[center][h3]Warakuma Central Shrine[/h3]
Wednesday
July 13th, 2015[/center]

Rui was gladdened that Kotori seemed to brighten up a bit more after that, the awkward air around her whenever she was feeling a bit overwhelmed was cut through as they went up towards the shrine, going along the lantern-lit road. A good portion of it was basically walls of lanterns before they passed through the food stalls, all of which were setup by now and happy festival-goers were already lining up to get something. Rui personally was relieved, festivals in the city were crowded to the point where enjoying things like this were... Difficult, and you would spend more time navigating crowds than actually enjoying the festival.

Soon they made it to the shrine, the surrounding area of it lit up as one would expect, and others were throwing their lots in and their prayers too. Not long it was free and they both stepped up to the shrine. He began pulling some money out to throw in before praying, but he turned to Kotori,

[color=slategray]"So, what are you going to pray for?"[/color], he asked her.