And away went the lions and the tigers so wild, and away went my beautiful clown

[peanutblooder]

WHO: hasgonehonkers and peanutblooder
WHERE: Coney Island
WHEN: Let's call it yesterday, the 16th
WARNINGS: ...Gamzee.
SUMMARY: DID YOU THINK TROLL CHILDREN WOULD STOP MAKING BAD DECISIONS? DID YOU??!
FORMAT: Paaaragraph? :D?

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[hasgonehonkers]

Gamzee slinked in shadows, disappeared before they ended and reappeared where they began again, and mostly stayed out of sight while he made sure that those who did see him weren't people he'd have to deal with before seeing Tavros. Fortunately there was no one important he'd noticed noticing him, so he'd meet his friend without blood covering his clothes again. At least, he'd meet him without blood covering him if he could find Tavros before he got even more anxious than he already was and took it out on someone else.

Murder probably wouldn't happen since even with hiding at Luna Park Gamzee would be easy enough to spot and Tavros himself was a pretty noticeable guy, but there was a chance and Gamzee's twitching was probably a good indication of that.

[peanutblooder]

The twitching encouraged most people to give Gamzee a wide berth, but for once, no one was like to bat an eye at his appearance - if anything, the greatest danger was that someone might mistake him for part of the show. The beach and many of the rides might be closed, but the park had been given over to Halloween attractions. Tourists and natives jostled to get in line for this haunted house or that performance.

Tavros had squirreled himself away in the metal framework of a decomissioned tilt-a-whirl, and anyone would have trouble finding him here. Time to use a trick he'd developed while patrolling with Redbird!

A flock of pigeons land in front of Gamzee, look up at him, and hop into arrow formation for a moment before flying off again. Just long enough to point the other troll in his friend's direction, so that Tavros can wave him over. Tense as things may have been, Tavros couldn't help but grin at the chance to show off a little.

[hasgonehonkers]

If Gamzee had not been paying attention to the flying feathery friends he suddenly found himself staring at he might have taken more notice of, and may have even liked, the creepy clowns that were crawling the circus. As it was though, he took note instead of the arrow and followed immediately.

Face a mix of expressions, wide eyed in half excitement and attentiveness with a mouth not quite forming a smile, Gamzee came closer to Tavros. Whenever he finally saw him his mouth did finally form into smile, but it quickly went back into something more serious and thin. Much as Gamzee loved seeing his best bro their last conversation hadn't gone that well and he still didn't know what to say to his friend.

[peanutblooder]

He wasn't the only one. Tavros clambered down and took a few steps into view before stopping and letting Gamzee close the distance. It was both better and worse to see Gamzee, without him talking. Better, because he could pretend that this was still his funny, not-scary friend, but worse, because that belief was fake.

Speaking of (and with) fake things, he'd been talking to Rufio about Gamzee. About everyone, really, and while he couldn't really say that confident was something he felt, he at least knew what would make Rufio most happy.

"Um, hi Gamzee. You, uh, you look like you fit right in around here."

[hasgonehonkers]

"Guess we all do. Kind of fuckin' nice in a way," his expression didn't change, but his hands twitched a little and he shifted uncomfortably, "It's good to see you again best bro."

Gamzee did not move forward for a hug or anything else that could be affectionate. The memory of hurting his friend the last time they met was a good deterrent for doing anything that could possibly have his hands in an opportune spot to bruise or break the body of his best bro. At least now the temptation he would have had before to make Tavros see things from his point of view was not as strong as it had been before.

[peanutblooder]

"You too," Tavros says with a smile that isn't forced, even though he is a little nervous.

"So, I've been thinking a lot, and I have an idea, if you'd like to hear it?" He backs up into the ride again, inviting Gamzee to follow. There is a pile of oversized stuffed animals which they can settle into for comfortable talking purposes.

[hasgonehonkers]

"Sure motherfucker, I'm always good to get my listen on for you," he said it smiling, but it was the opposite smile of Tavros's own.

Flashstepping into the ride Gamzee took his seat amongst the plushiest o stuffed animals he could. Some of these weren't as comfy to sit on as certain plushy dragons, but all things considered they were good. And they were certainly comfier than the pile of horns he had to usually sit in, made less noise too.

[peanutblooder]

Tavros followed at a more mundane pace, and carefully got into the pile, nudging and burrowing sideways so that one of his horns was buried and he could look over at Gamzee easily. This was a big benefit of a pile, even if the stuffed animals involved were not of the best quality!

"Okay. Um, so I know we've talked a lot, and the conversations have been hard but, I guess, necessary, given all the things going on. But I think that maybe, if you also think it would be good, and...uh, possible, to have bro time where we don't have conversations like that, also? Where, maybe, we are just us, for a while, without all of the other things that make it hard to be just us?"

[hasgonehonkers]

There wasn't even a half second between Tavros's suggestion and Gamzee's response.

"I'd all like that, bro. And so the motherfuck would I."

And now a genuine smile spread across Gamzee's face, probably the first one that had been there in awhile.

[peanutblooder]

"Okay. I'd hoped that you would."

Tavros grins back, and balances a small stuffed bear on his head. Thus is the agreement sealed.

"Gee, wouldn't it be convenient if, upon making such a momentous decision, regarding hanging out and having fun with each other, two bros should happen to find themselves in a place that seems basically to be made for them to do such hanging out. That seems like the kind of coincidence that a really thoughtful guy would arrange."

A really thoughtful and subtle guy, Gamzee. Here, you can have a head-teddy too.

[hasgonehonkers]

A head teddy wasn't exactly what Gamzee was expecting to get, but he accepted it with a smile all the same. He liked having a gift from his bro enough that there was a small chance he'd even decide to keep wearing the teddy after five minutes. If the bear didn't stay there he'd at least take it home later.

"Heh. You could almost all call that coincidence a motherfuckin' miracle, bro."

[peanutblooder]

Having just been goofing around, Tavros will not at all mind if Gamzee doesn't keep the stuffed animal on his head.

"I suspect that there may, in fact, be miracles all around. Fortunately, I have some time, and if you do too, we can go, and get our notice on, of them."

Sitting up, he removes a stray bit of fluff from the horn that had been buried in the pile - before long his horns are going to be too big for him to reach the ends, and are pretty awkward even now. Most of the rides are still open, in addition to the Halloween themed attractions. Let's just hope they don't go into any haunted house setups where people grab at you in the dark. Pretty much guaranteed to end poorly, that.