Share Your Entries! (Fire Festival 2015 Archive)

[Cadbberry]

My Story.... oh god XD

Spoiler: Avert your eyes from this trash

A story about the first ever Fire Festival in Windsor. Enjoy and please don't kill me for the mini ships.



The sun shone above the small town and confetti rained down to the simple worn grass below. Music began to blare and all citizens began to wake up from their slumber to find a full festival had begun while they had slept the night away. The speakers from town hall rang out with Isabelle’s voice, “Good Morning Citizens, I want to welcome you all to the first annual Fire Festival!” With a confused look all 10 villagers of the town headed to the center tree pavilion. As they entered the cobble area tall torches lit with bright blue and red fire and down from the huge center tree jumps down Mayor Kat, she is wearing a dress seemingly made of fire but it is just a special pattern she had whipped up at the Able Sisters.

“WELCOME CITIZENS OF WINDSOR! THIS IS OUR FIRST ANNUAL FIRE FESTIVAL AND I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO GET IN THE SUMMER SPIRIT AND PARTY TILL THE SUN GOES DOWN!” Kat called to her animal neighbors whom had wandered into the plaza confused. Slowly Apollo comes close to her, his feathery hand intertwined with Skye’s soft blue hand.

“Mayor...” Apollo speaks calmly, his voice gruff and almost grouchy but soothing at the same time, “What kind of event is this, can you explain we can do, pah?” He smiles weakly and looks Kat over “Can you also explain that ridiculous get up, pah?” Skye looks up and punches his shoulder playfully.

“Apollo, don’t be so rude! Kat looks very cute in her flame dress, airmail.”Skye yells, looking up to him, her white bangs falling into her face.

“Sorry, I can only be the grouchy old man I am, pah.” Apollo chuckles and tucks her bangs behind her pointed wolf ear and gives her a peck on the forehead. Kat giggles and winks at the two of them which causes them both to blush slightly.

“Oh you two are so cute together! The Fire Festival will be dancing, singing, a campfire later, and even an old favorite of Festivale, some nice classic confetti catching” She speaks loud enough for all to hear. Rosie goes to speak, her ears back slightly and a rose blush covers her cheek as she locks eyes with Julian.

“Cookie, wasn’t it feather catching during Festivale, silly?” She tail swished side to side with an intrigued feeling of the new event.

“Well it is close enough and whoever finds the piece of green confetti gets to light the fireworks at the end with me! Or at least Isabelle said so but hey, you all can have say in the event too.” Kat replies with a grin, she has a twinkle in her eyes as the music grows louder. Ever villager starts pulling out nets with a smile. “Now bring me back 10 Pink, Red, Blue, or Green confetti for a prize!” And with that the villagers scatter to go catch confetti. Kat giggles and starts dancing at the front of the plaza to stay in a common location. Julian isn’t really catching anything but he is leaning on a shady pine tree watching the town play. Fauna is giggling whilst playing rock, paper, scissors with Rosie for some confetti. Skye and Apollo are dancing, sort of, Apollo is trying not to but Skye is making him have fun. Even Grizzly and Kid Cat are teaming up to help each other out. ”Just what I wanted… a nice fun filled day” She said happily, her voice drifting off, the Mayor had only gotten a few minutes to herself before the event began, not a wink of sleep for her. Dizzy taps her shoulder lightly, his big eyes looking down to her.

“Kitten, I brought 10 of the blue confetti pieces, woo-oo.” He spoke loudly and his voice carried across the plaza catching the attention of Grizzly and Kid Cat. They start walking over, their arms full of confetti. Kat nods and pulls out a leaf, exchanging it for the confetti.

“Congrats, you have won one wonderful Fire Block” She smiled handing it to him. Dizzy puts it in his pocket and girls, bowing his head slightly then running off to get more. That is how most of the day went for her, standing still and handing out prizes. ‘So this is how Tortimer felt…’ She thought to herself.

“Oi, Kat, I am here for an exchange, grr” Grizzly said standing up tall when in front of her. “I have 10 green right here.” He smiled and handed her the 10 green pieces.

“Grizzly! Oh wow, ok so you get to light up some fireworks with me, that will be fun!” Kat said, nodding and grinning. Her hair was starting to come loose from the bun it had been in during the day. The sun was setting and Isabelle was starting the Campfire. The loudspeaker clears and it squeaks.

“The main festival is now completed, please come gather around the campfire for Fireworks!” Isabelle said quietly but the speaker made it boom. All the villagers come back and gather around the campfire and Kat waves Grizzly up to the front and he comes close to her.

“It is my great honor to light of the Fire Festival Fireworks. Grizzly would you light them off?” Kat announced with a big grin. Grizzly nods and lights the fireworks, they slowly shoot into the air and explode into beautiful colors. Kat sits down with her neighbors, Grizzly taking a seat close to her and Kid Cat, and together they all watched fireworks deep into the night.

The End

 

[Yukari Yakumo]

My photo

Spoiler

The San Antonio Riverwalk just outside the Marriot Riverwalk Hotel downtown taken this last Friday in the early evening, on the first day of San Japan Anime Convention.
I've come to consider San Japan synonymous with summer for me, having become a bit of a tradition by this 3rd year going(even though they're moving the date to even later).
One thing I have fun doing during the convention is walking along the Riverwalk in the afternoon while wearing my Touhou cosplay. Heads turn everywhere, especially on the river boat tours. The little girls in the boats think I'm a princess. X)

 

[milkyi]

My story <3 (Its ACNL themed)

Spoiler

I was sitting on the hill with Poppy. She was blowing bubbles. The sun was setting, the sky was absolutely extraordinary. I wish I could have taken a picture of it, however, I forgot to bring my camera. I really wish you could have seen it. Poppy was smiling. Marshal had come to join us. “So Poppy are you going to join me in the fireworks show?” I had said. “Mhm! I wouldn’t miss it for the world!” I had smiled while she smiled back at me. “What about you Marshal?” “Oh, I guess I’ll go to!” He exclaimed, with excitement. “My two favorite squirrels are going to celebrate a magical night with me” I said. I grabbed a dandelion and blew it. Later that night, Poppy, Marshal, and myself, joined around the town tree to watch the Fireworks. Boom went the first Firework.

“Aren’t they just magical?” Poppy asked. “Oh yes, they are wonderful” I replied. Marshal was amazed. “You know, I haven’t really seen them in person.” He confessed. “Oh you haven’t?” I replied. “Yeah in my hometown, they didn’t really do Fireworks, I always watched them on TV, and they’re more magical in person, though.” He said. Poppy was blowing a Pinwheel. Another Firework went boom, and then crackle. I went up to Redd and bought 3 Redd Cookies. “Is that all your buying, cousin?” He asked. “Yes, thank you.” I replied. He nodded, and I walked back over to Poppy and Marshal. I gave each of them a cookie. Poppy and Marshal ate their cookies. “Awe, I got a dud ticket.” Poppy said with disappointment. Marshal had got a Flash Ticket. “Oh you can trade that in for a lovely phone!” I said. Marshal went up to Redd and traded in his ticket for the lovely phone. I finally ate my cookie and got a bang ticket. I had got a boxed figurine in return.

I looked at Poppy and felt bad for her, so I bought another cookie. I had given it to her and said, “Hopefully this one is a winner.” She smiled and ate the cookie. She read the ticket. “Yay it’s a crackle ticket!” She ran up to Redd and traded in her ticket for an Ultra hand. “I’m happy I got a winning ticket.” She said smiling. “I’ll be right back.” I said while getting up. “Okay.” Poppy replied. I walked over to my house and went in. I walked over to my kitchen and went into the freezer. I took out 3 popsicles. I ran out of my house and back to the town plaza. I handed Poppy and Marshal each a Popsicle. “Oh thank you Niko! ^_^” Poppy Said. “Thanks.” Marshal said cheerfully. Then the firework of the town flag came up. “Oh! That’s our flag!” Poppy said with glee. Marshal’s eyes lit up. Then Olivia saw us and walked up. “Mind if I join you?” She said. “Sure!” I said. She sat next to me. Isabelle then decided it would be better if she sat down next to us, than standing. “Hello Isabelle ^D^” I said. “Oh hello mayor!” Isabelle said. In the distance Fang noticed us.

“Uh, I’d like to go by Niko, but there’s too many people over there…” He thought. “I’ll just do it.” He picked up a pink carnation and walked over to me. “Uh Hi Niko, I hope you don’t mind that I want to join you and watch the fireworks… If you don’t want me to be here you can just have this carnation...” He said shyly. “It would be lovely for you to join us!” I said with a smile. “Well just have this carnation anyway.” He said. “Why thanks!” I said sweetly. Stitches had decided to join us as well. I put him on my lap. “Niko you smell so nice, like a cookie.” He said while drifting off to sleep. I smiled. These villagers were just too nice. Diana sat down next to Marshal. Then Ankha sat down next to Diana. Punchy felt left out. I looked over to him. “Hey Punchy, why don’t you join us?” I said with joy. “Oh okay! Thanks for the offer!” Punchy said.

It was almost twelve. Stitches had fell asleep on my lap. I could tell all of the villagers were tired. I asked Isabelle what time it was. “11:43” She replied. Seven minutes had past. “I think we should all start heading home” I said. The Villagers agreed. I had said good bye to everyone. I started to head to Stitches home, so I could put him in his bed. I opened the door and went into his bedroom. I walked over to his bed and tucked him in. I turned off the light and as I was leaving I said, “Goodnight Stitches” I saw him smiling in his sleep. I then went to my house and crawled into my cozy bed. Today was an amazing day.

 

[Murray]

My photo

Spoiler

The San Antonio Riverwalk just outside the Marriot Riverwalk Hotel downtown taken this last Friday in the early evening, on the first day of San Japan Anime Convention.
I've come to consider San Japan synonymous with summer for me, having become a bit of a tradition by this 3rd year going(even though they're moving the date to even later).
One thing I have fun doing during the convention is walking along the Riverwalk in the afternoon while wearing my Touhou cosplay. Heads turn everywhere, especially on the river boat tours. The little girls in the boats think I'm a princess. X)

the lines of the walkway/railings creates a really nice composition, great photo

 

[mintellect]

I decided to rewrite my story! Here is the finished product It was originally a lot longer but it was over the word limit and only a small part of it was related to summer, so I had to cut a ton of it out. Since Poppy's birthday was yesterday, I wrote this in honor of her! (Although my town is a month behind lol)

Spoiler: Poppy's Birthday Beach Party

On August 5th, the sun was shining bright over the small town of Heaven. Although it was only 7am, everyone was awake, because they all knew today was a very special day... however, one animal did not know what was in store.


Poppy woke up to hear a knocking on her door.
"Why are you knocking at my door this early, nutty?" Poppy said. "And who are you?"
"It's me, sulky."
Poppy recognized Marshal's voice. "Come in," she said.
She heard whispering, and then Marshal opened the door and came in. He was smiling wide.
"What is it, Marshal?" Poppy asked. Marshal turned and made a "come in" motion towards the door. Poppy was confused, until she saw the whole town, including the mayor, come into her small home with presents.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POPPY!" They shouted.
"Oh, thank you!" She exclaimed.
The mayor realized Poppy was still in her nightgown. "Umm, sorry! We were expecting you to be up and ready since you usually wake up early. We'll come back later." She said. The group left the house, except for Marshal. "We'll wait outside for you," he said, "We have tons of surprises for you, sulky!"
Poppy quickly took a shower, brushed her teeth and fur, and threw on her pink ribbon dress. She the opened her door and saw all her friends waiting for her.
"Here, put this on," Marshal said, and tied a cloth around Poppy's eyes.
"W-what? How will I see where I'm going? Nutty?!" Poppy said, confused.
"Don't worry, we'll guide you, honey," replied Maple. She took Poppy's hand and they and the rest of the group went past the town hall, past the mayors home, over the bridge, and down the beach ramp.
"You can look now," Maple said.
Poppy pulled the cloth off her face and saw the beach was decorated with flowers, and there were tables, chairs, and balloons. Several games were set up on the wall of the cliff. There was a long table with bowls of candy and fruit, along with a chocolate fountain, and a huge birthday ice cream cake!
"Wow... this is amazing! You did this all for me, nutty?" Poppy said, turning towards the group.
The mayor nodded. "You have been such a great friend to all of us, we wanted to do something extra special for you," she said with a smile.
Poppy ran to the mayor and gave her a big hug. "You've been a great friend too!" She said. Everyone group hugged.
After a minute or so, Mint stepped out of the group. "Enough of this mushy stuff. It's party time, ahhh!"
The first thing everyone did was play some of the party games. The mayor had planned everything, and tried to make the games and prizes as summery as possible.
First, they played "Pin the sun on the sky." Beau came closest to the target place and won an ice pop. Next, they played musical chairs. Marshal and Poppy actually both sat on the last chair at the exact same time, and they both got a packet of sunflower seeds. Then, they played darts, with the dartboard being replaced with a picture of the sun. Mint got her dart closest to the center and won a recipe for sunshine tea. Finally, they played hide and seek, where the mayor was it. O'hare was the last person to be found and won a basket of perfect sunfruit.
Now, it was time for presents! Poppy sat down and all the animals and the mayor surrounded her and presented their presents, one by one. Maple had gifted her a papa bear. O'hare gave her a tropical vista. Mint had given an alpine large table. Beau gave a mountain standee. Cookie's gift was a recipe for caramel cookies. Marshal gifted a bouquet of gold roses. The last gift was the mayor's. It was wrapped beautifully, and as Poppy ripped off the wrapping, the mayor said, "This is from all of us."
The gift was a drawing of Poppy, and each villager had colored a part of it. The drawing was framed, and the frame had stickers, jewels, and glitter. On the back, was a message from each villager. "Have a happy birthday!" "You're so awesome." "You're the sweetest squirrel ever!"
Poppy looked at everyone and started to tear up. "Thank you so much," she said, "for everything."
"It's cake time, saltlick!" Beau shouted after a moment of silence. Everyone started laughing.
The animals sat down around the long table. The mayor sliced the ice cream cake, made to look like a watermelon, and gave a slice to each villager, as they helped themselves to the tropical fruits and candies in the bowls. It didn't take long for everyone to gobble up their slice and want seconds.
After the feasting was done, the animals were told to go home and get their bathing suits, they were going to play games in the sea!
First they had a competition where you had to catch as many sea creatures as possible in ten minutes. Maple caught twelve creatures and won a package of ice pops, however she decided to share them with everyone. But she only gave each villager one and saved the rest for himself.
They also had a race to see who could go to end of the boundaries and back to the shore. Cookie won a bag of candy! She also decided to share them.
After that, all the villagers just relaxed and had fun on the beach. At 8PM, they heard an announcement:
"Hello everyone! We are having a fireworks show tonight in honor of Poppy's birthday!"
Suddenly huge fireworks were exploding in the sky. It was the most impressive fireworks show the town had seen. There were even fireworks of objects, like rainbows, cakes, balloons, and presents. The beach was filled with "ooos" and "ahhhs."
An hour later, when the fireworks were about to end, there was a string of fireworks that spelt out "HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPPY" in the sky. As they slowly faded away, Isabelle announced the fireworks were over and wished Poppy a happy birthday.
Poppy was incredibly touched. Her friends had done so much for her. As she stared at the starlit summer sky, she thought about how amazing her friends were. This was the best birthday ever, all thanks to them.

 

[samsquared]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BvN65y_E6MTryw-ChhE21CjRDy-QgD5GojtNe12qfWM/edit?usp=sharing
that's my horrible story that is in dire need of editing (tbh it's too wordy for me lol) and i also dare to share my other stories that couldn't make the cut because of word floors lol (and i wrote one of them before but i really wish i could enter it to win something because it is really good, it's story 2 js)

story 1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12khZvytdfh4WXbhgrcunA1KsnO-PAYEsRiR4X9R4oiE/edit?usp=sharing
story 2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B4KQa7Q7LrdCMM7MycBmHaXcRg0VgIonfIaFgyZ0gZg/edit?usp=sharing

 

[mintellect]

Not my official entry, will likely submit something else, but:

Spoiler: ice cream cat

Tbh I don't even think it's summery enough... I mean ice cream is summery but the pic doesn't scream 'summer' to me... wanted to take a pic of the pool by my house but we probably won't be able to go before the deadline
Suggestions?

And yes, this is my cat, Elsie.
And no, we didn't actually give her the ice cream. Chocolate is very bad for cats!

 

[Jacob]

Not my official entry, will likely submit something else, but:

Spoiler: ice cream cat

Tbh I don't even think it's summery enough... I mean ice cream is summery but the pic doesn't scream 'summer' to me... wanted to take a pic of the pool by my house but we probably won't be able to go before the deadline
Suggestions?

And yes, this is my cat, Elsie.
And no, we didn't actually give her the ice cream. Chocolate is very bad for cats!

maybe ur cat in front of a sunset <3

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that pic is really really cute tho

 

[mintellect]

Okay I took some pics of my younger cat with a watermelon
But idk which one to submit??
Or I should just submit the ice cream one

Spoiler: watermelon cat thing

 

[Vizionari]

Okay I took some pics of my younger cat with a watermelon
But idk which one to submit??
Or I should just submit the ice cream one

Spoiler: watermelon cat thing

Why are they just showing up as lil boxes???

Change the pics to .jpg format, and it should work.

 

[mintellect]

Change the pics to .jpg format, and it should work.

Thanks, it did.

 

[Ragdoll]

i currently have 2 possible art entries but i'll post the first one first

this 1st one is a quickie, took me about 1-2hrs in total only because i tried to make it as clean as possible but i couldn't get the hands and arms right???? w/e i'm done with these chibs.

Spoiler

trying my hand at anime style on my second one, which i will show here in a day or two when i'm finished. >.<

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oh yeah explanation, summer is when i work out, so this drawing is me jogging with my friend, who seems to never get tired when jogging

i gave in my final entry ;a;

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these are my twin ocs representing the two major reactions of the general public to the summer heat; you either suffer in the heat, or you have fun with it ~

 

[Lancelot]

Wtf ragdoll thats so good .-.

 

[The Pennifer]

i gave in my final entry ;a;

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these are my twin ocs representing the two major reactions of the general public to the summer heat; you either suffer in the heat, or you have fun with it ~

I absolutely LOVE your art!! ... Your first pic speaks to me because I have been working at speed walking on our local track and my walking companion is just like your speedy un-fatigued friend!! LOL

Spoiler: ME SPEEDWALKING/RUNNING IN THE HEAT

 

[Ragdoll]

Wtf ragdoll thats so good .-.

shh ;a; thank you <3

I absolutely LOVE your art!! ... Your first pic speaks to me because I have been working at speed walking on our local track and my walking companion is just like your speedy un-fatigued friend!! LOL

Spoiler: ME SPEEDWALKING/RUNNING IN THE HEAT

LOL nice minion pic <3

thank you~

 

[Jacob]

So I have finally submitted my entry!
These were some of the ones I was considering:

Spoiler: Honorable mentions

But, this is one that I actually submitted!:

Spoiler: Entry

I wanted my entry to be a little different, you know?
Most people went for the sunrise and sunset, etc - using warm colors to depict summer, but I decided to use water and colder colors, like blues and whites to make it stand out!
I'm pretty happy w my decision and entry ^-^

 

[Dinosaurz]

So I have finally submitted my entry!
These were some of the ones I was considering:

Spoiler: Honorable mentions

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But, this is one that I actually submitted!:

Spoiler: Entry

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I wanted my entry to be a little different, you know?
Most people went for the sunrise and sunset, etc - using warm colors to depict summer, but I decided to use water and colder colors, like blues and whites to make it stand out!
I'm pretty happy w my decision and entry ^-^

Ah, your pictures are amazing! How are you so tallented and I'm sitting here like a Derpy idiot.

 

[Jacob]

Ah, your pictures are amazing! How are you so tallented and I'm sitting here like a Derpy idiot.

Ahhh thank you!!
I just used my phone but i live at the Jersey Shore so I guess thats why xD

 

[p e p p e r]

So I have finally submitted my entry!
These were some of the ones I was considering:

Spoiler: Honorable mentions

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But, this is one that I actually submitted!:

Spoiler: Entry

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I wanted my entry to be a little different, you know?
Most people went for the sunrise and sunset, etc - using warm colors to depict summer, but I decided to use water and colder colors, like blues and whites to make it stand out!
I'm pretty happy w my decision and entry ^-^

those are great! I really like the first honorable mention as we'll but I'm a sucker for silhouettes

 

[Jacob]

those are great! I really like the first honorable mention as we'll but I'm a sucker for silhouettes

thanks <3 i took that one this morning w my friend liam