It seemed like a good idea at the time...

[maddeninghatter]

Date & Time: 2698, fin-de-millenium, just prior to the formation of the United Earth
Location: Las Vegas
Characters: Break, Kevin, Gilbert, Oz, Elliot, Alice, Allen, Lenalee, Rosette, Chrono, Chrysos
Summary: Fear and loathing
Warnings: Showgirls and Gilbert weeping.

The statement “Let’s go to Vegas” exists as the multiverse’s quintessential definition of, “well it seemed like a good idea at the time.” Even in this case, it really had, between zombies, insurrection, and the day to day tedium of life on the moon. Besides which, Xerxes Break has a new sentient (sentient-er) weapon, which in a stunning show of good judgement is too dangerous to test on the moonbase, nor in any concentration of people. Las Vegas, set against the backdrop of the vast, desolate Mojave desert, seemed to be a perfect choice.

When our heroes wink into existence, squinting against the early-morning desert sunshine, they’ll find themselves duly welcomed. Come play in the casino. When you feel a bit peckish, indulge in all you can eat. Take your winnings and go shopping; at night, take in a show. And if you’ve done really well gambling, unwind in a ridiculously luxurious suite.

…or is this how you’re spending the night?

Thirty-six hours in Vegas, what could possibly go wrong?

(ooc: feel free to start threads willy-nilly, name your time and place, threadjack and mingle)

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[OZ YOU'RE NOT MAKING THIS ANY EASIER he was going to be cool you don't understand.]

E-eeeeh?!

[velveteened]

Well, this is supposed to be a vacation after all. Maybe that was a little too serious.

( POKES AT HIS ICE CREAM MELT WITH THE SPOON AGAIN wow this is so unsalvageable. )

[retraced]

T-that didn't seem like a strange thing to say to you?!

[BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY FREAKING STRANGE TO HIM.]

[velveteened]

Well, I did wonder if you'd had something to drink before I found you...

( JUST SAYING )

[retraced]

I-I DIDN'T-!

[Too flustered to realize that he's being teased. Oz pls have mercy.]

[velveteened]

Then, that's good! I was happy to hear you able to say something like that.

( before gil can recover from the teasing! )

[retraced]

[There are no words.

Only angry, blushing cheeks turning away from his young master to stare down at the ground.]

Oz. Eat your pizza.

[Grumble, grumble.]

[velveteened]

( he laughs, moving obediently to do just that — he really is hungry after all!!! — and leaving gil's hat in his lap for the time being. )

This is delicious! Even if it's a little cold, it's good.

[retraced]

[Oz's genuine, cheerful voice helps to calm him down a little bit, but he's still upset by - well, everything that's just happened in the last few minutes. Did this really look like a break-up between lovers?!

Gil rubs at his eyes, leans over to put his elbows on the table.]

Good, then you can eat mine too.

[Appetite officially lost.]

[velveteened]

( that makes him stop, frowning. )

Didn't we come here in the first place so you could eat?

[retraced]

I don't remember anymore...

[velveteened]

( sets down his pizza definitively! )

Well if you're not hungry, then neither am I.

[retraced]

[NO WE'RE NOT PLAYING THIS GAME.]

Yes you are! I can hear your stomach growling from here!

[An over-exaggeration, but.]

[velveteened]

What! No you can't!

( THAT'S REALLY RUDE )

[retraced]

But you're not denying that your stomach is growling.

[velveteened]

If you can't hear it growling, that means it isn't!

( PERFECT LOGIC )

[retraced]

That doesn't make any sense at all!

[You're getting called out on that so called perfect logic, Oz.]

[velveteened]

Of course it does!

( U WANNA FITE )

[retraced]

[YES even though he's destined to lose.]

Oz, if you don't eat now, you're going to be complaining again in less than an hour.

[velveteened]

Aren't you the same?

( hard stare!! )

[retraced]

I'll be fine even if I don't eat a while.

[Fine doesn't necessarily mean that he'll be comfortable, but he can deal with it.]

[velveteened]

When you say that with a plate of food in front of you, it just looks uncool.

( TBH )

[retraced]

[Yeah well you stirred your melted ice cream like a tool so he doesn't want to hear about looking uncool from you, Oz!]

You...!

[He drops his head into his hand and sighs.]

I'll finish it. I just need a minute.

[velveteened]

( that's fine, then.

he can stare at gilbert until that minute passes. luckily, he's got enough money on his person to buy the inevitable second set of pizza slices and ice cream. )

[retraced]

[Mumbled through his hands without actually looking up:]

It doesn't help if you're just going to sit there and stare at me!