It's Amicus! [OPEN]

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Characters: Anyone from Serenity
Content: It's Amicus once again and Bydan has their celebrations prepared and ready. However, current events have put a dark cloud over the holiday.
Setting: Anywhere on Serenity or in Bydan
Time: All day during Amicus
Warnings: Paranoia? Angst? Parangstoia?

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On the deck of the Serenity

[anonymousryuuki]

Ryuuki leaned against the railing, staring up at nothing in particular.

He still remembered the feeling of triumph when the Bydan mission had finished. The satyrs had been stopped and, more importantly, everyone had survived. It was the best he had felt in a long time, a rush of excitement and accomplishment that made him understand, just a little, why Jenny tried so hard to help people.

Then he'd heard the reports about the explosion, and the section of the continent that now no longer exists.

Needless to say, though he still got everyone Amicus gifts, he didn't much feel like participating in any of the festivities yet. So he stayed on the ship instead and tried to digest everything that had happened.

Hope you don't mind. He's like a parasite with a strong jawline.

[surfaceshine]

Amicus had never really held that much interest for Dean; he didn't take many relationships seriously, and those few that he did were hardly of the sort and involving the type of people that would appreciate any kind of flower or flower-related paraphrenalia. Unless they'd started etching flowers on the sides of bullets, anyway, or maybe a good sturdy knife... In any case, it wasn't one that he'd picked up much appreciation for, and this year was really no different

I don't mind at all! :3

[anonymousryuuki]

Ryuuki looked up automatically at the word 'kiddo'...and made a face when he realized what he had just responded to.

But he was honestly glad to have company. Not that that was going to stop him from complaining.

"...not a kid, Dean." And if anyone asked, he was definitely not pouting.

*\o/*

[surfaceshine]

"Sure. Sorry. This spot taken?" The face Ryuuki pulled only made Dean's own expression take that gentle turn towards real; he neither sounded sincere in his apology, though, nor really waited to be invited into the spot he indicated with a nudge of his chin to the air. Folding his arms loosely over the top of the railing, he leaned next to Ryuuki at a companionable distance.

"How's it goin'?"

Angst, what angst? XD

[causink_trouble]

To be honest, Jenka wasn't usually a big fan of Amicus. Getting booze from people was all well and good, but all these yearly holidays really got wearing after the first hundred or so.

This year, however... Oh, this year was rather glorious. She couldn't help but appreciate the scale of the destruction - and her involvement in the preceding events with Low Key, though only tangentially related, was still damn entertaining on several levels.

All in all, she was in a far better mood than the rest of the city, and enjoying the hell out of flaunting the fact. She spent half the day walking around and basking in the city's gloomy atmosphere, and half sitting on the deck and offering to share some of her Amicus booze with her crewmates, far to cheerfully for the circumstances.

[ooc: And if anyone wants to find out more about Low Key, she'll talk. XD]

[in_the_latin]

Lord, what a day. No, make that a week. Scratch that, make that a month...months...no, his string of bad luck had been going on for years. Mal sighed as he walked back to his ship. While arrangements had been made, there was still some time left before he had to face the music. Just what would he do to fill the time?

...that's when he saw Jenka. Curious, he gave her a look, and asked, "What's got you in such a good mood?"

[causink_trouble]

"Life iz gettink interestink again!" She grinned at him. "Hazn't had a real var in a long time..."

"Or a real interrogation, for a goot few years," she added. "Hyu gots veird methods, but it did vork nizely, hmm?" Although it was more than just the captain's strange methods that made her sound so cheerful when she thought about it.

[in_the_latin]

Great. The continent was falling apart around their ears and all she could do was clap her hands and squeal. What the hell did he expect, though? She was a jager. Getting mad at her for this would be like getting mad at the cat for eating the canary. The only one he had seen with more brains than bloodlust was Dimo, and even his smarts were hit or miss.

"Just be careful not to spread around too much of that good cheer," he sighed. "I can't think of anybody 'round here who'd like a war as much as you."

Badou and Hiyori, around Bydan.

[gimme_smokes]

Despite the news of the explosion at Hegua Lake, Badou had still taken himself off Serenity and into Bydan. He had arranged with Hiyori earlier in the day to meet up near the festivities, but before that, he needed to stock up on cigarettes and buy her a gift

[fanged_brat]

Hiyori took her time. She wasn't going to rush out just for Badou's benefit -- she wasn't that type of person. Instead, she waited until she was at the point of standing him up and then strolled up, looking as sullen as ever. Her pigtails were neat and her scowl was in place and, as Badou may or may not notice, she hadn't gone to any lengths to pretty herself up, despite knowing that it was Amicus.

Well, she wasn't going to make an effort, was she?

[gimme_smokes]

By the time Hiyori showed up, Badou was taking the last drag of his thrid cigarette. After smoking it almost down to the filter, he dropped the end to the floor and crushed it with the boot of his toe as he exhaled. In all honesty, the fact that Hiyori had taken her time did nothing to calm his nerves. If it came down to it, if she stood him him up, he could just bail and act like it was no big deal. Still, now he was out here, he'd rather stick to his guns.

As he looked up from stubbing out his final cigarette, he saw her sullen stroll up to him and he felt a mixture of relief and anxiety. Well, she'd showed. That was good. And it wasn't like he was expected her to show up in a pretty dress with a grin slapped on her face. He'd have been more likely to run away from that than her almost default scowl.

He straightened up and offered her a smile as she walked to meet him. "Hey. You came."

He smiled a little more and, choosing not to beat around the bush, extended the hand carrying the bouquet of roses for her, "Uh. Happy Amicus,

[fanged_brat]

She looked at him as though he was stupid. Captain Obvious is clearly in command of a pirate ship and wears an eye patch.

"Of course I did, idi--"

Then she caught sight of the flowers. He'd got her flowers. What a soppy, romantic idiot. Who said this was going to be a date anyway? She sure as hell didn't. Still, she stopped, surprised, and coloured instantly.