route_1065 | so take hold of the flame, don't you see life's a game; (OPEN)

WHO: All interested parties
WHERE: Beltane/Mayday Festival
WHEN: Afternoon of April 30th ~ Afternoon of May 1st
SUMMARY: Saber and others have prepared for a festival for a certain holiday
RATING: PG-13 at the most

Goldenrod City has always been a fairly busy place, so the bustling to prepare for a festival doesn't necessarily go unnoticed, but it's not so out of the ordinary that the NPC's will stop to question it. Just another day in paradise. With the clouds in the sky and the swarm of firey Pokemon to a minimum, the temperature has sunk to a respectable level for a celebration. Throughout the day the festival and the people involved start to spark to life, the activity levels increasing. There are two large piles of wood waiting to be lit up, as well as various other decorations. Most of the colors of the area are a variety of red, orange, and yellow with sparse amounts of blue tossed throughout. While most of the decorations are made out of wood as well, there's a few water Pokemon on duty to keep things from getting out of trouble.

As well as a couple of other guardians. It would be difficult to sabotage such an event, but those who are brave enough to try will be met with chivalric ferocity.

Beltane is advertise as a festival to celebrate many things in different cultures. Don't worry, there's a handful of individuals around who are all too eager to explain what it means back home for them. Walpurgisnight for some, a festival for fertility for others, Mayday even. The date is significant enough to have many different meanings, so naturally a celebration must occur.

This is a festival that will last from the afternoon of April 30th to the afternoon of May 1st. There is a section set aside for tents and camping should people feel they want to stay overnight. Feel free to set up your own threads or post under the ones already set up. The tournament is going to be 'Round Robin' style. Fights can be hand-waved and feel free to use a RNG to determine the winner if there are any conflicts. The beauty contest will also be determined by RNG once all the participants have joined in. More details about both of those threads can be found in the linked sections. There is also a ribbon pole to dance around, various games like torch throwing, and other miscellaneous activities like face painting.

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[Shirou's catching his breath. After moving heavy equipment all morning, he's seated somewhere and relaxing.]

[Kiki definitely didn't miss all the volunteers lifting heavy equipment! Being a tiny thing, she couldn't really help, so instead she made tea for everyone to enjoy. In fact, she's carrying a tray right up to Shirou: ice and a straw and everything!]

Thanks for your hard work.

Hm?

Did...did you make this?

Yes. There were tea bags, and I wasn't too busy, so I made some.

[She belatedly seems to realize:]

I'm sorry, if you don't like it, please don't feel obligated.

No, no, it's fine.

[He reaches out to take it.]

Something like this shouldn't go to waste.

[Kiki smiles proudly, tucking the now-empty tray against her chest, watching him drink.]

Thank you! Is it good?

Yeah, this is hitting the spot. Thanks!

Glad to hear it! I'm Kiki, what's your name?

Shirou Emiya. It's nice to meet you.

Likewise! Is May day celebrated where you come from?

[She knows not everyone here celebrates; some of them are Arturia's friends, or just looking for an excuse to party, which is definitely something Kiki can agree with.]

No, it isn't. All of this is new to me. I'm helping out because Saber is a close friend of mine.

Well, I hope you're having fun so far! May day--Walpurgis night, technically--is pretty important where I'm from.

It is? What kind of significance does it have?

Well, traditionally, it's a gathering of witches to welcome summer and the growing season. We celebrate the solstices and equinoxes, as well as the Winter Nights festival, or Halloween, and this one, Walpurgis night--or May day.

[Welp sorry for that tl;dr there, Shirou.]

...Did you say witches?

[Yes, that was the word that caught the most attention from him in there.

Yes! I'm a witch, and so was my mother, and her mother, and so on through my family. There aren't that many of us any more, though.

Huh. It's not every day that I hear someone straight up admit that they're a witch. The word still carries a negative stigma in a lot of parts of the world.

Really? Where I'm from, it's definitely not a bad thing. I mean, maybe some people might not know what a witch is, since we're so rare, but no one would harm a witch, either.

[That'd be asking for trouble...]

Huh. In my world, they were viewed pretty suspiciously. During the Middle Ages, Europeans would even hunt for witches and burn them at the stake.

[GHJFDHK WOW SHIROU THANKS FOR THAT MENTAL IMAGE]

B-burn them?!

E-er.

[Whoops. Where in the world did his tact disappear to?]

Um. I...

...Damn.

[And he has no clue what to say now.]

[WOW RUDE.

Give Kiki a moment to get over that.]

Well, I--I hope they don't do anything like that anymore! That's horrible! How could anyone think of doing something like that?!

[And yet he's had worse foot-in-mouth moments.]

No, no, they stopped that about four centuries or so ago! And they did it because, well...they were scared.

...scared? Scared of what?

Scared of what they didn't understand.

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