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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!
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2022-07-13 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
"You're both cute," Nida countered, rolling his eyes. "Maybe he's cuter, but you're still cute. Trust me, I've been into guys forever, I know how to see cute ones."

Dont' be weird, man. Accept what you are.
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[personal profile] brotherofagod 2022-07-14 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Jacob groaned and placed a hand over his heart as if Nida had physically wounded him. After the dramatics he returned Nida's grin. "I'm going to take that as a compliment." He was just being difficult.

"So you bring anything or just here for the free food?"
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2022-07-15 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"You should," Nida answered with a nod. He knew what men were beautiful, and he knew when a compliment was the right one.

"I brought spiced cider. Both apple and pear."

IT wasn't common knowledge that Nida avoided alcohol, but he hoped Jacob wouldn't press for an explanation.
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[personal profile] brotherofagod 2022-07-25 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds good. I've never had pear cider before." He'd give it a try before leaving the party though he thought that both would taste good with a bit of rum. Jacob noticed that Nida didn't drink and never pressed it.

He understood how things like that could easily get out of hand.

"I'll let you know what I think when I do." Not that he's super judgemental about the things he eats.
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2022-07-26 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Good boy, Jacob. Questioning would mean talking and he's not ready to talk to more people.

"You know I'm down for any opinions you might have," Nida answered. "And it has the added edge of being easy to get your hands on."
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[personal profile] brotherofagod 2022-07-26 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
A low warm chuckle reverberated through Jacob's chest. "Yeah yeah. If it's good I'll want you to teach me how to make it." Cider was something that Jake hadn't drank in a long time. It used to be a staple in his childhood home, which was why he had shy away from it.

It was time to remember those happy days without it hurting.

"Honestly I didn't know you could cook with Ignis around." It wasn't like Nida ever needed to cook.
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2022-07-26 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"You presume I can make it. I buy this stuff from a shop in the markets. We keep a supply of it at the house."

Making cider was far from something he was capable of.

"I can cook over fires, and Ignis is, slowly, teaching me. Very slowly. It's not my skill."
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[personal profile] brotherofagod 2022-08-09 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good to know." He'd have to learn where they bought it because he thought that Yuki would like it too.

"It's okay. I'm learning slowly too. Actually, I think Ignis is teaching the whole city to cook at the rate he's going."
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[personal profile] skyward_eyes 2022-08-11 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh now that's an idea. Nida laughed at Jacob's thought there.

"I hope not. He supports us with his lovely Lodge."

And if everyone is cooking for themselves, well, there's not much to bring in then.