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voidtreckerexpress2021-04-23 07:52 pm
happyends) wrote in voidtreckerexpress2021-04-23 07:52 pm
(open) art day art day!
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;
MEMORY WALL;
CAKE;
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.
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I bet they're pretty, it's been a while since I've last worn a flower crown. I think I was a little kid the last time?
[ He glanced at the books she pointed out, trying not to turn his head much as he looked. ]
I should check them out. I bet it has a lot of different designs ... I'm not usually a flower kind of guy, that's more of my friend's thing.
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Your friend? [ She says though, a little curiously, when Noctis brings that up.
Madoka goes over his friends - or the ones she knows, anyway - in her mind. Probably not Prompto.. Maybe Gladio? He did tell her about his name when he was still on the train.. ]
Does he do anything with flowers?
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[ When someone is six feet tall six inches and could bench press all three of his friends at once - and liked really delicate flowers - a guy could be convinced they're not un-macho. ]
[ He smiled a little bit from a memory; ]
Apparently you can do stuff with a lot of wild ones that grow all over the place, something with herbs and medicines, but. Mostly I think he just liked looking for pretty flowers.
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It's why I like the greenhouse here on the train! It's so nice to be surrounded by all of those pretty flowers, and it's even better to think that people put so much effort into growing those here..
[ Madoka may not like the fact that they're stuck here, but there's no denying that the effort everyone is putting in to keep this place going is admirable all the same. Especially to someone like Madoka. ]
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[ Noctis could admit; ] I should take a closer look at the greenhouse sometime. I usually just pass right through. There seem to be, uh, both flowers and food type plants too, right?
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Some people are growing food, and others.. um, I think some people are trying to grow plants that can help with healing or medicine..? It's really admirable, how smart and thoughtful everyone is to be able to grow those. I can't really always tell what a plant is meant for by sight alone..
[ There's a small pause, but then she giggles and adds: ]
Except for the strawberries, of course.
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I've been picking up some stuff - apparently a lot of stuff just grows wild, you know? And it's cheaper to get herbs and fruits and stuff if you're picking it up from a field or some trees instead of a grocery store.
[ He made an obligatory face - ] Of course I'd ask to skip getting any veggies, free or not, but I'm always overruled.
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[ Sorry, Noct.
She is one of those people.
At least it doesn't sound like she's being pushy about it. Mostly since Madoka so very rarely is pushy in the first place. But she can't help but say it, just in case he doesn't know! ]
You could get into big trouble if you'd never eat those..
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[ Noctis sighed, all teenaged drama that he was technically a year too old for now. ]
Yeah, yeah, I know. But really, lots of fruits and taking a multivitamin is pretty much the same thing, right?
[ ... From Noctis' expression, he already knows that she won't agree. Madoka might not be pushy, but many of his friends were Ugh, vegetables. ]
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No, no, it's different! Even if multivitamins are good, they can't replace actual vegetables.. That's so much better for you in the end!
[ Look at her. Only 14 and already lecturing people like a mom. ]
Besides, there's so many different kinds.. Are you really sure there's not even a single one you like..?
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[ He rubbed the back of his neck ]
Uh. Pickles are pretty good? Not pickled onions, like. Regular pickles from cucumbers.
[ ... those don't really count, Noct. ]no subject
A.. Are those the only vegetables you eat..?
[ Look what you're doing, Noctis. You're totally baffling the girl. She looks completely confused at the thought that anyone would consider those pickles the only part of their necessary vegetable diet. ]
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No.
My friends bully me into eating plenty of other stuff. No matter how gross, bitter, or weirdly textured.
[ Gave her a wry kind of look. ] And you're probably going to be one of them now, right?
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[ Look how determined she sounds about that. Maybe a little flustered too at the very thought of her bullying anyone, but mostly determined. Whatever she's going to do to Noctis, she refuses to classify it as bullying! She wouldn't want to do that to him. ][ .. her voice trails off, as if she's having a hard time finding the right word. There's a thinky frown on her face. ]
I will encourage you!
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[ Oh wow she was super earnest. ]
... Okay. Encourage.
[ He rubbed the back of his head, he didn't mean to fluster her like that. ]
[ Encouraged to eat better by a high schooler. Shit. He's going to end up having to eat so many gross veg now, wasn't he? Not wanting to hurt her feelings by joking more, or sounding like he felt he was in for vegetable hell; ]
That doesn't sound so bad.