Chapter 21: A Roman Holiday

[Kasper Schultz]

"I'm going to Germany to meet up with some friends. I've been to France, and it's pretty nice, but, it's all owned by that cola company. Soda is so bad for you. It is full of sugar and will rott your teeth out. AND, Countess Cola puts things in the soda to make you addicted to it. They put red leaf in it! Did you know that! And they don't even label it! I think all food should be labelled so that people know what they are eating. People don't label food products these days. I mean...Smeet, what is smeet? If you can't find it in nature, I won't eat it!" Kasper says in a long rant about food and nutrition. It makes him angry, so he peddles faster. He doesn't realize that she may not share his opinions, and of course, he has no idea that she is actually the adopted daughter of Vivien LaFramboise. After about a mile of angry peddaling, he calms down. "Sorry about that, people say I am a little high strung. I get upset over things ...in the world very easily." Kasper explains.

[Armin Lehrer]

Armin eats two burgers and listens to the others discuss playing a game. "I'll play that game. I'll play the tuba if there is a tuba in that game."
Armin has never played a video game before. He knows he will probably suck at it. What's more, he has never been very good at music. He did play the tuba though when he was younger.
"And sure Bonifaz, I'd be happy to help clean up around here. I am a Janitor afterall!"

[Archer Aylmer]

I put my burger aside and bury my face in my hands then mumble a response to Bonifaz...

"I... Hate... Battleship."

It's hard to even explain how horrible and ridiculous a game that is. Let me sit here for an hour and call out numbers and stick dots on a board. Woooo. How much fun does that sound? Ugh.

"Anythingbutthat."

Thinking about battleship stresses me out. I have lost my appetite and would like for the idea to be withdrawn, the subject to be changed, and an alternate game to commence.

[Calithin Crest]

"I don't really eat pork. People taste like pork and that freaks me out. Plus also, it's bad for your heart and blood pressure."

I look around at the various carnival attractions, and don't feel terribly inclined to participate in any of them. Except... I am hungry and I do like throwing things at people... I want wishes in relation to these facts to be fulfilled promptly. Not getting what I want once I have something in mind is just unacceptable to me.

"Okay. I want flavored ice, um... Particularly blueberry flavored but I will compromise on flavor. And also I want to throw ice at someone. Since you can throw darts I don't see why one wouldn't be able to throw ice instead if it was preferred. So I guess... In general... I just want things related to ice."

I turn my head toward Dinari and open my eyes slightly wider in obvious expectation that he do something about this. I feel like it's his responsibility to accomplish these things for me. The carnival was, after all, his idea.

[Dinari Dollar]

To The Red Jester
"You eat people?" Dinari asks when Calithin mentions that people taste like pork. He shakes his head and looks around for another food booth. He doesn't see one, but he does notice a small, creepy looking Jester dressed in red and carrying a wooden puppet on his shoulder.

"Maybe he knows if there are ice treats here." Dinari states before wandering over to the odd jester.

"Hi...my friend Calithin was wondering if there are sno cones here...or anything made with ice. He also wants to know if he can throw ice at people. I think he mentioned wanted to throw ice at you." Dinari says. He almost laughs at the last part. He likes to get Calithin into trouble.

[Calithin Crest]

"No!"

I snap.

"But I know they taste like pork. I've never been to Neptune either, but I know it's cold. Sometimes you just know things. It's acquired knowledge. Geez."

Sometimes I really think Dinari is just more trouble than he's worth. When we come across the Red Jester I eye him curiously but decide to be cordial.

"Hi... Well... Really anyone I could throw ice at would be fine. It doesn't have to be you specifically. But it's whatever."

I am pleased that things are getting accomplished, anyway.

[Akira 69]

Akira promptly replies at that point, "I'am Akira 69..." Akira replies with a very long pause as he considers the serial number. He can't seem to find it in his databanks and after moment of this, Akira suddenly starts jolting and exclaiming, "Error! Err-or-or! Invalid request!" Akira exclaims making various different noises until finally stops and seems to gain control of himself. "Why are you still here!" Akira then exclaims pointing at Horacio who he just realized was still there; man that guy was ugly!

[The Flesh Monger]

Flesh bend his knees a bit so he can be a same eye level as Salome. He stare at her for a few minutes before quickly stood up. Flesh then grab her upper arm pretty tightly and made her stand up.

"Have you ever have ANY modications or piercings on your body?" he ask seriously. "If you don't, I might add some on your body."

[Soren Kiersted]

((Open to anyone))

Soren wasn't quite sure why he was here of all places, but it was either here or Helsinki and he already made it a point to be no where near SOTA due to Jumala; it baffled Soren as to how such a person could actually be the head of a company- god or not. Soren didn't even really think of him as a god so much as a twit gifted with powers. The only reason why he was even here was to personally oversee his company's current operations in Japan; namely provide food and temporary shelter for those who got the worst of Jumala's tsunami.

It was a perfect chance for him to really get his company going and while he didn't give his services for free, they were still affordable and almost better then the current ones. The services included temporary shelter via bio-domes- one Royal Dane's best products due to the material it was made out of which was as strong as the strongest steel, but completely self-sufficient power-wise and also organic in nature. They were also faster to build making them cost effective in the long term. Though so many homes had been ruined, his company was allowed to construct oh so many temporary shelters before Intelligent Design would become territorial; the fact that he could build anything at all was only due to his company "pitching in" to help. He would have to remove them after the effected areas could get back on their feet.

The other service his company provided was food, REAL food unlike that Smeet Genetech peddled. Soren was so far pleased with how things were going as he had special trees planted abroad in the now soaked soil. These trees would hopefully be able to grow tall using the abundance of water to grow big and strong, providing sweet tasting fruit that citizens could eat at their leisure. "Just one small step..." Soren thought as he made ready to leave.

[The Red Jester]

Red Jester simply stop and look at Dinari and Calithin. He tilt his head slightly before his puppet spoke up.

"Why you need Sno Cones if you can use knives to throw at people?" Pine Eyes reply. "It is more fun and way for funny..."

"That is a good idea Pine Eyes, but since they wanted Sno Cones.....lets lead then to the nearest places that sells them..." Jester says kinda loudly to his puppet before looking at Dinari and Calithin. "If that is alright with you guys....."

[Calithin Crest]

"Knives? I don't know. Ice is just my thing that I like to throw at people. So I'm going to stick to that. To each his own... Projectile. I guess."

I smile and allow Jester to lead the way.

"Thanks for your assistance in this matter, player."

I follow him steadily to wherever the snowcones are produced. He obviously works at the carnival and knows the place far better than me and the rest of my group do.

[Bambi Engel]

"It's certainly... unique." Bambi comments as they first enter the carnival. Where all carnivals like this? She doubted so. She stepped a little closer to Calithin, as he was the only one in the group she trusted not to take advantage of her. She knew Dinari was a bit of a womanizer and Max was a stranger. Once they reach the food stand, she glances over the menu but remains quiet.

She wasn't very hungry, sinister places weren't the best for her appetite. She raises her eyebrow and watches as the S&M clad midgets run past them. The games were also pretty rough. Didn't they have normal carnival games? She continues to remain silent as she follows them toward a jester looking man. When he begins to lead them somewhere, she feels relieved that they at least have Sno Cones.

Even if the man was a little stranger, with the knife comment and all. Not to mention the talking puppet. Though... he didn't seem to notice she was there. She didn't blame him or them, she'd been pretty quiet the whole time.

[Émilie LaFramboise]

Émilie's face turns a little red in embarrassment, tightening her arms around him a little bit. Nonetheless, she was impressed at his intelligence. It wasn't really common knowledge around the world- then again, most people were uneducated. She also thinks on Smeet, which she had only eaten for the first few years of her life before Vivien. "You're very perceptive, few people seem to think any of that." She compliments idly while thinking.

"Too much of soda is bad for you regardless of whether or not it has red leaf in it, yes. Many tasty things are. It would be nice if things were labeled, at least then people could be aware of what they're eating. Food from nature is best, it's there for a reason." Once he calms down and apologizes, she suddenly laughs. "That's alright, you're passionate about your opinion. At least you care. I don't think that's really a bad thing as long as you don't completely ignore what other people think."

[Bonifaz Artz-Lehrer]

To Frieda

Bonifaz smirks at Archer's reaction. He doesn't know anyone who likes battleship. With it settled that they will play Rock Band, Bonifaz heads upstairs, leading the other's to Frieda's room. He sees that she is talking to Hilja, but he ignores this. "Frieda, we're going to play that old game...Rock Band on your M-Station...since of course, every company seems to add Manala to it in this day and age.

He looks for the game and the instruments, digging through her things without asking. "Rock Bank? What the hell..." He says when he comes across a game designed for the purpose of promoting Global Bank.

Finally he finds it and all of the instruments and starts hooking things up. "Do you want to play, Frieda? You can be on the socialist's team."

[Dinari Dollar]

"You know, I think I DO want to throw knives at people. Usually, a person can't do that sort of thing...so maybe we should take advantage of it." Dinari says as he follows the Red Jester. He notices that the puppet seems to talk on its own. That is pretty freaky. "Hey...you are really good at working that puppet." Dinari says of pine eyes, the creapy wooden puppet on his shoulder.

"I'm Dinari Dollar by the way." Dinari says the Jester. "You seem like a fun guy. Maybe you can give us a tour of your carnival."

Dinari notices that Bambi looks a little uneasy. He wonders why. Maybe it is because Calithin eats people.