Grand Opening Mingle Log

[faredthere]

You've just moved to Farethere City!

Why? Well, you don't seem to want to dwell on it too hard. You certainly remember who you are and where you're from - it's not as though you have amnesia or anything like that, of course not. You just don't really want to think about the events immediately leading up to your moving here for some reason.

That's not important anyway. What matters is that you've just moved in to a new town! It seems like there are a lot of other people besides you moving in today, too. There's a giant 'Welcome to Farethere City' banner hung up between two trees, and there's all kinds of food and drink on tables underneath, including plenty you've probably never seen before.

Now's a good chance to meet your neighbors and get yourself situated. Wander around town a little - check out the library, or figure out what on earth those mushroom-shaped doors at the far end of town are for. Or just pig out on the food - you did just unpack all your stuff today, no one will blame you for taking the chance to relax.

(Don't think too hard about the unboxing process. Or why there might be some things in your house that you don't remember buying.)

Your mayor is floating about greeting people. You'll properly get to meet him at some point, so be sure to ask him all the questions you have about your new home.

Comments

[aquaticrush]

[There's a porpoise hopping around in a giant fish bowl. You'll probably hear her before you see her, though, given the sounds of crashing and increasingly distressed apologies as she bumps into things and knocks everything over.]

I'm sorry, really, I didn't mean to!

[faredthere]

It's fine, it's fine~

[Michibiki bends - well, glides downwards, really, he doesn't have knees - to pick up a fallen stack of plates and set it back on the food table.]

No harm done.

[aquaticrush]

[Sniff... she can't really wipe her eyes with her fins.]

Thank you! [Tipping the bowl to bow, even if some water might splash out.] My name is Watercress. I'm new, so I'm sorry if I don't know my way around yet.

[shieldless]

Ah--

[ Your friendly unicorn Haurchefant Luxmond gives a little whinny, nervously, as he approaches. ]

Are you quite fine, friend?

[aquaticrush]

[The porpoise kid squeaks and looks up.]

Hello! Um, I think so. Don't worry, I'll heal. But I knocked down all the welcome pamphlets and now some have water on them!

[sacrifeyes]

Be careful...!

[Oh, that sounded like a mess. Eun winces and hurries over.]

I'm sorry. [Eun, why are you apologizing...] Are you hurt?

[aquaticrush]

[Watercress whimpers and drags herself back into her fish bowl, popping her head out and flapping her fins at her sides.]

Ow... I-I'm fine, really! Or, um, I will be. But I knocked over those cupcakes and there's water everywhere!

[mutation_is_great]

[The lotus flower with leafy hands waves those hands dismissing the matter.]

No worry, no worry, it ain't no real matter. Are you alright, child?

[aquaticrush]

[She flails her fins a little.]

Um, thank you! I'm okay, just a little sore. I keep falling over or bumping into things, but that's normal.

[shieldless]

[ Look at this happy unicorn, simply sitting and watching people while eating. A thought comes to him. ]

Perhaps this would go better with some hot cocoa? Or perhaps if needs something cooled down to help soothe the taste... what do you think?

[ Yes, he's talking to you. Even if he's already gotten a few opinions, he could always use more. ]

[sacrifeyes]

Hm?

[The handsome, shaggy dog lifts his head from his paws, tilting his head with polite interest.]

Well, I couldn't say for sure. What are you having?

[faredthere]

Hm...

[Michibiki gives it a moment's thought.]

I think hot cocoa would be better this time of year. [He occasionally likes to pretend they have seasons, although it never gets too uncomfortable.]

[sacrifeyes]

[As shaggy as this Sapsali dog is, it's hard to tell whether his eyes are open or not as he suns himself in front of the library.

If approached, however, he might wag his tail once and chuff politely.]

Hello. Did you try the food yet?

[faredthere]

I didn't find myself very hungry~

[Michibiki, do you even eat...?]

Did you?

[mutation_is_great]

It's delicious, it's delicious!

[Nevermind how this lotus flower is eating. Right now she's stuffing a morsel into her petals with her leaf hands. The morsel disappears.]

[purramedic]

[It may be because of unpacking after the move, it may be because of all the excitement, and it may simply be that he's a lazy cat, but Simir is very tired. After eating his fill, the golden tabby falls asleep in the grass at the edge of the party.

Unfortunately, his catnap is interrupted by someone standing in just the wrong place. He opens one eye to peer up at the culprit, albeit in good humor.]

Pardon me, friend, but you're blocking the sun.

[faredthere]

['Standing' may not be the right word since Michibiki has no legs, but he's floating in the way.]

Aaa, forgive me. [And he floats a little to one side.] Is that any better?

[sacrifeyes]

Oh--sorry.

[It's true that Eun didn't see him there, but, y'know. All apologetic, he moves what he hopes is out of the way.]

I can't blame you for enjoying the light. It's a beautiful day, isn't it?

[mutation_is_great]

I didn't know cats needed the sun like plants do.

[But after speaking in a jesting tone, the lotus flower does move away some.]

Enjoy your nap.

[mutation_is_great]

[Melia isn't one to lay back and rest when there's fun work to be done. So she's been bustling around, and already there's a sign in front of a formerly unused buildings announcing the grand opening of her bar. For now the accommodations'll be relatively bare (there're only packing boxes for seats), but she's already got a delicious looking spread on offer, with wooden platters full of plant based meals and what looks like wooden mugs full of wine and other fruit-based drinks. All of it stuff she had grown right on the spot with her power over plants.]

Come on in! Enjoy yourselves! Today it's free!

[faredthere]

Well, aren't you just busy busy~

[Even if you can't see the smile behind the mask, Michibiki certainly sounds like he's smiling as he floats in.]

[impossibilities]

It's free? [Grainne looks at the spread, marveling at how many different things there were. Some look quite tasty and she finds her tummy starts to rumble. Loudly.] Ah... what do you recommend?

[impossibilities]

[A young woman with violet hair is aimlessly wandering the welcoming party and the town to an extent, finding out where everything is. She looks mostly human... mostly. Except her skin is slightly iridescent and she sports a pair of dragonfly-like wings on her back.

Aside from that she's pretty average looking.

Please excuse her if she accidentally whaps you with a wing while moving about.]

[faredthere]

[She would have whapped Michibiki in the face with a wing, but instead she whapped him in the mask. Close enough.]

Oof.

[It didn't actually hurt.]

[sacrifeyes]

Ah--

[What on earth just hit his shoulder? Eun was standing still, but still, he hurries to say,]

Sorry, that was my fault.