Event Private I am Smiling, You are Smiling, Let Us Smile Together

Oh this was so much FUN! All the pretty music and food and games. It was almost too much to take in at once. Good thing the festival lasted all week. Flo was definitely going to gorge herself on festival sweets as much as possible. Maybe she wouldn't even be able to move by the end of it. Total sugar coma!

But the best part of it all, by far, was that her bestest bestie roomie, Noli, had actually agreed to go out with her to it. Not like a date or anything! Not that Noli wasn't pretty and smart and funny and just downright adorable. But she had been through a bad breakup, and even if Flo was maybe just a teensy smidge attracted to her. She had already overdone things back during the March Virus. That kiss had really been uncalled for, though it had been really nice. But she hadn't asked! It was a miracle that Noli didn't hate her for it. She didn't want to mess.up their friendship by...

Flo blinked and laughed. She was rambling, in her own head no less. She spun around far too fast, making her dress flair.out a little bit as she caught the brim of her hat before it flew off. She flashed an infectious smile at her roommate, squeezing her eyes shut in embarrassment.
"Whoops! Haha. Sorry Noli. I kinda got lost in my own head. Again. So do you wanna grab food, or maybe see what freebies we can get from some of the businesses? I'm down for anything!"

Malara was really enjoying this festival. Her advisory staff had set everything up, but she had insisted on being at the stand for Theía and Muse herself. After all, this business was just one more method of gathering followers and breaking back out into godhood. They had samples of some perfumes that they were going to sell later in the summer, some gift cards to raffle off, and of course a team to pitch a job to potential talent for the agency.

It was all going really well and they had already run out of tickets for the raffle once. Mal had had to send someone to go grab more.

She noticed the bouncing pink haired girl first. A cutie, for sure. But what made Mal raise her eyebrows was who her hand was attached to. Noli. Seeing the Prax girl's face brought up a mix of emotions. Her ever-present anger boiled up just a hair, but was more or less canceled out by her embarrassment. The last time she and Noli had really spoken to each other had been their break up. And since then, Mal had come to the conclusion that maybe Noli was right. It was a tough pill to swallow, but she was trying.

So she would try to be friendly.

Malara waved the two of them down, stepping out of her booth to meet them halfway. "Hey! Noli!~ Ah... nice to see you again, who's your friend?"

Malara grinned and leaned forward on her hands, shrugging almost dismissively at the question. She could tell that Noli was nervous, even scared of her.
"Oh I've been fine. Working all the time, it feels like. How about you?"

Malara's eyes cut over to the girl Noli had introduced as her roommate and friend. Cute, kind of bubbly, probably a ditz. "Friend, huh? She's cute. You bounce back fast, Noli."

Flo let her gaze flick between Malara and Noli several times before she seemed to realize what this was. Malara, that was the name of the ex-girlfriend that Noli had mentioned. It had been a bad breakup, apparently. Like, really bad. Looking Malara over, Flo was honestly a little taken aback. She wasn't at all the type of person she had imagined Noli with. So forward, so glamorous. Not that Noli didn't deserve to be with whoever she wanted, it was just that Flo had the idea that Noli preferred simpler things. Maybe she was wrong? Maybe Flo should try to be more glamorous? Wait, what was she saying? Malara was looking at her.

Blinking as if she was waking up for the first time, even though it had been less than two or so seconds, Flo gave Malara a pleasant smile. She also gave Noli's hand a squeeze in return as if to say, I'm here for you, don't worry.
"Yeah, Noli is doing great. And she keeps me from skipping class too much, haha. I couldn't have asked for a better bestie."