A sea of dancing lights [Open]

[always_flow]

Characters:  Ginko and open~
Content:  There's more to the Norton Cloud then most people know, something Ginko wants to see for himself.
Setting:  All over the festival
Time:  Very very late night, sometime after the fighting tournament
Warnings:  Probably none
Notes: While Ginko is starting this log, feel free to do seperate threads. Just mark them so

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[miraclehymn]

Oh what a sight it was.

Paula had been out and about the festival so late for some reason, but it hardly seemed to matter in these moments. In fact breathing did not seem to be high up on the list either, as Paula barely registered that she had started to hold her breath as if she was afraid that her soft exhalations would ruin the sight around her. The sky was alive with delicate threads of light. The spectral threads seemed to weave amongst each other and the stars effortlessly. Paula stood perfectly still, completely entranced and not wishing to miss a single moment of it.

It was so simple. It was in moments like these that Paula felt deep in her heart that all she believed in was absolute.

Life was truly beautiful.

Carefully, oh so carefully, she reached up a hand as if to reach out and touch. Her fingers faltered just slightly, hesitating.

[always_flow]

"It's safe. They can't hurt you." Ginko said from nearby, watching the girl falter for just a moment. He smiled warmly, showing her his own hand, where a pair of the mushi were loosely coiled around one of his fingers. They tickled slightly, like having a very small insect walking on his skin.

It was a strange and wonderful sight, these creatures moving on to the next part of their lives. He was... warmed by so many people being able to see it so up close.

[miraclehymn]

She hadn't quiet expected anyone to speak to her. Paula blinked out of her reverie, looking towards the voice in surprise. Ah, his hand... Paula looked on in a bit of awe. "I was more afraid of hurting them," she admitted gently.

Paula reached out again, with more confidence this time. Her fingertips brushed lightly across one thread and it began to curve slightly in the air. She smiled.

"Do you know what they are?"

[always_flow]

"They're a type of mushi, living things most people can't see. My theory is the moonlight is making them visible for tonight only. In the morning it'll be like they never were."

He paused, shaking his hand slightly so the mushi could come loose and float away. He didn't want to keep them from their journey longer then necessary.

[pink_is_best]

By this point of the festival, Nena had... not exactly begun to tire of the daytime celebrations, but had started to wonder more about what happened during the night. And so while maybe she should have been back on the ship recovering from the first round... The red haired pilot felt incredibly glad that she wasn't. The moonlight... the flowers... the beautiful, shimmering string...

For once, she felt lucky.

Drifting through the streets and gazing at the flowers, it was mere chance that had caused Nena to look back down, right where Paula was standing. Oh, she recognised her! They lived on the same ship and she'd made her a cake! Wow, she looked so happy... It wouldn't be terrible if she watched her for a little while, would it?

[miraclehymn]

Paula had caught a falling flower in her hand, and was marveling over how warm to the touch it felt. Had it been holding on the to warmth of the sudden until it was ready to fall from the cloud overhead? Or maybe it came from the little spirit it housed within it.

She was so lost in the moment that she had no idea there was anyone else near her, and it took a while for her to actually notice. Not at all before the flower gave up its spectral thread. It wove through the sky, making a slow circle around Paula's head as it went. She followed it with her eyes as it went... and finally noticed the other girl.

"Oh! Hello!"

[pink_is_best]

"Hi..." Nena gave a small nod of acknowledgment, feeling slightly awkward. She should have already started trying to be offensive, should have already started trying to push the girl away, but... Paula had really nice to her. It was hard, trying to be mean to the nice ones! Which was especially annoying since they needed to stay away from her the most, usually.

The pilot sighed and looked back to sky, quietly watching the mushi flowing through the sky. After a while, she spoke.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?"