Ascot looked at Tristan, before saying, "To be honest, while we need to eat, I think that we can still talk to the locals. Sure, they're a bit strange right now, but we have no real way of detecting whether they're just like that or if they are...high. Either way, if you can grow food, I think that'd be great." 

The boy was slightly wary about the 'intense' remark, but that worry had to be shelved. Instead, he pursed his lips. "The local inhabitants look like peasants and farmers, only cleaner; that implies that low-level magic also exists in Iriss alongside the high-level kind. Their festive mood can also mean that they [i]are[/i] in a festival, like the Lady says," he meant Stormy. "I'm going to ask."

He then flew inside the entrance, and went to where an anonymous peasant woman was walking, before asking, "Hey, is there a festival going on?" 

Ascot received an eager nod from the peasant woman, who then said: 

"Why of course, strange child! For today and today only, all food and drink sold at the shop are free, same for a stay at the inn!" The peasant woman then beamed him a too-clean smile. This, of course, resulted in a shiver of mistrust from Ascot's psyche. Nevertheless, Ascot went to the shops and stalls, asking:

"I was told these wares are free, are they?" and getting fruit, meat, and vegetables literally [i]thrust[/i] at him, as if the bizzare inhabitants of the village were eager to please them in particular. This made Ascot more suspicious, but he could hardly look a gift horse in the mouth. Nevertheless, Ascot was now cradling, in a sack of absorbent and adheseve putty, a day's worth of food. He would then fly outside the entrance and say:

"Guys! The food being sold in the shops are free!" Ascot refrained from including what was said about the inn; he did not want the group to stay overnight.

Then...he saw Tabitha and Ellard walking towards the path. Moving to where Michael was, he would say,"Hey, can you hold on to this?" Meaning the food. "Something's piqued my curiosity." 

And with that, he would fly towards Tabitha and Ellard, asking the two once he arrived:

"Hey, Ms. Tabitha, is that one of the locals? Does he need our help?" That second sentence seemed...right. Right as in correct.

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