✿ Chapter 012 [Audio] (Day 152)

[burntviolet]

Good afternoon, everyone.

[ Yep, another audio message from Hanako. The video confidence she had in the past was short-lived, considering all that stuff that happened afterwards. At least she sounds way less worn out than the last time. Her sleep schedule returned to normal thanks to Euri's charm. ]

Firstly, I want to thank all the people who took part in the replanting of the park. Your contribution was extremely helpful... hopefully we can keep going like this, in case there will be other attacks that will cause damage to the city.

Secondly... considering what we have gone through for the past month, I was thinking that it should be time for another traveller-based event like the Festival we successfully hosted. However, I would like to do something different this time, possibly something we never did before. The problem is, I am out of ideas as of now, so I wondered if any of you could have suggestions that might help us organize something. Like always, any kind of material or supportive help is very appreciated. If someone already decided on something, I would like to support it as well, so please let me know.

[ Okay. With that out of the way... onto another set of business. ]



The first Nightlight club meeting was nothing short of a success. Thanks to everyone that partecipated, hopefully we can extend the partecipation to other people for the next meeting.

For those who haven't read the series of books and might not know about the plot, I'll make a short summary. [ Since she's been asked this multiple times in the past post, so she's prepared herself just in case. ] It's a story with a mix of horror, action, fantasy, and romance, centered around the female protagonist who is a human and a male vampire, with the vast consequences their relationship will cause in the long run. I will not spoil anything else; you will have to read the volumes in order to reveal more of the plot. Since I took a real liking for these books, I decided to make a club for it.

...

Speaking of next meeting, I have decided about the date and subject. An idea you guys suggested enlightened me on what we could possibly do to contribute to the fandom. In my world, there are communities that are dedicated to write unofficial fictions of the series they are fans of. For those who might not know about them, they're called fanfictions.

They're basically written stories that are specifically directed to other fans of any series, regarding the characters and scenarios that already exist in the original setting. Anything that strays too far from the canon story is called Alternative Universe.

I thought that, for our second meeting, we could summon our creativity and write a piece of fanfiction about the Nightlight universe that we then share to each other. We can discuss each fiction with opinions and constructive criticism if necessary. You can either write a one-shot or a multi-chapter story. You can submit anything, too, as long as it doesn't have mature content in it. Some of our members are of minor age, and I would like not to subject them to... things like that. [ She pauses here, very awkwardly. ]

This is why I'm making an announcement in advance. We all have nine days at our disposal to write our fanfictions. The next meeting will be set on Day 161 unless something happens that will force me to postpone it; in that case, I'll let you guys know.

This is all I had to say. Thank you for your time, as always.

[ There is a click noise, as she cuts the audio communication down. ]

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((OOC: For the future writers, here's the pastebin with all the altered names of most characters to avoid fourthwalling. Needless to say, this is going to be the worst hideous thing I'm ever going to do.

Also, for those who wondered why I haven't made a log for that "replanting of the park" little plot, I decided to handwave it since I also had another plot to take care of, so we can assume that the people who accepted to help have gone there and planted things with Hanako /o/ ))

Comments

[voice]

[whatagoodgirl]

I've talked about a talent show with a few people, but that's not so different from the performance stage we had at the festival... I don't think it's different enough for what you're thinking of.

[voice]

[burntviolet]

Hm... it's not that different, indeed. Maybe something related to it that we never had...

[Video]

[canmakemore]

I'm so glad you took a liking to those books.

[does she care that she started all this

no]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

It got so big and important... thanks to you for recommending it to me, Caterina-san.

[ yes she remembers. ]

[video]

[fluturi]

[Just the most befuddled look.]

A book about the romance between a what and a what?

[HUMAN LITERATURE IS WEIRD]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

Between a human girl and a vampire boy.

[ she thought he didn't hear it right. ]

video;

[hushedpenance]

Nightlight is... oh.

I see. I don't know if I can participate, I've never read Nightlight. [Don't laugh, don't laugh, keep it together...]

And, ah... Do you want something as large as Traveler fest?

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

You could try having a read, if it's a genre that appeals you.

[ Hmmm... ] Perhaps, if it's possible. At least something made by us travellers... for us travellers, you know.

text;

[biifurcatiion]

oh my god really, you are really 2tiill talkiing about that book.
plea2e do your2elf a favor and fiind 2omethiing better two read, thii2 ii2 really 2tartiing two become concerniing.

text;

[burntviolet]

Thanks for the concern, but I am alright. Other people enjoy the books, and I enjoy it along with them. You don't have to worry about me.

[ She doesn't understand why he's still going on about this. ]

text;

[fishdouche]

wwell its settled sol
clearly you dont havve a literary calcified supporter in your entire body because anyone wwith sense can see that nightlight is a swweepingly epic fuckin tale a pity an fate an vviolence an tragedy an havvin to make choices an the difficulty a growwin up
it speaks to our entire fuckin generation sol
but clearly youre just a bloodpusherless grub wwho doesnt knoww the first fuckin thing about romance
i feel bad for fef i really do bein stuck wwith such a heathen

video

[holyfight]

Ooh, are we writing stories? I'll help!

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

Ah, Orihime-san... do you write stories too?

[Audio]

[occulthymns]

Wr... writing our own stories...? [She's never thought about doing that before.....]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

Indeed, but specifically about Nightlight characters. [ And shipping. ]

video;

[yoghurts]

A festival, huh?

Yeah, that sounds like a lot of fun! We used to have a festival back home every year, the last one was... [ he hesitates a bit as he recalls it, remembering... oh yeah that wasn't really the best of nights for him... ]

...heh, it was a little while ago for me, but still... doing something like that could be a lot of fun. [ his voice has definitely dropped a bit, sounding a little excited than it had at first. way to kill your own mood satoshi... ]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

We had a festival indeed. You weren't here when we organized it, but it was a real success. [ One of the few things she's proud of having helped organizing. ] Right now I'm thinking of something different, though.

video;

[deputychief]

[oh jeez the fanfic thing. he only hopes it's not him and hisao whom she got the idea from. ]

Well, festivals are one thing, Ikezawa-san. But what about a competition of some kind?

[please god don't combine the two ideas, though. A Nightlight fanfiction competition... it's the worst thing he can imagine being roped into.]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

A competition? What could it be about?

[ If she gets the idea it will be only your fault, Itsuki! ]

voice;

[digophelia]

You mean to say people write stories about characters from books?




[Awkward.]

voice;

[burntviolet]

Yes. It's pretty common use in my world, actually.

[ as odd as it may sound. ]

video;

[fortitudo]

Writing fanfiction huh....?

[he's never tried before!]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

Yes. Have you ever done that before, Lucas-kun?

[grimorchid]

I could help with the festival once you know what you're doing. As far as what it may entail, though, I couldn't be of much help.

[burntviolet]

Oh no, we had the festival before. I was thinking more about something different than that.

[Video]

[fishdouche]

[Meet Nightlight's newest and biggest fan. One fishy little troll--Eridan Ampora.]

I'm assumin' since this wwas posted publicly that this Nightlight club isn't an exclusivve thing an' that you're acceptin' neww members.

[Please say yes. He needs to talk about this amazing book and how it's changed his life liek woah.]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

[ Ah... a troll she never saw before. That's a peculiar change of pace from only seeing Tavros and Sollux around. ]

Of course we accept members; the only requirement is that they read the books.

[ New member? YES PLEASE. ]

[video]

[revivepartner]

...Nightlight?

[...yeah he's a bit curious.]

[Audio]

[burntviolet]

Yes. I suppose you haven't read it yet?

audio

[ironclad]

Have you started your...'fanfiction' yet, Hanako? I did, but...well. It's coming along again now. [ She can't wait to share her EXTREMELY ORIGINAL bakery AU with everyone! ]

audio

[burntviolet]

Actually, not yet. I need to determine what kind of story I want to write, first, and it's not easy. [ But thanks to Euri, some clusterfuck should be done. ]

[Voice]

[needsmoregreen]

Haha, I'm just glad that it looked really pretty and everyone had a fun time repainting the park! Now that it looks great, everyone will too!

Hm...I never read a book about a human and a vampire boy before...but it does sound interesting!

[Voice]

[burntviolet]

Nightlight is a series worth reading, in my opinion. It has more depth than people give it credit for, surely. [ what... depth... ]

[audio]

[unimpressive]

Heh, yeah. If any of it gets ruined, we'll just replant everything again! They're not gonna get us to give up.

[--But wait, what's this? Oh no, he can't resist books... though what the heck is that plot even supposed to be?!] Books, huh? They sound pretty strange, but I've never heard of them before. Are they in the library?

[audio]

[burntviolet]

This is what I think, too. [ Or... what she would like to think, heh. ]

They're in the library, but... You never read a book, Vyse-kun? [ WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY. ]

audio;

[predestination]

Woooow! That sounds like so much fun! I've never thought about writing stories for a book before... [SOMEONE'S A LITTLE DAZZLED TODAY.] Have you started writing yours, Hanako-chan?

[As for suggestions, Hanako might hear some light pencil scribbling in the background. After a pause, she adds more to her message.]

--Has anyone suggesting anything for the festival yet?

audio;

[burntviolet]

I haven't started yet, for lack of inspiration unfortunately...

[ A pause. ] Ah, I actually wanted to do something different than another festival- but people did suggest me some things that could be a good alternative.

text

[supurrior]

[FANFICTION? Did someone say fanfiction? This makes Kuroneko incredibly happy. She was already writing fanfic and drawing doujin in her spare time, but this...this could be an official opportunity!]

I am very interested in this fanfiction proposition. Tell me more. I'm not familiar with this Nightlight series.

[Though...vampires! That sounds awesome, right? She hopes it's like her teen complex anime.]

text

[burntviolet]

I wouldn't want to say much, to avoid spoilers. You can find all four books of the series in the Library, and if it's of your liking then you're welcome to join the club before the next meeting, so you can contribute with your own story.