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FLOWER FESTIVAL 2023

It's the annual Flower Festival! More details on everything can be found here.

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Battle for Dream Island: The Power of Two: Puffball
Dr. Stone: Gen Asagiri

I. MAIN FESTIVAL

The Flower Festival is in full swing the entire weekend! All over town there are numerous food stalls, music stands for dancing, flower swings in the trees, and a plethora of flower gardens to walk through. All the shops are decked out with flowers with a lot of sales going on. But this year there seems to be a lot more flowers than usual…

A. Flower Viewing. There will be numerous designated flower viewing areas around and outside of town, making it a perfect opportunity for a picnic. Food and beverages will be provided by numerous restaurants and food stalls. Flower crowns can also be made or received by some fairies that will fly around to drop them on anyone's heads who don't have one already.

B Ambient Pollen Effects. There is a lot of pollen flying around through the festival and inhaling enough of it could affect a person's mood. The effects will eventually wear off, but a good "cleansing" (ie, splash with water) will clear them up pretty quick. Possible effects include:

🌹 Rose Tinted Glasses. Rose pollen will make everything seem nostalgic and seem better than it actually is.
🌿 Green with Ivy. The flowers of some ivy are giving off some green pollen that will cause one to feel more envious than usual. Possibly to the point of wanting to wrap their target with said ivy instead….
🌻 Sunflowers and Rainbows. Pollen from sunflowers will cause one to be either extremely happy and hyper…or become so sensitive they cry at anything, be it a touching or sad thing.
🌺 Violent Violets. Inhaling too much violet pollen will cause someone to become so impassioned about something they will be quick to defend it—with violence.

C. Games. Of course it wouldn't be the Flower Festival without any number of games to entertain! Try your hand at some of these! Work together with a friend or compete for prizes! There's also a simple, easy going flower maze if a classic is preferred.

🖌 Flower Chalk. The Plaza has been converted to a giant "chalk zone," where chalk made from various flowers are scattered all over and everyone is encouraged to get in and paint to their heart's content. Some creations may burst into flower petals and fly up into the air, briefly animating the image before dispersing into the wind and creating a new space for the next creation.
💐 Flower Arrangement. Just a nice, relaxing crafts activity where participants can create whatever kind of flower arrangement they want. While dreamotion may help give it extra effects, it's not needed. There are also paper flowers available that can be dyed and used in lieu of real ones. Perfect for gifts!
🌸 Bouncy Flower Pad. Ever just feel like having fun and bouncing around giant flowers? Because this is exactly what this is. No special gimmicks or anything, just giant flowers to bounce around in.
🌱 Make It Grow. A contest for individuals to use dreamotion to grow the largest and brightest colored flower. Some are capable of growing to be as large as a house…and some flowers become rather animated. Might need to help take care of that.
🏇 Topiary Races. A cousin of the "Make It Grow" activity (or perhaps created because of it), the objective here is to use dreamotion and perhaps some gardening skills to grow a special plant into large topiary animals. The form is random, influenced by whatever dreamotion is used. They will be large enough to ride and can be entered into a special race, where at that point it's all dependent on skill and dreamotion to keep it moving! Can't grow one? That's fine, too, they have a few that one can just hop on and try to ride on.
🐝 Bee Herding. A lot of bees were used to help pollinate the flowers for the festival, and now they need to be returned to the fruit orchards out on the various farms. As part of the celebration and to promote bee awareness, the beekeepers hold a little contest to help bring the bees back. Participants must lure the bees with special fruits AND they must protect the bees from birds.

II. SPECIAL BUSINESS PROMOTIONS

There are a few special businesses that have their own stalls up during the festival, so be sure to stop by and check some of them out!

A. The Wild Harvest. The Wild Harvest is coming up on a year and a half of serving Reverein! The staff can be seen handing out floral cupcakes along with origami flowers in the color of the passerby's choosing. On the back and probably on the cupcakes' wrappers, there is the Harvest's logo. They will express that the cupcakes will look and taste better to someone in good spirits, meaning the staff are especially inclined to put on their best customer-service face. There also small samples of their new drinks called Spring Dreams, which give patrons a small view and taste of home.

In addition, if you're so inclined, a little fishing game has been set up at their stall using live koi fish of varying sizes from their pond. Nets are provided and winners can keep the koi if they wish. There are colorful jars made of tinted glass available for transport, and they also get a prize based on size of the koi caught. These range from small keychains, to glass trinkets crafted by Susato, which can be anything from glass flowers, small animals, or more useful items like glassware.

B. The Songerein Wikki Archives. The archives are here to advertise! Its one year anniversary is nearing, and Trahearne, along with his four staff members, are here to spread word of its services and answer questions about its function in the community. A few books have been brought in as examples, such as an outdated, but detailed map of Reverein. One large tome sits open in the middle of the table, acting as a guest book of sorts--anyone who drops by is more than welcome to write whatever they like in its pages.

But it isn't a festival without food or drink! The nine-foot-tall woman is handing out massive portions of freshly-roasted moa leg, and the two imp-like creatures with big ears are handing out shots of Rata Sum rum, but they're being oddly stingy about how much they're giving out. A little taste of Tyria in Reverein!

C. The Starflower Café and Sanctuary. The newly opened Starflower Café is here for all your cute food cravings! They have brought some of the animals along as well: Flutter the fairy cat, an autumn dog, and some of the corgis, so people are free to meet and play with them around the stall! While there is plenty of food to choose from at their starflower-covered stall (such as dango, crepes, and cakes, as well as alcoholic beverages for the adults in the evenings), they do have a special featured item:

The various flavours of boba tea with themes fitting with the animals. Upon drinking them, customers will sprout a new set of ears to match the drink as well as gain the following temporary traits: Milky Fox drinkers will have the sudden urge to cause a little bit of mischief. Matcha Cat enjoyers will want to search for a sunny, quiet place to nap. Chocolate Bunnies will be granted a burst of energy, and the only way to expend it is to talk someone up. Caramel Dogs will chase anything that is shiny or moving.

However, there is one more thing: drink any of these, and you will be an instant attraction for animals of all kinds. The only way to get rid of the effects is to cuddle and play with the animals. Be warned, too much of the teas and you may have bigger problems—like the Ents wanting cuddles—to deal with.

D. The Music Studio. The music studio has been open for a year in Songerein and have set up a small performance area nearby! Phantom is sometimes at the stall, and it is staffed by various talking animals as well as people with noticeable animal features (ears, tail, etc). Members of the studio will be playing an assortment of spring-themed and relaxing songs, though they'll also take requests. The stall offers various snow globes as souvenirs - the globes contain a miniature landmark from one of the dream walkers' many worlds and will play a short song from the source world when shaken.

The studio staff will also be advertising their lessons in music, composing, singing, as well as welcoming people to just hang out at the studio. They will also encourage people to attend the basic dreamotion how-to lessons that are held every weekend afternoon; they'll be taught through acting simple plays, so everyone is welcome to join in and have fun.

III. NIGHTSCAPE

On the first night of the festival, the fae will host a special dreamscape for their own version of the festival. Anyone is welcome to come on their own will, but some may find a special door appear either awake or in their dreams that will "lure" them in. And once inside, they will themselves in a dark, mystical forest and have taken on some form of a fae. Full details can be read here.

A. Fake Names. To go with the theme, everyone has a "fake name" as giving one's real name would be taboo. These can be completely new, something based on a canon nickname, or just simply shortening their first real name. Everyone will still be able to recognize each other, but no one will be able to immediately say the person's name, at most just the first letter or syllable. Only after the person says their own name can someone else say it, and if another person does say it, the named will now owe them one favor or must do some kind of task.

B. Fae Dining. The fae love to eat and drink, and within a dream, one can do so to their heart's content with little to no consequence. Well, one may feel a bit hungover or bloated upon waking, but better than the real thing, right? There's a delectable feast and an unlimited amount of alcohol available that is surely too good to pass up.

🍷 River of Dionysus. The river that runs through the forest is made of fruity alcohol. Just grab a chalice, dip it in, and drink to your heart's content. Because this is a dream, it takes a bit more to get drunk…but it's still possible. And, well, drunk shenanigans.

🍲 Careful What You Eat. Upon seeing the food one will feel a very strong pull towards it to the point that food will be in their hand and in their mouth before they even realize it. While a lot of the food is harmless, some will have physical effects. There's no tell, no specific food that does what, which makes it even more troublesome to figure out. From changing size, to colors, to growing another pair of horns or wings, gaining invisibility, turning into an animal or a random plant or object—anything. The effect can either naturally wear off over time or someone can try and help find or try to create an antidote to get rid of it.

C. Dream Egg Mosaic Hunt. Everyone is also given a white, crystal egg and are tasked to find and visit certain locations throughout the forest that have special mosaic glass just floating around. Each location has a theme, and if one can have one of their dreams manifest and reflect onto the glass, a piece of the mosaic will break and attach to the egg. Create as many pieces to decorate the egg and upon leaving the dreamscape, the egg will appear next to them and will hatch into a surprise creature. What could it be? Hmmm~ The mosaic glass will affect their future personalities.

D. A Tale of Two Stags. There is a pair of stags, one white and one black. These are legendary entities that have manifested into the dreamscape and can risk imbalance…though the fae don't seem too worried. In fact, they will reward those who are able to "stabilize" the deer with a "favor," though they're ambiguous as to what that is. The white stag must have nightmare energy used against it. The black one must have dreamotion energy used against it. Rather than killing or destroying them, just some brief encounters will help. Traps, tricks, even giving it food somehow will work.

E. Lost Your Voice. Oh the fae love their tricks and pranks, and this one is quite "harmless." Little blue wisps will suddenly ram into the back of their target's head and then giggle way—with their new voice. After stealing their target's voice, they fly off, giggling and blabber away in a poor imitation, leaving the now voiceless victim to chase after and try to signal for help. The wisp will eventually return the voice; they get bored easily enough and will want to mess with another person sooner than later. But it's possible to catch the wisp in a special glass jar that can be found growing off a tree. If caught, the person must "swallow" the wisp by pouring it into their mouth. No wisps are harmed, they'll pop back out after returning the voice.

IV. FINAL DAY

At the start of the final day of the festival, the winners of the Flower Royal Court contest are announced. Just like last year, everyone will find themselves in various costumes and with varying effects. Fortunately, they are a bit more "lenient" this time in letting people modify and take them off after a certain time has passed. But there's going to be just as much silly chaos, especially as the royal court members have a more "commanding" and "persuasive" aura that will make anyone feel swayed to obey and serve them to some degree.

Then at the end of the day, the flowerworks show will be held by the riverbank the moment the sun sets. Instead of explosive fireworks, canisters filled with flower petals will burst in the air, illuminating the night sky. Those who are touched by the glowing petals that drift and float down will be blessed with good dreams for the next few days, dreams filled with hope and leave them feeling refreshed in the morning.

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"Shut it." Senku offered rather blandly. "I'm not convinced it's magic, but for the moment, I knew you would latch onto that. I'm going to study it." He said, as though that was not already self-evident.

"This magic is not going to outsmart me. It has to have rules, I just need to figure them out."

Senku rolled his eyes. "Should I have guessed you'd stalk me, even while I'm asleep? Probably." He admitted. "But I haven't made you anything."

He snickered. "You say that like that's a good thing."

Gen smiled fondly. "Of course you are."

He knew Senku would study a place like this and the mechanics of how everything operated - just as he knew that water was wet, or fire would burn him if he touched it. It's a natural reaction Senku would have to this kind of environment. He couldn't not try and take it apart. Gen knew, sooner or later (likely sooner) he'd be roped in to help with that, too.

"And that's such a shame, since I've made you something already~" Gen said, and he revealed a little flower bouquet ~~from his sleeves~~ out of thin air. "This is for you, Senku-chan."

And then placed a hand on his heart. "It is a good thing! If you're intending to dissect magic, you'll need assistants, you'll need data."

Gen was definitely on constant labour duty. They had an understanding.

"What am I supposed to do with this?" Senku asked rather bluntly, looking at the bouquet with a critical eye. Then he snorted.

"I do need data, and I suspect I will have no trouble at all getting you to do magic for me."

He added his most dangerous looking smirk at that and idly started dismantling the bouquet, a bouquet was useless to him, but he could weave the flowers into something else.

That wouldn't mean that Gen wouldn't complain. He would. At length, and with a good deal of drama. But that also didn't mean he wouldn't help him.

For Senku, he's been a 'fax machine' of all things, running back and forth with hand-written notes. At least that embarrassing display would be unknown here - Gen rather had shown his hand back then.

Gen wasn't surprised that Senku immediately started to take it apart. It's a paper bouquet. It's a gesture, a symbol, like the dream itself. And like dreams, it's the feelings behind them that counted.

"I am going to master this magic," Gen said confidently, and with a bit of excitement. He's really looking forward to it. "You'll see. I'll become the greatest this dream has ever seen."

"I'm counting on it." Senku purred slightly, enticing Gen to do exactly that. He wasn't a master manipulator, not like Gen was, but he had his ways.

He started easing apart the flowers and stems so he could make something else with them, barely even looking at it.

Clearly he'd picked up flower weaving over time.

Like anyone needed to encourage Gen to learn magic anyway. It's like asking a cat not to knock something off of a counter. Magic was there! And real! He had to try it.

Gen watched Senku, curious, but not interfering. Just what was his dear friend up to? It's clear he remembered what he and Suika had shown him with flowers.

"How long have you been dreaming, Senku-chan?" Gen asked, thinking.

"Not long."

Weaving flowers was probably the least impressive skill he'd picked up over the years, and yet even that, he knew what he was doing. The small bouquet was taking shape into a bracelet the longer he sat with it.

"A month, perhaps. Although I'd be surprised if it was a month at home. It just felt like a month here."

"I would have noticed if you've been missing for a month, true," Gen said wryly, as if that was the understatement of the year. The entire world would notice if Senku had vanished for a month, even if they weren't the driving force behind rebuilding everything any longer. At times he wondered how much Senku discounted how crucial he was.

He hummed. "I'm sure there's an explanation somewhere about REM cycles or something making our time here pass quickly."

"Mm, could be, although I suspect you're still going to think it's magic no matter what I tell you." Senku snorted lightly and then reached out to grasp Gen's hand and pull it to him.

Then he slipped what was now a flower bracelet over his wrist and let go of him again.

That would teach him to give him a bouquet of flowers.

Gen grinned. "I'd say here I have the strongest argument for magic being afoot, don't I?"

When Senku reached for his hand, Gen didn't think to resist, letting his arm be tugged and used for whatever his scientist needed to do. Which, this time at least, was something extraordinarily nice. Whoever didn't think that Senku could be sweet wasn't paying any attention.

Pointing it out annoyed him, however, and he's already teasing about the magic thing. Gen let that go unsaid, simply smiling at his new present with a soft, very fond expression. He would tell him, quiet and honest, "Thank you, Senku-chan."

"What are you thanking me for? I just returned your gift back to you." Senku pointed out a little dryly, but that was pretty much par for the course for him.

"We'll see what we can find out about this magic. I suppose since we're just taking a nap I don't have to focus on my current calculations."

That, and Gen was clearly sleep-stalking him.

Love was a gift that could be given again and again. But that was something that Gen simply conveyed with a little, cheeky smile, and he winked. "But look how much better it is now, my dear. You always improve upon my ideas."

Gen smiled smugly. "I have already realized this is the best way to get you to take an extended vacation. You know how long it's been?"

"Of course I do." Senku answered easily. "I just took a day off for Taiju and Yuzuriha's wedding and before that we went on vacation in Spain five years ago for a full day. I remember you complaining about it."

He chuckled and shrugged. He didn't feel overworked. "I'm reasonably settled with my schedule, no one else has complained about it."

It was actually probably hard to complain to him about wanting time off if he wasn't going to take any.

"That's because it's my job to complain to you about it - and everyone knows it," Gen countered. Of course, he knew that work made him happy, nothing satisfied him more than a difficult problem. And yet, Gen believed that a more well rounded schedule of work and leisure would do Senku some good. It's a balance, of course. And now, "Given that there's nothing dire actively threatening the world, Senku-chan, a vacation was looming, dream or not."

"Here you go again." Senku grumbled lightly, although he didn't look that bothered.

"What do I need a vacation for? I get to do what I want every day...work, rest and bother you when you're in town."

"That is a delightful schedule for a normal work week," Gen told him, "but I'd argue periods of time away from work are beneficial to your mental health. You'd work me to the bone otherwise if I didn't insist on a break! I must argue the same for you."

"You're forgetting I like working." Senku responded just as easily. "And I rest eight hours a night."

He cackled. "I am no longer in charge of your schedule, now you have to complain to Ryusui if you want a vacation."

Gen reached to tug some of those scraggly bangs that hung from Senku’s head, just a playful little gesture. “That’s called sleep, my dear demented genius. And I do worry you’re not even getting those eight hours when I’m not there to supervise.”

He’s teasing. A little, anyway. Hearding Senku away from his work was something he had to do a bit when they were younger. Apparently he didn’t need to reinvent caffeine to try and pull all nighters.

“Ryusui-chan is too easy,” Gen sighed. “I can get whatever I want from him. And what’s good a vacation if I have no-one interesting to talk to, my dear?”

"You can't trick me, I wasn't born yesterday. I will neither confirm nor deny this and leave you to draw your own conclusions." Senku refused to say something that would incriminate him. When Gen was gone he was good most of the time.

"So what, you decided to dream stalk me so we could take an extended vacation together in a world full of magic?"

“What, when have I ever tricked you?” Gen asked, filled with false innocence. His voice nearly sang his words, light and playful. “You’re too suspicious of me, it’s as if you’re worried I’ll have you spill more secrets.”

Like when he tricked Senku into helping him figure out his birthday.

He hummed, folding his arms into his sleeves. “Yes, of course. I engineered this entire thing from the beginning.”

Senku leaned in, resting his hand on the nape of Gen's neck so he could speak much softer in his ear.

"If I was that easy to trick, you would hardly be interested in stalking me. You're just sore I can sometimes get one over on you." He teased in his ear.

"You would take credit."

Slight color arose past Gen's poker face, spreading from ear to ear. He shivered. It's a subtle little change, and probably not one another person could easily coax from the Mentalist. Senku had many years of experience by then. Gen tried to pretend he wasn't blushing, saying loftily, "You've gotten one over me so infrequently, of course they stick out in my mind out of mere novelty."

He leaned just slightly towards Senku, though, instead of moving away from this embarrassing conversation. Gen smirked - "If I'm to get the blame from you either way, of course I should take credit for such a illiant-bray idea."

"Is that so?" Senku snickered. "That's not how I remember it, I distinctly remember many times I've gotten one over on you and you complaining every single time. Are you suggesting my memory is faulty?"

"I'm suggesting you have a bias, just as everyone else does," Gen countered. There's a fond little lilt to his smirk now, he can't help it. Senku was definitely smart and devious enough to get one over on him. To beat him at games of cheating and manipulation, like poker. ~~What do you mean, poker wasn't supposed to be like that?~~

It's one of the reasons why he liked him so much. "Without that bias, you'll remember I have far more victories over you, my dear friend, than the other way around. I'm coming out on top."

"Uh huh. My bias. I wonder what Kohaku would say about that. I could always ask her when I wake up, just who she thinks is winning here." Senku teased, verbally poking at him.

"I think you'll find my memory is flawless."

{ flower festival 2023 }

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