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Who: Booklovers, residents and happenstance travellers
Where: Corehaven, Cepheus
When: Year 194, early fall
What: The Annual People's Faire of Lore and Learning, a.k.a. Nomus, a.k.a. That Week Where Books Are All Over The Place a.k.a. bibliowl mating season

[ if you happen to be visiting or passing through any Cephean town worth its salt this time of year, you're bound to find the main streets by the seeming flood and bustle of people and books, books, books everywhere. Tables and crates and stalls of every imaginable piece of literature that pen could set to paper, regardless of genre, length, age or origin; many rarely seeing the light of day for the rest of the year, or indeed at all. Bartering is as acceptable as payment in coin, with many a pair of well-loved tomes exchanging hands; and some owners are marked with a generous streak at this time of year, offering at times impressive spreads of the written word for no greater price than a promise of care and appreciation.

In the bigger cities the fairs extend for several blocks in all directions, in various parts of the city, open from dawn to dusk; and in the grandest of them, such as that of Corehaven, gaslight keeps some tables laid out, and opens others, throughout the night.

Flocks of bibliowls roost thickly in the eaves of buildings at this time of year, hooting cheerfully in the evenings. ]

Come on, Tide!

[And in this festival are two travelers from Delphinus. A young woman that wouldn't seem much for a traveler, and the other a young boy.]

I heard the romance stories are a block up.

[near one of the buildings with the largest number of bibliowls on it, a certain reclusive book shop owner is laying out a fine selection of tomes. every book has been laid out lovingly, in just the right position to catch the eye of passers-by or protection from the sun in case of the more delicate tomes. he's also preparing a basket for going out and perusing the other booths]

[Ceres is meandering through the arrays laid out, occasionally stopping up to pick a book that looks especially promising for a closer examination with a mischievous glint in her eyes]

[oh my gaaaaawd this is the most boring, I CHOSE THE WORST TIME TO PASS THROUGH.]

[books books yes delicious KNOWLEDGE

Red is kinda giddy as he is every time this event takes place]

*books... oh man this Delphinus trader is like a kid in a candy store*

((OOC: ....whoops meant to tag this ages ago am I too late?))