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For the most part, life had been horribly dull since her arrival in Halifax. Of course her afternoon with Barrett had been quite enjoyable. The Fates had smiled on her that day in giving her not only a fun little romp, but someone who was willing to put a roof over her head as well. When she had met the Romani Drakien had also been a fun night, but aside from that...dull, dull, dull. The Cretan was not used to having so little to do with herself. Life on the ship had always been either work or fun, sometimes both. Maybe with time she could ingratiate herself into helping Barrett's business along but for the moment she was still a bit melancholy about her life being turned upside to want to jump into a different career. Getting inebriated and having sex were pretty much the only things she was enjoying at the moment but she certainly didn't want to be all over the mottled wolf 24/7. It might give him the wrong idea. Ariadne was many things, but clingy wasn't one of them.
So when her gracious landlord came into the house one day and said there was a festival being set up in the woods to the north, the dog hybrid's ears and spirits had instantly perked. A festival meant not only trading, but drunken revelries as well. Oh, she did love her drunken revelries. Unfortunately there was really nothing she could take with her for trading purposes. All Damianos had left her with were a few bottles of ouzo and a paring knife. Still, the Cretan did her best not to let this get her down and she happily gathered with Barrett and the other residents of the house to set off for the festival.
As they neared the small, tented city the scents and sounds of the place made her golden eyes sparkle with possibilities. Even if she couldn't trade like she wanted to, certainly there would be many other opportunities to take advantage of here. With a sly grin on her angular face, Ari followed Barrett, fully open to whatever this event would throw her way.
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