"So, how did the round-up go?" I asked after we pulled back from each other.
"Good, but let's get over to everyone! You need to co and make a speech!" lody said, still holding my face.
"What? Why do I need to make a speech?" I asked, not liking the sound of this. I really didn't like doing this.
"Not a long-winded one! Just one of those, we have co so far, but we still have far to go. I know that you are working on new divisions and getting other projects going, but everyone has been hard at work as well. I just think that you should show a little appreciation for that," lody said, and then kissed , squird out of my arms, and then went over behind Victoria.
lody pushed her right into my arms that she was just in and then gave a look that bounced from between Victoria and . It ended with narrowed eyes and a thumb drawn across her neck. There were far too many ways to read this wrong and not enough to read the sign right.
"Sorry. That woman is so pushy," Victoria said, but I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her forehead.
"You look beautiful, like a real-life Princess Peach, but in your own style. The dress looks really good on you, too," I said with a smile, and Victoria leaned in to rest her head on my chest and wrap her arms around .
"Thank you," Victoria said and smiled warmly.
We stood there for a mont, and then Victoria pulled back from . She took by the hand and led around to the back of her house, where everyone had gone back.
"Eh!" Everyone called as we walked over, and I smiled broadly. Canadian as fuck, eh. These really were my people.
"Eh, back to you all! Thank you all for coming out!" I said as Victoria let go of my hand and went to sit with her family on a sectional sofa. "We have had a crazy few weeks, but we have made it! Things aren't really going to get much easier from here, but I want to thank you all for your hard work. I know that each of you has been doing your parts, and I would love to hear about them! Tonight is about relaxing, so let's try to have a good ti! There is also so special weed that we are all got to smoke, or those that want to try it out!"
Everyone cheered, and then the music started to play, and I looked around to see where it was coming from.
"What do you think? I don't know what you listen to, but I had Octavia store up the music from each world we were on, so there are so strange things on this," Oga said as he slapped a strange-looking boom box that looked more like a bomb. Octavia was with him, and she nodded to as I ca over.
"Nice, I would like to hear sothing from another world!" I laughed, and Oga grinned, giving a knowing look.
"Be careful what you ask for! So alien music is more powerful than the psychedelic drugs that you are about to smoke. It can take you on a real adventure from the comfort of your listening chair!" Oga laughed, and I looked at Octavia questioningly, and she nodded.
"Yes. So of the songs don't really sound like much, but they use special sound waves that make your brain create images and scenes. It is also very dangerous. It can be used to place thoughts in people's minds," Octavia explained with a straight face, and Oga cleared his throat.
"Yes, there is that, but no need to bring that up today," Oga said, seeming to want to change the subject, but this was curious.
"It will get talked about so ti," I said, and Oga sighed and then motioned to Octavia.
"There was a race that we took this music from that was being controlled in this form. When we tried to do what we did, the ruler beca frantic and made a mistake when they broadcasted the music. They told the people to kill the invaders, but they were so brainwashed that they couldn't tell the difference between us and each other. They ended up destroying their world after tearing it apart. Things got so bad that we were forced to retreat," Octavia explained, and I sighed.
"That is scary but a valuable lesson. Having control is important, but people still need to be able to think for themselves. Still, maybe hearing one of those songs while smoking might be pretty cool. Been a while since I really let go of reality. I don't know if we can call ourselves safe, but I think that this is a break in the fighting," I said with a grin, and Oga shrugged.
"Sure, but maybe we will save that one for later. I think that you still have people to see, right. You might want to keep your head on your shoulders for now," Oga laughed, and I joined him.
"Dan!" Katie called, and I turned to see her standing with Marley, but Riley and Candace were also with them.
"I will talk to you two later!" I told Oga and Octavia and headed over to the group. "Hey! Glad to see you could make it!"
"After the ti we had at the base, I was more than glad to co and relax. Candace wanted to get to work, but I guess there is nowhere set up for her yet," Riley laughed, and Candace scowled.
"I just think that we could be doing sothing better with our ti," Candace said dryly.
"Don't worry, Miss Candace. Tomorrow Sofia will have a place to work, and believe , she will get you working if that is what you want to do, but Riley is right. You two deserve to have a short break; we all do," I said, and Victoria ca over with a plaster of mugs and wine glasses. "Looks like we even have drinks!"
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