Set Up: Johnny & Open
The Fantastic Four had arrived early. Reed was taking part in the ceremony and it seemed wiser to get there before the crowd did. With little to do, Johnny had found himself helping with this or that. There were leaflets to pass out, tents to help anchor, extension cords to be found, and a few last minute flower deliveries that needed to be placed somewhere.
Every once in a while one of the volunteers would break off to help with something else or just in search of a tissue. Bit by bit, everything seemed to come together and slowly, but surely more people started arriving. Johnny had expected to see a lot of unfamiliar faces but he could have done without the group of protesters.
He looked in their direction and exhaled sharply. "They couldn't give it a rest for just one day?" he groused, a bit more loudly than he'd intended.