It probably helped Soma's situation that Mina was right behind him, stretching to look over her boyfriend's shoulder at everything. She, too, knew that Soma hadn't given up more than a fraction of his arsenal, and when asked about weapons on her person, she only smiled and held out her empty hands. There was a bottle of holy water in the satchel she'd picked up, and if there was an emergency, that and the paper charms up her sleeve would buy enough time to get everyone evacuated from the fairground.
"Where to first?" Mina asked, watching the colorful shapes of other strangers and the golden figures of the Paixaoan locals mingle, hearing the baseline of music not far away and the shouts of children at the games, smelling the distant scents of the food tent, and half-shouting so Soma would hear her above the crowds. Festivals had something for all the senses, and while they might have been overwhelming to some people, she'd been to several parties in her lifetime and knew more or less what to expect.
It wasn't every day one went to a party with an incarnation of Dracula at one's side, but she didn't think Soma would hurt anyone. She knew he wouldn't hurt anyone. She trusted him better than that.
Re: At the entrance, noonish
boyfriend's shoulder at everything. She, too, knew that Soma hadn't given up more than a fraction of his arsenal, and when asked about weapons on her person, she only smiled and held out her empty hands. There was a bottle of holy water in the satchel she'd picked up, and if there was an emergency, that and the paper charms up her sleeve would buy enough time to get everyone evacuated from the fairground."Where to first?" Mina asked, watching the colorful shapes of other strangers and the golden figures of the Paixaoan locals mingle, hearing the baseline of music not far away and the shouts of children at the games, smelling the distant scents of the food tent, and half-shouting so Soma would hear her above the crowds. Festivals had something for all the senses, and while they might have been overwhelming to some people, she'd been to several parties in her lifetime and knew more or less what to expect.
It wasn't every day one went to a party with an incarnation of Dracula at one's side, but she didn't think Soma would hurt anyone. She knew he wouldn't hurt anyone. She trusted him better than that.