(I refuse your merry making and offer annoyance instead) Voice: TheStrandInstitute

[nobasisinfact]

It seems someone felt it appropriate to put some sort of concoction in my tea. While not completely debilitating I find the results, irritating.

I'd appreciate it if someone happened to know exactly what idiotic concoction of the month is supposed to cause color blindness. Complete color blindness.

[There's a grumble after a few seconds.]

Because of course, this place would do something this stupid.

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[nobasisinfact]

I can't say I know what that is.

[otherflash]

Let's just say it means I'm still a hopeless romantic even if I don't exactly believe in soulmates.

[ Explaining the lightning rod concept would come dangerously close to revealing aspects of his powers that he isn't sharing with just anyone. ]

That being said, I gotta admit almost everything going on right now is way too much.

[nobasisinfact]

It happens every Constantly.

[otherflash]

Yeah, sure, this place loves going over the top with things. But most holidays and festivals don't involve being encouraged to kiss random people you pass on the street.

[ Okay, so he might be aware of all the loopholes as far as the kissing thing is concerned this time around. Still, doesn't make it any less annoying. ]

[nobasisinfact]

That sounds, frustrating.

[otherflash]

[ He snorts, calling it frustrating is a bit of an understatement in his opinion. ]

You might get a chance to find out how much. I've heard those damn lights are back again this year.

[nobasisinfact]

Lights?

[otherflash]

Know how I said people are encouraged to kiss? Well, the lights create an invisible barrier whenever two people get caught underneath them.

[ He's going to assume the other man can connect the dots between the kissing and getting stuck. ]

[nobasisinfact]

And if you don't choose to?

[otherflash]

I'm not sure? I mean, I gave in after a few minutes the two times it happened to me.

[ Asking him to stay in such a confined space for an hour goes against his very nature. ]

The good news is there's apparently ways to get around it unless the rules have changed this time around.

[nobasisinfact]

Oh?

[otherflash]

Someone told me a kiss doesn't have to be a kiss if you catch my drift.

[nobasisinfact]

It's still a demand for a show of some sort of affection.

[otherflash]

I don't know what to tell you, pal. I've learned to take my victories wherever I can get them around here.

[ Even if said victory means settling for kissing some random stranger on the hand rather than on the lips. ]

[nobasisinfact]

It is something to consider.

[otherflash]

You'll get a lot less headaches that way. Some of the things that go on here almost makes me miss fighting telepathic gorillas back home.

[ As messed up as it is, there actually is a part of him that misses clashing with the likes of Gorilla Grodd. Probably because he's been doing it since he was in grade school. ]

[nobasisinfact]

That seems just as troublesome.