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WHO: Everyone!
WHAT: Mingle!
WHERE: Somewhere in the city
WHEN: Day 3, morning

[It's a beautiful morning in this part of Coba! The sun is shining, the birds are singing - or at least they were until a few seconds ago. Suddenly, the city is plunged into darkness again, and the streets start to fill with people dressed in outrageous costumes. There's music in the air and all traffic is stopped for the parade of revellers heading down the street. Anyone from New Orleans might find the spectacle rather familiar, but for anyone else it's still an excuse to party like the night never ended]

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Why were you jumping out of windows anyway?

It's a lot faster than the stairs.

Show off.

...Wouldn't have thought this place celebrated Mardi Gras.

[Aiden had been out trying to find a job, actually. Now he's just standing on the side of the street, hands in his pockets as he watches the parade go by.

Also yup that's the weird thing. And not the part where it just turned back into evening.]

Come on! You can't call me a show off when you're wearing a shiny spandex suit.

There are no sparkles on this suit.

Why not? Design oversight?

How many spiders do you know sparkle?

I don't know any red and blue ones either, I assumed you took some liberties.

Well, yeah. No one wants to see brown spandex.

"It would appear not at the present."

She'd be a bit more upset herself if it wasn't quite so... well, lively. She's never been around quite this much action and she can't help but be wide-eyed over it.

Meanwhile her High Pixie has finally managed to catch up with her, the demon a little more angry over it all. "What a mess! It's it some sort of human holiday?"

"I'm not certain really."

I'd argue that no one wants to see any spandex.

...wait, is that a Persona? Now Kanji's extra confused.

"Ain't any holiday I've ever heard of."

She'd be more surprised if so many hadn't seen the little demon already. As it is she gives Kanji a sharper look, then finally settles all of the beads around her neck for now.

"At least it isn't something more violent." Not that holidays typically do get violent but who knows.

You might not win that one.

And what, pray tell, is the problem with paper?

[reading something]

Oh, lovely. A party.

Uh, killing trees for one?

Hibiki WAS planning on taking a bus out of the city to see what would happen once he left, but Coba's sudden and dramatic dive into darkness (plus, you know, all the noise and people that popped out of nowhere) was much more interesting than looking up bus schedules.

The only problem was that while a sudden parade party was entertaining, it was also disorienting and dangerous, especially when the parade route manifests right where he was walking. Why were there suddenly giant gaudy parade floats? Why the abundance of gold, purple, and green? Who was dripping beer on him? Why were people throwing cheap jewelry at him?!

Somehow, someway, he manages to make his way out of the parade, with his bunny ear hood up, beer stains on his hoodie, and several layers of cheap plastic bead necklaces and a glow stick necklace around his neck. With the threat getting run over by a giant jester parade float no longer in his imminent future, Hibiki leans against the nearest solid-looking object he can find.

...Which is Kanji. He's breathing a little heavily when he says:

"Sorry...but I really need a few seconds to catch my breath..."

[He just dodged a bunch of parade floats and beer due to being in the wrong place when it first appeared, so he's still trying to catch his breath as he speaks.]

Too early, or too late? I think the sun went to bed.

[He was unlucky enough to be right in the middle of the parade when it popped up. After some impressive displays of agility, beer dodging, and bead catching, he makes it to the sidewalk. While he look completely unfazed and almost disturbingly neutral about the situation, he is breathing heavily, and his dry, flat tone of voice leaves little argument about how he's feeling.]

Woohoo. Party.

[He give a glowstick he's holding a pathetic waggle.]

"It's fine. Looks like you got caught right in the war zone."

That poor adorable hoodie.

Kanji sighs. "True, but it doesn't make me any less confused."

Caught in the war zone was right. His poor hoodie! His poor, custom ordered, hand wash only hoodie! He was going to need to spend a night with some soap and gentle bleaching; what a way to spend a vacation.

"It was," a pause as he inhaled, "worth it! I got," another pause for another breath, "awesome prizes for winning!"

He shakes his head, causing the beads to rattle and jingle. With the hand that he's not using to brace himself against Kanji, he raises a glow stick and gives it a pathetic shake. Totally worth almost getting run over for. Totally.

Definitely too early. I don't care if the sun's taking a break, it was morning not five minutes ago.

I know because I was ignoring it.

[sleeping in is a rare gift]

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