The high activity in the city was far from anything Aldrin was used to. Naturally, when he'd first arrived in the city, he had expected there would be an abundance of people and sounds, but it had still been something completely new to him. Despite that, however, he hadn't found the city to be as intimidating as he had actually thought it to be in his head. In fact, there was something about all of the different people and buildings that had been interesting to simply observe at first. Initially, Aldrin had intended to pass through the area quickly without much incident, really only stopping there for food and a place to stay for a day or two. When he'd heard of the upcoming event, however, he couldn't help but linger for a while longer out of curiosity.

With that event having finally begun, the number of people milling about had grown even larger and the streets had become crowded with numerous stalls and vendors. At first, Aldrin had simply looked on from afar, enjoying the view of all of the activity, but it hadn't taken long for his interest in the goings ons to get the better of him. That, and the smell of food. As much as he had an interest in the archaeological purpose behind this event, all of the food on display was too enticing to pass up, and Aldrid figured that, as long as he was careful with what money he had left, he could try some of it. Just a little wouldn't hurt.

And so, Aldrin had ended up wandering around the various food stands, appreciating the creativity and variety in many of the recipes. The base ingredients were so simple, but it was impressive how many different ways such a dish could be prepared, and Aldrin made a mental note to himself to try cooking his own form of it sometime in the future. As long as he could get ingredients, he reasoned, it would be handy to be able to prepare different sorts of food while traveling.

Aldrin's attention was suddenly dragged away from the topic of delectable meals by a sudden commotion in a group of people nearby. A towering, burly man coated in fire and bowls of soup had taken on a fighting stance and shouted something, both of which seemed to be directed at another man. Aldrin was unable to quite tell from the literal fire-man's demeanor whether the stance was one of aggression or challenge, but either way, a crowded and public area was nowhere for a brawl to be taking place! Seeing another person in person in the group seemingly righting their balance as if catching themselves from falling, and a blonde-haired girl intercepting the situation, Aldrin immediately move in to help. [color=7ea7d8]"What are you doing?! You can't be fighting here, someone's going to get hurt and it might not even be one of you![/color]" he shouted at the two men - mostly the firey instigator, anyway - while trying to be heard over the rest of the city street's noise.

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