FESTA DELLA PRIMAVERA
[Spring has sprung.
... or at least it will in a moment.
The City Royale is all set up, the city walls strung up with bare branches of climbing ivy, and flags in bright spring colors strung up around all the gates. More banners hang on the sides of buildings or from lamppost to lamppost, with terra-cotta pots on the sill of every window. Throughout the main square there are hundreds of little booths set up under pristine white canopies, tables of food and snacks and hand-made spring-themed trinkets. There are flower merchants and pony rides and little quartets of musicians, and the odd entertaining clown dancing around the streets.
The air and atmosphere is still post-winter, at least for that moment, until...
Everything blooms.
The climbing ivy sprouts great green leaves in a matter of seconds, and the trees burst forward with baby leaves and blossoming buds. Gardens come alive with flowers in red, yellow and pink, and every window in the city is suddenly flanked by full flowerpots. The temperature rises to accommodate, the sun shines a little brighter to make the sky glow before sunset, and great flocks of butterflies burst forth from the trees and shrubberies and flutter carelessly in every direction. Music kicks up, people start laughing and dancing in the streets, and everything is merry.
It's like a fairy-tale unfolding on the spot, and the festival has begun.]
SECTIONS
OOC POST | The City Streets | The Fountain | The Food Stalls | Entertainment | Flower Viewing
... or at least it will in a moment.
The City Royale is all set up, the city walls strung up with bare branches of climbing ivy, and flags in bright spring colors strung up around all the gates. More banners hang on the sides of buildings or from lamppost to lamppost, with terra-cotta pots on the sill of every window. Throughout the main square there are hundreds of little booths set up under pristine white canopies, tables of food and snacks and hand-made spring-themed trinkets. There are flower merchants and pony rides and little quartets of musicians, and the odd entertaining clown dancing around the streets.
The air and atmosphere is still post-winter, at least for that moment, until...
Everything blooms.
The climbing ivy sprouts great green leaves in a matter of seconds, and the trees burst forward with baby leaves and blossoming buds. Gardens come alive with flowers in red, yellow and pink, and every window in the city is suddenly flanked by full flowerpots. The temperature rises to accommodate, the sun shines a little brighter to make the sky glow before sunset, and great flocks of butterflies burst forth from the trees and shrubberies and flutter carelessly in every direction. Music kicks up, people start laughing and dancing in the streets, and everything is merry.
It's like a fairy-tale unfolding on the spot, and the festival has begun.]
SECTIONS
OOC POST | The City Streets | The Fountain | The Food Stalls | Entertainment | Flower Viewing