Luck of the Sea

Preludio - Parte 1

On a bright summer day, in a city high up in the mountains... at the sea... was a special day. A movie festival. Since it was near impossible to properly make movies anymore due to the sea levels, freelance and hobby movies were very popular among the public. Caperno was chosen as the city host of the European Plateau Isles Movie Festival of 2114. 

Walking down the beautiful and decorated streets of her city, a girl with a bow on the right side of her hair hopped down the stairs, having a little bag with her. She's pretty excited for the movies today, and wanted to go check out the festival stands with some of her friends.

Running down the stairs, the girl passed by the bakery corner, saying good morning to the baker that was making some fresh bread...

"Good morning miss Anna!"
"Ah!"
The baker looked over at the girl running downstairs, standing upright from her oven...
"Morning to you too, Naka! Why are you rushing down like that? Can be dangerous!"

Naka quickly stopped, slowing down and stumbling a bit, looking at the Baker.
"A-Aaah! W-Well, the festival's today! And I'm... kind of excited!"

Naka did a little spin, putting her hands behind her back, with a wide, honest grin on her face.

"Ah! Yeah, I'm still making some bread for the stalls down there. You be careful now, okay?"
"Thank you, I will!"

Miss Anna is a baker.. and she's really close to mom - because we live really close to each other. If mom needs any bread, she'd always go to miss Anna's.
After finishing that conversation, Naka kept going downstairs, seeing a boy come out of a small street, as she gasped, breathed in, and...

"HEEEY! NISHIKAGE!!!"

The guy shook a bit, as he turned around in slight shock, seeing the girl just barreling down to him on the stairs, holding her little purse with one hand.. with that open mouthed smile she's always known for. He opened his mouth too, trying to say something, but instead - CRASH!

Nishikage laid there on the ground, having barely caught Naka...

"Gaaah... w-what the hell Naka!?"

He looked up at her, as she was a bit dizzy, sitting up and rubbing her head...

"O-Oww.. a-are you okay?"
"Y-Yeah I am! I could have hit my head or worse, we could have just both fallen down the stairs!"
"Don't worry, that was calculated!!"

He got a bit flabbergasted, trying to say something with only the "A" sound coming out...

"...W-.. What's that supposed to mean?!"
While he was saying that, Naka carefully got up, dusting herself off and reaching her hand out to him. 

And Nishikage grabbed onto it, getting pulled up by her.

"Jeez... you gotta watch where you're going... I'm not even gonna mention the fact that you were running down the stairs like a loose barrel!"
"Well as long as we don't get hurt, it's fine to do, no?"

She rubbed her nose a bit, grinning, putting her hand on her hip.

"That's stupid..."
"Hehe!"

Then they just kept walking down the stairs, seeing different people...

"Where were you running so fast anyway? The festival doesn't start until 2 hours later."
"I wanted to get the freshest slice of stall pizza! Stall fast food is the best, don't you think?"
He rubbed his head a bit, looking to the side...

"I.. I guess."
It was a bit quiet as they walked, with Naka thinking a bit, before Nishikage kept talking.
"Oh yeah! I remember... did you hear that there were Tibetan tourists coming too?"
"Wait, really!? So learning Dbus was worth it?!"
"Yeah! Maybe we can talk to some!"