Temba Beach Party!

[beholding_archivist]

WHO: EVERYONE!!
WHERE: Temba Beach
WHAT: BEACH PARTY TIME!!
WHEN: noooooooow
Notes: Mix & Match the prompts as desired. Any format goes!
WARNINGS: Pride Birbs. It's Pride month. So. PRIDE BIRBS! Oh. And you may add your own warning labels to the respective threads, I suppose.



Isn't it amazing what people can achieve when several come together and pool their ideas and resources for a shared goal?

It certainly is in Jon's eyes, whose innate lack of creativity originally has gone as far as bringing some blankets to the beach and hoping for a good mood. What has ended up being set up on the bluish, almost purple sand of the beach is far beyond anything he would have imagined and he won't deny being glad he has reached out over the network with his little suggestion.

Of Barbecues, Grills and other Beverages

Do you remember Cobb asking for a grill to be made for him? Right. That grill can be found at the party. Kyle has offered to prepare burgers to be grilled along with whatever meat selection the diner has to offer and Clarice is the person to thank for the home made ice pops, created from native fruits such as glueberries and mangourd. Of course these are kept fresh under a parasol and in an insulated box mostly buried into the sun. That's how the majority of the drinks offered at this party are being kept cool as well.

If you want to catch one of those fat green lobsters roaming the beach as well and toss it onto the grill, you sure can try.

INTO THE OCEAN!!

You better bring your swimwear, because jumping into the water is an option. No actually dangerous creatures are this close to the shore, making swimming or potential swimming lessons very much possible.

Tony also ensured there is a little kiddie pool for the babies. And Cobb.

Someone brought an inflatable Eyeball?

Before anyone asks, it wasn't Jon. But it's there. An inflatable eye beach ball.

Any questions? Yes? Good.

Lounging in the Shade & Music

Parasols, blankets and a guitar borrowed from Cayde's bar. Sit down, relax, chat. And if you know how to play this instrument, you're very welcome to do so.

Let there be BIRBS

Have you wondered yet why those birds are in the banner for this party? It's because they are here.

At first they linger in the trees near the beach, watching and squawking and being colorful parrots. As a little time passes, they leave the safety of their trees and start coming over, sitting on parasols, hopping curiously between this oddly large amount of people gathering at their beach and in all likelihood attempting to steal a snack or two.

But if you pay close attention, you can also observe them swooping down at the nearby lobsters, easily picking them up and carry them back into the nearby forest. Apparently these birds aren't just colorful and curious they also hunt lobsters. Who could have known...

Don't forget the Caves

Actually not far from our little party waits the entrance to the caves. Take a wrong turn in them and you will find yourself in a large chamber filled with those energy crystals that make all your technology glow and go insane or result in your powers to fluctuate greatly. Take the right turn, and you find yourself at those mysterious hot springs only few know about.

To be fair, the actual party is at the beach, but who knows when the need for some privacy arises.

When it gets Dark we gather around the Rainbow Colored Fire Pit

While set up at the edge of the gathering, the fire pit Tony and Cayde have set up to have a bonfire in easily is one of the center pieces of the party. Benches and seats either brought over from Temba or crafted from different material are set up around it and once the sun begins to set and the bonfire gets lit along with the many torches set up around the party, the invitation to remain a little longer couldn't be clearer.

There's more to it than just a cozy fire, a pleasant atmosphere and the company of friends. Next to the fire pit sits a small box. In that box, wrapped in plain tissue paper, are what at first glance are little more than lumps of wax. But mixed into this wax are different chemicals and tossing these into the pit will result in the fire burning with different colors or even sparkle. Way to set the mood and linger as the party winds down.

Due to health concerns Jon does not recommend cooking any food over the chemically altered flames, thank you.

Comments

[doubled_speed]

"You want me to leave you because of how you look?" Tommy asks, frowning. He doesn't much like that idea at all. Don't fucking insult someone important to Tommy, he never takes it well.

[kyley_b]

"I do NOT want you to leave me, I just GOT you," he says, sounded worried.

"I just said people are gonna wonder about your taste level, that's all."

[doubled_speed]

"Then I won't go," Tommy answered with a shrug. The man had gotten him, and he liked being gotten.

Wonder about his taste? Tommy rolled his eyes.

"Don't fucking talk me out of what I'm doing."

[kyley_b]

"I'm not!" he grumps. "Jesus, it was a... self deprecating remark, that's all."

[doubled_speed]

"Good, because Kyle? I don't accept people insulting my brother or my boyfriend. Except for me. I get to make jokes. Double standards."

He's big on them, because they make him feel better.

[kyley_b]

"Well, that's fine. I can handle being ripped on."

He leans over and kisses his cheek. "Calm down, I'm trying to date you."

[doubled_speed]

"Alright then, but you really shouldn't insult you in front of me," Tommy answered, laying down to settle in the sand and looking toward Kyle.

"I'll figure this out."

[kyley_b]

"Figure what out?" He reaches over to brush a lock of Tommy's hair back.

[doubled_speed]

"How to work with you," Tommy answered with a shrug. Better to just accept now that he has resolved to be good at this shit.

[kyley_b]

"Ahh. Well. I'll figure it out, too. Between the two of us we'll probably do okay."

He thinks a moment, then adds, "...you know we're gonna fight, right? Maybe a lot."

[doubled_speed]

That earns a frown from Tommy. No, that sounds bad.

"But fighting means a relationship isn't working," he pointed out. Given the people who had raised him, he couldn't see it in another way.

[kyley_b]

Kyle shrugs. "Maybe? If it's serious. But I was thinking more along the lines of like... we're probably still going to rag on each other and get annoyed."

[doubled_speed]

Oh, well that is just something TOmmy knows what to do.

"If you think I can't handle slinging snark at people I like, you haven't heard HALF the things I call my brother."

[kyley_b]

"Good." He smiles, looking extremely pleased to be where he is. "I worry."

[doubled_speed]

"I just don't want real fights. That's what asshole couples do."

Couples that don't belong together at all.

[kyley_b]

"I don't want those, either." He flops gracelessly onto his side to look at Tommy better.

"If that happens, we call it off."

[doubled_speed]

Alright then. Tommy rolls onto his own side as well, looking at Kyle.

"Until then, anything fair game?"

[kyley_b]

"I'd say so, yeah," he replies.

[doubled_speed]

"Good to hear. Glad something good came of that place."

Even if he'd been told 'dude stop pining for a guy who isn't here.'

[kyley_b]

Kyle's mile fades a little. "Dude, are you okay?"

[doubled_speed]

Is he? Probably not.

"I guess my head is a bit of a mess right now? Or has been for a while? Not just that other world, but home stuff, and losing Teddy, and just being here so long."

[kyley_b]

"Yeah. That's a LOT." He props his head up. "Do you wanna talk about it?"

[doubled_speed]

Tommy sighed.

"This place has been weird since the start. I was first deployment of people, and I've had to help make this place functional. And now with everyone here, it's like each thing I do is worth less?"

[kyley_b]

"Yeah. I remember how upset you were before the town hall meeting." He traced swirls in the sand.

"But it's not worth less, Tommy. You just made it easier, so we can move forward. And there's so much left to do."

[doubled_speed]

Yeah, he really had. When he'd first arrived there hadn't been a lot of people working the greenhouse.

"There wasn't power, when we got here. The greenhouse watering system was down. I had to water things by hand. Daily. The whole place."