{ dream faire: part 1 - festival }

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DREAM FAIRE: PART 1 - FESTIVAL

The first annual Reverein Dream Faire kicks off with an explosive burst of flower confetti and music. The town itself is blinged decked out with all kinds of jewels and decorations and everyone is in a festive spirit. The local townspeople and many of the fae who live outside of Reverein are gathering at the Riverside where all the activity has been set up and down the banks and neighboring streets. After a year of being in this world, although many have come and gone, others have started to think of this place as home, especially those who don't have anywhere to return to or just prefer it to what's waiting for them back home. Although there's no known way for the current Reverein residents to stick around permanently, everyone is enjoying their time and for all its ups and downs, the world has given something worth celebrating.

This is the first part of our double anniversary event! ICly, this log covers three days and is focused on just the festival portion of the anniversary event. The second part will go up Sunday, September 18th is here. For more details and questions, refer to the Dream Notes.

I. COSTUMES

The day of the Dream Faire has finally arrived and everyone must, absolutely must wear clothing that are fairytale or general fantasy themed. Even dressed as a casual peasant will do. But for those who would like something more creative, there are several boutiques that will have been open for days before the start of the faire and continue to remain open during it so that participants can rent or buy costumes as the faire goes on.

A. Fantasy Flair. Regardless where or how a costume is made, once within the faire grounds all costumes will have an additional "effect" where those wearing them may feel more inclined to "act out" what they're wearing. This is especially so for anyone modeling after a storybook character. Dreamotion abilities may also be "stylized" to fit the theme, which could come in handy for the games.

B. Runaway Outfits. A bit too much dreamotion magic ended up exploding in one boutique's selection of costumes and now the clothes have come to life and are flying amok through the streets and the riverbank. Some outfits are forcibly trying to put themselves on people while others are acting out their design. A set of pirate costumes with sword props are even trying to rob and pillage, though with mixed results as most of their "victims" are too surprised to pay much attention. Collect them all before they get damaged!

II. FESTIVAL FOOD

Stalls and vendors are lined up all along the Riverside and the streets, and many cafes and other eateries are open with special discounts. There are a lot a variety of styles and tastes for anyone to try, as well as the typical festival food, but there are some special Faire food and treats as well. Plenty of open picnic tables and blankets available so enjoy the refreshments! Just don't mind the singing fish that may occasional serenade those eating on the riverbank.

A. Cotton Candy Clouds. A special vendor is requesting customers to dreamotion up their own special cloud, particularly by mood. Happier moods will produce thick, fluffy clouds while sadder clouds are a bit thinner and more coarse. But that's alright because this vendor will take the clouds and sweeten them up no matter what they are! Even thunder clouds are welcome. With some special sugar, a dab of color, and some special dreamotion the clouds are now edible. Happy fluffy clouds will have a sweeter taste while stormy ones may have a spicy kick to them.

B. Firebreather Kebabs. These kebabs are the talk of the faire, daring any to take a bite to see if they can handle the extremely spicy taste. If one is able to handle the flames, they will be able to breathe fire for a few minutes. Of course, this does provide hazards, such as loose cloth and pennants catching on fire from overexcited eaters. And when there's alcohol nearby…

C. Honey Mead. Plenty of cat-bee honey was collected for the Faire and there are several stands and makeshift pubs set up for anyone to have a taste of the special Honey Mead. Even minors can have a taste as there is a low alcoholic version that is safe for consumption. Drinking it will leave anyone feeling giddy and festive. Just be on the look out for very small bumble bears and not so small honeycomb badgers. They're not aggressive, but they will be attracted to the Honey Mead and if they get the strong alcoholic versions…might get a bit more exciting.

D. Starfruit Candy and Jam. Special starfruit are available to be turned into candy or mashed into special jam. What makes these fruits special is when cut open, the inside looks like the starry skies and the jam will also appear like distant galaxies. The taste is also out of this world and can make for great gifts for friends! Anyone who is doing the glassblowing activity could use their jars here.

E. Wild Bliss, At Day's End Pop-up Cafe. A lively looking pop-up outdoor café has been setup on the faire grounds, and by the sign setup with it is called Wild Bliss, At Day's End. The closer the curious venture, the more clear it becomes that this is a collaboration of three restaurants in Reverein itself; At Day's End, Lady of Bliss, and The Wild Harvest. Reason behind the curious name! The food and drinks they provide are somewhat exclusive in the celebration of reaching the one year mark in this 'dreamy' town all have found themselves in. A seating area has been arranged so one does need to travel far to settle down and enjoy their treats:

Bountiful Taco (Wild Harvest): A tortilla bowl filled with vegetables both grilled and fresh, braised tender pork, and seasoned chopped steak. A mix of both Western and Eastern spices and marinades made to work in harmony for a delicious taco-bowlful of filling food. Comes with verde salsa on the side.
Radiant Tempest (Wild Harvest): A trio of bright and colorful tacos, filled with shrimp and other fresh caught seafood. Topped with pico de gallo that includes chopped apples, pineapple, and a splash of lime juice to help tie it all together like a refreshing drink. Comes with a choice of wine-infused salsa or spicy verde.
Taco Temptation (Wild Harvest): A choice of any color of the rainbow, these are waffle cone inspired taco shells filled with rolled ice cream, with a few various toppings of your choice! Enough sweetness and sugar to appease any sweet-tooth.

Azure Omen (At Day's End): A naturally cold, dark blue wine that glitters like ice, with a taste halfway between dry and sweet and hints of mineral flavors. When drunk, it may grant a change in luck for a period of time from mild to moderate, potentially increasing with the more consumed. Disclaimer: the luck is not always good.
Dawn in the Wildlands (At Day's End): A non-alcoholic punch consisting of white grape juice, peach concentrate, sparkling water, multiple fruits (limes, oranges, strawberries, cherries, and peaches), and mint.

Pudding Tapirs (Lady of Bliss): Steamed pudding shaped into a sleeping tapir on a cloud of whipped cream and people can jiggle em or slap their lil tapir bumbums
Dreamer Tarts (Lady of Bliss): Like little baked alaskas, a cloud of toasted meringue with a chocolate tapir on top, and cutting into the cloud reveals a scoop of ice cream over a lil cake.

III. FUN & GAMES

A. Leather Bags of Holding. Special leather bags can be made at this stall, with the option to either make one from scratch or decorate a ready made one. The sizes range from small pouches, to medium shoulderbags, to large backpacks. What makes these special are the special patterns that can be sewn on. If done using the proper amount of positive dreamotion, particularly ones filled with hopes and dreams of the future, the bags will be able to hold up to three times the amount they physically can hold.

B. Dreamglass. Wearing appropriate gear including gloves, aprons, and face shields, participants can use dreamotion to create their own special glass creations. One way is using the traditional technique of using a blowpipe to blow through the rod to expand the glass into any shape that is on their mind. The other is using special tools to sculpt their creation instead. Imagination is the only limit, and colors, decorations, and other accessories can be added. Even a memory could be imprinted on the glass.

C. Flower Swings. A few trees have flower swings installed and while some are for relaxing and enjoying a fun swing, there is one in particularly that actually spins like a swing carousel. Everyone hangs on tight for a thrilling ride—until there's a little too much excitement and the branches suddenly raise everyone up way too high, spin dangerously fast, or even shake the branches. Time to calm this ride down!

D. Dreamotion Dancing. A special dancing troupe has formed to perform unique dances supplemented by dreamotion to retell stories and scenes. With each movement, a scene is painted briefly in the air, each one so vivid it's almost like watching it first hand. They can also create other spectacles, kicking up dust made bunnies, ribbons rippling up a glittery storm, and making their musical instruments dance as they play. They invite anyone willing or unwilling to dance with them, encouraging others to find partners to try and create their own special dance. Perhaps the costumes will help add an extra flair.

E. Duels. What better way than to show one's combat skills by a friendly duel? However, to keep everyone safe, instead of real weapons everyone is given pool noodles foam weapons molded in the shape of their real counterparts. They are soaked with special paint so when one is hit, a red or blue color splashes to indicate the "injury" sustained. Dreamotion is also allowed to be used, with the only restriction that no one should enter with killing intent and anyone who goes overboard will be thrown out by these friendly looking ogres. (The only thing "friendly" looking about them are the flower crowns on their heads.)

F. Axing Redcaps. Show off your throwing skills by competing against each other and going through a short obstacle course filled with various targets. Players must throw their ax at designated red bordered targets, using dreamotion to give it an extra boost in speed, strength, and even direction. Don't hit any with the green borders! Bonus points are given to Redcaps that pop out—but wait, why are some of them real!? In the middle of a few games, real Redcaps will appear to try and steal goods, especially other axes and weapons. Capture or kill, they need to be stopped!

Comments

[blue_eyed_obsession]

At the sound of her voice, Kaiba looked towards her and instantly wondered how she had ended up with the more practical costume. As ridiculous as some people thought his regular attire was, at least nothing about it was long enough to drag the ground. Despite the surplus of fabric he carried himself with as much dignity as these parachute pants would allow. "I think I can handle a few bits of fabric." Not that he'd been able to stop them before, and he hadn't yet realized that some of the accessories had been animated as well. Also, he didn't intend to show them the same level of care that this lady did.

".. but if you want to waste your afternoon on gathering these, I won't stop you". In a way, he was accepting her assistance without formally doing so.

[grandduchess_anya]

“Okay then, I’m in. I can see a couple of them running towards that direction, we can scoop them up quickly since there are very few people in the area. Just watch out for any pirate costumes and props that could try to attack: terrifying objects to deal with,” she informs him as she points at the costumes that are running around and some bumping onto unlucky locals.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

"...." For a moment, Kaiba just stared at her. "Are you being serious, right now? I assure you I'm in no joking mood.." There wasn't anything about her body language to indicate that she was trying to pull one over on him, he really didn't want to hear that there was yet more strangeness to deal with. His shoulders slumped slightly in resignation.

"Greeeaaatt. Just what this day needed." He'd keep an eye out for the feisty accessories but he was still confident that he would get the upper hand. "What were you going to do with the costumes once you captured them?" They could always burn them.

[grandduchess_anya]

“No I’m not kidding. I really mean it. I’m not sure if this will help, but have you learn to use any dreamotion ability at the moment?” Anya asks him, not certain if Kaiba will like to answer.

“Simple, I will return the costumes back to the shops they came from. I am pretty sure that the people who made them will be wanting them back,” she explains to him.

Anya doesn’t want to risk incurring the wrath of other tailors and seamstresses by burning those costumes. Being a maker of clothing herself, she could see that a lot of effort has been poured onto making these costumes.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

It took all the effort in him not to snort at the mention of dreamotion powers. Like he hadn't had his fill of those recently, but it was all anyone ever seemed to talk about. "I've never needed to rely on magic to succeed in anything, I don't see why I should start now." These were likely words he would have to eat later, when he capitulated and utilized them himself. Right now, it was bad enough that he was even acknowledging their existence.

"Mm." He answered merely with an affirmative hum. Destroying the costumes would have been satisfying but it wouldn't score him any points with the populace. Even he had to admit that he wasn't in a position to make additional enemies.

Pity.

"I'll circle around to the left, you take the right." With that.. he took off, only staggering once as he adjusted to the new footwear, quietly hissing an oath under his breath as he did so. If he didn't end up catching his own costume on some protrusion from the nearby buildings he could consider himself fortunate.

[grandduchess_anya]

“Works like a good plan to me. We’ll meet up later as soon as we’re done collecting the costumes,” the Grand Duchess in armor agrees with him before she heads right to capture some rogue costumes.

She is pretty much glad that Pooka didn’t join in the faire right now because of how chaotic the town has gotten following the costumes coming to life. Otherwise she will be worrying about Pooka trying to claw the costumes off like they are terrible cats trying to rile him up. Nothing makes a costumer’s nightmare than an angry dog wanting to rip sentient clothing apart in rage.

Anya is able to spot a bunch of costumes that resembles fauns and she makes a quick mad dash towards them like she was trying to catch a runaway train. The faun costume upon seeing nearly panicked and they try to run away from her as far as possible.

But this is no mere prim Grand Duchess however as she has been of a tough and tumble kind of girl growing up both within palace and orphanage walls alike. The costumes give chase but Anya keeps running after them until they accidentally trip on loose rocks, causing them to stumble on their way out. Seeing this, Anya immediately jumps in to tackle them hard to make sure that they don’t escape her that easily.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

Once they parted ways, it didn't take long for the real festivities to begin. When he rounded the corner of the block he stopped suddenly when he didn't immediately spot anything dancing about in the air. Could the costumes actually... be hiding? Could they be that clever? Sucking in a breath he walked casually forward, senses on high alert just waiting for something to give.

The first clue he found was subtle, a fluttering of drapery only spotted via peripheral vision. Even though he knew there was something lurking underneath a merchant's table he didn't want to give away that he was on to it. For the time being he lingered in the area, pretending to be clueless as he looked into other stalls. Slowly, he worked his way back to where he'd seen the disturbance. He carefully pulled off the translucent boa he was sporting and wrapped the ends around each of his hands.

Then, most startlingly he kicked the table aside and lunged for the elven costume. he looped the boa around it and twisted it hard to restrict it's ability to move before crushing the costume against the ground and securing it. "One down..." And a mess to go with it. When the attendant ran out to check on his wares the brunette was quick to assign blame. "... this did it, but it's ok... It won't bother you again." Fortunately, the man seemed to buy it so Kaiba easily moved on.

The work proceeded on tirelessly, and the bundle of clothing kept growing. It wouldn't be long before it would be time to meet back up with that girl.

[grandduchess_anya]

“I’m sorry, costumes, but you have caused a lot of panic for the whole town in one day,” Anya informs the faun costumes as she gathers up them before proceeding to go after more runaway costumes.

She soon gets the attention of a pair of mischievous fairy wings by ringing bells at them as a distraction, which they took the sound bait very quickly before she gets them by the straps.

Soon enough, more costumes and costume pieces of various forms and sizes are gathered up on the road yet Anya never complains as she makes sure that no rogue costumes tries to run away from her sight. Thankfully she could see more people coming in to stop the costumes so she is feeling relieved that she and the brunet man won’t have to do this on their own.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

For as little complaining as she does, Kaiba more than makes up for it. After he'd gathered more than he could reasonably keep lugging around he returned back to the general area that he'd spotted her in before. Along the way, he also sees some others joining in on the task and he can't stop thinking about how stupid this all looks. At least no one could call him out either for the costume he was wearing nor the way he gathered his captees since everyone was similarly dressed up and engaged.

He finds the pile of clothes before he spots Anya, noting a disconcerting lack of cutlery. Even if he didn't want to admit it, he had heeded her warning about the pirate accessories and outfits. If they weren't here... then they could be plotting something.

................................................

Plotting something?

Clothes and a collection of stage weapons? Kaiba stopped in his tracks and briefly reassessed his own sanity before adding his haul to hers.

[grandduchess_anya]

As she checks around for any naughty pirate costumes on the loose, Anya carefully hauls the costumes and items she has been able to gather onto the pile. Who knows what sort of antics these possessed pirate costumes could be plotting at the moment? Either way, she really doesn’t want to get into any major fights with them right now.

Being a seamstress herself, she does make sure that none of the costumes have sustained any severe damages that would have rendered them unusable. Surely, she could repair a rip tear or sew an extra button as she wishes, but she doesn’t have her sewing kit with her today. Which is why she feels that bringing them back to their makers to fix them is probably for the best.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

"You didn't make out too badly," Kaiba commented offhandedly when he spotted the load the girl was carrying. If these had been anything more than misbehaving garments he might have even been impressed. The condition the clothes were in, didn't matter to him at all. He paid people to do all his tailoring for him, he didn't engage in the activity himself so he was not having the same sort of anxious anxiety she must be feeling to see things made right.

"I'm noticing a distinct lack of one genre of fantasy wear..." Pointing out what she'd likely already seen for herself.

[grandduchess_anya]

“Hm, that is interesting. It seems to be missing from the costumes, accessories, and props we have gathered so far,” Anya muses on the thought as she checks on the costume pile.

She could see a huge variety in genres as far as the eyes can see, but a certain type of fantasy genre is suspiciously missing and it may or may not be pirates. Where could those things be at?

[blue_eyed_obsession]

"I.... hate to admit it, but I have a bad feeling about this." Looking to the assembled items, he very seriously added. "We should make sure these are tightly secured unless we want to go on more wild goose chases." Yeah, he went there. Seto Kaiba implied that he thought the pirate costumes might plan to stage a coup d'état and free the other costumes.

".... I've been in this place too long..." He expelled a sigh.

[grandduchess_anya]

“Let me see what are the options we could go for. One suggestion would be trying to make some sort of magic shield that would prevent from escaping out watch? Placing a charm on them could keep them in place too if we have the right tools. Or we have them stuck inside a net to prevent any movement from them,” Anya brings some of her suggestions.

She has some concerns about the costumes causing more troubles after they got rounded up or if the pirate costumes could strike at them without warning.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

"....... Let's stick to the net," Expressing his aversion to the magical suggestions. "That we can weight down with something solid so even if these things start trying to struggle free on their own, they won't be able to budge it." With that said he surveyed the area with his eyes looking for stones, bricks, a discarded wheel barrow... anything he could repurpose. "And we'll tie off the end."

If they were lucky, there was no nefarious plot at all.. and the pirate costumes were just exceptionally good at evading detection. Kaiba just didn't feel that lucky. Not lately.

[grandduchess_anya]

“Then the net it is. Sounds like a more reasonable choice,” she nods in return, noting Kaiba’s non-existent interest to putting up with anything magic related, “Luckily for us, I have seen stores selling rope nets and fishing nets that we can use to keep in them place. I can grab some as fast as I can.”