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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"Hopefully your mother will have faith you'll return. You've done so already, right?" Though, having to wait a long time while the girl was known as just 'dead' wasn't exactly a pleasant way to wait for anyone's return.

Part of her was maybe hoping this Lifestream would be kind and pluck someone Terra knew from its waters. Then she could at least thank him for everything he'd done for her, without even realizing the impact he'd made before he died.

"Have things changed a lot since you've been... um.. Gone? People keep mentioning a place called 'Midgar' but I haven't explored that far outside of Edge."

"I don't know how anyone could have expected what's happening in Mideel, but Mom probably won't be surprised that I'm one of the people who returned. She knows what a restless spirit I am." It's a figure of speech, but a fairly apt description of her time post-death. There had been too much to do for that whole "rest in peace" bit. "So yeah, hopefully she won't be too shocked."

There's probably still going to be a little shock.

"Exploring is good! But, you're not going to find Midgar. Just the ruins." Aerith's smile turns wistful at that. "It was destroyed about three years ago. Meteor, an ancient spell of destruction, threatened to destroy the Planet. Another magic repelled it, with the power of the Lifestream, but they collided over Midgar. Edge was made with the wreckage, or so I've heard. Midgar was the biggest city in the world, and it's where I lived pretty much all my life, so...yeah, you could say a lot's changed. I tend to roll with the punches, though."

Just don't ask her to roll with katanas.

Well at least ruins weren't a new thing for Terra. She'd seen ruins of many places that had been homes to people she knew. It was horrifying, but... Catastrophic events often led to sorrowful places.

This story sounded similar, though it hadn't been a meteor that hit her world. It had been a continent, and there was no magic to repel it. It was magic that had caused it though. Perhaps their worlds weren't that different.

"You definitely have a really... strong outlook. This would be too much for me to handle." Perhaps she was handling things better than she would have expected of herself but.. to die then to return to so much in ruin..? Aerith was strong.

"What are you going to do now..?"

"You're already handling a new world. That's a lot all by itself," Aerith told Terra. Their situations might be too different to compare easily, but she thought the other girl's attitude was admirable too.

"Hm...I'm going to try to find my friends if they're around here, then visit my mother. After that, I'll see what happens." With three years gone and being as much in the dark as everyone else, she doesn't really have any plans unless the Planet suddenly calls her to do something.

She nods, understanding that need. It would be good for her to find support with her friends. Aerith could pick her life back up and hopefully have better results. Find love, a new purpose, happiness. The woman seems like she deserves all the happiness in the world.

"I'm probably keeping you from seeing them. I hope you find them soon."

Terra smiles warmly, hand resting against her chest. "I'm certain they'll be glad to see you."

"I know I'll be glad to see them. I suppose we are supposed to be switching partners soon...it's as good a time as any for me to duck out. Listen, I hope things work out for you here. And, maybe we'll see each other again." Especially if she figures out what exactly the Lifestream is doing, bringing people from other worlds here... if she can help them get back, she'd make sure to get the word out to all of them.

Summer Solstice

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OH MY GOD AERITH.

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