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Collette ([personal profile] crocodilesmiles) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-11-09 04:24 pm

( open ) happy moonsgiving, everyone! (forward dated to 11/15)

Date & Time: All Day, November 15th, 3313
Location: Focused centrally on the Moon Base Cafeteria.
Characters: Any and all!
Summary: It's a feast on the moon under the guise of being a new sort of Thanksgiving! Food, drink, merriment, food comas... lend a helping hand, fill a few plates of goodies, and meet friends new and old!
Warnings: None right now. Please PM this account should anything go beyond a "my grandmother is also reading this and that is okay" level of appropriate.
Notes: Tag in action or prose, and please specify a time of day, location, or activity your character is participating in! (Set-up, the feast, clean up, etc.) Feel free to offer multiple prompts, as your heart desires! Also, Collette is asking for people to write something they're thankful for on butchers paper on the wall before getting their first plate of food. This is 100% optional!

In the morning, the setting up begins. It's hard to say what's a morning versus what isn't on the moon, but using the lighting system as a sort of guide, those who offered to help set up the feast or continue on with the cooking will all be there bright and early.

After things are cleaned, the cooking continues on while further set up of plateware and silverware and hard to break glasses are left to those helping hands with a mind for arrangement details. The whole of one section has been converted into a sort of buffet-style lineup, waiting for the dishes to be complete and set at ready. All varieties of the usual dietary fare have been offered, some in greater quantities than others.

Then comes the time where people stopping by or trickling in aren't just turned around or co-opted into assisting; it's feast time, though not before an announcement that each person getting a plate of food must write at least one thing they're thankful for on a large sheet of butcher paper taped up to the wall. There's a variety of colored markers and pens provided, from someone's personal (and eclectic) collection. It's a soft price to pay for free food and plenty of it!

When the feasting has wound down, so begins the clean up. Tired, drunk, well fed, over fed, or simply content, people will be shuffled out or dragged into helping turn the cafeteria back into working, normal form. What decorations were added will need collecting (or stealing), plates and dishes and cooking implements and pots and pans will need washing, and floors a good sweeping and waterless mopping before things are all back in order. Leftovers, if there are any, will need to be placed in sealable containers and put into refrigeration.

And then, blissfully unaware of anything impending on the horizon, to bed, or different haunts, for the night.
copia: (when i'm down and i feel like giving up)

[personal profile] copia 2013-11-16 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
Right? That's crazy, but in a cool way...

And Kido's good! [ She pauses for a moment before raising an eyebrow. "Just a friend?" ] Yeah — I mean, she's been like a big sister to me here, and I cherish our friendship a lot.
moralperil: (that wasn't mayonaise!)

[personal profile] moralperil 2013-11-16 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Just checking to see if Kaede's old enough to start teasing about dating.]

I'm really glad you have someone like that in your life. My older sisters and my sister-in-law mean the world to me.

--Oh! Did you get to eat any good food while you were there? I've only had Japanese food once or twice but it was amazing!
copia: (and when the kick hits the floor)

[personal profile] copia 2013-11-16 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ She's getting there and trying not to think much about it. ]

How many siblings do you have in total? I'm an only child, so Kido and Kano being like siblings to me is new, but I like it.

[ She nods as she drinks some more from her cup. ] I did! A lot of the food is crazy similar to my home, which is why I think there's a tie-in.
moralperil: (;;;;;;;;;;)

[personal profile] moralperil 2013-11-16 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
I have my two older sisters, Eleanora, she's the oldest, the one who's married, and Fayra. They were both adults when I was born, but they tried to make sure they had a part in my life.

[Mahdi tugs on hir braid a little bit, thoughtful.] I have to admit, it's amazing to me how many different people and ways of life there are on Earth. Everyone is unique, but at the same time, some of those differences cause people to be unkind to one another....

[Even in the early 21st century, living on Earth wasn't always easy.]

I guess the war's proof enough of that. Sorry. I didn't mean to get gloomy.
copia: (when they see me pull up)

[personal profile] copia 2013-11-16 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Eleanora and Fayra, such pretty names...

[ Kaede shakes her head, putting on a small smile for Mahdi. ] It's okay, you don't have to apologize! With the recent events, it'd be hard to not be gloomy. If you want to keep the gloominess away, well, what have you tried so far that you like?
moralperil: (laughter is the best medicine)

[personal profile] moralperil 2013-11-16 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Just the usual stuff. I've been trying to make my cooking powers work on the station food, but it's better with fresh ingredients.

[Mahdi shrugs.]

Or I like to spend time with someone I like, I guess... [Mahdi smiles dreamily and then realizes - CRAP does that sound like ze has a boyfriend? Crap, crap, crap!] ---Or someones. Y'know!
copia: (i'm going to get more shine)

[personal profile] copia 2013-11-16 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, hopefully it'll work on whatever the agricultural wing processes now that the zombies are gone?

[ Oh hooooo, she raises an eyebrow at that. ] It's good to spend time with someone you like! You're building up the friendship that way~
moralperil: (eep!)

[personal profile] moralperil 2013-11-16 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Right! It's awesome! Friendship is [magic] amazing!

[Oh. It's important to take a drink of punch now. And then accidentally try to inhale it and cough profusely.]
copia: (your hair your haaaaaaair)

[personal profile] copia 2013-11-16 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it can be magic too

She opens her mouth to agree, but then Mahdi goes and practically chokes on the punch. She grabs a napkin and some water.
]

Do you want water? Are you okay?!
moralperil: (laughter is the best medicine)

[personal profile] moralperil 2013-11-17 08:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Mahdi immediately grabs the napkin, wiping, eyes watering.]

Just testing to see if I can breathe punch. Turns out I still can't!

[A little more coughing.]
copia: (whether it's black stars black cars)

[personal profile] copia 2013-11-17 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ She smacks Mahdi on the arm lightly at that comment, but a small giggle escapes her. Dang, and she was trying so hard to hold it back!! ]

Don't make me laugh, this is serious!
moralperil: (wha?)

[personal profile] moralperil 2013-11-17 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mahdi's sputtering.] I'm fine! Ugh, it went up my nose...
copia: (and just shake them off)

[personal profile] copia 2013-11-21 08:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ She'll leave once more and come back with some more napkins. ]

No more quick drinks of anything, sheesh...