The Cultural Fair

[wise_maiden]

Who: Everyone! Or as close to that as possible, please. \o/
What: The Cultural Fair
When: April 25th-26th, though the earlier set-up days (22nd, 23rd, and keeping everything dry on the 24th) are also encouraged to help get a feel for it
Where: All around the town square
Summary: Also here.
Rating: ... is this a thing?

Note: Booths can be labeled as separate comments! Just put [booth name] or something in the subject line so people can find top level comments easier. Work was probably started for it on the 22nd-23rd for labor purposes, sheltering things from the weather on the 24th, and the actual Fair is on the 25th-26th, so using any of those dates and figuring out where your characters are helping would be good. CHARACTERS ARE WELCOME TO TAG THE LOG FOR INTERACTING WITH OTHERS, NOT JUST BOOTHS, SO FEEL FREE TO TAG IN! Also a character who might not know what's going on is welcome to walk by and question it! And so forth.

I'll leave the descriptions up to you all as there probably isn't much that is too uniform about the displays, as everyone is encouraged to be creative about it. Think of it as something on a much smaller scale than the festival from a year ago, definitely, but how hard the characters worked isn't something I could define for each of you. That said there are plenty of unique sights, so enjoy browsing! Thank you!

(Also, please add your name tags!)

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The Mysticalman's Amazing Suicune Booth

[hark_a_suicune]

[An occasion to share his love for Suicune with everyone? Why, Eusine wouldn't have missed that for anything in the world!
Luceti, have a very flashy man standing behind an equally flashy booth. Blue and purple silk ribbons, diamond patterns, a great sign spelling out "SUICUNE" on top... It's all incredibly tacky, but you might find it is not, in fact, the most memorable thing about the stand.
Because on the stand are eye-gougingly bad drawings of Suicune. No, really. They all look more or less like this
. And judging by the signatures? Yes, Eusine is the one who drew them. He looks incredibly proud of himself, too.
But that's not all there is to it, fortunately! There's also a pile of pamphlets (all handwritten in a pretty cursive font, since Luceti is seriously lacking in copiers) detailing the story of how the legendary beasts came to be. Though it might be a bit hard to follow, considering Eusine's tendency to drown everything in purple prose.

You just can't win against a fruit of this magnitude. Flee before it's too late.]

The Mysticalman's Amazing Suicune Booth

[generalflirt]

...I don't get this flier at all.

[And he knows literature. He's looking at this pamphlet (did this guy handwrite them all, seriously? He knows he's heard someone confirm that there is a copier here... somewhere... he thinks) but this just does not make sense. Mostly because it's being bogged down with bad writing]

[hark_a_suicune]

[The copier wouldn't have been able to satisfactorily transcribe his ~beautiful handwriting~ anyway.]

Is there a problem?

[generalflirt]

I feel like this story distracted itself... what's this bit about heaving bosoms have to do with the ... whatever they are. Dogs? Beasts?

[hark_a_suicune]

[... JUST GOING TO SNATCH THE PAMPHLET OFF YOUR HANDS AND FRANTICLY SCAN IT]

I never wrote anything of the sort!!!

[generalflirt]

[...Did you? Eyebrow arch.

idek if he's trolling or not]

[hark_a_suicune]

... Well, not the "heaving" part, at least.

[Bosoms may have been involved. Maybe.]

[generalflirt]

Haaah, well maybe a read a character wrong.

[hark_a_suicune]

[Not Sure If Trolling...]

Ahem. Anyway! I will gladly enlighten you, should you have any... other question.

[If you can't appreciate the beauty of his writing, maybe his mad storytelling skills will do the trick!]

[wise_maiden]

[Tackily put together or not, there was still effort involved, and that is something that can be appreciated no matter how crazy the getup. Besides, there's something fascinating about learning about legends, so she'll take a moment to try and read through one of those fliers. Hmmm.]

[hark_a_suicune]

[A beautiful woman? No, a beautiful woman interested in legends? There is literally not a single flaw in that picture.
A sensible person would probably let Raine finish reading before blathering on and on, but Eusine is alas unable to shut up for too long. Oh well, no one can say he's not enthusiastic at least.]

If you have any question, please do feel free to ask! After all, I did see the legendary Suicune with my own eyes!

[wise_maiden]

[Ah, if only Raine had been a part of that world. She'd have her own research labs, to be sure. For now, however, she's certainly curious in the legends and any connections that they might have to the past.]

So it's a living legend. Can others attest to this as well? Is there more documentation out there?

[hark_a_suicune]

[Would they accept a pokémon professor named after an aromatic plant instead of a tree, though? We will never know.]

I'm sure my dear friend Crystal would be delighted to tell you all about her encounter with Suicune, and how it chose her as its battling partner! She's quite a formidable young lady!

[Considering how proud he looks, you'd almost believe he was the one chosen.]

[wise_maiden]

She is here in Luceti, then? It sounds like it's something I'll have to keep in mind.

[hark_a_suicune]

She arrived around the same time as I did. Perhaps I can introduce you to each other someday!

[wise_maiden]

If we don't cross paths on our own, that would be wonderful.

[hark_a_suicune]

It would be a pleasure. ... Ah! But I almost forgot-

[Please excuse him as he grabs Raine's hand and plants a kiss on it. He's a ~gentleman~, after all.]

My name is Eusine, magician and expert on Pokémon legends!

[savedtheworld]

[Aang's eyebrow rose as he checked the pamphlet. It didn't really look like any animal he knew- and such a weird name. He missed the simple naming scheme of his home where things would just be "platypus bears" or "turtle ducks". He had just one question for the caped man.]

Can you ride it?

[hark_a_suicune]

If it deems you worthy, yes! I saw my very own rival ride Suicune into the sunset, towards the great battle for the fate of the world!

[Actually it wasn't sunset and it was mostly a regional thing, but he likes his version better. More dramatic.]

[savedtheworld]

That sounds great! I love being deemed worthy of things and I sometimes do great battles for the fate of the world! Does Luceti have any of these Suicunes?

[hark_a_suicune]

Ah!! Would you be... an aspiring Suicune hunter?!

[Does he have to add someone to his ever expanding list of rivals and its grand total of one person?!]

[savedtheworld]

Well... I don't want to hunt things. I'd just like to meet it and maybe take it for a ride.

[hark_a_suicune]

Oh, no, you misunderstand me. By "hunting", I merely mean the act of pursuing Suicune! I certainly do not want any harm to come to it!

[Just thinking about it makes his skin crawl.]

[savedtheworld]

Oh. That's better, then! I used to do the same for the different kinds of interesting animals I wanted to ride!

[hark_a_suicune]

Have you ridden many interesting creatures?