Welcome to the Festival of Fireflies

[lazyjustice]

Who: You! Anyone and everyone is welcome to come!
What: A Festival of Fireflies with games, food, rides and more!
Where: Genessia
When: August 15th-20th. Starting at 7pm
Warnings: Be sure to warn in your threads appropriately.


[The gates are open and the air is filled with the sound of music. Whether you're a reveler, a vendor or anything in between-- come and enjoy the festival!

The Firefly Masquerade post is here]

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[sayslittle]

[Cloud's not the only one who's been dragged out into having fun. He's not even the only one who's been dragged out by Tifa herself, though Rude is admittedly a lot less surprised to see her pulling Cloud along behind him than he'd been when she'd come insisting on his company.

And that's partly why Rude approaches Cloud at all, in a moment when they both have time to themselves. Things are precarious enough between those from Gaia here as it is and Rude definitely doesn't want to make them any worse.

With that in mind, he figures being upfront about what's been going on is a good start, a seemingly light lead-in that still aims to affirm that without provocation, neither Tifa nor Cloud has anything to worry about from him.

Reno's a different matter. But one Rude knows how to handle, at least.]

She's like that with everyone then?

[And even if he wanted to, he's not sure he could hide how appreciative he's been that he's included in that "everyone".]

[meteorrains]

[There had been a time, years before, when the Turks had been considered their enemy, or at the very least, a portion of it. An extension of ShinRa and everything they stood for, everything that Avalanche was fighting back against.

So much had changed from that moment to this one, an entire world had almost collapsed around them and somehow, they'd all lived to tell the tale.

Reno and Rude had even played a part in the most recent battle, and he was grateful for their assistance, even if it had come from an unlikely source. There was no longer any real animosity there, nor was did their sudden appearance cause him any real worry.

Reno was Reno, there really wasn't much that could be done about his behavior. Rude, on the other hand, could very easily be someone who Cloud could come to like, if given enough time and opportunity. And since Tifa was bounded and determined to make sure they both enjoyed themselves, they'd been given their first one.]

Worse, actually. [Tifa was definitely the group mom, always worrying about everyone, dragging them about when needed. But there's a certain hint of fondness there. She wasn't his best friend for nothing.]

[sayslittle]

[At that, Rude offers a slight huff that's amusement but also appreciation of why that would be. For how close Cloud and Tifa are, it makes sense that she'd be even more determined that he'd enjoy himself and never mind he's a grown man capable of his own decisions.

Rude knows perhaps better than anyone that sometimes, getting out of one's own head takes a forcible push from an external force.

And things haven't turned out badly for it, he'll admit that much. Maybe not out loud but it's a start.]

Not a bad event, though. For what it is.

[Not usually Rude's thing but he can at least appreciate the idea behind it all well enough.]

[meteorrains]

[Rude. You've seen Tifa when she's angry. Do you really think he wants to bring that wrath down upon himself? While he definitely scores pretty low on the good decision making scale, he wants to live.]

It could be worse. [The food was actually pretty good, and there weren't too many people crowding the streets. Couple that with the plethora of things to do, and he was almost glad he'd come]

Ever played any of those? [Nodding towards the row of games as he spoke, noting that some seemed vaguely familar while other's were totally new.]

[sayslittle]

[Wanting to avoid Tifa's anger is indeed a smart life choice, Rude will readily grant that much. Even if her anger in action is part of the attraction where Rude is concerned but no need to get into that.

Better to focus on the games, the actual fun part of this whole event. He gives a tick of a nod in response, glancing towards the games himself as he replies.]

Got talked into a couple of them. Not entirely a waste.

[Which is his roundabout way of saying that getting to put his training to use in non-lethal ways had been kind of fun even if he had no real use for any of the prizes he'd ended up with.]

You?

[meteorrains]

[Please, for the love of Shiva, he does not want to know what you're in to, Rude. Especially when it's in regard to his best friend. You can just keep that all to yourself.

Not that he would be entirely adverse to seeing you make a move on her. Tifa deserved to be happy above all else. It was what he wanted for her most. And if someone else were to become the cause of that happiness, then he wouldn't stand in their way.]

Once or twice. [Okay. So he'd kind of blown a small fortune on the snow boarding game back at the Gold Saucer. It had taught him some important life skills. Like how to dodge trees.]

Feel like giving them a try?

[sayslittle]

[Excuse, Cloud, Rude is a perfect gentleman when he's not being paid to break faces on command. He wouldn't dream of speaking about such things, even with such minimal chance of there being any truth behind the thoughts and certainly not with someone he isn't convinced is entirely feelings-free himself.

And Rude certainly isn't going to compete with someone Tifa has a heck of a lot more reason to trust than she does him.

But that's a competition-that's-not-really-a-competition for another day. For now, Rude focuses on the challenge laid out by Cloud, scouting for something they should be on even footing on for what he can recall of Cloud's skills.

He's pretty sure throwing rings at targets isn't something either of them make much use of. So he'll nod towards that stall in response to Cloud's suggestion, brow raised in a questioning tick.]

I'm game if you are.