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RYUJI "FIZZ OR BUST" SAKAMOTO ([personal profile] nomorules) wrote in [community profile] entrancelogs2017-07-12 06:09 pm

OPEN | let's change from the heart, let's shout

Who: Anyone and everyone! That means you! Yes, you, c'mere.
Where: The stream and the lake.
When: July 12th, evening.
Rating: PG in case any of y'all get wild with that decorating.
Summary: Come and take part in a mini lantern ceremony, Wonderland-style. Mingle away, comrades!
The Story:





The evening of the 12th, visitors who feel like moseying their way to the stream where it empties out of the forest will be able to enjoy a summer celebration in the Japanese style. Outdoor lights illuminate the area, and tables hold all manner of art supplies and blank paper lanterns waiting to be decorated.

Didn't catch the network 411? Someone around will surely explain: it's a nod to toro nagashi, the paper lantern ceremony meant to guide the souls of the departed by decorating lanterns and setting them loose. Maybe you have a departed soul you'd like to remember, or a prayer to make. Maybe you'd just like to write a note message-in-a-bottle style. Maybe you just feel like taking the air and enjoying the sights. The choice is yours!

Either way, once the sun has set and lanterns have been decorated, the candles inside will be lit (remember fire safety, kids!), and the lanterns will be released into the water.

Gather at the lakeside afterward to watch them empty into the lake and enjoy the ambiance with some food and drink. Because we could all use a little more light in our lives, no?



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[personal profile] angewiesen 2017-07-14 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Eh?"

Jean raised his head to look at Makoto, and was immediately hit with the 'oh shit, pretty girl' feeling that any boy his age would experience when suddenly faced with an attractive young lady. At first glance, Makoto looked a lot like Mikasa (straight, dark hair, dark eyes, the same facial structure) so he couldn't help himself. He quickly raised a hand to his head to try and straighten out his hair before he replied.

"Uh... Yeah," he didn't want to freak her out or anything, so he measured his words carefully, "more than just one or two people come to mind..."
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[personal profile] strategised 2017-07-14 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah." It's a sound more of acknowledgement than judgement. She's torn between feeling bad for him on the one hand, and immensely grateful that however bad things had gotten she didn't have anything like that on her conscience. "I'm sorry. I'm not sure if an event like this would make that better or worse to think about."
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[personal profile] angewiesen 2017-07-15 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"'Haven't thought too hard about it at all," he admitted, and picked up his lantern to turn around in his hands thoughtfully, "I didn't have much of a chance before I got here. Now all I've got is time to think. It's kinda weird..."

Blugh, he's talking too much to someone who doesn't even know him. It's not like he'd been waiting for the chance or anything, but the subject had been so neglected he had a tendency to spout off at anyone who gave him a moment of interest.

"Sorry. That probably doesn't make a whole lot of sense."
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[personal profile] strategised 2017-07-15 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, that makes perfect sense." She felt the same, in a way - there had been so much going on before she arrived here that there just wasn't time to stop and think. "All we seem to have in this place is time. It can be a good opportunity to compartmentalise things, if you can avoid dwelling on them too much."
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[personal profile] angewiesen 2017-07-15 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"'Compartmentalize?'" he repeated her, slowly, the word obviously foreign on his tongue, "what does that mean?"

Jean wasn't stupid, not in the slightest, but his worldview had broadened to a dizzying degree in the past couple of months, and he was always learning something new. Especially when it came to technology and psychology. He'd learned that he had to be inquisitive, and not be embarrassed about it, if he wanted to keep up.
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[personal profile] strategised 2017-07-15 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Makoto nods. "It's a way of separating yourself from your emotions. Putting the memories or issues that have caused them into drawers, and controlling when you bring them out to think about them. It's not a perfect cure, but when there's nothing but time to think like here, it's something that could help." She's no psychologist, but she had enough of her own issues that she was trying to compartmentalise herself.
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[personal profile] angewiesen 2017-07-16 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't know if I've got closets big enough to put this away in," Jean remarked with a sour chuckle, "it's kind of my whole life. At least right now. 'Hard to separate myself from it, y'know?"

"...It's a nice thought though. To be able to put a thought away for some other time. I'm only able to concentrate like that when lives are on the line."
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[personal profile] strategised 2017-07-16 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"I get it." She smiles sadly, knowing this was something that never truly went away, no matter how many compartments you put it in. "Sometimes talking can help, too. I mean, you don't know me, but if there's anything you need, I'm here."
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[personal profile] angewiesen 2017-07-16 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"People say that a lot here. 'Talking can help'," he replied, calm and unmocking, simply observing, "it's not something they said back home. I guess we don't have the time of day. But here, total strangers are as kind as friends. They take on burdens so easily."
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[personal profile] strategised 2017-07-16 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Makoto uncurls her legs from beneath her, slipping off her shoes and gingerly testing the water with her toe. "I guess that's because no matter what's happened to us before, we're all in the same boat here. All we have to depend on is each other, so we want to make sure we can help each other out."
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[personal profile] angewiesen 2017-07-17 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
Wow, pretty girl was deciding to sit next to him? Of her own volition and everything? That's pretty much... never happened to Jean. He scooted aside a little to give her more personal space. That was a thing ladies liked, right?

"...That's true," He turned his head, mostly because he was too embarrassed to look her in the eyes, "'guess I haven't really been in the state to try and help other people out yet."
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[personal profile] strategised 2017-07-18 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
She offers a smile that she hopes is encouraging. "If you've got as much to compartmentalise as it sounds like you have, I'm not surprised. But it'll come in time. When everyone's trapped together like this, you can't go on for too long on your own."
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[personal profile] angewiesen 2017-07-18 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't go on for too long on your own. Jean suddenly realized that a lot of his problems sprung from the fact that he was alone here. Not entirely, but he was without his squad for the first time in years. They were like his family, and he'd never been apart from them for so long before.

"...I miss them," he admitted, as his hand turned to a fist on the wooden pier, "my squad. It's weird that they're not here."
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[personal profile] strategised 2017-07-26 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Makoto nods sympathetically. She couldn't imagine being here without her team; the fact that they were in Wonderland when she'd arrived had made it a hundred times easier than if she were here alone.

"I'm sorry. It must be hard being here alone."
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[personal profile] angewiesen 2017-07-26 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"...What about you?" he tried to turn the conversation around when he began to feel uncomfortable-- he didn't like to dwell on his loneliness for too long. It really ruined his mood, and he might start getting pissy in defense, "you got any friends around here?"

Makoto seemed nice enough. Even if she didn't have people from her world here, Jean was confident she would have been able to make a friend or two by now.
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[personal profile] strategised 2017-07-31 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've been lucky there." She feels bad saying so, after he's just admitted that he's at a loss without his team. "Most of my friends were already here when I arrived. It made settling in a lot easier."
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[personal profile] angewiesen 2017-08-01 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Seriously?" that was lucky. He wouldn't say it out loud, but he was pretty jealous. It would have softened his arrival as well, "I wonder if I know any of 'em..."
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[personal profile] strategised 2017-08-02 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Well if you're here, I'm guessing you already know Ryuji." She glances back toward where he was standing at the edge of the lake. "Him, Akira, Ann... we're all teammates."
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[personal profile] angewiesen 2017-08-02 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Him? Seriously?"

What was it with beautiful girls hanging out with overly gregarious idiots? Jean would be glad to find out that they aren't that close, but it wouldn't completely quell his jealousy. Guys like him get all the lucky breaks.

"You don't seem like the type to hang around with him... No offense. To either of you."

He was still a nice enough guy, just a bit... much.
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[personal profile] strategised 2017-08-14 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Makoto can't help but burst out laughing. It definitely wasn't the first time that someone had been surprised that she and Ryuji were friends.

"In normal circumstances, I don't think our paths would ever have crossed. He's the sort of person my sister would tell me to stay far away from. But he's a good guy, someone I've counted on."