[CLOSED] Closing Festival

"It's unsafe for us to head further into the forest and mountains without more people and supplies," Eira informed him with a small smile at his attempt at a joke. "We are safer expanding our town here until we can get enough supplies built up to keep us safe. With trade open with Celosia, things should go much faster and smoother. Hopefully the people of Celosia come visit now that our borders are open and help bring up our revenue so we can get the supplies we need much faster."

"Don't worry about Bo," Maya said to Nicole and Nero with a small smile, patting Bo's fluffy head reassuringly. Already the Flaaffy's tears began to recede to mere sniffles. "Why don't you try making a smaller snowman huh?" She said to the pink Pokemon.

"Flaaaf..." Bo replied with a sniff and plopped onto the snow and began scrapping together a smaller snowball, the size of a Pokeball. Soon she had forgotten and was grinning cheerily.

"I'm sorry about that," Maya apologized with a slight incline of her head. She brushed some snow off her arm and hoodie.

"I'm sure Eirlys would be quite different of an experience to what the people of Celosia are used to," Eira chuckled slightly as she looked out towards the forest that surrounded her beloved home and kept them sheltered from what the rest of the kingdom held. She then looked up to the sky to see the stars shining above them and the moon resting almost directly above to let her know that it was getting quite late. After a moment she turned her attention to Chazz with a slight frown. "If you'll excuse me, I must go make an announcement that the festival will be closing down soon so we don't attract any of the more dangerous wild Pokemon in the area. I hope to see you some other time, sir."

After giving a small curtsy to him, Eira walked slowly back towards her home so she could make her announcement, her mind on her conversation with Chazz instead of on what was in front of her. She was happy to see that someone from another country would be glad to visit Eirlys for a vacation once they had more area and more things to do. Now that she had Shimmer, the lake was no problem and they could start working on things like ice skating and fishing and the contest hall would hopefully bring more people to the area once she had more contests. It was the expanding that she didn't know what to do about, but that was a concern for another time, now she had to close the festival and make sure all of her guests had proper places to stay for the cold night ahead.

Chazz was near the bar. A familiar face approached him. He had never met the man, but he had heard the officers of Pyron describe the famous trader. Zandrophin, a brilliant business man who tripled trade in Pyron. Chazz moved toward him and spoke. "Zandrophin, ship trader of Pyron. Don't look surprised, you don't have a ship leave port with out my officers telling me. I am being rude. I am Chazz, Commander of Celosia's armed forces. You have made quite a name for yourself. I hope all goes well in your quest of profits? "

Straight to business. Now this was someone Chazz could relate to. He share Chazz's concerns about the northern border. "What Akane has mentioned is of military matters. I can neither confirm nor deny she has spoken to me. I am too, however concerned, the road to Silvertree is not complete yet. We haven't even broken ground in Eirlys territory. My concerns are military. Yes, I've seen the reports Akane handed me. Gold, diamond, coal, and other resources are here. Yet, a military official cannot broach the subject on trade and industrial infrastructure. It's a shame, to the west the alps that connect to the Ashen badlands. The same resources and more can be found there. Sadly, treacherous territory and distance is too far for it to be beneficial to the industry. However, much of the Northwestern plains are unexplored. If only we had basic airships, that could traverse over the mountains."