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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[02crusnikabel]

[He's fine with the questions, actually. Just not on the subject of romance.]

"You never heard of it? That's okay. The Vatican is an organization of the Roman Catholic Church in Rome, Italy."

[innocent_royal]

"What is the Roman Catholic Church? And where is Rome-Italy?"

[It should be apparent that she is from a whole different world.]

[02crusnikabel]

[And the priest is really slow on the uptake. Whoops, forgive him. He just woke up.]

"Oh you're from a different world, weren't you? I came from a world called Earth."

[innocent_royal]

"Yes I do. I come from a world called Nevus. I think I know some people from Earth."

[She looked over at the cup ride. It should be ending soon.]

[02crusnikabel]

"Nevus is it? Are you here for long? You must be a long away from home. But I suppose so is everyone."

[Oooh, the line is cleared up now and the bouncy priest climbs up the stairs to grab a seat. There's room for one more person!]

[innocent_royal]

[Anastasia followed and took a seat across from Abel, closing her parasol as she does. Good thing she's small -- doesn't take up as much room.]

"I've been here for a little over a year now. Far away not just in distance, but proper environment for me."

[02crusnikabel]

"A year? That's a long time."

[Oh dear, Abel thought about it. Would he stay for that long too? He has unfinished business back home. Still, he is stuck here, and there's nothing he could do about it.

Either way, the machines of the cups stirred to life, and the cups start moving slowly at first, and then they start to spin around, and around. So much spinning!]

"Goodness, the world is spinning!"

[innocent_royal]

[Before she can answer, the cups began to spin. Once it got to full speed, she was hanging on for dear life and didn't look at all to be enjoying herself.]

"Too fast! Too fast!"

[02crusnikabel]

[Thankfully, the ride didn't last too long. Just two minutes, and the ride is over. The tea cups slow down until it comes to a full stop. The priest released the door and then stumbled to sit down on the bench for the spinning inside of his head to past.]

"Urgh~ Sorry about that. Thought it would be fine."

[innocent_royal]

[Anastasia followed, but stumbled with each step. The world was spinning far too much to figure out which way she was going.

When she finally found her way off, she tripped over her own feet and fell forward with a gasp, hitting the ground with a light thud.]

[02crusnikabel]

[Shocked, Abel rushed forward to her side.]

Are you okay? Oh, I'm so sorry!

[Abel picked her up and placed on the bench for her to sit.]

[innocent_royal]

[Anastasia would feel cold as Abel carried her, a natural thing for her. Once she was set on a bench, she closed her eyes so she wouldn't have to look at the world spinning. Of course, this made her wobble.]

"The ferris wheel was better..."

[02crusnikabel]

It would be, but wouldn't that be too high? Some people are nervous of heights.

[Plus the cars tend to rock back and forth when the wheel turns.]

[innocent_royal]

[Anastasia opened her eyes to look at Abel, her baby blues struggling to focus on him.]

"I've been on one before, during the last festival."

[02crusnikabel]

"Okay. Do you want me to go with you? I haven't been on it yet." [Oh he suddenly realized he asked her, a perfect stranger.] "Oh, I realized...um...if you don't want me to, I can ride alone."

[innocent_royal]

"You can come. But, after my last experience, I think I'll be more comfortable in a separate car."

[She means no offense. She is just not used to being around males. Plus, her last companion on the ride was weird.]

[02crusnikabel]

[Sensing her discomfort.]

"Oh? I'm curious. What happened last time? Was it unpleasant?"

[innocent_royal]

"Well, he's someone who one day started acting like a self-appointed guardian for me. We rode the ferris wheel together, but he only asked me about 'Heiress-startle' and something about slavery and destiny..."

[The first name, she meant Aristotle.]

[02crusnikabel]

[Hmm, curiouser and curiouser.]

"And do you understand anything he said?"

[innocent_royal]

"I do not."

[She remembers thinking it was a very dark topic to bring up at a carnival.]

[02crusnikabel]

"Well, I won't push it. But if you have a question, you can talk to me about it. Maybe I know something."

[A pause, a beat.]

"Do you feel better now? You're not dizzy or anything. I can get you a bottle of water."

[innocent_royal]

"I think the question I was asked back then was, 'what did I think of men being born to be slaves?"

[When she was asked about water, she held up two fingers.]

"May I have two bottles of iced water?"

[02crusnikabel]

"Okay~."

[Abel went to fetch it from a vendor cart, and brought back three. Two for her, and one for him.]

"Huh, that was a complex question to ask a little girl. What do you think? I think slavery is not okay. Is never okay. People shouldn't be forced to do things against their will."

[innocent_royal]

"Thank you."

[Anastasia takes the bottles, she collects her thoughts.]

"I agree. The Great Firlandic Empire, my kingdom's historic enemy, will conduct tests on their citizens. Those who don't meet 'normal' standards are thrown away into the slums.

Horrific abuse of human lives, but it may explain why it is the most massive and powerful of the six master nations of my world... However, it's the fact that there are five other super nations and how the Empire failed to conquer my nation 19 years ago proves that power doesn't come from throwing away certain citizens."

[She removed her hair ribbon and twisted the cap off of one of the water bottles, raised it over it head and gently poured the chilly contents all over her head. She didn't flinch at all. Once the bottle was empty, she put her hair ribbon back where it belonged.]

"That's better."

[02crusnikabel]

[The Father listened intently, taking it all in. Ah, he react unsightly and physically at the mention of science being used to abuse on normal citizens.]

"Oh, that is very horrible. Don't you think one day it would stop?"

[Well, Abel is quite hot too. It is a humid summer.]