[D6 LA] Side Event: Realm Expo RP

[Tassu]

Event roleplay goes here

[Hotaru Jun]

A journey through the realms had left Jun a little winded, not that there was much to show for it at least on the stubborn firefly's face. Still after enter the realms of dreams with his Traveler fox plushie tucked under his arm he made his way over to a bench and took a seat, fishing his first half eaten bag of gummies out as he did.

Letting out a slow breath, he sat his plush down next to him before popping a gummy into his mouth. It certainly would be nice if there was a sake vendor here.

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Purchases

2 bags of gummies: 2 Zeni

[Kitsu Kanna]

Now she had seen the theme park version of the realms, Kanna was back in the hub, looking at the poster on the wall with the map and the planning of the day, in case there were some actual conferences she could attend.

[Bayushi Mariko]

Bayushi Mariko was at the event with her own booth at the Yume-Do showcase portion of the exposition. She admittedly found it a little awkward when it came to running her own booth but she should at the very least endorse her own product with her own star power! Realm Expo was at least a few tiers above Fan-Con and her last appearance there was not something she wanted to go through again. Little did she know, there was one of her movies playing in another part of the expo. The actual commerce work of her booth was handled by volunteers at the very least, although she hovered closely if anyone wanted to talk.

For the event, she wore a frilly black gothic dress, a fashion recently made popular by some Crane kuge but not without some controversy.

[Susumu Yakumo]

The starlet was perhaps not someone people expected to see at an expo like this, and yet the fashionably dressed songstress was there, clearly very interested in all the things the Expo had to offer.

Though she was a tad disappointed she didn't get a mascot-plushie... maybe she could buy one? And oh my goodness, there was so much interesting stuff to buy!

Yakumo was absolutely interested in shopping. And she'd probably need someone to haul it all to her car after the fact...

[Susumu Sumiko]

Having collected her winning plushie, Sumiko was holding it almost in a hugging way as she moved to start looking at what was on sale. She had decided to dress more casual than her usual kimono, although idly wished that it was like the cosplay convention on New Kalani. That had been fun!

Reaching the artist shops however...

The starlet was perhaps not someone people expected to see at an expo like this, and yet the fashionably dressed songstress was there, clearly very interested in all the things the Expo had to offer.

Though she was a tad disappointed she didn't get a mascot-plushie... maybe she could buy one? And oh my goodness, there was so much interesting stuff to buy!

Yakumo was absolutely interested in shopping. And she'd probably need someone to haul it all to her car after the fact...

She spotted Yakumo, and with a big smile moved over and bowed.

"Hello Susumu-sama! I hope you are well? Have you visited the other realms yet?"

[Susumu Yakumo]

"Hello Susumu-sama! I hope you are well? Have you visited the other realms yet?"

Having been quite taken with some of the art being made on location, especially drawings and paintings, Yakumo didn't notice Sumiko until she spoke. "Oh, good afternoon, Sumiko-san."

She bowed as well to her fellow Spider. "Mmhm, I did. I quite enjoy this kind of thing... I checked out Meido, Jigoku, and Sakkaku myself earlier, but this is quite nice here; so many interesting things to buy. Did you have a good time here so far?"


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OOC: Yakumo will buy the massive encyclopedia collection on the Spirit Realms (2 koku) for Sumiko during the thread, but just putting it in so I won't forget.

For herself she is buying:
Massive encyclopedia collection on the Spirit Realms - 2 koku
Commissioned art piece - 3 koku [Yakumo commissions art of herself, in search of artwork she can put forward to her producers as someone to hire for album covers]
Denizens of the Realms plushie, large - 1 koku [One fox plushie, plsthnx]
Starlight Miko Crusaders: Guardian of the Realms statue, 1/7 scale - 1 koku (Daigotsu Ayame)
Starlight Miko Crusaders: Guardian of the Realms, remastered OVA collection - 1 koku
Commissioned art piece, line/basic art - 3 bu [Yakumo commissions art of herself, in search of artwork she can put forward to her producers as someone to hire for album covers]
Denizen of the Realms plushie, small - 2 bu [One tanuki plushie, plsthnx]
Hand-made netsuke - 2 bu [Rabbit-netsuke tyvm]
Renga, Absconded Away - 1 bu
Chibi Starlight Miko Crusaders mystery box (collect n' trade) - 1 bu
Commissioned art piece, sketch/basic - 1 bu [Yakumo commissions art of herself, in search of artwork she can put forward to her producers as someone to hire for album covers]
Artisan-created art, print - 5 zeni ["Drawing. Drawing. Please buy a drawing," a little girl asked, clearly attending this event for the very first time and wanting to be on par with the others. Yakumo was defenseless.]
----- > total sum of 12 koku, 5 zeni

[Hotaru Jun]

In the meantime Jun had dozed off sitting up with his head back against the wall. It was probably a bit of an awkward position but it wasn't the first time he'd slept sitting up either.

[Susumu Sumiko]

Having been quite taken with some of the art being made on location, especially drawings and paintings, Yakumo didn't notice Sumiko until she spoke. "Oh, good afternoon, Sumiko-san."

She bowed as well to her fellow Spider. "Mmhm, I did. I quite enjoy this kind of thing... I checked out Meido, Jigoku, and Sakkaku myself earlier, but this is quite nice here; so many interesting things to buy. Did you have a good time here so far?"

"They're well done from an entertainment point of view, although I think I had my hopes a little too high on accuracy. The Meido path was just films. I was hoping for some kind of challenge to pass judgement. I took the Sakakku and Jigoku ones also. I gave the guy playing the Oni some tips on how to be more convincing, so I think that'll be more fun a second time around! Or at least for anyone after me...although now that I think about it, that might not have been a wise thing to do..."

Sumiko frowned as she looked where Yakumo had been previously looking.

"I'm sure it'll be fine. Yume-do as the shopping area however is exactly right! I wish we had dream koku to spend on these dream items though."

[Susumu Yakumo]

"They're well done from an entertainment point of view, although I think I had my hopes a little too high on accuracy. The Meido path was just films. I was hoping for some kind of challenge to pass judgement. I took the Sakakku and Jigoku ones also. I gave the guy playing the Oni some tips on how to be more convincing, so I think that'll be more fun a second time around! Or at least for anyone after me...although now that I think about it, that might not have been a wise thing to do..."

Sumiko frowned as she looked where Yakumo had been previously looking.

"I'm sure it'll be fine. Yume-do as the shopping area however is exactly right! I wish we had dream koku to spend on these dream items though."

"Ah well, I don't think they make these to be accurate, but rather to appeal to folks like myself who have an interest but don't really know much." Something she should correct, perhaps... nah. "As for that movie, ugh. What a travesty. If Emma-O-kami was ever to die and be buried, the director could carry his urn to the burial place, so they could let him down one more time."

Yakumo was still somewhat in the zone for dissecting that performance.

Still, the conversation shifting to something more tangible (for money was tangible to her and not dreams), snapped her out of it for now. "Oh, I know! I wish I could get something from all these artists, but I'll have to be a bit more selective. Did you have your eyes on anything in particular, Sumiko-san?"

[Hotaru Tsuyo]

Tsuyo drifted through the expo, looking a bit like some part of the Jigoku exhibit had actually collapsed on her given the brown and red earthen stains all over her clothing. The satchel slung across shoulder to opposite hip looked well-weighted with the day's purchases as she chatted at this booth and that one.

Like...the one with some absolutely luminous paintings of a number of fan favorites transported into various realms. "Yeah, I've heard that new gum tincture out of the Fox labs is amazing for gel colors, but I don't paint enough these days for the outlay to be worth it. Is that all you're using for the effect here? You should charge more...those tinctures are not cheap!"

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Purchases:
Gummies, Orochi-shaped - 1 zeni
Hard candy, fox-shaped - 1 zeni
Commissioned art piece, sketch/basic - 1 bu
Commissioned art piece, sketch/basic - 1 bu
Hand-made netsuke - 2 bu
Custom made tea set: Yume-do theme - 1 koku
Massive encyclopedia collection on the Spirit Realms [Provides +2 assistance to all Lore: Spirit Realms rolls] - 2 koku

--pm/quote to chat

[Kitsune Kiyoshi]

Kiyoshi had set up a booth. The Detective sat at a table, earing gummies and gi ing autographs. The Kitsune was in a pen next to the table, Summoning animals for visitors to interact with and learn about. He was careful to follow the guidelines provided by the expo staff and seemed quite pleased with how things were going.

[Susumu Sumiko]

"Ah well, I don't think they make these to be accurate, but rather to appeal to folks like myself who have an interest but don't really know much." Something she should correct, perhaps... nah. "As for that movie, ugh. What a travesty. If Emma-O-kami was ever to die and be buried, the director could carry his urn to the burial place, so they could let him down one more time."

Yakumo was still somewhat in the zone for dissecting that performance.

Still, the conversation shifting to something more tangible (for money was tangible to her and not dreams), snapped her out of it for now. "Oh, I know! I wish I could get something from all these artists, but I'll have to be a bit more selective. Did you have your eyes on anything in particular, Sumiko-san?"

"Hmm, maybe you're right. I did approach it from a more scholarly view. I should apologise to whoever it was running the Jigoku realm when I discover who it was. As for that movie...hai. It had some historical accuracies at least?" Sumiko shrugged "I don't understand what the director was doing though."

Studying the stall in front of them, Sumiko tried to keep expectations calm. SHe had a very tiny budget after all.

"Hmm, well the art is really nic-oh what's that?" she stepped closer, almost up on tip toes to look at the front cover of a book stacked right at the top.

"That can't be...is that really? Oh it is! Wow, they have an encyclopedia of the Spirit Realms! I'd seen something similar back at home but that was spread across multiple books and very incomplete, not like that. Hmm, can I budget for that...it would be incredibly useful for my studies..."

[Susumu Yakumo]

"Hmm, maybe you're right. I did approach it from a more scholarly view. I should apologise to whoever it was running the Jigoku realm when I discover who it was. As for that movie...hai. It had some historical accuracies at least?" Sumiko shrugged "I don't understand what the director was doing though."

Studying the stall in front of them, Sumiko tried to keep expectations calm. SHe had a very tiny budget after all.

"Hmm, well the art is really nic-oh what's that?" she stepped closer, almost up on tip toes to look at the front cover of a book stacked right at the top.

"That can't be...is that really? Oh it is! Wow, they have an encyclopedia of the Spirit Realms! I'd seen something similar back at home but that was spread across multiple books and very incomplete, not like that. Hmm, can I budget for that...it would be incredibly useful for my studies..."

"He probably wasn't doing anything or anyone," she remarked wryly, passing her glance over some more prints of artwork. When Sumiko seemed to find something more interesting than that.

Yakumo's own interest was drawn to the subject as well, but not for her own personal interests as such. "Hmm? How much is it?"

[Kaiu Setsu]

Setsu is around with his suit jacket off. Since he has been working, he shows an apron on top with some heavy tooling attached to a wide number of belts and pockets. His hands show signs of spilt oil, as well as one of his cheeks. He seems to be very happy. Accomplished even.

The Kaiu stands in the front of this metallic globe creation in the Yume-do section waiting for the first pair to test his Flying Karaoke Dream Machine.

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Tag if you want to experiment the creation.

[Susumu Sumiko]

"He probably wasn't doing anything or anyone," she remarked wryly, passing her glance over some more prints of artwork. When Sumiko seemed to find something more interesting than that.

Yakumo's own interest was drawn to the subject as well, but not for her own personal interests as such. "Hmm? How much is it?"

"It's...hmm..." Sumiko stepped back slightly to get a better look.

"2 koku? Hai, 2 koku for the book. That makes sense, it's a complete edition with so much detail in it."

She checked her funds. She could afford it, but it would be a big dent in her resources.

"Hmm..."

[Usagi Rei]

Now she had seen the theme park version of the realms, Kanna was back in the hub, looking at the poster on the wall with the map and the planning of the day, in case there were some actual conferences she could attend.

Rei wandered up, looking at the map as well, frowning.

After a moment, he gave Kanna a smile, and a quick bow. "I hope I'm not crowding you, Kistu-san. Usagi Rei." He bowed.

[Kitsu Kanna]

Rei wandered up, looking at the map as well, frowning.

After a moment, he gave Kanna a smile, and a quick bow. "I hope I'm not crowding you, Kistu-san. Usagi Rei." He bowed.

Where had she heard this name already? Ah, yes, the boy the Asahina had the hots for.

Well, more like one of them.

That didn't give her much information actually.

"Kitsu Kanna, Ikoma press. Nice to meet Usagi-san."

[Usagi Rei]

Where had she heard this name already? Ah, yes, the boy the Asahina had the hots for.

Well, more like one of them.

That didn't give her much information actually.

"Kitsu Kanna, Ikoma press. Nice to meet Usagi-san."

Rei's eyebrows went up, and he smiled politely.

"Press. I see." He said. A brief pause. "Are you covering the expo? Winter Court? Something else...?"

[Kitsu Kanna]

Rei's eyebrows went up, and he smiled politely.

"Press. I see." He said. A brief pause. "Are you covering the expo? Winter Court? Something else...?"

"I'll definitely send a short blurb about the expo to my boss later. But mostly I'm here to collect material for our brand new Heroes from the distant stars collection – first issue to be released in the upcoming months – thanks to many samurai of exception being on world at the moment, in the context of the Winter Court.

You wouldn't happen to have some honorable military achievements to flaunt by the way?"