"Despite passing with flying colors, Konderwink still wasn't convinced he could do a good job as a diplomat. With that in mind Delta sent him to the Mushroom Kingdom, a relative ally of the RIA as it was made up of former key RIA members, so the diplomatic job should have been easier while giving Konderwink time in learning the ropes. Konderwink set off for the Mushroom Kingdom and was met with mixed views. Some members found him to be idiotic and called his speech a mere "gimmick" while others, including the MK leader Archon, liked him, finding him to be refreshing and a good representation of RIA."

You know, I used to get freaked out by fireworks...  Nowadays, I just make sure I know when they are going to be doing them to minimize any problems.  I was caught by a total surprise on the 3rd however(since our newspaper clearly said that the fireworks for the city were the 4th(which was a misprint, they meant 3rd)).  Not very pleasant for me for the first few minutes.