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FEBRUARY EVENT PT 2
FEBRUARY EVENT PT 2
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→ 2/14 Valentine's Day
- In the snowing days approaching the 14th, Hirajiro has been bustling with energy. Young girls and women huddle together in the stores, discussing and examining different ingredients and cute gift wrap for their honmei chocos, while the boys and men either boast about how much chocolate they'll get or secretly hope that they'd get something special from their loved ones. Bright pink and red decortations litter the windows and doors of the marketplace and large signs announce their special Valentine's Day specials. Amongst them are handmade posters that mention a Group Date taking place at the local maid cafe with a first free round of refreshments or desert.
When the special day finally arrives, restaurants are packed with couples and an abundance of chocolates are passed around, including both giri chocos and tomo chocos for those singles so they aren't left out. Anyone going anywhere as a pair, whether they're actually together or not, are complimented by the locals, whether they're innocent little comments, such as how cute they look together, to the more invasive questions, such as when they're finally going to get married. It's a busy day for the town and the fortunate, or unfortunate, who pass by the maid cafe will be forcefully dragged in by either Rei or her old coworkers. Without another word, they'd be seated at a table of either two or four. Unfortunately, there isn't enough space for tables of eight, so this is the best that they could do. Maids and the occasional butler will sometimes seat themselves at the table to also participate, but mostly if someone looks particularly lonely, so don't worry.
Everyone gets to be loved today!
→ 2/15 - 2/25 Festivals
- The following days continue to be as lively as the previous. Old decorations are torn down and new signs are put up, annoucing sales on their leftover Valentine's day inventory. The streets replace the crowds of couples with food stands selling mochi and sake and snow huts that vary in size. Most of them are small, just big enough to host a small alter with a candle and an offering of rice wine and daifuku for the gods, but some overly ambitious townspeople build a few that are large enough to house entire people.
The town remarks on how lucky they are to have snowfall only a few days before the Kamakura Snow Festival. The Gods, specifically the Daitengu in the mountains, must have blessed them so they may celebrate. For the 15th and 16th, many of the children laugh as they make their little huts and throw snowballs at each other while the adults drink and enjoy their little winter wonderland.
As quickly as the snow came, it leaves only a few days later. Hirajiro returns to its quiet and peaceful state until the 25th. Two weeks after its original date, the Kasedori Festival begins. They're behind this year, due to the lack of volunteers to dress in nothing but a loincloth and a straw coat, but after some "gentle" coaxing, they finally have enough men to run around.
They begin by running around a bonfire set in the center of the town before they split up and terrorize the town, crying out bird sounds as they dance around. It is encouraged for members of the town to dump entire buckets of water on these poor volunteers in order to pray for fire prevention and a prosperous year. Of course, they will shake violently to dry themselves so there may be some literal backlash, but overall, it's a fun and eventful day.
If you're not one of the unfortunate few who got dragged into becoming a strawman, of course, and if you don't stick around the streets during that following Lockdown. Rather than the usual black blobs of Shadows, there appears to be a mob of Warajis wandering the streets, formed from the pieces of straws left on the ground. They screech and invade houses, destroying whatever they can get their little chicken hands on. What a peaceful ending.
→ MOD NOTES
- ⬥ As of 2/3, the Daitengu, Miyamoto-no-Yamazaki (aka Hiroto), began staying at the Black Cat house. Placing a special barrier around both the main house and clubhouse, anyone who approaches the houses and is not a Persona user will find themselves suddenly confused and turn around, walking somewhere else until they forget that they even appraoched the homes.
⬥ All the pieces of the final ofuda have now been collected. With four ofudas, the door back home can be opened. A team meeting may be smart to hold to discuss what to do.
⬥ The townspeople continue to remain in an oblivious state regarding Personas or anything supernatural.
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[ With some of her npc friends helping, she will probably enjoy it. Speaking of npcs, here is their grumpy waiter who will set down their food without a single word uttered. He's just here for the paycheque, he has no care for customer service, so after putting everything down, he immediately leaves. ]
Looks delicious! Do you want any of my food, Tokidoki? You didn't order a lot!
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[He's a coffee person, but tea is simple to make. Water, leaves, boil, pour... does he boil it? Is it just simmering? Can he use the microwave? If they run out of one kind of tea, is it okay to mix in leaves from something else? Will anyone notice?
Toki doesn't mind the uninterested waiter. This isn't a day for intrusive socializing like the maid cafe.]
I'll eat what you don't want!
[He doesn't expect there to be much, if anything, left over. But Rei doesn't have her own stomach.]
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Okay!
[ Rei definitely doesn't have her own stomach and it shows when she only makes it halfway into her plate of pancakes. ]
... bleh, I feel full...
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[Half a stack of pancakes? Toki is horrified, not immediately thinking of Kokichi's body being the cause, but that Rei is getting sick.]
But... you barely ate anything.
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Mmhm... it feels like I ate too much...
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Maybe you can't fit as much food in that body.
[Rei is an anomaly after all. She eats three times as much as Toki, maybe more, and he's a large person. Kokichi is not, and it stands to reason he doesn't have a black hole in place of a stomach.]
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[ Sorry, Kokichi, but Rei isn't a fan. She already hoped that this wasn't permanent, but now she really hopes that she'll return to her own body soon. ]
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[He tries to sound reassuring, but he really has no idea how long she'll be Kokichi.]
Maybe there are other things we can do that you can only do with that body?
[What are those things? He's not sure... He suddenly slams his hand on the table with what he thinks is a brilliant idea.]
We can go to the bathhouse!
[And enjoy it together. He's not thinking about how many naked men Rei would see.]
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Oh! You're right, we can now be on the same side!
[ ............. ]
... wait, that means that I'll be on the men's side!
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[Toki's now disappointed he didn't turn into a girl. That would be a good time.]
The same side!
[Now it hits him. Oh my god. He can't have those men staring at Rei... but they wouldn't be, because she'd be Kokichi... but what if she turns back half-way through?]
No bathhouse! Bad idea!
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No bathhouse!! Not unless you get me a blindfold!!
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Absolutely no bathhouse!!
[The diner staff can only ignore so much, and now they're being watched.]
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But what about the parts where you have to wear a swimsuit?! That should be okay, I think!!
[ Once the yelling has started, it's hard to tone it down, even for simple questions such as these. ]
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[Toki can picture the lecherous old men eyeing Rei's chest.]
Oh! But you could wear a shirt and then problem solved~!
[A solution presents itself.]
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[ She buries her face into her hands, ten times more embarrassed than she already was. She won't be raising her head anytime soon, but she will at least mumble. ]
But now it's not something that we can do only while I'm in this body... we could do that even when I'm back to normal.
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[Toki had forgotten what their conversation was about initially. Now, he thinks hard on anything that Rei can only do as Kokichi.]
You can write your name in the snow~!
[Oh my god. He makes a strangled noise after that suggestion; at least he hadn't gone into detail.]
Nevermind! That's a bad idea!
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Are girls not allowed to write their names in the snow?
[ Why does she have to be a boy to do this??? ]
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[Toki turns red, and looks anywhere but Rei. He's supposed to be honest, so does not telling her things count? Does he have to say it?]
You pee in the snow and write with your-
[Kill him now.]
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Is that what you do, Tokidoki?!
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[He's very glad they're not in the maid cafe.]
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So Zen, T-chan, Mo-chan, Hibiki-kun, Wei-san, Akira, Nero, Sasuke, Leader, and Vice Leader also do it?! You're all terrible!!
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Well, maybe not Sasuke...
[He really can't imagine Sasuke doing that.]
But it's a right of passage to becoming a man! It's like, tradition!
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[ She will not budge on this. She is really hoping that she can go back to her own body soon... ]
But if Sasuke didn't do it, does that mean he's not a man?!
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[Something to discuss with Sasuke. Toki hasn't bothered him much after the awkward attempts at getting him to socialize at the bathhouse. It could be a bonding experience.]
I'll have to ask!
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[ Because she will never be able to look at Sasuke the same way again... not that she can look at any of the guys the same way after this. ]
Umm, I'm done eating so let's get takeout boxes for everything? Maybe we can just cuddle at home?
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