Fandom Pride Picnic: The Park, Post-Parade

[myownface]

The rainbow that had appeared for the parade seemed intent on sticking around for the picnic as well, and the weather seemed to be holding up nicely. The tables had been draped in tablecloths in the colours of various pride flags, and each one had a centerpiece that consisted of a vase with smaller moddable flags in it, free for the taking. Off to the side there was a ball pit, a giant inflatable rainbow slide (the kraken had been retired for the year on account of multiple instances of eldritch traumas), and other activities for people to enjoy. There were booths, there was food, and even the stage had made a reappearance this year, with a setup for karaoke if anybody was feeling daring, but plenty of room if anybody wanted to get up and play, too.

All-in-all? It was a lovely day with a brightly-coloured park open for everyone to come enjoy.

[OOC: And the picnic is good to go! Enjoy!]

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Arrive / Mingle

[myownface]

Show up! Do those things! Shuck those stiletto heels you just navigated a million stairs in! All that good stuff.

Re: Arrive / Mingle

[died8yearsago]

Arlo 2 was making another appearance in her bi-color sweater this year, because Pride still brought up a lot of convoluted, jumbled feelings for Rosa, who would rather not have any feelings at all, much less convoluted, jumbled ones.

And maybe just going to the park to watch her dumb dog run around like an idiot in a dumb little sweater made her feel a little bit better about it. So what?

Just...you know...watch your shoes, everyone. That dog still had absolutely no shame.

Re: Arrive / Mingle

[onefootoutthedoor]

Peebee had been planning on just skipping out quietly this morning, especially if the monochromatic weirdness had persisted because while it had been an interesting phenomenon at first it got a little depressing after a while.

But nah. With the color back on the island for the day, at least, it seemed like a good time to get in at least one last hurrah before heading home. Eh. She might even miss the place, but nobody had to know that.

Re: Arrive / Mingle

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante was putting his massive, fuck-you boots up on the table, actually.

Leaning back a little - supernatural grace was the only explanation for why he was still upright - and he had a plate full of delicious, unhealthy Fandom chow and he was gonna eat it, dammit.

Re: Arrive / Mingle

[imafuturist]

Tony was also keeping an eye on the super enthusiastic corgi puppy in the rainbow scarf. Because Steve got distracted by jello far too easily.

But he was there and sporting a t-shirt with the Iron Man logo in the bisexual flag colors on it to match Steve.

Re: Arrive / Mingle

[hernando_fuentes]

Hernando went to the picnic. Sparkle had been abducted by Leto for awhile so he was going to put up a plate of things to nibble on and find a seat somewhere he could people watch. It was a good day.

Re: Arrive / Mingle

[biotic_psychotic]

Jack went to the picnic because fuck yeah, free food. After piling a bunch of stuff on a plate and grabbing a drink, she found a tree on the fringes and parked her ass on the ground to watch the festivities.

Re: Arrive / Mingle

[howareyanow]

Wayne had a feeling that Katy would be particularleh interested in how his weird summer school did Pride, maybe so she could take a few notes for Letterkenny's own, but he was regretting the decision to text her a few videos and pictures almost immediately.

Because now, at nearly perfect five minute intervals, he was being bombarded with texts demanding that he get in the ball pit.

Well, y'know what, Katy? You could just go ahead and keep texting him demands until your fingers bleed, because that was definitely going to be a hard no.

Re: Arrive / Mingle

[uncertain_dume]

Look, Kanan lived across the street. It wasn't like you could have a picnic in the park in support and/or celebration of something that was important to a few of his closest friends without him showing up.

And bringing a rainbow dog. Stance didn't even need special shirts in order to be ready for Pride!

Food!

[myownface]

It is a picnic, and Sparkle did twist Hannibal's arm into providing. But he's not the only one who brought food to the table, so to speak!

Cooks, please ping in here with your offerings for folks to enjoy!

Re: Food!

[somethingwithturquoise]

There was, of course, jello from Summer. Duh. Obviously.

At this point, really, she could make her various rainbow jello recipes in her damn sleep.

There were also offerings in every color combination to represent nearly every aspect of sexuality she could pull up on Google.

Yes.

Every.

WHAT? She was bored. And once you got started on one, it wasn't like you could just stop and forget all the others, too, and who needed sleep, anyway? She'll get sleep when she was dead, Ahahahahaha, and, ohgod, what if she did forget someone? How could she forget someone? There was so much jello, you guys, so much, how did she even get all that jello down here to the park? WHO KNOWS? The great mysteries of life!

...she was going to be a little irked if it didn't get eaten, though.

There were even a few with little toothpick signs plunked into them proclaiming that they were made from NATURAL FOOD DYES, coughcough dr lecter cough cough.

Re: Food!

[sharp_man]

Arm twisted, Hannibal was here. There were (wagyu beef) hamburgers, (homemade beef and pork and not human) hotdogs, and vegetable skewers. There was an entire table of moddable extensive and occasionally outré things to put on them. There were homemade coleslaw, cucumber and watermelon salad, crudités salad with farro and pecans, shelled bean and swiss chard panzanella, quinoa salad, and pasta salad.

There were also chocolate chip cookies, honey hazelnut financiers, aniseed almond meringues, and hand pies in blueberry, lavender, and honey, blue plum, kiwi and lime, ginger lemon, apple orange, and cherry lime. All neatly arranged in a rainbow, of course.

Re: Food!

[crack_that_whip]

Trevor was pretty confused by the point of the parade, but was willing to go along with it for free food. Plus, things being back in color seemed like reason enough to celebrate.

Unless this was a trick of the island's.

That'd suck.

Games!

[myownface]

Please hold for sub-threads, and feel free to add your own if there's anything you'd like to see!

Games - The Ball Pit!

[myownface]

It's a big ol' ball pit, wide and deep enough to comfortably fit several adults at once. Of course the balls are in rainbow colours. It's a ball pit, after all.

Games - The Rainbow Slide!

[myownface]

The kraken will no doubt make a reappearance next year!

Booths!

[myownface]

For anything you might need a booth for, from manning a first-aid tent to handing out bottles of water to little flags to running a kissing booth for charity. The sky's the limit on this one. Go on and add the appropriate subthread if you have something you'd like to contribute!

Re: Booths!

[myownface]

Sparkle was still low-key hyperventilating as he parked himself at a booth giving out the rest of the flags he'd been carrying with him and more of the pamphlets he'd printed off explaining gender and sexual identities and the history of Pride.

... And handing out bottles of water and sunscreen, because dammit, wear sunscreen. Drink water. Pride heatstroke is the worst.

Holy shit, had he pulled this off?

He might have pulled this off.

Re: Booths!

[2_old_for_this]

Peter was here, with a hastily-arranged-now-that-colors-were-back show of a rainbow of flowers available for the price of a donation which would go to a selection of LGBTQIA+ charities.

There were ribbons to tie little bouquets with, and Peter would go with any colors you wanted.

He was wearing a small pink, purple, and blue ribbon himself.

Re: Booths!

[filleauloup]

As a matter of fact, Éponine did have a booth with ice buckets filled with bottles of water! Not themed water bottles or anything fancy like that, just basic store-brand stuff, but the hydration was the important part here, wasn't it?

And yes, there might have been a small stack of business cards advertising her services as the island's freelance sort of version of Postmates (delivery from restaurants across the causeway available for a slight extra charge!) because she couldn't help the part of her that was an enterprising opportunist, but at least she wasn't trying to actively draw attention to it!

Occasionally calling out to people to come and make sure they got some water, on the other hand? That was happening. And she wasn't even trying to charge for it. Her father would be appalled, and that was just fine, thank you.

The Stage!

[myownface]

Because a Pride picnic isn't complete without people rocking out to Freddie Mercury or singing about True Colours, right?

Naturally, there's a Karaoke option, here, too!

Re: The Stage!

[rebelseekspizza]

Oh god oh god oh god dibs on True Colors.

Did you know you could do punk covers of Cyndi Lauper songs on acoustic guitar? By the looks of Dante as he showed up on stage with a guitar in hand, you were about to find out.

Re: The Stage!

[sir_zapsalot]

So that guy who'd been flying over the parade earlier?

Totally up on stage now, gamely trying to get through a karaoke rendition of "Don't Stop Me Now" and flubbing a good third of the words. But hey, points for enthusiasm, maybe?

The cape had kind of a Freddie Mercury vibe to it, anyway.

[OOC: And again, for radio purposes, he's some mystery dude, not Billy.]

Other!

[myownface]

For anything else that might not quite fit in the above things, just in case. Feel free to add it here!

OOC!

[myownface]

Threaaaaaddsssssssss.

Happy Pride!