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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!
kadewest: (THE STORE IN THE PLACE.)

[personal profile] kadewest 2024-06-03 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Kade walks in! "Hey, what's all this?"
tallyyoungblood: (Default)

[personal profile] tallyyoungblood 2024-06-03 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Attracted by the upbeat music, Tally wanders in. She gives Dionysus a friendly wave, but her attention is caught by the boy who looks closer to her own age. He looks like an ugly, but he does have a strange sort of glow around him.

"Hi! I don't think we've met. I'm Tally."
vineleaves: (Gentle smile)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-03 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
“Tally!” Dionysus grins and waves at her as she walks in. “This is my big brother Apollo.” He turns to Apollo, “Tally’s from a few hundred years in the future. There’s still bees.” This was obviously the most important takeaway from their first conversation.
vineleaves: (Gentle smile)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-03 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
“It apparently would be June right now,” Dionysus adds, “I mean, I know everyone arrives from different months and all, but by some estimates that’s where we’d be.”
kadewest: (Default)

[personal profile] kadewest 2024-06-03 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that tracks." Kade surveys the stuff they have laid out. "Well, have fun!"
vineleaves: (Black and White Smile)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-03 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Apollo, this is Kade, he's our resident tailor. Kade, this is my big brother Apollo," he certainly doesn't look like he would be Dionysus' big brother, more like he could be his teenage son or something, but Dionysus doesn't seem to be giving that a second thought whatsoever, and says this as if it's just an extremely basic fact with no weird complications whatsoever. "Apollo's the god of Music, the Sun, Healing, Twinks, Poetry, and apparently today, Making Bracelets."

Dionysus holds up the small face painting palette he found. "I'm doing face paint if you want something. I can doodle on you if you'd like."
tallyyoungblood: (Default)

[personal profile] tallyyoungblood 2024-06-03 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, so this guy is another so-called god, and yet again a god who's chosen an ugly form for whatever reason. Utterly inexplicable! Tally's glad that Dionysus seems to remember her fondly; she winces a little thinking about how she'd broken her bubbly-making sobriety that night.

"Nice to meet you, Apollo. That's totally kind offer," she says, meaning it. Handmade items are special because they represent the time and labor put into them, especially for beings who can summon stuff. "Um, what do all the different color combinations mean? Is it a god thing?"

tallyyoungblood: (Default)

[personal profile] tallyyoungblood 2024-06-03 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"Aren't, like, 90% of people into both men and women?" Tally puzzles. Sure, weirdos like Georgia and Gideon exist, but they can't be the majority. "No, we don't have a pride... month? Is this because of Rusty discrimination stuff?"
new_inglewoodblues: (princess)

[personal profile] new_inglewoodblues 2024-06-03 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Ragnelle ignores Apollo entirely and beelines over to Dionysus' table. She looks great. The last time Dionysus saw her it was winter and she was out of sorts, her blood slow and her general feeling at being awakened one that could be generously called "pissy". Now it's spring, and her hair is rich and lustrous and full of traveler's joy, budding and green; her skin and eyes are brighter, her presence breathes growth and life and reawakening.

"What dost thou?"
Edited 2024-06-03 21:28 (UTC)
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[personal profile] temnota 2024-06-03 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Drawn by the music, Aleksander curiously poked his head into the café. Upon seeing both Apollo and Dionysus, he smiled warmly and stepped inside. "What is all this?"
vineleaves: (Silly)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-03 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Dionysus grins as she comes in. "My dear! Oh, aren't you looking radiant!" He will give her a hug and a kiss on the cheek if she allows it. "How did your little house fare through the winter? Oh, this is my big brother Apollo." That last part is said very quickly, offhanded, and without taking his eyes off her. "We have so much to catch up on! You'll have to come by my garden some time soon, I'm sure all the little baby planties would love to meet you."
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[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-03 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Dionysus brightens too, but in, you know, a figurative sense. "Apollo's making bracelets if you want one."
new_inglewoodblues: (princess)

[personal profile] new_inglewoodblues 2024-06-03 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
She does permit the hug and kiss, with an answering grin. "Thou madest me a fine bower, god. It kept me warm and well. Hast thou a garden now?"
kadewest: (MOORS.)

[personal profile] kadewest 2024-06-04 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm also, from what I can tell, your token straight guy," Kade demurs.
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[personal profile] tallyyoungblood 2024-06-04 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
"You're a Rusty, since you come from the past. And yeah, I know. That's why pretties like me all look and act the same. It has its drawbacks, but it totally created world peace." Tally sits down at the table. "What are the other flags for? Which one is for girls who only like girls?" Maybe Gideon would like one?
vineleaves: (Silly)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-04 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I am glad to hear it! And yes! I had to, now that it's spring again! I've got some grapevines, of course, but I've also got a few other vegetables and melons and such out there."
vineleaves: (Shady?)

[personal profile] vineleaves 2024-06-04 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
The 'youth and protection' thing is absolutely not why Dionysus called him the god of Twinks, but he doesn't argue, just rolls his eyes and starts casually painting a little star on the back of his hand with a purple shade from the palette.
kadewest: (Default)

[personal profile] kadewest 2024-06-04 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm good," Kade demurs again. He doesn't mean to be rude, but he can make so much nicer if he wants one.

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