fandomtownies | Fandom Pride Parade, Sunday Noon (6/25)

Actual, literal rainbow? Still in the sky, check.

Weather, still surprisingly cooperative? Also check.

Like last year, the parade was starting up near the lighthouse and passing all the businesses on that end of the island before making its way across, past Serenity Cove and the Arms Hotel. In a slight change from last year's route, it would then take a left up Griffin Way, a right onto Black Swan Drive, then down Minotaur Lane and onto Apocalypse Avenue to loop around the park and pass Galactica Point before doubling back to the park by way of Sphinx Street and Mallard Way.

The parade even seemed to have a grand marshal's float of sorts this year: Little Bot the souped-up Roomba from the Magpie Emporium, all painted in Pride flag colors with a shoebox full of the store's resident gamer gremlins on his back, each of them waving various flags. The glittery varieties, even. (Should anyone have concerns about the gremlins biting anyone, Little Bot was carrying a dented Cypher System core rulebook in two of his servo claws just in case they got ideas, but none of them seemed remotely interested in getting off of their float anyway.)

A low-key picnic was set up in the park at the end of it all -- nothing like yesterday's festival, though the decorations over the picnic tables remained -- with some rainbow pastries courtesy of JGoB, beverages, and fruit skewers. Yes, also in rainbow colors thanks to a variety of different fruits.

You know, just so everybody had a little recovery treat after all that hiking.

[OOC: ~~Please hold for a touch of OCD~~ Threads are up, have at!]

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The festival yesterday had been fun, but it had been fun last year as well, while the parade had ended up- somewhat more difficult. But Watts was doing his best not to dwell on that too much, and just try and enjoy himself.

"Hello, Watts," Stark said as he approached. "Enjoying the weekend? All of this?"

“I am- yes,” Watts found himself answering. “It is- a lot. But yes.”

"It's different from anywhere else I've been," Stark said. "Last year was the first time I saw something like this. I like it."

“Last year was the first for me as well,” Watts said. “I’d never even dreamed that anything like this was possible. In my time this is all seen as… immoral. Deviant.”

"I've never understood that," Stark said with a sigh. "It's no one else's concern..."

“I can’t say I understand it either,” Watts said. “I much prefer the attitudes of this time.”

"It isn't like this everywhere," Stark said, thinking back to the time he'd gone to that festival with Annie and the others. "But here, on this island, no one minds who you choose to do...anything with."

Generally speaking.

“I do- try and remember that,” Watts said. “I am not always successful.”

"It can be difficult," Stark said, looking at Watts sympathetically, "remembering that things are different here than where some of us come from. Even after years."

“Steven, at least, has been nothing but patient,” Watts said. “Even as sometimes I am concerned that it is- not entirely fair to him.”

"Being patient isn't fair to him?" Stark asked. "Or something else? He seems very patient, from what I know. Or just that you worry that he has to be? It's helpful though, isn't it, having someone around who is patient with you when you need it."

“That he has to be,” Watts clarified. “I don’t care for the idea of him becoming frustrated with me.”

"He doesn't seem frustrated," Stark pointed out gently.

He seemed smitten and quite happy to be so.

"Not that I've ever seen. He says you keep him from being lost."

Watts didn’t worry about things the way Steven did, it was true. But he still did worry about that.

“I do my best,” Watts said. “I know it can be hard for him, sometimes. So I try and ease that burden however I can.”

Stark worried about most things.

"He appreciates you," Stark said. "From what I can see he's quite happy with you."

“As I am with him,” Watts said, a smitten look of his own appearing. “He is very dear to me.”

"Good," Stark said, smiling. "I'm glad you have that."

Fandom Pride Parade, Sunday Noon (6/25)

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