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paxnarrator ([info]paxnarrator) wrote in [info]paxletalelogs,
@ 2017-06-12 09:11:00

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Entry tags:eris, event post, loki, mod post, pan, xochipilli

we r who we r
Who:​ EVERYONE.
What:​ ​LA Pride march.
Where:​ Hollywood Boulevard.
When:​ Sunday, March 11.
Notes: Hey guys! Sorry this is going up a day late; LA Pride switched from a parade to a march, so I wanted to wait to get some details (and also just to make sure nothing happened, just with the way our political and social climate has been going) to do this event right and make sure it would work for our purposes. The atmosphere still seems to have been one of celebration, and I think we're good to move forward with this idea! So feel free to have your characters dip in wherever, please remember to label where your characters are located (we're focusing on Hollywood Blvd, which means they could be standing on the starwalk, outside the chinese theater, closer to one of the ridic museums or restaurants around there, etc.) along with a timestamp if at all possible, label if you're expecting a certain character to join yours in the thread, and also please ask before joining a thread that contains two or more characters (unless it's been preplanned, ofc!). As always, even though this event is backdated, you can take your time writing out any planned -- or unplanned -- threads. And yeah! Any other questions, please direct toward the mod email.




Rainbow colored flags flapped in the afternoon hours of Sunday, moving in wind that swerved over the heads of ten thousand marchers moving up the iconic Hollywood Boulevard past the Chinese Theater that had seen starlets and producers and the Starwalk that immortalized those who had lived and died for the entertainment of others. The marchers had a far more political mindset, holding signs that read #RESIST and Trump OR Truth! They were an eclectic lot; some shirtless or pantsless, instead opting for chaps or booty shorts, some with fairy wings, most dressed in the colors of the day as they moved as one giant mass united by an idealistic world that they wanted to make reality.

Supporters and protesters alike lined the streets, separated by armed and vested police officers. Wesboro Baptist Church attendees screamed into a microphone, hurling abuse at the protesters, who mostly ignored the insults and marched on, holding their signs proudly toward the sky. Those who chose not to partake in the march watched from the sidewalk, saluting with peace signs, drinks, weed, and anything else that came to hand. Palm trees waved in the slight breeze of the hot day, the sun beating down and giving little relief to those who were prostrating themselves beneath its rays, but there were smiles, laughter, and music aplenty to keep the spirits of the attendees of the LA Pride #ResistMarch afloat.


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Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]nishka
2017-06-12 02:52 pm UTC (link)
“Come on, Nish,” Jen prodded, pulling the other woman by the hand with her through the crowd. Nish had been reluctant to even leave her apartment today, but after much cajoling, she’d managed to at least get her to agree to a short outing. ‘Just to make an appearance’, though she didn’t at all feel up to being in a massive crowd of people today. Jen had finally won her over with the ‘this only happens once a year’ argument, and promises of a quiet evening at home later.

So the two had dressed for the occasion, Jen wearing a string bikini top and jean short shorts, every inch her face, stomach, arms and back slathered with glitter gel. Nish had opted for a tank top and shorts, but consented to Jen painting glittery rainbows on her cheeks and rub some of the glittery gel across her exposed stomach, even though she still wasn’t quite in the mood for a party. Still, Jen had insisted that just going through the motions of happiness would improve her mood, and Nish had to admit that she was right.

Jen stopped abruptly in the middle of the sidewalk, grinning down at their feet and then rounding on Nish, lacing her arms around her shoulders and pulling her close. Nish’s arms wrapped reflexively around Jen’s bare waist, smiling softly and pulling her to her for a kiss. “See where we are?” Jen murmured against her lips. Nish’s brows rose and she looked around, but then Jen pointed to the ground beneath them, to the star with ‘Elton John’ etched into it. That finally got a laugh out of her and she kissed her again. “Okay fine, this is kind of fun,” she admitted grudgingly, a grin spreading across her lips.

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]xochipilli
2017-06-12 05:09 pm UTC (link)
Two forms emerged from the crowd, one glancing continuously at the marchers passing by; Gabe raised his free hand to wag fingers in Nish's direction, a shirtless Eshan drawn forward as he kept looking out over the protesting crowd. Gabe was dressed in a rainbow Hawaiian button up shirt, khaki pants and sandals completing the ensemble. A rainbow headband was tied around his forehead; in contrast, Eshan was free of most clothing, with the exception of blue, yellow, and pink boardshorts. He glanced at Gabe as he turned back, muttering something about one of the signs, pulling Gabe's attention away for a moment as he turned to catch it. He laughed; overall, the dampening mood within Pax Letale seemed to have not affected him at all, or at least he was putting on a good show of pretending it didn't. He drew closer to where Jen and Nish were standing.

"Hey," he had to slightly shout, his voice lowering as they came within closer proximity. "I saw you say you were gonna show up here, but we never got around to details of where and when. Kinda amazed I found anyone I recognized here. Uh, Eshan, this is my neighbor Nish, and this is...?" He motioned at Jen, waiting for either her or Nish to introduce themselves.

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]nishka
2017-06-12 05:36 pm UTC (link)
Nish spotted them first, only because Gabe was the only familiar face so far in the massive press of bodies around them. “Hi Gabe,” she greeted, pulling away from Jen and smiling at Eshan.

“Jen,” her companion introduced herself with a big smile, reaching forward to shake both of their hands. “I’m the one who had to drag this one out from under her dark cloud and force her to come out and have some fun,” she said with a grin and an elbow to Nish’s ribs. Nish rolled her eyes, though there was a smile on her face.

“Alright, you were right. Happy?” she chided, then turned her eyes back on Gabe as Jen shot her a satisfied smile. “I haven’t seen anyone else we know yet, but then it’s kind of a big crowd,” she said with a chuckle and a glance around them.

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]xochipilli
2017-06-13 02:47 pm UTC (link)
"I think someone said upward of ten thousand were expected?" Eshan offered, drawing his hand back after shaking Jen's. "So, hah, yeah, if you guys were hoping to meet up with anyone else, I think walkie-talkies or something might've been in order."

"Or, you know, there's cell phones," Gabe chided gently, causing Eshan to roll his eyes albeit while smiling.

"You're the last person I'd be expecting to hear that correction from, babe," he teased back, leaning forward to press a kiss to Gabe's temple. Gabe shook his head, turning the conversation back to their companions. A hand reached up to adjust his glasses.

"So how long have you guys been here? Looks like the march is going strong, or we can see what else is happening." He glanced between the brunette and the blond, making no comment (verbally or physically) about the fact that Nish seemed to have moved on fairly quickly after the break up with Rafe; part of him wondered if this woman was part of the reason for their rift, but it wasn't his business. All of this, of course, merely served to bring the man into his thoughts again, though the smile pressed to his face revealed nothing to those present. He just hoped that Rafe was taking care of himself.

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]nishka
2017-06-13 05:43 pm UTC (link)
Nish’s eyebrows rose just a little when Eshan estimated the crowd. Lately she’d been feeling less inclined to be around people, but she’d agreed to come to this because Jen wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer. But now, the idea of being in a sea of that many people made her want nothing more than to go home and curl up with Bear and have a nap.

“We just got here, actually,” Nish said in answer, “we parked like, ten blocks away and walked ‘cause everything’s blocked off anywhere near here. I was actually thinking about finding a vendor with something cold to drink,” she said, glancing around them but not spotting anything immediately obvious like a lemonade stand or a hotdog truck that sells pop.

“I thought I saw something back the way we came,” Jen said, looking past the small group down the crowded sidewalk. “We could follow the parade until we find something?” Nish shrugged and looked to Gabe to see what they wanted to do. There was no reason why the two men had to follow them, but it was nice to hang out with people she knew.

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]xochipilli
2017-06-13 05:57 pm UTC (link)
"Ah yeah, we took public transit, which..." Eshan grinned. "I would not recommend. There was a homeless guy on that bus who had not bathed in weeks."

Gabe poked him in the side, sliding a hand over the small of his boyfriend's back before ushering them all to start walking, as well as they could, through the throng of people. "We came down Hollywood, there was a small churro truck a little ways back with some water bottles, I think, if they're still there," he mentioned. The march was headed in that direction anyway, so they'd be following the various signs and protestors as they moved.

"This is a huge turnout compared to last year," Gabe commented as they looked out over the crowd.

"Given the political climate, it's not that surprising," Eshan replied. Gabe caught his hand, squeezing.

"Not at all," he replied, glancing at Nish and Jen. "So how'd you two meet? Obviously you're getting out of the complex more than was implied earlier," he tried on teasingly, a smile moving around one corner of his mouth.

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]nishka
2017-06-13 06:21 pm UTC (link)
Nish chuckled slightly, “I guess,” she said, turning a smile on Gabe. “We actually met at a painting class...I thought I should try getting some instruction, and I ended up sitting next to her,” she said, now smiling at Jen, who playfully bumped shoulders with her.

“We bonded over Big Bang Theory and Bob Ross videos,” Jen laughed. “I think I kind of threw myself at her, actually.” Nish laughed and rolled her eyes.

“You did not, you liar,” she said with a grin, turning her attention back to Gabe. “So what about you guys? I don’t really know much about you,” she said, shifting her eyes to direct the comment to Eshan.

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]xochipilli
2017-06-13 06:40 pm UTC (link)
Eshan looped an arm around Gabe's neck, pulling the slightly shorter man into his taller, lanky body. "Movie set. This one's a regular celeb--"

"Screenwriter," Gabe corrected, rolling his eyes. "Eshan's a camera grip, and I, ah, was having some words with the director."

"When they were done fighting, I came over to tell him I thought his ideas were better," Eshan grinned, and Gabe's hand came up to hook around Eshan's wrist. "He asked me out for coffee so we could talk about them, ah, a little more privately."

"You make it sound illegal," Gabe snorted, hipchecking the taller man. Eshan laughed, his arm loosening to take Gabe's hand once more. "He's been in Texas for the last few months, shooting on another film, while I've been here. Long distance sucks, but we've made it work."

"The key is sexting and getting really good at phone sex," Eshan leaned over to whisper roughly, pulling red cheeks and a slightly embarrassed laugh out of Gabe. "Oh, come on, it goes with being a writer, doesn't it?"

"No, I would definitely say it does not, necessarily, though I guess I've got a back up career should I need it... Anyway, a painting class, huh?" He deftly switched topics, the burning in his cheeks subsiding. He turned the focus back on the other party. "That's great. I'm glad you're keeping up with that, Nish. So when are you going to invite me to a showing?"

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]nishka
2017-06-13 07:12 pm UTC (link)
At the mention of sexting and phone sex, Jen immediately started to laugh and Nish grinned, though she tried not to be as obvious about it for Gabe’s sake. “We should definitely do that, Nish,” Jen said, grabbing her glittering arm playfully.

“Why, when I can have the real thing whenever I want?” Nish asked with just as much playfulness.

“Role-play! We can pretend that you’re away on business or something…”

“Not that kind of job, Jen,”

“Just pretend…” Nish shook her head and grinned, rolling her eyes at Gabe to share her amusement. His question brought out a look of alarm though.

“Ohh god, I’m not planning anything like that,” she protested, “it’s just a class, learning technique, getting feedback…”

“...copying Bob Ross paintings,” Jen added at the end with a smirk. Nish chuckled.

“At least we have better hair.”

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]xochipilli
2017-06-14 06:10 pm UTC (link)
Eshan barked a laugh, and Gabe shook his head.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to shove you into anything. It was only a joke," he carefully reassured one half of their companions. "Bob Ross has a lot to teach us, especially about the trees. I think he was a tree whisperer, in some respects."

"Maybe he was a bender, just of paint; the avatar in our world," Eshan commented, looking back over his shoulder as he was carefully pushing his way through another part of the crowd. Before he could continue in his particular vein of conversation. "Hey, I think I see the truck!" He pointed, which amounted to little more than through and over the heads of more of the crowd, but something like an umbrella was visible in the distance. Gabe motioned for Nish and Jen to stick close as they started to weave more purposefully through the crowd.

And then, a brief five minutes later, they were there, standing at the edge of a semi-long line of like-minded march goers who were all waiting for water bottles.

"Looks like it's cash only," Gabe commented, quickly taking up a spot in line. "We can always go for lunch, once we're done here?" He glanced at Eshan, who nodded, then back over to Nish and Jen. "Get something a little more substantial than sugar and water."

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]nishka
2017-06-16 07:51 pm UTC (link)
Nish was nodding too, somewhat too eager to get out of the massive crowd of people. “Lunch sounds like a great idea, though who knows if we could even get a table down here. I could definitely use some sugar in the meantime,” she added, pulling out a thin fold of bills from her back pocket as they waited in line, while at the same time Jen slipped her credit card back into her only functional pocket.

“I could eat,” Jen chimed in with a nod. “We could follow the parade and just...duck out when we find a place with food?” She paused, distracted by a group of women walking by wearing nothing but strategically placed rainbows that made her raise her eyebrows holding up signs that say ‘LOVE TRUMPS HATE’. Nish followed her eyes and then sighed.

“We should have brought signs or something,” she said regretfully. Jen elbowed her as the line moved forward a few steps.

“You didn’t even want to come,” she reminded her. Nish rolled her eyes, but smiled.

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]xochipilli
2017-06-18 05:43 pm UTC (link)
"There's an LBTQ center around here somewhere," Gabe offered. "Maybe they've got extras. But if you guys are gonna wander off into the march, we'll have to part ways; this is already incredibly overwhelming," he continued, offering a laugh to calm his words.

"Yeah, we were just going to see what was happening; not gonna lie, I'm a little bummed they didn't do a parade this year, but, all the same, it's understandable why," Eshan added, opening his mouth to say something more before he was interrupted. A girl with bright pink hair, being semi-pushed by a boy with livid orange hair, moved between them.

"Uh, excuse me?" The girl was holding out a sharpie and her sign, focusing on Gabe. "Are you Gabriel Bautista? You wrote Lizard Eye?"

Gabe glanced at Eshan, clear surprise on his face, before he suddenly switched to a more extroverted version of himself. "Yeah, hi, I'm surprised you picked me out of everyone--"

"Trevor did, I'm too short," the girl replied, her face reddening massively. She held out the pen with a trembling grasp. "Would you...?"

"Of course; what's your name?"

"Lindsey," she somewhat whispered, and Gabe signed the offered sign with a flourish. Then he offered both back to the girl, who took them after some hesitation, as though she was not worthy of touching them after he had.

"Do you want a picture?"

"Oh, no, no no no, I think...we've already interrupted--"

Trevor stepped in, wrapping an arm around Lindsey's shoulders. "Sorry, she just loves your stuff, and we had no idea we'd see someone here. Not like, well, maybe Brad Pitt or Gwenyth Paltrow or something like that, but yeah. Say thanks, Lindsey." She nodded, and started to shuffle backward into the crowd. They were soon gone as quickly as they'd come. Eshan started laughing, wrapping an arm around Gabe's shoulders as Gabe hid his face between his hands. Then he turned back to Jen and Nish, his own embarrassment clear even as other people around them were glancing at them, trying to comprehend what had happened.

"I swear, that never happens," he said, "so of course, today of all days..."

"He's not really lying," Eshan added. "I think this is the second time he's been recognized, at least when I've been around him. And you definitely didn't have time to set up a plant, did you, babe?" Gabe gave him a little shove, though he was grinning ear to ear. His glasses went askew on his face, and he moved to quickly readjust them.

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Re: Nish&Jen / Gabe&Eshan
[info]nishka
2017-06-20 08:09 pm UTC (link)
Jen was too busy gaping at Gabe to listen to much of the playful banter between the two men. You’re Gabriel Bautista?” she asked incredulously, a look of new respect and admiration on her features. “Nish, you didn’t tell me you were connected!”

“I’m…not…” she replied, at a loss for words. She wasn’t familiar with Gabe’s work, but obviously Jen was and was slightly in awe of him now. She caught Gabe’s eye and raised both eyebrows, a slightly amused smile on her lips. She knew of course that he was a writer, but she hadn’t expected this. Obviously, neither had he.

“You know what,” Nish said to shift attention away from Gabe who seemed to be growing more embarrassed by the second. “I think I’d rather eat than march,” she decided aloud, tilting her head to indicate they should keep walking. “I’m not really in the mood for a big crowd either. Jen looked as if she wanted to excitedly ask Gabe something but Nish pulled her away by linking her arm in hers and tugging her down the sidewalk towards what looked like a restaurant not far away.

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BB/Vinnie -- arriving -- 1:30 P.M.
[info]eristic
2017-06-13 02:35 pm UTC (link)
Dressed in a poofy rainbow skirt accented with a white tank top, rainbow eyelashes and socks up to her thighs (white vans on her feet), BB bounced out of her and Vinnie's shared Lyft (spurning Uber for their current mess of sexual harassment lawsuits) and nearly into a small crowd lingering at the periphery of the march. In truth, it was a far periphery, most streets closed off due to the festivities, and even then traffic and lingering pedestrians closing the area down more effectively than rush hour. Her fingers still wrapped around one edge of the vehicle's door frame, she waited for Vinnie to exit as well, already outlining a plan of how they were going to get through the crowd and toward the march.

"OK, so we're on Fountain, we need to get up past Sunset; think maybe just a straight shot? OR we could always go down and swing by the LGBT center on Schrader, what do you think? You think anyone else made it out here? Damn we should've, like, brought a bullhorn or something," she ended with, dancing lightly from foot to foot as a nearby boombox pounded out Lady Gaga's Born This Way.

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[info]literallyhorny
2017-06-14 01:56 pm UTC (link)
In comparison Vinnie might look subdued, even wearing a pair of burnt orange skinny jeans and a vibrant yellow shirt. But a body would have to ignore the rainbow flower crown perched on his head, or the blue, pink, and purple converse on his feet. And then there's the tube of extremely pink glitter he'd shoved into a front pocket on their way out the door.

That's for after they're out of this dude's car; Vinnie paused to thank him and wish him luck before following BB, a grin splitting his face because she was already going a mile a minute. "BB, I promise you that we will each find someone today. We might not know 'em right now, but we will by tomorrow." He slid the tube of glitter into his hand and lifted it in silent offer. "Lady's choice, I'm not picky."

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[info]eristic
2017-06-14 06:20 pm UTC (link)
BB made an 'ooo' sound, plucking the glitter from Vinnie's grip without asking.

"On me or on you?" She asked, undoing the cap without a second thought and immediately beginning to apply it to Vinnie's face; football player-esque lines underneath each heavily-lashed eye, followed by swirls that moved over his cheeks to his chin. One hand tapped a finger under said chin to get him to look up toward the expansive blue and white cloud dotted sky, drawing more swirls over one side of his neck.

"All right, I think we should just head up Fountain and hit Hollywood itself, see if there's an entrance for the march there. Anyone else we should be on the lookout for?" Then a thought struck her, making a little gasp pop out of her mouth. She stepped back dramatically. "Vinnie. We didn't bring any signs." BB had been so wrapped up in putting together her outfit that she'd completely missed the opportunity to make a funny but politically charged sign that would vomit her feelings on all issues onto everyone around her.

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[info]literallyhorny
2017-06-15 05:54 pm UTC (link)
"You, me, anybody that needs a little sparkle in their life. Should be enough left over for a couple glitter bombs." The mischief that turned his last sentence into a sing-song birthed also an impish grin that split his face wide enough to force his eyes closed. He kept them thus even after the flash smile faded, only opening them when she silently (for once) urged his chin up.

Fighting the urge to sneeze as he stared up at the picturesque sky, his first response was a shrug. "I'unno. One person said they might come with a friend, and someone else said he'd bring his Texas boyfriend. And what is with all the Texans lately, anyway? I did not escape Laredo as a child just for it to follo--What?!" His chin jerked down when she gasped, posture going from relaxed to tense in a second. "Oh fuck we did forget," he breathed, patting at his pockets as though somehow posterboard and markers would appear. "Crap. Um. Let's go up Fountain like you said, and we'll see if we can spot a shop or something on the way. Sound good?"

He punctuated the question by holding a hand out to her.

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[info]eristic
2017-06-18 05:33 pm UTC (link)
She grabbed his hand, stopping, dropping it for a moment as she remembered to cap the glitter pen, and slid it into her waistband before grabbing his hand again and beginning to drag him off into the crowd and down the street she'd described.

"Some places tend to stick to you," she commented on the idea of Texans suddenly encroaching on California. It wasn't that long ago that Alice had suddenly decided to follow her to L.A., and then Gus. Before she knew it, her other sibling might join in, and then what was the point of moving away. She grinned over her shoulder at him. "It can't be all that bad. I've never been to Texas, though, and, I gotta say, that place does not have a nice reputation."

Together, hand in hand, they moved through the crowd, around a corner and down a street toward Fountain in the distance.

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[info]literallyhorny
2017-06-22 07:15 pm UTC (link)
"Honestly you'd have to ask my aunt about Texas, she's the one who grew up there. Me, she moved outta there with when I was like an infant." Because of his father; Vinnie's never been given the entire story, but he knows that Vidal kept harassing her until she had to leave town.

But that isn't a story appropriate for the day, so he just answered BB's smile with a matching one of his own. "I would much rather New York stick with me," he answered, almost skipping as the two of them wove their way through the crowd. "Property values might go down, but who cares about that who actually matters?"

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[info]eristic
2017-06-23 11:33 am UTC (link)
Brittany laughed, the sound coinciding with a squeeze of her hand. "Never been, but my friend Alice went to school there. I jetpacked the fuck out of D.C. as soon as I could, and from what I hear, that place is definitely way outside my pocketbook now." Of course, California wasn't exactly a walk in the park financially, but she was making due, and that was all that mattered.

"If it's so special, why'd you move all the way across the country? Some might think you were trying to escape." They threaded through another crowd, BB keeping a tight grip on her friend so as not to lose her semi-captive audience. They rounded the corner onto Fountain, and started making their way up through more and more tightly clustered groups of people.

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[info]literallyhorny
2017-06-26 08:40 pm UTC (link)
Her laugh was echoed with one of his own, mostly at the thought of NYC being anything approaching affordable. "And you think it was in mine? Girl, I moved there with a buncha musicians and theater geeks; an apartment the size of mine, we'd have packed in two to four of us! Kinda weird having it to myself," he admitted, a little more quietly.

And then he died. Not literally, but for a brief second Vinnie could swear he felt his heart stop. In the second after, he gave silent thanks that she probably couldn't feel his pulse through his palm, and that they were both busy winding their way through the crowd without losing one another. It gave him a few moments to gather his thoughts so he could.. not lie, but decide what truth to tell her. The next time they paused, he squeezed her hand before leaning up to speak softly in her ear. "The city was making me sick. Like, really sick."

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[info]eristic
2017-06-27 12:28 pm UTC (link)
"Cities are pretty gross," she absentmindedly agreed, not hearing the full force of his admission. She tugged him toward the LGBTQ building, which had all but erupted in rainbow banners, tables laid out in the front offering pamphlets about STD testing programs, medical assistance, marriage counseling, and more. "I mean, I think the rate of shit I've seen on the streets in L.A. doubled in recent weeks. You think it's that hard to find a toilet?"

They came to a stop in front of one table, where a stack of laminated signs announcing "LOVE WINS" in large, bold letters were on offer. BB's hand unlaced from Vinnie's, offering him a sign in return. Seeing his face, she quieted a little, though the energy that always pumped around her did not truly abate. "So... Did moving out here make you feel better? Did you, I dunno, see a doctor or something?" Signs in hand, she grabbed Vinnie once more and dragged him toward Hollywood Blvd and the march.

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[info]literallyhorny
2017-07-12 08:40 pm UTC (link)
"Dude, I don't even know," came his answer, Vinnie's face scrunched up in disgust as she dragged him like a rag doll because ew. It didn't surprise him that people acted like rabid animals, he'd spent far too much time in customer service for that, but come on.

He muttered a thanks when BB handed him a sign for his suddenly empty hand, beginning to muster up one of his dazzling smiles when she asked if he were ok. The expression hangs, half-formed, before it softened. "Yeah, I'm ok. I feel better than I have in years," he answered, hoping it would reassure her. It was even the truth, to an extent; he did feel great, better every day. But the doctors he'd gone to in New York never did figure out why he'd started getting sick, and the possibility of remission felt like the sword of Damocles.

Vinnie hummed a snatch of the song, interrupting himself with a laugh as be found himself snatched and grabbed once more. "You wore out a lot of dolls as a kid, didn't you?"

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[info]eristic
2017-07-14 12:50 pm UTC (link)
BB grinned back at him, the sign in one hand, Vinnie in the other.

"Oh, you have no idea," she replied, ducking under a large, shirtless man who was painted a rainbow of colors. "Chopped off all their hair and made Mad Max style stuff before Charlize Theron made it cool for girls. Not that I'm complaining.

"But c'mon, we're already late," she chided him, pulling him deeper into the crowds and the march to be quickly lost among the throng.

[[ ooc: ok for a close? ]]

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BB/Vinnie -- arriving --COMPLETE
[info]literallyhorny
2017-07-20 01:40 pm UTC (link)
[ooc: sounds good!]

"Man, you're making me wish I had a sister growing up," he said, as though his nicknames for his aunt don't usually translate to some variation of 'sis'. The shirtless man got a second glance, but only long enough for Vinnie to flash him a bright smile. "Quit that shit."

His laughter rang out as the crowd began to press in, hanging in the air a second after they'd both been swallowed in a sea of glitter and vibrant lives.

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