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]

Comments

[infinitejustice]

Totally fine. Safety standards for amusement park rides are extremely high. Everything will be all right, you'll see.

[For his part, Athrun is calm. He's more interested in calming Sonico down than anything else as the cars begin to scale the big hill.]

[sonicosuper]

*Sonico doesn't even speak when the car starts going. The higher it climbs up the first hill, the tighter her hands clutched at the bars. She looks down when they get to the top and goes suddenly very pale*

[infinitejustice]

[Athrun continues to watch her, remaining perfectly calm. When he realizes just how pale she is, he does the only thing he can think to do at the moment -- reach out and gently place his hand over hers.

Hopefully that helps.]

[sonicosuper]

*It does. And for a moment she can open her eyes and breathe. But then the car drops down at top speed and Sonico squeezes her eyes tight shut, her hands grasping harder and screaming at the top of her lungs*

[infinitejustice]

[Welp.

Athrun pushes himself back into the seat as far as he can go so that he doesn't get an earful of Sonico's screaming and tightens his grip on the bar with his free hand. However, throughout it all, he maintains his hold on Sonico's hand.

And yes, he's still totally calm.]

[sonicosuper]

*And that is Sonico for the entire rest of the ride. When the car goes through loops, Sonico manages to open her eyes and to laugh as she screams, but during the drops she yells like someone terrified for their life.

By the end, Sonico is still clinging onto the bars desperately, her face pale and eyes anxious*

[infinitejustice]

[For what it's worth, Athrun's hand has remained on Sonico's for the entire ride. Even as it comes to a stop, it remains there. When it comes to a stop, he gives it a squeeze.]

Hey. Come on. The ride's over.

[sonicosuper]

*When the ride finally stops, Sonico's body is tense, her skin pale. It takes Athrun's voice before she opens her eyes and looks up at him, rather unhappy*

So I can get off now, right?

[infinitejustice]

Of course. Let's go.

[He takes his hand off hers when the attendant comes to lift the bar off of them. He then offers it to her immediately after he steps off to help her out of the ride.]

[sonicosuper]

*Sonico is more than happy to take his hand to help her get out of the car. She was still a little pale, and she wobbled a little as she stepped out and back into the crowds. She took small, shallow breaths, but did her best as she smiled at him weakly*

So..have fun?

[infinitejustice]

[Athrun shrugs. He doesn't want to say no -- as he had said before, roller coasters lose their appeal after being a mobile suit pilot -- but he also doesn't want to lie.]

More importantly, did you have fun?

[sonicosuper]

*Sonico watches him shrug and smiles a little, but it soon disappears as he asks his question*

I can't honestly tell you that I did. That was horrible!

[infinitejustice]

To be honest, I'm not surprised.

[Athrun had asked because it's not always easy to tell. Some people enjoy getting scared half to death, but it seems like Sonico isn't one of those types.]

Let's go do something else, all right?

[sonicosuper]

*Sonico nods as they stand in the crowd, glancing up and down at the various stalls*

I'm sorry - I must seem real boring, but yes please, something else would be good.

[infinitejustice]

[Athrun shakes his head and gives Sonico a reassuring smile.]

Not at all. Like I said, roller coasters don't do it for me ever since I started piloting mobile suits. Let's walk around for a while, shall we? Maybe we'll stumble upon something.

[sonicosuper]

I bet that's even scarier than that rollercoaster...

*Sonico swallowed at the thought, and didn't really want to think about it much more*

That's a good idea. Let's find something with less...loops and drops.