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

[shiro2hero]

[No worries, bruh. The mention of 'making monsters' is enough to ward him off the subject entirely.]

... I don't really think I want to ask.

[callbacks]

[Dave considers Shiro's expression, weighs the pros and cons of allaying the man's possible concerns, and finally just says, very matter of fact:]

I'm from a video game.

[It's not the fullest truth, but, eh, close enough to explain some things.]

[shiro2hero]

... I thought you said you were from space.

[Shiro please.]

[callbacks]

What, you've never played a video game set in space? Dude.

[shiro2hero]

I haven't played a video game in...

Probably close to two years now.

[callbacks]

[LOUD AND OVERDRAMATIC GASP! He clutches the front of his rented yukata and fakes a stumble.]

...Actually, no, that's legit. [Dave shrugs and puts his hands back in his pocket.] Video games kind of blow, TBH.

[shiro2hero]

I'm ... glad I dodged a bullet, then?

[No seriously how do you respond to that.]

[These are the moments when you actually need your friendly neighborhood memelord.]

[callbacks]

Yeah, you should be. Anyway, the tl;dr version is that my existence is complicated and you're better off humming thoughtfully and nodding to about eighty percent of the shit that comes out of my face.

[shiro2hero]

Hey, that I can do. I've been doing it for months already.

[That was probably intended as a joke.]

[callbacks]

I'm assuming that's a reference to your pre-Poké life and not commentary on the length of our conversation, 'cause dude.

[It'd be warranted, but they've just met! Would Shiro be rude to a kid he just met?]

[shiro2hero]

That's exactly what it was.

I don't think I'm clever enough to be that rude.