open to trailblazers, anybody at disneyland

[hellacold]

Who: west coast trailblazers, friends of trailblazers tagging along, disneyland attendees
Where: disneyland
When: sunday march 23rd
What: jon takes the trailblazers to disneyland for spring break
Warnings: swears probably


[jon has finally reached his spring break, which he is choosing to spend in LA with the trailblazers--though he misses his family dearly, his crimefighting career comes first. he'd been planning on taking them all to disneyland at some point during the two weeks he has off, if only to see how karkat and katniss reacted, and he figures after the drama of the previous week the younger trailblazers could do with a getaway sooner rather than later. he manages to score fairly decent parking and leads the group out of the parking lot and through the gates of disneyland.]

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[10thingsihateaboutme]

[Karkat started out enthusiastic about this on principle, because boy does he love a good Disney romance, but he is already ill at ease about Disneyland. Throngs of exuberant children make him sort of uncomfortable, mainly because of how that would have come across on Alternia – what do they have to be so happy about? If they don't feel threatened then that probably means he should feel threatened. Logically he knows that none of them is in fact a threat, but old instincts die hard, and he is somewhat on edge. It's a good thing he's wearing sunglasses, like he usually does when out in broad daylight, so that none of the children can see him eyeing them dubiously.]

[he edges a little closer to Jon.]

So what exactly are people supposed to do here...?

[hellacold]

[jon shrugs.]

Go on rides.

[he nods in their general direction.]

The kids like to meet the characters, get their autographs. You can go to the restaurants or shops if you want, or buy stuff from the carts.

[mockingjaded]

[Katniss is not saying anything. So far, she is just walking alongside these guys and frowning deeply.]

...

[What is this place. What the hell.]

[purrsuit]

[Nessa is pulling up the rear, looking a little reluctant to even be here. All the kids running around has sort of put her on edge--she's still not over the whole, not remembering turning into a tiger thing--so needless to say she's half worried about the whole day ending badly. But she appreciates that Jon is trying to pull their little family back together, so has come to at least show her support of that.

That, plus, it's Disneyland. How can you not want to go to Disneyland?

She catches up, brushing shoulders with Karkat, hooking her arm around his, drawing in a deep breath and then smiling at him.]

I'll go on some rides with you, if you want!

[10thingsihateaboutme]

[well he was hype about meeting the characters until you PUT IT LIKE THAT, jon]

[he frowns at Nessa, but doesn't dislodge her from his arm.]

I don't need someone to come with me. [NO KARKAT NOBODY IS BELITTLING YOU ... IT'S A FRIEND ACTIVITY]

[hellacold]

[how....old are you, karkat. jon gives him the side eye.]

You're going to wait in line by yourself?

[he puts a hand on nessa's shoulder]

We'll all go on Space Mountain when we get to Tomorrowland.

[mockingjaded]

"Tomorrowland"?

[Katniss looks up, quirking an eyebrow. Don't even get her started on tomorrow land.]

[purrsuit]

[she laughs a little at Karkat's and Katniss' reaction, shaking her head. They were so similar sometimes it hurt.]

Rides are supposed to be fun, Karkitty. You're supposed to go on them together!

[Honestly. She glances up at Jon when he puts his hand on her, and leans into the touch subtly.]

Is that the one that's in the dark?

[metabee]

Yeah, and it sounds awesome!

[Metabee came running up from behind the group, trying not to trip over his new tail. He had managed to convince one of the other medabots he needed to swap bodies for an important Trailblazer exercise, since he was certainly not going to risk getting arrested just cause the security here wouldn't allow ANY firearms.]

Does anyone have a map, what else is over there?

[hellacold]

[he raises his eyebrows back at katniss and hands metabee the map.]

Some Pixar stuff, I don't remember. We could go there first and work our way back to Adventureland.

[withoutaworld]

[ Rikki has come prepared, with a backpack full of snacks and water bottles to share - Cap used to be really into team bonding-type excursions, and maybe some of it rubbed off on her. It's nice to have something simple and non-life-threatening to do together, even if it does feel a little silly at their age. Like that's going to stop her from enjoying herself.

She has noticed, however, that not everyone is quite as into it as she is. She sidles up to Katniss, dropping her voice a little. ]

Why do you keep making that face?

[mockingjaded]

[She glances at Rikki, and decides to just go with it. The words have a sarcastic edge.]

I've been on the tomorrow land ride. It's not all it's cracked up to be.

[The joke is that she's a time traveller.]

[civilizedcombat]

[So far, Cynthia is enjoying this lovely day at Disneyland. She's never been here before, so her excitement to do things is monumental. She wants to get on all of the rides, and get character autographs, and buy what is surely delicious Disneyland food, and ohhh my god there are so many things she wants to do.

She's been preoccupied for a little bit with a granola bar she took from Rikki's backpack, but it's soon completely eaten. Without wondering whether it's alright to, Cynthia lets out a laugh at Katniss' comment.]

I wish you made jokes more often, Katniss – yours are always really good! ["Always," as if this happens frequently.]

[10thingsihateaboutme]

[GROANS LOUDLY AND POINTEDLY]

[withoutaworld]

[ Rikki makes a bit of a face herself, not sure if she's supposed to laugh at that or offer some kind of sympathy. ]

Well, I'm pretty sure this version only involves happy robots and space rides and no people killing each other...

[purrsuit]

[Katniss' comment gets a laugh out of Nessa, and she tugs on Karkat's sleeve when she sees a cart selling massive turkey legs, her eyes practically lighting up.]

C'mon Karkat, don't be such a sourpuss. Disneyland is fun!

[she's super distracted by those legs tho, damn.]

[hellacold]

[jon follows her gaze to the turkey legs and slips her s ten dollar bill.]

We'll go to Space Mountain first if no one has any better ideas. Katniss can pick the next ride.

[squanderlust]

A roller coaster in the dark?

[Severa returns to the group after having unceremoniously left it for one reason or another. she absolutely doesn't look like she's been having fun, but when does she ever?]

I'll sit out. Maybe Karkat and I will bond in the meantime.

[thelittlemerman]

[What's wrong with this place. Finnick does not understand. He is standing around wearing his new clothes (looking pretty dashing I might add) and some sunglasses so people cannot quite tell how disgusted he is with the whole ordeal. He came to keep an eye on Katniss, but instead of following her and her friends around he's standing around drinking water from a novelty cup with a swirly straw, watching people line up for the variety of death traps available at this lovely park.]

[10thingsihateaboutme]

[EYEIN HIM SUSPICIOUSLY]

[karkat has not really stopped eyeing finnick suspiciously since he showed up tbh]

... So what's your deal anyway.

[thelittlemerman]

[well Finnick's been eyeing everyone so there]

My "deal"?

[raises eyebrow, sips from swirly straw]

[10thingsihateaboutme]

[narrows his eyes

behind his sunglasses

you cant really tell

also at this point he is probably wearing sunglasses with mickey mouse on them]

Yeah. Your deal.

[thelittlemerman]

[sigh]

I'm here to keep an eye on Katniss.

[10thingsihateaboutme]

So, what, the future squad just zapped you down here in case she was getting menaced or some shit? [snorts.] Sucks to be you.

[thelittlemerman]

[Shrugs a bit. It absolutely does suck to be Finnick right now but Karkat doesn't have to know that.]

Bit more relaxing than fighting in a war.

[10thingsihateaboutme]

[Karkat makes a little huffing sound, but he seems to have deflated at least a little at that.] Dude, we're at fucking Disneyland now, last week was body horror cyborg kidnapping throwdown. Just you fucking wait.

[thelittlemerman]

[Finnick makes a mental note to find out more about that later. Right now he goes the condescending route because Karkat is rude and it might get him some more information.]

You mean it gets more horrific than all this? [As he gestures around them.]

[10thingsihateaboutme]

[he snorts, although it's amused as much as it is dismissive]

Yeah, sure it does, once it turns out all the fucks dressed as fictional Earth animals turn out to be brainwashed by some asschump's hypno ray and we have to spend all afternoon kicking Donald Earth Waterfowl in the huge plastic eyes.

[thelittlemerman]

[He frowns at him to look condescending but really it's because he understood zero of those words.]

That all must very challenging for you.

[10thingsihateaboutme]

[he rolls his eyes] I'm not saying your post apocalyptic hell future isn't – [he breaks off, frowning deeply to himself as he realises that in his keenness to scorn this dude he has been actually taking the stance that it's Just As Bad as the kind of shit that he left behind, which. Hm. He looks around at the most magical place on Earth, his pointed ears folding back against his head. Is he going soft? Fuck. fuck]

[mutters:] Whatever. Look, Earth is basically a fucking -- walk at the park, okay, but everyone still gets kidnapping all the time and fights with guys made out of bees and getting sucked into parallel opposite universes and shit. [he sighs in irritation.] But basically you're right it is pretty much a god damn vacation.

[thelittlemerman]

[He raises his eyebrows a bit in surprise. He sort of expected more of an argument or a threat or something, but maybe that's just because he associates obtuse behaviour with Katniss. He smiles slightly and leans his head toward Karkat as if divulging a secret.]

This isn't a vacation for me. I'm here to make sure nothing bad happens to Katniss, and if she's fighting guys made out of bees then I am too. It'll only be a vacation if she decides it's going to be, so relaxation is... unlikely.

[10thingsihateaboutme]

[snorts] What, so this isn't relaxing? [a small child runs past, at great speed. The child is screaming. Not because it's running away from anything. Just, you know, for fun. Karkat winces, lips pulling back from his fangs in a grimace.]

... Okay, but seriously, [leaning back towards hostile & defensive] we're all pretty great at keeping each other out of trouble already.

[thelittlemerman]

[Finnick cracks a broad smile and looks down at his feet, shaking his head.]

Why does everyone want me to leave so badly? Katniss, I understand... but the rest of you? I could be an incredibly nice person and you wouldn't even know.

[10thingsihateaboutme]

[raises his eyebrows] Who's telling you to leave? I'm just saying, she doesn't actually need a – [he pauses like he's trying to find the right word] – she doesn't need minding.

[thelittlemerman]

[He keeps right on smiling.]

I never said she did. That doesn't mean I'm going to take any chances.