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The many island changes aren't lost on Olive. From the moment she wakes up, it seems to her that everything is different - that the air around her home is now redolent with the sounds of amusement park rides and the smells of fried food, and she's so eager to see everything that she nearly runs out of the house in her pajamas (which are probably,

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Of all things to wake up to, this has definitely been an unexpected one. For Eduardo's part, it hasn't been tempting quite so much as distracting; all the bells and whistles and lights make his usual quiet walk up to teach a hell of a lot louder than usual, even more so with the people already starting to congregate around rides and food stands, apparently intent on wanting to take advantage of it even so early in the morning. Theoretically speaking, he can't say he blames them, but he's never cared much either way about this sort of thing, which probably has a lot to do with lack of exposure. He doesn't know for certain, but he's pretty sure he could count on one hand the number of time he went to any sort of amusement park growing up. It hadn't been a priority, and so it isn't now

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Olive nods, emphatic, reaching for his hand with her free one and taking a step back. Tugging him along with her, she grins. "I was coming to find you," she says. "And I am, yes. Come on, I want to ride everything." She's caught a whole lot of chatter along the way, but she's not sure she's heard right about some of the things around here and she knows there's plenty she hasn't heard about yet. All of that, though, every last thing is on her list at the moment, known or unknown. She hasn't been on a single ride yet - that much, she's managed to be good about - but now that she's found him, that's about to change.

"No one's turned into anything weird yet, right?" she adds, brow furrowing slightly. "We're not all gonna... become donkeys or something because we had the funnel cake." It's not quite a statement, but given that everything still seems fine - better than - it isn't really a question either.

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"I have yet to see a single person-turned-donkey," Eduardo says, as serious as it's possible to remain while stating something like that. It's true, though. Wary as he's inclined to be of anything that just appears like this, remembering all too well the space station and how it seemed great until it came hurtling towards them, he hasn't seen anything wrong with any of this so far, and he's witnessed a good deal, even if he hasn't partaken in any of it yet himself. For the time being, at least, it's all ostensibly safe. That's enough for him.

Letting her pull him along with her - he wouldn't have expected anything less, really - he shakes his head a little, mostly just at the absurdity of the entire situation. "So if we're riding everything, we have to start somewhere. Any thoughts?"

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"Everything," Olive chirps, then stops, torn between options. "There's a dinosaur ride, and apparently there's stuff all over the other island, and in the other direction, there are go karts. I can't decide. I want everything. There's even Small World, which is probably going to be the scariest thing here. When I was little, I could not be convinced those dolls didn't come to life at night. I'm still not completely convinced." Around here, it seems like her childhood horrors stand a much stronger chance of being true. At least they live a considerable distance from that one.

Which isn't at all to say she doesn't intend to drag him there, too.