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Aerith Gainsborough ([personal profile] cetrary) wrote in [community profile] aterat2022-06-25 01:47 am

It's a Watts party! (Just don't tell him)

Who; Aerith + YOU
What; Potluck party
Where; Gray building's downstairs common room
When; Sunday June 26th; after 4pm
Warnings; None


Aerith co-opted the common room of the gray building starting on Saturday when she began the process of decoration. The most important part of any decoration (especially for Watts) was the flowers and Aerith had put together a few center pieces for tables. Each flower that she'd chosen had symbolized friendship in some way and they were set up in the center of small tables that had been brought inside. Of course she wasn't the one that moved those tables, she had a trust bodyguard for things like that, but she did the decorating!

And the cooking! The main attraction was a pretzel bar in the center of the room. Please, thank Cloud for bringing it in and Jacob for making the pretzel rack at Aerith's request. The soft pretzels were premade and there were plenty for everyone who may come through to have several (if not more). In addition to that there were also several dipping sauces to choose from including cheese, caramel, cinnamon sugar, honey mustard, and a spicy ginger sauce with chili flakes (eat at your own risk).

A table next to it had Materia Xiaolongbao. Yellow is crab flavor, black is soybean, blue is pork, green is cilantro, and red is spicy shrimp. Next to those are tiny moogle sweet bean buns. They fit in the palm of your hand but some of the moogles look...a lot better than others. She did her best!

There was another table with a few drinks set up for people to grab including a materia bomb cocktail with a bit of alcohol and different flavored materia ice (peach, strawberry, and blueberry) and bright green bubble tea with pop bubbles in the bottom. The green tea is flavored like something very different than one might expect it to be, it's a bit bit bitter and yet also a bit sharp, almost biting. It's meant to be the flavor of wind, whatever that's supposed to be. The pop bubbles are extremely sour and explode in the mouth with the sourness. The drink is also somehow fizzy, don't ask how.

A third table was empty save for the friendship bouquet at it's center. There was a little handwritten note on the table saying:

Leave your dishes here! Complete with a heart.


Aerith herself can be found wandering around and paying close attention to the drink table, making sure to run back to the kitchen quickly to grab more drinks if they run low.

OOC: Feel free to use this log as an open thing for anyone to mingle and get to know each other. Characters are welcome even if they didn't bring a dish themselves, but the more dishes the better! Anyone is welcome to come even if they didn't know she was throwing this party, it'd be pretty obvious that there was something going on in the Gray Building and she'll be leaving the door open with a small table that has a friendship flower bouquet on it. Please have some fun!
silent_beauty: (Head Tilt.)

[personal profile] silent_beauty 2022-07-01 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
She turned over the page as she nodded her head in a happy nod. It took her a bit longer to write and when she was finished, the text was small enough to fit on to a single page. It was lucky that Rhy had taken the seat next to her, allowing her to tilt the paper towards him to read the neat script.

'I would be happy to teach you. I learned from the wife of the palace chief. He had saved Sole and I, and we were staying there before I was brought here. I already lost my voice by then. Due to the fact that I couldn't speak, it was hard to talk and paper was too expensive. Baking allowed us to communicate and she said I had a talent for it.'

She only knew a few recipes from memory but Luna could read well enough to follow a cookbook.
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2022-07-01 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
That was a beautiful story, honestly, and Rhy was happy to hear it. It would make things a wonder in the house, and smelling like fresh bread... Oh, he could even have fresh bread with pasta!

"You would be welcome to visit our house to teach me. It's very nice. Llewellyn and I have been doing our best to make it our comfortable little sanctuary."
silent_beauty: (Innocent.)

[personal profile] silent_beauty 2022-07-01 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
The paper turned over and Luna began to write again. 'Will you show me where you live?' She had visited once but she couldn't remember the way. It had been raining that day and Llewellyn had walked Luna back to the orphanage after the storm had passed.

'What do you want to bake first? Do we need to go shopping?'

She wondered if it was okay to make a mess in Rhy's kitchen. Luna could cook but she wasn't very neat about it.
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2022-07-01 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course I will, little princess. You're always going to be welcome there. And I'll happily shop for all you need. I would love more sweetbreads."

These ones with fruit and nuts are a delight after all.
silent_beauty: (Head Tilt.)

[personal profile] silent_beauty 2022-07-04 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
She wrote on the paper and this time held it up for him to see. 'Do you like cinnamon or chocolate? I know some bread with those too.' They were two different recipes and while that was the limit of Luna's baking knowledge, it was impressive enough.

Importantly, she wanted to make flavors that Rhy and Llewellyn liked best.
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2022-07-06 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh that's a very good question.

"Cinnamon is lovely. Chocolate is also good but that I'm familiar with already. It's common here. Cinnamon in thing is less common from my experience."

Though really the two of them would take just about anything.
silent_beauty: (Watching.)

[personal profile] silent_beauty 2022-07-06 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Luna grinned warmly. 'I like cinnamon. It is tasty and is delicious with butter too.' She'd have to find the ingredients but she didn't think that was too difficult. She remembered seeing cinnamon sticks at the market. All she had to do was ground it down.

'When would you like to bake?'
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2022-07-09 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
"When would you, my princess?" Rhy asked. He'd make this as convenient for her as he could. "Though weekends are very good."

Because he doesn't work on those.
silent_beauty: (Outting.)

[personal profile] silent_beauty 2022-07-09 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Luna thought about the things that she wanted to do and as long as the sun was awake, she was able to do them. She met with Mono frequently but those lessons changed from week to week depending on the young boy's work.

After a brief pause, Luna replied. 'The weekends are good. I should be back at the orphanage before dark.' She paused and then added. 'It's frightening walking in the dark.'
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2022-07-11 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Orphanage. Rhy winces to think of it, as she ever did.

"If you must be back before dark, we will see to it that you make it there. If it's just that it's dark, I will walk with you and protect you."
silent_beauty: (Watching.)

[personal profile] silent_beauty 2022-07-11 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Her smile grew as she wrote a single word in reply. 'Promise??'

Luna raised her right hand with her pinky out for him to pinky promise her that he would protect her from the dark.
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[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2022-07-13 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh my honor," Rhy said quite seriously.

He didn't know the pinky promise, but he did reach out to curl his finger around hers. That was easy enough to understand.
silent_beauty: (Sweet Smile.)

/wrap up soon?

[personal profile] silent_beauty 2022-07-14 03:22 pm (UTC)(link)
She bobbed her hand gently with a warm smile. It'd take some time to figure out what to make but Luna was excited to think about the most delicious bread she could think of.

Luna took her arm back and then wrote a simple reply to Rhy. 'Thank you Rhy. I am very excited.' Baking was fun and doing an activity she enjoyed with others was even better.
unbreakable_king: Sendhil Ramamurthy in Heroes (Default)

indeed

[personal profile] unbreakable_king 2022-07-15 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm excited too," Rhy promised with a smile. "Because you deserve a chance to make what you want, and I do look forward to getting a chance to see it."

Not to mention the fact that she deserved reasons to smile.