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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The Cait Sith mascot was there all of a sudden, steering a pointy-eared, wide-eyed female to sit across from the man. He wasn't noticing, yet.

Liadrin wasn't certain what to say. She'd had no time (and better yet, no interest) in these sort of things at home. There was a war to be fought, and hopefully won, and now, here.

She cleared her throat delicately, and decided to offer the fellow an answer. He deserved that, at least.

"I've never been owned by a chocobo, but my favorite mount is a horse. His name is Retribution, if you must know," she said, a low chuckle escaping her throat.

May as well make the best of it. The worst that could happen is she made a friend.

The very first thing Zack noticed, when he looked up in reaction to the voice, was the ears. He'd seen some crazy body modifications in his time, and crazy creatures with crazy ears, but these? On this woman? They took the cake. After a moment he caught himself and did his best not to stare too obviously.

Owned by a... He mouthed the words, trying to figure out if he'd heard right.

"A horse. Oh right. Uh, huh. So, did you ever race Retribution?" What an intense name. Most of the racing chocobo names Zack had ever heard had been silly, like 'WatchMeFly', 'BuiltForPleasure', or 'BuyersRemorse'.

"I'm Zack, by the way." A hand was offered over the table to the woman. If they were going to be having this strange conversation, he might as well have a name for that face.

"We do not have them, where I am from, but something like a chocobo," Liadrin explained, then. "They tend to be very possessive of those who they've bonded to...much like a bird of prey, or perhaps a cat."

She laughed, then, when asked if she'd ever raced her horse. "Not intentionally, but that was mostly because I didn't have the time. Racing him through Silvermoon City to get to the palace, perhaps."

She offered him her hand in return, then. "Liadrin. A pleasure to meet you. Or at least someone who isn't put off by the eyes and is over the age of eight."

The blood elf chuckled at that. She didn't really mind children and their fascination, but sometimes one just yearned for adult conversation.

"Oh. Well, that's cool." What else was he supposed to say to that? He imagined he might hear a lot of strange things from other Streamers that were from worlds more set apart from this one than his. Maybe she had some funny or interesting stories to tell. This could actually be fun.

"Liadrin," he repeated with a friendly smile. "It's a pleasure to meet you too. And honestly the eyes weren't really the weirdest thing for me." People had glowy eyes sometimes, it just happened, though not usually to that extreme. The ears, though... That would take some getting used to.

"So, Silvermoon City... what's that like?"

She quirked a brow at his comment about her eyes, but shrugged, still smiling. This wasn't so bad, at least. So long as it was mostly talking, and no one actually expected her to go on a date...

"Silvermoon? It was nicer before the war, but I suppose that's to be expected, eh?" Liadrin shrugged at that. "Lots of greenery and sculptures. Wide arches, cobblestoned streets. It's supposed to give a sense of openness, I expect. The smaller countryside villages, most of them echo its architecture, where and when they can. Pretty, save for where the Dead Scar lies. That is where the Death Knight, Arthas Menethil, drove his undead horde through our lands, and to the Sunwell."

If her eyes were a little distant, now, well. The memories weren't incredibly pleasant, but he couldn't be blamed for that. It had been a perfectly innocent question...

"So, if you're a native, or close enough, what can you tell me about...all this?" the elf asked, spreading her hands to take in their surroundings. "I am curious, but I'm not particularly sure where to start."

You're an interesting woman, Liadrin, but Zack has no intention to date you or anyone else here. Rest easy.

He listened to her description, none of it really clicking with him at all, but she seemed to enjoy talking about it, so he let her continue. The places she mentioned held no significance to him, aside from having strange names that made his imagination go wild with what those locations might look like. It was a fun game.

"This? Hm. Well, we're in Edge right now, so named because it's a new settlement built on the edge of Midgar, which is that rusting heap of junk." He motioned grandly to the dilapidated city on a plate in the distance. "Midgar used to be the pinnacle of civilization, but a madman named Sephiroth summoned a meteor down onto it. It was only thanks to a counter-spell that the entire planet wasn't destroyed."

That was a good starting point, right? Given the weird things she was talking about that he didn't understand, he thought it was safe to just tell her point blank what was what without sugar coating.

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