Stalls, Shrines & Bridges with games [Festival of Darkness]

So this was it, she'd come all this way to the edge of the bridge to meet him, and was even wearing a >>kimono<< that was long enough to drop to her ankles, her hair was styled up in a bun at the back, make up was applied to add a little more of a traditional feel to her garb and she had a large flower ornament in the side of her hair. She looked as if she belonged here. Then again she did, brushing some hair out of her face she looked off to the water and she shifted uneasily. The lights reflections looked nice.

The problem was that Huang wasn't there yet, and so she was waiting, he'd be here soon, wouldn't he?

A red flower rested in her hands and she twirled it slowly as she stood there in silence till eventually she'd stand back and look up at the moon high in the sky. A small but gentle smile crossing her face as she stood there, something that wasn't really a common thing and then she heard voices. Two of the soldiers from the royal palace saw her.

'Oi oi isn't that Juri of the Four Saints?' One of them commented.

'Woah, she scrubs up nice huh? And look at that she's smiling too...'

'Think we should go and speak to her?'

'Um no, she's obviously waiting for someone, but damn, she looks good tonight, lucky person whoever it is that's able to have someone that looks like that and fights like a possessed demon on their arm.' The two chuckled before casting Juri a wave, so she waved back, at least they were respectful enough to leave her be, the curiosity was probably what made them want to chat to her, but at least they were able to gather she was indeed waiting for someone.

She saw something out of the corner of her eye, and so slowly her head turned. It must've beena a trick of the light or something, because she didn't see Huang, instead she just saw other faces and slowly she turned back to the water, twirling her flower in her hands. Her head tilted slightly and she relaxed her shoulders, of course she didn't have a sword with her tonight... It was strange for her not to have a sword, instead she had two small short blade daggers under her kimono, well hidden and ready in case she needed them.

"Sorry it took me so long Juri..." Her head turned now and she offered a small smile, he looked good in that.

"-and might I add that you look beautiful on this day," She let her smile widen and she shrugged.

"It is festival season, so I felt if we were going to do this... We may as well do it right... Never been on a date before..." A light pink flooded her cheeks and she looked down at the flower in her hands. It was true. She never had given herself the time to even think about a date. Yet here she was now on such a thing and she just had to wonder what they were going to do. Slowly she took the flower and she tossed it in to the water. Then she watched it float away.

"So what're we doing first?... Simply going for a walk or playing some of the festival games?" She asked as she stood there and she rocked on her heels a little bit. Nervous? No, anxious about how the night would end? Very much so. So long as she didn't mess anything up and Huang didn't act like a complete and utter moron all should be well... Right?

A fesitval--Kade had never been to one before, and the sheer warmth made her feel like she was in another place entirely. The squirrel could only stare in awe at everything as she walked along, wearing a rental yukata. The light pink material fit her, the child's size just right compared to the woman's that would drag along the ground. It would make her flush if anyone who knew her age saw her wearing something for a young child, but most overlooked the small statured woman in favor of what was going on, and for that she was thankful.

Placing money on the counter of a stand, she took a candy apple one a stick and bit into it. "How nice..." Maybe I should take something back as a souvenir... Her tail twitched excitedly and she ducked around, maneuvering the crowd of elbows and bodies. Like a school of fish, the crowd moved forward in the current and she followed it eagerly, playing hide and seek with the shimmering lights above. It was a fun game, stepping in and out of the shadows as she cut between stalls and over bridges. Skidding to a slow stop, she poked her head over a bridges railing and looked into the midnight water, lit up by paper lanterns that hung from the side and floated in small boats along the flow.

She walked the rest of the length of the bridge and sat at the rivers edge, watching the waters as she took a small breather. The night was hardly over and Kade was on a mission to seek out the best stalls with prices that wouldn't kill her measly amount of gil in her purse.

" Hope you will go on many more with me Juri. Oh! I have something for you as well, thought it would be something nice for you to wear even after the festival was over," She blinked and she tilted her head to one side, he wanted to give her something? She eyed the box and then she watched as he opened it, a necklace and a very pretty one at that, why on Oephus was he giving her something that seemed to be so valuable. She would accept it though, it would be rude not to at this point and slowly she would move her hair to show her neck almost the only part of skin that was shown. Once the necklace was on she would let go of her hair and allow it to fall back in to its usual style.

" Perfect knew it would look good on you. What do you think of it though?,"

"It's nice... You didn't have too though... But... Thank you..." It was certainly strange for her, she wasn't used to the affection. Just battle but this wasn't an unwelcome change. No, it was the contrary she liked how this was going.

"I have the perfect idea. How about we go play some of the games a bit, eat some of the food and then take a nice stroll. Though is there anything you would like to do?" She smiled and chuckled a little.

"Playing games sounds good, food does too and perhaps after that we could see a performance at one of the shrines? I never do have the time to do that... So it'd be nice to be able to watch a little of my culture on stage for once... After that fireworks and our stroll, we could probably watch them as we walk..." She explained and she smiled the whole time, something that she didn't do very often was becoming more and more of a thing for her to do. Perhaps it was just the fact she was free in a sense, or perhaps it was the fact that when she was with Wei she felt... Whole. It was like a yin yang really, they complimented each other very well and when together like this? There was nothing but peace and the two worked well in tandem even in battle.