GHOST TRICK PART ONE: Festival Log!

[indigo_league]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Either Ecruteak City or Lavender Town; please mark your toplevel comments accordingly!
When: August 13th-15th
Summary: Celebrate O-bon at a festival near you! For details, see the infopost.
Rating: Will vary from thread to thread. Warn for common triggers if something comes up.
Log:

The streets are lined with NPC-run stalls for food, games, and the assorted tchotchkes of every summer festival you’ve ever seen in your animes! There’s Goldeen Scoop, heaping cones of Swirlix Candy, Test Your STRENGTH (there are two different machines for people and Pokémon; HM04 not required); basically, if you can think of it, it’s there. There will also be a yukata rental stall if you want to go full hog on the cultural side of things. Ecruteak boasts a small stage where the Kimono Girls give a short performance once every two hours; the festivities in Lavender Town are a little quieter, but they also have Haunter-shaped ice cream treats. When you lick them, they Lick you!

On the last evening (August 15th) of the festival in either location, there will be a large bonfire and traditional bon-odori dance in which everyone is welcome to participate. In Lavender Town only, they also set paper lamps afloat in the water past the cliffs.

The closer you get to midnight on the last night of the festival, the more ghosts pop up.

Again, please say which city your character's in and note what dates/times they're there in the header of or within your top--level comment to avoid confusion. Play nice and have fun!

Comments

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Oh hey, it's her battle-buddy!]

[Heather looks over her shoulder, shooting him a big friendly grin, but can't be distracted from her goal for too long. Still, even as she turns back to the booth and angles her arm back to throw, she replies.]</sub>

Bud, I know I can.

_{[And then she knocks one of the bottles clean off its stand. EYES ON THE PRIZE EYES ON THE PRIZE]}

[awesmazings]

[GO GO GO]

You better! A prize that special has gotta go to a good home!

[Look how adorably knock-off it is. What's not to love?]

[foolishwren]

Oh, it'll go to a good home.

I already got one in mind.

<sub>[That home is 'around Envy's shoulders for the entire rest of the festival FOR ALL TO SEE'.]

[She grabs up another ball. It costs roughly five billion tickets, so she's going to be throwing a lot of these.]</sub>

[awesmazings]

[THAT IS ADORABLE. Envy better appreciate his prize.]

Gee, why do you think it costs so much, though? I haven't seen anything else that expensive yet!

[foolishwren]

_{[EVEN IF HE DOESN'T, HE'S GONNA WEAR IT ANYWAY. Them's the rules, too bad so sad.]}

Probably because it's roughly the size of California.

And also 'cause carnival games are a scam, but there you go.

[awesmazings]

[What's a Cal- well actually Jimmy's probably been here long enough to know what a California is. Maybe? Either way, that sounds pretty big.]

But that's what makes 'em fun, isn't it? They're impossible to win, until you actually beat them once in a million tries!

[foolishwren]

Hah, maybe to you.

Me, personally, I hate losing.

_{[... She says, as she knocks another bottle down, much to the frustration of the stall-runner. WHERE DID THIS GIRL COME FROM]}

[awesmazings]

[She came from WINNER TOWN, obviously.]

So lemme guess- you're not gonna lose?

[foolishwren]

Losing's not even in my vocabulary.

'Sides, I gotta win this for somebody in particular.

[awesmazings]

Oh ho! That means the stakes are even higher, then!

[Jimmy peers over Heather's shoulder at the stack of bottles currently left.]

So how many you gotta knock over to win?

[foolishwren]

Well, it costs four hundred tickets, and each bottle gives you about three tickets, so...

_{[A pause as she does the math in her head.]}

A hundred thirty-three. ... Plus one.

Man, that stinks.

[awesmazings]

Woah, seriously!? There's no WAY it's really that much!

[foolishwren]

S'like I said. Scams.

_{[... BUT WELL, SHE IS REACHING FOR ANOTHER BALL.]}