(open) art day art day!

[happyends]

Who: Open to everyone, come and mingle!
Where: Garden carriage
When: Kazoo 27
What: For today the garden carriage is turned into a place to get creative.
Warnings: There's cakes. And glitter.

Whether or not you heard Romeo and Madoka's announcement, you'll know about it, unless you avoid the garden carriage somehow for the entire day (and then from then on). The changes are simple, but hopefully something to be built on: an outline made in gold paint that takes the shape of a tree with large curling branches that greets the viewer from the longer width of wall, and a fishing net draped down the length of wall by the nearest entrance, with strings hanging off it for decorations to be added to. Posters seem to be all over the carriage, carrying messages in a childish yet neat handwriting, like "Are you having a fun day? Please vote art so we can have do lots more art together!"

Small sitting pillows have been placed around so people aren't sitting on the bed of stones, and the statues once there moved to other parts of the 'garden', leaving them with sounds of the running water to keep them company.

So, just what is there to do?

THE CRAFTS;

The group have done their best to get as many art supplies as possible, with two trunks taken from the luggage car, and filled as tidily as possible. Inside one is a variety of papers, from tissue to cardboard, decorated and plain, some that's shiny, and even the kind for origami. There's also some sketchpads set out to the side, for any larger projects.

And in the net trunk is all the rest you'd expect: the fun supplies. Paints, inks, glue, glitter, threads, ribbons, and wooden beads, and even scissors are set inside. Some of those paints? Why, they're even shiny paints, and plenty of them. There are books too, at different crafting levels. From how to make paper cranes, butterflies, flower garlands, and whatever else you might imagine. How about a tree with stars?

Pretend what you want's inside them, and have fun.

Or perhaps you brought your own craft along to the carriage. Whether it's knitting, sewing or anything else creative you'd like to do, there's definitely a place for that as well! It's like there are spots in the carriage that have been left intentionally empty for people to sit down with their own tools and work.

MEMORY WALL;

Very, very simple folded animals have been put on the corners of where the netting is displayed, stretched out to make the most of the hanging that the netting provides (you have to get creative with what you can buy).

Looking it over, there's already what seems to be names on cards, placed around different parts of the netting. Perhaps you may recognize some of the names as people who have been on the train before, but have since left.

CAKE;

Of course there's cake. How else would they tempt people to come and sit down? There's one large cake made out of rainbow and sprinkles, and then a collection of cupcakes, all a mix of colours and whatever shakeable edibles has been decided to be plopped on top.

There's also a few plates of simple yet sweet biscuits cut into a variety of shapes (cat heads, dogs, dinosaurs, and even...a train), some with light icing, some not. The quality is about what you'd expect from some kids having fun in the kitchen, and the recipes are simple for it. Don't worry; you might have glitter and sprinkles dropping onto your lap with whatever you pick up, but the shakers were about all anyone went wild with in the kitchen than the baking.

Mami's helped to bring along refreshments in offering different flavours of tea, and there's even a few flavours of coffee to pick from too.

So grab a cuppa, a piece of cake, and have fun pretending you're five and in art class again and create a masterpiece.

Or even show others how to.

Comments

[kumoko]

[They appear to have a Lilliputian infestation. Hm.

Hmmmm.

The spider watches the little kid investigate a handkerchief for a good few seconds before she can't resist any more, and pokes at his back with one pale finger.]

[cycledsingularity]

[Hm. Hm. No doubt about it. Seems to just be a normal scrap piece of clothe. Mono debates on setting it back down when the tap on his back catches his attention-- and a spider person is most assuredly not what he expects to see when he turns.

Mono flings the offending object upward in surprise and alarm only for it to flutter and drape down on top of him, like a boxy sheet ghost.

Here! let him just-- he'll give it back! Once he untangles himself.]

[kumoko]

Hey, don't-- [ Oh................ he's like a doll, huh?

Look at him struggle. That's kinda cute.

In a near-trance, she scoops him up in several of her spider legs, ghost sheet and all. ]

Stay still for a second, 'kay?

[cycledsingularity]

[While it isn't exactly compliance that causes Mono to obey, he eventually does. Even when he panicked and pounded against lapis when she first scooped him out of danger, he had to admit it hadn't really helped. Things turned out okay then, maybe this will too. Still, the sensation of being picked up by... several hands??? while he can't see is a weird one.

After a few more fitful struggles, the tiny being finally goes limp to allow her to just do as she will. And if she happens to pluck at the fabric covering his head, there's a chance that bag is coming right off along with it.]

[kumoko]

[ Yeah, she's not strong, but there's not much give in spider legs, even if she isn't using her claws. He ain't going anywhere. Luckily, absolute thread control means she can mess around without, say, poking him with a needle, or sewing clothing to other clothing. Handy!

She pinches this part of the handkerchief, tugs that part... a final flick of magic, and the edge pulls up so he's wearing a hooded white cloak instead of an eyeless ghost costume.

Nice.

The bag probably comes off, though. ]

Tiny cloak!!

[cycledsingularity]

[The bag stays in place all the way up until the end with that final flourish when it's finally knocked askew, revealing the fluffy haired child's head beneath. Mono's hands immediately go to hide his face... until they don't and he takes a look at what actually has been done.

With a gasp he turns about in place-- or at least attempts to by twisting-- tiny hands gripping to look it over. It's so flowy and fits so snug! This is definitely different than what Soldat did to hem the summer clothes!]

"How???"

tiny cloak!!!!!

[kumoko]

[ oh wow okay, he's exactly like a doll. c'mon, kumoko, don't use this for evil.

I SAID DON'T-- ]

Spider magic, of course.

[ She will put him down, though. But... ] Hey, you have anywhere to be?

[cycledsingularity]

"Huh." [He doesn't know what kind of answer he was expecting and yet 'Spider magic' is exactly what he probably would have come up with. Maybe he is getting the hang of figuring out the whole words thing better than he thought! In true childish fashion, the first thing Mono does when back on his feet is immediately spin in place a few more times. Swish!

There's a slight delay of thinking it over-- he may be selectively mute, but he can read tone, something about that request seems vaguely suspect.

Still! Mono obliges by shaking his head 'No' and reaches to grab his bag.]