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She comes out a few minutes later, and I am once again breathless. Taken aback by her beauty. She looks at me shyly, clutching her hands in front of her.
“You are stunning,” I say. I think I might be drooling a little bit because her breasts do look simply delicious.
After picking my jaw up off the floor, I give her a gallant bow. “M’lady.”
She giggles and gives me an awkward yet adorable curtsy. I offer her my arm, and she slips her hand into the bend of my elbow. I can feel the heat of her hand on my skin, and I bite back a groan.
As soon as we get there, people are everywhere, and I have to admit, Googling the fair didn’t do it justice at all. There are people dressed in brightly colored costumes, while some dance with ribbons. We barely make it through the front gate when a larger woman dressed similar to Nina accosts me at the front gate with a flower, to Nina’s absolute delight.
“Huzzah!” A drunk frat boy yells as he dances in circles around a less than amused girl with hair braided like Nina’s. She’s wearing jeans and a T-shirt and rolling her eyes at his antics. It is more than obvious she isn’t as thrilled to be here as her counterpart.
“You fit in great here,” I lean in and whisper to Nina. While some people have chosen not to dress up, there are more that have dressed in era-appropriate clothing. I watch in awe as a knight walks by us in full costume. His metal costume clicks and clacks with each step he takes. I can’t help but stare at him, wondering how he can possibly move in a contraption like that. It can’t be comfortable.
Nina leans in close. I can smell the sweet scent of her perfume as she whispers, “I wonder what he does when he has to go pee?” She giggles.
“Come one, come all. Have thou’s fortune read by the Mistress Helena she knows all.” A man says as he comes up to Nina and grabs her hand. He plants a kiss on it.
“Man, these people are handsy,” I tell her.
She nods, “They are, come on, let’s go find the alcohol.”
I follow her through hordes of people toward the center of the fair, where I can see food vendors set up. There are brightly colored tents with vendors and crafters all over the place. They peddle wares from jewelry to authentic-era clothing. I can’t help but be taken in by the atmosphere. It’s rather intoxicating.
The women are all dressed similarly, in tightly laced corsets and full skirts. Some have flowers woven through their hair, and others are intricately braided. The men’s clothing varies in style and color. Some wear tights that leave nothing to the imagination. I try to avoid paying too close attention to those guys.
“This is actually pretty awesome,” I mumble. Nina clings to my arm as we weave our way through the crowd.
“It’s fun to see people not caring about the stupid stuff going on in their lives right now,” she says thoughtfully.
We continue forward toward a man juggling knives, and another playing an instrument that looks like a guitar. The way his fingers move and pluck the strings leaves me transfixed. It’s impressive.
“I can see what the attraction could be, and oh look, here’s your turkey leg,” I say, pointing to a giant turkey cartoon ahead. He’s holding a bandaged stub where his leg used to be. It’s kind of a strange advertisement, but does the job, obviously.
Nina tugs me through the mass of people, and once we reach the stand, we’re greeted by a man wearing puffy sleeves and a bizarre-looking shirt. “Good morrow, Mistress. Dost thou care for some honey mead? We have three different strengths. Strong, medium-strong, and for wimps.”
She giggles and looks up at me. Her smile makes me smile. “I will take the medium-strong,” she says, “don’t want to be a wimp.”
“Most excellent, and for the lord?”
“I’ll have the same,” I say, “thank you.”
“Dost thou wish for a souvenir tankard?” he asks.
Nina looks up at me with her wide beautiful eyes. “Oh, I don’t know,” she says.
I shrug and wink at her. “Might as well go all out and experience the whole thing.”
“Yes, please,” Nina says to the guy. Smiling widely at me.
I can’t help it. I want to see her smiling. All the time. We watch as he pours our drafts into metal cups and then passes them to us. I pay him, and we take our cups and leave.
“Come on, I want to make sure I see everything!” She grabs my hand and pulls me along. It’s hard not to get sucked in by her enthusiasm. Somewhere somebody is yelling.
“The king and queen approaches.”
Others yell, “huzzah.”
Several people ringing bells and drumming drums walk through as men and women carry banners. A knight walks by holding a tall stick with a flag up top.
