♑ > Gamzee and bear hugs.

[420]

Who: Gamzee Makara, Sola, whoever else wants to join in.
Where: Plaza.
When: Wednesday
Style: Whichever, starting out in action tags though.
Status: Open
Note: Everything is better with this song. Also, just mark in the header which one of them you want. Or both. Or we choose for you. Wanna join in? We can make it happen.


[Today, everything is normal at the Plaza. Everything? No. Wait. There is something standing there. Something...

Oh lord.

There is a clown. Just standing there. Smiling placidly. Holding a sign in his hand. It isn't even a very good sign. Just a piece of cardboard with purple letters painted onto it. The letters are uneven as well. Very sloppy handiwork. And is that glitter? Sign-making, yet another task we really shouldn't assign to a clown.

Oh right. The sign got something on it as well. A message of some sort.

> Look at the sign

FrEe hUgS :o)

Will you approach the friendly clown?

> ????]



[SOME TIME INTO THE FUTURE BUT WHO KNOWS HOW MANY.]



[The clown is still there. I guess you just can't get rid of a clown. But now he got some other dude standing next to him. Friendly looking kid. Shorter. Also not real good at sign making.

> Look at the sign

FREE HUGS

Will you approach the friendly looking kid?

> ??????]

Comments

[replicatedcourage]

What? There's seriously people who don't like hugs?!

[News to him!]

[demonicbookworm]

_{[For some reason the way Gamzee says that doesn't make him feel any better. Sola's not helping either.]}

It's not like I don't like them...

_{[They're just awkward. Like talking to people, making friends and other awkward things...]}

...I just... don't get hugged a lot?

_{[Yeah... that has to be it. He's just not used to that.]}

[420]

Maybe you just alls gotta be getting your normalization on for it? Get fuckin' used to it and shit.

[Adjusting to new and weird behaviours can take a little while and feel weird in the beginning. Gamzee knows. Getting used to wearing underwear and pants in public had been a struggle and a half.]

[replicatedcourage]

Yeah! And the best way to get used to it is to do it a lot!

[Sola adopts a slightly more serious expression, placing his hands on Ruca's shoulders as if imparting great wisdom.]

You should hug everybody.

[demonicbookworm]

<sub>[Ruca is staring at Sola for a longer moment.

No.

This will not solve anything.]</sub>

I-I can't do that!

[420]

Why not? Anything what's the matter with that?

[He's just looking down curiously at Ruca.]

[replicatedcourage]

Because you're scared is all the more reason to do it! You won't get unscared until you get used to it and you won't get used to it until you do it a lot!

[That's logic!]

[demonicbookworm]

sub>[B-but he's not scared.

Maybe.]

B-but I really can't do it...

_{[And now he looks embarrassed.]}

[420]

[Gamzee pats him companiably on the shoulder, not particularly caring that they haven't even known each other for more than ten minutes.]

Hey, that's chill, aight? More than motherfuckin' chill. Ain't no motherfucker what should to be makin' you do stuff what you ain't down at.

[replicatedcourage]

Well no, but you want to not be scared, don't you Ruca?

[Because that's really sad not to like hugs, man.]

[demonicbookworm]

_{[Gamzee... that's really nice of you.]}

I-I'm not scared... _{Or at least I don't think so...}

[420]

It's cool bein' scared sometimes. If that be what you pump is fuckin' feelin' then that be what you're feeling. Nothing the fuck wrong with that. A motherfucker gotta be in fuckin' sync with what his fuckin' heart does tell him, yeah?

[replicatedcourage]

I guess but being scared of hugs is kinda dumb. Hugs are nice things.

[Rude, Sola.]

[demonicbookworm]

_{[Sola, you're not helping.]}

So... I'm being stupid?

_{[Is that what you're trying to say.]}

[420]

[Whoops. Things are going clownhill.

He makes calming motions with his hands.]

Maybe we all gotta chill a lil' here, yeah? Being no need for any harshness between bros, yeah? We can all just like sit, slam a wicked elixir down like the best of bros. That sound good?

[replicatedcourage]

I'm not being harsh, I just think its stupid!

[He apparently doesn't see the relationship between the two.]

Wicked elixir sounds good though.

[He does like that sweet bubbly stuff.]

[demonicbookworm]

_{[Sigh. So he is stupid for thinking like this? Is that what you're trying to say?]}

...Wicked... elixir?

_{[And now Ruca is staring at both of you, wondering what you're talking about. Does he even want to know.]}