festival day!

[thespaceopera]

Who: EVERYONE
Broadcast: Up to you
Action: Everywhere in the Yadrolla system!
When: 5/30

[At last, the day has come: Festival Day! Once again, the Starstrikers have taken the trophy this year. But that doesn't mean members of other teams, or those who didn't play, can't celebrate with the rest of them!

There are parties everywhere. Ribbons, streamers, and confetti litter every major street in the system. (Remember what they say about glitter...) There is food on every block, and people cramming into shops to get in on the merch.

Don't forget about the reason for the festival-- the pet adoption drive! A large playground-type area has been set up on the Starstrikers' desert moon where people can play and interact with the lovable creatures needing new homes. Whether you're looking for companionship or just something to do, there's plenty to coo over! Every pet comes with an info card listing a fanciful name and a general description of their age and temperament. Maybe Sir Pringle the puppy or Marquess Mariana the fish can become your new best friend.

Sadly, the Fleet will be drifting in about a week... but feel free to party until then!]

Comments

[candothat]

If you do that, one of my best friends will undoubtedly leap to my defense. She's very tough and she has super powers, you don't want to fight her.

[passingthrough]

Very tough and she has powers? I guess I'll just have to let you continue being abusive to my friend then. That sounds like a lot to deal with.

[candothat]

You wouldn't have a chance against her... but I suppose I can be kinder to your friend. Just to avoid a possible conflict, I mean.

[passingthrough]

Thank you. I think that will be safest for all of us. And he deserves it. [She leans in to kiss his cheek.]

[candothat]

[Aw, she's making him feel all sappy and fuzzy. Clubs are the right place for that, right? It's a normal way to feel around attractive ladies in sexy dresses?] Thank you. I wouldn't have come here, you know, if you had not sent me such a compelling invitation, but I'm glad that I did. I missed dancing with you.

[passingthrough]

I missed it too. We should do it more often. On the nights when I'm not bartending at Malum anyway. I got a job.

[candothat]

Malum? [FAKE DISMAY.] I have a new sort-of job at the Space Bar, so I believe this makes us rivals.

[passingthrough]

Should we have a dance off?

[candothat]

Of course not, you would win.

[However many drinks in she is.]

[passingthrough]

You're going to refuse a battle just because you know you'd lose utterly? You would have made a terrible X-Man.

[candothat]

At no point have I claimed to have the tenacity necessary to be a superhero.

[passingthrough]

Oh, right, I'm supposed to build you up because you're tearing yourself down. I forgot how this worked.

[candothat]

The only thing that you're supposed to do right now is dance and enjoy yourself, and I know for a fact that you're doing at least one of those exceptionally well.

[passingthrough]

Was I hiding the enjoyment too well? [Smiling at him.]

[candothat]

Not hiding. Obscuring a little with drunkenness, maybe. [And sometimes drunk happiness is just a different kind of being miserable.]

[passingthrough]

Does everyone get this much push back on drinking? Winn did it a lot and I don't remember the lectures. [This time the happiness is just happiness.]

[candothat]

Sorry. [He does have the good graces to be sheepish.] I assume that, here, others share my motivations for drinking. This will be the last lecture, I promise.

[passingthrough]

It's okay. You personally didn't do that much of it. Just adds up. I'm not that young and irresponsible, am I? [She tilts her head.] Have you been drinking for sad reasons, Lieutenant?

[candothat]

You aren't young, and I have only ever known you to be irresponsible for good reasons. [Generally. Mostly. And she's got him there.] What did I do to deserve being called by rank?

[passingthrough]

Did you just call me old? [It was a trap! But apparently he got out of it because she kisses his cheek for the second part anyway.]

I thought it sounded cooler. Not so much? [And maybe just a touch emotionally distanced so it's almost like they are talking about someone else so maybe it will feel easier to do?]

[candothat]

Worldly. Experienced, even. [He just keeps walking into those, doesn't he? It's a good thing she doesn't take inadvertent insults seriously!]

No, no, I just thought that I was in trouble with a Fleet captain. [Mostly he was redirecting. Things are good right now with no disaster planets in the immediate vicinity and no one leaving that they know of or dying. He didn't mean to slip.]

[passingthrough]

[She barely takes direct ones to heart.]

Yeah? Wait, does that make me the boss of you somehow?

[candothat]

If we were to observe Starfleet rules, you would have the authority to assume the role of my commanding officer in my own captain's absence... so yes, I believe it does. Try not to abuse your power too badly.

[passingthrough]

How can you say that to an over achiever? Of course I want to abuse it to the maximum level of abuse.

[candothat]

How foolish of me, of course you would. It's good that I trust you to abuse your power responsibly. [Pavel that's not a thing.]