Why Don't You Let Yourself Just Be Whoever You Are? [Event]

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Why Don't You Let Yourself Just Be Whoever You Are? [Event] Aug 13, 2020 19:08:31 GMT

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Post by Red on Aug 13, 2020 19:08:31 GMT

(ooc: Very belated Rainbow Festival thread. Closed to Angry and Red.)

"C'mon!"

Her usually soft voice didn't carry very far, but tonight was a night she wanted to spend with her best friend. That meant stepping outside her comfort zone a little bit and being just the tiniest bit more talkative. Besides... who really cared? With Arndelle residents occupied with the Rainbow Festival, she and Angry could do whatever they wanted. Usually, Angry was the brains of the situation. She was the one that often kept them to the task at hand and led the way. This one time, though, Red wanted to be the leader. It was the least she could do to help Angry.

"There's games," Red insisted with a smile on her face. "It'll be fun." She stopped running long enough to turn and look at Angry after that. Nobody could stop them from engaging in the fun and games, right? Besides... it wasn't like Flynn or Rapunzel was going to scold them. Right?

This time, no words were spoken. She knew Angry well enough to guess that there still might be resistance even after she'd led the way that long. So, Red batted her eyes and put on her best pleading sort of look. What sort of a friend would she be if she didn't try and get Angry to engage in the games and fun for one little night? They could put off pickpocketing and gathering supplies for the Wings for one night. Even if that was the primary reason Red had originally wanted the two of them to join the war efforts, or at least the efforts outside the Suns and Thorns, she knew this was their one change. They didn't get to be kids often.

Why waste the chance?

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Why Don't You Let Yourself Just Be Whoever You Are? [Event] Aug 25, 2020 20:36:27 GMT

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Post by Angry on Aug 25, 2020 20:36:27 GMT

Angry couldn't conceal it, she felt...

Distinctly out of her element here. Oh sure, she'd been about the festival several times already by now; but that had always been business as usual, as far as the shorter child was concerned. Lifting wallets when people weren't looking, sneaking coins from vendors' unguarded money pouches, being part of Dodger's scam... doing what she was best at, quite honestly. Angry hadn't stopped to even consider the thought of having fun; after all, what was more fun than doing what she was good at anyway?

So actually being about the fair just to... have a good time, apart from that?

She wasn't quite sure, in truth, how to process that. Nor, for that matter, was she sure quite how to process Red's newfound drive to take the lead, at least in this; while Angry would never resent her best friend, there was nonetheless a certain something curling in her gut at the way her role as leader of the pair was being usurped, a... not quite jealousy, but definitely a sense that she wasn't entirely happy with this arrangement.

She didn't... like the feeling of following, rather than leading. Not even if Red was the one she was following.

Nonetheless, as Red stopped, so too did Angry. If the redhead's expression was alight with eagerness, her companion's couldn't have been more different; she locked down much of what she was feeling, leaving only a slight grimace of, honestly, complete bafflement. She wanted to speak up, to say how stupid this was; games and things were kid stuff, as far as she was concerned, and Angry had never before been afraid to speak her mind. But yet, at the same time...

Could she really say no to Red simply... wanting a day off from having to lie and steal? Wanting to spend the time as normal kids, just having fun together? It was something they rarely did, Angry honestly wasn't sure she even knew what Red enjoyed when they weren't thieving and trying to get by... and as much as she still thought it was a dumb?

It came down to one real fact: she didn't want to hurt Red's feelings.

Oh sure, she'd done that in the past, pushing her decisions over the other's; but ever since Eugene had shown her that Red was her true family, Angry had been trying to be more considerate of the other girl. Red was more important to her than anything else in her life, and she would never see her hurt, emotionally or otherwise.

Her head titled slightly.

"Is this what you've been doing, while I was off with Dodger and the others?"

She'd... at least hear Red out before dismissing it as out of hand. Still, Angry wasn't anything close to convinced; but for all that... would it really be so bad to spend the time doing something that her sister wanted to? Even if it turned out only to be a waste of time, they'd at least be doing it together, which must count for something.

And really... would it be such a crime to indulge in 'kid stuff'? Just once in a while, when the opportunity was held out to them like this?

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Why Don't You Let Yourself Just Be Whoever You Are? [Event] Dec 3, 2021 5:38:23 GMT

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Post by Red on Dec 3, 2021 5:38:23 GMT

Part of her knew that she had been taking the lead more often than the normally would have. Usually, Red was content to let Angry do the leading. That was just how things were. It took a little boldness sometimes, though, and she felt like it was especially necessary if she was going to convince her best friend to take a break from their usual line of work. How else would they get to run around and have fun like normal children? No fears of being found by the Baron, no worries about needing to blend in, just... being free.

Angry's question earned a sheepish smile and a slight shrug of her shoulders. Truth be told? Red had been trying to get involved in the sneaky stuff of the Wings as well. How could she not? She'd been the one to nudge them both into joining their ranks, after all. This was just a one night thing. Then she'd start taking things seriously again. That much, Red was going to swear to herself.

There was a plea in her eyes as she looked to her friend. All she wanted was to have a little bit of fun with her friend. The festival wasn't going to last forever. She knew this wasn't normally Angry's sort of mode of operations, but again. What could it hurt?

Big green eyes were blinked quickly as she clasped her hands together. One last plea to have some fun. Then she'd be happy to go back to letting Angry take the lead.

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Why Don't You Let Yourself Just Be Whoever You Are? [Event] Feb 22, 2022 21:47:32 GMT

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Post by Angry on Feb 22, 2022 21:47:32 GMT

Well, the shrug was a simple gesture; but Angry knew her friend well enough to recognise much of the meaning behind Red's often non-verbal language. It wasn't quite a 'yes' or a 'no'; but between that and the taller girl's facial expressions, Angry was able to discern the majority of what it was she was trying to say. To Angry, it read much as if it hadn't necessarily been Red's intention to spend a lot of time around the fair, but that she had ended up doing so anyway, and had liked what she'd found. It was maybe not quite the whole story that Red had been trying to tell, but Angry was confident that it hit pretty close to the mark.

And then, that pleading look...

A small, stubborn part of Angry's mind doubled down at that look. As much as she adored her sister, as much as Red was her absolute favourite person in the world, no question, there was still a small, bitter part of the dark-haired girl that resented when Red resorted to giving her looks that felt like they amounted to essentially silent disapproval. She knew and understood, of course, that Red didn't like to speak much - even counted on it, at times - but there was just something about that particular set of looks...

Maybe it was just the way that some of them, like this one, were just impossible to say no to.

She forced herself to swallow her pride, her need to always be the one in charge. They didn't go down easily... but, Red was right. This was all new and different - maybe that was why Angry was so wary of it - and sometimes it really would do both of them good to just... lay aside the thieving and stealing, to just relax a little. And even if she hadn't been willing to admit to all that, well...

Even for all the anger in her small heart, Angry just couldn't bring herself to be mad at Red. Red was her sister, the most important person in her world, and if one of Angry's key defining traits was her anger?

Another was her absolute loyalty to those who meant the most to her.

It took a moment of effort, but she finally let herself smile. The walls weren't down, not fully - or at least, they were ready to snap back into place at a moment's notice, if someone so much as looked at the two of them wrong - but they were at least lowered a little. Some of the attractions did look like the could be fun, she could admit, and... honestly? It kind of meant a lot to her that Red wanted to share the experience with her.

"You're right. Let's have some fun here, while we can."

Good times with her friend were rare - at least, good times that didn't involve simply doing what they did best, i.e. stealing - so, as Red had implied, it wasn't an opportunity to be missed.

Still, this was mostly Red's outing, so Angry would defer to her friend until or unless something really specifically caught her eye.

"What did you want to do first?"

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