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"You want a funnel cake, Oli?" asked Arukoru as he pulled his wallet from his back pocket. The red head nodded his head as he peered around the carnival with green eyes. Aru held up his hand to signal to the man behind the booth, holding up two fingers.

After an exchange of cash and pastry filled paper wrappings, Aru handed one of the treats to his younger friend and began to peer around the carnival.
'When did you say the tournament starts?' signed Oliver before he took a bite of his own treat. Aru glanced at his watch while he chewed the deep fried dough.
"Not for another three hours." he answered. Oliver let out a little mute sigh. They where far to big to ride on these kind of rides anymore, and he was never much of a duck shooting fan. He debated trying to catch some fish to give to Ancelin.

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On the other side of the carnival Onii was strutting around in a short skirt and heels. She was in prowl mode. She eyed the men that passed her by, getting a feel for their purity and physical well being. So far she wasn't finding anybody that would make a suitable victim to this months feed. Mostly teenagers with their girlfriends and sweet old men with their grandchildren.

The young succubus took a lick from her cotton candy before she let out a groan.
"I'm so hungry.." She muttered. She hadn't made a kill in over a month.

Rime arrived at the carnival with what seemed like her entire household in tow, though it was really only the children, herself, and Selis as another guardian.

Selis was a raccoon anthro who wore almost as little as Avery, though he made up for it in exotic jewelry. The raccoon man's bright gaze watched the people around them, smiling a little as he noticed a few appreciative gazes directed his way. He was an attractive man, and he knew it.

Alida held Sybil's hand, holding the little girl back from running off to explore whatever caught her eye. The child's python tail was whipping back and forth excitedly, and her little feathered wings kept opening up whenever she saw something that caught her eye.

"Ali, Ali, look! Look at the animals!" Sybil said excitedly and pulled on the teen's hand to get her to look. But a moment later, she was pointing at a food vendor and begging for something to eat. Not long after that, she squealed with childish glee at the sounds coming from the games. Each time, she was smiled at and assured that they would get to it.

Avery was out in front, wearing the bare minimum of clothing as usual, and expertly dodged between other groups of people, getting a bit far ahead. He'd spotted the ferris wheel, and the idea of being up so high was, as usual, irresistible to the angel boy.

"Avery, stay closer, please!" Rime warned, and with a gusty, put upon sigh, the tween angel obeyed, though he rolled his eyes at the restriction. It wasn't like he couldn't take care of himself, after all.

"Yes, mom, if you insist," he said, and Rime raised an eyebrow. Ever since Deanna had entered the household, he seemed to be getting more of an attitude. Of course, that could be unfair to Deanna. Avery was getting older, after all.

Lagging behind the rest was the said teenage demon. She had a singularly unimpressed expression on her face, though the fact that she'd come along at all could be attributed to the possibility that she wasn't as jaded as she might appear. Or she could have been forced, it was hard to say. Her expression wasn't entirely clear on the matter, but combined with that, her appearance caused much the same result as when she played hooky from school in the mall.


They arrived at the ticket booth just after another mother daughter pair left, and Rime purchased several sheets of tickets and handed them out.

Deanna snorted at the offer and simply said, "Whatever! I am not going on these dorky kiddy rides. Later," and disappeared into the crowd, ignoring Rime's call to come back.

Selis went with Avery and his sheet of tickets with a cheery wave from both of them, leaving Alida, Sybil and Rime as a group.

"Well, then. Alida, did you want to explore on your own?" Rime offered, not wanting to keep the quiet teen from having the same freedom as Deanna.

Alida shook her head silently, and pointed to the food court.

'I could use some greasy carnie food,' she signed with a smile.

"Yeah! Yeah!" Sybil cheered, jumping up and down a few times, much to Alida and Rime's amusement.

The three groups split up, traveling to different parts of the carnival.

Deanna drifted towards one of the beer tents, hoping she could sneak inside somehow.

Alida, Rime, and Sybil went back to the food, since it was closest, and wandered about to see what sort of food there was.

Selis and Avery went directly to the rides, Avery champing at the bit to get on that ferris wheel. Along they way, he saw several other rides he knew he wanted to try.

"Awesome! Selis, that one looks like a spaceship! We're going on that, too, okay? And that one, with the spinning-- Wow. Wow. It's like a ferris wheel on crack," Avery breathed. He'd caught sight of the Zipper, and it beckoned to him. Selis hoped he wouldn't be disappointed if he wasn't tall enough.

"Yes, yes, we will attempt to ride them all. But, which one first?" he questioned, preening his tail slightly as he held it away from the dust underfoot.

(( long post is long. They'll all be separated after this. ^^; ))

Oliver prepared to walk off towards the tent where the card tournaments would be held, but stopped when he realized Aru wasn't following. He turned his head with a piece of funnel cake sticking out of his mouth, before he cocked his head to the side.
'See something tasty?' he asked with sign language, hands too greasy to use his dry erase board that was attached to his hip. Aru thought on that question for a moment.
"Sorta." He muttered with a blush on his face. He then cupped his hands to the side of his face, trying to call out above the racket of the crowd.
"Alida?!" he called out, causing Oliver to turn his head and look around. That girl was here? The one he never shut the hell up about even though he had only hung out with her like.. twice? He had to see this.

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Onii was just about to square in and start seducing a man running the tilt-a-whirl, before she felt something rummage in her purse that she had secured over her shoulder. Ane, her cat, poked his head out and looked around. He sniffed the air once, then twice, before his eyes bugged out.
"MROW!" He screamed before he squirmed and kicked his way out of the bag and onto the ground. He then ran off across the carnival grounds.

"Ane!? Get back here!" The succubus cried out. Her stomach let out a loud growl and she sighed, looking from cat to carnie and back again. Finally, the young woman gave up and gave pursuit after her cat. Somehow running with amazing agility on her five inch heels as she pursued her feline companion.

Oliver spotted the girl wave back to Aru and gave the slightly taller male a leer that screamed 'Ew. Cooties.'
Young Oli crammed the edge of his funnel cake into his mouth and lifted his hands to Aru to sign that he was going to go wait in the card tent, but before he could even get the 'going' done Aru had grabbed the boys wrist and had begun dragging him over in the direction of Alida and the others.

"Hey Alida. Fancy seeing you here." Aru said when he got within 'indoor voice' speaking level distance, dragging Oliver the entire way. The red head grabbed his funnel cake and began chewing, before he waved a quick hello to the girl and her family. He then looked up at the booth behind them, cocking his head.
"Mmmm.. Deep fried cheese curd." he thought to himself.

Aru's pale skin flushed a tad at what Sybil had said. That meant that Alida had talked about him at home? He hoped to the almighty Captain Morgan that it was good mention and not bad. Arukoru ran a hand threw his tri-colored hair and chuckled a little, before he looked to Oliver who was giving him a look.

"Ah. This is my house mate Oliver. He's mute, much like Alida." He said, peeking Oliver's interest. He was assuming the girl was signing to mock him, not actually mute as well. He relaxed a little and looked up the booth behind the small troupe, before shaking his head.
'No thank you. We have plenty of money from our guardian.' Oliver signed back, before he eyed Alida once over.

Aru glanced at Oliver and his face tensed when he saw the red head's eyes scan his friends body, before he gave the back of his shin a light kick.
"Me and Oliver where just waiting for the cart tournaments to start, so we figured we'd grab a bite to eat. Alida, do you like any card games?"

Oliver shook his head again as he finished the last bite of his funnel cake. He then balled up the wrapper and tossed it into the nearest garbage can as if it where a basket ball hoop. He smacked his hands together as if to clean them, and then signed a simple 'No thank you.'

"Like the collectible games. Me and Oliver are entering into the Magi Nation and World of Warcraft tournaments." he explained to Alida. The young man then reached into the man-purse-emo-bag he was carrying off his left shoulder and pulled out a deck of cards that where held in a clear case, as if to show her the proof of his eternal dorkdom.

Before Oliver could even comment, not that he was about to object, Aru piped up the second that Rime suggested Alida come with them.
"That's perfectly fine! We'd love to have you tag along. It'd be a great way for you to see what the game is about. Right Oliver?" the now excited male said as he turned his head to his shorter friend. Oliver, who's mouth was agape, shut itself and he shrugged.

'Fine with me.' he signed, and then began peering about. He imagined he'd like to get something else to eat before they went to the tent. Question was.. what?

"It's settled then. You can come with us, Alida." Aru smiled, not paying much heed to Oliver's quest for artery-clogging nourishment.