Rinne Festival!

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Who: Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Sakura & you!
What: The Rinne Festival! Lots of food, carnival games, candles to light to remember people you've lost, and a hot spring to relax in.
When: December 7th
Where: The Mental Health & Recovery Clinic

Content Warnings: None for the festival, so please make sure to mark your individual threads as needed.

Rinne Festival
Mental Health & Recovery Clinic

Sakura's Recovery Clinic has been decorated for the Rinne Festival, a special occasion that she's clearly put a lot of dedication towards. The entrance to the clinic is lit up with red lanterns that give a soft glow for people to follow through the storm.

Inside is much calmer. There are tables set up with lots of various festival foods, such as sweet dango, delicious yakisoba noodles, onigiri with various fillings, and more. There are tables in a separate room if you'd like to sit and eat quietly with others, but all the food is also put into containers that are easy to carry around with you while you eat if you'd like.

The large dojo that Sasuke usually has his chakra lessons in has been set up to hold some basic carnival games that are suitable for an indoor space: a target game, ring toss, balloon popping, and a game of senbon biki. For those who don't know the rules of senbon biki, long strings are attached to hidden treats at a booth. The player pulls the string and gets to keep whatever prize is at the end! It can vary from candy to small stuffed animals or even a bag of coins. Some strings may end up having nothing at the end though, so choose wisely. All other carnival games also come with prizes for the winner, usually a large stuffed toy or a gift certificate to a local restaurant.

The outdoor courtyard is still accessible, with large heated lamps put into place to help to give people places somewhere to get warm outside. The snow has been made into small domes, each with a candle inside that can be lit in remembrance of someone who has left, whether it's from Trench or someone who has died in your home world. The candles don't melt the snow and will burn for hours to honor the memory of your important persons.

In another room, there are several large tables set up for gift exchanges. People can sit at the tables with friends and exchange gifts with them, or they can sit at random tables and exchange gifts with a stranger for a change of pace. If you came to the festival without a gift, that's okay! Small prewrapped presents are available for anyone who needs one for the gift exchange, though they're likely to have generic items inside, mostly focused on self care. There are also small gifts with decorations for the Rinne Festival trees, or your Christmas trees if that's what you're more used to.

The hot springs are also still up and running. As the rocks below have been merged with fire chakra, the hot springs will never feel cold, and the snow seems to melt before it can get too close to the patrons below. There's a light dusting on the surrounding rocks, but nothing that would cause a chill to penetrate the relaxing waters. People are encouraged to soak whenever they need and bathing suits are offered for those who wish to not go naked.

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