It has been over 7 thousand years since the Gods had been thrown out of the skies and forced to walk among men. And I am entirely okay with that.

I can not help but smile as I realise the we can only be a few days away from the first droplets of snow. I've always loved the winter, you see. Though I never really cared for Jack Frost, I have always adored snow- and I think that has only intensified in the last hundred years or so. I've always been a...childish God but when  I was younger I always tried to hide that about myself. However the more time I spent with humans, the more I learned about the world. One such thing I learned was that being childish was okay- entirely, completely okay. So I can't help but smile and await Jack to do his work, I do love playing in the snow. I love laying down and making angels in the snow. I love building snowmen, and having snowball fights with other children. I love ice skating and hot chocolate and-

No, no, what am I doing? Standing in an alley and looking up longingly at the sky? I sigh to myself, as I know I have better things to do than to hope Jack will bring snow today. Like...go shopping! Now I grin at that thought, I love the winter market stalls. They always have the best items at this time of year, mainly because of the upcoming Winter Festival- not that I'm complaining or anything. I adore the Winter Festival actually, they always cater it to young children such as myself. With those thoughts in mind, I begin to feel completely giddy. I love to explore and today, as I walked into the city, I knew was going to be filled with nothing but wonders.

The air is full of city noise- beeping, shouting, talking, barking, and streets are swarming with busy and bumbling people. I don't know why but that comforts me, the way humans quickly weave pass each other to get to their destination. For me there's something...sweet about it, almost cute. However it also makes me feel less...[i]lonely.[/i] With this many people about, I can often forget how lonely I really am. Obviously, today this isn't working as I've mentioned it. Still, I try to shrug it off. I promise myself I will buy all the cute cuddly toys I can find. I glide through the people as the city buildings tower over me, all metal and shiny. All the while, it is all overclouded by smoldering smoke from the nearby buildings. 

Finally, I reach the market stalls- all dressed in blue and white because of the season. I just love how pretty it all is. I carefully survey the cluttered stalls, to see if anything immediately catches my eye. Which to my surprise, it does. In a stall not too far away there are an assortment of animal hats. Though they are a little bit odd, as they seem to also work as gloves, having two pieces of the fabric trail down and make little pockets that work like gloves. I notice the panda one and I can't help but think how adorable it would look. After all, that's why I buy clothes. Not because I'm cold or warm or anything, don't be silly, I'm a God. No, I purposefully buy my clothes by deciding how cute they would look on me. Like right now I think that panda hat would complete my outfit. My over-sized black coat that has a picture of a bunny sewed onto its pocket. The dark green cargo shorts that are simply too cute with my white socks, that have ducks all around the top. It would work with my white trainers that have a camouflage print in certain places. Then finally, but by no means least, it would work with my backpack that is sooo cute- it's in the shape of a teddy bear! Overall, I just [i]have[/i] to have that panda hat.

So without a second thought I go up to the woman working at the store. At first I'm not sure if I really want to talk to her. She's clearly a teenager and well, her blue hair and over-sized black rimmed glasses aren't exactly inviting. However the kind smile she puts on when she sees me puts me at ease. 

"Um, H-Hello." I say, smiling and biting my lip as I look up at her- trying my best to look nervous. "Could- Could I have that Panda hat, Please?" I ask as I point at said hat.

She nods at me "Of course you can, kid." She grabs the hat before then saying, “That’ll be 10 pounds please.” she told me, handing me the fluffy hat designed as a panda head, with white gloves attached to it.

“Here you go.” I said ever so sweetly, reaching up with a ten pound note I had taken out of my teddy-bear backpack, and handing it to the woman. Before then snugly placing it upon my head.

“Thank you sweetie.” The woman beamed, finding what she presumed was just a little boy, rather cute. “You have a good day now, okay?”

“Yep Miss! I sure will! Now that I have my new super duper panda hat!” I giggled at her, before then running off- deeper into the market.

I don't really find much else, which is to be expected as it's only the first day of the festival. After a while of walking I do find a hot chocolate stand though, and ask for some with marshmallows and a flake. So that made me rather happy. At this point, I decide it might be best to take a little break. Perhaps find a bench and sit down. So with that, I try to head away from the market without going too far. While, of course, also trying to get pass the people without spilling my drink.

I nearly miss the homeless man entirely.