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Bucky Barnes is Black and Jewish (Romanian and New Yorker)

He does not like to viewed as 'Blewish'
He is sweet and kind of newish
To being free while also on his own

Miles Morales is Black and Latino (Afro-Puerto Rican): In this timeline, both his parents are both too/

He grows his hair out and to the surprise of everyone in the Spider-fam, but Peni and Noir, his highlights are bluish silver and deep dark blue/

His roommate secretly loves it

Thor is Black and white (Afro-Asgardian)

He dyes his hair golden and he feels emboldened to go and tell Brunhilde that he has finally decided to get into a different kind of gamer shape

Gwen is Black and white (American and South African)

She uses graffiti

In order make it into a sort of treaty

The vigilantes love the talking pig and the awesome techno spider 

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Astrid and Snotlout and Hiccup and Eret

Astrid's hair was once Hiccup's old hair length but after careful consideration (and some advice from Snotlout and Heather /and/ the twins she grew it out.

This is kind of how it all went: Snotlout focused on convincing both her and Fishlegs to grow it out. His advice was all "I can get you really good hair product discounts!" and "It gives you a new way to ignore people who are even more in-your-face than /me/!" Heather just wordlessly delivered the twins and a gift basket of styling tools. The little note said "Think you can get yours longer than mine?" The twins talked to Astrid about braids and twists and colors and culture. After a few months of growing it out, she went with Ruff 'n' Tuff to dye it blue ice. The twins got hidden rainbow hair, but they also got other highlights, obviously. It /is/ longer than Heather's by the way.

Snotlout's hair has almost always been close to shoulder  length.

Until it wasn't. He moved out and his mom did too and he got another dragon (his dad's: now renamed Skylight). He dyed it half topaz blue and half jade green. He put it in twisties and kept it like that. Until he didn't. He decided that it's be easier to get the gentlest of his guys to go long if he did first. Now it's mid chest length but he still rarely ever wears it down.

Hiccups's hair is long + flowy and he looks a lot like his Mama in that way.

But while Valka doesn't change her hair colors as often as the gang or all of their friends, Hiccup goes from auburn to blond to strawberry blond to ginger to copper and also from dirty blonde to brown to muddy red to brick red. His current color is a shocking one; it matches his eyes.

Eret's hair is just past his shoulder's- for now.

He was branded before jail and tatted before jail but then he got rid of the brand and got more tattoos. Eret has decided to go pastel, it's now a not at all hidden rainbow of light hues and he may never go back.

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Naveen does not try again to fix up the tiara again even though it is supposed to be shiny/He decides that he is going to pour his energy into finding out the kind of job(s) that will bring Lotta her joy/Tiana does not try to cater to people who almost have enough money to make up for being slimy/She decides that she is going to make moves that only include individuals who really truly care; Charlotte is obviously one of them/Charlotte decided to get them gifts that they really would like and it was almost too easy/This entails getting more employees for the restaurant and making it easier for Naveen to change things up outside his parents' shadows

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Jenny sighs exasperatedly, "I don't understand how you got Dad to be so, so, so okay with it!" She starts pacing.

Kiki grins excitedly, "All I had to do was talk to Nanefua first, she helped me explain it."

She sits right next to her sister before continuing; "She was okay with it, cool, cool, cool. I've talked to her about it but I didn't think she'd feel that okay with it."

"She kinda knew that none of us were as straight or as 'regular' as the vast majority of our elders, so I think that was no argument." They share a quiet laugh.

"Hey, um, do you guys have anything vegan or dairy free?" Shep wanders into the restaurant with Lars in tow.

He grimaces, he's been very doubtful that they would have any such accommodations.

A couple of gems happily pipe up in response: "The menu has finally been expanded. We even have gluten free small and medium pizzas!" "I've had almost all the food here and the alternative options are at least as good as the more mainstream choices."

Shep grins, "I'll get a medium mushroom pizza, a small vegan cheese pizza, and some stew. Do you guys have bread sticks?" As a new few of gems prepare to answer, Lars butts in. "I can pay for the sides, you know."

Shep nods. "Sure. Let's get some bread sticks and some of those little cinnamon snack things." 

Shep smiles at the Pizza sisters. "You know, I've hung out with both Buck and Sour Cream before. They're really cool dudes. They talk about you all the time, you know."

Jenny smirks. "Yeah, well, we think about each other all the time, so it balances out. How's Sadie?"

Lars smirks. "She's been helping the other Off-Colors find their creative voices. Buck and Sour Cream have been a great help too. We've got songs and poems and drawings and paintings and all sorts of artsy stuff."

He sighs and Shep does too. "It's all been really amazing.", they say in unison. Kiki is surprised, her sister is too. 

"That's incredible!", and now it's their turn to say something in unison. As the food is coming out front, yet another gem adds something to the conversation: "Their art is really good at capturing how outsider gems feel. It's moving."

As the two prepare to leave, Jenny and Kiki send them off with a very sweet goodbye. "We'll provide discount and even crafting type supplies as long as they keep up the good work."

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Connie is considering changing the hair color from her natural one to a ombré thing.
Steven agrees, obviously.
Stevonnie is stronger and faster and prettier and cooler and they have a blast with Shep and The Cool Kids and even Kiki, sometimes.
Garnet is thinking about getting new clothes.
Amethyst agreed, she wants food /and/ new clothes so it's a win-win and a yet another win-win.
Sugilite is also stronger and bolder and quicker and /finer/ and she? has a blast with Sadie and the Off-Colors and even The Keep Beach City Weird Guy, sometimes.
The new hair color starts off blue black and ends in black blue, it looks absolutely astonishing.
Garnet wears the kind of clothes Sugilite strives for, Sapphire and Ruby decide to dive headfirst into this new style too.
Steven and Amethyst provide some of the best support that the gems have seen in a too long time.
Bismuth makes weapons and wears new clothes and the Off-Colors do her hair and each other's and it's really a blast.
They all make plans for the future.
These plans include more color! and more bonding! and more other things.
Their other peoples won't know what hit them, at all, really.

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Morgan and his similar shaded sister finally convinced their lighter, fairer, looser curled sister to come tan with them

Their mother was already with all of it, which surprised most of their neighbors, nosy or not

Fin and his son have come to an agreement

They are both fostering a senior dog (his son has an old healthily bred pug called Indigo and Fin has secretly decided to keep the old healthily bred full Dalmatian called Ambros), a large dog (Fin has a pitbull Great Dane mix [Lind-ah] while his son is loud and proud about keeping a Rottweiler Poodle!? mix [Overleaf]), and a they each have one Labrador puppy [Skies] and one Persian Siamese mix kitten [Matches]

They end up keeping all these sweet hearts and adopting a cat with some condition; Odafin gets a FIV+ calico named Moonshiner and Kwasi gets a diabetic Bengal cat named Spider Lens

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Reeve thinks he'll grow his hair out and get a new pet or four. Over time, he and the others ended up becoming genuinely good friends. Adam and Mira share a fondness for gardening; Skeet and Vanessa go skating and surfing together all the time. Reeve and Kai both enjoy hair care, like a lot. 

When he finally gets in bed, he thinks of Skeet, of how his hair is actually black and his name is actually Bernard. He grins, it's a little weird how he finds that to be kinda cute. He also thinks of Vanessa, how graceful she is when she's doing her sporty things. She even makes being all salty and sticky and sweaty look appealing. Reeve has been nursing feelings for the two of them for weeks upon weeks now.

As he drifts to sleep, he think of the other trio. They have been making a lot of progress in their bonds. He and Adam have finally reconciled, plus Mira explained what was left to know to Kai. He falls into his dreams with a smile on his face.

The beach is lovely, and there are little creatures all over the place. Mira is playing hide and seek with some crabs. Kai is trying to convince some sea birds and some snails to join, with varying degrees of success. Skeet is zooming around looking for cool rocks, Vanessa is helping him as Adam is vaguely considering becoming a vegetarian. He's also trying to get in touch with his animal lover side, since several nudibranchs have been following him and giving him little stones. Reeve works up some courage and walks over to Skeet- Reeve was just observing for so long, Vanessa has gone on to get a bag for the collection. "Uh, hey Skeet! I heard that you're the Skeet to Mira's Meerkat, huh?" "Well, yeah! I'm hoping by now, I'll be better at nicknames." Skeet chuckles and blushes. "I think I'd like a nickname or two myself. Maybe even something sweet?" Skeet's eyes open comically wide. "Y- y- you want me to call you something other than your name? But why?" Reeve smiles, soft and sincere. He's got a besotted look in his eyes. "I think you're really cool and funny and talented. I love how you bonded with Kai over cooking and cutlery. You helped Adam train and learn to relax. I saw how you and Nessa bonded over awesome things that we can all do in real life! You're special Bernard, and I want to be your boyfriend." Skeet gasps, "I would love that Reeve." He hugs the other tightly. Vanessa ended up filling the bag with their bounty. Mira has invited the nudibranchs to their games, she also found out why they were bringing Adam gifts. Apparently two of their group members was trapped under a rock and Adam saved them. Kai managed to get all the birds and snails to come play. Even a few sea urchins wanted in on the fun. They're all playing tag now. Vanessa sees the boys hugging, so she walks over. "Did you ask him B?", she clasps her hand on Skeet's shoulder. Skeet blushes again. "Re beat me to it, Ness." Vanessa kisses his cheek, "Well, in that case, my turn!" She turns to Reeve, who is happily confused; "I asked B to be my boyfriend a month ago, would you like to be my boyfriend too Reeve?" He nods, suddenly overwhelmed. The two of them hug- just as the game of tag causes Mira to run into Skeet. Adam sees them hugging and grins knowingly. "Congrats guys!" Mira apologizes profusely and nods. "I- well, we, are so happy for you!" The animals seem to be in agreement. Kai is chasing a snail as he asks "How come Reeve couldn't see that Vanessa likes him too?" Reeve shrugs as he manages to get a sea urchin to include him in the fun and games.

"Reeve!" As he gets up, Reeve hears his name being called. "Um, yeah?" "Why were you calling for us in your sleep?" Skeet looks puzzled and Kai then saunters in, waggling his eyebrows vaguely suggestively. "Did you have good dreams Reevie?" Reeve bites back a scoff, "Well, actually Kai, I did. Also, that nickname is kind of nice, so do your best to not wear it out, alright?" He looks Skeet in the eye. "I want to be more than partners and friends Skeet- I've been crushing on you for months. You-" Vanessa worriedly marches into the room. "Are you okay?" Adam and Mira end up in Reeve's room too, of course. Skeet is all flushed and giggly. "He likes me back Ness, you were right!" She very obviously relaxes and grabs Skeet's hand. "Well, B, what are you waiting for!" Kai is grinning as he stage whispers in awe. "I was right!" Skeet kisses Reeve and the latter is so pleasantly surprised, he almost forgets to kiss back. Adam and Mira are only shocked to see that Kai was in the loop this time. As the two boys break apart, Vanessa puts a hand on Reeve's shoulder. "I've been wanting to ask you out for a while now, we'd be wonderful together." "I'd love that Nessa." He kisses her cheek and gets out of bed. 

"So what do you say. gang? Let's go to the beach! Unless-" Kai hugs Reeve and gleefully agrees. "The beach is a great idea. I heard they have a sandcastle competition. Winner gets sixty bucks!" Adam and Mira each hug Reeve too. The teens decide to meet back at Reeve's driveway in twenty minutes. The beach ends up being a blast- turns out the building competition is for pairs. The winning team surprised almost all the beach goers too.

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Billy is having a good day. He got a dog named Mandy and the Rangers do not have to go to training today.

Instead, they go to the movies and then go get a bite to eat. They enjoy some action packed 3D showing with subtitles and a killer soundtrack.

Trini and Zack have chosen a new sandwich shop, since Kim and Jason chose the movie. Billy chooses the nearby ice cream shop, they even allow dogs inside.

The sandwich shop is a great choice, although there were a few unruly customers that didn't like the fivesome's behavior. The four of them got kicked out.

The place has really good food and lovely ambiance, it looks like a saloon out of an old Cartoon Network show.

The ice cream shop isn't even half a block over, so Billy unties Mandy from her post and the group sets off.

This time around, the shop looks like a menagerie garden fusion. There is only one 'heckler' this time around. She gets kicked out too.

Trini just couldn't care less, she sits on Jason's lap and smiles sweetly at Zack as she feeds him scoops of some s'mores cheesecake thing.

Zack is leaning against Billy with his legs in Kim's lap. Jason's feeding Kim, she ordered a fudge sundae. Zack ends up feeding Jason, the two of them got the same thing. Billy and Trini decide to feed themselves. This sitting arrangement is pretty much how they've been all day.

Mandy eats a pup platter happily as Trini starts a playful argument over whether strawberries and cream beats an orange creme delight.

As the date ends, the group decides to go for a walk. Billy's called his mom, she picks up Mandy and waves them all off.

Billy is feeling touchy today, he kisses Trini on the cheek and squeezes Zack's hand. Kim kisses Jason and pushes him against the nearest tree.

There's more kissing, and Zack decides they should come back to his place.

He calls his mom, and the group calls a car. 

Billy is having a good day. Mandy is a Dalmatian mix, and the date went swimmingly too.

They all end up having a great night.

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Heather dyed her hair blue.

Dagur did too. His hair is shaggy and purposefully unkempt. His sister's is usually down, as is the Wingmaidens'.

Mala and Atali and Minden go pastel orange, sunset purple, and bubblegum pink, respectively.

Mala's hair is shoulder length now. She isn't sure this current length is quite regal enough.

Stoick's hair matches Gobber's hair; they both went real red.

Gobber's hair is chin length, while his man's is mid torso length.

It works, for now, they both say.

Fishlegs is actually surprised that everyone wanted to go colorful, but he is very happy all the same.

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The bar is called Flower Metals and it's awesome.

On the way there, Rosamund and Bryan convinced everyone else to light up.

"I do not understand why you're willing to date Donald and Unicycle but not one of the Bellas or even one of the other music makers."

Cynthia-Rose has since realized that the High Notes and the Madonna loving singers had their own polyam arrangements.

"I'm just not ready." Deryn grins and signs something: She's more than cool enough to 'make up' for being a late bloomer.

They all then let it be.

Brian and Bryan are eagerly discussing the big ole next reunion event.

Unicycle has ordered for the group; a Mango Mule for Kori, a Citrus Fizz for Rosamund, a Shirley Ginger for Cynthia-Rose, two Tahitian coffees for Bryan and Deryn, and a Rhubarb in Strawberry Fields for himself. They all wanted mocktails so.

The bar is an alt-Hippie's wet dream, they even have a specialty drink called Petalheads. It has hibiscus and vanilla and it is GREAT.

The group gets to discussing their love lives: it turns out, Kori has a slight crush on Flo.

The guys have known this already and they think it's hilarious.

Everyone has been dutifully working on their dream jobs.

Young Sparrow and DJ Dragon Nutz have recruited the non Bumper Trebles as well as Kori & Stacie & The High Notes & The Bu Harmonics.

Their tour has never been better, they even collaborated with that group that had a high school senior as their front runner.

They plan cute little dates for each other. Sparrow has been considering asking out a Brian/Bryan and somehow they both already know.

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• Bow/Glimmer

They kiss and kiss and kiss afterwards, but not in the sauna.

Bow nimbly braids Glimmer's hair and it looks great.

The spa associates take care of his and he absolutely adores it.

• Adora/Bow

Adora leans on Bow right before he is due for his acupuncture and deep tissue message.

He lazily traces shapes on her arm, yet she does not do the same;

Rogelio and Kyle convinced him and Sea Hawk to get tattoos with them.

All four of them have a palm sized emblem of their new world on their left shoulder.

• Adora/Bow/Glimmer

In the sauna, Adora and Glimmer practice spell casting.

Bow simply makes requests.

• Bow/Sea Hawk

Sea Hawk has been making amends with everyone whose boats or whatever had been lost to arson-

this includes, and is not limited to what Mermista and he have done.

Bow gives him lots of support and squeezes him real tight when he gets too flustered.

Sea Hawk gets pampered and all the amended friends he invited get pampered too.

• Bow/Perfuma

Perfuma has Bow on her lap as she explains remedies & methods to the spa's employees.

He whispers encouragingly when she gets a little overwhelmed.

The two of them hold hands when they get exfoliated and the two of them earn vouchers for all the people they came with.

They end up getting a bonus set for Bow's parents & siblings.

• Kyle/Lonnie/Rogelio

Rogelio sits on Lonnie's lap. She- and Kyle too- have hair masks on.

Some really pretty winged being with both scales and feathers is applying face and head masks to the three.

Rogelio boldly flirts with them, so then Lonnie turns it into a game.

Kyle is ref, of course, but Ziomore is interested in all of them.

They make really good recommendations for future visits.

After seeing the triad kiss each other without marring their masks, Z asks is they can too.

They all kiss 'em on their forehead and plan a date. 

• Lonnie/Scorpia

Lonnie teases Scorpia over her lateness when it came to seeing who else was attracted to her.

Scorpia flushes and teases Lonnie over something that only makes sense to the two of them.

Scorpia and Lonnie got their eyebrows and nails done, they cross wrists while talking about traveling.

• Catra/Lonnie

Catra decides to go LONG with her hair and Lonnie does too. 

The spa has special treatment outlines for people who were chipped- every clone that made it out is also there-

and Catra thoroughly enjoys her stay.

Lonnie chooses the stuff for her hair, masks, and nails.

Catra loves this, but doesn't say so out loud.

She purrs softly and Lonnie gasps- they kiss deeply before Catra gets her masks on.

• Perfuma/Scorpia

The plants Perfuma brought with her are awesome.

She and Scorpia spend a lot of time talking in the soaks and baths.

They hug a lot, and all is well.

• Huntara/Perfuma/Scorpia

Huntara chooses a lot of things & Scorpia narrows it down & Perfuma makes it organic and stuff.

The younger ones get dipped and showered with words as well as love as well as water.

They turn it back on Huntara and invite her true friends to have fun with them at some Bright Moon special event.

• Huntara/Perfuma

She asks Perfuma for advice in helping her hard, rough, tough friends mentally.

Perfuma asks someone to take care of their hair as they discuss.

• Adora/Catra

The two of them don't say much- they get their massages and acupuncture and threading together.

Adora shows Catra some new magic and

Melog shows everybody why the spa has a section for animals and robots and all the others in between.

• Catra/Scorpia

They do not talk a lot either.

They lean against each other when they plan their mud baths.

They lean together when they talk about getting chipped.

• Adora/Glimmer

All they do is plan the next visit.

And kiss.

And perform really cool magic activities.

• Mermista/Sea Hawk

They make amends and plan tattoos and hair changes for the gaggle of individuals they call their family.

The spa employees love them. Mermista genuinely enjoys helping out.

Frosta helps her make ice sculptures and fancy little ice cubes.

Sea Hawk draws Mermista at work, and she lets him.

Mermista ruffles his hair and he loves it.

• Scorpia/Entrapta

Emily loves it here.

Entrapta has been working on her flirting skills.

Scorpia blushes and giggles and then flirts back.

This goes on even as they get massages.

• Mermista/Perfuma/Sea Hawk

Perfuma is feeling ravenous this fine day.

She kisses them roughly and marks them up sightly in between rest sessions

and relaxation rounds.

Sea Hawk and Mermista just let it happen.

• Entrapta/Mermista/Perfuma

Mermista is all grabby hands and wild ass whispers.

Entrapta decides she's going to be polyamorous forever.

Perfuma is all sweet words and soft sounds.

They still manage to get all their spa stuff in.

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The food tour they go on was a mess. The Beautiful Girl (she has many true names) from earlier is a hostess, among many other things

and she encourages everybody to make the mess into something they would want to experience again.

Ra-Ra is happily listening to Luke Luke calling him and his brothers by their governments,

this helps the food tour get better.

Dizzee is eagerly planning and acquiring edible gifts for Aunt Wanda and Ms. Green.

They love them,

and this also helps the food tour feel better.

Tanya is dragging Yvonne to all her very favorite music related food spots and Regina is finding a lot of inspiration in the lighting.

Yolanda is writing down every scrap of new word play and song snippets that these young adults are whipping up.

They eat Cuban food, Dominican food, Jamaican food, Mexican food, Puerto Rican food, Haitian food, Hawaiian food, and Brazilian food.

In the first part of the tour (Cuban My Sugar Squares), Napoleon feeds Miles and doesn't let him pretend he doesn't enjoy the simple sweet.

The Dominican leg of the tour smells really good. Regina kisses on Yolanda's hands before taking over the writing task-

she ends up giving the notebook back after the fourth section.

During the Jamaica Happiness segment, Thor kisses Shaolin in front of everybody, which reaffirms Shao's confidence in their bond.

When they eat at a 'Texican Special' bar inside the Mexican Melee area, Mylene kisses Ezekiel on the nose and Mr. Fantastic on the temple.

Yvonne gets Ronald to dance, he definitely impresses Tanya with his moves.

The food was good, but this whole thing was pretty disorganized.

Lira (aka Beautiful Girl) tells them that the new management will donate all the leftover everything.

Marcus tries to get Thor to tell the others his actual name, they somehow end up discussing pronouns instead.

Napoleon likes just about all of them, Thor and Lira do too. Marcus likes they/them as well as he/him.

The Puerto Rican part (Boricuan Bodacious) pleases everyone.

Luke Times Two and Yvonne prefer they/them exclusively. As they sing stuff for Yolanda to write down,

Regina and Yolanda and Mylene express their preference for she/her. Zeke and Miles and Ra-Ra like he/him the best.

Tanya doesn't really care. Carmelita talks to Boo-Boo after the Haitian Hubris leg. They end getting back together,

tentatively so. While the group was there,

Luke Squared showed off incredible skating and rollerblading and skateboarding finesse.

They all tease Thor, he gets even redder when they discuss hickeys than when he eats up real peppery cuisine.

They all end up with love bites- even Carmelita gets in on this.

The Hawaii I Love the Sea part is the most dietary restriction friendly part of the food tour.

Mylene, Shao, Tanya, and Luke Luke (it's his middle name) are the only ones who eat meat. 

The rest of the gang are either pescatarians or vegans.

The last stop, Brazilian Dollars To Spend, had really cool dessert. The group splits up after this.

Mylene, Shaolin, Tanya, Yvonne, and Luke go skating. The rest of them go to spray art all over a new nook.

They do make plans for tomorrow's outing: mall hopping.

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Brandon lets Jennifer play in his hair; she puts product in it and twists it up.

He also lets her rant about how happy she is that her Dad is finally admitting the full range and weight of his feelings for his very best friend.

It only took Henderson almost dying and Grace narrowly missing a comatose state for him to do so, of course.

Jennifer lets Brandon rub the special cream on her skin; he puts his hands to work and does an excellent job.

The end of the rest day goes a little like this:

"I sold the newer ones I made so I could buy my other boo thangs gifts."

"Well, duh! I just wanted to know how they liked their non diamond gifts, Brandon."

They make out as they get ready for their shower, they get more into it in the shower, and they invite Brandon's other partners out of the shower.

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The retreat is a big deal- the lot of them has been working for these artsy big hat types for a little over three years and now they have finally been invited along for the wonderful six day, five night stay. Huey and Michael live in a one story house, their neighbors are Riley and the girls. The three of them live in a studio apartment that is for the art company. Riley and Michael are teasing Jaz and Cindy- Caesar calls Jazmine The Music Ma'am and Riley calls Cindy the Weird Lil Cinder block.The girls let the teasing continue, they had planned to get breakfast for the two of them and Huey. The other two end up behaving just in time to get some drinks. Huey is trying to get his boyfriends to consider taking their triad status seriously. Riley and Michael agree with his points & the girls laugh at Huey's shocked face. Microphone sticks true to his nickname and is very vocal when Huey kisses all over his neck. He is very glad they're all in a company car; he gasps and Riley grins, he swallows some of the sounds up as he carefully traces Huey's inked skin. Caesar buries a hand in Huey's hair and is pleased to see Huey's blissful expression. They all call Huey Big Newton, but they haven't been able to come up with something else to call Riley. Huey calls him Riles sometimes, but that is for him and Caesar only. Huey is considering bumping up his situationship with The Music Ma'am to more than really good friends with benefits. Jazmine ends up with some of him in her mouth, and as she moves up and down, Riley is seriously making out with Cindy. She giggles and he postures, which is very much like them. Huey hits his crescendo with a breathy sigh of "Oh, fuck, Jaz." Caesar marks up his boyfriends and everybody basks in the glows. The driver has music in his ears and podcasts on his mind, so he definitely leaves the gang be. When they get out of the car, they look well loved but somehow pretty neat. Cindy tips the driver- it turns out to be Ed's boyfriend Gin. "Y'all better not fool around like that in front of the wrong people. I know that most people you'll be around on this business trip will be more than cool with it, but you five should still be real careful." He grins and waves them off. The drive from where they stay to the retreat log cabins is roughly two hours long, so in between fooling around and asking for permission, the fivesome drank a lot of tea and ate a lot of chips. The boss 'Tyrian', a portly man with curly purple hot Cheetos for hair who looks like he'd be one of the only Black man of any importance on both Bob's Burgers and Archer, rolls his eyes at their almost rumpled appearance. "My assistants will see you to your quarters." "I knew that rumor was true!" Jazmine, and now Cindy, express an abundance of joy at the realization. "My name is Rayden Tollway and yes, that rumor is true. There are three assistants. You all will be able to choose your rooms and the first event starts in roughly forty four minutes." He chuckles before he hugs 'Rhapsody', daps up 'Bohemia', and fist bumps 'Mercurial'. "Hey, my best friends and I will be showing you the way around." Mercurial hands out maps as he speaks. Rhapsody smiles and winks, "Y'all look so good together. I bet the drive over here was a dream." They smirk as Riley responds: "Yeah, a wet dream my nigga!" He chuckles and daps up Rhapsody. Bohemia has gotten a cart for all the bags. She points out the different important landmarks. Cindy and Huey are very interested in these. When they get to the cabins, the team of assistants hug them all. Jazmine is practically falling in love with all of them, Riley accurately pinpoints the status of their polyam relationship, and Michael is discussing hairstyles. The five of them are fortunately lodging with the assistant team. That trio is involved with the Cheetos head. There are two sets of bunk beds, two full beds, and two Queen beds. The eight of them end up falling asleep as soon as the first activity is over. It was a game of work based Jeopardy! and the team of Michael, Huey, Bohemia, and Jazmine won.

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Rita gets them high, Wally has finally decided to stop vaping. "Oh, I got all this stuff with red boy in mind, don't worry." "Well, red boy can see why Lorenzo is enamored with you."

Rakeem listens to Grace as she plans to feed them for a long while. "Yeah, Rock, I will make sure it's whatever free. I saw the memos. I even got all your pets something."

Marisol plans to buy Mikey some lingerie. Rakeem buys Grace new music stuff. "Yes, Mikey. I will get you some stuff that's orange, just like the turtle." "I did get a discount Grace!"

He kisses everybody on the cheek and both Grace & Rita are surprised. "That was unexpected. I liked it!" "Yeah I agree with techie here. Thanks Rock star."

Lorenzo is in a mood, Mikey fixes it. "Dude! I got new clothes from Spencer's for you to photograph me in." "I bought you some Fenty, do you want to make it a photo shoot?"

Grace listens to Rita's theories, "So I think Lorenzo asked Wally out the same day he asked Rakeem out. My partners agree." "I do too, actually."

The day ends with them proving Rita right, mostly.  "You had eighteen theories?!" "Marisol, listen, I was only wrong about one thing. That's the best part!"

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Anthony surprises them all with a "I'd like to ride Spencer this time." Spencer blushes and chuckles and stutters his way through "W-we-well, if you real-really feel up to it."Bethany and Martha are wondering what took him so long. Ant kisses Spence on the cheek. Bethany ties her and Martha's hair up.

The looseness of their equally sloppy buns gives everyone an idea of where she wants to go with this. She then pulls Ant onto her lap, "I'm glad you're ready to do this but why do you still have stuff on?" He blinks before removing his belt, his jacket, and his shirt.

Martha is kissing Spencer senseless- and slowly undressing him- right before she ends up stripping them both. "I want to focus on Fridge today, at least for right now, is that cool?" The two of them look at each other with levity in their respective gazes; Martha hits him with "I think B and I were going to say the same thing."

Bethany signals for Ant to level out the playing field. As he takes her clothes off for her, she signals for Spence to get the lube. The four of them got their screening results a few days ago and are definitely foregoing condoms today. B gently tugs his shorts and boxers off, kissing down his left arm as she does so.

Martha lets Anthony stay where he is on Bethany's lap. She kisses him and holds his hand. He sighs and then snickers softly. "You don't have to be this gentle. This is nothing new new." Bethany caresses his back and bites his earlobe.

Spencer gives them all a few hickeys near their ears and their collarbones before replying: "That is true, but you did not let me top with both of them here at the same time on those other days or nights Fridge."

As he prepares his fingers, Spencer encourages Anthony to let them know if he has any other specific acts in mind. Martha temporarily ceases drawing out noises from their girlfriend for a moment. Bethany laboriously catches her breath. "Martha probably thinks you should make lots of requests you know. I'm inclined to agree guys."

Martha nods in agreement. She also gets back to sliding her fingers in and out of Bethany in more spots than one, somehow managing to work in two fingers per hand at the same time. "I'm fucking overwhelmed. I cannot even imagine how this would feel if I was in Shelly's soft little body." Martha laughs, a sharp, solid sound. "Even better than this I would guess."

Fridge just wants his nipples played with so Bethany sucks on his left nipple and Martha gently sucks on his right one. Anthony moans and Spencer flushes. The girls laugh fondly right before kissing both of the guys feverishly.

"Damn, Spencer! That feels really good." Anthony hisses as Spencer strokes him while searching for his prostate. Spencer is intensely concentrating. Eventually Fridge feels he's going to orgasm, and this is right before Spencer enters him from behind. Ant has been rearranged by Bethany and Martha so that he's leaning across a pillow right next to Bethany instead of sitting on her.

"Y-yo-you feel so-" Spencer cuts himself off with a moan. B and Martha have since moved on from their previous activities- after Bethany got off, Martha got her own using a newly released toy from Bad Dragon.

Determined to make this a wonderful time for Spencer, Anthony starts rolling his hips and pushing Spence back simultaneously. Spencer ends up sitting down and Ant gets what he wanted too, a chance to show a new type of vulnerability to his partners.

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"My name is Drew." Bob is sitting between the butcher and the sex worker.
"Drew, isn't Bob just so cute?" Marshmallow smirks as Bob blushes.
"And I don't really go for white guys like that." The two of them are clearly in agreement.
"I think Bob is just that kind of guy."
"Well, maybe we should go for a night on the town, find a strip club or something to patronize." Bob lets Drew hold his hand.
He also- in a burst of surprising confidence- kisses Marshmallow on the cheek and she flutters her eyelashes.
"Who will pay?" Drew has at least three food [service] jobs, and Bob is Bob, but they don't make that much money.
"Bob and I will split the bill, I think the cut of your jib will make up for anything else." She grins as Bob blushes even more.
Marsh stands up and gives Bob a long hug. Butcher/Deli Guy/Drew kisses Bob on the forehead.
"I got you a gift Marshmallow." He hands her a pair of Cocoa Rum Marshmallow colored platform heels.
She sagely smiles- she had recently went a similar shade with her hair.
As the three of them get up, she thanks Bob and Drew chooses the stops for their night out.

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Cobra made a good point. Going on a triple? date will be fun. Teresa gives him a head massage as Yuki retwists her hair, it is waist length now. Yuki's hair is in coily pigtails colored like honey with caramel highlights- because of her both T and LC have gotten highlights. Yuki's hair is shoulder length when it is in regular ole pigtails. Teresa went all in with tricolor cotton candy highlight and lowlights. She is wearing it in a high ponytail for the date. LC went all in another way, she has hair that is colored like the big 'Kitty' from her younger days. She writes him letters. David chooses everybody's outfits. His hair is longer now. A few Experiments- and Pleakley- offered some fashion help. Boo wears a watermelon green and yellow romper, her hair is curled and goes down to her shoulders. The shoes are shiny like the seeds and strappy like the most beach friendly sandals. Lilo gets a poppy red mini dress- she refuses all the shoe options until Mertle shows her the white shimmery flats that Stitch had just found. Lilo's hair is half blue violet and half deep periwinkle. She and Boo got their hair curled at the same time. Hers is almost at her waist at the moment. Yuki and David are matching; she has on a sparkly blue coral jumpsuit with silver seashell shoes & he is wearing a silver dollar shine crop top with sparkly blue coral shorts 'n' shoes. Cobra and Teresa are matching too. They both are wearing gold shirts with emerald shorts. She has on jade flip flops and he has on sneakers in the same hue. Elena is wearing a white sundress with orange sapphire slippers and her hair is somehow a swirly mix of both tulip pink and mint green. It took a long time for her hair to get done- she has long twists in that match her color palette perfectly. The extra hair had to be special ordered. Mertle has on a blueberry green crop top and a blueberry purple pink miniskirt. Her sandals are blueberry blue with little heels. Her hair is strawberry red and she has average length braids in. Nani got her hair done when Elena and Mertle did- it is half red violet and half indigo. It is wavy and also just past her butt. Her fit is comprised of dandelion yellow sneakers and a leafy green romper.

Everyone looks amazing. The date is dinner and a drive-in movie. Cobra kisses Nani and David before they get inside the food spot. "I heard they even have gluten free options! Isn't that great you two?" David is eagerly connecting with Elena and Yuki- Elena doesn't do gluten, her girlfriend sometimes goes without in solidarity. They grin and pat him on the back in response in unison. Mertle and Lilo are eagerly rushing through their viewing of the menu. "I think we should get that plant protein platter thing." Mertle shakes her head, "As long as we get appetizers too." "I think they have a fancy French pre-Appetizer special. Let's also get that.", Cobra adds. LC is in agreement. "I speak French, you know." Nani peruses the menu with Theresa: "I want to try that Beyond and Impossible brand non meat. What do you favor T?" "I think something with mushrooms in it sounds real nice." They order three appetizers (cheese fondue with jerky rounds, curly yam fries, and cinnamon sugar tarts) and one pre appetizer (crab dip on a cracker). They also get a 3 P entree- the Beyond & Impossible brands come in here, among others. They order a mushroom slider tray before getting vegan cheesecake for dessert. Lilo is overjoyed- they ate a gluten free meal for over 70% of the stuff they bought. Elena is too, she and Lilo make carb jokes as the group departs the restaurant. "I know you all are going to want to make out but the movie is in 3D!" David is eager, as always, and the people he has with him promise to behave. Cobra wraps his arm around his partners' waists. Nani leans against him and their boyfriend flushes before kissing them both on the nose. Mertle squeezes all of her girlfriends inappropriately when they are in line for the special glasses. Lilo laughs, inspired. She grips Boo by the waist and grins devilishly as Luz gets all flustered. LC mutters something in French. Teresa squeezes Mertle right back. The two of them make dumb dirty jokes under their breath. Yuki chuckles, she & Elena kiss their way through most of the previews.

The movie was great! They came with three cars and it worked out just fine. They don't kiss too too much while they were in the vehicles. Their other friends look at the nine of them and laugh and/or chitter and/or ask sweet general questions. The day ends with them telling the Experiments as well as Jumba & Pleakley about really cool new food and fun options.

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Jamal is trying to tell Latrelle that he can sit on his lap too. (Latrelle has sat on everybody else's, Cesar's the most.) He acquiesces and Jasmine tells them to shift closer to her, she refuses to wake up Cesar. "Olivia has been doing so well. Ruby has been having panic attacks, but he has mellowed out some. He indulges in those gummies a lot more too." Monse moves her hands as she speaks. She moves so she's behind Jasmine, who has turned her Tacobella way up. She braids the hair in front of her as Latrelle responds. "Man, I just want to see them talk things out again. They look so good when they're not afraid to let it all out- and it's good for them." Jamal sighs. "I think they know well enough to let us see, but I am more interested in continuing the therapy sessions." Jasmine flushes, they all notice but don't say a word about it. Monse grins, she rubs Jamal's head lazily too.

"Sure. What do you think La La?" "I love my therapist. I'd say they're the man, but that don't make no sense." Jamal blinks. "Who's going to tell Ru and Oli that? You? Cesar?" Cesar rises slowly, kissing Jasmine and Monse before he is even fully awake. "Therapy sounds good Jamal, yeah." He gets up fully, hugging Trelle (Olivia calls him Trellis) as well as Jamal before he goes into the other room. Jamal is shocked, Latrelle is laughing his ass off. Monse smirks and fills Jas in when she asks "What are you guys talking about?" Rubes and Livi kiss Cesar silly, he tells them about therapy and they tell him to go back to sleep. He returns to Jasmine's lovely lap, get comfy once again, and tells them he wants pizza for breakfast. She presses play on her song. "I'm ordering the food now!" "And we are definitely getting dessert." Ruby and Olivia laugh after they chime in. The three who started the conversation let it lapse. Jasmine switches song streams and also joins Cesar in taking a nap. Monse stops braiding Jasmine's hair the same time J stops playing in Latrelle's. Latrelle and Jamal kiss as Monse orders drinks from some tea place.

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Abigail gives Raelle a kiss on the temple and Tally a gentle squeeze before she sends them on some errands. She wants to stock up on self care things. She also wants to fix her hair and reminiscence in private.

Charvel used to brush it special for her, even when Abi was well beyond the age of truly needing help. Charvel had a mother who wasn't too busy to do it for them both. Abigail would watch the two of them mess around with special products and new ideas with only lightness in her heart. Charvel had a dozen siblings, all but four of them adopted or fostered. Charvel also had two more mothers and three dads, so Abigail just marveled and wondered. They all had lives with Seeds and sounds and spells and specially gifted companions; they worked for the people in [usually] less violent, overbearing ways. Petra didn't really like that, but she loved them still. Jealousy and envy had readily been stomped out of her and her daughter's spirits when they saw how hard it was for those parents to freely love each other in the shared space of some others. Those very same parents told Abigail the truth about her many dads, she was introduced to several kinds of love at a young age. Little Girl Gail readily understand how Char's more immediate family could very easily fold into her own. For them both, bisexual men and women were a well known norm. Charvel rarely wore wigs or other head coverings. She felt all the labor of love that Black people- whether witches or civilians or something else altogether- had put into hair as well as other aspects of their culture was just too vast for her to so readily continue to assimilate. So now Abigail writes letters to her dads and to her aunts and to her uncles with a soft, slight smile on her face. She think she will wear her hair out in their honor, as well as in Charvel's. It reaches to just under her breasts, even when un-stretched and unwashed. The tiger tail highlights she sneaked out to get right before the day she said the sacred words were one of the most steadfast things in her life, and they were not magical. She thought back to when one of Charvel's other mothers told her how to use spells for hair care. She performed a few then, adding the powerful colors she had chosen before all of this to the whole of her head. The highlights really transformed her look. "Bridey!" "Can you twist my hair for me?" "I washed it and air dried, but now I'm pretty exhausted." The older woman nods. As she begins she speaks of a lifetime from long ago, "I and one of my best friends would do this for a lot of our people. It was some of the best bonding times of our lives." "Where is that friend now?" "On an island somewhere, fighting for Indigenous life. I get letters sometimes." Abigail hums, considering. "I'm glad you still have siblings not left behind." "Thank you, Abigail. We're both very glad too." Bridey and Abigail cannot see the other's face, but they are both smiling. Adil walks in, sister in tow. "Hello Bridey. Hey Abigail. Khalida brought you some hair cream. She said it will keep your hair soft, protect your added color and help it grow. It also smells like vanilla and rosemary." Khalida bounds into the room and greets them both with a big smile. It's almost jarringly big, and real genuine. "May I?" Abigail nods, Bridey shifts to the side. As Khalida helps Bridey work by rubbing the cream into Abigail's scalp, Adil kisses her cheek. The four of them talk about self care and witch things.

Tally and Raelle saunter in the room, hand in hand. They then drop the new gathers and purchases on the nightstand. Anacostia wants to do a braid out so as Khalida and Bridey are finishing up, she makes the request while brandishing some essential oil creme she just made. After some more greetings are exchanged, the three of them go into a nearby room to work on the braids. "Your hair looks so good!" Tally grins and hugs Abigail in lieu of touching the newly twisted locks. Raelle smirks, kisses Abi near her hairline, and throws herself onto the nearest bed. "Yeah, the tiger tail colors are pretty damn nice." Adil chimes in, "Anacostia and Glory have been encouraging others to add color to their own hair and cover it up if they feel so inclined. It has been sweeping up the guys too, I am happy for them." Raelle nods. "I'm getting silver or bronze. Glory wants orchid pink, Anacostia wants lotus purple, and Tally wants green or orange or something." Tally giggles, "Yeah. I want to see how Anacostia's is coming along." The four of them end up going over to the nearby room to 'bother' the ones in it.

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The water is clearish and cold. The humans have things to do before they can let the mermaids take their break in the vast open sea.

Eliza sets up a picnic. Xander invited Annie. She eventually has a tiny crush on Cami, Xan thinks this is funny. He gets a punch on the arm and a hug. He still laughs his ass off.

They talk about Hope, who seems to like Annie, and how she grew a lot since that fateful night. Hope learns about hair care and begs Ben to grow his hair out more.

Ben agrees, but only because his brother Doug is growing his too. They talk on the phone much more now.

Annie has dyed her hair magenta, she'll be wearing a lot of hats and fancy hairstyles when she is on the job. Cami is inspired. Maddie colors her hair azure like the flower for her.

Janine helps out by buying hair dye and color safe products for later on. Calvin drives everybody around. He really enjoys sharing fish and vegetable dish recipes. 

Some of the mermaids and hybrids even agreed to help out with the tour. Ryn dyes Maddie's hair rose orange.  Jerry helped and Ben remains bemused.

He kisses both of his girlfriends before suggesting that Ryn gets tiger lily orange or iris purple blue in solidarity with her love or her niece.

Helen takes a gentle hold of Cami's hair, she wanted it in chunky braids. Xander asks Levi to teach him, Levi acquiesces.

The two of them twist Maddie's hair into many a skinny twist. Hope's dad gets highlights and lowlights of tiger colors. He gets tired of being referred to as Mate.

Ryn's Mate prefers to called Armory. He also is strong and soft; he and Cami both love Levi.

Armory has newly mint colored hair and deft fingers. He weaves red azaleas and purple rhododendrons into Eliza's hair and Helen's too. Their hair colors remain unchanged.

Secretly the two of them are seeking very specific cactus flower purples. Somehow Armory picked up on that. He was also the first to realize that Levi and Eliza both love Cami.

The picnic food is mostly sushi and juice. Jerry is a vegetarian and Robb is too. The two of them joke about future hair colors (probably green for the both of them)

and about the importance of the Black people in their lives. Robb and Jerry also have weed. Xander and Annie decide they will partake when they get a vacation.

There's several strains specifically for purebloods and some for hybrids and some for all mermaid descendants. The weed was a great idea.

Ryn enjoys it so much she wants to share it with the mermaids and hybrids and whoever else that was not at the picnic. This idea turns out to be a great one.

Calvin and Janine had a double date while the picnic was going on so they eventually get paid in hugs, thanks, and non buzzkill appropriate snacks.

By then, the mermaids are off enjoying themselves. The hybrids that can change forms, and Robb, were invited along to race and play and swim.

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"I plan on getting my hair done at that place Trent goes to." "Oh, for real? I got there with Becks all the time, it's dope." "I want to take Eve with me, make a thing of it, you know?" Marcus nods, Fabiola smiles. "Your brother likes her, so at this point, any other risks you wanna take should feel easy." Fab mulls this over, "Trent convinced Rebecca and one of Shira's best friends to go there like two days ago, right?" "Yeah, I think her name is Yasmine. She got robin's egg blue highlights. Trent has turquoise hair now. Beck has a teal thing going on so she just got it touched up." I hope Trent will be able to get Pax interested in some bonding like this. He feels left out sometimes cause his hair so different." Fabiola suddenly gets up from the chair she was lounging on. "They can go skating or something. We should get them some gear." Marc grins as he lets Fabiola pull him to his feet. "I want to get blue green highlights. You should join us, Shira's other bestie Celosia wants to go jade or something. It will definitely bring us all closer together." She laughs. "Me? Fabiola the robot maestro going an unnatural hair color? Well...I think I could go half emerald or something. Eve would definitely want to see that." Marcus laughs too. "Let's make it a double date or something then." The two of them call a car and make their way to Skateboarder Shoppe, they sorta need to butter Pax up for all this.

It all works out, Pax goes next door to the salon Trent and them adore so much and gets some lowlights in a deep blue. Everyone else gets what they planned on. The dates were good ideas. Trent and Paxton even skate their way home. 

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Kevin lets Chiron clamber into his waiting lap and sighs. Chiron lets Kevin hold him and he smirks. He looks his true love in the eyes and leans in. Kevin then has his own turn to smile some before he kisses Black deeply. His hands roam over his shirt, gentle and searching. Chiron gasps in response, shivering under the loving scrutiny. Kevin continues his ministrations. He slides his tongue into Chiron's waiting mouth as the latter gingerly grasps his arm. This continues for a while, until Chiron finally stops shaking and Kevin has kissed his ears, jaw, and neck.

"We have a tattoo appointment to get to Kev." Chi blinks and extricates himself for Kevin's grasp. The two of them get up and make their way out the house. "I'm looking forward to this. I already have pierced ears and a stud in my nose. I have the K + L\C\B script inked in blue on my upper chest, what's two more?" Kevin rolls his eyes. "I got my one pierced ear, a ring in my nose, and I already have two tattoos smart ass." He is referring to his blue chef's hat on his left bicep and the bi pride flag on his right bicep. By the time the two of them get to the parlor, they are laughing about something tangentially related to body art.

Kevin is getting the L\C\B + K script done in black on his lower forearm, while Chiron is getting a depiction of his grills on his left bicep. It will be in shimmering hues that match the gay pride flag. He is also getting a radio done in Strawberry Skittle red on his right bicep. The tattoo artists that are going to be working on the guys are eager to get started. Kevin and Chiron end up seated next to each other.

Chiron also ends up falling asleep.

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Uma lounges around with her lovers and they fool around some.

Carlos pays her back for the hickeys and lip stick stains by telling their parents.

All of 'em.

Jay laughs off the resulting fuming faces and gets Ben a pet snake.

Uma gets her hair colored and dyes Carlos's hair a new shade of blonde.

Their boyfriends and girlfriends want in on the fun too.

Uma gets jewelry for Gil and Harry.

Carlos gets more hair dye for all of their lovers.

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Tandy has finally colored her hair (again)./ It's deep, dark midnight ruby. It was colored by her new super friend.

Miles had stumbled upon Evita and Tyrone fooling around/while Tandy joined in belatedly a few days ago, they were in front of a perfect painting spot so he stood his ground.

Tandy pulled Ty to the side./He recognized Miles and he wanted to come along for both color rides.

He and Miles put a really nice mural up on that wall./It had reds and greens and blues, among others. Deeper in love Tandy and Evita surely did fall.

Tyrone has finally colored his hair (he is a newb). He was inspired, in part, by the Spider Fam of Miles's. Evita did it for him./It is now light, bright African Violet. The color was not chosen on a whim.

Miles has changed his color to that of a Rain forest Topaz. He charms Evita into going for a blue tourmaline look the same way he charmed his parents into getting cotton candy highlights./She easily agrees and the two of them talk about their super families way into the night.

The triad send Miles off with a bunch of gifts, most of them for heroics and/or art./The four of them will always have one another all up in they metaphorical hearts.

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Rue is helping the twins out. It's in return for the twins helping make Ms. Bennett's date with her partner extra special.

Gia gets a lot outta this: a new partner, happy twins, time with Rue & Palmer. Fez is enjoying getting high with the twins.

He's put his baby business partner to work sorting through marijuana product orders as well as potential peoples for Gia + Roy 'n' Troy.

The twins have been very busy working on not being jerks and they roped Chris into it, too. His jerkiness isn't nearly as easy to break down.

Cassie has been helping him some. Fez and the twins discuss their Bennett babes, among other things. 

Rue and Gia get the list of maybe babies, as Fez's little broski likes to call 'em.

"What about them?" "They aren't too tall for the twins?"

They giggle at this as Palmer peers at the paper. They think this is a great choice.

As the three of them go off to talk to this 'Noel'Lani'. This person, as it turns out, is related to Go Go aka Goa aka Ms. Bennett's significant other.

They are sweet and really pretty with both freckles and vitiligo. This unique combination of traits, runs in the family.

Noel also has piebaldism, just like dear Uncle Goa. (He has vitiligo as well.)

Lani listens as Palmer describes the twins, as the Oy boys are now fast asleep with Fez. They ate some kettle corn blends and took a nap.

Gia is already a huge fan. Rue is on her side this time around. As the four ride back from the mall {Noel'Lani works at a fragrance & accessory kiosk}, the newest addition confesses

that ever since the speed dating they have wanted to see where this could go.

When they get in, the twins, Fezco, and Ashtray are eating again. Ash bought some Thai food.

Noel'Lani is introduced by Palmer. The boys are happy to know that Goa is their Uncle.

"I hope my height isn't-" Troy and Roy both interrupt: "We can bench press each other and like everyone here but Fez, for now. Could you carry us?"

They hardly speak in unison. "You two could carry me 'n' I could carry y'all, sure." Noe gives Fez and Ash a hug before smiling at the twins and Gia.

The twins and Gia watch Lan make a few candy purchases before they saunter over to their new partners.

They all fall into the nearest couch and settle in for riveting conversation. 

Mission accomplished.

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Wolf mulls over a new name as she watches Benson brush his hair.
Benson hands her some sweet smelling conditioner cream as he changes the song.
Wolf takes it and smiles (on the inside!) when she sees Benson using the same cream.
He waits for the new song to end before he offers his aid.
The two of them know hair length (and color!) isn't the only thing that has changed this time.

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Iris sits next to Reeve and his legs are in her lap.
She mulls over her name and her pronouns and all her other partners.
Her hair is longer now.
The other Team B is madly, deeply in love and the girl with the poof flirts sincerely with both the one with the undercut and the one with the high hair.
Reeve has violets and irises in a little gift bag, she didn't see that coming.
They're on a double date.
Reeve kisses Iris and he mumbles something sweet under his breath and kind of in her ear.
He thinks about his nail polish- Nisha and Tyler did his makeup too.
His hair is longer now.

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Netossa lets Bow fix her hair. Lonnie helps.

Lonnie got some help of her own the day before, she loves her look even more now.

Hordak and Wrong Hordak listen to Entrapta's advice. She kisses the first guy on the forehead and hugs the second one tightly. 

The three of them brought really nice hair stuff for the other three.

The plan for this day is truly just more of the same, but with a twist.

Kyle and Rogelio try to get people to stop betting at all and on others, but to very little avail.

Everyone is going to look really good at the party though.

Bow lets Lonnie fix his hair. Netossa helps.

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Amanita has colored her hair again.
Zakia wants to join in on the fun.
The two of them talk about hair and love.
Capheus spent most of this time asleep.
"If I wasn't sporting my current magnificent hairstyle I'd-"
Zakia laughs and cuts him off with a kiss.
He gets a head massage while Amanita continues giggling.
"I think we all look great, don't you guys agree?"
Neets is taking Zakia's hair out of the rollers as the new Van Damme takes yet another nap.
"You chose the colors and the clothes, so I'd say you're correct Amanita."

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"I don't know why growing your hair to that length is so important but-"

"Samuel, I know you're coming along so you can try to 'figure me out' but I think our bonding will be good enough."

"Nearly no one calls me Samuel, James. I love this stall that you've steered us to though."

"They even have castor oil blends and hand mixed butters."

"Yes! I told you this would be a very successful trip MJ! I have a little basket to put my haul in. I hope these products travel well." 

"Shuri, I didn't think you'd be getting anyone from back home gifts."

"Well, I am full of surprises."

"I think I will get this set of combs."

"Well, Sam, those are a great selection. Let's finish these purchases and head on over to the food court."

"Seems like the two of them are genuinely getting along. Ha! Peter owes me five bucks."

"My brother was right, now I owe him some money. Ugh."

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Andre is half asleep. He takes his hair out of the neat ass bun.

Andre is kinda hungry. Beck and Robbie made him food so

He eats the tacos and then closes his eyes.

"I think I'd like to cuddle with Tri before I actually-"

She barges in and dramatically falls onto his lap.

"Hi! I heard my name!"

She gives him a peck right on his chin and smoothly wraps him around her.

Andre is now no longer half asleep. He opens his eyes.

Trina grins and the blanket falls to the newly carpeted floor, forgotten.

His grandma wanders past the two, she drops a pillow on Trina's head

As if to deter her from smooching the song out of Andre's mouth.

Trina uses the pillow to prop herself up anew.

He kisses her soundly and he sighs into their embrace.

Andre is surely awake. He runs his hands through Trina's hair.

Andre is feeling a formless arousal. He hugs her closer and they remain

Entwined until it is time for her to eat her own lunch.

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Heim kisses Thor and dances on Val. Thor rolls his body and Val does too.

Hilde shows Dall how to twerk. The other concertgoers join in.

Heimdall is really good. The bass is louder now, so the crowd is too.

Val kisses Heimdall for so long they both stop dancing.

She grins as she moves sultrily against Thor. He kisses the smirk away.

The song has once again changed; Thor people watches and people surfs with way more bruises than he previously bore.

"I think this song is their best!" Thor is headbanging. His warm blue hair is once again long enough for the full affect. 

"They have grown so much since our last tour visit." Heimdall is practicing his newly gained skills.

"Ever since the band went on that Brazil and bordering countries trip, the eight of them have changed so much."

Valkyrie throws it way back, that ass and her drink.

The three of them dance and touch and partake for the rest of the night.

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He is in a mood.
He got his highlights and he got a nose piercing and now Enid won't relax.
He hangs out with robots and punk magical girl rebels and dancers and heroes in the making.
Turbo K.O. relaxes around Rad now. Radicles talks about art and ink with him before the merge.
He is in a mood still.
Rad got his tattoos and his hair is way bigger and now Raymond won't relax either.
Radicles stops skimping on leg day and all is well.

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She lets them fix her up, this takes a while.
She whispers into their ears.
Her ex husband hugs her close. They both strive and they smile.
Their child brushes away all the tears.
Her hair is brighter and longer and fancier and
Allison is for A.
Their child's is too, it's all so grand.
Absolution is more A.
She hushes herself; they listen to her.
Her siblings hug her too.
She opens her eyes and puts on color.
They let Klaus do the talking when they think of Pogo and of Grace. This is not harder too.
Absolution is for A.
Luther is the only one- besides the boy- whose hair is mostly unchanged.
Allison is more A.
They stop using words like deranged.

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The day is busy and the task is long.

Nile listens to Nicolo choose their new everything.

He hums another brand new song.

Yusuf ignores Andromache choosing where they go, and of course the barb doesn't sting.

She kisses his cheek as she gets a new color.

Quynh chooses the way they travel: by motorcycle, but it is not hers.

He agrees with her stylists' arguments, the old ideas were way duller.

Sebastien lends the bike and they all pretend she took it, away it whirs.

Malika now has coral colored highlights in new! fancy tree inspired colored hair.

Nile & Yusuf get trims & color(s) & she gets finger coils & he gets a braid out.

Isaac grows his out just enough for nice looking twists, so blue (a la lipstick of Spongebob), it looks great!, which really isn't fair.

Her head now rocks black jade and blue black coils. Yusuf sports a head full of shade so lovely (it's red violet) it makes Nicolo (and Sebastien) shout.

The two go home. They feel brand new.

When they get back, their partners are overjoyed. Nicolo is proud.

Malika teases Isaac for losing the bet- he wanted to get lightning blue.

Yusuf feels energetic and full of love and bright, unfortunately for their not so cool neighbors, the five six of them are pretty loud.

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José: Why is Pepé so dang good at playing in my hair? asdfgh

Pepé: It's a passion of mine plus it's a gift, sugar. :*

Swim Jim: Teach me your ways oh wise and gentle one

Drew: Yeah what he said^^

Fray: ig you have a point

Fray: but you gotta learn how to play in her hair too

Fray: it's actually v important

José: Yes! asdfghj

José: Fray why don't you wanna let us play in your hair?

Franni: I want to talk ab how good your hair looks gang, all of you really (:

Randy: kudos + kudos fam

Randy: we just got blessed and favored for real, your hair is good good too Frann

Randy: I should add I already know how to play in Pepé's hair!

José: I think our hair looks so good for several reasons :D

Fray: :/ dude I'm gonna stop you right there, but also I just like the act of doing more than having it done for me

Fray: =) y'all can if you want, just tell me a while ahead of time first 

Fray: & we all know genetics & allat are part of the answer of our good hair so

Pepé: Let's discuss hair care stuff as well, y'all. I think the scarves Rosie got us have been so good for retaining moisture. Right Fray?

Fray: uh yeah. the other day I got some new hair food, it's actually pretty magnificent

Franni: I bought my brother some tropical coconut blend thing yesterday and he got me a strawberry peppermint mist last week :3

Drew: Randy nd I have the same detangler so there's that lol

Randy: Oh, yeah. I almost forgot. James got it for us! Shout out to that man! 

Swim Jim: It's mango pineapple with castor oil and it's quite the treat. I'm glad you two like it :D

Swim Jim: I've learned a lot from this line of conversation gang. @ everyone: I think we should spend more time chillaxing like we did last night 

Pepé: We can hang out this afternoon! I know of an excellent café that we can visit. They even have outdoor seating. :]

Randy: I like the sound of that. :}

Drew: I hafta agree once again lol

Franni: Okay. What time?

Fray: what ab four?

Swim Jim: I'm down, I'm with most of the guys so I think we're all in agreement over here :)

José: I also like 4

José: See you guys then!

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Ché is in a bind while
Zen has a good idea
They go to the beach for Ché's birthday
Jane gives him a blue nose piercing
Zen gives Ché some love bites
They both get him some orange flowers
The three of them spend time with their co conspirators sand dancers and robots and moving things
Even as
Ché is in a bind and
Zen has a good idea

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DJ is in a terrible mood, so he gets on his phone and asks LaShawna for advice.

DJ: Say, LaShawna, what should I do to brighten up my own day, for you think?

DJ: To lift up my spirits?

LaShawna: well I think we should talk to a bunch of our other friends and plan a day or night out maybe even both

DJ: Sounds like a plan! Thanks fam.

DJ: Who do you have in mind

LaShawna: I think this will be fun! Just you wait and see DJ.

...

{At least twelve people have been added to the chat!}

...

DJ: Well, this will be beyond fun. What do you guys want to do now?

{The gaggle/gang/group/squad/set/etc., etc. want to go see a 3D movie and go to the mall. They end up chatting and hanging for hours.}

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They hang out. The walk to the place that Perfume has chosen is long. Fragrance brought fancy tropical sunscreen, it's organic and vegan cause of Frann and her brother. The vegan food spot is near the beach they visited the other day. The structure consists, mostly, of an open air plan. This does not go unnoticed. Fray, for one, is impressed. She curls her lip as she holds in her -pleased- laughter. "Yo Pepé, did you see this when we were out sun tanning and building castles and shit?" Pepé grins, and blushes. "Yes, I did Fray." She frowns, suddenly worried. "But, why? Is there something wrong with that?" "Nah, nah. It looks pretty sweet, actually." The big sister is relieved and she smiles, a little bit soft and a teeny tiny bit shy, to prove it.

Fray rolls her eyes (fondly, obviously), and opens the door for all seven of them. Swim Jim grins when he winks at her while Drew, Randy and Franni verbally express their thanks. The one Fray calls Berry Boi & Blu nods at her as the one she calls Dandy & Candy and Pink Fluff [Galore] claps her kindly on the shoulder once they're all inside. Fray's sister, who came up with plenty of nicknames, mimes blowing her a kiss while Frann just mumbles a thanks. JJ, who usually only lets Swim Jim and Randy call him that, just smiles a sweet ass signature smile. The café is gorgeous, the menus glow faintly; the crew also realizes that the rest of the sunlight streaming through and smells like free spirits ambience is just a tad bit warmer than the more jewel toned menus. Also, Fray wants to try her hand at ordering for others but Jimmy and Randy- and surprisingly Pepé- do too.

Drew decides for them: "Clearly four people want to be so kind as to order in our honor so Fray can do that for her sister and for James. Swim can order for Randy and for Fray. Randy for Frann and I. Pepé for José. Is that alright with you all?" Suddenly, his face changes, Randy- of course- has an inkling as to why. He looks kinda unsure, but luckily Pepé senses that. She and Randy hug the fuck outta him as reassurance. Randy is probably Pep's new biggest fan, after JJ, of course. The server? is a super stunning Fauna Alluren named Tripz.  "Yo, cool lookings. What can I get y'all started with?" Everyone is immensely flattered. "Well-" "Oh sugar stars! I meant Hi! I'm Tripz and I'll be your server for the afternoon. I sure do hope you're enjoying the energy. We take the ambience and the vibes and alladat very seriously here at Sea Star's Shines!"

Randy grins and continues, "Hi there TT, if I can call you that, we're not ready to order yet. Well, food at least." The newly dubbed Two T giggles. "Do you want some drinks? Snacks?" James is in a good mood; they all absolutely adore the décor, plus this color changing sea? being is really fucking attractive. "Pepé can order those for the lucky number of us, yeah?" He winks, both at the aforementioned lady and the fine café employee. They both flush, and in one case glow faintly bluish green and purplish blue like the menus do. "Um, yeah, sure Jamesy, I can do that. I'll have a cherry limeade mocktail and some of those jelly things. JJ will have a root beer float, Blue will have a jasmine green milk tea and the crab and crackers mini quiche, and Randy will have, uh, a fruity fizz water and some deluxe breadsticks." P takes a moment & pauses to think, "Jimmy will get an iced acai & berry blend drink while Fray will take a Du Guru Coffee and a pair of biscotti. For Franni, let's do a pink drink and one of those layered tarts."

Tripz smiles, "Yes, sure Soft Voice, I can do that." After deft scribbles and low hums and more deft scribbles, their server flounces away. Pepé giggles, "Well, that's a sweetheart if we've ever met one, huh guys?" Swim chuckles softly, "Tripz is hot, like crazy hot, but also on the job, so maybe I'll flirt during a break or something." Randy rolls his eyes with lotsa love shining within his gaze, "I absolutely want in on that action." "So do I, since we're being so honest."; Fray huffs while she slowly smiles, a complex, very 'her' endeavor. Drew and José are mulling something over, Frann has joined in on their ponderings.

"Oh!" The two siblings are hit- with the fattest epiphany -at the same time: "A jellyfish and mollusk hybrid!" Drew nods, proud and satisfied. Randy snickers, and also giggles, but don't tell nobody. Grinning and nearly rolling her eyes, Pep wonders aloud: "What about the pronouns?" Randy nods. "I think T is cool with most but prefers none at all. Franni bumped into them at an art meet or something, right?" Now it's her turn to nod. "They usually only hang around other hybrids and artists. The meet was a big deal for them." José nods, "I think that maybe, um, we could encourage them to branch out some." They all sit and mull it over.

Within several minutes, the snacks/mini meals are out and ready. I do not know why I need you to grow that way but I know that you want me to stay the day and stay the way you made me to~ Jim and Rand just might swoon; the sight and sound of Tripz clearly mad relaxed as they work is something else entirely. "Okay so-" Fray holds up a hand, a flame of interest in her eyes. "You make music? You look like the type." Frann almost facepalms. Drew and JJ silently make bets. They win! Franni lost, she is the only one losing money. "I do! The song playing right now is mine." The 'pregame'/early eats get dished out. T smoothly turns to get the first few drinks. "I was just going to say I really like your hair." 2T makes eye contact with all of them, Drew included.

Shrugging, they giggle as they see that Randy & Jimmy have been continuously trying to politely & inconspicuously check 'em out. They wink -and smile sagely too! The boys barely manage to catch their collective breath. "I go on break soon enough, how 'bout I give you guys my number?" Randy charmingly smiles, he sucked up all the dregs of suave energy in the room, apparently. "Fray, Jim, and I would definitely like that. A lot, actually." Pepé would as well. Drew makes that known for her, & himself! too. "I'll be right back with the rest. Are you all ready to order?" The menus have selection spots that pregame eating does not:

P: Portobello burger with wild fries J: risotto D: fruit salad and crepes R: chowder SJ: Blendy Casserole Fray: deluxe mac and cheese Fran: same as Drew

After taking the menus, Trippy starts up another melody: Send it all to me, all to me, show it all to she, all to she. Why will you not try and see? Why do you not come Fort He?~ The gaggle is awe-fully silenced. Within twenty minutes, the food is all ready. Using many arms and legs, TT is able to serve everyone at once. They turn swiftly once more, Fray and Franni think this time was on purpose, to claim a break. "I'm calling it! I worked my ova and I cut my my last call!" Blinking in confusion, roughly half the table is at a loss. Nodding, Tripz, real name Penina-Lanuola Teuila Masin'Na Tallullah-Ripleys, blinks their floral red eye and their one silvery blue violet eye as they realize why the cool ass cute ass crew is confused.

"I worked overtime which means more loose free time and my last break was shorter on purpose. I have-" they check an amorphous phone "-twenty two minutes." Scribbling and humming for the eighth time this workday, Tripz then hands out shiny slivers of glowing nearly laminated!? paper. Fray legit blushes. Franni already has their number. The food is good, T is even eating a very complicated umami dessert. When it's all said and done, the lot promises to meet up again. The tips are very generous and after all that Tripz even helps with hair care suggestions. Their own periwinkle and ice green locks are lightweight, loosely wrought coils that come down to their calves.

Fray suggests doing each other's hair, at Franni's behest. Franni brought du rags, bonnets, scarves and special wrap nets galore. The only ones who don't make embarrassing happy sounds when their head gets massaged are Drew and José. Franni and Fray are the most surprised, with J being a real, real close second. The hair care person(s) to hair(s) cared for are as follows: P takes care of R and Fran; D helps. R takes care of SJ. Jimmy takes care of Fray. Fran handles D. JJ takes care of P. Fray handles J. So now, the seven of them are wafting [off] smells of ores, citrus, luxury lipstick, peppermint mint vanilla mango moisturizer, rosemary hibiscus hair balm, coconut oil crema, rose milk, and shea cocoa flower bomb.

Pepé takes more than an hour with the two styles she was working on. Randy has finger coils while Franni has a crimpy braid out. Drew mixed Pepé's products special that day and is a pro at the applications. It takes Randy twentyish minutes; Swim now has coily twists. Fray's hair took Jimmy an hour or so, she rocks flat twists with a looped bun now. Franni took twentyish minutes to give Drew a finger wave-esque hairdo that isn't flat at all. José has given Pepé heatless coils- this took him two hours and some change. Thanks to Fray, he is now sporting cute braids. JJ and Jamesy both have donned beads, one set brown black and multi red while the other is translucent white with sparkling swirls inside.

After Drew helps everyone with their hands- he knows massages and color coordination and nail art and pressure points -they go to sleep. Pep puts on the newest of Trip's extremely vast discography in the background. Fray's head is in R's lap and her hands with her midnight blue and quicksilver skies end up draped across him and Blue. Said Drew Berry has one reddish set and one purplish set, both with little dots of black. He is cuddled into J's side. J dons two sets of light green with a marble effect. His head is in Franni's lap. She has sunset colors for her nails, each one a related hue on a broad gradient. Randy could stay like this forever, well, in an hour once he adds in some trees, then yeah, forever. Berry Blu and James don't  usually partake, but today was such a good day.

Candy Bro aka the PFG has a cotton candy green set with one bubblegum pink finger and his signature pink on a set with one white chocolate off white finger. Fray is taking a bit, Jimmy is gonna shotgun her sister. Everyone else is waiting in the lovely lil lazy line. Randy is next to P and somehow Jim, too. Their phones go off with cute little chirps and pings and dings and other such techy tones;

Why yes, I did make a group chat! Wanna hang out next week? We can go surfing or skating or something?

Every person in the group chat is down. Tripz chooses Tuesday at 7! SJ has nails that match his beads; ergo, raised swirls of blue silver and silver blue and rose gold and bronzish green adorn them both. Pepé, with hands decorated with little plants and insects leans her head onto Swim and hums contentedly. She then turns the music up.

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when she gets out of single client therapy session won? she is not fully alone,
when she leaves single client therapy session ? she is not fully distraught.
v is for no vendettas, not quite vigilante, but for veronica;
v is for vying, not quite veni or vidi or vici, but for veronica.
v is also for very high bun and very high maintenance new hair.
over the course of eight months,

v  a s  i n  v e r o n i c a

gets a silvery septum ring
&
gets a golden bronze and warm brown seasonal butterfly bracelet-anklet pair for her left limbs.
she gets a looping cross of blue and silver and white ribbon where late palm meets early right wrist;
she gets a smattering of a butterfly colony? in black and orange and yellow and green on her right shoulder.
it is the first time of many? more where she feels that she can truly allow someone else to affect the state{s} of her body, of her skin;
the taller best friend is shocked, dawn is with it, nick falls deeper in love.
ken ken wants to stay vegan and color the ink in,

she also wants to keep daphne, but shit, veronica does too. they gain a horse and eventually a horse's sweet smart support dog

{v  a s  i n  v a l d i m e r a}

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Kat talks about race at least five more times with white (+ some Brown folks as a surprise) folks.

For free, again.

Kat gets fucked senseless like thrice by white folk? (+ some Brown folk as a well deserved sensual treat/reward/permanent lifestyle type investment)

For free, again.

Kat goes with Oliver and his co-parent and their kid to get their hair and/or nails done.

(She and said kid get heatless coil definition and some temporary highlights, semi permanent in swirling shades of two toned candy colors: pretty as a primrose pink and orchid/Luna moth green).

The nails either match the hair in a clever ass cool ass complement type way or don't, but they were also free so

Yes, white people did pay. Why? That is unimportant.

She grows into something fresh/new/exciting with Tia and Adena, for free, again.

Jane falls for a bi guy, or a pair. Sutton owes her metamour some cold hard cash.

Richard is not glad he stayed out of the bet, he would have won at least fifty of someone else's bucks.

Kat grows her hair out and protests and podcasts and makes a cameo in a music video.

Looks like someone else else is going to cough up.

Perhaps some of Adena and Tia's more steadfast sitch metamours?

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Miles refuses to let her in, right now. He wipes his eyes and huff and smiles shakily as he settles his anger. She is Black and mixed and girl* and part white and skinny, well slender, really and light so
Gwen refuses to let him win, this way. She lets the tears travel just about all the way down. Her anger is roiling, but she lets it crest, much unlike her best friend here. He is Black and brown and boy* and Latinx and not so small anymore as a young hero and darker so
as the hours tick by, the mood finally and at once changes:
"You do understand, so that is why you should definitely still leave me alone!"
"But you're hurting yourself-"
"I'm fine!" "My art is doing great and so is my hair and so are my powers and I can handle this."
"No." "You need to take a break. Just stop painting and face me, Miles, please."
"Ha!" "But only 'cause you genuinely said the word please, and right after my name too."
The art is huge and portable and his dad will be tiredly mad while his mom will be joyful with aplomb but
Miles smiles as he gets paint all over her hoodie. The art is a mural made up of squares.
The squares depict rallies and riots and posturings and protests and defiance and fight.
The other Spiders- and some other super special special super friends- helped.
Gwen grimaces even as the paint has the nerve, the audacity to look good.
He sprays himself a little with some purple paint to match her green and the two of them cart the portable piece out of the garage as they make their way to the next radical gathering as Ham and Peni's spider and Noir like to dub them.

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The flashes only flick gone with permission. Richie and Eddie and Mike and Ben and Bill get the most attention. The cameras only click on with permission. They hear of more ITs and are on the case{s}. Stanley moves fast, procures for them bulletproof everything. Pat has special goats and sheep and spiders and silkworms. He and Georgie are the resident vegans. They sell this stuff too, and they get more pets. Good thing no one is bothered by snakes. The scars do not quite go away but Mike has invented a way or five to help keep 'em neat?, the memories too. Bev and Stan and Georgie and the dog!? and Pat and Hen get attention after. Mike invents another way to prevent more ITs from doing the destructive things. Eddie misses most of one leg and less than half of the other while Henry does too. Georgie lost an arm and a leg, on his right side. Henry did on his left own. Teasing the paps, who respond in kind, G is able to advocate for somethings. Mike smiles at the photo takers, the group's gaggle based therapist suggested them, friends of his or something. They lounge around and the first dog was named Jamming. Benjamin liked it. Richie added the Richard when he was high and nineteen and happy. Henry gets chickens and called them the babes & the birdies. There's a book for kids all about their pets. Eddie has always been an Edward, everyone knows that. Bill gets called Bluey and Bird and Jay and Songster. The paparazzi have been with them for hours. Beverly and Stanley take them all, mostly pro bono? therapist friend included, to the pet store. This, thanks to the resident polyam inventor, happens in the weirdest county of Florida.

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Cyborg loves how Fyrey Flore is a sacred place-

Roy met a Robin in this special space.

So now Blackfire and Jinx and Aqualad and Bumblebee are dancing;

They are turning the weekly pole competition into romancing.

Beast Boy flirts and flirts and flirts-

Raven smiles and Terra laughs until it hurts.

Jason is tired, he and Starfire decide not to be drivers-

He throws lots and lotsa Robin's money away & she calls the talent Pearl Divers.

They have been at it for a few hours now.

The club now has like eleven new favorite visitors, errybody mos def knows how.

Cyborg knows why Fyrey Flore is a precious place-

Aqualad met Jinx in this stunning space.

Blackfire beats out Aqualad, Bumblebee beats out Jinx;

the judges say oh, issa tie, so now the two of them add in fancy moves and winks.

Beastie think Bumblebee will pull a sleeper star & Jason agrees with him so far.

Terra grins as Starfire cheers for errybody, as she does 'n' Roy does too as he fixes up a better buzz.

Robin grins, he lets Jason spend his hard earned cash, he and Raven are only sober so they can smash.

Bumblebee wins! Aqualad and the other losers buy everybody more drinks 'n' drugs.

Blackfire spins! She and her sister have prepared fun things for an afterparty. Raven and Robin giddily give everybody hugs.

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He grows his hair out again and colors it. She already did both of those things.

Jaz refuses to call him Thugnificent usually, she likes his name better. He likes that about her.

He ends up fixing her hair for her. They used to do that, way back in the day.

Her mom wanted him in all the ways you could want a Black man as a very weird über privileged white lady.

Jazmine's dad just thought he could help open her eyes to more of the Afro-Diaspora.

Only one parent got what they wanted,

'sides Otis doesn't even like the vast majority of white people that way. He still babysits, he just makes way better music more.

All five of his partners worked on T's hair for him; they both have flat twists and loose twists and poufy pigtails.

The pair is now pet sitting some snakes and also some sharks apparently, Jaz sketches them out.

Only after 'Opuntia Juice' does, which is after her hair is done; she giggles a lot, she's mad ticklish. 

The snakes are sweet peas, the sharks are softies. There're a couple of chameleons, six iguanas, and five geckoes as well.

The chameleons are charming and cunning. The iguanas are idiots that prefer to be out and about on the island;

the geckoes are goofy and gregarious, they climb all over the two sitters as they snakes try and succeed at the same thing!

Their people are famous, so famous Otis Jenkins had only met up with them at galas and shows and ceremonies.

Jaz refuses to believe him until he brings up the story about how they got him his dogs

and his birds and some of his small animals. He likes that about her.

They go take a nap, the animals would like walkies, even though Min and Thug had pet sat

even more animals of this famous ass group of five (a troupe of actor-singer-dancer-writers deeply in love) like two whole days ago.

The gig pays $85 to $110 an hour. The other pets are either birds or shelled animals or mammals, so.

The other pets are also sweet and dashing and loud and pushy and loving and so on & so forth.

He drops more stories down on her still little ass head and his partners all stop by with some fusion (Chinese-Thai) food for them both.

Otis and Jaz appease them by showing them

all twenty four pets. There are six snakes and five sharks. Huey, Caesar, Riley, and Cindy stop by too! Huey made them buy pet food for the scalies.

T has a plan, they will do the walks in different shifts. The snakes can be out the enclosures, two or three at a time too.

The sharks want some sun, as do all the other pets. They have a solid game plan. Min fixes the plan, everyone ends up eating outdoors.

Everyone is getting sunlight, like the other workday but with more cold bloodeds.

Okafore and Huckles and Lorah Lai and Maxyi and Atlase are back; the walk took mad long, they all met up outside.

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Wolf got Benson into gardening, and all of Doag's really cool friends followed. "Mr.Oak" did the same thing for Wolf, now everyone knows that Benson has a very green thumb. The garden even has something sprawling that's green and orange in honor of Fun Gus. "Hey, Benson, the fresh pink and red and purple buds are for whom? Or is it who?" "Hi Dave, these are for Margot, her brother, and everyone else that is now a regular animal. Oh, hey Kipo." "Wow, guys! There are so many new blossoms. These blooms right here look absolutely incredible!" There are a lot of small bushes in shapes, such as those of two headed birds that made- and make -incredible steeds. Roughly half of the plants here are edible, but that part is somehow still a super special surprise. Wolf installed a patch where everyone is allowed to work out on, if they wanted air and a reprieve from Label and Zane's gym. "Benson is so good at this! If this wasn't a community garden, the three of them would be rolling in dough!" "Greta has a point." "Yo Jamack, watch your step, you're allergic to most of that plot."

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Glory loves the spray of seawater, Starla does too. Sea Hawk stopped setting boats on fire, he has now progressed to pyrotechnics and helping people burn stuff when it is actually appropriate. Tallstar has set up the supplies, Jewelstar is first to get started. Rogelio and Bow are eager to better their own techniques. Mermista has some weird bet going on with her boyfriend. She gets three kisses for every two laps. Her people tease her, they know she has more than built up her strength since the end of the war. They dip and swirl and dive and impress everyone, royalty included. Glory helps make sure Sea Hawk doesn't fall in to the water. Rogelio is painting portraits for all of his friends and allies, he's gonna be at the shore for a while. Bow ekes out lovely little pictures of landscapes and flora + fauna.
Bow manages to get a dozen or so done, Rogelio has finished eight in the same time. Mermista is done swimming as a mermaid and is now practicing more tricks in her human form. Sea Hawk is trying not to faint, he succeeds. He also goes swimming a ways away from his girlfriend. She lets him, although they play tag every time he pays up her kisses. The other merpeople pose and flex and charm and relax. A few of them will pay for a painting, Rogelio agrees in order for him to help pay for Imp's stuff. Bow declines, until his siblings show up. They goad him into accepting the money, they say he should use it for repairs or something important such as that. Glory swoops all over the place, Starla tries to. She ends up taking notes on things they need to implement back home. Tallstar takes so long, she has three large canvases done by the time the gang is set to pack up. Jewelstar, on the other hand, has dozens of halfway done pieces; he wants to do more on the works in daylight instead.

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Vance aka Stargazer somehow manages to keep company with an assortment of non human beings, the creatures 'n' critters from across the woods included. A few days ago, they spent time with the farther away friends as well as Noah the Spectre. Ava had convinced the rest of the group to introduce all the animals- magical or otherwise -to each other. It went more than alright. They spent hours laughing, talking, and enjoying picnic fare. Now it is Saturday and as Lily is setting up another picnic, Andy is sneaking snacks and pretending to be of use. Ava is flirting with Vance, the two of them have been at it nearly all afternoon. Connor is successful in trying to make Noah laugh; Stacey is helping. Dan is teasing Lucas about sports, or something. The group's the only ones out so far in, so they have privacy to be loud and loving and a teeny bit extra.

"Guys, please stop running over my feet, I'm already clumsy enough!" "Hm, well, if that's the case...I'll just pull a you and catch you when you fall, Gazes." "A-Av-Ava! Aw!" "Ha! I made you all flustered first. Dan owes me twelve bucks." "You didn't even need your powers to make me swoon, my magical girl." "I- ugh, you're so damn cheesy, Van. At least I still get my money." "Andy! Stop eating the meat from the charcuterie board." "But it's so good! You and Brit did such a killer job." "F-flattery won't get you anywhere this time, mister. Oh, Tandy, not you too!" "So, what happened when you got dared to kiss Stargazer, Noah? Did they stutter and flush a little or was it super embarrassing?" "Connor, the best part was how V bolted as soon as the kiss was over, they nearly tripped over their own feet!" "You guys come to all my games, and all of Andy's, even though we're all out of high school. I know you know the answer, Lukey." "I-" "Too busy checking out the gun shows? I don't blame you-" "Just stop poking fun at me and kiss me, Pierce." "If you insist, I shall oblige the lovely gentleman."

Hilda is playing tug-o-war with Flicker, who lets her lose for the first several rounds. Rene is very excited to be in a relatively new part of the woods. Jiji paws at the antlers, apparently she dislikes the state of filth they're in. Rene allows this, the antlers aren't the only parts that deserve to be cleaned up. Tandy steals food from Andy, so Lily says it is finally time to dig in. It's a brisk fall day; it is also dark enough for Noah to be out and about comfortably. Vance, who has moved on from romantically messing with Ava, is talking his figurative ear off, they have ideas on how to free his spirit. Everyone starts eating, except Flicker and Noah; the pair busy themselves playing tag. It gets colder and darker as the picnic trails on. Eventually, they call it. Ava has even more tricks up her sleeves, so they end the late lunch with a talent show of sorts. Flicker wants to play for a little longer, so they make arrangements for him to come back to Noah in a few hours.

"Rene, you look so good. Great job, Jiji!" "I'd bet you're glad y'all ran into her way back when she was still a kitten." "Stacey, Connor, you are both absolutely right. Shocker. I'm also glad that Flicker and Hilda are truly buds." "Lil, I heard Joss also helped with the food and stuff, you all have outdone yourselves. Please tell her we said so?" "You got it, Dan." "Aves, your powers are so strong!" "Surprised, Lu?" "Hey King Kang, all this nice lighting and wonderful vibes makes me feel-" "V, shut up, you sap. I'll smooch you so soundly, you'll be feeling the press of my lips on yours for a week." "Don't forget about us!" "Stace, they could never." "Connor's right. Plus I think Noah distracted the animals on purpose. How sweet!" "Lily, since we're now on the topic of Noah, give him the cards and stuff we made for him. I figured he could use some gifts too. The animals loved theirs, so." "Brilliant idea Dan." "So Connor, are we just gonna make out until everyone's ready to head in?" "Yes, Dan, yes we will." "Star got many things right today, this second picnic has been just as good of date as last time." "Oh, thanks, Lucas."

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His sister always has the best ideas. Connor and Stacey planned the whole casting thing out. Ava fed them info and video chatted with entire covens.

Hilda is in a mood, so they set up a play-date to distract her, just a little. Eight hours later, Connor is trying not to fall asleep; all the non magical animals are asleep. Sylvie is sick, so they brought her over. She's medicated and merely half awake. The spell's done. Noah is free, taller, more toned, really nice looking; Connor flushes. Noah's only in a robe and he's definitely too tall for it. Now, all of his hair is geode-like, simultaneously a much darker brown and amber yellow and sun sky orange and ferocious red and soft green and brightly pastel? blue. His hair is also wavier and to his waist. He's got a magic slight perma tan and light freckles all over. One of his eyes is dark hazel and the other is green? He smiles and his eyes flash their happy blue. His freckles flicker blue and off, as if he has magic under his skin. Vance is the same height as before, but now their hair is half deep dark blue and half shimmery silver-green. All over their body, the hair is split. Plus, one eye is light hazel while their other once warm brown eye is cool toned and almost black. Vance also has coin sized patches of vitiligo on their left- the hair is silvery green here. The right side is almost entirely pale, the patches are hand sized and quite frequent. The hair here is deep, dark, and blue! They laugh so much they fall over. Harper is blonde, as in peachy yellow, caramel honey, champagne blonde. They like this, it makes them look smooth.  Both of their eyes change colors like Noah's still do. Harp's a tiny bit taller though, for some reason.

Their eyes went from being mostly green and light brown to mostly blue green and hazel. They've a large port wine stain that frames both eyes as well as dark freckles all over. Stace feels as if the three of them will struggle to explain the eyelashes, but Joss points out that eyelash tinting exists. Star and Kepler are stronger now too. Sky-rise sits on Noah's head and he feels very little. Tandy and Hilda jump and knock V and S over, although Jiji helped Tandy out since he just a crow. Flicker and Rene are all over No. The two of them are bigger, cleaner, and stronger. It's as if they got a power boost from The Power in exchange for helping with the transforming spell. Flicker looks like he got hit by a car and then revived, his fur is the same color that the bones were. His spit and sweat and eyes glow like his eyes used to, too. Rene paws at Noah's feet. With antlers this new size, headbutts are too risky. Ava think they should see if other magical animals need an upgrade this these two got, but with easier Arcane conduit based spells. Cora's book was nice, but the group had to stitch the plan together themselves. They tested it three different times on dead/dying trees. Axel wants to play, Lily obliges him. Cody is shook. Brit is without words. Everyone else is helping the main five (Stargazer, Kepler, Noah, Flicker, and Rene) since these new forms are kinda gangly. Tom and the others from Pine Springs are elated, this means so much good is still yet to be done. Everyone piles into a very large rental and they decide to go one state away to recover.

They had planned a cover story but there are new monsters here so they just convince Elliot and Robbie to push back their romantic little road trip a few weeks instead. The new main rumor is that there's fancy salon in Seattle that does full body color specials and all of that. The salon is real, so the gang decides to go with that. The other very popular rumor is that Noah's mysterious kidnapper recently died, this rumor works too.

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do not

need

my dad

to understand. The cops did

not

and that

is more

than

okay

with me.

Mack

thinks

we took

too

long.

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aka

their

future

beau

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too.

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bestie

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I jus

do

not

care.

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They planned it for weeks; Hordak and Entrapta were on top of this.

He's very excited about everything. Roller skating's what most of the group wanted to do.

She's very nervous about everything. Eating spicy food's what most of the group wanted to do.

Lonnie teases Bow about something silly and Entrapta makes Emily handle that. Sea Hawk is half asleep.

Rogelio grins as he messages Kyle about something Bow said back. {The other boyfriend is in stitches, actually.}

Hordak hip checks Rogelio and Wrong Hordak is mulling about names.

Hordak and Entrapta are on top of this; they got the perfect skates.

The food is half spicy spicy and half absolutely not.

The roller skating is half a blast and half even better than the food;

the drinks are tied though. [There are berry blasts and something special.]

The planner pair kiss in the corner and Wrong Hordak is eating a lot of nachos. Lonnie giggles

and Rogelio makes a joke about matchmaking the Star siblings.

Sea Hawk is playing in someone's hair before he even fully wakes up.

The siblings do get matches made. Hordak wants to set up dates for everyone.

Wrong Hordak helps choose locations. He is the best skater.

Lonnie is close, Rogelio prefers boards and blades. Hordak is tied for almost the worst with somebody.

Entrapta ribs Sea Hawk for sleeping; he teases Entraptadak? about kissing in front of his nachos and then kisses Bow on the cheek and daps up Wrong Hordak.

Hordak rips Wrong Hordak a new one about his taste in cheeses. Wrong Hordak is unaffected, he gets some more junk food.

Lonnie kisses Rogelio in front of the phone and Kyle yells "Gosh, I love you!" and then scurries off, very red and really joyful.

Kyle invites Glimmer and Mermista over to talk with Entraptadak & co.? to figure out what the Star siblings would like.

Hordak falls asleep in his partner's lap, Wrong Hordak likes being called Boo and also Wilhelm.

Entrapta is tired and Emily is telling all the other partners how wonderful the date was.

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The baby thief asks him out and he says yes,

duh.

Kelby is so excited! He is not feeling no stress;

Sam dresses them all up.

Daisal Iris-Tine Mazu wears orange red bottoms and white clothes. They kiss Philly a lot.

Kelby has on pink and white, the cradle-in robber has on gray and green.

Casey fixes Bessie and tries to help some other bots.

Philly is flushed, eager. She grabs D's hand.

P Dog giggles about everything, only because Daisal is there. His outfit is purple and he looks dashing.

They swing their hands and then Kelby blushes something silly, he loves love.

They also roll eyes a bunch when K's date makes a joke about smashing.

The date was really cute; they got food from a fancy stall.

Bonus:

?: "I would like to give you so many smooches." K: "Oh, um, I think I'd like that. Very much" ?: "Wanna grab some smoothies from over here?" K: "I- H-how'd you know?"

D: "Kelby and his date are very cute." P: "Yes, my dear cyborg, I'll give you 'so many smooches'." D: "Stop rolling your eyes and kiss me dummy." P: "Ha ha, you still can't cuss at me- Mmph~"