Welcome to the Festival of Fireflies

[lazyjustice]

Who: You! Anyone and everyone is welcome to come!
What: A Festival of Fireflies with games, food, rides and more!
Where: Genessia
When: August 15th-20th. Starting at 7pm
Warnings: Be sure to warn in your threads appropriately.


[The gates are open and the air is filled with the sound of music. Whether you're a reveler, a vendor or anything in between-- come and enjoy the festival!

The Firefly Masquerade post is here]

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[orangeoutlaw]

[gags a little]

Fine, old man I'll wait back here with the old people. Shoot me if I fall asleep.

[throws back his head and snores loudly]

[justicereigns]

[Laughs.]

Want me to carry you, grandson of Garp?

[orangeoutlaw]

Ew no. [scoots away from Smoker again.] Stop being weird. [he liked the laugh but it's warring with the mental image of being carried bridal style]

[justicereigns]

[Smirks.]

[Oh Ace, he was going to carry you upside down by the ankles, like a criminal.]

You're the one acting like a baby.

[orangeoutlaw]

Fu-- Sc-- Go to hell. [kicks in the shin] Do you want to ride the stupid coffee cups or what?

[justicereigns]

Yeah. [GRINS.]

[Stupid Portgas, stop being cute when you're petty and angry.]

But don't be a problem for everyone else.

[orangeoutlaw]

I'll do what I want. [have another kick. And he just...decides to pettily step on the back of the teen's shoe so that he almost steps out of it.

ha]

[justicereigns]

[...]

[Steps out of line.]

I'm going somewhere else.

[orangeoutlaw]

Oi...

[okay okay he doesn't actually want Smoker to leave]

Sorry about that. My bad. [hasty bow to the teen and then stepping by Smoker's side]

No I just-- Let's do something, okay? I'll be good. [a slight grin] for me.

[justicereigns]

Will you?

[Gestures towards food.]

Why were you picking on the kid?

[Walking that way.]

[orangeoutlaw]

Yeah.

[follows. Why? Well-- Revenge mostly, but he feels bad now.

He hates feeling bad]

Because I'm an ass. [sigh] Sorry, Taisa.

[justicereigns]

[Tugs him around the neck in a gruff psuedo-hug.]

So long as you know it.

I hear the junk food here is pretty good. My treat, so long as you don't break my wallet.

[orangeoutlaw]

I know...

[why was he so touchy? Ace would allow it but only because he'd messed up]

Sure... But... we can't go there, there, there, visit that guy, that lady still hates me and um...that's not a great place to go either.

1/2

[justicereigns]

[..................]

Portgas... [A growl.]

2/2

[justicereigns]

[Facepalms.]

Are you aware that most of these people are not out to get you, just trying to eke out a living? When you were growing up and couldn't just run away from one island to another, how did you ever think you were going to deal with the consequences of being recognized?

There are five cities here, but you're not going to be able to avoid everyone forever. Stop acting like what you do doesn't matter!

[orangeoutlaw]

[a shrug. He does feel a little bad about that too. Well the eking out a living thing.]

It was a big place. [and they'd had a rotation going. Sometimes it would be a year or two before they'd hit a place again.]

Anyway it matters but I'm not going to be here forever....

[justicereigns]

Pretend you're going to be here a few years. Humor me and the people who care about you.

[orangeoutlaw]

A few years? [man way to bring the mood down] There's nothing to do here for that long. I'd-- [rather die than stay but wait he does.

It's been a while since he thought about that]

Meh... well... sorry what's your point? [he lost track of it somehow]

[justicereigns]

[Dead silence.]

[Just looks at Ace.]

[This will literally go on for five minutes if Ace doesn't snap him out of it.]

[orangeoutlaw]

........

[waves a hand in front of his face]

Are you okay? Did you fall asleep or something? [pats his cheeks]

[justicereigns]

[Flicks Ace's forehead and goes to a stall to buy food and return with some for Ace.]

[....]

[No, still not speaking.]

[orangeoutlaw]

[eats solemnly watching Smoker. Maybe he broke him somehow. Marines are weird yo.

Well something will happen eventually. Omnomnom]

Tasty

[justicereigns]

[... Ugh.]

[Why rehash what's already been said.]

[Maybe Ace just lived too much in the moment.]

[And Smoker couldn't understand it.]

[Like having no ambition or goals or...]

[He doesn't want to ask if Ace is happy here or not.]

[He just grunts in response.]

Hn.

[orangeoutlaw]

[it's just not where he wants to be that's all. So why bother?]

Thanks. [sucks grease from his fingers] Now what?

[justicereigns]

[You're a pirate, Portgas, sometimes you don't get where you intended. Don't do nothing with it, that's pathetic and weak.]

What do you want to do?

I don't feel like coffee cups yet.

Rollercoaster? Or baseball throwing games? Your Gramps ever show you how to throw a baseball at least?