Litha Feast (Open to all court members and human guests, dated for the 21st)

[detectiveofthewest]

The grounds were brightly lit and festooned with decoration: trees covered in sweet-smelling dew, leaves of gold and red, vividly-colored streamers woven with thread finer than spider's silk. All around, the tables were piled high with all the food and wine one might expect of a grand feast. (Apparently, the fae had spared no expense.)

The Seelie King and Queen were present, though distanced from the rest of the revellers -- and quite a few revellers there were. Men and women with petals in their hair, clothes of vibrant silk and satin, and a rainbow of rare feathers and gems. Some looked human, some looked animal. Some, such as in the case of a well-dressed gentleman with skin like birch bark, looked like none of the above.

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[detectiveofthewest]

He couldn't stop a little snort of laughter. "Pigfarts, really? Well, I guess it is written with little kids in mind."

Kids. Fart jokes. Kind of like peanut butter and jelly?

"So kind of an underground entrance to the world of magic." He was just making an educated guess from what he knew about the books. "Well, I'm sure they'd like to visit, especially if they set up a display or somethin' in commemoration. They do that in Japan a lot -- there's an airport in Tottori named after a little fictional kid detective."

[stauncherhearted]

"They're not bad books." The boys had gotten into them, and she'd followed suit. Escapism was something she'd always been a fan of. For understandable reasons.

"Yeah. Kinda like that- they did a few years ago. They got tired of tourists trying to run into the barrier. It's like if you go down to Tintagel and they've got tons of Arthurian places set up, I've heard." Tintagel was the seaside town in Cornwall that was supposed to be where the original Camelot was.

[detectiveofthewest]

"Hmm... probably a good thing, too, if folks were crazy enough to actually run into it." Yikes, man. You could hurt yourself doing something like that. Maybe lose a few teeth.

"The series is about a little boy sorcerer, right?" Wizard. Whatever. "One who doesn't know he's magic till later?"

[stauncherhearted]

She nods. "Yeah. That's the-" oh wow. That hit a little close to home. Except Fagin wasn't an evil wizard who'd killed her parents. He was just an old fae who got his kicks from little children. Which was kind of the same thing.

"That's the one."

[detectiveofthewest]

"Sounds like this kid I met just recently," said Heiji. He made a face as he said so; Sasuke was just... a boatload of problems.

"Although I'm assuming Barry's a lot more personable."

[stauncherhearted]

"With any luck," Nancy takes another sip from her flask.

[detectiveofthewest]

He laughed. "Yeah, with any luck. Anyway, thanks for the offer. I'll run it by ya if I run out of sightseeing ideas."

Though for now he should really try and recall his wayward contestant...

[stauncherhearted]

"Any time- you know how to reach me if you need anything."