HAPPY NEW YEAR'S AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS

[trollingismagic.insanejournal.com]

[ Best wishes from Bermuda Isle!



A number of booths have sprung up near the shoreline, enticing you to don yourself in the colorful festive garb of a true Bermuda native! Unwind from your day and come out to see what's offered. ♥ There are all sorts of delicious foods and snacks, and plenty of souvenirs. It's time to ring in the New Year of 2012! Lanterns have been strung up, and the snow seems to have stopped. In fact, no snow is to be seen near the site of the festival itself. Oddly, the booths are all run by strange black goatlike creatures in finely tailored suits...

The catch is, unless you sneak in, you have to come with a friend or a date! So find someone to go in with you! ♥ You may even catch a glimpse of Eureka as she wanders the festival... ]

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[fakespeech.insanejournal.com]

Hello.

[The voice might be similar to that being, but by appearance it looked almost nothing like Ecolo. This person looks almost completely normal.]

Who are you going with in the festival?

[riderpedia.insanejournal.com]

[He's a little surprised by this person's sudden appearance. The voice makes him nervous, but Philip isn't one to pass judgement too quickly on someone he doesn't know, and he knows he has backup somewhere if he needs it, even if this is Ecolo.]

...Ah.. I.. I don't know. The people I'd normally go to something like this with aren't here.

[fakespeech.insanejournal.com]

[It was him yes, he decided to twist the game further by making a false confidence.]

Is that so? That's a bit of a pity, I think people wouldn't mind company though.

[He innocently tilted his head.] Are you alright, though?

[riderpedia.insanejournal.com]

I generally prefer not to be alone. I'm too used to someone else being around.

I'm all right. I just haven't felt well for the past day or so.

[fakespeech.insanejournal.com]

Really? I hope it's nothing serious or anything.

But why don't we go to the festival together? I heard you need to be with a partner to get in the festival, and I'm always up to make new friends. I'm Ringo by the way, nice to meet you!

[riderpedia.insanejournal.com]

It'll be fine. My body's rhythm is just a bit thrown off due to an.. accident. But with a little time I should be back to normal.

All right. I've never been to a festival before, so I would hate to miss out.

My name is Philip. It's nice to meet you too.

[fakespeech.insanejournal.com]

Philip, huh? That's a nice name. Well, then let's get going and see what's to do.

And don't worry, it's my first time too, so we can try a lot of stuff.

[riderpedia.insanejournal.com]

It wasn't my original name, but I've grown rather fond of it while it's been mine.

That sounds... fun.

[He offers his hand. He's still a little suspicious, but really, he figures this can turn out any worse than Wakana.]

[fakespeech.insanejournal.com]

[And he childishly shook it with his own hand before dragging Philip in to the festival.

He curiously look at everything, from the booths, to the decorations. It was something all new for the strange being.]

How curious~

[riderpedia.insanejournal.com]

[It was all completely new to Philip as well, but there is one thing he knows about festivals... He's very very set on finding one particular thing.

There seem to be a multitude of cultures represented here, and he sees a lot of Japanese food stands as he passes, but he seems very very set on whatever it is he's looking for.]

[fakespeech.insanejournal.com]

[And it seems like it caught to 'Ringo's curiosity]

What're you looking for?

[riderpedia.insanejournal.com]

[Philip is about to respond when he spots it, veering off the main path to one of the food stalls and ordering several variations of takoyaki. He looks back to Ringo with a large smile, seeming very proud of himself for finding it.]

I read about this once! My friend told me about it and I dropped what I was doing to find out more! It sounds really good. Do you want some too? We can share it.

[Any paranoid he might have had seems to have been put aside for the sake of some long forgotten research coming full circle. He wished that Akiko was here to have some too, since she was the one who had introduced him to it back when she had first arrived.]

[fakespeech.insanejournal.com]

[He curiously look at the stall and back to the box full of takoyaki.]

Ta-ko-ya-ki...? Okay. [Without much thought he tried one and tasted it carefully before a wide smile formed.]

They're delicious!

[riderpedia.insanejournal.com]

[Philip eats one and nods, clearly very excited.]

It's like the books I read said!

[fakespeech.insanejournal.com]

[He beams and nodded excitedly.]

The books must be accurate, they're really tasty!

[riderpedia.insanejournal.com]

[Philip nods and finds them a place to sit so they can eat.]

I got really excited reading about it but Shotaro would never buy me the equipment to make them. Neither of us can really cook, so it's probably for the best. But I've always wanted to go to a festival and have some!