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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"It stands for Identification Number... The first two letters of 'identification' -- I.D.. So we can store mass records of our employees easily via computer data..." Reno stared at Laslow, rather at a loss.

"Maybe technology isn't for you..." he said slowly.

Even in the free clothing given to him by the lovely people who rescued him and Keaton, it was obvious Laslow was not used to a world like this. He kept tugging at his shirt, much too rough on his skin, and he had kicked off the strange cloth shoes that tripped him up. So no, technology wasn't for him.

He sighed. "This isn't even for that...ShinRa, was it? I was hoping something here would require my skills, and yet..."

Reno sighed. This guy wasn't the first Streamer he'd seen that had looked totally lost. It was one thing to be in a new world; it was another to be in a new world that was so technologically and culturally different from your own that assimilating was a million times harder.

"What... skills do you have?" he asked. "Let's start from there, maybe we can work somethin' out."

He sighed. "Sword-fighting. Dancing. Fighting in wars? Not much else, I'm afraid."

Reno blinked and gave Laslow a look. "Did... did you just say dancing?"

Seriously? Sword-fighting, warfare, and dancing. That was... wow.

Laslow just gives him a look right back. "Yes, I did. Is that a problem?"

Reno shook his head, still incredulous, mouth slightly open. "No... just..."

One of these things is not like the other.

He cleared his throat. "Okay, dancing -- yeah, that's, that's marketable, I think.... Um, and you said swords?"

"Well, I can use them. I didn't wake up with them on my person, sadly." Whatever that Lifestream did, it ate his sword, the one that had been a gift from Lord Xander. Laslow was not happy with that.

Reno nodded, looking down at the papers again as he thought. "Shame... woulda' been convenient. But when would crazy Planet bullshit ever be convenient?"

He sighed and rubbed his nose. "Okay, look. You might not be a good tech nerd, but I'd say yer far from useless here. I've known some pretty badass swordsmen. Without your swords on you, I can't see ya in action..." He gestured at Laslow's body.

"But -- I wanna get yer information, set up an in-house interview. I'm sure we can find a loaner by then t' see what you can do. In the meantime..." He shrugged, not knowing what else to do. "I guess... you can show me a dance?"

At least someone was willing to help. Laslow smiled and started to thank the man before he asked for a dance.

Laslow blushed. "I, ah, not right now. I did only recently arrive in this city and I am very tired." And shy.

Was that a blush?

"So, you really only wanted a brochure and move on? That's all? I mean, I guess I could schedule a time and place... " Reno looked Laslow over with an amused smirk. "Or is it that you've never been asked to dance for another man before?"

This was getting more an more interesting. Reno wasn't sure what to expect when Laslow said he danced, but it sure as hell was looking like this Streamer was some kind of exotic burlesque beauty.

"I--if you must know, I haven't, but with my dancing that also doesn't matter." Gods, it was like that retainer of Leo's all over again. Laslow huffed. "But yes, I was just trying to find information about jobs here."

Reno laughed and shook his head. "Relax, I'm just teasin'. Here."

He passed over a sheet of paper and a pen.

"Fill this out -- name, contact info, etc cetera. We'll set up that interview for another time."

Laslow rolled his eyes but took the offered paper and pen. Some of the stuff he wasn't sure how to fill out, but made a good guess of it. When it came to his address, he made a soft noise.

"I doubt it would come up, but just in case it does--I share my...apartment, was it, with a friend. So if someone comes looking for me and a man with wolf ears and a tail opens the door, they've come to the right place. That is Keaton."

Reno frowned. "Wolf ears and tail? Would he make a habit of eating the meat out of a sandwich and then throwing the rest away?"

Because he had a hunch he knew this Keaton.

Laslow just facepalmed.

"Yes, that's him. He has a...confusing time in human cities, especially ones so different from our home cities."

"Do you normally get away with throwing bread all over the place in your home city?" Reno asked with obvious skepticism. It was nice that Laslow -- and, in turn, weird wolf boy -- arrived with a friend here. Should hopefully make assimilation a little more comfortable.

But they had to understand, that sort of behavior really wasn't tolerated unless people were specifically feeding the birds -- not just littering.

"No, you misunderstand. Keaton is a wolfskin--they don't live in cities. Though, to be fair, the most that behavior would get in a Nohrian city is hungry orphans following you..." Assuming there was bread to be had at all, in the inner parts of the country. "But Keaton isn't human and doesn't always understand human behaviors."

The mention of orphans was enough to deflate Reno just a little. Edge definitely had its own -- hell, the whole Planet was probably full of them at this point. Reno wasn't sure if they'd pick trampled hotdog buns off the fairgrounds... but they might.

Reno rubbed his mouth. "Okay. Well, just... Help him adjust, okay? He's not gonna get by just bein' cute forever."

Laslow smiled wryly. "I will as best I can. I've never been in a place like this, either."

"At least you know about trash in cities."

It wasn't much, but Reno had to put his hope in something with these two.

"Here's an information packet, our main number for any questions -- and someone will call you in the next couple a' days once we get those swords." Reno smiled. "And a good dance floor."

But honestly, that was just for his own benefit.

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