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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Oh, he was clever. Luckily that just amused her. And attributed to his good sense, strange ape or no.

"Oh, delicious, I will give you." Even if it was a little rich for her tastes. And Liadrin really wasn't sure she wanted to put that much fatty food into her body.

"We should go jogging sometime, then. Or work out somehow. Just to help you keep in shape. I am Liadrin. Who are you?"

She decided to drop the 'lady', since it obviously meant so little here.

Winston pouted a little but relented under her question which wasn't loaded one bit oh no. "I am Winston. Dr. Winston, but Winston is fine."

He chuckled. "You remind me of Athena, my AI companion. She often says I need to exercise more."

She gave him a little bow. "A pleasure, then, Winston. AI?" Quite the puzzled expression crossed her face, at that.

"If she's a friend of yours, she probably has your best interests at heart. So mayhap you should consider it." Liadrin grinned outright at that.

"I can promise you that we'd start slow. I imagine you're not used to that. One of the upsides is, however, that you end up being able to eat what you like, within reason."

Then again, he was a gorilla, and though she didn't know it, Winston could probably pack it away and be all right for a while. Still, no one was immune from getting fat.

Well, perhaps a mechanical, but Liadrin hadn't seen any of those about.

"Artificial Intelligence," explained Winston. "I don't suppose you know of computers in your homeland?"

He chuckled, nodding. "Well, I have been meaning to get into shape lately."

He was kind of tubby to be honest. Even for a gorilla.

"I do not, no. Though...I believe we may have something like that, with certain mechanicals. Between gnomish and goblin engineering, they've come up with marvels, to be sure."

She nodded, grinning just a bit in triumph. "I get up when the sun rises, but you and I can go later. And I suggest saving a large breakfast for after we return. Nothing too heavy."

Liadrin wasn't certain a gorilla could be ill, but really, she didn't want to find out.

"Gnomes and goblins? That is interesting. We have a very short friend on our old team, who could pass for a dwarf. Or a viking."

Winston sighed. "Well, it is better than running ragged. All right."

"We have dwarves on Azeroth. Though they are no friends to my people. I have never heard of vikings, however."

And Liadrin chuckled again, softly.

"Do not worry. I am not making you do this by your lonesome. I won't push you too far, as you are just beginning. And as I said, you should be able to eat well. Just try to get some vegetables in there, along with your brown goo."

"Sometimes in my world, both are interchangable," laughed Wisnton, his voice deep and booming.

"All right, I'll look forward to it. And the brown goo is peanut butter."

"Peanut...butter? I've heard of peanuts, I believe the Pandaren have them, but..."

Nut butter. How curious. Because if you could make it with one, why not others?

Still.

"Yes, it will still be early, but not too early! And as I've said, I promise I shall not work you too hard. Ease you into these things. Work up to a proper speed." Liadrin nodded, then, enthusiastically.

"Just do not gorge yourself tonight, Winston. Otherwise you probably will have it just as bad, and I honestly do not want that."

"Peanut butter is life," said Winston with a mock seriousness.

"All right, five or six sound all right?" said Winston.

"Perhaps to you!" Liadrin laughed. "But I have yet to try it. Still, it does not sound entirely unhealthy, so."

The blood elf nodded, a small smile still curving her lips.

"You mean in the morning? Quite, if you are up to it. If not, I am fine with later, if that suits you better."

He wasn't one of her paladin recruits, to be tempered like steel, after all.

"It's delicious," said Winston honestly.

He nodded. "Athena kept telling me y'know. I need to work out."

"An, your friend. Well, it will do you no harm, after all. And it might even do you some good. So there is benefit in it. You'll do well. You seem the type, so long as you put your mind to it."

Not that Liadrin was familiar with science, but she was aware that despite being a large gorilla, Winston certainly seemed sharp. Intelligent. It was something to admire.

"I was always told I was inquisitive," laughed Winston. "Something else to keep in mind."

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