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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Dreamery Creamery

[angelolatry]

I know, right? There's so many, it's hard to choose.

[Colette agrees, wanting to try and decide which flavour she wants. She bites her lower lip as she debates. Chocolate? Strawberry? Something more unique? She glances to the options again, eyeing the fruit based ones mostly.]

Something sweet, fruity I think?

[hanamane]

I guess that's the appeal of it all, but it does make things kind of overwhelming.

[He starts to eye some of the array again in earnest, trying to narrow down his options. While there probably weren't as many flavors here compared to the main shop, there were some that definitely didn't make the cut-- who was even eating Veggie Boba Crush, anyway??]

Hmm... there is Prill-- er, Prisma Pomegranate if you wanna try one of the exclusive flavors? That could be interesting! [See, Illya?? Don't say he's never done anything for you!] Oh, but Soleil Sorbet might be good too if you want something a bit more on the traditional side.

[Since it looked pretty strawberry forward and all. Perhaps he should do his duty as a Mentor and try the Sherbert Sage, but... what flavor was that even? Green? He couldn't tell if it was lime, grape, or melon, but it didn't seem as appealing as the sugar donut flavor not too far away...]

[angelolatry]

Oh, the Soleil! Maybe I'll try that. Were you wanting to try something more unique or something more traditional? Something with fruit or more along the lines of chocolate or something?

[She doesn't want to pressure him either way. He's just curious on his preferences and tastes. Everyone was different after all, even if she has a sweet tooth and adores fruits, that doesn't necessarily mean the same for him. She puts in her order for the Sorbet while letting him decide once it's their turn to order their choices.]

[hanamane]

[Welp, Ruby will be glad that he got another person to try her flavor, at least!! His brow furrows a little at her question, though, as he keeps studying the flavors-- it's not really something he's thought too hard about, but--]

Hmmm... I dunno. I don't mind fruit-flavored stuff, but I kinda want something more unique too? I mean... nothing crazy like that veggie flavored one, but something more exciting than just chocolate or vanilla, at least.

[After all, he could just go to the combini if he wanted a plain chocovanilla cone or something!]

Maaaaaybe the donut one? Oh, but that rainbow cotton candy looks pretty good too. And the strawberry shortcake...

... I can't just get all three, could I?

[Amane, why are you asking Colette, she's not your Mom--]

[angelolatry]

Hm. That's fair. Strawberry shortcake would be neat! Um, maybe try one and see how you like it? Or ah, do they let you try a taste? Maybe you can try a little of each and that might help you decide? Between the shortcake or donut or the cotton candy?

[Some ice cream places did that? With like small spoons that people could try a little of a flavour to help them decide? Right? Colette isn't sure if this one does but it seems worth checking, asking if it might help Amane decide on one? Or maybe a double scoop of two flavours he might like?]

[hanamane]

Oh-- yeah, that's true! I forgot they did stuff like that. Wonder if they'd do the same for a pop-up booth, though...

[They should... right? Though with all the people out and about at the festival, maybe they decided against it so people wouldn't be using them as a free sample station. Still, it wouldn't hurt to ask...

So he goes to do just that, asking for a taster for each of the flavors he had been musing upon, along with the three specialty ones as well. Even if he wasn't in the mood to have a whole scoop of those, at least he could tell Ruby and the others later on that he tried them, regardless. So, armed with a spoonful each of donut, shortcake, cotton candy, Soleil Sorbet, Sherbet Sage, and Prisma Pomegranate, he begins to sample them all, humming thoughtfully as he decides.]

... okay, the cotton candy is definitely out. [It was the sort of amped up sugar flavor that Tsukasa probably would enjoy, though--] But the strawberry sorbet's good! I think you'd like it, Colette.

[He pops the spoonful of Sherbet Sage (which, in fact, was NOT the green nightmare he had been eying earlier) into his mouth next, and his eyes light up a bit in surprise at the flavor.]

HUH. Sage's is pretty good too, actually! It's sorta... minty? Lemony? Leave it to my best trainee to have the classiest flavor here...

[angelolatry]

Can't hurt to ask.

[She lets him go first, letting him taste test to help him decide on which to go with. Colette does perk up when he says about the strawberry is probably one she would like. She smiles, knowing it does seem like an obvious flavour for her given her penchant for fruits and her love of sweets.]

I think I'll try a little but I'll probably go with the strawberry sorbet or the shortcake. Yes. Minty and lemony though? That's an interesting one?

[hanamane]

Yeah, it's... kinda like a mint lemonade? But in sherbet form? It's hard to describe, but it's definitely not bad.

[Probably not what he was in the mood for at the moment, unfortunately, but it'd probably be really refreshing on a hot summer day. Too bad these flavors were only exclusive to the Dreamerversary festival...]

Want me to grab you a sample? [He flashes her a grin, before adding:] I wouldn't be much of a Mentor if I didn't try to at least promote my trainee's flavor just a little bit!

[angelolatry]

Mint lemonade...? Hm. I'm not sure I've tried that sort of flavour before. I've tried mint things and lemonade, but not together.

[Colette considers when he offers to let her try a sample, a taste to see if she likes it. She might as well try the strawberry one. To confirm, even if she is pretty sure she would like it that it sounds like a flavour she would go for.]

But ah, alright! I'll try a sample and see.

[hanamane]

It's pretty good! My Mom likes to make it for summer with some of the mint plants we have at the shop. It's got that refreshing quality of lemonade but also that extra cooling factor mint has, too.

[Why Amane was regulated to the cosplay booth when he was clearly really good at talking up ice cream flavors is anyone's guess, really....

At Colette's approval, though, he returns to the ice cream booth, requesting a couple more samples from the vendor before running them back to her. Never mind the side-eye they're giving him for trying all of these bits of product for free, but...]

Here you go! I grabbed you one of the Soleil Strawberry ones too, just in case.

[angelolatry]

Oh? I might have to come visit sometime. Your shop. I know it might be a bit out of the way compared to where I live but? If you give me the address. I might come have a look sometime.

[Colette has more of a sweet tooth, but even so. She is curious. Still, she lets him ask about samples for her, to try the strawberry one. There's a smile as she thanks him and she takes it, trying the sample to get a taste even if she is pretty sure she will like it if it is fruity. She puts it in her mouth, licking it and considering. Giving a soft hum of approval.]

Mm! It's good!