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Entry tags:
- #event,
- [marvel | imaa] pepper potts,
- [original character] devin parker,
- [realm of the elderlings] the fool,
- [tales of symphonia] sheena fujibayashi,
- † [houseki no kuni] padparadscha,
- † [idol time pripara] hibiki shikyoin,
- † [kamen rider ooo] eiji hino,
- † [soul eater] death the kid,
- † [the librarians] eve baird,
- † [ultraman geed] kei fukuide,
- † [yu-gi-oh! dm] yami bakura
[EVENT] THE TIES THAT BIND US
Characters: Everyone!
Date: February 14-28
Location: All around Aifaran
Situation: The last two weeks of February celebrate Tine's Commemoration, a celebration of renewing friendships and signaling forgiveness.
Warnings/Rating: Shouldn't need any, but add to subject lines as needed!
During the last week of February, the mood shifts around the city. The tension over the missing Kin'nal girl eases some, and there's a lot of talk of renewal and remembrance. In the days leading up to the 14th, some shopkeepers begin reorganizing to make space to feature knotworks and related crafts, and photos on Xa Xa feature knots in process, some made by special artisans. If asked, they will say that all of this is in preparation for Tine's Commemoration, two weeks that are dedicated to renewing and recognizing friendships, forgiving past grievances, and recognizing our most important ties through an exchange of intricately tied knots.
There are specific knots and knot colors meant to signify different kinds of relationships. Friendship knots come in white and blue. White is for the bond of new friends, blue to recognize the joy of old friends. The blue knots typically are added together in a series, one made for each year of the friendship and tied to each other sequentially. More complicated knots are made when forgiving a grudge or past grievance, or to tell someone that they are considered family. While not a major focus of the exchange, there are also multi-colored knots for romantic relationships.
In recognition of this tradition's roots, there is also an ornate tassel knot made for those who have been lost. The color signifies if they have been lost to death (black, often laced with another color like blue for the sea) or the Dreaming (gray). Most have the person's name woven into them, either on a metal disc or a piece of fabric. Rather than being worn, these knots are hung by the door as a waysign: come home; your spirit may rest here.
Shops around the city sell these knots, but there are also ample opportunities to tie your own! The Tifaut in particular take this tradition to heart and have areas set up at several of the city's parks and civic centers, including one at the Dreaming Bridge. They teach knot-making and provide materials (with a suggested donation for those who can afford it), or you can bring your own cord! Making knots of recycled material, like old clothing or retired fishing rope, can add special meaning to the creation - some believe that doing so means sharing a part of yourself with the intended recipient.
Knots can be worn as jewelry or braided into hair (or sometimes hair itself gets tied, with one friend attending to the other's hairdo), and it's customary to keep them on your person throughout the month. While they can be given or exchanged all on their own, it isn't uncommon for knots to come with small gifts or trinkets as well. After February comes to a close, it's important to store the knots somewhere safe, often in a special box or bag with numerous pockets.
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OOC Notes: This is an open, game-wide event for your characters to participate in (or try and avoid, if they're that type) as much or little as they want to. New Dreamfolk are always popular integrations of these kinds of festivals in the city, so you can write yours attracting lots of positive attention if you'd like.
Provided below are some starters, but you can make your own too if none of these work for you!
Date: February 14-28
Location: All around Aifaran
Situation: The last two weeks of February celebrate Tine's Commemoration, a celebration of renewing friendships and signaling forgiveness.
Warnings/Rating: Shouldn't need any, but add to subject lines as needed!
During the last week of February, the mood shifts around the city. The tension over the missing Kin'nal girl eases some, and there's a lot of talk of renewal and remembrance. In the days leading up to the 14th, some shopkeepers begin reorganizing to make space to feature knotworks and related crafts, and photos on Xa Xa feature knots in process, some made by special artisans. If asked, they will say that all of this is in preparation for Tine's Commemoration, two weeks that are dedicated to renewing and recognizing friendships, forgiving past grievances, and recognizing our most important ties through an exchange of intricately tied knots.
There are specific knots and knot colors meant to signify different kinds of relationships. Friendship knots come in white and blue. White is for the bond of new friends, blue to recognize the joy of old friends. The blue knots typically are added together in a series, one made for each year of the friendship and tied to each other sequentially. More complicated knots are made when forgiving a grudge or past grievance, or to tell someone that they are considered family. While not a major focus of the exchange, there are also multi-colored knots for romantic relationships.
In recognition of this tradition's roots, there is also an ornate tassel knot made for those who have been lost. The color signifies if they have been lost to death (black, often laced with another color like blue for the sea) or the Dreaming (gray). Most have the person's name woven into them, either on a metal disc or a piece of fabric. Rather than being worn, these knots are hung by the door as a waysign: come home; your spirit may rest here.
Shops around the city sell these knots, but there are also ample opportunities to tie your own! The Tifaut in particular take this tradition to heart and have areas set up at several of the city's parks and civic centers, including one at the Dreaming Bridge. They teach knot-making and provide materials (with a suggested donation for those who can afford it), or you can bring your own cord! Making knots of recycled material, like old clothing or retired fishing rope, can add special meaning to the creation - some believe that doing so means sharing a part of yourself with the intended recipient.
Knots can be worn as jewelry or braided into hair (or sometimes hair itself gets tied, with one friend attending to the other's hairdo), and it's customary to keep them on your person throughout the month. While they can be given or exchanged all on their own, it isn't uncommon for knots to come with small gifts or trinkets as well. After February comes to a close, it's important to store the knots somewhere safe, often in a special box or bag with numerous pockets.
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OOC Notes: This is an open, game-wide event for your characters to participate in (or try and avoid, if they're that type) as much or little as they want to. New Dreamfolk are always popular integrations of these kinds of festivals in the city, so you can write yours attracting lots of positive attention if you'd like.
Provided below are some starters, but you can make your own too if none of these work for you!
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You went out of your way to make this harder on other people. Why? Just because you don't want to participate?
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[ She's not going to be able to say it. ]
--such a theme!
[ Maybe if she hunkers down behind this barricade he'll forget she's here and go away. ]
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A friendship day? That's what you're so upset about?
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This is totally about friendship day. ]
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[This is just so ridiculous.]
Why do you have such a problem with friendship?
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[ This is true on more levels than she's hoping to allude.
She has deep-rooted, personal, soul-wracking reasons to not wish to be casually offered a token of friendship! This trauma has directed the trajectory of her life!
But mostly, right now, she's just pissy that this barricade does not appear to be keeping annoying people away. Could there be a fault in the construction? ]
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[He's not going to make her talk about something that she doesn't want to, but it doesn't mean he's not going to start trying to take some of the chairs down.]
But it doesn't mean you have the right to make it harder on the people who do want to celebrate.
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Wh-what are you doing?!
[ Yes, she'd just been considering their ineffectiveness, but - ]
Replace those!
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[ Hibiki reaches up to try to hold onto the latest chair that Eiji is attempting to wrest from her. ]
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Well, you shouldn't have done this.
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[ Hibiki can't manage to hold onto the chair. She lets go, and ends up falling backwards. ]
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She won't risk it. She begins picking herself up instead, one knee at a time. ]
Well, this was clearly a flawed design. I'll regroup with a superior approach.
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If you really don't want to be part of this, why not just stay in your room?
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[ She has a roommate. It makes her unhappy. ]
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[ So perhaps she could go back to her room. But then he might show up later. And that would be irritating. Not on a personal level - in other circumstances she feels he might make decent company - but it's the idea of the thing.
And the idea of the thing is always the most important part. ]
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Just don't...don't impose on others just because you don't want to put up with something.
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Hibiki sighs, gestures to the chairs. She turns away. ] As a barricade, these are useless. Take them.
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[Eiji just starts taking some of the chairs back. At least he won the argument, but he still feels like at least, he should offer some kind of consolation advice.]
If you really don't want to be anywhere near this, then why not find somewhere else in the city to be? Just...hang out somewhere, away from everyone for a bit, and then come back later.
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Just take the chairs and let her stew. This is a magnificent, graceful method of solving her problem. ]