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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.
pactfulfilled: (► Are we cats?!)

much taters. more spirit. such quality tagging. wow...

[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2014-01-02 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Asbel's finally managed to remove the worst of the damage, his attention darting back to his friend when completely without warning--]

[--he's being tackled to the floor?!]


[Landing hard, Asbel's first reaction is to try to pull away even as mushy taters are being mashed into his mussy red hair.] What the hell, Christopher?! I don't think this is what they mean by "holiday spirit"!

[And next he'll attempt to grab the other man's wrist so he can (hopefully) wrestle the platter away from him.]
inhumanity: (tragopogon pratensis)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2014-01-02 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Christopher tosses the plate away before Asbel can.] We've feasted together in preparation for the winter to come. Quickly, let's accept the spirit of winter and emulate those who have practiced against it. Let's sleep now.

[And so Christopher stops mashing potatoes into Asbel's head and just... flops down on over. Kind of like a cat about to nap.

Yes.]
pactfulfilled: (► Come on guys...)

[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2014-01-02 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, no seriously, what the hell was all that about?! After making sure the platter hasn't inadvertently landed somewhere that could cause trouble for anyone gathered, Asbel's left to gawk helplessly at this guy. He's not even sure whether he's mad about Christopher's unpredictable nature. It's...kind of who he is. And no one got hurt... And he isn't really itching to get even.]

[Asbel sits back on his heels, trying to brush mashed potatoes from his hair, but it's a lost battle. It'll take water and shampoo for certain to get out. Which means, walking back to his room like this...]

[Asbel sighs.]


Christopher, what just happened? Why did you decide to attack me with potatoes?
inhumanity: (Taraxacum officinale)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2014-01-02 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Christopher presses one finger to his lips.] Shhhhhhhh!

[Can't you tell when someone is trying to nap on you? Come on, Asbel.]
pactfulfilled: (► Take a bow.)

[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2014-01-02 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Well he can't just wait around until springtime for an answer. Asbel makes to stand.]

...Okay, Christopher. I'm going to go clean up before this becomes an even bigger mess. Try not to hibernate too long?
inhumanity: (Viola adunca)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2014-01-03 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Christopher springs to his feet.] Marvellous. I won't help. Good luck, Asbel.

[He said he was an older sibling. He never said he was the oldest. Fuck responsibility.]
pactfulfilled: (► Has it been like this the whole time?)

[personal profile] pactfulfilled 2014-01-03 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[He should've expected this. Asbel exhales slowly. Exhausted, but not defeated.]

Thanks, but I'm pretty sure I can handle it. Oh, and if anyone asks, could you let them know I'll be back? I promised to help the clean-up crew afterwards.

[Look at this guy, embracing responsibility. His younger self would be disappointed.]
inhumanity: (Phoradendron leucarpum)

[personal profile] inhumanity 2014-01-03 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[He gives Asbel a salute.] As you will it!