It’s a special time of year and the sword army is invited to come down from their citadels and celebrate. What? A summer festival, an offering to the gods, or perhaps a special ceremony of sorts. A normally quiet, rural village at the foot of the mountains will transform for the night with lanterns, fireworks, and music all around but first! Some preparations need to be done. Did you really think you would be invited down here without having to do some work? Prepare to dance, prepare to sing, prepare for a night of fun.
1. CEREMONY PRACTICE
At the citadel, a new chore has been added to the list: ceremonial practice! The swords selected to perform at the festival will have to practice their song and dance or else they'll risk embarrassment in front of the crowds. Or maybe this entire thing is embarrassing... either way, this is your duty! Saniwa's orders! Where and when is up to you but you better be ready.
2. SPECIAL CLOTHES
You can’t wear those same old clothes. They’re all torn and worn or just not appropriate at all for the type of festival you’re going to. The government has all of your measurements and has sent special robes for the spirits and saniwa to wear. It even comes complete with accessories! What’s taking you so long? We should have left twenty minutes ago. Do you need help? Or are you trying to perfect your appearances for your big debut?
3. PERFORMANCE
Everyone is dancing and everyone is singing. Are you one of the performers? Or are they dancing to you? What kind of songs are you hearing? What dances are you watching? Did you see the ceremonial sword dance? Or maybe you were invited to dance in a special performance with your saniwa! When the performance is over, make sure to congratulate the performers on a job well done… or tease your friend.
4. OFFERINGS AND PRAYER
After the festive ceremonies, there are more serious things to do. There is a sacred fire and you can take a moment to pray to the gods. Remember, we are fighting a war and it’s important to remember those that have fallen. The swords that were broken and damaged beyond repair are gathered up and taken to a sacred fire so that their spirits can be purified and reborn. Later, all of those offerings you have been saving are offered up to the gods for their blessings. It's also a chance to hopefully pray for a turn in luck. Maybe you'll pray for an old friend to return to the citadel. It's been a long time since you saw them, right? They'll come home eventually.
5. FESTIVITIES
The ceremonies are finally over! Wow, that sure took up a lot of time, huh? There are still a couple of more hours left in the night so enjoy the festivities. Try the food, play the shooting games, win a couple of prizes. How many goldfish can you catch? Or maybe the important question is: How are you going to take care of this goldfish? At the end of the night, you can catch the fireworks before the night ends.
6. SURPRISE ATTACK
With so many saniwa and sword spirits gathered in one place, it's the perfect time for the enemy to make a major blow against the Time Government. In what should have been the fireworks finale, there's a loud explosion and lightning strikes. The Time Retrograde Army strikes without warning. It's nothing the Touken Danshi haven't taken care of before but this time, they'll have to protect their saniwa too.
7. WILDCARD
Pick your own adventure. Maybe you have to help make offerings or tonight is a special night for a special summoning.
What if the saniwa had to perform other duties besides just summoning swords to fight? What if they had to take part in special ceremonies? What if they had to invite their swords to perform with them? Feel free to get as creative as you want with this prompt as far as things like: Why are they celebrating? How often do they get to leave the citadel? Etc
( Tsurumaru watches the dance from the crowd, quietly impressed and smiling all the while. Perhaps more than most here, he can appreciate how special this dance is. In a thousand years, he's only seen it one other time before and it was so long ago... this really is a surprise.
ANd it looks like the others know it too. Ah, Ookurikara really made their master look good tonight. B
When the dance is finished, he'll wait for the saniwa to give Ookurikara his deserved praises. And when he can get a moment to himself, the throws an arm around Ookurikara's shoulders and laughs, )
Kara-bou! Wonderful, wonderful! Hahaha! I think you've shown me up tonight.
( Not that he minds. A dance from Tsurumaru is special but one from Ookurikara is once in a lifetime. )
[Perhaps what's surprising is the sight of cherry blossom petals appearing around Ookurikara's head, while he listened to the saniwa's praises and words. Of course, he deny it and was about to walk off... but a certain crane got to him.]
I dance because I want to, Tsurumaru. Not to show you up.
[Although, it's a pleasant bonus, if he have to admit it. But it's pretty obvious how proud and pleased he is. In fact, a petal appears...?
A moment later (far later than usual, actually), he try to remove Tsurumaru's arm from around his shoulder.]
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ANd it looks like the others know it too. Ah, Ookurikara really made their master look good tonight. B
When the dance is finished, he'll wait for the saniwa to give Ookurikara his deserved praises. And when he can get a moment to himself, the throws an arm around Ookurikara's shoulders and laughs, )
Kara-bou! Wonderful, wonderful! Hahaha! I think you've shown me up tonight.
( Not that he minds. A dance from Tsurumaru is special but one from Ookurikara is once in a lifetime. )
Well done!
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I dance because I want to, Tsurumaru. Not to show you up.
[Although, it's a pleasant bonus, if he have to admit it. But it's pretty obvious how proud and pleased he is. In fact, a petal appears...?
A moment later (far later than usual, actually), he try to remove Tsurumaru's arm from around his shoulder.]