This week was marked by improvement. People were starting to flow into the city in higher volumes than usual. The occasion? Prince Ryokugyoku Fiore would turn 21 on the culminating day of the festival - one week from today. It was exciting for all - the royal gardens open to public viewing, shops putting together their finest venues, and even some friendly competition between stores and whatnot to updo each other. There were plenty of game booths set up in the city center, sign ups for innocuous competitions to be hosted in the city center, and there were postings saying there would be a special declaration from the King at the end of the festival. Many speculated as to what that would be, but there were not to be any hints until the time came.

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"[color=skyblue]Lavinia, you better not burn down that kitchen,[/color]" Torys shouted. One minute, there'd been no one at the job board, the next - the youthful guildmaster was blocking it as she posted up a few new jobs among the others. When just over a month ago there'd been barely any work to be found, now the board was continually filled with fliers. It was a turn of events many in the guild seemed to appreciate. 

She popped her head into the kitchen. "[color=skyblue]I'm expecting we're going to have more customers with the festival. That kitchen better be in working order.[/color]" With that she moved along to her usual spot behind the bar just watching the room.

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Ria flitted down the stairs with a few weighted hanging from her arms to help with carrying books she couldn't handle in her arms. "[color=Aqua]I have the order of books for the guild library, but first...[/color]" She skipped along as she moved through the guild. Indeed the cheerful mood the purple haired girl usually had was back. And the first stop on her trip around the guildhall was Asher, merely because he was the closest in her journey. She shifted the pile of books in her arm to recover a rather bland looking one. "[color=Aqua]Here, I noticed you'd been drawing airship designs and this is about the history of airships highlighting most of the best known ones through the years all the way back to The Blue Pegasus' Christina.[/color]" She placed the book down on the table beside him before moving on.

"[color=Aqua]Menzai, I got you a few books that include abridged histories of Bosco, Fiore, and Isenberg.[/color]" She carefully shifted the stack so she could place each book down on the table beside him too. After stacking roughly seven books in all, she turned and headed off again. She leaned into the kitchen to offer out the last two free held books to Lavinia and Zenith. "[color=aqua]Cooking For Beginners, and a book of exotic recipes I found while I was picking up the guild books.[/color]" She glanced down for a moment before crossing her arms in realizing she was offering the advanced recipe book to Lavinia and the beginner to Zenith. A smile beamed on her face again. "[color=aqua]I saw a few recipes in there that are quite...um, unique. I don't know if we have the cookware to handle them, but I believe Felix might enjoy them.[/color]"

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Kaden hadn't expected the chick he'd heard to be Zen's sister of all people to strike up a conversation, but...He looked at her with a subtle arch to his brow; she wasn't bad on the eyes. [i][color=tomato]Wait, no. She's too young.[/color][/i] He resisted the urge to shake is head. Still, a charming smile slid onto his face at the follow up introduction and identification. Chuckling softly, he turned to fully face the odd girl.

Looking at the hand for a moment, Kaden shrugged and shook it.  "[color=tomato]I'm only trouble for those that deserve it.[/color]" His smile pulled higher on one side for a moment. "[color=tomato]Zen's just paranoid and probably just trying to be a good, overprotective big brother.[/color]" He lost some of the smile as he looked at what she was drinking. "[color=tomato]Please tell me that tastes better than it looks...[/color]" he wrinkled his nose. "[color=tomato]And smells[/color]."