Summer Solstice

[lifemods]

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

[notachocobo]

[A faint frown mars Cloud's expression.]

What's wrong?

[He knows that expression. He's worn it himself quite a few times.]

You're not him.

[It comes out bluntly, Cloud shaking his head now as he glances away.]

You may look like him but you aren't him. I was..I didn't know what to expect at first but he would have made a grand entrance, destroying whatever he could. You didn't.

[darkbreak]

...It's nothing.

[He's not entirely sure that he should spill his feelings to a complete stranger, especially one who seems as well respected as Cloud is here. But being in a world like this, a place where Zack Fair was deceased, just fills his mind with what-ifs and sorrow.

And then there's the whole clone deal. Riku listens quietly to the explanation, raising his head a little and nodding. No, he doesn't destroy everything in his path, unless it's by accident.]

Thanks, I guess. [He half shrugs and takes in a deep breath.] Not everyone... sees it that way though. They have a right to worry. You do too.

[notachocobo]

Everyone should be more worried about what made the Lifestream do all of this--they should be more worried about who's behind it all. There are still a lot of unanswered questions.

[If anyone did know, they were keeping it to themselves which wasn't surprising. Secrets were a common thing here, especially if ShinRa or the WRO were involved.]

It's not going to be easy, though. People are going to be suspicious for awhile but..just hang in there. Alright?

[darkbreak]

[Riku just nods. There's nothing in those statements that he can argue with. He's lived most of his life under the suspicious and judgemental eyes of others, with that changing only within the last few years. This place is no different, just a little more vocal than what he's now used to.

Still, it's reassurance and as much as Cloud is a stranger to him, every little bit helps. He looks back up at he older man, voice firm and even.]

...You think this could be his doing? Or that somehow Sephiroth caused this?

[It's not his style at all, unless the Sephiroth here is a different man. But the clone wouldn't it past him to somehow orchestrate something from beyond the grave again.]