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laughswithfan ([personal profile] laughswithfan) wrote2011-04-23 01:00 pm
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Cherry Blossoms are Pretty!

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[Abandoned are the heavy royal robes she usually wears in favor of this much more lightweight spring kimono covered in colorful butterflies. In her hair she wears the peach flower clips Elder gave her in amongst several butterfly pins that match her outfit. Ok, so the peach flower clips weren’t really cherry blossoms… but they were close! As she spins around to face the Network device one can catch the glitter of a pretty necklace worn around her neck and make note of the child-friendly small pink camera in her hand. ]

Isn’t this pretty!

[She asks the Network while waving her camera-free hand at the Cherry Blossom trees in full bloom. ]

On Fahren we have a festival every year when the Cherry Blossom trees bloom. We aren’t sure how the tradition started… even if Elder gave us a boring lecture about it this morning we didn’t really listen… but, we think it would be fun to have one here in the City too!
So, if you have some free time we set up a little festival of our own in Xanadu. We can have a picnic and watch the Cherry Blossom trees!

We invite everyone!


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[Aska’s little festival was actually a picnic set up under one of the bigger Cherry Blossom trees so that while the food was being enjoyed the guests would be able to smell the delicate cherry aroma and gaze at the gorgeous blossoms up close. A lavish feast had been set up on the soft checkered blankets full of what look to be Chinese or maybe Japanese style dishes… of course they were really all cuisine items from Fahren! The Hanami Dango was a main attraction, it’s beautiful tri-colored sweet rice dumplings glittering in the filtered sunlight, enticing passersby. Also included were Aska’s favorite snack, peach dumplings… which only look like a peach in color. It reality they are a Chinese Fahren steamed bun in the shape of a peach, with lotus paste filling and colored to look like a pink peach with green leaves.
Aska herself alternates between entertaining guests, taking photos, drinking her tea, and nibbling on the yummy treats she brought. She is very active and never seems to stay on one task for more than a few minutes, but she always drops whatever she is doing to say hello to those lucky people who have decided to accept her offer to join her.
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[OOC: It’s a Cherry Blossom Festival and Aska wants to celebrate! Feel free to join her little flower viewing party. ]

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Good! We will make sure to save you a few peach dumplings…

We keep eating them all.
axeofoath: (That room is looking dusty...)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-24 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Th-thank you, Lady Aska! In return, perhaps I should bring something for you.

[Something that isn't a sweet!]

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
You don’t have to bring anything…

[TRYING not to be greedy… and failing a little. ]

But we do wonder what it would be!
axeofoath: (fondly)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-24 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a good thing Gremio feels that bringing gifts is a part of good manners!]

Oh, don't worry. It's only right after you put so much work into setting up an entire festival for everyone. I'm afraid I can't make anything quite as elaborate as what you have, but I'll try my best!
Edited 2011-04-24 01:49 (UTC)

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
If you want to!

[So excited over this you have no idea! Kids are so easy to please. ]

We will be waiting for you, Gremio. Oh and…

[Here, more detailed instructions for just where in Xanadu her picnic is. ]

Don’t forget to bring a camera! It’s fun to take pictures of the Cherry Blossoms.
axeofoath: (Oh. Master Teo. You were there?)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-24 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[He smiles! Kids are so worrying but also so wonderful.]

Oh, thank you! This will certainly help.

[However, he still thinks of his device as being "magic"...]

A...a camera? Ah, perhaps a painter...

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
A camera is like a fast painter.

[Said with authority while holding her little pink camera up to the… er… camera of the Network Device. ]

You don’t know what these are either? We were given this as a present during Christmas!
axeofoath: (I could cook that...)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-24 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
That little item? I-I see...

[Really, he doesn't understand at all.]

How quickly does it paint?

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
As soon as we press the button! And then we have to take the camera to the… We forget what it was called… but then they will develop the picture for us!

[not the best source of information this one… ]

But, you don’t have to sit still for very long at all! That is the part we like the best.
axeofoath: (Oh. Master Teo. You were there?)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-24 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I suppose it is convenient to have them ready so quickly--but it sounds quite impressive. Does it work by magic?

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[blink... blink... ]

… Maybe…?

We actually never thought to ask what made it work… We only asked how to use it.
axeofoath: (and that is how we prepare rabbit stew!)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-24 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps someone will know, however...Surely such a small device can only be powered by magic! A simple machine couldn't do that.

[So certain it's the answer!]

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-24 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Autozam has some weird small machines… It could be like something from there.

[Doesn’t really care how it works though. ]

We just like that it is fast and we can make lots of pictures!
axeofoath: (fondly)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-25 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah...is Autozam another country?

[Not that he'd understand even if it was explained to him.]

That is very convenient! I do hope you make lots of good pictures, Lady Aska.

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-25 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It is… and they have all kinds of weird technology. Even big metal robots that look like Rune Gods…

[Not that she will make it any easier to understand. ]

We will! Then we will get a book to put our pictures in. You can see them when we are done arranging them.
axeofoath: (I forgot the carrots!)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-25 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
R...robots--th-that look like gods?!

[He has no idea what a robot is, but anything that looks like a god must be spectacular.]

Yes, that sounds like a good way to take care of them. I look forward to it.

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-25 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
We like the Rune gods better.
[Waves a dismissive hand as if this kind of thing is completely normal. ]
axeofoath: (Oh. Master Teo. You were there?)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-26 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
D-do they--Have you interacted with them?

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Well… no… we haven’t even seen them… BUT THEY SOUND CUTER!
axeofoath: (don't trip!!)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-26 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
Gods that...s-sound cute, you say? Shouldn't they be, ah...dignified, perhaps?

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-26 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
One of them is a dragon! We think dragons are very cute!
axeofoath: (I forgot the carrots!)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-27 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
A dragon--L-Lady Aska, you find dragons cute?

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[identity profile] laughswithfan.livejournal.com 2011-04-27 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn’t everyone?

We think a dragon would make a great pet!
axeofoath: (don't trip!!)

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[personal profile] axeofoath 2011-04-27 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, w-well, I suppose they're helpful if they've been tamed, b-but--they're still quite dangerous!