Open Social Rainboh Pride Festival

It was that time of year for the Rainboh Pride Festival on the planet known aptly named 'Rainboh'. Rainboh was a planet in the Hapes Cluster that's sky is rainbows, it's terrian is rainbows, and has rainbows in the sky frequently. The jovial native Jeby, which also have rainbow colored skin on them, has invited the galaxy to celebrate in this event. This event is getting more and more traction with the rest of the galaxy, a celebration about love, where anyone can be themselves and be take pride in that. People and species from all over are coming to the event. There would be drinks, games, fun and everything in the city's central square. There would also be a parade.

The festival starts at night time, and it's time. Aden Archer would be dressed wearing casual clothing he has arrived to the central square and would see what this is all about.

OOC: Social for anyone who wants to join. Have fun.

Ezra had let Dash down virtually every single time his boyfriend asked him to dress up for something. However, Dash never gave him much grief about it. The Rhinnalian had very sweetly requested a dress up for this event - one he only knew about because his dad gushed about it every year. Ezra was about as neutral towards it as his Pops, but like Emryc, Ezra would entertain it for his love.

The part Sephi stepped out of their speeder, feeling far too naked. He was finally buff enough to feel comfortable showing off his body. Today he decided to go with the theme of eccentric, sporting nothing but a leather jacket and jeans, along with a bandana across his neck. He wore rainbow tinted shades so he couldn’t be picked out of a crowd as easily.

Dash looked hot, as usual, and Ezra’s eyes found themselves once again lingering on that shapely ass. However, he rolled his eyes at the wings - the stupid things tickled his nose in the speeder and caused a sneezing fit.

“You’ve been on about this for months..” Ezra said as they walked towards the massive crowds. He wore EZPods with the aural dampeners enabled to curb the loud noise. Already he was displeased by how many people were crawling all over the place. A few bare arms brushed against his and he was instantly repulsed, “People are sweating on me!” He practically hissed as he quickly shuffled over next to his boyfriend.

@Alhon

Maya strolled through the festival with a drink in one hand, and a huge slice of watermelon soaked in some sort of alcohol in the other. Kalki, her roommate, had vanished into a tent that had been far too small for her to follow, so for now she had to manage by herself. Maya was sure she would track her down soon enough, her favorite band were due to perform in a bit, and the little Chadra-fan knew that the only way she was going to get a view of the performance was atop Maya's shoulders. And she didn't mind, she was here today because of her roommate allowing her to crash on the floor of her cheap hotel room. All her savings from serving tables, and driving spubers had just been enough to buy the cheapest return tickets to Rainboh, leaving nothing to cover food and lodging. And if that wasn't enough, Kalki had also helped sort out her outfit.

A top she wore at the gym, and a pair of old jeans she had cut short with her own hands, would not have made something that would work for such a party, not without making her look as basic as her own mother. But Kalki had managed to steal a bed-sheet from their neighbor and sown it into a kimono, creating an ensemble that Maya actually felt comfortable wearing to the festival.

So while she patiently waited for the Chadra-fan to return, she wandered around, enjoying herself in her absence. The packed crowd didn't bother her, though walking with her drink and fruit was a little difficult. So as she backed her way between two bodies, spilling a bit of her drink on one, and smacking her fruit against the other, she let out a sigh of relief as she thought that she was through the worst of the crowd. That was till she ran straight into another gathering, and slapped a figure in gold and blue right in the arm with her watermelon (@Altaris).

"Oh fuck," she exclaimed, "sorry about that dude. Hard to keep track of this thing with all these people, didn't expect them to give me such a big slice for just two credits." She chuckled, waving the watermelon in front of her face before proceeding to take a bite, completely ignoring the fact that she had smacked more than one person with it in just the last minute or so. It was pretty obviously not at her first bite, just as the red cup in her hand didn't contain her first drink, the happy buzz she was enjoying very obvious on her face and in her tone.

"Neat outfits," she greeted the rest of the group with gold-and-blue, taking in their ensembles, and immediately picturing her nan scowling at the collection with a good old "whatever will people say",
"you're all here together? That's cool!" Looking at them almost made her wish she had worn the outfit she had wanted to wear, but hadn't had the funds to purchase.

That was when the music stopped, and a cheer went up as the band finally came on and kicked right into the first song. Maya jumped in excitement, grabbing the girl's arm (@lizziie), almost spilling some of her drink on her.

"Fuck, I love this song!"

@Sreeya @Alhon @The Good Doctor @Altaris @lizziie

Theia was still shocked and amazed that she was able to go with her friends to one of the best celebrations in the galaxy. Though what left her even more shocked and amazed was how quickly she found herself separated from her group; not generally an issue, a simple message in the chat and they would all later meet up. However, she had been hoping to spend more time with her friends and a part of her was stunned to see how they could have just walked off without her. Regardless, Theia was determined to not let that keep her down when everything seemed so exciting around her.

The teen wore a white sundress, comfortable shoes, and her normally red locks were now every color of the rainbow. In her typical teenage fashion, she did feel awkward walking around by herself as she visited stands and talked to others who adored her rainbow colored hair while she waited in line to get a smoothie. The indecisive teen ended up with two, a green one and a purple one, and cool enough to keep herself chilled as she maneuvered through all the sweaty bodies as they gathered around the stage for the concert that was starting.

One hurried patron seemed to bump her hard enough to knock her off balance and lead to a chain reaction of misfortune. The girl spun to save her smoothies, but ended up bumping into another (@Alhon); the feathers from his fairy wings startled her, tickling her nose to sneezing hard enough to drop a smoothie and was left with only one and disappointment, "Aw, man...hey, sorry about that." she said to Dash and then glanced at his partner (@Sreeya); a look of confusion came over her face, brow narrowed, lips pursed in thought, "Ezzie?" she squeaked in uncertainty.

Ezra was in the process of glaring at a boy with cat ears that was making flirty claw gestures at him when Dash tugged him close. The Thorne’s ears turned slightly pink, not used to public displays of affections to begin with, but especially when they were both shirtless. He decided to be a little bold this time, one of his hands actually loosely resting on Dash’s hip. Even that felt scandalous and he drew back after a moment, “Are you sure we shouldn’t have brought the droids?” He grumbled, disgusted at the thought of anyone doing more than sweating. Since they started dating, his security detail for public appearances extended to Dash as well. For now, they waited back with the speeder.

He looked over to spot a familiar face, his eyes visibly widening at Ferrin (@Altaris). For all the times he had dressed skimpy, Ezra hadn’t seen him this stripped down before. Ezra cleared his throat and offered a jut of his chin in greeting - it was Ferrin's way of communicating after all. The Pantoran looked damn good. Ezra was surprised to see Dash actually rush in for a hug. Did they finally put their feud to rest?

While those two did their thing, Ezra turned to spot Maura (@lizziie )heading their way. It was weird to see her not as chipper as usual. Ezra grinned at her, doing a quick hand greeting before his eyes flicked down to her kicks as they did every time he came across her, “Do you have any of those snacks back from Dash’s Knighting?” He asked hopefully, “And where’ve you been?” He quirked a brow. The temples were noticeably quieter without Maura's loud energy around, “Nubia has a sick skimboard park. Hit me up if you ever come by.”

He said nothing to the Togruta girl (@Wit) that barged in, almost spilling all over them before she grabbed Maura. Ezra spotted a shock of red hair (@GABA)and instinctively tensed, wondering if Aunt Tia was stalking them again. However, when he saw it was Theia, he grinned to himself. As she drew closer, he used the Force to casually float over her remaining smoothie to himself. Jayna was his twin, but Theia was akin to a little sister. Which meant she suffered older brother trolling all the time, “Sup, cuz?” He said as he pulled from the smoothie straw.

Ezra heard the catchy music and he knew Dash would bust out dancing any second. He strategically attempted to stand there and have a drink in hand so his boyfriend was more likely to join some group dance and spare him.

As the girl recovered she was taken by surprise as her remaining smoothie was removed from her grasp. Though it took her a moment to process Ezzie had taken it, but the manner in which he did made it hard for her to remain frustration. "Hey!" she peeped, but it was met with a defeated sigh as he took a drink from the straw. Now she had no smoothie, and trying to get it back from him would lead into further defeat as the many times growing up, he would extend his arm, his palm pressed against her forehead, easily keeping the redhead from reaching what she wanted from him.

One of the guys that was hanging with the group started dancing to the music that was playing, the beads swung everywhere and Theia felt herself starring for a little bit longer than she intended. Her cheeks turned bright red as she remembered, didn't Ezzie have a boyfriend? She glanced at Ez who was trying to slurp away the smoothie and then back to the guy with the wings and then to the Pantoran... maybe he had two?

"Your boyfriends are hot." she said, trying to get back at him for snatching her smoothie, though she knew she would most likely get the stare. Theia felt perturbed already only just thinking about it, "Are you gonna marry them?" she asked.

Ezra eagerly took the roasted petals, munching on a few. Dash would have an unpleasant experience if he kissed Ezra anytime soon - the Rhinnalian’s spice tolerance was a joke. The Thorne stared vacantly at Maura as she mentioned Coruscant. In truth, he seldom paid attention to current events, having gotten into the habit of tuning it out since his family was in the media all the time. These days his focus was only on growing his business and latest market trends.

He thought he was set with his fiery snacks and drink when Theia clotheslined him out of nowhere with her ridiculous question. Ezra promptly started to cough and choke, having been in the middle of taking a sip to wash down a particularly spicy chip. His face turned red and his eyes were even worse. He became a spectacle - shocked by the question and caught off guard by the spice.

Dash was pointedly looking off in the other direction which is how Ezra knew the man was actively listening. He would be stuck with hours of passive aggressiveness and inexplicable snowfall in the middle of their apartment if he deferred to his usual mode of silence or deflective trolling by picking Ferrin. So he tried something else and blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

“He’s not my boyfriend,” He stated flatly, pausing there just long enough for Dash to start fuming. It wouldn't be Ezra if he didn't sneak in a little bit of torment as a precursor to what he said next, “He’s my partner,” Ezra corrected Theia before he looked at her again. When said aloud, boyfriend sounded so juvenile to describe what Dash was to him. Normally he found these things cheesy, but the words spilled out, “Does that answer your question?” He asked with a quirked brow before taking a giant swig of her drink to finish it in front of her. If she tried to press, he would simply discreetly use the Force to make her trip over her feet.

Soon enough, an obnoxious song began to play and Ezra internally groaned. All the men in the crowd, in particular, cheered and started lewdly dancing. Suddenly he was surrounded by way too much skin and loud people. The Thorne was mortified and intrigued at the same time as he looked around and tried to avoid having anyone grind on him.

@GABA @Alhon @Altaris @lizziie @Wit