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

Keaton | OTA | Food

[werehusband]

Keaton's tail is wagging as he watches everyone prepare food and treats. Sure, it's going to cost money, but he got money! That's what this was for, right? He grinned big and wide, licking his lips. He quickly ordered himself a burger and a hot dog and began to eat them.

With the bun, they're meh. But throwing that aside (onto the ground because that's what he's used to), the meat inside is really good. "Yum!" His tail wags even faster, doing the same with the hot dog, and making quite the mess as he walks away from the stalls.

What to get next? Everything tastes so good! But he's definitely leaving a trail for where he's heading next.

[flirtatioustea]

...well, at least it's easy to find Keaton.

Laslow tracks down his erstwhile canine friend, grabbing him by the collar before he walks right into a group of children not paying attention. "There you are."

[werehusband]

"Laslow!" He immediately recognized the voice and turns to face him, his tail wagging rapidly. "Have you tried this food?! It's really good! ...Except for the bread. Don't eat the bread!"

[flirtatioustea]

He smiles a little, glancing behind him at the mess. "You might not like it, but I imagine I would. How are you paying for that food?"

[werehusband]

"They gave us money! ...I didn't steal it!" He huffs, feeling accused without Laslow even opening his big mouth.

[flirtatioustea]

"No, I know. But they didn't give us much." Time to explain money to a wolfskin. "You should save it."

[werehusband]

"...You want me to starve?" He huffs, crossing his arms. "I was hungry!"

[flirtatioustea]

Laslow sighs and shakes his head. "No, no, don't starve. But don't go nuts, either. Neither of us have jobs here, not yet."

[werehusband]

"...A job? You mean like a h-" He gets distracted by a bird flying away before looking back. "We don't need a job! I'll hunt for us!"

[flirtatioustea]

Sometimes, Laslow feels you could see the "dot dot dot" above his head when dealing with his friends. This is one of those times.

"Keaton...look around. Does anything about this world look like the one we came from?"

[werehusband]

"...There's still gotta be animals to catch! You don't worry about anything!" He was determined. He didn't care. "I'll bring us home food every night!"

[flirtatioustea]

"Keaton..." Laslow sighs and takes Keaton's arm, leading him off to talk and not get so many stares. "Look around. Doesn't this remind you of Cyrkensia? Do you remember seeing many animals around there?" To say nothing of how they had no idea if the wild animals here were even what they knew from back in Nohr, and of course the fact that there was no grass for miles and miles around the city.

[werehusband]

"Laslow!" He pulls his arm away. "I said I'll hunt and find us food! I'll get out of the city to do it!" He huffs loudly, looking at his friend. "Why don't you trust me?"

[flirtatioustea]

And here they go. Laslow sighs. "It isn't you, Keaton. It's this place! You saw what it looked like out there, when they were bringing us to the city. No grass or trees for miles." It had reminded him of Ylisse, actually, before he went back. "This place isn't like what we're used to, and what if there's no animals to be found? Or they're all sick and inedible?"

[werehusband]

"You don't know until you try! Besides, what I just had is meat! So there's gotta be more around! You're just being... silly!" Keaton huffs, being loud about it now. "We'll be just fine!"

[flirtatioustea]

"They might import it, like most of Nohr," he points out. "I trust that we will be fine, but please, Keaton. Don't spend all your gold before we have more coming in."

[werehusband]

"I... I wasn't!" He pouts, crossing his arms over his chest. "B... but we should still have good food, right?"

[aiza]

Isa is just leaving Tifa's booth with his sea salt ice cream, he feels something hit him in the leg. He looks down to see what appears to be a discarded piece of hot dog on his pant leg. His white pants. He shakes his leg and the meat falls off, leaving behind a small wet spot and a stain.

"Hey, you shouldn't throw food at people," he calls out. He didn't see who it was, but he's sure the guilty party will either turn to look at him, or run off. Either way, he should be able to figure out who it was and give them a piece of his mind.

[werehusband]

He doesn't hear what Isa says, because he's too busy finishing off some more meat, but when he comes back, he goes right up to Isa and his tail starts wagging wildly towards him.

"Hey!" He grinned, showing off his teeth. "Whatcha doin'?"

[aiza]

Trying to figure out who stained my pants with their discarded hot dog carcass, was what he wanted to say, but Keaton's appearance distracts him. A dog-person hybrid? This was very confusing for him. Part of his brain wanted to pet the dog, while the other part thought it too weird because he wasn't all dog, and also adamantly wanted to yell at him for littering.

These two parts of his mind get their wires crossed and he said, "What the dog litter?" Does he realize what he'd said? No.

[shinra_dog]

And suddenly there was bread underfoot.

"Hey!" Reno protested, glaring at the guy who'd just thrown a bun at him. And then stared. Because suddenly there was a weird dog... man... thing, sucking down a hotdog and wagging away like he'd just stolen the supper roast.

[werehusband]

Keaton swallowed the entire hot dog down in one bite before he turned to the guy who had called out at him. "Hm?" His tail wagged a bit. He moved over to him, grinning big and wide. "Hey!"

Clueless.

[shinra_dog]

What. On Gaia. Was he looking at?

Clearly, this guy was a Streamer. There was no other explanation, besides Hojo having another secret son running around, and besides the one incident with Red XIII and Aerith, Reno didn't know about any dog-boys. Somewhere, some other universe had beast people. Or the Lifestream just coughed up random body parts together. That was a gross thought.

"What's yer problem, man?" Reno asked when he'd finally found his voice again. "Throwin' food on the ground like that? What the hell?"

If the dog wanted to be wasteful, fine, whatever -- that was none of Reno's business. But don't make more of a mess to clean-up.

[werehusband]

"If you knew anything about hunting, you'd know exactly what I was doing!"

He huffs, crossing his arms over his chest. His ear twitching as he tried to exude strength and power like he was the chief of the Wolfskins.

Which he was, thank you.

"Hmph!" He turned and moved to walk away again.

[shinra_dog]

"Hunting?" Reno was even more incredulous now. "Yer just throwin' yer bread on the ground!"

And -- was this jerk trying to walk away from him right now? In the middle of a very irritated conversation?

"Hey, where do you think yer goin'?" Reno snapped, reaching out for Keaton's elbow.