papadopoulos: (apollo: quiet sunbeams)
Lester Papadopoulos || Aρołło ☼ ♫ ([personal profile] papadopoulos) wrote2024-06-02 12:53 pm

happy pride, etc

“Uh, people were killed.”
“No one was killed at Stonewall.”
“No…body…was killed???”

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The café is looking much more colorful than it has in the past. Specifically, there are various flags draped on top of the walls – certainly it is much brighter than anything Enjolras would have cared to come up with. Directly behind the pastry case there is a rainbow flag, and scattered around there are a myriad of other pride flags. (Whatever they could scrounge up from the cupboards, basically.) There is also a small table set off to one side, with various types of beaded necklaces and colored bracelets lying atop it. There is also a small flier with descriptions and explanations of what the different flags represent. Explanations of pride in general will be freely offered, as well.

Dionysus has offered up his cd player, though instead of the same music from the party, it is playing songs from various queer artists. There’s a selection ranging from Bowie to Cole Porter to Billie Holiday, including more modern artists such as Lady Gaga, Mika, Queen, and Green Day. Apollo can be found near the music as usual; but he is currently engrossed in making more of the colored bracelets. He is seated at the table with a box full of friendship bracelet making supplies, wearing an artfully cropped version of this shirt, a hyacinth bloom set behind his ear. Dionysus is at a different table, wearing a knee-length sundress of pink, yellow, and blue stripes and one of the beaded bracelets Apollo is making, this one in yellow, white, purple, and black beads. He found a small facepainting palette with a few pride flag options and is willing to offer up his services if anyone happens to want a tiny flag on their cheek (or, well, wherever.)


Let us know if you want Apollo, Dionysus, or both for your threads!
vineleaves: (Gentle smile)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-20 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
I wish I could take you on a trip across the world to taste lots of different foods! Do you have a favorite food?
onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)

[personal profile] onthewillowsthere 2024-06-20 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Food is too different to have a favorite. I have favorite kinds of foods, he explains, very seriously. My favorite kind of cake is chocolate with vanilla ice cream. It is balanced. Laertes made it for me at Wanderers Gather.
vineleaves: (Silly)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-20 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
That IS balanced! he responds excitedly and completely sincere.
onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)

[personal profile] onthewillowsthere 2024-06-21 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
What's your favorite?
vineleaves: (Black and White Smile)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-21 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Favorite food in general is grapes. I'm predictable. Favorite cake is... he thinks this over for a moment. Strawberry cake is good.
onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)

[personal profile] onthewillowsthere 2024-06-21 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
T-r-e-s-s and L-a-e-r-t-e-s Laertes made strawberry cake for my birthday. With green tea frosting. It was fluffy and only a little sweet. Lots of people liked it.
vineleaves: (Default)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-22 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds so good! I haven't spent much time with T-r-e-s-s but she seems very nice!
onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)

[personal profile] onthewillowsthere 2024-06-22 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Her boyfriend is a rat named C-h-a-r-l-i-e.
vineleaves: (Hat)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-22 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
An actual rat, like the animal? asks the guy who was almost married to a satyr.
onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)

[personal profile] onthewillowsthere 2024-06-22 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Galahad nods. Because of magic.
vineleaves: (Waterfront)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-22 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Ohhh. That makes sense.
vineleaves: (Worried or something)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-22 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
I imagine she would. Poor dear.
onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)

[personal profile] onthewillowsthere 2024-06-22 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
She gave me the first sweet thing I ever tasted. She's very kind.
vineleaves: (Are you serious)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-22 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Dionysus stares. You never ate anything sweet before here?
onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)

[personal profile] onthewillowsthere 2024-06-23 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't allowed indulgences.
vineleaves: (Worried or something)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-23 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
That's terrible, I'm so sorry.

The thought that eating one (1) sweet thing would be considered an indulgence and not, just, normal damn behavior is so frustrating. Dionysus can't stand it.
onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)

[personal profile] onthewillowsthere 2024-06-23 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
It's different now. I sin often.
vineleaves: (Default)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-23 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Good for you! As you should!

Especially if 'sin' extends all the way to eating snackies. Seriously, what a fucked up religion.
onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)

[personal profile] onthewillowsthere 2024-06-23 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Another one of those blink-and-you-miss-it smiles. Thank you. A beat, and then he adds, Thank you for not inviting me to the orgy, though. I don't want to try that one.
vineleaves: (Default)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-23 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
They're not something everyone would enjoy.
vineleaves: (Default)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-23 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad he had fun!

Dionysus was pretty sure Claudius enjoyed it, considering, well. But it's still good to hear so from a trusted news source.

Just because he enjoyed it doesn't mean everyone would though.
onthewillowsthere: (contemplation)

[personal profile] onthewillowsthere 2024-06-23 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
Galahad nods. He's about done being Talking Guy, but he thinks he understands why Claudius likes Dionysus so much.

Thank you, he says again.

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