ACTION -- OPEN EVENT. (forward-dated to sunday)

[nippy]

[ early on Sunday morning, a message goes out across the Warp Band network:

PARTY TODAY @ THE PARK

- come hang out with everyone and relax - it's going all day + into the evening, turn up whenever - try to bring something! food is always good but otherwise you can just bring a picnic blanket + napkins and stuff like that - totsuka's doing music things, music people should bring instruments - fireworks at night!!!!! - ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY, I WILL FIND YOU - see you there, have fun :)

attached is a picture of the particular park that the party is taking place at, as well as a general description of where it's located. ]

MORNING / DAYTIME / EVENING

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[indy_wannabe]

[Hark! A voice beneath a large stack of fireworks slowly walking through]

Where do you want these honey?

[nippy]

[ Jack goes up on his toes at the new voice - totally unnecessary, because it's not like he can crane to see beyond the fireworks and he doesn't need to strain to look over Lux's head, but he's excited. ]

Man, that's more like it! [ he leans down to Lux and stage whispers: ] Would this be Perk #2?

[ladyofluminosity]

[ Turning toward Ezreal, she catches Jack's whisper and turns pink to her ears. Did he really have to put it that way? ]

This is Ezreal. I asked him if he could help get some fireworks.

[ She looks over his haul. ]

And I think he went a little overboard.

[indy_wannabe]

Man, I could have made twice this with a little more notice.

Got my hands on some Sanctuary powder. The Calderan stuff is really precise but the Sanctuary stuff has some weird properties to it. I expect the explosions will be very interesting.

...

Who's this?

[nippy]

[ okay, he had been kidding himself when he thought that he was ready for this. what if Ezreal doesn't like him? will Lux just... drop their friendship? there's no question that Ezreal is way more important than Jack, of course she would abandon him. this is so different to parents and kids, he'll always be the mischievous fey boy that charms kids away from the authority of their parents. this one actually matters.

he hesitates for a moment between a melodramatic introduction and an ordinary one, and ultimately decides to be casual about it. ]

Jack Frost! I'm a friend of Lux's. This is... [ he waves his hand vaguely at the group of Pokémon hanging off of him. ] ... everyone. Anyway, I'm glad her fiancé has more sense about fireworks than she does. You call this overboard, Lux? Come on.

[ladyofluminosity]

I told you about him!

[ She rams her shoulder into Ezreal's a bit jokingly. She had told him. Just about everything. About the caves, her injury, what he was--and the fact that she wanted to help in any way that she could. It was hard to hide something like that, but Lux knew her better half would reserve judgment until they met. She was confident she knew how this meeting would go.

Opening her mouth to introduce Jack, the taller boy beat her to it. Instead, she gave them both a very faked scolding look. ]

See, this was why I was worried about bringing you two together. And what do you mean "weird properties?" They aren't going to be dangerous, are they?

[indy_wannabe]

Ah gotcha. Nice to meet you Jack!

And as far as dangerous, well, not too bad. Nothing I can't handle.

[nippy]

[ well, there was no immediate shift in Ezreal's expression when he heard Jack's name, so he must at least be alright with whatever Lux has said. he rocks back on his heels, a little more at ease. ]

Y'know, I've never actually seen fireworks before. What should I be expecting here?

[indy_wannabe]

This.

[Ezreal lights a firework before Lux can object and sends a stream of color flying off into the sky, which explodes in a splash of orange sparks.]

Don't worry, these are theoretically perfectly safe.

[ladyofluminosity]

They're--

[ She sees him light the fuse a bit too late, and gives the blond the nastiest of looks. ]

Ezreal!