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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.
gevurah: GUNS (best gift a girl can get)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-11-17 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ While she smiles and nods in agreement, Kate actually hates waking up that early. She can't remember the last time she voluntarily got out of bed at that time. Only on the restless "nights", which occur more often these days. ]

Works for me.

Tomorrow morning?
gevurah: (egg is a great person)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-11-17 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ Exactly what she does (well, did). ]

It is.

[ She pauses, wetting the bottom lip that's uncomfortably dry. ]

Thanks.
gevurah: (cool story)

mutineers ruining tea dates

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-11-17 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
It's a promise.

[ She points her thumb toward the tables and then the dish washing units. ]

I'm going to help with clean-up, so let me know if you need anything.
gevurah: (hi there pretty lady)

such tragic

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-11-17 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
I can handle it.

[ And she glances over to see Caesar dozing by the tables. ]

I'll round up some others.
gevurah: (seriously why so tan??)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-11-17 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ If there's one thing (among many) that Kate doesn't appreciate, it's laziness.

However, Collette's comment gives pause. ]


Everyone's got to pitch in. They got a nice meal out of this.
gevurah: (:V)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-11-17 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes, one instance of avoiding responsibilities is all it takes.

[ It might be something seen as trivial, but teamwork needs to be emphasized, whether it's watching each others' backs on a mission or helping to put tables back where they belong. ]
gevurah: (tattoos make me mysterious)

[personal profile] gevurah 2013-11-18 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ She shakes her head. That sort of laziness wouldn't fly at USMA. ]

More work for us.

I'll be by the sinks. Holler if you need anything.