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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"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."

"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.

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

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

Aerith assumes he means in terms of creatures, and purses her lips as she thinks. "Hm...well, there's Nanaki's race. I forget what they're called at the moment, but they're like big felines, very intelligent and long-lived compared to humans. There are all kinds of different creatures out beyond the cities. Ice spirits, frogs that can turn people into frogs..." Her least favorite thing about Zack's hometown, to be honest. "But for creatures people live with, mostly just dogs and cats? Oh! And there are chocobos~ Really, really big birds," she says, holding a hand above her head to given an idea of just how tall they are. "They're big enough to carry people, and they're cute besides. But mostly you'll just run into humans." The way she says that is a clear acknowledgment that their world probably seems more boring than one with humans and robots and animal scientists all mixed together.

"Hmm, I see. That's quite the variety of beings," said Winston, as he smiled. A happy grin was worn on his face.

"I cannot wait to see them all for myself one day. The spirit of adventure, as I like to say often."

"So coming here is an adventure for you? That's a nice way to look at it." She says it genuinely. She's glad that at least some of the Streamers are positive about their arrivals.

"It is. I look forward to seeing what else this world has in store for us," said Winston with a smile. "This place has so much potential."

Summer Solstice

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