[CLOSED] Closing Festival

*Sofa!* Sealeo gave a bark of a greeting when he noticed his friend quickly approaching them with his human slowly trailing behind him. Sealeo slid down the steps to meet his friend part of the way and nearly tackled him from his momentum sliding across the ice. Eira watched as her partner went over to his friend, happy to see that the Ice type didn't have the feeling that he had to stay by her side and could go enjoy himself like everyone else.

"Oh uh... I think I saw a ring toss game? Orrrr... a shooting gallery... uhhh... Make a snowman?" Maya shifted about. "Uh sorry." She shrugged not really sure what to do or say. It always happened as she talked to someone... she became less and less sure about this and wanted to slink away. Her Pokemon were more social than she was.

"Flaaaaafaaa! Flaaafaay!" *You could ride on my head!* Bo bleated excitedly. "Flaaaaffy Flaaaa! Flaaffy! *Its super warm! I promise I won't drop you!*

"Ring toss okay?"  Nicole asked looking down at Nero to figure out what he and Bo were talking about that had caused him to snuggle into her arms further.  Finally, the answer came when Nero looked up at her and moved one of his paws to wave at Bo.  "Vulpix."

"You want me to put you on her head?  Is that why she's flailing around?"  Nicole asked amused getting a small nod from the Pokemon in her arms.  "Okay then.  Be careful, both of you."  She said, moving to place Nero gently onto of Bo's head.

Bo cheered, happily accepting the Vulpix on her head. However, someone bumped into the them and Nero almost toppled off her head. Determined to keep her new friend secure on her head, she reached up held onto the Vulpix as if she was holding onto a hat that was about to fly off.

"Flaaaaaafa!" Bo complained.

"Oh!" Maya exclaimed, and turned around to see Z and his Pokemon. "Oh... you are Z correct?" Maya hadn't actually talked with him much.

”Evening, Zandrophin. How are you?”

Zandrophin gave a flourishing bow, still in the showman mindset, as he replied,

"I am well, Lady Akane. It is nice to see you here."
"I saw that my fee was transferred to my account. I appreciate that...the funds will be directed towards some renovations. Again, pleasure doing business."

"How are you, Mentus?”

Mentus followed his Trainer's example and bowed as well.

I am much better now, Highness. I thank you again for your kindness with the crystal. It definitely aided my recovery.

"I'm...sorry...I didn't mean to intrude on this conversation...I hope I haven't caused a disturbance in any sort of royal political....discussion."

"Not at all, not at all. Lady Akane was just asking me about the egg that I have here," Eira answered, smiling at her winning contestant as she held in a chill from being so close to a Psychic type Pokemon. She then turned her attention back to her fellow queen as she stroked her egg affectionately. "I have a few guesses based on the coloration of the egg, but I am not too sure since it was a gift from someone I helped get through to the northern part of Eirlys a while back. I am also interested in breeding, so raising this egg has been a lot of fun for me."

"Uh er... yes! I'm Maya..." She said sheepishly, suddenly in the presence of two people. "Th-thank you but I'm not the one who won... Um my... f-friend here and I were about to play a game is all."

"Flaaafaaa! Flaaaafffyyy! Flafa!" Bo bleated excitedly, gesturing to Nero on her head. *Nice to meet you! My name is Bo! I'm about to play with my new friend!* She looked up at the Blaziken and blinked owlishly. "Flaaaaaaafaaa..." *You're tall...*