Happy Dreamerversary!

[beautifuldreamermods]

YUMEMIGAOKA

May is always a dicey time to have an outdoor event in Yumemigaoka but this year it seems like luck's on everyone's side. The morning of the 14th dawns with bright blue skies, beaming sunlight and a refreshing breeze - in other words, the perfect weather for an outdoor festival! As it does every year, the Dreamer Union is hosting its annual celebration of the first Dreamer Awakening now fifty-one whole years ago! Damn! Today's the day the entire community comes together to say happy anniversary, Dreamers!

Part of the DU has been opened to the public for the event - while the upstairs beyond the second floor are still off limits, a number of informational boards with quick and breezy rundowns of the DU's functions and how it supports Dreamers are set up around the atrium and on the second floor. Some are informational, some are educational, and a few have trivia quizzes on them that you can answer at the front desk to get a little token for some free food at the event.

The majority of the setup is outside, though - something between a pop-up market and a festival, with colourful sparkling banners and materials lining each stall. Some are small, independant businesses from around Yumemigaoka, some are larger organizations who sponsor the DU (they've gotta keep the lights on somehow!) and plenty of food and drink vendors. A few indie artists from the community are also selling merch and art catered to their fellow Dreamers, with imagery and in-jokes that wouldn't really mean anything to normal folks.

Some particular stalls to keep an eye out for include...


⧖ Dreamery Creamery are serving up scoops of their ice cream in all kinds of crazy flavours with a massive array of toppings and cones for you to choose from. To make things more exciting, Dreamers Sage, Soleil and Prisma are all helping out at the booth and serving ice creams themed after their Dreamer selves! How does Soleil Sorbet sound to you? Maybe Sherbert Sage? Or are you going for Prisma Pomegranate?

⧖ Dice and Dash have a shaded area set up for people to sit down, take a load off and chill out with some board games! They've got a selection of games to borrow, but so long as they're not too busy, you're free to take up a table with your own entertainment if you've got it.

⧖ Dream Weavers, famous for their position as the DU's go-to tailor, is strutting their stuff with recreations of some famous and well known Dreamers' outfits! As well as selling their goods, they're also hosting a little workshop where visitors can learn some quick and simple cosplay and sewing techniques to see how these outfits get made. Dreamers Luck, Gungir and Hanako will all be volunteering and... doing their very best at the cosplay workshop!

⧖ Hybrid Colours is selling portable wares like canvas bags, keychains and postcards of the various prints/paintings available at the gallery! Since they only just arrived at Yumemigaoka, all the locations are international or from other parts of Japan. (Aleena will do face painting or hand painted 'tattoos' for kids, teens, or the daring adult and has a small table set up with a catalogue or 'surprise me!' option for it)

⧖ The Yumemigaoka Cultural Museum has their usual setup! As well as a truncated version of their installation explaining the Dream Sphere and its history, they've set up several dioramas of places in the Dream Sphere, recreated in miniature! There's some moving elements like miniature Torments bobbing around here and there and some cute interactive gimmicks, like a button that will raise and lower the water level in the miniature Vale of Sorrow or a switch to make the volcano in mini Fury Peak go kaboom!

⧖ Finally, a soundstage has been set up just a little ways away from the rest of the stalls with plenty of sitting room for the audience. Dreamer Ai-Doll will be performing a small set of songs partway through the day and the rest of its time will be dedicated to hosting a Q&A panel of a rotating list of volunteers to answer questions about life as a Dreamer or day to day goings on at the DU. Please be aware that both Angelica AND Chloe will kill you if you post cringe on main so be on your best behaviour!

There's lots to do and plenty of time to do it in - the event runs from 10AM and starts wrapping at around 4:30PM so everyone's got time to head home for work the next day. Dreamers will be able to attend the afterparty in the Dream Sphere if they'd like to but for the most part, that's this year's event wrapped up!

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Comments

[saynotobugs]

If you're running low on something, I'd call the supplier. This booth's run by Dreamery Creamery, right? They should be coming around when you need to change out the cash box anyway, so when you're making that call, try also telling them which flavours you're out of or running low on.

[reluctants]

O-- Okay..

[ She still sounds a little overwhelmed.

And that's because she's definitely overwhelmed. Helping out here was apparently a bigger responsibility than the girl imagined. She thought she'd just be handing out ice cream.. but now her head is spinning.. ]

I'll-- I'll try to remember. It feels like there's so much to remember.. [ And what if she forgets something important? Panic!! ]

[saynotobugs]

Do you need to write it down on a sticky note or something?

[reluctants]

[ Her look almost turns a little bit pleading as she looks at the other. ]

Do you have some..?

[ Look at those big sad puppy eyes. Could anyone resist them? ]

[saynotobugs]

[Maki raises her eyebrows. She pulls out a pack of green sticky notes and a DU-branded complimentary pen.]

Here, keep 'em. Not like we don't have enough in the supply closets anyway. It's expanding files we need more of, they better have put in that order already.

[reluctants]

.. thank you.

[ The young girl gratefully takes them, even giving a slight nod that seems to be like a mini-bow, judging by how seriously she does it. ]

It must be so difficult for you to keep track of everything like that.. [ Granted, adult business seems so much more impressive to children. Of course even just basic inventory management when it comes to office supplies sounds way cooler than it is in reality.. ] Thank you for your hard work. Um, did you help set all of this up today as well..?

[saynotobugs]

Some. You'd be hard pressed to find an employee who didn't. Anniversary's a big deal at the DU. That's why we're here to help.

[reluctants]

Hmm, I can tell that. They put so much stuff here for the anniversary..

[ Illya usually already thinks the DU seems pretty busy, but right now? There's definitely even more hubbub than the usual! ]

I hope I can contribute more next year too! This time it was still all-- um, I mean, it was a little overwhelming.. [ Please, Illya. You're 13. This is something for grown adults to plan, alright. ]

[saynotobugs]

Hey, don't sweat it, kid. You're not doing this alone, are you?

[reluctants]

.. well.. no..

[ She does slowly admit that, even if she sounds a touch awkward about it. ]

It's just that it feels like I should be doing.. more, maybe..?

[saynotobugs]

Who told you that? Listen, it's good to do your best, but don't get so caught up that you can't do anything at all.

[reluctants]

[ She frowns a little, but does admit: ]

No one told me that.

[ Not really, anyway. No one directly. But it seems like the girl is having a hard time explaining where it's coming from then - especially since Illya mostly just looks confused here in the moment. ]

It just.. feels that way. Um, I'm sorry, it probably sounds strange if I put it that way..

[saynotobugs]

Hey, no big. Just making sure. No one needs to stress any more than they already are on a day like this.

[reluctants]

Well, I guess everyone is really busy.

[ She definitely saw Ai stressing about the preparations only a few days ago.. Illya wonders how she's doing today. ]

But if it ends up as a successful festival, then it will have been worth it, right? Maybe people can get really inspired by the DU because of this..!