[Open Log] Cherry Blossoms, Cherry Blossoms

[gricklegrass]

Who: You!
What: Cherry Blossom Festival
When: March 29th-April 5th.
Where: All over town. Wherever you find a cherry tree.
Rating: Who knows how across the board this'll be <8|




Pink is everywhere. No matter where you look, you're sure to see the signs of soft pink and white blossoms. There's a fresh spark of life filling the air and just beckoning for everyone to come outside and enjoy the sweet scents of spring. Well, except for you, people with springtime allergies. They just want to make you miserable. But for everyone else, it was a wonderful amazing time to be had.



There are wonderful spots for picnicking! Frolic inducing atmosphere and the space to do it! Every so often you will see vendors selling treats for the event! Cosplayers taking advantage of their natural environments for photo ops! Hot date spots! Blossoms! Sparkles! Everywhere! Even when it rains.

This log is completely open! You can do whatever you'd like with whomever you'd like whenever you'd like. Just start up a thread and go!

Have fun! ♥

Comments

All day, Every day

[findthepenguin]

The blossoms really were lovely at this time of year. Kanji was more used to them, being from Japan and all, but it still didn't detract from how pretty they were when they appeared.

Even though liking flowers was probably not manly and more girly, Kanji was more open to this kind of thing, especially after his recent trip back to Inaba. Yu had helped him open up a bit more with his passions, that maybe it was okay to like the things he did. So maybe he would be okay with checking out these blossoms.

So, you might find Kanji sitting near a tree eating some of that sweet junk food, or eating lunch or something.

[batchigu]

"Hi! Can I sit here too?" Asked Amitie with a sincere smile, nope she doesn't find a punk guy admiring flowers weird at all. Honest!

[findthepenguin]

Kanji just stares weirdly at her, confused as to why this chick would want to bother him.

"Uh... okay... I guess?"

[batchigu]

The blond smiled and helped herself to sitting right next to Kanji.

"What'cha eating?" She said as she peered close to the other's lunch.

[findthepenguin]

This girl was weird. But Kanji supposed he had seen weirder. But he found that his personal space was gradually being invaded.

"It's a pretzel," he said in between bites of his food. It was a large soft pretzel, to be precise. And man they were really good.

[batchigu]

Amitie made an oooh sound, "I never had one of those before."

She fished out her bag and pulled two cups of jelly and offered one to Kanji, "want one?"

[thedetectiveprince]

Well she had quite a selection of trees at her disposal, but perhaps she could be a little more social. She greeted Kanji with a small hat tip.

"Tatsumi-kun, good afternoon. Would you mind if I leaned on the other side of the tree to read my book?"

[findthepenguin]

Oh! It was Naoto. Kanji was admittedly happy to see her, though of course he looked slightly flustered at her presence, due to her surprising him.

"Y-yeah! Of course!" he responded with somewhat of a half-grin.

[thedetectiveprince]

Kanji, when you were flustered you tended to say things that confused Naoto. She tilted her head at his answer.

"Oh. You do mind?" Perhaps he was preparing something that needed uttermost secrecy (although considering all he seemed to have was dinner, that was odd). He was smiling...maybe he hadn't heard her correctly? Regardless, she was not going to push it too much. "I apologize in that case, and will go to another tree to sit under..."

[tatsumi_k]

"No wait!" he sputtered, "No I meant of course you can sit here. I don't mind at all!"

Oops. Kanji did indeed sometimes say confusing things. Naoto had caught him off-guard, flustering him. Or at least that's what he attributed it to. If he was more of a reader, he figured this would be a great place to sit down and read too. He actually stole Yu's copy of Magical Witch Detective. But as it was, he was just eating lunch. Naoto's company would be more than welcome, even if she would be reading.

[thedetectiveprince]

She tilted her head again, before smiling and laughing at bit.

"Very well. Thank you." In a few movements, she was on the other side, using the coat (carefully mind you, it was important to her) to sit on the grass as she leaned. When she was settled in, she spoke again.

"Ah...upon leaving the office today, Bob-sensei gave me a bento without explaining why." Her voice was slightly confused. "I am...unsure what to think of it, considering her relation to Majima and how she knew I was on my way to purchase one from the nearby grocery. Regardless, I do not believe she means us harm, despite who she is. We cannot complete, considering all she has given us freely." She meant the detective office that had mysteriously things that every member of the Investigation Team might enjoy, even those not here.

She extended the box to him so he could see it.

"Would you like some of the tamagoyaki? I have already sampled it myself and amazed by how much it brought back memories of home. It is much better than most I have purchased before."

Someday

[rivalsweetscent]

As Kanji approached whichever tree he had staked out today, whichever day today was, he might have noticed that pink was not the only color of the flowers around this particular spot. There was a big, fat yellow blossom huddle up against the base of the tree, and it looked rather attached to the yellow green creature curled up beneath it.

[findthepenguin]

Oh. That was a really big flower. It looked kind of out of place with the blossoms, though that's not to say the flower wasn't pretty.

Kanji took a closer look and realized it was attached to something. Oh.

Wait, that was a creature thing. When Kanji realized that the thing was alive, he immediately jumped back from surprise. "Whoa!"

[rivalsweetscent]

The thing that was quite alive blinked one gold eye open at the exclamation, and it darted in Kanji's direction. Oh. Hello Kanji. The Ivysaur yawned and roused himself to his feet, stretching out his limbs and shaking the sleepies out of his leaves.

Properly awake and functioning now, the toady creature peered up at the blonde and let out a saurish croon of greeting.

Wow it sure was acting somewhat familiar with you, Kanji. It looked pretty cheerful too, relatively speaking. Huh!

[findthepenguin]

Oh, this was really a friendly creature, wasn't it? It was one of those Pokemon or something, right?

Kanji stopped and thought for a second. Who did he know who were Pokemon? There was Eli, but obviously this thing was not Eli. Eli wouldn't be so pleasant with him. There was that Vinnie guy, who said flowers were manly and he had a big flower in Pokemon form. But no, by its demeanor, it seemed like...

"Wait. Are you... Bulba?"

He thought of that big flower on Bulba's back, and how he said it corresponded to his Pokemon form. And Bulba was a genuinely nice guy, kind of like this creature seemed to be.

[rivalsweetscent]

Ding, ding, ding!

"Vyyy!" That was a happy confirmation. The Ivysaur nodded vigorously. That was a very good guess, Kanji, and the Pokemon seemed very pleased with your positive deductions.

He took a seat, nodding his head to the wide space besides him. There was plenty of room there. Did he want to join him?

kanji gets bitches part 4.

[hissyfit]

The blossoms were fine. They covered the track field, but that was fine. Eli couldn't deny that it was pretty. Not the sort of thing one would usually see in Unova.

On the first day of the festival, Eli took a break from her rigorous training schedule to check it out. When she spotted Kanji- she hadn't seen him for a few days- she jogged over to catch up with him.

"Hey, you," she greeted him. Aggressively, not playfully.

all the bitches

[findthepenguin]

Oh. It was Eli. He honestly wasn't sure how much time he wanted to spend with her after their last encounter. And judging by the tone of her voice, this couldn't be anything pleasant.

"What?" he answered, looking up at her from where he sat.

rollin in da bitche$$$

[hissyfit]

There was a pause before Eli said anything. She inspected Kanji with a critical look- her eyes narrowed and the corners of her mouth turned down disapprovingly. It had been nearly two weeks since they'd last seen each other and it hadn't been a particularly pleasant encounter either.

"Nothing," she replied, sounding a little offended. She hesitated, then took a seat across from where he sat. Her posture was perfect. "...Where have you been?"

[findthepenguin]

Oh, right... Kanji had kind of left the school without telling anyone. And he frankly did not want to talk about what happened at home in Inaba. That was confidential, and it's not like many would even believe him.

"Oh, uh, I went back to Inaba for a week. Sorry, I kinda forgot to tell people."

[hissyfit]

Eli just barely accepted his apology, acknowledging it with a subtle nod of her head. She kept her eyes fixed on him, trying to read his expression.

"Was it an alright trip?" she asked, not entirely concerned about the answer. Small talk was not her strong suit.

Re: All day, Every day

[star_punched]

Maybe Mac was feeling extra generous today. Or he was just in the best of moods. Weather was nice. Festivals are nice. And Kanji was a cool guy.

Cool enough guy to which Mac walked on over with a stick of seasoned warm meat, yum. With Kanji's name on it. Not literally. But you know.

[findthepenguin]

Kanji saw Mac stride over and he grinned.

"Hey," he greeted, standing up from his seat. Was that meat stick for him? Oh, Kanji certainly hoped it was. It smelled so good.

[star_punched]

You better bet it was. Seriously, how lame would it be of him to bring over two sticks of meat and eat it in front of another guy. Rude. That is what it would be. He handed it over.

"Hey," Mac grinned. "Kinda thought we ain't hung out as much as we should. What better way to man-bond than with meat, eh?"

[tatsumi_k]

Kanji eagerly took the meat from Mac. And then this began sounding like a porno.

"Hey, thanks man!"

He took a big bite of the Mac's succulent meat and savored its flavor. Aw yeah, this was good.

"Yeah, we haven't hung out much," he agreed. "We should definitely fix this."