PARTY PARTY PARTY

[decommission]

CHARACTERS: Everyone!
WHERE: The streets of Concordia
WHEN: Dusk til just before dawn on DAY 040
SUMMARY: IT'S A PARADE
WARNINGS: Add them to your top levels as necessary etc etc


As from the calendar:

Confetti! It's a parade! The annual Arista Parade, to be precise. Nominally a part of Aristana, the celebration of the ribbons of life, it's a holiday who's origins are nearly forgotten. Nowadays it's a big, raucous celebration pretty dedicated much entirely to drinking and partying. Almost all those in attendance will be wearing ribbons tied around their hair, their wrists, off of their belts and the edges of their sleeves. Pull one off, and you will be rewarded with a kiss - on the cheek, usually. The parade itself showcases a number of performers, costumes, and moving art pieces. It's route covers a number of the main streets of town (which will be closed, sorry traffic), and it lasts from dusk till nearly dawn on DAY :040. Have fun, if it's your kind of scene.

From the mods:

No notable NPCs are present at the parade - at least not in any official capacity. However if anyone wants to interact with a Concordian native, feel free to make up/interact with any randos you feel like!

Feel free to use this log for all of your parade day activities!


*moving art piece not included, original characters do not steal

Comments

[greentech]

["That guy" is like the furthest thing from attractive Pidge can think of right now, which isn't that fair to him, but she's a bit drunk and she can't seem to get her head on entirely straight. That's mostly the alcohol, but some of it is the... flirting? Pidge thinks it's flirting, but she's also fourteen and she's never done this before, so she's probably panicking over nothing. She finishes her gulp of her drink and shifts from one foot to the other, trying to think of how to respond. ]

Well, I'd probably end up leveling the tower. Kinda. I mean... particle cannons and stuff.

[ She stammers and tries to correct herself. That came out wrong. ]

I wouldn't do that while you were in it! But I guess we are supposed to rescue people. And you're part of the... uh, crew. And you're... a friend. I think. I mean, we haven't known each other that long, but I'd like to think we're friends, at least for right now.

[circumspector]

[ There's that word, isn't it, friend. The one thing sometimes offered more freely that she deserves to be given, after what she's done to many of those 'friends' and the thing she cared about more than anything. The moment after betraying them that when she reached out to speak to them, there was just empty crackling silence or a vile spew of language at her that she more than deserved, she knew.

But more than a kiss on a cheek, or teasing, it makes her heart beat wildly in her chest, so loud and clear and bright. The one thing she wanted, so much, the one thing that made dying worth it, - being with them. ]

I'd like that, a lot, if you want to be my friend.

[greentech]

I - yeah! I think that'd be good!

[ There's a trace of relief in her voice for reasons she doesn't quite understand, but she's glad that it's going over well. She's felt... not exactly alone, but isolated. That's partly her fault; she's been in her room, trying and trying to figure out this world through the brute force of her computer. She hasn't made time to make friends with the rest of the Nest.

This is a good step. ]

I mean, we're in this together, right?

[circumspector]

[ She nods a nervous smile playing there - and she'd said that many times before too, so many people. I'm here for you, I'll be with you, I'm watching over you. The words had started to lose meaning, how she promised and promised and promised, and it meant nothing in the end.

It's not until this place that she got to have it in return. Got to say it and mean it. ]

Yeah, yeah we are, we can look for your parents together, too.

[greentech]

My dad and my brother, actually.

[ Katie corrects her. It's not meant to be rude. It's just not something she's specified yet. ]

My mom is back on Earth, so... she's probably safe enough. But I bet she's worried sick about me.

[ Pidge pauses. She feels a bit guilty for leaving her mom all alone, but this was something she had to do. Finding them was important. ]