[open] they're playin' my song, I know I'm gonna be okay

[babbylon]

Who: Gilgamesh and everybody! Seriously, everyone's welcome to tag in.
When: Shortly following the Heroes' return from the dungeon.
Where: Carnival Phantasm, Caissa
What: It's a threeway mingle for Caissa's hottest businesses: Carnival Phantasm, Independent Action, and Heaven's Feel. Come get a taste of each!
Rating: General audiences, most likely.

Welcome to Caissa!



CARNIVAL PHANTASM

[Today, Carnival Phantasm has its doors open to the public. The fake sakura tree in the room seemed to be blooming through the power of some magic and the combination of sakura petals and glitter added to the festive atmosphere. Irisviel was quite serious when she meant for the place to have a party, fantastical feel. The smell of tea wafted through the air, the music played gently in the background and everything was set for Caissa's First Maid and Butler Cafe.

In the welcoming area would be the stations for Heaven's Feel and Independent Action that were set up for Gilgamesh's and Caren's businesses. A sign up sheet was also present on the wall for anyone interested for jobs at the cafe.

The proprietor herself was dressed in her maid outfit, flitting between the welcoming area, seating area and kitchen. She was also making sure that her platoon of maids and butlers were doing well and the customers were satisfied. If anyone was causing trouble, Irisviel would descend upon them and rain down the punishment of the heavens (in other words, throw them out or let Nobunaga get to them).

At the back of the cafe was a small stage. Whenever a substantial crowd of people had gathered during the festivities, Irisviel would step forward with a microphone and make a short speech addressing them all.

"Hello everyone, thank you for coming and supporting Carnival Phantasm! This wouldn't have been possible without the help of Caren and Gilgamesh, so please patronize Independent Action and Heaven's Feel as well. So please enjoy the food and drink, challenge your maids and butlers to a round of games or take a picture—I guarantee that Carnival Phantasm will take you away from the real world for a brief moment to somewhere fantastical! Kyu~~n. ♡"

And so the festivities would continue.]

INDEPENDENT ACTION

[Caren's station in the Carnival Phantasm may seem to be understated compared to the others. Instead of fancy glitter or anything similar, she's gone with an understated look. Crates have been placed around, and while some of them are clearly for atmosphere (they have rocks if anyone peeks inside) there are others that hold containers for tea, new tea pots, flasks, and various assorted items. What’s with those strange looking flowers...?

There is a tea station set up in front of the crates, with seating area around it. All tea samples are free! While they rotate throughout the day with other teas (Manatea and Enchantea being the most notable), there are the teas that are made for Carnival Phantasm and Heaven's Feel. Dirtea is made with Carnvial Phantasm in mind, which is a vanilla oolong that cleanses your heart and mind. Connectivitea was made for Heaven’s Feel, and is a black tea and chai blend, with cinnamon, cloves, and has golden glittery hearts that make the tea into a golden experience.]

HEAVEN'S FEEL

[Gilgamesh has gone all out for his station, suited to his ostentatious personality. He's cordoned off a section with golden streamers and designated it as a "speed dating" area, so those interested can fill out their own cards and get matched on the spot with their fellows! Tasty cakes and pastries are provided free of charge, and there are also a few representatives floating around to offer information about the business. Naturally, Gilgamesh is on call to assist with any and all needs, dressed in a stunning number of his own.

But it's not all romance! Anyone seeking friendships, business partners, and beneficial alliances are encouraged to make use of their services and sign up. Every so often Gilgamesh can be seen hosting fun games, too, such as musical chairs and trivia. Although much of the trivia curiously seems to be centered around Gilgamesh himself...

Gilgamesh is easily the most boisterous among the three, so if you're not doing anything, expect to get pulled over into his general sphere of influence.]

(( More info about the featured businesses can be found on their respective pages, as linked. Don't forget to fill out a card with Heaven's Feel while you're there! Just to clarify, this log takes place at Carnival Phantasm; all businesses are represented in the same area, so feel free to tag among the stations however you please! Get out there and mingle, guys!

As a final note, all business are also open to hiring! If you're interested in employment, just check out those pages and sign right up. ))

Comments

[sealeted]

i. carnaval phantasm
[So far, Hakuno seems more interested in the food and sweets than the iconic service, carefully studying the menus and considering her options. She seems to be having fun, if the faint, warm smile on her lips is any indication. However, there does seem to be one issue. One little fly in an otherwise dazzlingly perfect ointment.

The tree.

From time to time, her eyes catch on it and her smile falters. Sometimes, it even gets to the point where she shudders before focusing back on something more pleasant, but mostly her gaze catches now and again. Now, a faint shiver runs through her, but she shakes it off and glances around for a server instead.]

Excuse me? I'd like a refill, please.


ii. independent action

Wow... so many different types!

[Hakuno is like a little kid; she wants to see everything. She peeks in the crates, at rocks or supplies and flowers, and periodically makes trips back to the tea station, eager to try out the samples. Each one makes her glow a bit more, keeping her relaxed and happy to balance out the giddy curiosity she started out with.]


iii. heaven's feel

[Hakuno has an unfair advantage, so she sits out the Gilgamesh Trivia round.

Beyond that, she seems very interested in the speed dating. Maybe, if you're in the queue, you'll find yourself in front of a girl in a red dress. She already has a card with Heaven's Feel, but beware; Gilgamesh may take a personal interest in you if you take a personal interest in her. And if things don't go so well...

Her boots may be cute, but they're a steel-toed gift from Jae-ha. Tread lightly, or she might not.]


iv. other

[If there's another activity or prompt you want with Hakuno, just let me know!]

ota; mainly carnival phantasm

[ateaist]

a.

[In the interest of establishing her dominance amongst the staff as undisputed King Of Maids™, Nobunaga goes out of her way to engage with everyone who walks into their cafe. Hope you're ready for poses, because just before greeting you at the door she'll strike one real quick;]

Welcome! You'll be in my care for your visit today! ☆

[You can practically hear the star in her tone, but there's no time to dwell dearest customer. Your descent into maid hell begins now.]

b.

[Once you're seated, Nobunaga is quick to put a menu into your hands; but despite that, she still runs through what's available out loud, too.]

Let's see...of all of our pastries, these ones are really good! [She leans over your shoulder and starts pointing towards some options.] Oh, and if you go with the omurice, I'll draw something special on it with ketchup! Just for you. ♥

[Maybe if she sweet talks you enough you won't notice everything she's suggesting is the most expensive, tbh.]

c.

[The games.......now this one is difficult. The fact of the matter is Nobunaga is a) extremely competitve and b) extremely good at games to boot. But every so often she's forced to throw a game here or there for the sake of keeping people coming; if she wins everything, it's just going to drive people away from trying them out.

Either way, win or lose, she's still keeping up her act. Victories earn her looking very defeated, along with something like "awaah, you're just too good!", while a defeat earns you a reassuring pat on the hand. "better luck next time! but it was really close!" all the while thinking no it wasn't, you suck, gg no re loser.

It might be suspicious that her losses seem drawn out and forced while her victories come in a flash, honestly, but consider whether calling her out is worth it.]

d.

[At some point during the day, Nobunaga's stood outside on the street with a stack of papers in her hand. They're fairly small and, upon closer inspection, appear to be coupons of some kind with "ぐだぐだ" on them...and strangely nothing else, aside some very basic decoration. Either way, anyone who passes is enthusiastically offered one.]

Hi! Be sure to stop by independent action and hand in your promotional ★guda-☆-guda★ voucher for a special surprise!

[the surprise is you get nothing she never actually cleared this with caren

but all she promised was she'd get people to stop by, nothing else]

[for the record, anyone thinking she sounds strange and not like an old man like she usually does would be right. it's image change.]

[showsnopiety]

For a general note

[Caren will be changing back from a maid outfit to a butler uniform. Her employees have been asked to wear retail casual, or casual clothing with an apron if they are serving samples. Don't want to end up covered in tea, after all! She's mostly dressed the way she is because she's teasing/in theme/etc and will say as much.]

For admiring Caren
[If she's not there and handling her station, explaining the products and offering tea samples, she's out and about the cafe. There's Heaven's Feel to promote after all, and there's Carnival Phantasm too. If she didn't have fun going through the motions, who would?

...many people, most likely. She was a bit of a stoic after all. Or maybe, just maybe if you're lucky, you'll catch her on a break!

Though if you catch her dozing at one of the back tables, it won't be for long, especially if someone tries to sit by her or lay down a blanket over her shoulders or something. Caren was far more likely to wake up with a sudden intense golden gaze.

She might be a bit tired, but she was also a light sleeper.]

For Employees
[She did not have many, and she hadn't intended to have many for the front; this was a grand opening. But she was keeping an eye on them. If any of them wanted to talk to her or looked lost, she came in, all open faced and polite as she talked to them about giving samples, reminding them on the read up of what the teas did and did not contain, and how No, they were not going to be wearing maid uniforms in the store.

...when someone broke something though, she tended to swoop in.]

What's this? A broken cup?

[...maybe you should run...]

For Milk tea!

[This was something of an experiment, not meant to be sold but...well. If people wanted a taste, they'd get a taste. It really could be blamed on Setsuna and Minato; they wanted a taste of milk tea, and she thought it was a challenge enough to try and provide. So she found out how it was supposed to be made. There was the prep work of course, and the need to actually work it on the spot with a large pot, before going through the motions of adding the milk, sugar syrup, and so on. But...she did make a little too much extra, even after it had been chilled with ice. And she didn't have pearls to make it into bubble tea either.

So there might be a wave over and an offer for someone to try this possible product. Can't go wrong with a free sample, right?]

For Gilgamesh (closed )

[This was a special kind of allurement, something that was long overdue. She wore the maid uniform for him, and...well, where they ended up, it didn't matter. She had everything readied beforehand, and since it looked as if Gilgamesh was having fun, Caren pulled him aside.

For something important, she said. And it was, and it wasn't, even if it took him away from his game playing, and her from her tea upselling.

Because on some tables she had borrowed from Iriviel's central location was a variety of dishes Caren had tried to recreate. Barley bread and cakes, lamb with couscous and mint, Ninda-gal bread, fried fish, grilled goat, pigeon pie, a legume soup, and a variety of chickpea and other vegetable dishes, some cooked with onions, leeks, or garlic, or a mixture. There were also bottles of chilled wine and barley ale, and honey fruit set aside for dessert.

Caren watched him with her hands clasped in front of her, her expression blank. She was taking in his reaction, it seemed.]

It took awhile because I wanted to do this right. But I can't be certain if this is accurate.

[He might tell her it isn't anyway, just to vex her. That was the kind of man he was.]

Wildcard

Have something different in mind? Go ahead and plunk it down below!

[chronosynthesis]

[I]

[Syrlya gives the new cafe a cursory glance, but the first thing that catches his eye isn't the sweets or the costumes, but the tea section.

He's dressed out of uniform and in an embroidered purple vest and shirt instead, looking over the sample set. Sometimes he reaches for one of the teas... only to pull his hand back and look even more conflicted than before.]

How do they make so many flavors of one thing? I don't even know what it tastes like plain!

[II]

[And if you're enjoying the cafe some hours after things have started going, you may find your table tended to by Syrlya. Syrlya wearing a maid costume that doesn't quite fit with flat shoes (he didn't get far in the heels) and looking frazzled as he clutches his order notebook and some menus. He wasn't working here at first, was he?

He's still smiling brightly despite looking out of his element.] Welcome! I'll be serving you today--is there anything that you would care to start with?

[rulayracing]

{OOC: Mikleo will be in the maid outfit for half the day and the butler outfit for the other half! Feel free to choose which one he'll be serving your character in!}

A: Enter Maidleo

[Mikleo has never been so glad for the absence of a certain wind seraph and earth seraph, who shall remain nameless. Still, the outfits aren't terrible, and it's kind of fun so far. Plus, the maid getup is by far better than his magical idol one.

When he approaches the table, he's distracted enough to not immediately recognize if the person he's assigned to is someone he knows. Being part of the wait staff isn't something this seraph has any experience in, but, well, it's new and a steady income. Trying it out can't hurt.]

Welcome to Carnival Phantasm. I'm Mikleo and I'll be taking care of you today.

[Hnn, the seraph isn't sure he likes that. Maybe he'll experiment with his greetings a bit in the future. Still, even though Mikleo isn't the most...energetic of his coworkers, he manages to put some polite friendliness into his words.]

Can I get you started with something to drink?

B: Break me off a piece of that Mik-Kat bar?

[Mikleo's taking a much needed break at one of the tables outside. He's dressed in more casual clothes rather than the uniform, since he doesn't want to get that dirty. The way he slouches against the back of his chair is that of a seraph who has been running around too long. Sheesh, how do humans do this for a living?]

C: It's time to d-d-dueleo!

[Everyone likes games, okay. It's a universal constant. Mikleo just...has never played either of these games before. That doesn't mean he's not up for a challenge, though! He'll let the customer pick which one they'll play.]

Best two out of three? If you win against me, I'll get you a tea to sample of your choice. On the house.

[Wagers add a little spice to life!]

D: Wildcard

[Come at him with whatever you want!!!]

[maidhem]

Carnival Phantasm

[It was only the mention of a 'maid and butler cafe' that had gotten Felicia's attention enough to even come to this spectacular affair-- and she was entirely astounded by what she saw, for both good and bad. The sakura tree (and oh how fitting it was for the princess to be named after such a tree) in full bloom despite the temperatures growing colder outside was magnificent; the maid outfits....not so much.

If anything, they made Felicia feel more dismayed and concerned. Her own status as a maid in both Nohr and Hoshido was still on the forefront of her mind, even if she knew that the role didn't apply here. A simple change in clothes, however, was not enough to change her basic work ethic-- and she had to keep herself from smoothing out her flowy skirt and seeking out the proprietor to ask if they needed help finding a proper tailor.

Because that truly had to be the problem. Nothing else.

...Right?]

Independent Action

Uhm...can someone tell me what's in all these teas?

['Milk tea' had been mentioned at some point or another, and Felicia was a little wary of stepping into something she was going to regret. Her milk allergy for the most part didn't pose any problems, as long as the milk was cooked and she was careful about the cheeses or desserts she ate, but she never liked running the risk of having a bad rest of her night. Thus, while the obvious instances of milk tea were easy to avoid, she wasn't trained enough in this 'mana' thing to be able to tell what was what with these different blends.

And the last thing she wanted to do was worry anyone because she made a silly mistake like this.]

Heaven's Feel

[The blond gentleman with the bold demeanor looked surprisingly good in that finely cute dress, Felicia decided after one look. The hemlines were well within reason that anyone would be sufficiently comfortable wearing such a number-- and she found herself wondering if Prince Xander would like to receive a Maid Uniform of his own one day, after they completed his 'training' to become a proper maid.

The rest of the services being offered, however, were decidedly odd to Felicia-- and, thus, she signed up for everything she could just to satisfy her curiosity.

How it would end.....only time would tell.]

[hoasen]

CARNIVAL PHANTASM

[Vietnam is practically running in, huffing tiredly as she looks around quickly--] Am I late?!

[She's never late! So why was she late? It's because she had to dress up in costume, that is, she's dressed up as a disgruntled businesswoman. With matching pair of glasses and suitcase and resting bitchy face. Well, not the latter yet, until she realises she needs to really put it on.

Which she does, she completely flips.]

H-hmph, do you think I have all day? [Could work on her acting skills though.]


INDEPENDENT ACTION

Now, which one of these were for Heaven's Feel...

[Vietnam heard that there were special blends made for Carnival Phantasm and Heaven's Feel! Just that, because she works at the latter, there is some bias in play. She's looking...looking...looking...found it!]

Black tea and chai blend, with cinnamon, cloves, and has golden glittery hearts. [All of these? Some of her favourite spices.] It sounds delicious!


HEAVEN'S FEEL

[Gilgamesh may have organised it, but he would be flittering everywhere, so Vietnam decides that it is best if she just helps the man out. So for musical chairs, she's gotten their (NPC) staff to help her pick one of the mixes for a round. It comes with Fantasy versions of gems like this, or this, or this and I guess someone snuck in one of those popular idol group songs like this.

...Vietnam shrugs as she hits the play button on that steampunk music player because that latter still suits the atmosphere?!]

Good luck, everyone! The winner of this round will get some of my cakepops, I made them especially for this. They look like the heavens, no?


(( IF ANYONE WANTS ME TO WRITE A HEAVEN'S FEEL CARD ("npc submitted") FOR THEM JUST HIT ME UP ))

OTA

[seventhgen]

[i]

[Aigis is very dutifully serving as needed, wearing a traditional maid costume if anyone's ever seen one. In fact, contrary to the linked image, she's very good about holding trays and not dropping anything, calculating the way to shift the weight to best move around nigh-instantaneously.

She does seem to be mildly troubled, or at least thinking of something, all night. Until at last it comes out, and she turns to the nearest person whether customer or coworker and asks:]

Why does my uniform include stockings?

I was under the impression that their purpose is to tease a viewer with the expectation of what is underneath them, but my legs are made of metal and armor. They aren't very tantalizing.

[iii]

[Aigis has actually not filled out a card. Oops. To do so would be cheating on Minato, after all!

That hasn't stopped her from just randomly sitting down in the speed dating area, though. She's still in her maid uniform.] Hello there!

[stonebird]

I. Carnaval Phantasm

(Sansa has not been around so many people - so many colors and sights and smells - since King's Landing. Lyanna stays faithfully at her side, her ears flicking back and forth in her vigilance. While her mistress is looking more at ease - less likely to snap - she still tugs at her skirt, trying to show the least skin possible. Any passers-by might notice that she has added fabric to said skirt to make it longer, but it is not nearly long enough for her world's standards. Or her standards for that matter. However there is a lovely and ornate Dire-Wolf head stitched on the pleats.

There really is no question that she has claimed the uniform for her own.

Pausing at several stands, she can be seen with a drink in hand or trying to feed Lyanna a special meat treat. Don't be afraid to approach! Only one of them might bite.)

II. Heaven's Feel

(The name catches her eye and she recognizes it instantly. The King. She had, more or less, been offered a job and she sees no reason not to look into it. Besides...

A small smirk crosses her lips and she tugs ever so gently on Lyanna's leash. The Dire-Wolf turns without a fuss, tail wagging curiously at Sansa's sudden interest.

The King is an amusing and mysterious fellow. As long as she has her Carrier at her side, Sansa cannot - will not - fear any man. Thus she approaches the crowd gathered for the speed dating, sky blue eyes sharp for signs of trouble.)