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entrancelogs2019-08-14 09:49 am
eatsyourscience) wrote in entrancelogs2019-08-14 09:49 am
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[Open] The night has a thousand eyes and the day but one
Who: Everyone!
Where: The stream and the lake
When: Evening of August 14
Rating: PG-13, just in case
Summary: Come and enjoy one small part of the Bon festival!
The Story:
The evening of the 14th, visitors who feel like heading down to the lake where it turns into a stream that disappears into the forest will get 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.
This is the Wonderland version of toro nagashi, the paper lantern ceremony meant to guide the souls of the departed by decorating lanterns and setting them loose on the water. Anyone is welcome to participate, whether it's saying a prayer for a departed soul they'd like to remember, sending a note message-in-a-bottle style, or just enjoying the evening air.
Either way, once the sun has set and lanterns have been decorated, the candles inside will be lit, 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.
Where: The stream and the lake
When: Evening of August 14
Rating: PG-13, just in case
Summary: Come and enjoy one small part of the Bon festival!
The Story:
The evening of the 14th, visitors who feel like heading down to the lake where it turns into a stream that disappears into the forest will get 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.
This is the Wonderland version of toro nagashi, the paper lantern ceremony meant to guide the souls of the departed by decorating lanterns and setting them loose on the water. Anyone is welcome to participate, whether it's saying a prayer for a departed soul they'd like to remember, sending a note message-in-a-bottle style, or just enjoying the evening air.
Either way, once the sun has set and lanterns have been decorated, the candles inside will be lit, 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.
Kokichi | OTA
No, it's not because he had trouble finding something appropriate to wear, and it's totally not because he was mulling over if he wanted to go in the first place.
But here he is, snatching up some art supplies and taking a lantern off to a corner for decoration. He doesn't need help, no need to bother him. And you totally don't need to ask why he goes to get another lantern every so often... Right?
Later that night, a total of six lanterns are lit and released into the water early. One for his old gang he'll never see again, three for the dead classmates he most desprately misses, one for all the other dead classmates he didn't care as much about, and one for the people he met in Wonderland he hopes he'll see again.
Kokichi himself walks closer to the rest of the gathering from where he released his lanterns upstream and decides to crouch down by the river's edge.
... He's uncharacteristically quiet tonight. A sigh escapes his lips.]
ange ushiromiya | ota
Granted, this one actually has some use on top of it. It's a festival that's familiar to her, and on top of that it has to do with remembering the souls of people who died, which is.. you know. Pretty much all Ange has been doing ever since she was six years old, really.
So she's here to decorate a lantern. Which seemed like a good idea, but the actual decorating part is kind of harder than she imagined. What is she even supposed to write on it? It doesn't feel like anything would be enough, even after all this time.
If you're also out there decorating a lantern, Ange will - incredibly unsubtly - be glancing over to peer at your lantern for inspiration. Maybe you should say something about it.
Or maybe you're just passing by. Then she's even a little more direct-- ]
What do you even write on these things? [ Yes, she's asking you. ]
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You could write down names if it's people you miss.
[He says that because it doesn't necessarily have to be anyone who died.]
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[ Okay, so "boring" isn't the right word for it, but it indicates the more nonchalant kind of attitude Ange likes to pretend she has. Being vulnerable is way harder. ]
Shouldn't you write a little more than that on these things?
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I guess I'll have to think about it more. [ And maybe write later at a spot where no one can see her or something. ]
What are you writing on yours? Just names?
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[He gathers some paper and a marker, but just holds the latter as he looks at the former thoughtfully. There are a lot of names he wants to write.]
Most of them aren't dead, but they're people I miss.
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But that's probably too much to hope for.
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[He fiddles with the marker he's holding.]
It's a little reassuring to know that time hasn't passed at home while we're here.
[Missing out on eight years of his life would be pretty awful.]
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Wouldn't it be kind of weird once you returned home? It'd be like all that time you lived here just never happened, despite you still remembering all of it. [ And Souji's been here for a long time. ]
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[He frowns just a little, as though troubled by that.]
I'm not sure if it's a good or a bad thing.
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[ Judging by his face, anyway. ]
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You're right. While I'm here, I can just...be here. [He shrugs.] I miss home, but I don't really need to worry about it.
[For the most part, he doesn't. He's pretty okay at living in the moment.]
I'm being kind of depressing, aren't I?
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That's right, you're stealing my job. [ She's usually the depressing one here! Not that she really minds it though, it's just the first deadpan remark that comes to mind.
It feels a little insensitive though, even by Ange standards, so she adds in a way that's much less flat: ]
It's alright though. Everyone has difficult thoughts like that sometimes. Especially in a place like this.
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You're nicer than you want people to think you are.
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I don't like seeming nice. [ It's then that she looks at him again. ] That must be a weird concept to you.
[ After all, Souji is pretty obviously nice - from her point of view, anyway. Here he is organising this festival for all of them, and even helping her with her lantern, despite Ange being well aware she's not the most interesting person to be around. ]
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[He's got all kinds of odd friends.]
Why don't you?
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[ And she's spent enough time there to never want to go back to it. ]
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It sucks when that happens. But I don't think that necessarily means you shouldn't try.
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I just first have to see if people are actually worth that trust and effort.
[ Which means Souji already passed that test, apparently. ]
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I guess you haven't found very many people like that?
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[ Imaginary friends don't count, right.. ]
Some people here are alright though, I guess. [ Even now she has to downplay it. ]
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[He nods at the lanterns.]
Have you figured out what to write?
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Thanks for helping me.
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[He gives her a smile, then takes his lantern off to scribble on it.]
Souji | ota
He also helps Tohru make sure her million onigiri are neat and easily accessible to anyone who wants one (or many).
When everything looks like not a disaster, he wanders over to make a few lanterns himself, though he seems a little hesitant to write on them at times, deep in thought. That doesn't mean he's unapproachable, though. He'll talk to whoever or help anyone having a hard time with the lanterns.]