http://rosestolilies.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] rosestolilies.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] queenoflogs2011-12-16 08:53 pm

Well, the weather outside is frightful

Characters: Everyone!
Date: Midnight the 16th of December
Summary: The inhabitants of the Garden get their reward for making out beneath the mistletoe, in the form of a lights show in the sky.
Warnings: N/A

In the dead of night, the Garden is dead silent. Without the sound of the city or urban life, only the noises of nature pervade the air. Crickets. Rustling leaves. The occasional footsteps of an animal.

However, tonight, at midnight, the silence is broken by a loud pealing of bells, rousing the people of the garden from their sleep. The bells continue ringing for nearly half a minute before falling silent. For a moment, the peacefulness of night returns to the Gardens.

Then the enormous mistletoe plant begins glowing, with a brilliant white light bright enough to be seen from all corners of the Garden. It fizzes, shooting off heatless sparks, and then bursts, shooting up into the sky and breaking into pieces of glowing light, forming various shapes. Above the Orchard, a series of hearts form, burst like fireworks, and reform. Over the Necessities, nymphs made of sparkling light kiss and dance through the sky, winking down at the people below. Over the ruins, flowers of multicolored light pop into existence and disperse. And above the Viridian Pavilion, fiery red phoenixes swoop through the air, burn out dramatically, and are reborn in a new cascade of light.

The show will continue until morning. Fortunately, now that the mistletoe's light has dispersed, it's not so bright that it should keep people awake.

[identity profile] welljustwatchme.livejournal.com 2011-12-17 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Sleep wasn't a favourite passtime of Canada's anyway, so it didn't take much to have her going outside to check out the light show. And once she's out there, she'll be wandering around to make sure she sees it all, starting at the Spaceship and wandering her way around, a serene little smile on her face as she keeps it tilted upwards.

After a while, she'll coax a bear into settling down as her pillow at the edge of the Orchard, watching out for other inhabitants and the hearts in the air. It's cute, if nothing else.

[identity profile] gun-cata.livejournal.com 2011-12-19 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
It woke Larry up as well... halfway anyways; she'd been only just getting to sleep, after tinkering with her guns a bit more, when the fireworks started. She had the same idea as many others, wandering slowly, aimlessly, watching the fireworks while keeping an eye out for others.

She did a bit of a double-take at Canada reclining on a bear, distracting her from a particularly loud explosion, and then jumping at that as well. "What... uh, nice... pillow there."

[identity profile] welljustwatchme.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Head tilting back to look up properly, Canada gave Larry a warm smile from the ground, as she reached out to pat at the bear's side.

"Oh, hey! She's a sweet thing, isn't she?"

[identity profile] gun-cata.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
"She's... docile, anyways." Experience reminds her that no animals here have been actively dangerous. Instinct tells her fucking bear, so she stays at a bit of a distance. "Fireworks are nice."

[identity profile] welljustwatchme.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"They are," Canada agreed, looking back to the sky. "And these ones seem particularly fantastic. How've you been lately, anyway?"

[identity profile] gun-cata.livejournal.com 2011-12-21 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Aside from the usual problem of being stuck here... got trapped under the mistletoe with some serious weirdos." Larry sighed as she took a seat.

[identity profile] welljustwatchme.livejournal.com 2011-12-21 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
The nation gave a sympathetic wince at that. She'd not had any necessarily unpleasant mistletoe adventures, but mistletoe adventures nonetheless, and she could imagine them being much worse.

"I'm sorry to hear about that. At least we get a light show for our kissing troubles?"

[identity profile] gun-cata.livejournal.com 2011-12-22 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"Doesn't quite make up for it, but... it's nice." Not much would make up for it really... maybe forcing the queen to kiss Gavril too?

[identity profile] welljustwatchme.livejournal.com 2011-12-24 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe whatever happens here next will be good." Canada pauses thoughtfully, then continues on a little quieter. "Maybe she'll let us go home soon."

[identity profile] gun-cata.livejournal.com 2011-12-25 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
"I'd take a smaller pleasure right now. Unless there's some kind of breakthrough, we're still stuck here."