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Tweak says, "yikes!"

wildhuntmod (wildhuntmod) wrote in wildhuntthreads,
@ 2020-09-18 23:29:00

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!post: group event, carnelian sparks, koal clay, scottwick faneuil, umber falsten/ginvorous

Who: Everyone!
What: The Summer Festival!
When: Friday September 18th - Saturday September 19th
Where: Stone Brick Park
Status: Ongoing, Open
Warnings: TBD

As summer draws to a close, the leaves on the trees at Stone Brick park are beginning to flare crimson and gold, and the sun is gradually getting lower in the sky. Out on the field, the residents of the Halfway House have set up tables for games and food, live music, and as the highlight of Friday evening, a live performance of Romeo and Juliet! After the performance, the cast and crew will be having an afterparty at the park. The celebrations will continue through Saturday evening, so come by the park this weekend, and close out the summer with a bang!

(OOC: Under the headers below, you can post your threads and narratives for your characters at the festival, during the play, and at the afterparty for the play.)

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Re: Koal | OPEN TO MULTIPLES!

bad_schematics
2020-09-20 04:30 am UTC (link)

"I," Scottwick threw an arm over Koal from behind, gently but decisively bumping aside whoever had been there before. "Do not know any of them, either. Hey Koal, how's it going? Long time no see."

He hadn't bothered to change out of his dark tech clothing, and bits of sand and sticky web clung to his hair and clothes. One of his goggle lenses was missing, his gloves were singed and he was clutching a can of energy drink. He picked a piece of web off and very deliberately wiped it on Koal.

"On nights like tonight, when you've been through hell and back with the electrical, collapsing scaffolding- thank the gods nobody fell off- illusiary combuster boxes chain-reacting and spewing everywhere, stage literally breaking, lichtenberg lighting, et cetera, et cetera, a little dance-off and enjoyment is earned, eh?" He grinned at Koal. The play had been exciting, no doubt about it. Scottwick had used up all of his magic trying to help Rin, Yukine, Seto, and Oliver get everything up and running again. "At least there's no behir or creation gods at this one. And no chandelier, it looks like!"

"Anyway. You looked like you did pretty well down there, from what I could see. I tried to watch your bit but things got pretty nuts. You didn't blow anything up, though, and you weren't like that one guy who died three times and only got one of them on cue..." He paused to step forward as another duo left the performance area and the queue moved up. "By the way, have you found your fellow, our dear director? He looked and sounded pretty exhausted, poor guy."

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Re: Koal | Scottwick

bitchassposer
2020-09-21 12:37 am UTC (link)

"Oh hey, Scottwick!" Koal was startled by the touch from behind. He relaxed a little. "Are you okay?" He noticed the appearance Scottwick held. The guy had been on tech while the stage was falling apart. The tech crew had barely been able to contain it. Koal had been on stage when it happened. He stifled a grim laugh at Scottwick's reminiscing of the last few times things had completely fallen apart. "Thank Crocid no one got hurt."

"I haven't seen him since the play ended." Koal admitted. Umber had seemed furious. He'd only seen that look a few times. It was hard to make Umber mad, but when he got that way...whew. He'd taken Jay and Carnelian to the side for destroying the stage. "I should check on him." He seemed really upset...

Koal rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh, thanks. There was a lot of lines, I froze up and forgot most of them. Ended up making up most of the lines. The audience didn't seem to notice. Plus my scene partner was really good so playing off of him was easy." He laughed. "I just wanted to do my best to help Umber make it the best play it could be, y'know? He's felt so distant lately, doing the play was a way the two of us could hang out more..." I still don't know what's up with him. I should ask... Koal felt good admitting that to Scottwick, he felt he could trust him.

"I guess you're right, we should celebrate." The oni shrugged. "I'll do one song. Don't know any of them, but we could do a dance-off. After that I'll go find Umber, what do you say? Ready to lose?"

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Re: Koal | Scottwick

bad_schematics
2020-09-21 05:28 am UTC (link)

"Hey, even if he's distant, I'm sure he'll come around with a talk or two and you can figure everything out. I know he was worried about how you felt about G--," Scottwick trailed off. It wasn't really his place to talk to Koal about Umber's concerns, and he trusted them to work it out on their own. "Getting so many lines," he finished lamely, his right hand unconsciously moving to fiddle with his opposite glove.

The music changed abruptly to what sounded like a modern dance song, and Scottwick took the opportunity to change the subject by moving further up the line. At this rate, it looked like they would go next.

"You're on, Koal. Though if you think I'm losing, you have another thing coming. You may be good at singing and acting, but when it comes to a dance-off, your monk booty is going to get kicked into next Tuesday." Scottwick puffed his chest out and gestured widely at Koal in a show of mock bravado, nearly smacking someone dancing nearby. He pulled his arm back with a sheepish giggle. It was nice to spend time with Koal again, and he was glad that his friend seemed to be open to having a good time.

The last pair between the two of them and the dance floor left, leaving the circle open for them to take over.

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Koal | Scottwick

bitchassposer
2020-09-23 01:33 am UTC (link)

"Oh, yeah." Koal ignored the small mess-up and correction, blissfully unaware. "The language they were written in was Common, but it felt like...old Common. I don't know. Who uses 'thou' and 'hath' in sentences? Plus the phrasing of a lot of it...I hardly knew how I should act in the play." The oni shrugged. "I know I forgot some stuff, but the audience didn't seem to notice. I'm just glad it's over. The performance, I mean. Practices were a lot of fun. I'm gonna miss the cast."

When the music changed, Koal found himself doing a small little groove in the line. Inconspicuous, but this beat was pretty nice. He tapped his foot to the beat on the floor as he anxiously awaited their turn.

"If there's any losing around here, it'll be you doing it." Koal teased, grabbing hold of the microphone as their turn in line came. He got up on stage, his fright returning briefly for a moment as he stared blankly at the crowd ahead of them. It's just the cast. It'll be fine. Yeah. We've done stuff like this around each other before. I should be an expert by now. He glanced back at Scottwick. And I'm not gonna let him beat me in front of them!

An upbeat hip hop song started to play before Koal even had the chance to make a selection. He panicked momentarily as he put the microphone back on it's holder. Then Koal started to dance, he was careful with his footing as to not knock anything over. As he danced, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his oni mask. He did a headstand, then flipped from it, landing on his toes as he put his mask back on. His human disguise dropped and he was back to his pink haired normal self.

"Your turn."

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Re: Koal | Scottwick

bad_schematics
2020-09-30 06:15 am UTC (link)

"I was wondering what those words were. But from what I could tell you did a pretty good job!" Scottwick grinned and mirrored Koal's little groove. "Tech team was great, they're all really good people. And it was nice to be able to meet up for practices while it lasted. I certainly wouldn't mind doing it again if the opportunity came up."

Scottwick found the party energizing. With everything that happened recently, getting used to a new place, having Ginvorous in his head, and juggling classes with strict professors, he hadn't had much time to relax. It was nice to just spend time with Koal and unwind. Sure, he'd rather be a little tipsy...but it wasn't worth dealing with the nagging.

Koal's routine was phenomenal. Where had he learned to dance like that? Scottwick clapped loudly with the rest of the crowd, and offered Koal a high-five as they switched places. "You've set quite a high bar, Koal. The magic mask was a brilliant touch, I think!" He doubted he could beat something like that, but he'd rather eat his socks than not try.

The song changed to a number with a heavy beat drop and a quick melody. Scottwick showed off an energetic folk dance. It didn't match the music exactly, being made for offbeat harpsicords and fiddles, but he was able to adjust to the rhythm and kept up a long streak of rapid, intricate jig steps. He finished with a small bow and two-fingered salute to the crowd, then dove out the circle to meet up again with Koal, huffing from the exertion and giggling with delight.

"So I think you won that one, but for the sake of my pride, what do you say we put it down in the books as a draw?"

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