One thing that had caught Axel off-guard when he stepped off the boat was that everyone here was dressed up for Neewollah. Back on Ughdarras, dressing up was seen as just kind of a kid's thing. No one over settling age really did it, or if they did they put exactly zero effort into a costume. Here, clio were dressed as animals, monsters, clowns, overloridians, you name it. Axel stood out more here by not having a costume, not that he cared.
Poppy had demanded to know where his costume was, to which he offered to go as her by carrying around a coffee cup with her name on it. No one else but them would get the inside joke, but oh well. He filled the coffee cup with booze and off they went.
It was early in the night and they were on their way to a house party. Despite the early hour, it was already dark outside. Axel had made a little fire to keep them warm on their walk there, and was currently showing off for Poppy, making little shapes and stuff out of flame.