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

[crimsonchin]

...Well, to be specific, the full title of the one I pilot is "General-Purpose Humanoid Battle Weapon Android Evangelion Utility Model Unit 02". But, that's a bit...much, so, we tend to just call it EVA-02, or Unit 02.

But it's basically a giant mech, yes.

[outloving]

[ Minako's eyes immediately light up, and she leans forward, closer to Asuka. ]

That's way damn cooler than piloting a plane! I wanna pilot a giant mech, too! Hey, what do you have to do to become a pilot? Tell me, tell me!

[crimsonchin]

L-look, it's not like piloting is something I do for fun, okay?! Not just anyone can hop inside an EVA and pilot it, you need to be specifically chosen. There's only one person in the entire world who can pilot Unit 02, and that's me. I didn't do anything special to get that position, though. It just so happens that Unit 02 and I are compatible with one another.

...We're very understaffed, though. I used to be a part of a government organization called NERV, but, I broke off from them and took Unit-02 with me. Now I'm with a small mercenary group called Wille. And unfortunately, we only have two Evas, and both of them have pilots.

[outloving]

[ HEAVY DISAPPOINTED SIGH. ]

Damn, that sucks...it would've been fun to pilot a giant mech. I bet all of my friends would be jealous.

[ Even if you don't think it's fun, Asuka, Minako certainly does. ]

[crimsonchin]

It's not fun. It's...

...

Okay, it's pretty cool sometimes, I'll give you that, but, I don't do it because it's cool. If there's ever a job opening for a pilot, though, I'll keep you in mind.

[outloving]

Really?! You're the best, Asuka!

[ And she lunges for a hug...stop her while you can. ]