CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"But, guess what! I'll be first blood this year!" I said, shoving my glowing hand in front of Levi's face. "Congratulations….?" Levi said slowly, sounding out every syllable, and I laughed. "Thanks. Anyway, I need an angel costume."
"Oh, that's easy. The tour guide can help with that." Levi said, dusting off his knees, and I squealed. YESSSS!
An hour later, I was sobbing into my hands as Levi sympathetically patted my back. The angel costume was heavy. actually, the costume itself was fine - just priest robes that had been spruced up a bit. The real problem was with the wings - 2 behemoth-looking iron frames coated in feathers. joins along the wings made them fully posable and flappable, but they added easily 3 pounds to each wing. Just looking at it was hurting my back - so when the shopkeeper strapped it on, I fell backward and crashed into Levi by accident. Now, I needed to stay sitting down or I feared I would actually collapse. "Dear, your eyes will get puffy and your voice will get hoarse. How are you going to sing if that happens?" the shopkeeper said, tone of voice cold and demanding. I wailed harder. Nooooo! Just my luck too.
"It's just for a few hours anyway," Levi said, and I frowned. That wasn't cutting it. "A FEW HOURS! THREE! ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY MINUTES STANDING UP!" I yelled, and Levi sighed.
"Whatever. Get up."
"Oooh! It's way bigger than I internally imagined!" I said, all my back problems thrown to the wind. "I never got to go to festivals before!" I said, standing in the middle of a bustling crowd and holding hands with Levi to not get lost.
"Me neither." Levi said, and then added, "What's so special about festivals anyway?" HUUUUUUUUUUUH?! What so special, you asked? Well, my fingers can take care of that. "Look. That person over there has no money because they lost it all to me in tic tac toe. That person is an overworked maid who hates her boss with a burning passion. That person is here with her kids, just enjoying life. Guess what they all have in common? they can here to forget their troubles and just go along with everything. That's how festivals work, and that's why I like them."