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Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice Fair

The sun is shining, the Mognet is working again, and the summer solstice fair is here! The WRO hopes to makes this an annual thing, but this is the first year they're doing it. Everything you could ever want from a fair is here and open to the public.

*Fair Rides: Ferris wheels, a mini rollercoaster, that thing that looks like an octopus and spins around--the WRO spared no expense to make sure everyone would have fun here today. There's even a gravity ride that takes you up to the top of a pole and then drops you!

*Food: So much food. So much unhealthy food. Funnel cakes, hot dogs, burgers, ice cream, you name it. And it's all fairly cheap too, since the WRO promised to pay for half of what the merchants sell!

*Carnival Games: And most of them aren't even rigged! The Gold Saucer donated games for the fair and there are so many games. There's your standard shooting games, some basketball games, a dunk tank, hoop tosses, you name it. A few are rigged, though, so buy beware! There's also a few card tables set up in a tent for those who like their games a little less wild.

*Speed Dating: ...yeah, the WRO has no idea. This came with the Gold Saucer stuff, along with a Cait Sith and Moogle mascot pair that will coax anyone they can into sitting down and participating.

*Job Fair: With the influx of new arrivals, both native and Streamers, some employers see a golden opportunity to get some jobs filled! In one corner of the fair is another, mini-fair fill with tables and presentations on various workplaces: the WRO, ShinRa Tech, the volunteer emergency services of Edge, and the Highwind Air Taxi Service, just to name a few. Anyone of working age is welcome to wander in and have a look around.

Of course, the fair is taking up the entire center of Edge, so there's lots more to see and do!

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"Hey---" Startled out of the darkening spiral of his thoughts, Cloud ducked his head out of pure reflex, though not far enough to avoid getting his hair ruffled. Maybe he didn't really want to avoid it, but he still frowned up at Zack, even if it didn't quite contain the usual amount of displeasure.

"... he is?" Cloud paused, thought of what his older self had said, and then he nodded slowly, "... right, he would be. That is weird." And it was, because Zack just wasn't younger than him.

Of course, for him he wasn't, but Cloud wasn't going to think too much about that again.

"... I guess," he agreed softly, frowning a little. "... you know, I think Zack. Um, the one I know, is older than you too."

He would be, wouldn't he, since he'd lived through all of this too...

It used to be this big fad for people to dye their hair silver, I remember, even if no one ever got it right and usually just ended up with this ugly dark gray shade, or platinum blond if they'd been a little smarter about it. You don't really see that anymore, so I'm guessing yours is natural...? It looks nice.

[ Reminds her of the entire reason that fad stopped dead, but looks nice. She angles her head a little, trying to catch his eyes. ]

It covers a little too much of your face, though.

"No," he stated flatly. "We aren't in any need of more Turks. I suggested she could join the security force, but she seemed dissatisfied with that and left in a bit of a huff."

"You aren't the least bit curious to see how a rabbit would do in the Turks?"

"Yeah!" She claps her hands before looking around the fair again, smiling at that. "Always important to take a little time for fun, so I'm glad people are remembering to do that. Especially for the sake of these new people...they could use a warm welcome."

She feels bad for them. Torn away from their own world...that probably would have been awful, if it'd happened to her. She would have made do, just as many of the Streamers seemed to be doing, but she and Zack were really getting the better end of the bargain.

[Rides]

Carnivals were right up Marlene's alley. She loved all of the enthusiasm everyone put into it, and overall, it made people happier, which around here everyone needed. Huge meteors and dragons destroying the city tend to bring down morale.

The rides were the first thing Marlene headed to, her heart dead set on finding something fun and fast and went upside down. Sadly though, all of those rides had a 'YOU MUST BE THIS TALL TO RIDE THIS RIDE' and unfortunately, Marlene was just slightly too short.

Boo. At the last right, she stomped her foot and crossed her arms over her chest. "This isn't fair!!"

[Food]

With her small and meager allowance from helping Cloud and Tifa around 7th Heaven, Marlene ran for what all kids run for: ice cream.

She was patient enough to wait in line for it instead of wiggling her way through the line and using her wide eyes to have the merchant give her some. Once to the counter, she had to motion for the merchant to lean forward so she could give him her gil and ask for the biggest scoop of vanilla ice cream she could get. Once given her massive cone of ice cream, she parked herself on a curb and was content to finish it all. Just watch.

"I guess that would make sense, huh?" If things were reversed, then yeah. Yeah this Cloud's Zack would be quite a bit older than him at this point. "Don't suppose he'd let me call him 'grandpa' or 'old man' huh?"

Yes, that was his attempt at getting back to more lighter subjects.

A tiny black thing stuck her face near Marlene's, clearly interested in her ice cream. Surely the tiny human would share?

(The couerl had a collar, so it seemed as if she had escaped her owner for the time being.)

"... Zack." Cloud shook his head slowly, his expression going a bit incredulous - and trying not to smile. "You can't call yourself grandpa."

Really, that was just too weird, but there was a sparkle of amusement in Cloud's eyes now, brightening the formerly muted blue. Then he cocked his head an arched an eyebrow.

"And I don't know... Would you want to be called 'old man'?"

Cloud wasn't really the type, but he hoped he put enough innocence in his tone to imply it, finally grabbing onto the offered attempt and trying to let it buoy him back to where he'd been earlier today.

Right. New people. It wasn't just them coming out of the Lifestream was it? People from all over - different worlds and times and all that confusing stuff that he could care less about. Too complicated for him to ponder. Aerith was right though. They needed the warm welcome. Eventually he would make it his mission to do just that.

"I guess you don't even know what's going on, huh?" he asked, casually. Zack figured it wasn't her doing. "Well whatever the case, just got to just that it knows what it's doing."

It wasn't like the Planet would just implode on itself or anything, right?

"Eaten yet?"

"I was. I still am, unofficially." He didn't comment on the streamer portion. The woman seemed aware of herself and him enough to possibly recognize him as a native. Either way, he saw little reason to indulge excessive detail.

"Looking for a career? Or simply looking."

She seemed to be having trouble moving easily through a crowd, at least until Vincent had cut through it. Perhaps he could linger to make sure she was able to do what she needed to.

He tilts his head slightly towards ShinRa Tech.

"They aren't terrible... any more."

Vincent glances at her, understanding her concern immediately.

"No. Not with Cloud." He was almost too quick to say it But he had no intention of allowing Cloud to follow. Not if he would be needing to do a little dirty work. No need to taint his friend's hand.

"I will handle Mideel myself. Cloud will handle Edge. It is the better option."

"Not particularly." He glared at Rufus out of the corner of his eye, knowing his boss was trolling him. "And how would you explain hiring more employees into the Turks when you've told everyone we aren't kept for our original purpose anymore?"

Rufus waved off his concern. Yes, he was mostly trolling Tseng, though part of him was curious.

"You are my head of security, and it's easy enough to explain any confusion the public may have away with 'that was their name previously'."

It's one of the reasons Aerith is very glad to have found Vincent first out of AVALANCHE. Cloud and Tifa were sure to be around, and she knows she wants to meet with them, but she's a little worried about the reactions... Cloud's especially. Much as she hated it, she knew her death had hurt him and seeing her might be uncomfortable. ...She really hates that. Still, she's aware of it, so she wants to be sure that at least one of them (her) is ready when they run into each other. And it makes her grateful for Vincent's calm reaction, even if she's a little puzzled by his response at first, putting a finger to her chin in thought.

"Wait, if the workplace is hostile, it can still be a good fit?" Hm. No wonder she never got a formal job. (Ignore all the others reasons she never got a formal job.)

"I don't know if it's about 'owing', really..." Considering that the Lifestream seems to be chucking out whoever it wants. She smiles at Vincent, though. "But I'll tell you what, I'm planning to take full advantage of being back! It's so nice to be able to walk around... oh, and I'll have to go visit Mom. How have you been, Vincent?"

"Well, I knew I'd be seeing you sooner or later." Aerith looked over her shoulder to smile at Zack. "Which I would have expected anyway. But no, I really don't know what's happened." It's the honest truth; all she has is a few vague sensations.

Aerith's stomach growled right after he asked if she'd eaten, making her blink in surprise. "...Oh, right, food. Hmm, I might be a little peckish now."

Oh, it was certainly a pity. She was sad about it quite a bit, considering it'd been a distinctive part of her life.

"Summons..? Well, you can summon the spirit of the Magicite, but its not.. really them." She knew because she had summoned her father before.. it was more an image, and a burst of magic. It was upsetting that it wasn't really him but she found connection elsewhere.

"I think so, it must have happened that way. Its okay. My friend, Celes.. she has blonde hair and I always thought it was so pretty.."

She reaches up to pull one of her curls straight. "And it was very straight too..."

The curl bounces as she releases it and she gives a little hand wave. "But enough about me! Tell me more about you..?"

Handshake! Terra's grip is stronger than she expected, but Aerith's is firm in return and she smiles broadly. Though Terra looks around, Aerith's eyes rest on her attentively as she talks about her needing to relearn things. Some kind of memory issue...? Maybe she could relate to Cloud. It's very curious that she's switched worlds before, even if it was as a child.

"Soooort of," Aerith says. There's a moment of hesitation before she explains. "I haven't been around in a few years, before Edge was built, back when Midgar was still standing. ...You see, it's not just people from other worlds washing up in Mideel. There's also been some people who used to be dead." She pauses, then gives Terra an uncertain smile. She's not quite sure how anyone from another world understands the cycle of life and death, never mind how they'd feel about unexpected hiccups in it. "I'd be one of them. I promise I'm not a zombie, though, you can cast a phoenix down at me if you want."

Better to treat it with some levity. She's not the only one this has happened to, so she doesn't want to feel weird about it. Even if a little weirdness is inevitable.

"Helping people and understanding your world... those are both noble goals for a scientist. I wish I'd known more like you." Hojo had supposedly wanted to understand things as well, but he'd had such a narrow mindview, unable to accept things outside it--and he had certainly never been interested in helping people.

She won't comment on his getting a snack, but she does think to ask: "So is everyone on your world like you?" Quite a different world that would be. Or maybe not.

"Scientists are good people, depending on their goals. Sometimes good, sometimes not. But the good scientists are always open to ideals." Said Winston with a graceful dip of his food into his peanut butter.

"If you mean, gorillas, then no. Gorillas only make a small percentage of the animal kingdom. The majority of our people are humans, as well as robots called Omnics."

[The sound of someone doing well at the games drew Winston's attention as he finished off his faire food.

Setting up a position, he watched as a rabbit of all things, threw darts with astounding accuracy. She seemed evolved as he was, and he waited for a moment before the man at the booth asked for another player, possibly to give Judy a challenge.

With a grin, he placed down his gil and the man stared for a moment before complaining loudly about the world going to the animals as he gave him darts.]

Pardon me, [Rumbled Winston as he threw the first dart.]

"Robots, huh? We have some here, but most of them are on the simple side, from what I know. There's Cait Sith, though, he's a great fortune teller--can tell you your lucky color and all!"

Also a decent combatant and Reeve's spy on occasions, but Aerith would prefer to tease about how he tried to tell Cloud his lucky color.

Fairs weren't exactly Riku's forte. Too many people and too little space for everyone. But at least around some of the food vendors there's a little bit more space.

Enough space for Riku to stop and watch the girl on the curb. Of course he recognizes Marlene, but being in a foreign place means people don't know him and mistake him for someone else.

But seeing her attacking a giant ice cream cone like that brings a slight smile to his face, even though his voice is quiet and can be easily misheard.

"Bit big for you, huh?"

"That's an interesting skillset for a robot," said Winston with a deep chuckle.

"What else is there in this world, might I ask?"

[He nods his head numbly at first. The idea of a fad like that is believable considering Sephiroth's popularity. Now it just seems like an omen.]

Um, it is. [All natural sadly. Riku has considered dying it before to cover it, but it wouldn't stop his natural colour to come through.

At that, he tilts his head up just slightly so that she can see his eyes better, but he'll still be avoiding her eyes.]

...I haven't had a hair cut in a while.

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