--Building a New life --Tech x Reader Bad Batch

Chapter 73 -- Summer Festival Fun - Omega + Golrin

The sun had already set and its final light was echoing out into the twilight evening. After leaving the fireside with the Bad Batch and Fenc Fal-cona, Golrin and Omega are steadily making their way down the plateaus towards Zana. There are more fireworks lighting the sky as they approached and Omega was ginning wide from her excitement.

"I can't believe Hunter let us go!" Omega excitedly exclaimed as they closed in on the outskirts of Zana.

"I don't know him" Golrin replied "But I understand he's just being cautious. Its something we need to be also".

"Yeah" Omega sighed as her gleefullness lessened, "I guess I just don't like hiding all the time. We didn't have to do that back on Kamino."

"I get it" Golrin smiled back, gently placing his hand on her shoulder. His head tentacles were able to sense her mixed feelings just beneath the surface. "I've never had to hide before either. I could move freely throughout Felucia and I was excited for some of my first missions with Master Fal-cona. But that's not whats going on now. It sucks"-Golrin chuckles and Omega smiles again-"but its makes stuff like this special. At least to me" he shrugs at his last statement.

"Then lets go get gaming!" Omega cheers back, and grabs Golrins hand before running through the outer houses and into the main portion of the festival. The two kids stopped in awe and looked up and around at all the glittering lights hung across the walkways. There were flowers hung up and decorative signs indicating different areas of games and activities.

"Wow" Omega sighed happily, doing her best to take it all in. Golrin said nothing but he felt the same, it was so magical and fun he started to loosen up. The weight on his heart from the months of survival lifted slightly, if only for a moment. The houses were decorated with a variety of colored streamers and dried flowers with large signs written in galactic standard hung over the walkways. You could hear music around almost every corner, not to mention the chattering of the crowds and laughter of other kids running about. The energy was warm, welcoming and energetic and even the force was light and comforting in this festival.

"Lets do this one first" Omega said, pointing over at a ring tossing game and dragging her escort with.

"Okay" Golrin nodded, feeling himself becoming more childlike and relaxed. Between this atmosphere and Omega's enjoyment Golrin almost felt like he was back home on Felucia getting dragged about by Lerona or Odala to one of their various games. He may not have been related to any of the other padawans, but they had been family, and now the nostalgia of those little things started to come back to him.

The two of them ran between a variety of different games each requiring different skills such as accuracy, luck or strength. Golrin gave some solid efforts in the strength games but his true skill was in the games that involved agility and accuracy. Omega did quiet well in the lucky games and managed to win a stuffed animal for herself. It resembled one of the fox-dogs that would roam the plateaus and was stitched together by hand with flannel fabric and stuffed with straw. Golrin won a set of braided bracelets from one of his games and planned on giving on to Fenc and to Y/N, although Omega convinced him to give her one for her new toy which she decided to call Alul as a play on Wreckers tooka doll Lula.

After gaming for a while, the two used some credits Omega had to purchase a few snacks and watch a demonstration on the festivals story. There was dancing as part of the demonstration and as it came to an end the audience was invited to join. Omega had excitedly looked to Golrin to ask if he wanted too but the Mikkian was already standing and starting to move with the music. Omega just laughed and danced along side him, holding tight to Alul so she didn't lose him. The music was rythmic and fun and soon the two were dancing hand in hand with the other children forming circles and lines as everyone moved to the music. Omega was smiling and laughing away, and was surprised to see Golrin smile and laugh so much.