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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-08-23 05:16 pm

Event | Sinbrilee | Bacchanal

Characters: Any and all!
Date: August 24 - 30th
Location: Sinbrilee
Situation: An ancient festival of an ancient city, all are welcome at the Bacchanal!
Warnings/Rating: Please label threads as appropriate.

Death and destruction cannot curtail the single most important festival celebrated by the denizens of Sinbrilee: The Bacchanal! The ghosts in and about the city have begun to gossip about high fashion and festivities, sending any that inquire to the Amphitheatre -- a grand, circular structure nestled in the west side of the city.

This structure bore the fall of Sinbrilee and the wear of time with dignity, having lost handfuls of archways and one long stretch of wall to crumbling decay. Despite this, it is obvious that the amphitheatre once hosted many a display and every more festivities than the mind can grasp. This was their solace and safety; here is where the people of Sinbrilee came to find the mind's escape from all that threatened them and their great turtle.

Ghosts have been busy throughout the week, clearing paths through debris and hanging great cloth banners of soft blues and greens to disguise the more blatant signs of its decline. Many hundreds of them shimmer and slid through the area, providing for tables upon tables of food, offering drink, and overseeing competition of sport and skill (some even denying death's non-corporeal curse to enter).

Here, well... Here is where the party begins!

Food & Drink | Music, Discussions, & Dancing | Wrestling & Competitions
jondrette: (smile)

Éponine Thénardier | OTA

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-08-28 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Even back in Montfermeil, Éponine had never been to such an event. Yet here she was. The first thing she did was approach the food, all but drooling over the assorted foods they had assembled.] I've never seen so much food in my life, [She muses out-loud.

Éponine has spent much of the afternoon getting ready. Having already discovered that showers are perhaps the greatest thing invented, she has managed to wash the years of dirt and grime away from her face and hair. Somehow, she's found a simple dress in dark cranberry that leaves her forearms exposed, but most of her decolletage covered. It's the sort of thing she'd seen fancy ladies wearing in the streets, but never deigned to own.

And now here she is in such a gown, her hair pulled back wish a small ornament.

To those that knew her before, she's hardly recognizable.

With a chalice of wine, she walks about the food, tasting things here and there, practically moaning at the tastes. But you can't blame her, you would do the same if you had spent most of your life starving.]
passively: (calmly (drink some tea).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-08-28 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
[This girl is eating like she has never seen food in her life and to Ricardo, spotting her from across the table where he was helping himself to some food as well, it's a little amusing. He smiles politely at her as he speaks up]

... Have you never had food like this before, miss?
jondrette: (realization)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-08-28 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's very rare for Eponine to be so focused on something she doesn't notice those around her. Well, this is one of those cases because oh my god, food. She doesn't care about how elegant she looks stuffing her face or anything, because there is food here, and she has to wonder how long it will be till she has more. Realistically, she knows there's food back in her apartment, but old habits die hard.

Swallowing a bite of cake, she turns to the man who just spoke to her.]
Oh! Non, never so much all at once! Tables and tables, why! This could feed my entire family for some time! It is far better than black bread.
passively: (boredly (look away).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-08-30 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[French. Apparently not well off. Ricardo idly lists those two words in his head although they, really, tell him nothing about the girl in front of him. There are plenty of French girls who don't get to eat a lot of food.]

It is an impressive set up. I don't think I've seen this much food in a long time either...

[He smiles a little.]

Perhaps you'd be able to take some back to your suite with you.
jondrette: (happiest ever)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-08-30 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh perhaps! [Even if they don't let her, what's to stop her from stealing it?] When I first arrived I spent all that I hadn't spent for a new dress and this gown on food. It should be a pity to starve again, and I will not do it!

Is this sort of feast commonplace here?
passively: (calmly (drink some tea).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-08-31 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
I only got here yesterday so I can't say for certain, but someone I spoke to told me that it's the first time they've had a festival like this since people first started being brought here a year ago. It's also the first time, he said, that we've docked at a different city like this.
jondrette: (scum of the street)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-08-31 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[That was still a lot of information for her to take in. Like Ricardo, Eponine had only arrived the day before, but she'd been busy stalking Marius Pontmercy doing other things and had not spent much time getting to the bottom of everything. Also, wonders of modern technology to a girl from the mid 19th century.]

This place is so strange! I'm glad then, if it's true, to be part of such an event! I hope there are more like this to come!
passively: (quietly (get covered with petals).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-09-02 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It's definitely not something unpleasant to be welcomed by. I haven't had a chance to get my hands on anything to cook with, so having the food is helpful.

Ah, excuse me. My name is Ricardo Russo.
jondrette: (Default)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-09-02 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed, it is. I know how to cook very little, warm up sausages or a quick stew. I used to be able to make sausages, but I haven't had the means to in quite some time. But this food, it is heaven!

Bonjour, m'sieur Russo. My name is Éponine Thénardier
passively: (calmly (drink some tea).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-09-04 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a pleasure, Miss Thénardier. [He raises one hand to his chest and bows in greeting.]

I'm sure you'll be able to find something useful for the sausages in the markets. Have you seen them yet?
jondrette: (expectant)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-09-04 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[She blushes, looking down at her feet for a moment.] M'sieur, you do not need to call me Miss. Simply Éponine is fine. I'm not accustomed to being referred to in formalities.

Yes, briefly. When I went to get my gown. [And clothes that weren't men's and/or five sizes too big for her, let alone not covered in blood.]
passively: (quietly (get covered with petals).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-09-09 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[He smiles.]

Then, just Ricardo is fine for me, too, Eponine. My family name doesn't mean much to me, at least for now, and I'm more accustomed to being referred to by my first name as well.
jondrette: (Default)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-09-09 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Very well, Ricardo. I understand how you feel. [More or less. But her family relationships... Yeah. Of course, she's hardly royalty, unless you'd count her a princess of the streets of Paris.]
passively: (calmly (drink some tea).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-09-12 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Do you? [Amused, he keeps the smile on his face and reaches for a piece of cake to put on his plate.]

I guess there are probably more people like us than we think, especially with all these different "worlds" brought together.
jondrette: (Default)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-09-12 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I do. My family name is dirt.

Perhaps there are. But it is lonely all the same.
passively: (quietly (get covered with petals).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-09-15 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
[The smile widens, and he lets out a small laugh that isn't rude but not full of mirth either.]

When there's no meaning or weight behind the family name, though, it can be a bit relieving sometimes. At the very least, I felt very free when I was able to choose whether I wanted to revive the family after it fell.

Regardless, we're both nameless and new here. Eponine, if you don't mind, I'd like it if we can get along well here.
jondrette: (how happy some o'er other some can be)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-09-15 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
My brother is here. [She says after a moment.] And some of the men I fell with. They know my name, what it means. But others... It is freeing.

I shall try my hardest, Richard. We will be friends.
passively: (unconcernedly (talk about umbrellas).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-09-15 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ricardo doesn't miss the wording of "the men I fell with," but he tucks that away into the back of his mind as something he doesn't have to address. This was the world of both the dreaming and the dead, after all.]

I'd like that. It's very nice to meet you, Eponine.

[He holds out his hand with an intent to shake hers.]
jondrette: (smiling)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-09-16 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Nearly everyone from France here, with the exception of Marius, had fallen. Javert quite literally. But she had no idea that he, too, had died that day.

She looks at his hand for a moment, before extending her own to shake his with.]
Very nice to meet you too.

passively: (boredly (look away).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-09-19 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods, politely, and shakes her hand firmly.]

I hope we can help each other out here.
jondrette: (expectant)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-09-19 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
We shall find a way, I do not doubt it.
passively: (quietly (get covered with petals).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-09-20 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[He lets go of her hand after a few moments, this time raising his to his chest and lowering his head in a little bow.]

Certainly. Well then, I'd best be getting on my way. Festivals like this probably aren't common, so we both shouldn't miss too much of it.
jondrette: (smiling)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-09-20 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[She blushes prettily, someone bowing to her! This place truly is amazing.]

I shall be sure to enjoy all of it, Ricardo! And you as well. Perhaps I shall see you again before the night is over.
passively: (squarely (eat the food).)

[personal profile] passively 2013-09-22 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps. Please be careful on your way, Eponine. I... wouldn't like a new friend of mine to get hurt in an unfamiliar place like this one.
jondrette: (scum of the street)

[personal profile] jondrette 2013-09-22 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I shall not, Ricardo. I have nothing to fear from the streets.

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