SCHOOL FESTIVAL

[afterlifer]

WHO: Everyone!
WHAT: School Festival / Arriving in the Afterlife!
WHEN: 9/30/2012. Morning through evening.
WHERE: All around! Mostly at the school, since it is a school festival!
WARNINGS: Potential violence, but since everyone's already dead it's not like it matters, BUT FOR THE MOST PART HUNKY DORY PG! So PG+V? That works.
SUMMARY: A school festival! Details here!

No matter where it is you woke up, if it's near buildings the sounds of merriment are all around. The shouts of people rooting for the winner of a game, students trying to pull in attention for their booths, adults laughing as they trip over themselves during a sport or someone screaming at the haunted house...

It's then that you realize you're at some kind of festival, everyone's invited, and no one seems to be bothering with money.

Then the realization that you're not even in your clothes. What the hell is this outfit? A school uniform? A janitor? A store clerk? Waitress?

No, no, the bigger question is deinitely "What the hell is going on and where am I?" With nothing but forest and mountains visible in the distance, it's kind of--

POP POP!

..Are those fireworks?

If your character isn't at one of the events and are elsewhere in the town/forest/school/dorms/exploring the buildings/wherever, feel free to just comment with their own thread at the bottom.

Comments

[fortepian]

[Frederic notices how young she looks before anything else. One of the youngest he'd seen. While Frederic never claimed to be the best with children nor did he wish to spend much time with them...

...she was too young to belong here. That's what brings him over to her. Someone so young should not be here.]

Excuse me, young miss...are you lost? [Frederic wasn't sure what else to ask. But he does sound genuinely concerned.]

[miiracles]

[ Rika didn't think anyone would come see her sitting out here. But then if there were people coming out to the further benches, Rika realizes she would grab a bit of attention. She was very young, compared to many of the students here.

A small, sheepish smile forms. ]

Mii. [ She doubts he'd know anything about Hinamizawa though, but at least she can ask about her friends. That little noise seems to be a yes? ] I can't find any of my friends.

[fortepian]

[The answer saddens him. She was lonely. Frederic hates to tell her. Does she even know what's going on? A child shouldn't be here. It's all he can keep thinking.]

I'm sorry. I doubt your friends are here. Unless you remember them with you? [If they had died with her. If she actually knows she's dead. This is such a difficult situation. Himself? He knew he'd died. That had been expected. Everything else was not however. Frederic didn't know the rules.]

[miiracles]

[ It's disheartening to hear. She does remember them always being with her, in every life. The first thing she saw whenever she woke up was Hanyuu, but it was different here. ]

I remember being with them before I turned up here. They should be around somewhere. [ She's hoping she really just didn't look around hard enough and she'll find them eventually. For her to wind up somewhere without them is very unusual for her. ]

[fortepian]

[Frederic is conflicted. He doesn't want her to be alone, but he's also guessing her friends are around the same age as her. If that's true then that means more people who were too young to die have died.]

I see. If you wouldn't mind can I help you with your search? My name is Frederic.

[miiracles]

I don't mind. Maybe there is somewhere here that I have yet to search. And my name is Rika. Furude Rika.

[ She gives a polite bow of her head, doing her best to remain calm. Or at least, only outwardly. ]

[fortepian]

Rika, is it? [He nods, making sure to remember that. There's no names like that where he comes from.] It's nice to meet you, then. I guess if we are to go on this search I should know what your friends look like. Could you give me a description?

[miiracles]

[ She stands, dusting off the bottom of her dress. Best to search for answers with someone rather than on her own. ]

My best friend's name is Satoko. She's my age, has short blonde hair, and wears a pink top. My other friends are older than me.

[ Lifting a hand up, she tries to demonstrate how much taller they are compared to her. The rest of her friends are teenagers. ]

Keiichi has short brown hair. He wears a red vest. Rena wears a white dress and a beret. Mion and Shion have long green hair... they're twins. All of them are usually very loud and lively.

[fortepian]

[He dedicates this to memory. What a group. It reminds him of his own he had back in his dream, but he quickly pushes that to the back of his mind.]

If they are loud and lively then that will make our job much easier, won't it? [Another smile and he looks around.] I do not know where you have looked and so, Miss Rika, I'm afraid you will have to lead the way.