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Okay. So Az was for sure overdressed.

Of course, he didn’t get to see nearly enough of Starla, so he felt like it was only fair that, when he did get a chance to cheer her on, that he do so in style. He’d turned up in an outfit that made it very clear who he supported. He’d worn a t-shirt over a crimson button down which read, in very large block letters “PROUD STAR GAZER!” The collar of his button down was folded over the collar of his t-shirt, and where the former was tucked into his slacks, the latter was left untucked. On his head was a baseball cap with “STARLA” in blinking lights, as if it had been taken from the Las Vegas strip. There were places for beer cans on either side...but he had cut those off, since they served no purpose to him. And finally, he had a very large foam hand over one of his own; it was holding a classic Atari joystick...and there again was Starla’s name.

Indeed, nobody who saw him had any doubt as to his affiliation.

Of course. The people at the expo had basically been wearing street clothes, and he had stood out like a sore thumb. Noted. Nobody had made any comments or even really stared. There had been a few people who wanted to get some pictures with him - but that was what he loved about gamers. It was the same visiting the Ren Faire or Comic Con. Everyone was a little bit of a weirdo. So everyone fit in.

By the time the whole thing was over, he’d managed to lose two thirds of his special outfit though. There had been one point when a young boy had seen the foam hand, and had pointed at it, only to ask his dad if they could get one. Of course, Az’s had been custom made, so he’d been more than happy to hand it off to the little guy. The father had tried to push some money into his hands, but the Mystic had politely declined, pushing the fingers away before disappearing into the crowd. The boy’s smile reminded him of Liam’s, and that was way more than enough payment for him.

Next had been the shirt, which had ended up covered in gunk. There had been a pair of teenagers chasing each other through the expo with little fake guns that shot slime balls. Az had unfortunately been caught in the crossfire and ended up with splatters of pink and bright green all over the front and back of his shirt. He’d laughed the whole thing off and carefully removed the t-shirt, only to fold it up, as small as possible and stuff it goo-side-in into his pocket.

Which just left him in his light up hat when the whole thing was over. And it was as things were wrapping up that he saw Starla exiting the compound with a face he’d never seen before, so he hastened to catch up to them. He ended up bursting through the doors and very nearly ran right into the pair of them. “Hey, Starla! Who is your friend? Is this a new girlfriend?” He had totally seen Starla’s ex at the a costume party a month back...and hadn’t brought it up because he figured it was a touchy subject.

“She’s absolutely gorgeous. Hey, I’m Az.” He said as he extended a hand. While the lights on the hat blinked away.