(quick)<br/><br/>All about the festival grounds the men of the village had gone about gathering post-holers and narrow shovels. The long posts for hanging of the charms and paper lanterns were laid out all over the festival grounds, nearly three dozen in total. The village men began digging, but the process looked like it would clearly end up taking a significant amount of time. Getting on in years as many of them were, they no longer had the vivaciousness of youth on their side.<br/><br/>Eleyna was holding a long wooden plank as Brollem had directed while he drove nails into a thick corner post for what would become the float. Jake's arrival gave Brollem a moment of pause as he adjusted his grip on the hammer and pointed for Eleyna to get the next board.<br/><br/><span style="color: red">Aye, aye...</span>He said to Jake giving a nod.<span style="color: red">Ask about as far as the room. I'm sure most anyone would be happy to have a house guest.</span>Jake's following question prompted a long pause from Brollem as he regarded the trainer, then the festival grounds as they were. As nothing at all had really been set up yet, Brollem laughed and considered it a joke.<br/><br/><span style="color: red">If you're lookin' for something to do, then get down to the other end of this wood and help the girl hold it while I get it tacked. There, like so... that's a lad.</span>He said nodding as Jake did as directed.<br/><br/>Brollem had just lifted the hammer to tack a nail when Lydia arrived and he faltered, lowering the hammer and looking a point frustrated at the timeliness of the perpetual interruptions. He laughed jovialy after a moment and nodded to Lydia.<span style="color: red">Over there by Jake... that bit of timber... no the large one. Aye. See how Eleyna here is doing it? That's it. We're nailing the sides on here. See how the wood's layed out? It'll be a float when were done, us old codgers will be hauling down this bit here from the village. See how there's the path? Well we can't haul the float without the float being built, so that's about as we're at here. Jake, grab that mallet and those nails... you know how to nail wood don't ye? Just as I'm doin'. With all you helpin' this might actually get done on time!</span><br/><br/>Eleyna, working with Brollem on her end couldn't help but watch Jake and Lydia working close by one another and feeling a twinge of jealousy. Flustered as she was with all the talk in the Onsen, it had set her mind strolling down into that naughty corner of it that she insisted wasn't there. That would be something, wouldn't it? Giving a boy a look, making it seem innocent like it was all just an accident...<i> oh, whoops, I hadn't realized my skirt was like that... oh, sorry, I shouldn't sit like that, I'm so embarrassed</i>. Just the thought was starting to get her tingling.<br/><br/><span style="color: red">You alright girl?</span>Brollem was staring at her.<br/><br/>She yelped slightly, as she was jerked back into reality again.<span style="color: blue">Oh sorry, sorry!</span>She grabbed the next plank.<br/><br/>On the outskirts of the festival setup sat a Growlithe, watching the setup with a slightly furrowed brow.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>