Milli-timed to Tuesday the 28th - New Orleans Mardi Gras

[mogget_cat]

The bar room of Milliways is always full of sound - the clatter of dishes and clink of glasses, chairs being scooted back or further in, footsteps upon the floor, rats squeaking, the background murmur of conversations overlapping one another.

But tonight the main door to the bar opens to the mouth of an city alleyway, to a caucophony of noise and music, full of seething crowds and colorful parade floats, the smells of food and sweat and smoke and beer and those colorful fruity drinks sold in yard-long plastic glasses with umbrellas in them. Mardi Gras is in full swing and New Orleans has outdone itself this time.

Yrael enters, trailing laughter from a section of the crowd on the other side. His white hair is decorated with purple, gold and green feathers, his pale face partially hidden by a sharp, glittery cat mask of gold, behind which his green eyes are bright. Over his white shirt this evening he wears a shiny waistcoat of purple, gold, green, and black. It's clearly party time, big time, show time -

"And then some!" he grins, seeing Milliways. "Fat Tuesday is upon us, Milliways! Welcome to Mardi Gras! Come, dance, explore! Laissez les bons temps rouler!"

Yrael will make sure the door stays open for any party-goer who would like to partake in the joie de vivre, and the Bar can certainly provide a change of costume...



(ooc: The post will be open all weekend and into next week as needed! Usual party-thread guidelines apply! Tag in! Threadhop! Meet new people and get into trouble! :D Yrael will be around, but his mun will not be able to tag much until Monday evening. <333333)

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Re: Parades

[yinyangwizard]

Seimei waves back with her fan, sending a spray of glowing motes in Sinric's direction. Instead of fading like the others, the motes form a loose, dancing sphere around Sinric. Call it a little gift.

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[thewidewideworld]

Sinric's laughs is as clear as a bell and was warm as a summer breeze.

He reaches out, teasing the glowing motes around him into complex shapes like a fire dancer.

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[yinyangwizard]

Seimei approves! She changes up her spell and starts trailing colored streamers of bright light from her fan.

(She'll meet up with Sinric later, after the parade is over.)

Re: Parades

[thewidewideworld]

Later, after the parade, Sinric finds a cool drink. He has more than a few strings of beads which his winds around his wrists.

He keeps an eye out for Seimei.

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[yinyangwizard]

Seimei joins Sinric after taking a wander through the antique shops of the French Quarter.

"Sinric-san," she says. "I found something on my little shopping trip, and it made me think of you." She reaches into her sleeve and produces a small golden brooch displaying a bird in flight.

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[thewidewideworld]

Sinric's smile lights up like a sunrise, accepting the gift with both hands. "My beloved friend, it is exquisite! Thank you so much."

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[yinyangwizard]

"Oh, you give me too much credit. It is but a humble little trinket..." (Of course, Seimei is smiling when she says this.)

"Perhaps I should see what sort of food and drink there is to be found. Those beignets smell delicious."

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[thewidewideworld]

"And I adore it." Sinric beams, pinning the little brooch to the top edge of the corset, accentuating his pressed up cleavage. They make a strange pair - one covered in flowing robes, the other almost bare but for feather.

"Hmm, yes. I could do with a drink after that. What are beignets?"

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[yinyangwizard]

Seimei's face lights up. "Ah, follow me and I shall introduce you!" She leads Sinric to a nearby food stall specializing in square, powdered sugar-dusted pastries. She buys a small basket of them and hands one of the pastries, wrapped in paper, to Sinric.

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[thewidewideworld]

Sinric fetches them some punch, amused by the tiny umbrellas in their drinks. "Why, thank you. These look wonderfully messy to eat." He takes a bite, trying not to get powered sugar all over himself.

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[yinyangwizard]

Seimei has already gotten some powdered sugar on her robes, although a little magic can deal with that. "How do you like it?" she asks.

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[thewidewideworld]

Sinric covers his touch, gold and green lips powered white at the corners. "Wonderful!" He laughs.

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[yinyangwizard]

Seimei is nibbling on her own beignet. "I wonder if they make a version of this with filling. Perhaps red bean paste..."

(No, no red bean paste. Beignets are not taiyaki.)

"Although plain is quite good by itself." Seimei takes a drink of the punch.

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[thewidewideworld]

"Or sweetened cream. Or stewed apple." He muses, eyes warm. "Or chocolate."

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[yinyangwizard]

"Oh! Chocolate. I had not thought of that. Perhaps we can find a place that makes them that way." Seimei thinks for a moment. "Or perhaps crepes. Sinric-san, have you ever had Nutella?"

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[thewidewideworld]

"I have not." Sinric laughs. "But I'm very glad to take your lead in trying new things." The magic earlier took a toll on him and he's glad of food to regain that energy.

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[yinyangwizard]

"Ah! Well, let us finish our current repast: then we will find crepes. I do not think we will have to search for long."

Seimei eats a few more bites of beignet. "How are you enjoying New Orleans?"

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[thewidewideworld]

"Pancakes seem rather a favourite here. Is it part of the festival?"

He breaks into a bright and wide smile. "I love it. It remind me of the Bacchanal of my youth. So much life, so much joy."

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[yinyangwizard]

"I am unsure of the origin of the pancakes." They're good to eat, though! "This reminds me of New Year festivals. And also of the festival of Holi, with all these costumes and colors!"

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[thewidewideworld]

"I loved the New Years festival during my time in Nippon. The colourful little cakes and the way the children dressed up and danced about."

He smiles as a shower of beads falls on a girl willing to take her top off. "This may be less of a children's event but I love the vitality of it."

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[yinyangwizard]

Seimei eyes the woman putting on her new beads. "That particular ritual is, I think, very unique to this place and time of year."

It's certainly not something they do back home in Japan.

Re: Parades

[thewidewideworld]

"So it would seem." Sinric laughs warmly, licking powdered sugar off his fingers. "But a harmless one, it seems. A celebration of sensuality and sexuality."

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[yinyangwizard]

Seimei finishes chewing her beignet. "It seems more like cheap thrills for plastic beads, possibly with copious amounts of alcohol involved, but I suppose that depends on one's perspective." She takes a drink of punch. "It also seems like a good way to do something that one regrets - especially in these times, when it is so easy to take and share photographs!"

Those girls flashing for beads may learn a very hard lesson for doing so.

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[thewidewideworld]

Sinric's not terribly familiar with photographs, or their implications for shame. But then, when it comes to celebrating life and joy, he's not overly focused on regret. "Perhaps." He shrugs.

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[yinyangwizard]

"Not that we can or should do anything to stop them," Seimei says, as two other girls pull up their tops in unison to a shower of beads. "Ah, to be young and foolish again. I think it is time to hunt for crepes." With Nutella!