the crowd catches her attention, leaving Era to wind her way carefully through the clusters of people to see what has happened, fingers curled around the spine of her codex. Her nerves are on high alert, still recovering from her unfortunate stay with a branch of Garlean scientists. While Era's aether reserves have recovered to a healthy enough level to use magic once more her body is taking longer to regain its health; still just this side of too thin and scales only halfway grown back in, though the clothing she wears does a fair job of hiding it.

Era recognizes the armour from a distance and she feels her heart thrum painfully in her throat, head buzzing with an unexpected panic she shoves aside. He's dead, she thinks. Though Era knows full well that it's possible for a Zenos from another world and time to be here, whole and hale. He is as imposing as she remembers and yet despite this she is not truly intimidated by him. Zenos yae Galvus brings many emotions to the forefront of Era's mind, but it has been a long time since fear was one of them.

It is more than likely that the Garlean prince does not know her as the Warrior of Light. This is something she has grown accustomed to over the past eight months with Rose, and it would surprise Era more than seeing him alive again if he knew her.

But that does not make him any less of a threat.

Era approaches him with the certain steps of a warrior though keeps a respectful distance between them. He is over three fulms her height, and so the distance is not only respectful and safe, it is also more practical - she has no intention on straining her neck to look up at him. ]

I don't imagine its previous owner will object.