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personavelvetroomdr2025-04-11 07:47 pm
wipingallout) wrote in personavelvetroomdr2025-04-11 07:47 pm
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Cherry Blossom Evening Party
Throughout the week, Hamuko has messaged the vast majority of people she's met so far - and eagerly invited them to come meet at Inokashira Park starting at 5pm.
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You're invited to an evening sushi-party-turned-hanami-picnic-party! I've organized a bunch of cognitive chefs and performers to come to that park on the listed date/time.
I've sent this to you because you were part of one of the three teams that helped with fighting Fatalis or rescuing Falcon and Wolf (or are Falcon and Wolf themselves!!) - we've all busted our butts a lot lately, so I think we deserve to have something nice together too!
Of course, the party is open if you have any +1s or more. But before spring turns into summer, let's celebrate what we've all accomplished together!
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The Venue...
Inokashira Park has a lovely river and trail and a phenomenal collection of cherry blossom trees. They're in the tail end of their season, filling the air with petals like snowfall.
In a large open area, Hamuko's arranged a ton of picnic blankets for people to claim and sit down on, though each blanket is HUGE to accommodate people sitting with as many people as they can handle! There are cozy pillows for sitting on too, stacked neatly to be borrowed.
There's a truly humongous row of tables laid out with an impressive amount of sushi presented. With a few trucks nearby, it seems there's a few sushi chefs making fresh platters of it to lay out through the night.
Similarly, there are food carts along the trails if you're not in the mood for sushi and would rather have some more traditional fare like dango, taiyaki, matcha, takoyaki... it's got the place lively and smelling fantastic! There's sake for the adults, and some cherry-blossomed themed mocktails for minors.
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Activities
There's a few set out activities besides just chowing down and socializing or walking along the lantern-lit trails under the cherry blossoms! Inoshikara Park has always had cute little swan pedal boats or regular rowboats for 'rental' (not that money matters here).
The area is SO pretty, perfect for taking pictures to have as keepsakes. There's even a booth to claim a yukata and privately change into it, if you want to go the extra mile!
Finally, in lieu of a traditional band or modern concert, Hamuko has picked out a large set of speakers connected to a small karaoke stage and screen - menace the party with your sing-along! Get a little boost to your Guts!!
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And his eyes fell on a little knitted bird with a white scarf.
But Wolf wasn't listening. A dozen emotions crossed his face all at once, primary among them being confusion and... hurt? "I don't- I don't understand," he said, after several seconds, and Rookmon trailed off, falling silent.
"I don't understand. I tried to kill you, I- why? Why would you..." It was handmade. It had to be. You couldn't just get things like this in shops. "Why?! I don't even know you, you were just-" Maybe it was some lingering lack of filter from the dungeon, maybe he was just... out of any ability to mask, right now- but that only sparked more confusion. Why was it hard to breathe all of a sudden, why did this- hurt? It had to be a joke. People didn't do this. But he couldn't spot the trick, couldn't work out what the angle of attack was. "You just showed up for the TV thing, I don't..."
Sensing, perhaps, some of this, Rookmon took the moment to place a wing on his arm. "I don't understand," he finished, hollowly.
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"If my friends'd let the fact that they didn't really know me and I was an asshole when they got concerned stop 'em, I'd be dead. It's what you do, when there's TV world shit." And indeed, if Wolf ends up backreading the network from around the time the dungeons kicked off, Kanji was right there telling everyone how TV world shit usually works.
But that's not why he made the plushie.
"Besides. I was fourteen and alone and angry once, and it wasn't that long ago. I was lucky enough to still have Mom, and Inaba doesn't have a whole lot in the way of trouble, but I definitely still went lookin' for it. I know what it feels like, maybe not to end up in that deep of shit but to feel like you might as well because nobody cares."
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But... he pulled the little knitted bird in close to himself, not knowing what else to do with it- but certainly that it was Precious, that he didn't dare let it go, as though it would vanish if he released his grip.
He opened his mouth to speak, but all that came out was a heavy, slightly choked sound.
Wolf... didn't say anything. But he nodded.
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From the looks of the dungeon? Never. Not necessarily his mom's fault, but just about everyone else's since.
"Long as we're stuck here, if you need somethin' you can come bug me. I'm usually in the textile shop."
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He paused, thinking, for a moment. "Tatsumi Textiles. I don't know why I didn't make the connection, before. So Inaba's your home town."
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Also might explain why his first thought was 'make this kid a plushie.'
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The last thing this kid needs is to go back to thinking he's alone, but Kanji knows from experience that it's not always easy to take the hand someone's offering.