+County Fair+ (All)

[Tara_Nepion]

"Huh?" Came the oh-so-intelligent reply. Startled out of her own thoughts Lisa glanced up at the younger kid. For a moment she blinked, before suddenly placing the face. A brief look of triumph danced across the girl's face before it was tucked away behind a forcibly friendly smile.

"No, no. I'm fine. Are you uh..... Xander? No wait.... Drex?"  

[Drexel Seven]

"Oh good, I'd hate for-...what did you say?" Drex gave the girl a double take. Beta looked at Lisa and then at her uncle, "She say Drex, That's you...How she know?" Drex pulled Beta closer and shook his head, "I don't know...Who...who are you?" Drex furrowed his brow and then turned his head to scope out the area, hoping Andred had finally caught up to them.  

[Nikiana]

Xander and his father wandered about the games before pausing to watch the ring toss. Both knew the games were often rigged so that no one could win the best prizes. It was all a big scam. But it was still fun to watch and even try a bit. So they stuck around to watch others participate.  

[Tara_Nepion]

"Faction stuff," Lisa explained cryptically glancing down at the little girl. "Is there a place where we can speak privately? Or at least where no one...unassociated... can listen?" She asked pointedly, talking as quickly as possible. Some place out of earshot of the crowds but still visible would be nice. Waiting for the boy to respond the recruit scanned the crowds.  

[Drexel Seven]

Faction? Like Purist stuff? She doesn't look familiar, so she couldn't be. He looked back at Lisa and then down to Beta. He didn't want to leave her alone, but he didn't exactly want her listening in, she was too young for that. "Go over there with your poppa, ok? I just gotta talk to this girl for a second, ok?" He put his hands on Beta's shoulders and pushed her towards Andred, making sure she made it through the crowds safely. "Alright, how about over there?" Drex gestured towards some picnic tables grouped next to one of the stands, hoping it was in an open enough area that Andred could keep watch...in case anything went wrong.  

[Maeko-Hana]

 

[Tara_Nepion]

Lisa nodded relieved that her task wasn't going to be any more difficult than it had to be. "Looks good," she replied a little absently trying to put her facts in a logical (and persuasive) order.

Leaning up against the table she stared at the younger kid for a moment. Pitching her voice low so it wouldn't carry the girl pulled out a small piece of glass etched with some kind of circuitry design. "You know what's going on around here, so I won't bother explaining that. However, all the factions have an agreement that until you actually join formally you can be recruited by anyone. My faction studies the underlying laws of the universe and how to manipulate them into working in our favor. We would like to offer you the opportunity to join. If you desire to, new recruits will be meeting at Haliburton Memorial Tower on the Rhodes campus. Scan that there, it'll only work for three weeks."

She paused and glanced over at the kid, eyeing him. "Any questions?"  

[Drexel Seven]

Drex reached out for the piece of glass, turning it over and giving it a thorough look-over. Funny thing...definitely not Purist...maybe Artificer?...Or Cyborg?... He looked at Lisa and nodded, "No...no question...none that I can think of right now anyways..." He slipped it into one of his pockets and buttoned the flap over it. Why would any other faction want me? Don't they know who my father was?...Maybe they do...maybe that's why...

Andred picked up Beta and started to walk over towards Drex. "Drex? Is everything alright?" He glanced at the girl, raising an eyebrow. She didn't look dangerous, but looks can sometimes be deceiving. He decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. She was probably just a friend of Cailyn, probably harmless.  

[Tara_Nepion]

Lisa nodded at Drex. "Allright then. I've still got work to do. Bye." She waved abruptly, before slipping into the crowd.

Once she had gotten out of eye sight Lisa sagged against the back of a stall. Letting out a heavy sigh she closed her eyes, recouping from the meeting.  

[Drexel Seven]

"Drex...Drex..." Andred called out, "Come on." He waved his arm, beckoning Drex over. "Huh?" Drex looked up and sighed, shaking off the heavy thoughts floating around in his head. It was a lot to take in, to think about...He didn't know what he wanted to do...But he'll deal with it another time: It was the Fair after all, He was there for fun!

Andred adjusted Beta on his hip and then reached a hand out for Drex, "Who was that? One of Cailyn's friends?" Drex took his hand and glanced back to where he and Lisa had been, "Uh...yeah...She wanted to know if I'd seen her yet today." He forced a smile and looked up at Beta, "What first? The ferris wheel or the carousel?" Beta made a thoughtful face and then pointed toward the rides, "That one!" Drex and Andred raised their eyebrows and glanced at each other, "Alright... Inferno, it is." They both knew they would regret it.

[ http://www.flatrides.com/index.html : you can look up the ride here if you want to see it]  

[Nikiana]

Jason leaned forward and tapped Devin on the shoulder. "You're Devin, aren't you?" Xander had been looking at the game, watching the current people who were trying when he heard his dad talking to some girl. Huh, how did he know her?