Festival - 2 Days before MEGAMAX

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Over the skies of Old Seattle, the White Chalice docked. The streets were alive with a festival of all kinds of people. It was the anniversary of the Space Needle being recommissioned by a very generous grant from an anonymous donation, and there were people all around it, celebrating.

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[orewagundamda]

[Setsuna was sitting in a coffee house, reading the tour guide he had acquired earlier from one of the stalls while waiting for his drink.]

... [he waits in silence, though he is visible to anyone looking for him.]

[lightning_1]

(Fate comes across Setsuna after wandering around the city.)

Hey, are you okay? Why aren't you hanging out with everyone else?

[orewagundamda]

[Hm? A girl...]

... I prefer to keep to myself... Crowds make me antsy. [Oh hey, his drink is here.] Apparently this city used to be the Coffee Capitol of the World before Second Impact. [He's likely referring to his guide book in an effort to make small talk.]

[lightning_1]

(Fate closes her eyes and nods slightly.)

I understand...I felt like that too before I met Nanoha. If it wasn't for her I wouldn't be who I am today though.

Hmm. I didn't know that. I thought the big thing about the city was the Space Needle.

[orewagundamda]

[The thing with Setsuna is that he tends to make strange connections in his mind. Right now, the name Nanoha was synonymous with Gundam, so when Fate told him that Nanoha, A.K.A. Gundam had shaped her life much like Gundam had shaped his, he felt a special connection to her. This is why he was going to say this:]

You and I are similar.

[lightning_1]

(Fate tilts her head a little as she obviously misses this connection.)

Hmm? How so?

[orewagundamda]

Gundam has shaped both of our lives. [With that answered-] They seem to charge people money before they let them onto the observation deck of the space needle. [SUBJECT CHANGE]

[lightning_1]

(Fate just stares at Setsuna for a second.)

...Isn't Gundam the name of the type of suit you fly? That's not right because I've never piloted a mecha if that is the case. After all, I am a mage. All I need is my partner, Bardiche.

They charge people because it is a well known landmark. I think they hope that people will come and want to go in so they charge them to help the city through the money they make.

[orewagundamda]

[le sigh. Seems someone else must be educated.] Gundam is more than a Mobile Suit. Gundam is a symbol of change, an icon that leads people to peace. Nanoha's will and ability to fight for peace is representative of the same will represented in Gundam. It wouldn't be wrong to say that she IS Gundam in this sense. In this way, Gundam has shaped your life in a way similar to how it shaped mine.

[thinking... thinking...] I believe that a good amount of the money actually goes more towards maintaining the Needle than the city itself. [Which makes sense, because the Needle is... high-maintenance.]

[lightning_1]

(Now that Fate understands she smiles softly.)

Ah. I see where you are coming from now. Nanoha has always wanted to make friends even with her enemies. Like she did with me.

(Fate tilts her hat she got from Shoutaro slightly to cover her eyes.)

She went out of her way to help me in my darkest moment. I'm glad to call her my friend.

[g_saviour]

Well well, hey there kiddo.

How've ya been, Gundam kid? [[Just good old mark, you know, provider of Gundams.]]

[orewagundamda]

Mark Curran. [IT'S THE GUNDAM-MAN!] I am... partaking of the local commodities. [He's drinking coffee.] ... [You're welcome to join him if you wish, he doesn't know how to invite people.]

[g_saviour]

Oh yeah? Watcha got there? Soda? [[He peers over... Oh, coffee.]] Bit young to be drinking coffee, aren't you? [[It's not a smart-ass question though.]]