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Felina nodded petting the rabbit's ears "Cid doesn't like the sound of fireworks but he does quite like the pretty colours. It's a shame there aren't any bunny suitable ear plugs out there. We'll see how he goes... the fire juggler isn't so bad" she laughed seeing her pet moving his head so to follow the jugglers equipment as it sailed through the air.

Satoshi smiled kneeling down to talk to the boy "Hi there, I'm Satoshi. Your mums told us all about you and how good you've been during the tournament" she told him turning around to see the garif moving back into the crowd. "Better make yourself look pretty for you'll be up in a second" she whispered to Gil.

The boy gasped shaking Gil's hand politely but couldn't help but become distracted by the shiny butterfly hanging about "Umm... nice to meet you Sirs. I'm Kelin" he shyly introduced himself as he reached up and poked the butterfly. "Well done in the tournament Mr Gilgamesh, would you let me hold the trophy sometime?" he added nervously reaching for his mothers hand.

"Oh he's 5 and a half at the moment "Alanu laughed proudly glancing down at Kelin "He's just a little shy. It's also the first time he's been allowed around this part of the arena." she explained stopping to listen to Gil being called up by the judgemaster for his trophy "If the media pesters you guys too much during the ceremony please let us know and they can be removed" she muttered giving Gil a small nudge forward.

Seph smirked continuing onwards despite being impressed by the balloon shaped marlboro "Yeah she sees it as a lovely new toy to play with... until it goes pop and almost gives her a heart attack. Probably thinks its some form of mean prank that we're playing on her. Maybe I'll ask Alpha to bring a balloon sculpture back from the circus for me as a dragon festival gift" she pondered.

Alpha sighed pretending to be a hurt by the comments on his form "Hey, in my younger days my human form wasn't to bad to look at I'll have you know and would you rather I tried using a younger one to pick up girls" he joked not bothering to take note of the fire juggler and instead looked over at what Jenna was getting. "Bangaa bars tend to have better atmospheres, more friendly people, better ale, more brawls and other things going on if you catch my drift. Also good place to gather information just like in olden days"

Hebal giggled trying to catch some of the sparkles "Nice name Kelin and your probably gonna be the only gria ever to collect an award with the legendary Gilgamesh" she told him making way for Gil to get out. "So can gria at his age fly yet?" she asked Alanu picturing her starting a train of young gria behind her as she flew.

Gil blushed at Satoshi's comment before picking up Kelin and placing him on his shoulder before walking up towards the Judgemaster in the center to collect his prize as the photographers started flashing photographs of him.

Oassu nodded "I guess so I just don't want to miss out on getting a seat since the views from inside will probably trump this little fire juggler and the lights" he said swooshing Cid about above his head happily.

Itaka nodded "Yeah no animal likes loud noises really but sure go ahead maybe he'll get something cool like a balloon dragon or one of those marlboros " he said "Though balloons are just too impermanent for my liking no matter how well made they always seem to deflate" he said.

Barbaros frowned "Didn't think it was possible for you to control your human forms physical age but sounds like a not bad place to hang around, have a few Bangaa friends too maybe go there sometime for a holiday I hear they are quite renowned for their drinks" he said.

Zadina smiled watching Gil take little Kelin up "He's so cute I wish I could fly just like he could, I wish we had more time play with him an stuff, could make loads of pretty little butterflies for him to chase and stuff" he said itching to make more.

Satoshi laughed quietly watching as the judgemaster held the trophy upwards in just the right position either for Gil to grab it with his upper arms or for the boy to take hold. "Zadina you can still fly in a sense can't you? Like with the float spell and maybe Kimino or Seph could carry you about through the air so you know what it feels like. Can't say I find flying a pleasant thought, no offence Alanu"

Alanu's smile widened the more she kept her eyes upon Kelin "Thanks, he's going to need to overcome his shyness a little when he's older I think because of the gender thing. Flying isn't for everyone I know, in fact theres one or two cases where even gria are too scared of flying and heights to put their wings to good use"

Felina sighed stroking Oassu's arm affectionatelt "Ok ok. Hey guys, we're just gonna go on ahead ok? We'll save you all some seats when in" she told them guiding him forward "There we go my dear we can go find seats and I'll put some barriers up and reserved signs. Now relax some more"

Alpha smirked getting in line behind Seph and Itaka "Well you see, mind control isn't always as easy to do as people make out. The knowledge alone that someone has such an ability is enough to up your mental defences up a ton apparently. Then theres mind reading folks like Kimino who are gonna have high resistence. Fortunately for you that demon is a nice lady so you wouldn't be at risk unless you tried something funny"

Seph smiled thinking that the prices could have been far worse to get inside "Beats being sold out for sure. But don't worry about the presents, they come as two sets and one set is pretty small. Still I think you'll enjoy them and in the meantime I just need to pick something out be it a toy or a nice veggie for Chobi"

Hebal cheered waiting to see if Kelin would wave the trophy about "Well Sephy did sort of carry me when flying once by wrapping her arms around my waist. I can see why people don't like it because its really weird looking directly down at stuff but personally I found it a really fun experience apart from the bit where she made us take a dive headfirst. I would rather fall out the sky feet first instead"

Oassu blushed "Well that's very generous of you though I'm not above paying for stuff every now an then" he said taking his ticket "We do earn a fair bit occasionally when adventuring though need to cash in them diamonds sometime" he said.

Zadina giggled picturing Kelin diving to the ground "I'm sure he'll be a fine flyer when he grows up going zoom zoom everywhere around the place" he said watching as Gil helped Kelin support the trophy while the cameras took pictures "Sir Gil is going to be super popular after the papers see him like this" he said happily a little jealous of Kelin.

Itaka smiled taking their tickets "Thanks Felina" he said following them into the entrance "Still sounds nice, got you something too but unfortunately it's only the one thing" he said chuckling ducking so Seph wouldn't bump the roof "You're hard to buy for y'know, don't need clothes or a new sword" he said.

Barbaros nodded "I guess that's ok, would still be wary around someone like that I mean if they did try and trick ya you wouldn't even know" he said picking up the ticket "Courtesy of the princess at least" he chuckled "Nice what ya friends can do for ya" he said.

Jenna rolled her eyes "Yeah, royals got the money to spare I guess but we could use a person like that in the thieves guild, could easily affect the police if we needed to smooth things over or just gain entry into somewhere" she said.

Felina smiled patting both Oassu and Cid on the head "I know that don't worry, just focus on the dragon festival money wise and perhaps we'll bring a cheap wine back to my folks from ya. Neither are fussy about booze so long as its not too strong" she answered jokingly knowing that her parents wouldn't be expeting a gift from Oassu. "But really, if I just cover everyone then we all get in way quicer than if we payed individually and it means all our allocated seats are together" she added noticing the seat number written in her ticket.

Satoshi chuckled avoiding looking directly at some of the flashes at the other side of the room "I think everyone around here thought Gil was awesome before he even arrived being a legendary swordsman and all. These guys seem to love those who are famous for their combat. And just think Zadina, in a little bit he would probably let you hold the trophy too away from the cameras" she guessed.

Alanu nodded waving to her son "The papers are happy so long as theres a story and all the staff here will be glad to have a break due to all the bad corruption conspiracy reports that have gone around this year. But worry not, we banned the gossip magazine reporters from getting within 10 meters of the arena tonight" she snickered knowing what desperate attempts people had made to get in.

Evori stepped in briefly keen to get the rest of the celebrations up and running "All there is to say now is, hope you all have had a good time and we hope to see you next year. Now go get yourselves a good spot for the ceremony will begin in the next 5 or 10 minutes"