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[emouvoir]

In the height of summer, Daneca is in charge of planning the annual movie in the park. The set up is simple, all she has to do is find the supplies and figure out what movie to show. Which is why in late August, the sun starts to set. (It doesn't really "set", but Daneca calls in a favor with a certain god of the sun to dim the bright summer light to something better.

Something with ambiance.)

Stalls of food and merchants renting and selling blankets ring the park by the lake, lit by fairy lights and Chinese lanterns, and the screen is nestled beneath a pair of looming oak trees that offer a bit more shade for the movie. It's a double feature this year -- The World is Not Enough and Casino Royale. Someone couldn't decide between Pierce Brosnan's James Bond and Daniel Craig's James Bond and someone -- cough, Elena -- offered the brilliant compromise of "why not both?"

Both. Both is good.

So tuck in. Enjoy yourselves! Enjoy shirtless Daniel Craig, you know you want to.

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daneca | open

[emouvoir]

Perpetual control freak, Daneca spends the better part of the morning/afternoon making sure everything is okay and yelling at Apollo over the bracelets like it's a walkie talkie until the sun dims to a degree she deems acceptable. The God of the Sun doesn't get to make the final decision on this one.

She flutters around overseeing merchants and snapping at one trying to fleece a pair of youths who misplaced their blanket from home, brushing her hand across his arm until he calms and everyone is happy and the kids get their blanket back. She does the same with a couple of burly teenagers trying to bully a little boy and they back off from the slim young woman like she's the scariest thing on the planet even though her voice doesn't lift and she barely says a word, calming the sweet child and sending him on his way once the bullies flee.

Eventually, she'll setting in to watch one of the movies, but she can be caught before then and even during the film. She is here to make sure everything goes smoothly, after all.

[sasspot]

Noah had been bullied as a kid all through his childhood. This isn't something anyone knows about other than Sarah, but he holds it with him to this day. Bigger kids like to push around the really sickly ones, and he was sick all the time before he became an angel.

"That... was impressive," he comments to Daneca when she gets those teenagers to flee without raising her voice. Noah can't quite keep his jaw from locking in anger despite the fact the situation is over now. He would have been an asshole and raised his voice to those teenagers.

Noah hands a balloon he found from one of the vendors to the kid before he goes. There goes his asshole reputation.

[emouvoir]

"It wasn't that impressive," she murmurs, running a shaky hand through her hair. She doesn't get the crushing blowback she used to, but the nature of her ability means she gets something and right now it's errant shakiness and tremors like coming down from an adrenaline high.

"I read in a child development book that not raising your voice forces them to listen to you. I don't know if that's true, but..."

[bravebartender]

Cami, while here to relax and enjoy the movie, will also make her way over to Daneca when she first gets there, just to be an extra set of hands. She prefers being useful over not, and even on her night off she needs to be doing.

Basically, having a night off is really weird.

"Need a hand with anything?"

Noah Evans | open

[sasspot]

Noah Evans is here with his fiance, Sarah Monroe. Their cat, Steggy, is also here, following primly after Noah wherever he goes. He carries a blanket underneath his arm from home, because he's looking for her. They were supposed to meet up here, but he is currently trying to decide what food he wants to eat and what food Sarah would most like out of all the stalls and possibilities.

He frowns. So many choices. He looks at the person nearest to him, trying to size up how valuable their opinion might be in the long run (he doesn't really like most people is the thing). "Any recommendations?"

He brought alcohol from home too. It's tucked within the blanket as he wasn't sure if it'd be available, and he likes to drink, okay? He leans up against the tree, taking a drink from the flask. It's rum inside because he's that much of a pirate sometimes. Steggy climbs up the tree and promptly perches up on his shoulder cause she thinks she is the Queen of the World, and he lets out a faux frustrated noise at her but she meows and butts her head against his face (It's cute).

Once Sarah and him reunite, the two lovebirds will be curling up and cuddling together on their blanket with their food and drink and cat to enjoy the movies. :')

[revenant]

Steggy is Noah's actual cat.

Sarah is his human-shaped cat, fussiness and prissiness and all. She isn't the most sociable creature, but she does love watching movies, bonus points if watching these movies means curling up with her husband-to-be. She finds them the perfect spot which is still amongst the crowd but separate enough they'll be having their privacy and she can monopolize most of his time. :')

"You should dress up as James Bond for whenever Halloween comes. It's working for me."

This is the extent of her commentary so far.

[nelipot]

"Funnel cake. You can absolutely never go wrong with funnel cake."

Hana slides up next to him with a wide smile, before reaching over to say hello to Steggy. She's got some tiger in her (sometimes) so that means they probably get a long, right? Right.

"At least that's my personal preference."

[chocolateries]

Kitty cat! Silena loves animals, of all kinds, she's a sucker for the kind of unconditional love they give people, but Steggy is special. It's mostly because she's Sarah's, but partly because she's just precious.

(And she is Sarah's, what's Noah's is Sarah's, so...)

When the cat loudly meows at her feet, she crouches down to smooth a hand over her fur, taking a treat out of her bag to present to her. It's a stuffed steggy for Steggy. She looks up to flash Noah an easy grin, still petting the cat. She can multitask.

"It's got catnip in it." Scritch scratch. "Someone else's cat followed me all the way from my apartment, I think she could smell it."

BUT ITS JUST 4 U, STEG.

jane | open

[tozzled]

While some people may be snug on blankets in the grass to watch the movie, one Jane Rooney is tucked away on a small boat on the lake, swaying next to the dock. The little sailboat is decked out in some twinkle lights liberated from last year's Christmas festivities and there is a sign on the dock scrawled in her messy handwriting that reads:

1/2 HOUR SAILS: $15
1 HOUR SAILS: $30

The owner of said boat is lounging on the boat's deck sipping soda and eating a plate of cookies all by herself while she watches the movie across the park even though she can't really hear the words, so you're welcome to join her. Well, that is if she's not actually out on the lake with a customer. You're definitely free to be one of her customers.

[eluding]

Where ever there is socialization, Ethan Hale is likely to be. He isn't the type who can sit still for the entirety of a movie. Let alone, two movies. He's too restless for it even when the movie happens to be fantastic. It's how he ends up out by the dock, walking the length of it when he sees the note about providing rides across the lake.

A charming smile crosses his face.

"Now that's a brilliant idea. You've got a beautiful sailboat here."

[facetheday]

Max is headed on his way back in from fishing for the day when he notices that it's gotten darker, which is just ... weird for Summer. He glances over to the field where the movies are happening and he frowns, confused.

Max is ... generally out of touch with stuff like this. "What's happening over there?"

ethan hale | ota

[eluding]

Ethan goes wherever there is the chance to socialize. He is frankly amazed the person running the party has managed to literally get the sun to start to set when it has been blaring overhead for what seems like endless days now. Here he thought he was the best at throwing parties.

Knowing the upcoming party was happening, Ethan decides to get himself a booth. He's a chef after all, and given he doesn't have the patience to sit through a movie, he happily signed up to provide food. He currently has a stall set up, making his very own variation on funnel cakes (both regular and mini sized) with toppings like chocolate & raspberry reduction or powdered sugar and cherries. He can even turn the mini funnel cakes into an ice cream sandwich. Also he's charming the pants off anyone who just comes up to buy a tasty treat.

He's a flirt and a hobag. It's a thing.

[chocolateries]

"I'm going to need about ten of those," Silena chirps out easily, leaning against the front of the stall and reaching up to adjust the crown of flowers in her hair that a dryad had gifted her with. She doesn't look like she can eat that many herself, but well... that's because Silena chooses to have these curves and muscles and this particular size. She's fit, that's important to her.

But so is dessert. Dessert is so important. Dessert is desperately important.

Hence her assault on Ethan's particular dessert. Look at those ice cream sandwiches though, how can anyone say no?

[torchsong]

Gin has a booth of her own.

It is decidedly not as popular as Ethan's, no doubt a product of all the flirting he's doing. At least, that's what she is telling herself, to spare her delicate ego. Once her shift has come and passed, she stomps over to his booth, gets in line, and waits for her turn.

Arms folded across her chest, she says, "A funnel cake, please."

No flirting. Just the damn funnel cake. God help her if it's tastier.

[bravebartender]

Cami is drawn to the smell of food prior to the movie starting, and is drawn even closer when she sees that Ethan is the one selling his wares. She is never one to pass up an Ethan Hale creation, and she smiles as she makes her way closer to get a better look.

"All of this smells amazing."

ben | ota

[inferus]

Daniel Craig is intimidating on screen, and Ben can't imagine how intimidating he must be in person.

Ben's not an insecure kind of guy, despite how awkward and fumbly he may seem - and is, lbr. He knows what he is and he knows what he's not, and he can admit that James Bond has it going on in a way he never will. Ben's ridiculously bright and he can figure out any techy gadget you put in front of him, but he's never going to have those abs and he's never going to be that smooth.

Take, for example, his valiant attempt to carry one too many things back to his blanket.

Everything that's on the tray, popcorn included, is swaying from one side to the next, like it may tip over any second now.

A little help?

[chocolateries]

Oh you want help? I'm sure Silena can help, she's very helpful. In fact, she swoops over to grab the tray before it can kersplat to the ground and looks up at him over the edge of the popcorn, smile obvious even if it's not entirely visible, eyes -- green today -- sparkling wildly with mischief and possibility.

"Hi Benjamin."

You know who is going to call him his full name always? Silena.

[bravebartender]

Cami has the reflexes of a champion and when she sees that tray starting to fall she's quick to reach out and support the corner back up into a level position again. She's lucky she was close enough, because she definitely does not have vampire speed at her disposal, but not a single kernel was lost to the monster of the ground.

"You need a hand?"

cora | ota

[impetere]

Cora has set up the blanket for her and Abigail under a tree towards the back of the area that's been designated for the movie, mostly more for the other patrons than it is for her. She tends to ask a lot of questions regarding what's going on during the movie, and apparently that is "annoying."

Whatever.

Still, it's a pretty large blanket with a variety of priority movie snacks, the largest of which being the bowl of popcorn that will probably sit between them. There's also two large sodas of some kind, and Cora will probably wind up eating most of this. Werewolf metabolism. Still, she wanted to make sure they had options, especially since it's a double feature.

She'll pretty much stay where she is, and won't turn away anyone who wants to approach her, but if you're not wandering her way, she can also be found getting refills in the intermission between shows for the popcorn and sodas.

[grumpypuppy]

Derek isn't really there for the shirtless Daniel Craig. When the sunlight started to dim, his curiosity got the better of him and he wandered over to edge of the field to see the movie night set up. He kept to himself for the most part, leaning against a tree and watching the first movie as his eyes just took in the people around him.

Then he saw his sister and the large pile of snacks that she was eating. He waited until she and her friend got up to go get refills before making his way over and just helping himself to some of the candy as he sat on the blanket.

Totally keeping people from stealing your space, little sister. By... stealing your space for a bit. And you candy. You're welcome.

cami | ota

[bravebartender]

You had her at Daniel Craig, really.

That and she is in desperately need of a break - from the bar, from Hope and from the endless complications that have become her life. Alexander agreed to babysit for her which is probably a disaster waiting to happen but she trusts him, so for a couple of hours she can take a break, breathe and enjoy a good ol' fashioned spy thriller.

She doesn't take up a whole lot of space since it's just her, finding a spot on the field where she can sit on a blanket with her popcorn for one, and just relax and enjoy the night ahead.

She is also absolutely up for adult conversation if you want to swing her way and provide some.

[promesas]

Don't mind if Teresa joins you, Cami.

Running one of the most popular bars in town means you get to know pretty much everyone, including Teresa, who stops by every now and then to socialize. Well, that and she loves babies. She wonders how much of the town's draw to Rousseau's is for the drinks, and how much of it is Hope.

"He's so dreamy," she sighs by way of greeting. She sprawls dramatically on the spot next to Cami, clutching a bag of Twizzlers to her chest. "I miss kissing."

hana | ota

[nelipot]

Hana is on a date.

She and Rafe are one of those cavity-inducing couples where they still ask each other out on dates and actually get dressed up for them despite the fact that they live together and see each other every day and have no need to actually impress each other, but they do it anyway. In this particular instance, Hana left for her date right from work, which involved doing a quick shower and change at the temple before she makes her way out to the field to see about getting a spot.

Or if Rafe already beat her to it.

Either way, she's weaving her way through the crowd, pushing herself up on her toes to try and see if her date is anywhere to be seen, as well as checking out the various merchants to see if there's anything worth buying.

Also, she has funnel cake. She couldn't help herself, really.

[rumpot]

Rafe is not the least bit surprised to find Hana has located the funnel cakes.

Thing is, he also got her a funnel cake, so now she has two funnel cakes to enjoy for the evening.

If that doesn't call her attention, then maybe his arms waving about in the air will. The place is more packed than he expected, but he's found them a perfect spot aways away, and brought everything they might need with him, including but not limited to: a picnic blanket, a picnic basket with various assortment of goodies, and a pillow or two. He's crushing this whole boyfriend thing.

Don't even lie, he is.

[revenant]

During one of those breaks in between movies when Noah and Rafe are off having boy talk, Sarah plops down on the picnic blanket across from Hana unceremoniously, cotton candy in hand. If funnel cakes are Hana's thing, cotton candy is most definitely Sarah's.

It's a thing from when she was a kid. It always felt like she was eating clouds.

"So, serious question. Marry, fuck, kill: Pierce Brosnan!James Bond, Sean Connery!James Bond, and Daniel Craig!James Bond."

Sarah asks the difficult questions.