🎋 text; un: UEHARA

[metafictions]

The seventh day of the seventh month already. I didn't think we would be in this city for quite this long, but I guess it's also a surprise that we're here to begin with...

Does anyone else celebrate Tanabata? It might be nice to hang up some wishes. If only to do something new around here.

[You better believe Kamui has already tried everything else.]

Additionally, has anyone seen a good wish tree candidate around? [He's pretty sure they're out of luck on the bamboo front...] It needs a decent amount of boughs. There are a lot of people here.

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[gurge]

[ oh... tanabata... :( missing family hours ]

A shame. I loved taking my girls to the festival.
It's a bit hard to be in the spirit, considering the circumstances...

[ well, he wouldn't have been able to take them this year anyway. ]

[theskyaccepts]

I think I saw some trees in the park that might work?

text; un: susuwatari

[catmemes]

Oh. We usually celebrate in August.
We could probably use more than one tree?

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[fourmeansdeath]

The star festival? Not familiar with it myself, I know someone who went home to celebrate it a coupla months ago. It looks like the calendar's wrapped around itself.

[ like a crashed car wrapped around a tree. ]

The graveyard might be your best bet.

un: ihavequestion

[emyoji]

Oh, are you going to make some wishes? Ah, I'd love to see that too. It seems quiet here for a festival.

[metafictions]

I feel the same. Even without being in the spirit, though, I think the routine alone might be comforting...

[metafictions]

It might be easier for people to find where to hang up their tanzaku that way, too. It would be a shame if we did this and the trees wound up mostly bare.

[metafictions]

Oh, you're from somewhere that follows the calendar differently, then... well, you may as well get a head start while there's nothing else to do.

I think so too. Very easy, if we go with the park plan someone else suggested.

[metafictions]

Oh, I just observe what date it is based on wherever I am.

[kamui what the FUCK does that mean.]

Don't you think the graveyard is a little bleak for a festival?

[metafictions]

Maybe that even gives us a clue to our kidnappers. They didn't throw us a party this time, so they're not Japanese. Or, they just celebrate in August...

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[galateaed]

ah, me! i definitely wanna hang one up!
geez, i woulda totally forgot it was that time a' year if ya hadn't reminded me! thanks a bunch!!
we better find some nice colored paper and ribbons for 'em too

un: dynamight

[apshot]

I'd forgotten all about Tanabata.

Too much shit going on to stop and think about it I guess.

[gurge]

To some, I suppose.
Please keep me appraised of a location, should you decide on one. Though I've been hard pressed to even find any yukata around here...

[aceslow]

Some sort of cutural celebration of your hometown, I assume? What is it?

[metafictions]

You're welcome.

[The truth is, he's only keeping track because he's fresh out of leads: the least he can do is remember how long they've been here.]

The park's looking like the most popular option. Do you know if there are any shops with paper and ribbons? Maybe something left over from that party?

[metafictions]

Actually, I'm finding the opposite to be true. I needed to look ahead to something. Otherwise I'd get stuck wondering why we're here again.

[metafictions]

Hello, Kim.

[He needs to stop forgetting that Kim isn't from an Earth with a Japan-- or an Asia...]

It's got an even wider reach than that, actually. While we celebrate Tanabata-- or the Star Festival-- in Japan, it originated from another country's even older festival, more than a thousand years ago.

Would you like to hear the legend?

[theskyaccepts]

Yeah! And maybe if someone saw it, they'd get curious and want to add something. I'll definitely add something!

I think I saw some willows that might work...

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[zerofive]

Fifth Month.

[metafictions]

Do you mean that it should be celebrated in the fifth month, or that it is the fifth month of the year for you?

[metafictions]

The park's looking likely, at this point.

[cheerier than the graveyard, anyway...]

Ah, I forgot about yukata. I didn't arrive with anything like that at all. I'm sure it'll be okay... this is sort of an impromptu celebration, after all...

[catmemes]

I guess. Too bad there's no river.
Does make you wonder exactly what you'd be wishing to here.

[emyoji]

That's true, they don't seem to behave Japanese. The city would look different if they were.

I wonder if they like festivals? It seems like they weren't that prepared for anything too big at the welcome party. There were only a few activities and types of food, right? Maybe the rest was supposed to be up to us.

un: assassin

[osake]

my, this place is so droll it's a wonder anyone can keep track of the seasons

celebrating now would be earlier than i'm used to as well, but there truly is nothing else to do ... so why not?

un: aragaki

[petsthedog]

man i ain't done tanabata in years

[He hasn't had much to wish for, since that night.]

how would you even cut down a tree in a place like this

[As far as he knows, there have not been any secret caches of weapons discovered of late.]