mamaterasu: (huehuehue)
Amaterasu ([personal profile] mamaterasu) wrote in [community profile] lifeaftr2019-02-15 06:08 pm

Light up the Night - [BACKDATED to 2/5]

Who: Ammy + Anyone interested
What: Fireworks show for the Lunar New Year!
When: Evening of 2/5/19
Where: Monkey Compound
Warnings: None so far, tag as needed!



[It's about noon when a message is posted to the Message Rock, as well as over the Stones of Farspeech - an elegant writing in kanji with a translation below. The voice is foreign, not often heard and possibly lost from most peoples' memories, but it sounds...excited? There's definitely a chime-like laughter hidden in the depths of it.]

All interested in a beautiful sight, please show up at dusk at the Hana--eh...the Monkey Compound. Drinks - for the elders among you - and some snacks will be provided, but I encourage you all to pack a box lunch.

Those unable to attend...I'll try to make sure you see it. Thank you.

[How very enigmatic indeed.

Still, those that do show up as the sky begins to change into a purple-blue color, dotted with small, glittering stars, will see that the Monkey Compound has been done up a bit. There's a line of small, flowering cherry blossom trees creating a lovely arch by the entrance, and little paper tags have been hung from a few of the branches, holding pictures of a tiny boar, or piglet, and a prayer written on the opposite side in kanji.

Inside has a very, very pleasant air to it. Much different than what this place used to be. It's laid with fresh, clean, springy grass and flowers, and a bountiful garden off to one side, which looks a little barren...probably because most of the foods have been harvested and laid out neatly on a bushels of palm fronds. Fresh vegetables and fruits from Ammy's garden, ripe for the taking and eating, if you're more the rustic type. There's also fire-roasted fish, skewered on a stick and cooking nicely by a crackling bonfire. Eat, enjoy, converse with neighbors and friends alike! Drinks have indeed been provided for the adults, a large barrel of sake with a ladle to pour it into one of twelve dishes. And yes, a bowl of water has been added to the side to rinse them off.

The centerpiece is a very basic shrine put up with a folding wall, once white in color but painted over with a beautiful portrait of a boar rolling a round firework, and a tiny, ceramic figure on a boar topping a little rock pile. Below the statue is an offering of sake, a single sakura mochi, a grilled fish, and some flowers. That is where the wolf will be when you first spot her.

For...a moment, at least. Because once the sky grows truly dark, and the embers from the bonfire has crept to soft, orange glow, a whistle will wheeze its way through the sky as a streak of light soars up, and up...before it explodes in a puff of white sparks. Nothing exciting, more a call to attention.

A minute passes, then another, and the're movement by the far end of the compound as the wolf readies everything she needs. A few final touches--...there! All ready for the show to begin.

And what a show it is.

The fireworks are beautiful and vibrant, coloring the skies in a vast array of rainbow hues, dancing like they're actually alive. True artistry, and a blessing from the God of Explosions, Bakugami (and the local rabbit god, who provided a number to help make this work). An explosive force meant to open the gate for a blissful new year - full of color, full of life, and bountiful in all things that bring happiness and joy to those with good in their hearts.

Happy Lunar New Year. ♥]
lightlessfuture: (♪ say "nonomori" - legends yet unfold)

[personal profile] lightlessfuture 2019-02-19 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Pig? Is it that thing over there? Ren sure knows a lot about creatures they've never seen before, they think.

Ren peeks over at her own offering and they hop up to investigate it. Yep, that's an awfully shiny rock she's put there.
]

yours nice too

[ Are they having fun? They think back to the last few months, and everything that's happened, and then at the party around them. ]

yes
parties are nice
i like them
do they make you happy also ?
catpiper: (goodnight bonuts donuts)

[personal profile] catpiper 2019-02-23 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, very happy. I like this kind of thing a lot. You can play and dance and spin and spin and spin.

[How could you not!! The warmth in most hearts reach her and she gets to be her worst self with the addition of being around people. It's great. It's amazing. There are fireworks and dogs and pigs. And parties always seem to make people happy.]
lightlessfuture: (👁️‍🗨️ handhold)

[personal profile] lightlessfuture 2019-03-03 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ They perk up at the mention of spinning and dancing, and after a moment of thought, they hold out their hands to her with a little gesture and a wiggle of fingers.

They can spin and dance now, if she wants. At least, that's what they're trying to convey.
]
catpiper: (rather not gamble on an afterlife)

[personal profile] catpiper 2019-03-04 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
[Hell yeah they can??

And they don't have to do it properly either. They don't need to be big. Ren's got this or rather-

Got them. She quickly pops down, picking them up under their arms and starts to spin, spin, spin on the ball of her foot, holding them up high as she does so.

NYOOOOM BUG.
]