Summer Solstice

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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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Comments

[flamesbond]

Speed Dating

[Yeah, Lea has no clue either. He just followed the moogle, okay, and now he's here being told it's a speed date. He looks at his partner and leans in to whisper:]

What's speed dating anyway?

Food

[Lea, no matter where or when you see him, will have an ice cream in his hand. Even if he's eating something else at the time. There is an ice cream in his hand at all times, making a mess.

Of course that means at some point he has to drop it...and not realize it, slipping and nearly breaking something. Thanks for catching him, kind stranger?]

Isa Only

Hey, hey Isa!

[Lea tugs on his friend's hand, pointing to a giant plush dog with a crescent moon on its back]

C'mon on, I'm gonna get that.

[aiza]

[Isa rolls his eyes, but lets Lea drag him over to the game booth. Truth be told, he does think the toy is cute, but it's not like he's going to admit that.]

You'll be wasting your money, Lea.

[flamesbond]

No, I won't. Trust me, we both know I'm great at hoop toss games.

[He's got good aim. He drags Isa over and pays the man for fifteen tries. Each successful hoop tossed will get him five, ten, or twenty prize tokens and the dog is two hundred tokens]

That dog is mine.

[aiza]

It's probably rigged.

[He's such a spoil sport sometimes. Anyway, he stands just enough off to the side to give Lea the space to maybe actually win it.]

What are you going to do with it if you win?

[flamesbond]

Give it to you.

[Said in the most "duh" tone imaginable as he tosses the first hoop. Twenty!]

What else would I do with it?

[aiza]

You don't have to do that.

[He looks away sheepishly because yes, the plush dog is really cute. And he knows that Lea knows he would never get it for himself. But still! It's not necessary.]

[flamesbond]

Doing it anyway!

[He grins over at Isa before focusing on the game. He manages to get all ten twenty bottles no problem, which leaves him with the last five hoops to get five tens. He stops to rest his arm a sec.]

Besides, it's your color.

[aiza]

[Isa watches as Lea lands hoop after hoop perfectly. Not that he expected any less of him, but still, a best friend has to heckle, right? It's his duty. Heckling and teasing. Besides, it keeps the attention off himself as he tries to be all cool about this.]

Maybe this game is rigged. No one should win that easy.

[flamesbond]

Nah, I'm just that good.

[Once more into the fray!...for all of two minutes while Lea aces the game and gets his two hundred and fifty tokens. The game runner gives him an extra hundred and fifty for a perfect game, which Lea hands over to Isa. Lea's tokens are promptly traded for the dog, which he also hands over to Isa with a huge grin on his face.]

[aiza]

[As Lea hands him the tokens, Isa shakes his head, rolls his eyes, and pockets the tokens.]

What am I, your wallet? Thanks.

[He takes the plush dog a little more happily, but he tries to hide it by only giving it a small squeeze and a tiny smile.]

[flamesbond]

[He sees that smile]

No, they're yours. I can get more at another game if I want, so you can pick something.

[aiza]

[Of course he does.]

Maybe later. I have to lug this thing around all day, I'm not lugging anything else until it's time to go home.

[He acts like it's such a trial to overcome, carrying around a super cute prize.]

[flamesbond]

Rent a wagon?

[aiza]

That would be more bothersome.

[Isa rolls his eyes and sighs.]

Besides, someone might steal it out of the wagon.

food

[more_than_words]

[Not exactly a kind stranger but she'll do. Tifa's hand shoots out automatically to catch his back before she even realizes who's falling in front of the goldfish booth she was just paying some money to play at.

There's no mistaking that hair though and her smile is a little crooked.]

Hello, Lea.

[flamesbond]

Huh--oh, hey, Miss Tifa.

[He grins up at her.]

Sorry about that. Are you okay?

[more_than_words]

[It was next to impossible to ignore grins like that and she couldn't help but smile back even as she shook her head.]

I'm fine, Lea. [A gentle nudge to set him back upright. She doesn't scold or ask though. Instead she just waves the little paper scoop in her hand at him and asks:] Having fun?

[flamesbond]

Yeah!

[He grins, looks at his popsicle stick, and tosses it in the trash. Dammit]

Kalm had fairs like this, but not this big. I think I lost Isa somewhere...

[more_than_words]

[Looking for the other boy is automatic but Tifa doesn't see him in the near vicinity. She thinks he can take care of himself though, at least for a little while. She hasn't known them long but she suspects its rare to see one of the boys without the other nearby for long.]

Well, as long as he doesn't get roped into the speed dating I'm sure he'll be fine.

[flamesbond]

Speed dating?

[Lea chuckles]

Whoever he gets landed with is in for disappointment.

[more_than_words]

[It makes her laugh but its good-natured. She's very fond of quite a few people that would have trouble with the speed-dating circle.]

One day, I'll introduce you both to a friend of mine named Yuffie. After you both promise not to take her up on any of her dares.

[flamesbond]

Oh, she sounds fun!

[Lea laughs because he can imagine the exact sort of person this Yuffie is.]

No jumping off the ShinRa building?

[more_than_words]

[It's the second time in as many minutes that she laughs a little and that's unusual for Tifa. Appreciated though.]

I think fun is the most flattering compliment you could give her. [And, to indicate he guessed right she adds:] And yes. No jumping off the ShinRa building allowed.

[flamesbond]

Damn, there goes that dare idea!

shall we wrap this up?

[more_than_words]

[Her smile is wide and she nods.]

Exactly. Just remember that when she shows up. [She waves the scoop at him.] Now go find your friend. And Lea - stop by the booth. There's sea salt ice cream there if you need some more.