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
( Inside, close to the entrance, it doesn't seem so scary. It's a little underwhelming at first but she's excited and starts to go ahead, walking a little faster due to her excitement, )
I remember this!
( Even if it's been a long time. She remembers the opening and then... they have to go through a door here. She remembers this much and she starts to lead the way. It's a long, narrow hallway with smoke and streamers and fake webs hanging from the ceiling, across the walkway. Creepy sound effects play and as they walk ahead...there are hands sticking out of holes in the wall to just brush up against people and one touches Hana's arm, )
[Satori isn't really scared, but Hana's enthusiasm is rather infectious, and in the ends she finds herself squealing at times more from Hana's jumps and scares than from any actal fright from the place.
But really the company makes it ten times better. And next year she'll probably bring Yams just to have him try and fight everything in here.]
(Please spare Yamatonokami Yasusada from these poor workers.
Not everything scares Hana but enough of it does. It's not scary in a way that is actually horrifying to her, though. It's a fun type of scared and she spends the whole time jumping and grabbing onto Satori excitably. More often than not, her screams gives way to laughter and by the time they make it out, she lets out a sigh of relief and hugs Satori.)
That was so much fun! Thank you so much, Satori-san.
[Oh, are those TG officials giving Satori the stink eyes for being too close to one of their precious homegrown saniwas? Yes, Yes, they are. Satori gives them a wink and a wiggle of her fingers. Hi, boys.]
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I remember this!
( Even if it's been a long time. She remembers the opening and then... they have to go through a door here. She remembers this much and she starts to lead the way. It's a long, narrow hallway with smoke and streamers and fake webs hanging from the ceiling, across the walkway. Creepy sound effects play and as they walk ahead...there are hands sticking out of holes in the wall to just brush up against people and one touches Hana's arm, )
Eek!
( She jumps, reaching back to grab Satori. )
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But really the company makes it ten times better. And next year she'll probably bring Yams just to have him try and fight everything in here.]
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Not everything scares Hana but enough of it does. It's not scary in a way that is actually horrifying to her, though. It's a fun type of scared and she spends the whole time jumping and grabbing onto Satori excitably. More often than not, her screams gives way to laughter and by the time they make it out, she lets out a sigh of relief and hugs Satori.)
That was so much fun! Thank you so much, Satori-san.
(Really! Thank you! She's so grateful. )
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[She is too cute, really.]
How about something else to eat?
[Oh, are those TG officials giving Satori the stink eyes for being too close to one of their precious homegrown saniwas? Yes, Yes, they are. Satori gives them a wink and a wiggle of her fingers. Hi, boys.]