[OOM] Festival of the Red Snow.

[stuck_mynock]

Atton takes Guppy out onto the surface of Kazic III, into a large settlement the centre of which seems to be almost completely taken up by a festival. Which means merchants lining every street with stalls, tents for fortune-tellers, a performance going on at one end of the city centre (it appears to be the story of a particularly bloody war, represented with physical theatre by some very athletic dancers) and a stage at the other end which is currently not being used, judging by the burly men socialising and posturing at each other on it.

Atton's dressed up warm, because even though it's the warm season, it's still Kazic III, which makes it about as cold as a Scottish winter.

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[guppy_sandhu]

"I'll try." Guppy laughs. "I mean, I'm taller than I look."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"That's true," Atton says.

[guppy_sandhu]

"So, what's the plan?" Guppy asks.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Well, if you want to go take part in the tournament, I brought the Cube," Atton says, "although I doubt you need it."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Hm, probably technically cheating. I can go all out if I know you're able to fix me up afterwards though, so yeah, I might not need it."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I can fix you up."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Okay. You gonna have a go?"

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Nah, not this time."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Okay." Guppy nods.

"I've found a bit of time for practice lately, so I shouldn't be in too bad shape."

He glances around at a rather shady looking character, who seems to be keeping them in his sights.

"Don't look now, but I think that guy's thinking of robbing you. More fool him..."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"I'd like to see him try," Atton says wryly.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Maybe we should let him try, might give us a chance to spook the opposition before the tournament."

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Ha. Maybe."

[guppy_sandhu]

"What do you reckon, I lure him and then we kick arse?"

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Atton laughs. "Leave him be."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Fair enough." Guppy nods. "Shall we go check out the tournament?"

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, sure," Atton said, leading Guppy towards it.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy heads forward. The shady looking man tails them, then tries to pickpocket Guppy.

Sadly for him, all he finds in there is a snotty tissue Coral gave him earlier.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Atton chuckles slightly then stops at the edge of the platform.

[guppy_sandhu]

"I've got a cat biscuit in the other one." Guppy comments to the thief, who legs it.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

Atton just grins.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy gets ready to compete, firstly establishing the dress code.

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

The platform seems to be a lot warmer than everywhere else - when he gets close, the air suddenly changes to something more akin to a hot summer's day.

The dress code appears to be barefoot and barechested, with most of the participants wearing shorts.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy gets dressed into his shorts.

"Did they use the same forcepower as you to heat this?"

[stuck-mynock.livejournal.com]

"Huh? No, they're not Force sensitive."

[guppy_sandhu]

"How's it done then?" Guppy asks.