Get the Fish! [Open]

[amnesiadragon]

Who: Ryu and Everyone!
Which: Open log!
Where: Near the theater house and all along the river!
What: Ryu wants to share his birthday with everyone. This means sharing his love of fishing with everyone. Come and join!
Warnings: There should be none, if no one makes trouble.

Welcome to the

Dragon Fish Fest!


In celebration of Ryu's birthday (or 'birthday') there's a commotion by the river. Near the theater house there's a tent set up to keep pollen away as well as provide shade for anyone who needs it. There's a hand-painted sign that explains the process.

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🎣 I - The Tent

The tent has a few chairs set up along with a small plastic table. There's a trophy on top of the table, along with some fishing lures set out in front of it. There's a few spare fishing rods as well as a bucket of worms wriggling around and... possibly being gross. There's a lid on the bucket, but occasionally a brave worm will make it out...

Get ready and mingle, ask questions of the people gathered around, or start admiring the prizes - the day is young and it looks like a lovely time ahead of you all, so start getting ready! And check your supplies - it wouldn't do to get caught out without everything you need!

🎣 II - The River

The river is teeming with fish - it's not exactly packed scale to scale with them, but with a little patience, skill, and luck most kinds of freshwater fish from all kinds of worlds can be found. From Hylian Loach to Martian Squid, get out there and find whatever weird kinds of fish your hearts desire. (Just be reasonable about it, for the sake of your fishing rods if nothing else!)

Of course, things are known to happen - sometimes a fish will steal your bait. Sometimes a fish might leap out of the water and smack you in the face. Sometimes a fish might... sing to you? It's a dream world, after all. These are dream fish, so who knows what they're going to do?

🎣 III - The Ceremony

Everything has been leading up to this. In the evening, everyone is gathered around to see who the winner is of the biggest fish prize. The runners up are getting some of the fishing lures, but the winner is going to get the trophy. There's a little bit of a commotion from the front though as Ryu seems to be slightly... panicky.

"A-are you sure? Are you really sure that no one else did - um. Okay." He turns to look at the rest of the group and ducks his head. "I... um. I guess - I guess I should announce the winner. I... the winner is... um. The winner is... um... me?" His voice is a little more than a squeak, but... well. Protest if you'd like, but there's definitely a sheet with the fish sizes written down.

[[ooc; This result was chosen by RNG from those signed up on the OOC post! ... On three different dice. I swear they all came up with the same number.]]

🎣 IV - The Feast

The smell of fish wafts from the tent as the evening turns towards night. Fish have been de-boned and skewered, treated with a variety of toppings and spices and lack thereof. A few people seem to have brought other food and drink - Ryu's brought some beef and some mashed potato, which may or may not go with fish depending on your opinion.

The fire's roaring and the insects are buzzing. It's a perfect night to just hang out by the gently flowing river and talk - or get up to shenanigans. The latter is up to you.

Comments

[amnesiadragon]

"Of course." He smiles at the very large man, patting the ground next to him. "Everyone's welcome, especially at my birthday party."

He rocks a little, happily. "It's really nice to see people enjoying themselves here."

[beshackled]

"It is," he replies, setting the fish to grill. "'Tis not often we get to simply enjoy an event without something going awry."

Fish in place, Erichthonios looks over the word with an approving gaze before turning to face the youth once again. "Pray excuse me just a moment. I must fetch the chair I was using."

He doesn't want the gift he'd been so thoughtfully given to get lost.

[amnesiadragon]

He looks at the other curiously and then nods. If it helps him...

While he waits he stares into the fire and tries to just think of good things. He's surrounded by so many good people...

[beshackled]

Gone for but a short while, he returns with the wooden chair Naoya had given him some months ago, setting it upon the ground before making use of it to sit.

"Do you go fishing often? You seemed an expert at the skill."

[amnesiadragon]

Oh! What a good idea. He's used to sitting on the ground but it's not for everyone.

"I do it when I can. I also did it a lot in my last world... it helped keep our supplies healthy and we traded them quite a lot. It's one of the few hobbies I have, eheh..."

[beshackled]

"Your supplies... Did you travel, then?"

It is only a guess. But he finds himself interested in the boy's story.

[amnesiadragon]

"Yes. This is the first place I've ever had a... a home, I guess. I mean, my friends are my home." He presses his hand to his chest and smiles.

"As you might expect from me only being a year old, I don't have a lot of... experience with a lot of things."

[beshackled]

"Only a year?" Did he hear that right? "Are the years very long on your star? Or do your people just mature very quickly?"

[amnesiadragon]

"Aheh. Neither. I'm... not a normal person. I wasn't born, I was summoned." How to even explain? "I have no memory of where I was before - I might not even have existed, because the only reason I'm a separate person is because the summoning went wrong. I'm only half of a summoned being, in truth - the other half of me showed up a long time ago."

He nods seriously to Ericthonios. "I was summoned by people to help them. People worship those who are summoned like I was like gods. But I don't feel like a god - I'm powerful, but I'm just a person."