Suitability of Colours [Trahnael]

''We can head straight down there, then'', Lionel said as Volkan expressed interest in the Pier. ''Getting there would require passing through most of the city anyway, so it's not like we would be skipping anything really'', he said, giving a small grin. ''We would just be heading somewhere instead of walking around aimlessly'', he shrugged in the end, just as they food arrived. Everything set in front of them was delicious, and for a while, they both ate in silence.

''Yeah, sure, up to a certain point. There is a good enough flash on it for me to take pictures of things that need light, as well as a solid night mode'', he said then, answering Volkan's question about his camera with a bright grin on his face. ''Some things though just don't turn out right without natural light, so my options are still a bit limited, but it doesn't matter. This is a tour, if I see something I really want to take a picture of, I'll come back tomorrow, or some other day'', he said, thinking how that would probably end up being the case. Some things simply turned awkward when lit with a flash. Like the ocean, for example, or anything else reflecting light.

''Yeah, definitely'', Lionel agreed with Volkan's opinion almost immediately, his reply delayed slightly simply because he had just stuffed the last piece of his desert into his mouth. ''Things definitely look different in the dark, sometimes even completely. Things not so scary in the light suddenly turn into a nightmare after dark and so on'', he said, his voice showing his passion as it grew as bright as his grin.

''Most of that, though, doesn't transfer all that well on camera'', he said, then sighing lightly in disappointment. ''It's like you can see the Moon with your naked eye just right, right?'', he said, his hand making gestures to point to the sky. ''But on camera, it just looks like a blob'', he said, pointing to the machine with his other hand. ''If you haven't made right adjustments that is or the camera is just of too low of a quality, but that is not the point'', he said then before smiling at Volkan yet again. ''Which I think you probably got. Hopefully.''

When Volkan offered to pay for his food, Lionel's first instinct was to say no, he had ordered a bunch and he had more than enough money, what with both working at the circus and receiving money regularly from his parents. He was too late to do so, however, as the waiter was already there, and he couldn't fight Volkan in front of him.

Besides. Paying the man back for lunch gave him a perfect excuse to invite him out again, he thought, before mentally sighing. Sometimes, for all his mental abilities, he still had a one track mind.

''Yeah, let's go'', he said as Volkan asked if they will be going. ''This way'', he said, pointing down the street before heading slowly in the same direction.

''Yup, we're here'', Lionel said, the excitement slowly showing through his voice steadily transferring into his step and eyes as well as they got closer and closer to the pier. Working in circus or not, twenty odd years old or not, he loved the pier, and the amusement park there, and was not afraid to show it.

''A little bit earlier than I though we'd be, though'', he said, stopping by the very edge of the pier and slowly unpacking his camera. ''We haven't really seen much on the way here, did we?'', he sighed, the camera now in his hands. ''I'll be done in a minute, I promise'', he said then, without apologizing, as he was already sure that Volkan wouldn't mind all that much... though it did still make him feel somewhat selfish and a bad tour guide.

Taking the pictures of the lights and rides in the amusement park was not something he could miss though. They always turned out amazing, and later carried fond memories with them. Focusing his camera first on the whole of park, then on some specific decorations and lights, he made a few shots one right after another.

''I might stop to make a few more once we are closer'', he said as he put the camera around his neck rather than in the bag, knowing he would only be getting it back out soon. ''Also, a fair warning: I will want to go on all the rides. Do not let me'', he said, giving Volkan a fake meaningful look. Mirth could easily be seen behind it. ''And especially do not offer to pay for them, you'll go broke'', he added as they neared the other end of he pier. ''If I get too caught up remind me can't really see the boats once it is too dark.''

''Hm?'', Lionel said, having gotten lost in his own thoughts as he watched the lights moving around the amusement park. ''Ah, it's nothing special really, but there is a lot of them around here, and they are pretty to look at at the evening or something'', he said, focusing once again on what was right in front of him, which was a lose floor board over which he happily jumped over. ''Not so much once has gone completely down, though, so just remind me of that if you need to get me away from the games or something. And to be fair, I will probably get lost the games.''

He always would, ever since he was a child, when going to a nearest amusement park would mean family time and a break from whatever facility his mother was working on or a landscape his father was taking photos of. Not that he exactly needed a break, he was very much in love with both of his parents' work places, almost as much as they were, but family time was always cool and would never go amiss.

''Let's do that first, I haven't failed badly at anything for a while'', Lionel said suddenly, pointing towards a one of those booths where you tried wining stuffed animals by trying to bring down probably rigged pyramids of bottles.

''Not especially?'', Lionel asked as he stood in line behind some boys at the booth. ''I told you, I just haven't failed especially badly at anything recently'', he said, humming to himself as he watched the boys throw at the bottles and strike and fail at different throws. ''I kind of just want to play a game'', he added a bit sheepishly a few moments later. ''It didn't really matter which one. Though'', he said, his eyes brightening up as it landed on a giant, stuffed, black maned lion hanging right above the line of bottles, ''I certainly wouldn't mind winning that.''

''It is the main prize'', the man he had handed money to informed them as he gave Lionel the three balls he had to throw. ''Ah, yeah, no I won't be winning that then probably'', the young man said then, still smiling, before proceeding to try still.

''You know, I just remembered that all of this is probably pretty boring to you'', he said as he played with a small stuffed monkey-the thing was no bigger than his hand-he had won instead of the lion. ''Having lived in a circus your whole life and all. We can just go watch the boats right now if you wish? This really is the most fun thing on the pier besides that. And it probably isn't all that fun to you.''