trans_9 | IIIIIIII love a parade~

Somewhere along the way, Beastboy had lost track of time on board Stacy but he had been shocked to realize what day it would have been back home. After a moment of disappointment a thought struck him and he rushed to the Sensoriums.

The world exploded in noise and sound as New York City appeared in front of him. Confetti and cheers, clowns and music, massive balloons and floats drifting through the buildings as millions of people were recreated by the Sensoriums to re-enact the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Of coarse being Beastboy's memories to fuel this scene the floats, musical number and so on were all from previous years, and some of the balloons and floats had a distinctly Beastboy theme to them.

Like the giant Green Turkey Float holding a sign that suggested trying Tofurkey.

And a Float of Titan's Tower with big headed mascot versions of the Titans waving at the crowd.

Even a massive Captain Carrot Balloon drifted through the air as Beastboy cheered and watched with a twinkle in his eyes. It was so real, the magic of the Sensoriums had brought him somewhere he'd only ever seen on T.V.

And if anyone were to wander in they'd be able to enjoy the show as well.

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And among the parade was an Elephant, a green elephant of all things!

Beastboy could smell someone here who wasn't a recreation from his imagination. It was one of the only ways he could tell what was real in these high tech rooms.

The Elephant trundled over and poked Tavros in the forehead with his trunk just to be sure. Yep, real.

Tavros looks a bit nervous at the gigantic green creature trundling his way and presses fingers to temples, reaching out psychically to Beastboy. He immediately recoils -- the bond failed, he can't commune with or control sentient beings -- and rubs his forehead.

And then the elephant pokes him. Too late it occurs to him that he's in the sensoriums and could have escaped without using any powers.

He stares up at the alien creature with a mixture of nervousness and curiosity.

"Umm... hi?"

Beastboy shifted back with a cheer "Sup dude! Happy Thanksgiving!" He offered a noise maker to Tavros, "Whattya think? Pretty sweet right?"

"Oh! You're a..."

A what? Tavros admittedly has no clue. He stares at Beastboy in surprise for a moment, reaches out tentatively, withdraws his hand, then changes his mind and shyly accepts the noisemaker.

"Thanks. Uh, happy Thanksgiving to you, too. I think. Sorry, I thought, you were an animal for a minute there."

"I was dude!" He grinned and gave a thumbs up, "I can turn into animals, it's totally awesome. Almost as sweet as this party!" Another float drifted by with giant teddy bears and plush toys dancing about.

"Well, I guess that's obvious, but, um, I meant more like, you weren't a real animal. Uh, more like you're a, sentient shapeshifter." This wasn't going as well as Tavros had hoped. He fiddles nervously with the party favor in his hand. "I don't think I've seen anyone of your species before..."

He pauses to appreciate the float. It is a totally sweet party.

"Ohhhh I get it." He was dancing in place to the music, "I'm actually human, just more colorful~" He wiggled his ears and bent over backward to grin at him upside down. "Genetic mutations and all that stuff."

Tavros smiles back a bit nervously. "Really? I didn't think humans, uh, came in green. Or... shapeshifted."

Then again, they had other skin tones. Was green really all that outlandish?

"Well not normally, but I think it suits me don't you?" He twisted back around the right direction and waved at the next float which had the latest pop teen sensation singing and passing buy.

"The name's Beastboy by the way." He introduced himself cheerfully.

"I... guess?" Well, the guy seemed cheerful enough. Kind of all over the place, though. Between Beastboy's personality and the party in New York City, Tavros is starting to look a bit overwhelmed. "Oh, uh... sorry. I'm Tavros, Tavros Nitram."

"Nice to meetcha dude! You ever seen the a Thanksgiving Day Parade?" He asked oblivious to Tavros discomfort.

He'll get over it. He's just shy. Tavros shakes his head. "Not really, no. We don't have Thanksgiving on Alternia, so, uh, it stands to reason, that we wouldn't have a parade for it."

"Alternia huh? Never heard of it." He smiled and watched some flag twirlers with interest, "I've never been to this particular parade I've just seen it on T.V and I thought it would be totally awesome!"

Tavros shrugs. "Yeah... as I'm finding out, my home planet's apparently not as, uh, well-known, as I always thought."

Which makes sense. Alternia's not even in the same universe as Earth.

He nods at Beastboy's comment and looks around. It is totally awesome. A band follows the flag twirlers, marching in perfect time, sun gleaming off their instruments. "Yeah... it is. Totally awesome, I mean. Is, all this stuff, supposed to be part of the whole, uh, thankfuness celebration?"

Beastboy nodded in confirmation, "Well sort of yes. See it's kind of to celebrate the holiday season. Starting with Thanksgiving and going into Christmas. Kind of like a big opening day party."

You get a blank look at "Christmas" too, Beastboy. Just for the record. Tavros makes a mental note to look this stuff up later.

"Oh, I guess, that makes sense. So, what is it you're supposed to do here? Just, um, watch the festivities from the sidelines?"

"Well you could." He grinned more mischievously, "Or you could join in!" He put a foot to the barrier and knocked it out of the way, "Come on, let's party!"

"Uh, are you sure about this? I think, even in a make-believe scenario like this one, um... the barrier was in place for a reason..."

But then, he's been breaking all known laws of physics in here by flying, right? And it isn't like Tavros to put up much more than a token protest.

"Oh come on, everybody wants to see you!" Beastboy countered and the crowd began to chant and cheer for him, even waving signs that looked like Tavros.

Beastboy led the way back out into the street and waved.

Tavros blushes brown at the sudden unexpected cheers.

"Okay... okay, uh, wait up..."

He hesitates, looking at the broken barrier, and decides against staying in the wheelchair. He can fly in here anyway.

So that's what he does, leaving the chair behind to join Beastboy in the parade. He glances back at the cheering crowd and waves, looking a bit embarrassed still.

"That's the spirit!" He cheered him on, "Come on dude show them some slick moves. Give em something to cheer about." He began to dance and trot about awkwardly. He wasn't as slick as he'd hope but the virtual crowd loved it.

Okay, Beastboy, you win. Your reckless capering is cracking Tavros up and making that crowd go wild!

"You're crazy, you know that? And, um, I mean that, in the nicest way possible."

IIIIIIII love a parade~

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