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Who: EVERYONE
What: The Great One's Festival!
When: From early morning till early (or late, depending on how festivities go) evening of the 22nd.
Where: Mostly in the village plaza, though you're free to spread activities out elsewhere!
Summary: Today's the big day! All that planning and prepping is going to finally pay off as the day of The Great ( Read more... )
What: The Great One's Festival!
When: From early morning till early (or late, depending on how festivities go) evening of the 22nd.
Where: Mostly in the village plaza, though you're free to spread activities out elsewhere!
Summary: Today's the big day! All that planning and prepping is going to finally pay off as the day of The Great ( Read more... )
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at the very least, she'll be spending time with friends and family and definitely dropping in on albert silverberg on one of the evenings. ]
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But after the night he had last night, after those dreams...he doesn't know why or what he's hoping to accomplish, but Giles goes looking for Buffy first thing that morning.
It's never been unusual for him to dream about Willow and Xander being alive, living different lives, but Buffy? That's new. And, given the subject matter of the dreams, more than a little disturbing.
It doesn't take long before he spots Buffy wandering the festival grounds, being her usual social self. He's always found that strange about her. Admirable, but strange.
He cautiously approaches, a bag of some of Sheena's tea cakes clutched in his hand as a potential excuse for the meeting.]
Buffy?
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buffy pushes her way through the disassembling festival booths. waking up this morning had been such an odd experience. like being sucked out of reality. and there had been a man -- a man who is her distant cousin but who, in that dream, had felt more important to her than any cousin had ever been. the good guys are always stalwart and true.
she can hear his voice even now; she clings to it. it centres her more than any of her efforts throughout the week have done. her identity as wife and mother is cracking and now she wonders if giles can help her. it felt -- paradoxically -- like he always has helped her. the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats. buffy crosses and uncrosses her arms...surely, she can find him?
and we always defeat them and save the day. there! at first, her face breaks into a wide smile...and then she feels strange doing that and so she tries very hard to settle on a carefully guarded and blank expression. the kind she has used so well in her very ( ... )
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Hello.
[And now he's found her. And in the light of day, he wonders what the hell he's supposed to do next. How ridiculous he'll probably seem.
But at the same time, the memory of the dreams makes standing with her feel...almost comfortable.]
S-So. H-How are you liking the Festival so far?
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All throughout the morning and into the afternoon, Giles can be found hovering around the staging area, taking tally after tally of instruments and fumbling with the electrical equipment.
No, seriously, someone help him with the sound equipment. And bring him something to eat. Because he will forget.
The area is open to students, parents, and...villagers in general who aren't too clumsy around the sensitive equipment. Giles will be less willing to turn a blind eye the closer showtime draws near, however. When an hour remains, he'll mostly be running around scooping up any stragglers.]
((ooc: I ( ... )
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[Here comes Luke with some food for his frazzled uncle; a hot dog and a cookie, if he finds those to be of interest. He holds them out to him as he surveys the stage - oh, that's where he'll be sitting, huh... Jeez, it's nerve-wracking to think about.]
How's everything looking?
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Giles takes the food without really looking at it - sets the hot dog down on an amplifier for later and bites into the cookie.]
Fine. Yes. Good. Great.
...except that the fourth amplifier is m-making sounds I d-don't think it should be making.
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[Luke kneels down by it and frowns at it. He's not really skilled in electronics; Asch is the one who can fix things like that. Luke usually just smacks it until it works.]
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In the evening, however, Luke is by the fountain and standing on his toes to look above everyone's heads, looking for a certain someone. He has something important to do, and he can't do it without them.]
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After a long, full day of running between stands (either assisting her father or the Brigade, or taking time of her own to just have fun), or performing in the concert, or watching Luke compete in the tournament... Xion is pretty tired, but satisfied.
She went looking for Luke when she realized she hadn't seem him since the tournament's end, and it'd be hard to miss that shock of red hair by the fountain. Smiling, she weaves through the people between them until she comes up behind him, touching him gently on the arm and moving around to look at his face. ]
Hey, you.
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The touch on the arm made him jump just a bit before he turned back to look at her, only to follow her once she made his way around. There she was... He smiled at her - He was still a little bruised and cut up thanks to the tournament, but it was nothing he couldn't handle. In fact, he felt pretty unstoppable thanks to that, and he leaned down to kiss her cheek.]
Hey. I never got to say so before: you look beautiful tonight.
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A warm sound escapes her when he kisses her on the cheek, and she lifts her hands to touch his face once he pulls back. Have some healing magic, Luke; it ought to take care of most of those lingering little injuries. ]
... thanks. [ a blush, and she drops her hands to do a little curtsy instead. she changed out of the formal little black dress she wore for the music concert and is instead now wearing a soft, pale violet dress. there is even a white bow in her hair, pulling it back, away from her face. she's got a sweater tucked away in the Baratie, though... it's already starting to get cool. she'll probably go fetch it soon enough... if she's not otherwise distracted. ] You were great in the tournament, you know. My knight. [ a tiny smile, knowing he'll understand the reference to a few days ago. ]
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Kouki's making sure Naoto's enjoying herself, as much as he does, on this date.]
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She leads him over to a stand with sweet treats and smiles at him.]
Would you like something from here?
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He looks over at the sweets.]
Sure. What about you?
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She nods and smiles] Something sweet does sound nice. What would you like? I'll buy it for you.
[It's not fair if Kouki spends all of his money after all, so she uses her free hand to pull out some money from her pocket]
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He won't be at it all day, though. So when he's not doing that, he'll mingle around the festival area to talk to friends and family.]
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She seems to have forgotten her original purpose for coming here.]
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I don't think you're exactly old enough for that just yet, Fen. How about a rubber one?
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Rubber is dumb. No one really uses rubber. [Though Sokka will probably recognize that Fenimore has been quite fine with rubber weapons before. She just needs to get the initial sulk out.]
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