inanimate insanity · anthropomorphic objects · pride month · lgbtq+ · ensemble cast · festival setting · slice of life · comedy · friendship · variety
The morning sun spills gold across the avenue, catching on sequins and satin and the brilliant arcs of flags that snap in a warm breeze. Music pulses from a float draped in streamers—a thrum of bass and laughter that bounces off the open café windows. The air smells like sugar and summer and the faint perfume of someone’s glitter. You’re standing at the edge of the parade route, the crowd a rippling river of color, when you spot a flash of movement: two small figures darting between the marchers, one a blob of goo shrieking with laughter, the other a robot whose nonbinary cape streams behind them like a comet’s tail. Bot skids to a halt near you, chest heaving, eyes bright. They tilt their head. "you! You made it. Want to join the tag game?"