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

[onlyanapple]

I think the very fact that I broke free changed my nature. That's how it works.

[dothelokimotion]

Does it?

Do you truly know if you are free of it?

[onlyanapple]

[Rather tellingly, Crowley hesitates. ]

Well. Hell haven't come knocking and I would have figured out they'd have found me by now. And I haven't done anything especially Hell-serving-esque for quite a long time.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki smiles ]

Because you ran and have kept on running.

[onlyanapple]

[Shut up, Loki, you don't know him, MAN!!]

I wouldn't call being kidnapped to two different dimensions really running.

[dothelokimotion]

Is it not?

You're content because you feel safe. You have no desire to go back. Perhaps that's the purpose you serve for the Atroma. To make people want to stay here instead of returning where they belong.

Perhaps you were made for that as well.

[onlyanapple]

[He'll lean back to offer a good, solid slow clap. ]

Oh wow, great deduction skills there, Loki. You finally figured me all out. That's my whole reason for being here. Did you know Atroma give me a cut of their pay for all your collective misery, too? It's great.

[dothelokimotion]

It makes sense. It's not as though you're entertaining or interesting. Have you actually done anything on the Fleet worth remembering?

Who would care if you left?

[onlyanapple]

[That hurts more than he'd like to admit, because after all this time, well- he's had a lot of people he's got close to, people who WOULD care, who would remember him. But it's been years, nearly a decade, and so many of them are long gone now- and he's nothing, not remembered at all. What was once a flood of people is now a small handful. ]

Enough of them. That's all I need. I don't need a mass of adoring fans.

[He casts a rather spiteful and pointed look at Loki. ]

I'm not that needy.

[dothelokimotion]

And yet, I am needed. My name stands the test of time.

[ He is Loki. He may not be loved, though now the tides have turned to have him admired by his people. He won't fall so quickly with that feather in his cap. And Thor has said that he wants Loki here.

What has he to fear? ]

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley snorts softly. ]

If you say so, Loki. If that shit means something to you here, then bully for you.

[dothelokimotion]

Well, it means more because I keep coming back now, don't I?

While if you're gone, you are gone for good.

[onlyanapple]

You've come back twice, I don't think it qualifies as 'keeping' coming back. There's been long gaps where you aren't here. You're about the same as anyone else here, on that front.

And yet here I am. A decade later. If you think going back home and not coming back to this shithole actually upsets me, you're wrong.

[No, he's right, but mostly because of Felix. That's a parting he's not looking forward to ever.]

[dothelokimotion]

You've already said that the forces in your world won't suffer your existence. So yes, I'm calling your bluff. The Atroma is the lesser of two evils in your life.

[onlyanapple]

[Fuck yoooooooou, Loki. He huffs. ]

Fine, it is. Is that the point of your needling? To remind me I'm going back to something worse?.

[dothelokimotion]

I'm simply imitating you and your needling.

But I have no doubt you remind yourself constantly how grateful you are to the Atroma.

[onlyanapple]

Well, yippie for us, aren't we just a Very Special Episode? Learned a lot, thanks, Loki.

I wouldn't go that far. Just glad they're less dicks than Paradisa and Hell were.

[dothelokimotion]

Close enough for you.

Are we done?

[onlyanapple]

[He gives a soft scoff, curling his lip.]

Oh, we absolutely are.

[dothelokimotion]

Good.

Next time, go play with children. They're more suited to your style of contrariness.

[onlyanapple]

Yeah, yeah, whatever you say.

[He stalks off, casually flipping Loki the bird as he goes. Good talk. ]