aterat | Winter is not a season

Who; Everyone (don't forget to tag in & tag around!)
What; The Winter Festival
Where; The circus complex and the park
When; Today & lasting for 1 week
Warnings; None, but if something needs a warning, please label as such!

Back in November, Ignis petitioned Halcyn for a Winter Festival. He requested snow, lots of lights, and an in ground hot tub or two or more.

Train/moogles/horses - There's also a small train to go ride around the city, and horses will again appear for sleigh rides. Moogles will be appearing/on hand to give directions to where things are if people get lost. They are also serving as sources of information in case someone doesn't know anything about a festival or activity. Just ask the moogle kupo!

Food/shopping - Ignis also learned of and requested that European style christmas markets (including Japanese ones) so all of the foods for those countries and all of the things/traditions that they are associated with will be available. Whatever country has what, feel free to learn about it, or whatever different world. Recipe books will be available for whatever place too so pick one up while you can because you might want to learn to cook it for yourself! (Sorry folks, Remy not included) Enjoy all the shopping and fooding even if you've never heard of that place, world or food before. So eat, drink and be merry!

Activities/things to do - Skiing, sledding, skating and tobogganing will be available and if you're really tough, maybe archery hunting in skis may appeal. Riding on a ski lift can be a relaxing thing to do as well. Snowboarding is available as well, but a few words of caution on that. There may be sledding moogles as you go, lots of trees to run into, balloons, and if you hit an igloo, there may be an angry moogle that throws a table at you. There are also snow chocobos and snow moogles along that path.

For those not so daring to go snowboarding, the snow moogles and snow chocobos will be around town in different spots so that they're not missed. And while they won't throw snowballs at you, your friends just might! And you can ride a horse to go see a model of a royal library. A word of caution however, as there may be monsters even if they're mostly slimecicles. There may be some Luminous Lamplings or Bongo Fandangos lurking about too.

Other activities/happenings - There will also be events and things for the Chinese New Year, such as lion dances, all sorts of traditional foods, decorations, fire works, firecrackers and kids might get red envelopes. Since it is now the Year of the Rabbit, adorable rabbit decorations of all sorts are everywhere. On the last day of this Winter event will be the Lantern Festival.

Something else to note - If you're feeling adventurous there's a place or two to get married! The Hunting Lodge is always open so you could married there too! Take a walk through some Christmas illuminations for romance, or just because they're pretty.

Other notes - People from home will appear this week too as it's a fourth wall event, so be on the lookout for them! And if all of this stuff doesn't work, feel free to choose your own wintry adventure!

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"Yeah. We always thought that was why the Sphere gave me Speedy."

Which was not the same thing, but he was definitely dealing with it. The best he could.

He nodded. "I find it extremely interesting that someone as fast as you got a sloth as a pet, adorable as Speedy is. But I do suppose that counts as some semblance of balance?"

There was a smile on Ignis' face as he asked his question.

"I didn't pick him," Tommy says, but yeah, balance. He'd loved the thing since it was little. It hadn't seemed to age before coming here though. And now Speedy was just getting big and adult.

"He handles the world so differently from me."

Ignis smiled at Tommy and then at the little sloth. "How much bigger will he get?" This wasn't a creature that he was familiar with and that was actually very curious about it.

"Don't know. The manuals for care I got with him didn't say. But he seems to be growing still, so a bit at least. I feed him pretty well, and he may have been magic, so maybe larger than his species usually should?"

HE really doesn't know.

"Well I suppose you'll find out soon enough." Ignis replied, getting to the task of moving things around and creating a small amount of work space. There were future orders to take care of and so he needed to focus on that.

"But you say he may have been magic?"

"He didn't grow when I had him in the Sphere," Tommy said. And Speedy wasn't a large creature, which meant he should have grown a lot more before coming here.

"That he didn't grow at all is almost troubling." Ignis mused. "Was there something that prevented such a thing from occurring?"

Magic maybe?

"A lot of things in the Sphere turned out to not be properly real," Tommy said with a shrug. So it was likely that Speedy hadn't been either.

He's not quite sure how to take the comment so he sighs. "Well that's quite interesting. However, the fact that he's here with you is quite a fortunate turn of events."

The advisor started wiping down the counter and thought a moment. "How did he arrive here? Was he with you when you appeared?"

Or Tommy could've requested him as Nida had with his peacat.

"I mean, a few of us came from the Sphere, and our pets seemed to come with us," Tommy said.

Inesa and her rabbit, that married gay couple and their dog, him and Speedy. Maybe that was just how it worked.

"He was here when I came, still in his bag."

Ignis nodded. "That is rather fortunate for the both of you." Considering Noct had always talked about Carbuncle, sometimes the royal advisor wondered if that was some sort of benevolent spirit that travelled with the King.

"It's rather comforting to have a companion."

"Yeah. It means I've always got a goal for the day."

Between Speedy and the kids he took care of, Tommy had a lingering purpose.

"If you ever get overwhelmed, don't be afraid to take a break." Ignis replied after a moment's thought. He was referring to the tavern but it was good advice at any rate.

"I'm never overwhelmed," Tommy said, waving a hand dismissively in a way that sort of said he was often overwhelmed. Not at the lodge though.

He didn't agree but didn't comment. And he knew Tommy wasn't going to ask for help either. Ignis knew all too well how that went.

"I take it everything else is running in order then?"

"Oh of course it is. If nothing else, I'm good at running order."

See, pun based on powers. Laugh and don't worry.

Ignis sighed lightly. "Alright, but should you need a rest, let me know."

It was all he could do.

"You know I would," TOmmy said, another smooth lie from him.

Inwardly he doubted it, but wasn't going to argue or debate.

"Do I have your word on that?"

"Yep," he answered with a grin.

His word was worth shit.

The advisor shook his head. "I'll let you off the hook for now in that case."

Even if he really didn't.

"Awesome," TOmmy says with a smile. Which of course confirms things, but he didn't care. "Anything you need right now?"

Ignis shook his head.

"Not at all. Just don't forget to take a break now and then."

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going to handwave that he didn't smile at Speedy b/c he doesn't come out in winter

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