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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[Upset or not, now he feels kind of... bad, especially as he now remembers the quick comments Zack had made that first day. Rubbing his face, Cloud shakes his head.]

He... Kind of. Not in detail yet, I... forgot. [The expression is more of a grimace than the tentative smile he'd tried for and he just stares at the table for a bit, hands dropping to his lap and digging his nails into the palms of his hand.]

He mentioned it the first day but... [There'd been a lot that day, and not just Zack... But most particularly Zack.] I haven't really made an effort to ask yet.

[Which he probably should, because if he had done it earlier then this could've been avoided. Glancing up, Cloud winces at what he can see from Riku's expression, but trying to come up with something to say his brain is completely empty for several long, awful moments.]

Um... does Zack still use just the blunt end of the Buster sword..?

[Cloud winces again at the rushed, awkward tone, but that's better than nothing, right?]

[The grimace-like smile is met with a similar one of Riku's. He's trying, and his intentions were originally good, but it's obvious that this isn't the place or the time. And that Riku isn't the right person to tell that story either.]

I'm sure if you ask, he wouldn't mind telling you. [Zack has a way of explaining things the right way to people, and in a case like this, he's lived through it all. Coming from Riku, it would just be hearsay.] When you want to...

[If Cloud wants to at all.

The rushed tone doesn't quite register with Riku. Either that or he chooses to ignore it. The question itself makes him glance off to the side, not entirely out of nervousness, but the answer isn't going to line up with what Cloud knows.

...But the blonde's going to find out anyways, so he might as well dive in. With a deep breath, he looks back over at his companion.]

He used to. I've... seen him use it, but he hasn't used the Buster for a couple of years now. He picked up the weapon of someone we knew and has been using it ever since.

[Letting out a soft breath, he nods. He really does need to ask, if nothing else so he'll know better what to avoid or hopefully minimise stumbling into. He's just avoided thinking about the difference in years between what he knows and what both Zack and Riku knows and where this Planet is.

It's just a bit unsettling.]

... oh. [Cloud cocks his head, mostly curious and a little confused. The way Zack had talked about it in Nibelheim... He opens his mouth and almost asks 'why', but he changes his mind at the last moment. That's probably tied in to the question he needs to ask about what he's missed, and... and he's not dumb; he knows when Zack got the Buster Sword, and who had it before him, and 'picked up the weapon of someone we knew' was pretty telling.]

He put it away, then..?

Uh... no. Not exactly. [His lips quirk a little, and Riku rubs the back of his head awkwardly. Back on their version of the Planet, he might not be so shy about admitting his inheritance from Zack. But this Planet is so very different and certain people from it might be offended if they knew.

But then again, this Cloud wasn't from this world. Maybe he'd be okay with it? Riku fidgets a bit, suddenly shy.]

He... gave it to me to use. Just before we fought Sephiroth.

[Had he expected an answer like that? Maybe, somewhere, he had. Because while he's surprised, it's not by that much. Cloud stares for a few moments, silent and unsure what to say - what he thinks of it.

Then a thought occurs to him and he smiles, just a little.]

You know... that sounds pretty fitting.

[Not just the Buster Sword being used against Sephiroth, again, but Riku being the one to use it, considering what he was.]

[Riku just blinks at first at the comment. Fitting. Maybe he's right. Riku's never really thought too deeply into the meaning of it all (a monster like Sephiroth being destroyed by his own clone), but he's been told similar things before. At that point in time, Sephiroth wasn't just Riku's originator.

He was someone that just had to be stopped.

Riku ducks his head a little, but the relaxed and awfully sincere smile on his face is noticeable. When he received the Buster Sword, it wasn't a very high time in his life, but he was proud to carry it. Proud to have such a symbol be passed down to him.]

...He pushed it on me, actually. I didn't really want to take it, but he insisted.

[A mutter;] Stubborn old man...

[Cloud tries not to fidget, but when the smile appears, he relaxes, feeling relieved it'd been taken well. This will take a little bit to get used to, but... Riku's okay.]

He doesn't really take 'no' for an answer, no... [Cloud agrees softly, shaking his head and not noticing the small smile on his face.]

[The same sentiments can be said for Cloud. That and its nice to feel a little more relaxed. This place is virtually a planet full of eggshells and to feel at ease around someone he doesn't really know, it feels nice.

Especially for a topic like this. He only received it after he defected both Zack and Sephiroth, and Aerith was murdered. After he made all of his mistakes. It wasn't his finest hour.

He chuckles lightly.] What, has he conned you into stuff too?

Edited (...i suck at rping...) 2016-07-29 23:12 (UTC)

Nothing as big as taking the Buster sword. [He shakes his head, pulling at the scarf around his neck - it's getting hot, so he should probably just put it away soon for now... since he actually can do that. It's not a uniform scarf, after all.]

Though... I guess becoming friends count. [It's said quietly, Cloud not really looking at anything at all, eyes soft. It's not as if he really expected anything beyond that initial mission, no matter how well they seemingly hit it off. Or at least he'd thought so, he doesn't have much experience, after all.]

... he sort of got conned into paying for lunch for another couple infantry once, though. They invited themselves along. [He snorts, amused again at the thought, but definitely won't mention that Zack then turned that around to try and make friends for him.]

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