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[rosestolilies]

Characters: Everyone participating in the fair.
Date: September 15th - 22nd
Summary: Games! Contests! Food! Rides! Dunk tanks!
Warnings: ... it's a fair (but if your thread goes here, let the mods know and we will edit this)

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[ofnobility]

[AWW YEAH A FAIR. Utena's definitely enjoying herself -- she's racked up a couple of prizes, even. Stuffed animals, which she will likely hand off to Xion or Madoka later on. There is a series of stars painted along the side of her face, and she has somehow acquired a paper crown.

She's got a piece of funnel cake in one hand, and is giving it something of a quizzical look (she has never had it before), when she catches sight of a familiar head of blonde hair.]

Oi, Mami-san!

[headedforhope]

[She turns at the sound of her name, taking a dainty bite of cotton candy. Her eyebrows raise slightly and she has to swallow a chuckle along with the sweet fluff; Utena looks goofy with that crown and that face paint.]

Ah, Utena-san. Been having fun?

[Mami curtsies: a brief, measured dip, pulling out her skirt with her free hand. The flower tiara tilts, slips down her forehead slightly, jostled further when she straightens. There's a small, wry smile on her face, her question a knowingly redundant one.]

[ofnobility]

[Utena grins widely, and when she reaches to rub the back of her head, the crown tips a bit.]

Yeah. Have you been on any of the rides yet?

[She dips into a neat bow, as if they were introducing each other at a dance.] You look like you're having fun too.

[headedforhope]

Do I? I'm glad, then, because that would be the truth.

[She gracefully sets the tiara back in place with a smooth motion of her fingers and considers the question.]

No, not yet. I've just been looking around for the most part. Have you?

[ofnobility]

[Utena does not bother to adjust her crown right away, instead finally taking a bite of the funnel cake. Her eyes widen, and she takes another bite. She has the manners to remember to chew and swallow before responding to Mami.]

No, I haven't gone on any of the rides yet. Do you want to find one? We can go together. [a beat, and she motions to the pastry in her hand.] Hey, have you tried this stuff? It's really good.

[headedforhope]

[A pause. She wasn't planning on something like this, but what could it hurt?] ....whatever you'd like. [She watches Utena bite into the cake once, then twice, and is too distracted by how amusing Utena's wide-eyed expression is to feel that familiar, nauseous pang when cake is concerned.] Mm? I don't think I have, what is it?

[ofnobility]

Great! [Mami gets a big, bright smile for her agreement.] Funnel cake is what the lady told me it was, but it's not really cake. It's fried dough. I think it's an American snack.

[headedforhope]

Funnel cake, huh... [Mami takes a reflective nibble of her cotton candy.] Hmm, you know, the vendor said the same thing about this "cotton candy" - only instead it's made of spun sugar, as I understand it.

[ofnobility]

I don't think I've ever had anything like that. [There is a dim memory of a carnival, with her parents, and then it is gone.] Is it good?

[headedforhope]

This is my first time trying it; I think it's pretty tasty, to be honest. [Mami looks at her fluffy ball of the stuff for a moment, then offers it to Utena.] Would you like to try it?

1/3

[ofnobility]

Yeah, I'd like to try it. [She nods, fully prepared to take a piece of the candy...]

2/3

[ofnobility]

[...And suddenly, a memory occurs to her, a reminder of primary school, when this sort of thing was considered an indirect kiss. There's a faint, barely noticeable flush to her cheeks.

But it's fine, right? That sort of thing is silly and childish, and Mami's a girl, besides, and a friend. Something like that isn't even worth thinking about.]

3/3

[ofnobility]

[After a brief moment of hesitance, she takes a bit of the cotton candy. It is warm against her fingers, which surprises her, and melts in her mouth, which surprises her further. But it is good, and sweet.]

--Wow! It's weird. But it's really sweet too.

[headedforhope]

[And oh, Mami notices that flush, faint as it is- and it puzzles her, because she can't fathom the reason behind it. Childishly romantic things like indirect kisses are rarely, if ever, the first thing she thinks of; she's lost that particular sort of girlish innocence quite some time ago. But the thought comes and goes and is forgotten, and Mami merely smiles at Utena's reaction to the candy.]

Isn't it just? I wasn't expecting it to melt in my mouth like that, when I tried it, but considering it's just wisps of pure sugar..... [she takes another careful nibble] ...mm.

[ofnobility]

[It quickly becomes evident that Mami doesn't know about the romantic implications of sharing the candy, and Utena dismisses her admittedly silly concern. Stuff like that is for children, she imagines, and while she isn't quite an adult, she no longer views herself as a child either.]

Do you want to try mine?

[headedforhope]

[she licks her lips daintily as she considers this.]

Oh, is that really all right? [She glances at the cake, and some part of her subconscious is awaiting the faint pang of nausea to return.]