Tanabata!

[kickthecanplz]

Who: Kasanoda and you!
What: Tanabata! Write your wishes and tie them to the tree. Also watching the beautiful night Sky. And make CR.
When: Tonight.
Where: Alexstrasza's tree.
Rating: PG.

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[soldarius]

It isn't until the sun has gone for the remainder of the day that Kate heads out of the castle in her cowl and gear. Myths and other stories had always intrigued her and been able to catch her attention, and so overhearing in the journal the residents would be celebrating the Japanese festival Tanabata draws her out into the forest. She's not staying long, she merely wants to observe for a while.

And it's best done without interfering those tying the papers to the tree (that strange tree one of the residents had grown. She wasn't sure if she was fond of it or not). She blends with the shadows the trees offer, sitting on one of the thicker branches. It's almost as if she isn't there.

There's something calming about seeing traditions kept alive, even in a place like Paradisa. It serves as a vague reminder that people were still hopeful and maybe that Kate herself has forgotten what it's like to have that.

[unironically]

Kanaya herself was a great lover of trees, and of xenobiology, not to mention xenoanthropology. Alien festivals certainly qualified as xenoanthropology, and she had missed enough of the castle proceedings to wish to socialize, perhaps to met new people and certainly to take in strange sights.

For some, the young troll would qualify as a strange sight herself, garbed neatly in a blue dress with an empire waste, golden flats fitting her small feet neatly as she inspected the ritual. A tourist in another culture could still be well-dressed.

[soldarius]

She certainly is. Of course, Kate has heard about the grey skinned residents; the trolls. She's never dealt with one before and initially found their existence to be amusing as the only trolls she was familiar with were the ones from fantasy novels. This girl looks quite young, no more than thirteen or fourteen but she doesn't dress it. What an elegant looking child, she thinks.

Noticing the girl hasn't sauntered over closer to the tree, she continues to observe her from above. Perhaps she prefers the distance, like Kate.

[unironically]

That thought proved untrue, at least at initial observation, as Kanaya took a moment to look all the proceedings over from afar before she approached.

The tree was truly magnificent, and she looked up at it with real admiration. The awesome span of the trunk, the rising canopy, and the sensation of peace that radiated from the tree... all the work of a master gardener, one she would hope to emulate in her own plot, eventually.

Looking down again, Kanaya bent to pick up one of the pieces of paper, inspecting the blank surface with level gold eyes. She didn't know much about the tradition, only something of wishes, and trees, the latter of which had proved more tempting. She did not hold very much with wishes.

[soldarius]

She keeps herself in the tree, eying the troll with new found interest. After a minute or two, seeing the girl wasn't writing anything on the paper, she lands on a branch below to take a closer gander.

[unironically]

Kanaya has been given due reason to be wary of goings-on and strange things approaching in Paradisa. Though she doesn't move away from the tree, the rustle is enough to catch her attention and her posture shifts subtly, becoming ready to move this way or that as the situation calls. She peered intently up into the dark branches, golden eyes flashing in the lowering evening light, and after a moment squinted.

Trolls were nocturnal generally, and had quite good night vision. So Kanaya could certainly pick out a suspicious shape in the branches above, though exactly what it was... why precisely would someone be climbing around up there?

[kickthecanplz]

Kasanoda stops in place. He could have sworn he saw something move in the shadows...

... Nah. it's his imagination. He shakes his head, and looks up at the wishes set up so far. He gives a small, rare smile.

[soldarius]

Oh? Someone actually noticed her? She slips downwards from the tree, onto a lower branch and quietly, "Beautiful tree, isn't it?"

[kickthecanplz]

What the - where did she come from?! Stepping backwards in surprise, he blinks a few more times, trying to stop his racing heart. "U-Uh... yeah?"

[soldarius]

Those red lips of hers break out into an amused smile. It wasn't her intention to frighten him but she has missed the reactions she garnered back in Gotham. She raises a hand, as if to say she means no harm.

"Are you going to make a wish?"

[kickthecanplz]

He swallows, trying to act calm and casual. "... Not yet... I still haven't decided. I don't want this place going haywire and screwing with it somehow."

[soldarius]

She cants her head in the direction of the tree, marveling at it quietly. "Has it happened before with Tanabata?"

[kickthecanplz]

He looks at as well, frowning deeply. But then that was his natural expression anyway. "I've been told it has."