Parents Weekend Festival, Saturday

[shapethecentury]

Festivities in the park continued on Saturday! There were little lanterns cast all around, and all the snack offerings from the previous day had now been joined by a hot chocolate stand and a hot cider stand.

There were also some light autumn activities available.

(Please only carve pumpkins, not your fingers.)

[ooc: Open!]

Comments

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"That might not be the most convincing argument you've ever made, Harls," Pam offered. "Sometimes you just have to own it."

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

"Own what?" Harley demanded.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"That we live on a quiet backwater in the middle of nowhere," Pam said lightly.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

"What's that got to do with Baltimore bein' right there?"

She was pointing in the wrong direction. Because of course.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"Baltimore is to the north, peanut."

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

Harley tilted her head, pointing hand still in the air. "This ain't north?"

She glanced to Cass. The girl just shrugged.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"That's north," Pam said, pointing in the correct direction. "And it's the same argument as telling her you're still technically in the city because you live on the edges of the suburbs."

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

Harley made a face at her, and waved that away. "Oh, what do you know, you got a shack."

"Really?" Cass asked. "A shack? Here?"

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"Outside of Gotham," Pam clarified. "In Slaughter Swamp." She shrugged. "Here, I live above the bath shop."

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[gothamists]

Cass looked at her like she was doubting something about her. Possibly her common sense. "You're choosing to live in a shack outside of Gotham when Gotham's right there?"

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"I don't like people," Pam pointed out, again, and not unreasonably, she felt. "And I have a lot of enemies in Gotham that I'd rather not invite into my girlfriend's apartment by staying there every minute of every day."

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

Cass made an 'enh' face as to whether that counted as a valid reason.

Harley shrugged. "It ain't like Harley can't handle it."

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"Doesn't mean I want to put her in danger if I can easily avoid it," Pam pointed out, rubbing idly at her side.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

"Does she get a say in that?" Harley asked, perhaps a touch more pointedly than this situation called for.

No reason. No reason at all.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

Pam blinked. "Well, it's not like I'm hiding it from her," she said.

Just, you know. Severely underplaying some physical discomfort she may or may not currently be in.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

"I guess that's something," Harley allowed.

Not that she sounded convinced.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"I just want her to be able to relax," Pam said. And rather than leave that there for Harley to latch on to, she added, "So how have you been? I haven't seen you in a while."

A few weeks, which used to be normal for them when they were more-- skittish around each other. But it felt more notable now.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

"Me?" Harley asked, as if getting asked about was a surprise. "I've been fine. Just focusin' on the store, yanno. Did I tell you we opened again?"

That claim of 'focusing' didn't really hold true for Harley ever and certainly not right now, but whatever, leave her alone.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"No, but I saw the sign," Pam said. She smiled, wry. "You were just closed for the day when I passed by."

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

Cass was looking like there was something she kind of wanted to say.

Harley was blithely ignoring it. "Well we're open again now!" she said. "You should come on by! We got all kinds of fun new old junk around!"

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"So is this where I ask how the heist went?" Pam asked.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

"Ooh, it went great!" Harley enthused without missing a beat. "Didja know Frenchie's not half bad for a heist partner?"

She didn't even know if Pam knew who 'Frenchie' was.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

She had met him.

"I did," Pam said. Cryptically.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[totalwildcard]

"Okay, then you'll know it was a pretty sweet deal," Harley told her, nodding, feeling absolutely no need to question the cryptic any further. "We hit a lot of places."

"Yeah, that I scouted," Cass put in.

"That the kid scouted, yes," Harley agreed.

Re: Food & Drinks [PW 2025]

[joan_of_bark]

"Good job," Pam told the kid. "Sounds like you helped keep her out of trouble."