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[ex_wolfbrother668]

Who: Perrin and YOU!
When: Daytime
Where: In/Near The Plaza
Status: Open!
Style: I'll match

When he wasn't at work on the Winespring, Perrin was trying to spend most of his time near the plaza. It was that time again when new arrivals were showing up, and with three ta'veren here it was increasingly likely that someone might follow them through. It seemed irresponsible not to keep an eye out for dangers from their world that none here would know of.

Knowing his appearance could be a little intimidating, he left greeting the disoriented newcomers to others, but he kept his senses tuned to whoever did show up. Not that his hammer could do much against certain foes, like one of the Forsaken, but he could at least give warning. Light send none of them show their faces here, though.

In the meantime, the preparations the natives were making provided something with which to occupy himself. Although he didn't understand what it was about, it was clear they were planning some kind of festival, and there was no harm doing a little manual labor on that behalf.

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[lunaria]

A fraction of which of that little manual labor they also passed onto a boy, as Kurow took up their request. The coral, supposedly, had granted him an abundance of time in the city, and he would appropriately spend it helping out the locals.

He was in the middle of hovering across the plaza with one end of a decoration, which he would pin up to hang over the stairways, when he almost ran into the large man with a somewhat intimidating appearance. Coming to a sudden stop in the air with a sharp "whoa," he quickly regained his bearings.

"Uh . . . sorry, didn't mean to cut in front of you," he said, stumbling to find the words to say. Compared to his tiny physique, the man was a giant. Not even Susano was that tall.

[ex_wolfbrother668]

With his "giant" stature (although he was still half a head shorter than Rand), Perrin had been tasked with some of the heavier supplies. He was in the midst of carrying most of the makings of one of those tents past the stairway when the strange boy nearly ran into him.

He halted, blinking in surprise--mostly at the fact that the boy was hovering. Flight was something neither the Aes Sedai nor the Asha'man seemed to have discovered yet.

"It's fine," he said. His voice was gruff, but there was no irritation in it.

[lunaria]

He took that lack of apparent irritation as a good sign and straightened, eyes following the man's arms to the materials in his grasp. (The blink, he took as surprise for their near collision.) With the residents so excitedly advertising and preparing for a big event, it was hard to not guess what they were for.

"Are you helping the locals too? They're really going out of their way to make this . . . Fisholympics a grand success."

[ex_wolfbrother668]

Perrin's gaze wandered curiously to the odd-looking wings before returning to the boy's face. He nodded in response.

"It's no festival I've heard of"--like many things in this city--"but the work is good."

[lunaria]

"Yeah, it really is," he said, nodding his head. "And they even give you those tokens for helping out. How sweet is that?"

Of course, he hadn't indulged in the labor for payment, but the locals were adamant about giving him those StarFish Tokens. Never mind that he had no idea what to spend them on.

[ex_wolfbrother668]

Perrin got the sense that the boy didn't mean 'sweet' in the same way that he knew. Unfamiliar use of words, that was another thing he'd grown to expect.

"I suppose I'll find some use for them," he said. Similarly, he hadn't agreed to this for the tokens, and he hadn't thought much on what to do with them.

[lunaria]

"Maybe you can ask the locals what there's to buy later." He paused, then continued, "Isn't that strange? Everything's free, but they still give you money."

And they were awfully liberal about throwing it the foreigners' way.

[ex_wolfbrother668]

"There is a market in the lower district that seems to take them," Perrin remarked. He had been here long enough to have given most places at least a cursory look. "But most of the wares were unrecognizable to me." And the ones he could recognize, he hadn't had any particular need of.

[lunaria]

"Huh, really?" Then Kurow knew where he was going to spend the next few days of free time. "I'll have to check them out. Better work hard in the meantime," he said both to Perrin and himself, hoisting the decorations over his shoulder. "I gotta take these up. You need to carry those somewhere, right?"

[ex_wolfbrother668]

Perrin nodded. "Find me if you need a hand with anything," he offered, hefting the supplies in his arms before he went to move on.

[lunaria]

Using his free hand to toss his hair, Kurow grinned. "Heh, thanks! The same goes for you if you need anything." With that, he took a small leap into the air. The wings he'd managed to retrieve from the shopkeeper fluttered slightly, carrying him to the spot he needed to string up the banner.

[blessedbyfarore]

Perrin's not the only one helping out - Link had discovered early on that helping earned tokens, and tokens meant Lon Lon milk.

Giving the bigger man a curious look, Link reaches for one end of a large piece of wood, meant for a stall. "I think this has to go over there," he says with a quick smile and a nod towards his left.

[ex_wolfbrother668]

The tokens weren't what drew Perrin into this, but they are an added bonus. If nothing else, perhaps they can be some payment for whoever they hire at the Winespring.

Perrin catches the boy's look, nods wordlessly, and with a small smile of his own moves to take the other end and help out.

[blessedbyfarore]

Once the piece has been settled, Link brushes his hands off and flashes Perrin a grin. "Thanks. These games look kind of interesting, huh?"

[ex_wolfbrother668]

Perrin shakes his head with a bemused expression. "Interesting, maybe. They haven't explained much."

[blessedbyfarore]

"Well, games are supposed to be fun, right?" Link shrugs a little, gesturing to another large piece to be transported and starting for it. "Even if everything here has fish in it."

[ex_wolfbrother668]

Perrin moves with him, glancing upwards at the watery dome above them. "Some people have odd ideas of fun."

He can't think of much water-related competition besides fishing and boating.

[blessedbyfarore]

Link can't quite shrug while holding heavy objects, but he does tilt his head to the side briefly. "I guess so. But we can try it out, right? It might be really good!"

[ex_wolfbrother668]

The boy certainly seems optimistic about it, enough for Perrin to wonder if it's unreasonable for him not to be. It may be a festival in a strange land with strange people, but it still has every appearance of a good-natured celebration. Perhaps he's just grown unused to that.

"You're right. It's at least worth a try."

[blessedbyfarore]

"Uh huh!" Link grins, then pauses thoughtfully. "Maybe there'll be a fishing competition. I caught a really big one when I was younger."

[ex_wolfbrother668]

Perrin quirks an eyebrow at the phrasing. The boy makes it sound like he's only caught one worthy fish many years ago.

"Hoping it's been long enough since your success to have another?" he jokes.

[blessedbyfarore]

In fairness, he was kind of distracted when he was older.

"I guess it has been a while, huh?" he chuckles. About six months, to be precise...

[ex_wolfbrother668]

And Perrin could understand that, but he doesn't know anything about it.

"You may not want to pin your hopes of winning on a fishing contest."

[blessedbyfarore]

"I know, but it'd be fun to be in it, right?" he says with a smile. "And maybe we can keep the fish afterwards!"

One of the very few things he knows how to cook.

[ex_wolfbrother668]

Perrin chuckles. It seems like such a simple hope, getting to keep the fish.

"If it's ocean fishing, I don't think I'd make much account of myself either." It has to be quite a bit different from catching river trout with your hands. "But I'll wish you luck."

[blessedbyfarore]

Link's face falls a little. "Oh... I didn't think about that. I've only fished in ponds and rivers and Lake Hylia."

No sense worrying about it, though, so he brushes his hands off and gets Perrin a quick smile. "Good luck to you too, if you do it!"

[ex_wolfbrother668]

"...I think I will join in, and hope not all of it is fishing."

Dusting off his own hands, he holds one out to the boy in introduction. "It's Perrin, by the way."

[blessedbyfarore]

"Great!" Link reaches for his hand to shake it, smiling. "I'm Link. Maybe we'll end up on the same team, huh?"

[ex_wolfbrother668]

Perrin smiles. "Maybe. I think I'd consider that good luck."

[blessedbyfarore]

"Uh huh. It's always best to be on teams with your friends, right?"

Yup. Looks like you have a new friend, Perrin.