[it's been a busy festival so far, though finally viktor feels confident enough in preparations to go wandering. rio sticks to his side for the moment, big eyes taking in the excitement, nearly skittering off a few times and only stopping with viktor's hand on her head and a fond reminder she might be a little big for goofing off. the last thing they want is her tail knocking over one of the vendors.

when he catches sight of megumi he makes his way over, this time letting rio move ahead to sniff at him in greeting. admittedly the whole yukata thing is taking some getting used to but the colors for ammy are a nice touch, he thinks.]

You've done well with the food. It reminds me a little of back home, actually. [he stops, leaning on his cane and surveying things- kage and pepper, the charcoal drawing.] I lived in the immigrant district, the Ionian families sometimes celebrated a bit like this.