Pride Meeting, Groovy Tunes, Saturday Evening

[furnaceface]

Okay. So... last year's Pride event had gone so well that Jonothon had decided he was going to try to pull it all together again this year. Hell, it made him feel good to do something like this for the community- for Fandom and for the LGBTQIA2+ people who resided here.

He was also well aware that it had mostly by some miracle kind of fallen together last-minute last year thanks to some hastily assembled posters and the enthusiasm of the island's residents, and while 'a week before the parade' was fairly last-minute too, he was going to solicit as much advice, or assistance, or anything that he could possibly get in order to make this year a success as well. So, as per the poster he'd put up around town on Thursday, he was waiting at the Groovy Tunes for anybody who might want to show up and contribute, ready to guide anybody who might arrive toward the seating near the stage with bribes of coffee and a box of assorted donuts he'd picked up from J,GoB on the way.

Yeah. Okay. He could do this. Absolutely pretend that he had his shite together enough to organize something, anyway. It'd be great.

[OOC: Open!]

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Arrive/Mingle!

[furnaceface]

There's coffee and there are donuts! Feel free to help yourself, get to know one another, make yourselves comfortable in the stage area, whatever makes your hearts happy, here.

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[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan arrived and raised a hand in greeting to Jonothan. Helping himself to a donut and life-giving liquid, he asked, "How's it going so far?"

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[furnaceface]

//Well, I've got at least one more person here than I was braced for,// Jono replied, raising a hand right back. //So I'm already considering that a win. Give some thought to what you wanted to do for a fundraiser yet?//

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[spectre_alenko]

"Yeah, I was thinking of doing some sort of bake sale to benefit The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore. I, uh, can't bake all that well, but I can make rice krispie treats, and I thought those with rainbow sprinkles, or frosting, in the colors of the pride flags might go well. What do you think? Dumb idea?" Kaidan explained.

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[furnaceface]

//Brilliant idea,// Jono replied, shaking his head. //People love a bake sale, right? And th'novelty of the treats with th'flags?//

Sure, Jono couldn't buy any himself, but he could definitely encourage the hell out of it.

//Mate, I kind of love it.//

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[spectre_alenko]

"Ok, I'll put that into plan then. Do you have any idea how many people showed up last year? That'd be helpful to know how many to make," Kaidan said.

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[furnaceface]

Jono was quiet for a few moments, trying to run a tally. There were how many NPC people at the last one...?

//Several dozen, tops,// he admitted. //Small town and all that. But they're an enthusiastic several dozen. And never underestimate the ability of the students at the school to dredge up enough money to buy squares for half the population of the dorms.//

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[spectre_alenko]

"That's not too bad then," Kaidan mused, "I could do a dozen dozen, 144 of 'em, that'd be a nice round number."

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[deaddadsclub]

As a staunch ally of the community with multiple close queer friends (okay, two, she'd kind of lost touch with Joe and Walter after the whole "I'm going to be a bartender now" thing), Cristina was here. Plus, someone had to represent the health care community and make sure everyone was having safe, sane, consensual relations.

Also, she had literally nothing better to do.

She paused briefly by the donuts, trying to decide if she should leave them for people actually in the community instead of here to support it, then decided she was seriously overthinking things (what happened when you were so bored you had to spend all your time on the internet) and selected one of the smaller ones before going to find herself a seat.

And try not to stare sideways at Guy on Fire. Did he really have to be on fire all the time?

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[furnaceface]

He kind of did. Sorry, Cristina. If there was any one meeting to attend where you shouldn't get worked up about a man being flaming...

//Evening, Doctor,// he greeted, giving her a polite nod. //Good to see you here.//

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[deaddadsclub]

It wasn't Cristina's fault if Jono couldn't tell the difference between "figurative" and "literal".

"Mr. Starsmore," Cristina greeted. She had some people skills, even if she didn't usually choose to use them. "Thank you. I'm just glad to see not all the community activities involve a singing fish."

Please god, let Pride not include the singing fish.

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[furnaceface]

//... If th'fish makes an appearance at Pride, I'm lighting that nightmare creation on fire, Skywalker's obsession with th'thing be damned.//

The rest of the island would either praise him or throttle him but it would be entirely worth it.

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[deaddadsclub]

"Finally, a sensible opinion." Cristina, you once went to war over a bedazzled pager. "So what's Pride like around here? I kind of can't even imagine it."

This island didn't care about physics on a regular day.

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[furnaceface]

//Besides the absurd number of stairs, you mean?// Jono shrugged his shoulders a little. //Honestly, it's not all that different from Pride anywhere else. Smaller, maybe. Small town, small Pride. But if nothing else, it's got fewer bigoted gits handing out their 'literature,' I appreciate that. Weirdest thing that happened last year is that the island actually gave us a two-day rainbow.//

Which wasn't how weather worked. Unless you asked Ororo really nicely.

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[deaddadsclub]

Yeah, Cristina only sighed at that. At a certain point, she just kind of had to accept that her life had people on fire and two day rainbows, now.

"Well, any time you can throw out the bigots is a good time, at least. Though I think this is the first time I've heard of a small town that's more accepting than a city."

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[sharp_man]

Hannibal was naturally here. He was side-eyeing the doughnuts; even if they weren't a specialty of his, surely he could've done better. Why were you betraying him like this, Jono?

He still did his best to nod and smile at people.

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[furnaceface]

Jono glanced at the J,GoB, and then at least had the good grace to look sheepishly at Hannibal.

//Old habit,// he muttered. //M'bad.//

He was flailing about enough over the whole event that 'stop by and pick up something that was already ready to go' had been about his speed.

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[sharp_man]

"I suppose I will forgive you eventually," Hannibal said. "But I am catering the Sunday picnic."

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[furnaceface]

//I panicked,// Jono muttered, some more. //But you catering th'picnic is appreciated.//

He paused, and then added, //You know I'm still going to insist you make burgers, though.//

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[sharp_man]

"I will make burgers," Hannibal agreed. "And grilled vegetables for the vegetarians. And any number of other boring things in addition to the better ones. I will do my best to make them edible."

By his standards.

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[furnaceface]

//I have no doubt you'll blow everybody away,// Jono replied. //That is generally what it is you do, after all.//

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[sharp_man]

"I'm generally a bit more subtle than that," Hannibal murmured, smirking at him.

Coordinate!

[furnaceface]

//Right,// Jono said, once it looked like whoever was showing up... had shown up. He'd staked out a spot on the stage, sitting on the edge and looking up at the seating. //So th'plan thus far is that there'll be a parade on Saturday. Normal Pride parade fare, people are welcome to join, hand out literature or flags or candy or whatever they like. It'll follow a route that hopefully avoids th'worst of the stairs, but this is Fandom, so participants are encouraged to wear good walking shoes, or at th'very least walk with a partner who can catch them if the cobblestones don't play nicely with their heels.//

Because this was Pride. There would be heels, and they would be fierce.

//Sunday, there'll be a picnic in the park. Same idea as last year, for those who were here for last year. Food which I'll almost certainly rope my husband into making,// as though it would be at all difficult to convince Hannibal to cook, //games of... some persuasion, hopefully. I might set up a stage again this year, though unless people want to actually play, it might be limited to karaoke this time around. I'm not much of a vocalist. Booths, too. For fundraising, raising awareness of community issues, handouts... whatever people can think of.//

He spread his hands a little. //Any questions? Contributions? Suggestions? Please god somebody give me suggestions.//

Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

Who is, as usual, entirely out of his depth. Possibly. It's sometimes difficult to tell, with Jono.

OOC!

[furnaceface]

Participation in the meeting isn't mandatory for participation in next weekend's events, of course! But I figured it wouldn't hurt to throw a post up for anyone wanting an in-character chance to brainstorm, either.