edgeoflife | 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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"Great, that's what the WRO is." Marianne reached down for the folder of new employee materials. "There's a mission statement somewhere in that mess, don't as me where though. We're looking to get a sort of...temporary-to-permanent lab in the city, since if anything weird happens it's goin' to happen in Edge first. Always fucking does." That's what happened when you lived near the hellhole that was Midgar city ruins. "You interested in working here?"

"It must be the proximity to this world's former capital then," surmised Winston as he adjusted his glasses. He had done some reading on the trip here after all.

"I am. I'd much rather be in the thick of things if anything happens. However, I will have to require parts to be combat ready in case anything happens. Are you familiar with a tesla coil by any chance? It's a form of induction coil for producing high-frequency alternating currents. I use it to power my primary weapon."

Oh, she liked this guy. Monkey. Whatever, why did she always end up with the weird ones in her department?

She snorted. "Yeah, we have those, but you use it to power a weapon?"

"That's correct. With the correct amount of focus and the right equipment, it becomes a weapon known as a Tesla Cannon. It was my own personal design, no less. Most of the Agents of Overwatch design and maintain their weapons, as well as have a strong background in the sciences depending on where they specialize and were previously positioned, such as mechanics or Dr. Zeigler's nanotechnology."

"...right. I can get you one, but I need the blueprints for that because this is the first time I've heard of using those things for more than music."

Winston snorted, which turned into a full blown laugh. "Of course. I will get the blueprints to you, as well as designs for my armor and jumpjet. I believe when asked about the jet, I was told it was once known as a "rocket pack" or so I'm told. I use it to move around a battlefield."

A jet pack? Marianne leaned back and around to get a look at the jet, if he was wearing it. "Damn. And I thought Reeve's cat robot was impressive. Talking monkeys with jet packs. Huh."

I will not smash, I will not smash.

Winston coughed into his hand politely. "I prefer the term gorilla, if we are denoting by species. However, scientist helps."

"Gorilla, go it. We don't exactly have your species on the Planet, or if we do I've never seen 'em." But clearly he didn't like being called that, so aside from describing him to others she wouldn't. "If you could fill that paperwork out and get it back to me soon, that'd be great."

"It's all right. It's far more likely a monkey is more native to a world," said Winston, nodding with a smile.

"Of course, one moment."

And there he goes filling out the forms and soon he handed it back to her.

Summer Solstice

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