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Now I haven't been here for more than a couple of months, but all these festivals? It makes me wonder if there is any sort of effort being made on our hosts' part to get people home. I like having a good time just like anyone else, but when the "good times" are a week long every month it's maybe time to start questioning how dedicated they really are. I don't think two to two and a half weeks without the distraction of another festival on the mind are really enough.

That is the Turian in me speaking, of course. The down time - even with all the strange crap that happens - is starting to get to me.

But no, really. What is the point in having a week long celebration every month?

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Um... I guess because people keep falling through the portal here because they don't belong.

So, like, the festival is a way of saying 'we like you, you matter' to whoever just got here. I mean if we followed Earth holidays you'd end up with months and months of nothing and then new people wouldn't really feel accepted.

[ what's a turian and is that why his voice sounds so... metallic ]

Maybe they just really like to party?

Mmn, good question... [ Aoba thinks hard on it, judging from the muffled mumble of those words, like he's covering his mouth as he considers it. His voice clears a moment later. ]

Maybe since we're here for a long time, they want us to meet and make as many friends as possible! What better way to get people to congregate than with a festival?

...But all that stuff about trying to get you back home. Did you ask them to do that?

[Oh, thank God. Someone who feels the same way as she does.]

You're not the only one. I'm all for cultural sensitivity and making new people feel welcome, but it's starting to feel like we're just spinning our wheels here.

I know people who have gone home. One let me know before she left, the other left a job recommendation for me.

It does feel overly quiet. You aren't the only one who struggles with the peace.

[ Gamora is the type to need things to do. She needs forward momentum, and she's settled into routine now. ]

The celebrations do start to lose some of their appeal when they happen so frequently.

[ Though he's been too busy throwing himself into his duties with the Perimeter Guard and languishing around to enjoy them himself. ]

But I do know what you mean. I haven't been given a reason not to trust what I have been told since I've gotten here, but blindly accepting things isn't really my style. A little skepticism is never a bad thing.

Every month? Those festivals are that common?

[ Is Hawke still irritated at being stuck with strangers in her personal space with no regard for her feelings on the matter? Survey says: uh, yes. ]

Yeah, I don't think that's you being turianific (or whatever. Stop trying to use big vocab words, yo). That's called being deservedly fucking paranoid, if you ask me.

I've wondered the same thing. Most seem to be centered with food and drink and general hedonism as an over theme - I thought maybe it was just the Dome creeping back up on me, but I see that's not really the case.

But I do know people that have gone home. It may just be a case of having to stay on top of the people in charge to be able to make it back in a timely manner between all of the festivities, though.

I can definitely see that you have a point here, but more importantly tell me more about turians. I've never met one.

They're just trying to keep everyone distracted. No one in the city knows how the portal works, so it's all just false hope. Hell, the cost of putting on all these shows doesn't even add up to me.

[A pause.]

Hey - I got a question for you. Can Turians get drunk?

Probably for the same reason we have them at home. People get bored and need something to do.

[Granted, when Vikings get bored, they tend to start killing each other for lack of anything else to do, rather like a snake eating its own tail.]

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