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Burning Skies Saloon
Yiski:
--START OF DAY 79--
--NARRATOR--
Morning came quickly and with a lot of commotion throughout Anvala. Today was the Spring Festival, the one day out of the year Anvala loosens up its strict visitor policy. Oddly enough, if the very first Festival wasn't such a huge hit, today's Festival wouldn't exist. Since then, merchants and local businesses have lobbied (so far unsuccessfully) the Council to hold more Festivals to boost Anvala's economy.
Aside from the politics involved with the Festival, the City Center was the main attraction. There were twice as many stalls active and probably four times the people.
While all the festivities were active, Yiski was getting ready to open. He was aided by Roland, Ny-Lee, and Lauren. Satisfied the saloon and himself could handle the massive one-day increase, he let Roland and Ny-Lee roam the Festival. The saloon would be managed by Yiski and Lauren. While Yiski was apprehensive still with Lauren, he couldn't complain with the help. Because of the increased traffic of the Festival, the Academy is closed for the day.
As soon as Yiski opened the saloon, a wave of people started flooding into the saloon, taking seats, and ordering drinks.
--NARRATOR END--
RearAdmiralZill:
-Port Tar Barrel-
Zill was already up and on his galleon's watch deck peering at the crowds. Reports said the influx of people was above average of past Festivals, so he commissioned an extra levy to be ready. The Festival was always a love/hate thing for him. The added boost to Anvala's economy was priceless, but the headaches of maintaining order plagued Zill.
Jun'ko was down in the chambers getting ready for the day. She was going to the Saloon early to help out there since Zill had to keep things in check. When she finished, she went up to the watch deck.
"See anything?"
"Lots of potential."
"Yea well not everyone on this world is a terrible person."
"True, but it's my job to always think they are."
"Well, I'm off to the Saloon. When will you be done?"
"As soon as I can. I need a break from all this stress."
"Didn't you get that last night?" *chuckles*
Zill smirked and shoo'ed her off. She knew what he felt, and walked over to the Burning Skies grinning.
Shinkurex:
*The door slowly opens, and everyone in the saloon falls quiet. Nobody could see anyone in the doorway. A couple moments later, a few patrons notice a mass of rags and bones on the floor.*
"Clear skies anyone?"
*Shink manages to say before passing out*
Honeybadger:
-- Somewhere in a small town near Sky's End --
*Honeybadger leaves the ship and makes his way down the nearest street, several merchants and beggars either shout at him or other people, despite the large population of homeless, the streets were clean.*
Honeybadger: Hard to believe I grew up here. I didn't think it would seem this different after I visited Yesha.
*A child running behind Honeybadger knocks into him, the child tuns around and gestures at Honeybadger. Honeybadger quickly grabs the boy by his collar extending his other hand. The boy reluctantly gave back the large pouch of gold*
Honeybadger: "Do you happen to know where the Tinkering Shop is?" You little shit...
*The kid, extremely scared due to Honeybadgers tight grip, points in the shops direction. Honeybadger lets go and sends the kid dropping about a foot before running off. Honeybadger Sighs and makes his way down the street*
Honeybadger: Should I have killed that kid? Na, I'll save the bullets.
*Honeybadger spots a shop that reads "Dylans Fine Inventions and Deli"*
Honeybadger: He wanted a place where people would eat and by toys I suppose.
*Honeybadger enters the store, the door bell attached to the door frame rings. The cashier looks over then lights up.*
Cashier: "Honey! You son of a bitch! Get over here!"
*The cashier walked over and gave Honeybadger a hug, Honeybadger smiled at the man*
Honeybadger: "Been a while Dylan."
Dylan: "I'll say, you've been there and over here. I can't even keep track of you."
Honeybadger: "You've always had a knack for finding and contacting me though."
Dylan: "Hey, you're not the only one whose been around. Oh, come in the back. I'll show you what I called you here for."
*Honeybadger follows Dylan to the back room. Once Honeybadger sees what is in front of him he raises both brows and his mouth drops in awe*
Honeybadger: "So... What am I looking at here?"
Yiski:
--NARRATOR--
Yiski quickly moves to see what caused the patron to go silent. When Yiski maneuvers to the front door, he sees the body. It takes a while to realize it's Shink. Yiski immediately has a regular fetch a triage medic nearby and Yiski begins to question the patrons if they heard anything. When Shink asked for a Clear Skies, Yiski had Lauren toss him a bottle of Clear Skies. Yiski caught it and poured it down Shink's throat. He coughed a bit which gave Yiski some indication Shink was still among the living.
Twenty minutes passed before a group of triage medics showed up. Their prolonged arrival was caused by the mass congestion. The medics had a stretcher with them and asked Yiski for any information. All Yiski could do was relay information given to him by the patrons who saw him. Once the medics determined Shink was stable enough, they hauled him back to the triage. Yiski sighed.
"Never a moment when there aren't bodies around my saloon."
Meanwhile, Roland and Ny-Lee were wandering all over Anvala. Roland has experienced the Festival before, but this was Ny-Lee's first. Of course, Ny-Lee had been to multiple festivals held in Chang-ning, but Anvala's culture and dealings were a new experience and she was not shy about showing her excitement. Before the couple had stopped for lunch, Ny-Lee had bought several items, mostly souvenirs, for her mother to transport back to the Empire. Roland looked at all the goods bought and began to feel like a pack mule. Roland mentally sighed.
"If she is happy, then it is all that matters."
--NARRATOR END--
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