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!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"A lot," Gladio said with a smile and a nod. "Camping, hiking, cooking out on a fire, it's all good."

Though he couldn't really cook on a fire.

"A lot over the last decade. Almost forget what a bed's like."

He nodded, even though he really couldn't confess to being much of an outdoorsman himself.

"That sounds like a good time especially with warm weather."

Yuki then smiled. "But you got to camp out under the stars, right?"

"It is," Gladio said with a smile. "But you can set it up nice enough in the winter too, if you've got the gear. I just prefer spring camping."

Of course he also had more chance at it because of his birthday being in the spring.

"In the winter though, the ground is frozen or close to it. Wouldn't that be too cold to go camping then?"

That had him puzzled. Sure he preferred cooer temperatures himself, but not in the ice cold. Then again maybe he had it wrong.

"Oh, you just need to account for that. An extra pad between you and the ground, and cold weather rated sleeping bags. And of course the fly on your tent to help retain more warmth."

It was really simple if you knew what you were doing.

Yuki had absolutely no clue about what Gladio was talking about. "Cold weather rated sleeping bags?"

He was an indoor kid so this was news to him.

"Yeah. Sleeping bags are graded for what weather ranges they're usable for," Gladio said with a smile. How did that not make sense?

"You gotta make sure you have the right gear for the right situation."

Yuki smiled. "I'm sorry I can't say I've ever gone camping. But the way that you talk about it, it almost sounds fun."

For one night or so but that'd be about it.

"You don't worry about anything coming after you while you're sleeping?"

"You should try it," Gladio said with a smile. "Soon as you can."

Worry about anything coming after him? He laughs.

"The Havens keep us safe."

He smiled. There was probably no way he was going to go camping in the Winter, but maybe in the Spring.

Yuki looked at the tall well build warrior as he laughed and tried to puzzle out the unfamiliar word.

"What is the havens?"

Oh boy that's a question.

"Safe space. They say the Oracles made them. Runes of purification and protection are inscribed on them, and they keep away Daemons and other animals."

That just gave him more questions, but he'd been a pest as it was.

"Ah, thank you for all of the explanation. But I'd better go. It was nice to meet you and I hope that you enjoy your stay here."

With a smile and a slight nod, Yuki walked out.

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