Pageant!

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[Poll #1583736]

The pageant will be held at one of the stages closer to the entrance to Nocturne, where people board. It is night time so the weather is cool, but there are plenty of lights to make sure people can see where they are going, and the stage is lit even better.

It's a large space, decorated quite splendidly and all the contestants both male and female are lined up, interacting with their fellow competitors, the audience as a whole, and anyone who wishes to speak to them.

((ooc; pardon the late, folks, but here it is at last! Some people were tied or dropped icly/oocly so some runner ups were chosen. There will be a thread for each contestant so they can be asked questions/interacted with, but feel free to make other threads, folks in the audience! Just like with the other polls feel free to vote with each of your characters.))

IF YOU THINK/DONT WANT YOUR CHARACTER TO RUN PLEASE LET US KNOW ASAP.

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Zack rolled his eyes in frustration, hoping the film inside wasn't damaged beyond redemption. "You're a sore loser, huh?" Zack muttered as he eyed the camera over, surveying the damage. Oh well! No use worrying about it now, he'd just have to find out if it was salvageable later, after the pageant.

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Squalo did something terribly, terribly childish. He stuck out his tongue and flashed a victory sign at Zack. Something worth taking a picture of.

But of course, Zack didn't have a camera anymore.

"VOOOII, I don't know what you're talking about."

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"You'd better put that away before one of these fine gentlemen mistakes this for the female competition and gets carried away." He would have seen the way Squalo was acting as adorable, if Zack weren't so busy being grumpy from the loss.

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"Now, now, Zack, stop projecting," Squalo shrugged, raising his hands, palms up. "It's not Fair."

Was that the worst pun in the history of ever? Squalo thought so, yes.

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Zack paused a moment, and laughed despite himself. It really was a horrible pun, Squalo!

"You wish I was projecting!" Zack shook his head, trying to hold back the laughter that was ruining his angry facade. This guy was too much!

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Squalo fingered his hair absently, almost coyly. Then he flashed Zack a wide smirk.

"Nope, still not red," he threw his head back, once more in a very practiced movement, to make his hair rustle and fall into place. "You're just having a bad day, huh, Fair?"

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Zack raised an eyebrow as Squalo's motions were all of a decidedly sexy nature. "Looks like you've had some practice there, pal. Let me guess, your teenage years were ones of trial and error?" Zack smirked, hoping to goad Squalo back onto the defensive. He didn't like it when Squalo was comfortable enough to make attacks back at him!

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Oh, that's too late, Zack. You've gotten him to flirt, as Oruha and Mustang could tell you, he's an unstoppable flirting machine.

"I'm straight, if that's what you're asking," Squalo flicked his hair over his shoulder, arching an eyebrow. "But don't let that crush your dreams, Fair, I'm a versatile straight man."

Which means yes, he's officially coming onto you. Well done, Zack.

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Versatile straight man, huh? . . . Zack would have to remember that one in the future, still Zack's never one to be outdone, and so let the war commence!

"My dreams?" Zack put a hand on his hip and waved his index finger in the air as he had seen many a female do on the television. "I think you're confused. I know you've been eying this all night." Zack presented one of his overly muscular arms for inspection. "I'm not just a piece of meat, you know!" Yeah, you're really one to talk, Zack~

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"What, am I supposed to swoon?" Squalo shifted his weight, throwing most of it onto one leg and causing his hips to tilt to one side prominently. "Because don't think I didn't notice how you were aiming that camera."

You're on, Fair. You're on.

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Zack would have reminded Squalo that he wasn't putting on a show for just him, but that would have ruined the fun, wouldn't it?

"Yeah, well, there has to be redeeming traits to every person, doesn't there?" Zack gave a nod toward the direction of Squalo's miniskirt, which with him tilting the way he was gave an ever distinct impression of it hiking up higher on one side than the other. "Yours just happens to be your legs." Zack gave a nonchalant shrug, as if they were merely discussing which baseball team was going to have the better season this year.

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"I see, I see," Squalo tapped his chin thoughtfully, as if considering a serious question. "Does that mean you'll get your own bucket for the drool or should I call the organizers?"

The skirt was definitely hiking up one side over the other, but the posture in general and the mix of the skirt and the knee-high boots did make it seem like Squalo's legs were endless.

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"Aw, you just want to keep a memento from the occasion. I'm touched, really!" Zack put his hand over his heart in a flaunting gesture and everything. "Still, I'm not sure I can see enough leg, you might want to hike that skirt just a little higher. Wouldn't want to miss anything." Zack smirks, his voice oozing with sarcasm, knowing full well that if Squalo were to hike his skirt any higher it wouldn't be leg he would be showing off anymore.

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Squalo let out a loud snort, then spread his arms wide, almost invitingly, if it weren't for the fact that his face was fixed in a sneer.

"If you want to hike up the skirt, maybe you should come here and do it yourself, Fair."

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"Ah, and give you that pleasure! I don't think so. I'm sorry, I don't go after anyone quite so easy." He certainly was on his high horse, wasn't he? Though, only a moment later, he relented. "I suppose it wouldn't count, though, as long as you're in pantyhose."

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"Easy, ha," Squalo hooked one thumb on the waistband of the skirt, folding the arm at the elbow, while the other arm fell down his side idly. "Like you're in my league, brat."

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"Yeah, I guess I haven't sunk down far enough to be at your level." Now it was time for Zack to put his hand on his hip, as if unimpressed.

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"Sunk down?" Squalo flicked his hair with a snort, sneering, "I see you're looking at the world upside down now."

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"Hey, I'm just calling it as I see it. Don't be too disappointed now." Zack paused for pure comedic timing, his ever present smirk setting the stage for his continuing comment. "Your mascara will run."

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"Talking from experience?" Squalo grinned a shark grin. "Oh, that's right, you were the one supposed to be here, not me. Silly me."

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"Yeah! That's right." Zack pretended to become huffy as he spoke. "I got a dress and everything!" Okay, maybe that much wasn't a lie, but he wasn't going to make the distinction clear.

"I think you cheated. Voted for yourself a few times?" Zack nodded Sagely, though honestly he put in his own vote for Squalo as well.

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"Aww, really?" Squalo used one of Lussuria's favorite poses, wrapping one arm around his chest and holding his chin in his free hand. He gave Zack a mock-sympathy look. "Don't worry, Fair, I'm feeling generous enough I'll take you out on a date. So everyone can see what a pretty girl you are."

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Zack pulls his arm out from the cross it had been forming across his chest, and points at Squalo accusingly, voice completely serious. "I'm going to hold you to that." And the mischievous grin slowly, menacingly slides its way across his face.

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"VOOOII, you'll have to look prettier than me, Fair, if you want me to be seen in public with you."

Some part of Squalo's brain recognized the hole he was digging for himself. But he didn't really care, to be honest, 'cause he was wearing a skirt and his legs were shaven and someone had to pay for that. Besides, it wasn't like Zack was on the same caliber as his own family. The kid couldn't seriously pull off something on scale of the Varia.

...could he?

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"That won't be too hard!" Okay, it was childish, but that's what they were driven to at this point, wasn't it?

"Besides, either way you just gave me your word, so no backing out. . . Unless you're wussing out. In that case," Zack flings his arm back in resignation, "I guess there's nothing I can do about it."

Zack knew now that the more he pushed, the more Squalo was going to push, and there was no way the other male was going to give first, but neither was he! This was a competition, and he was in it for the long haul.