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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[He's never seen Keaton this miserable. It hurts to see it.]

Well, I am here so you already have one friend, yes?

You said you were gonna look for a job... what am I supposed to do while you're gone?

[Probably should work but he's already discouraged.]

Well...you can explore the city and get information, or perhaps find a job yourself.

...No one's gonna want me to work for them. And how am I supposed to get information if people don't want to talk to me?

Eavesdrop? And they might, once you adjust.

A... Adjust?! Adjust what?!

To this new world, what else?

[Did he offend him...?]

...What's wrong with me that I have to adjust?

[Yup.]

Nothing, Keaton.

[Damn moody dogs]

But we all need time to adjust to new places like this, to get used to what the locals do and so on.

But adjusting means I can't be a wolfskin! I can't hunt or change! What am I supposed to do?!

Keaton, does being a wolfskin rest solely on your ability to change and hunt?

It's the most important part! Wolfskins are able to transform! If I can't transform, then I just have the ears and a tail!

So your loyalty, kindness, and ferocity mean nothing?

...That's just... me. That's not part of being a wolfskin...

So other wolfskins are disloyal, cowards, and cruel?

Laslow! D... don't do this!

I just want to sleep... take me home.

I'm just proving my point, Keaton.

[He gestures toward the apartments]

Unfortunately, I can only take you there for now.

I didn't want you to prove anything... you're not being a very good friend, Laslow.

[He shakes his head.]

I'll just go by myself...

[And he turns to head towards them.]

No, Keaton, I'll go with you. Otherwise I'll get lost later and then where will we be?

No. I don't want to be near anyone. Leave me alone.

[He huffs and starts to move faster.]

Keaton...

[Laslow frowns, voice quiet.]

...will you please come help me get home at sundown? I'm serious about getting lost.

...Fine.

[Which is all he said before proceeding to get terribly terribly lost.]

[Some hours later, when the fair is dying down for the day, Laslow begins to try and wander his way back home. He has a few landmarks that will help him, but he's still honestly worried about getting lost in such a close, gray city. Not even Nohr was this bad.

He had also been hoping that Keaton would come back to the fair. He hadn't meant to upset him that much--it was just so tricky with him sometimes since he didn't get humans when they were at their weirdest.

Laslow turns a corner--he knows it's wrong but it might get him close--and sees a familiar shape on a bench.]

...Keaton?

Oh...

[He looks up at Laslow when he hears him and sighs.]

I got lost... so I just stayed here and hoped you'd find me...

[He looks even more dejected. IF that was possible.]

I see.

[Laslow moves to sit down but hesitates]

May I join you?

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