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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] doubled_speed 2022-07-24 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, abandonment was just a thing that happened to Tommy. A lot. He got left behind. And it was okay, he told himself, because the people he loved were back where they belonged. Happy. Without him.

Without even remembering him in some cases. That's... That's life.

"Anyway, that doesn't matter," he says dismissively because why linger over pain because it doesn't matter. It should never matter. It's not about him. Nothing is ever about him. That's okay.

"Yeah, super uncomfortable. This place is better. Even if it's weird."
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-24 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
“I’m not sure I would say it doesn’t matter…” He responded with an honest tone, because being left behind always felt terrible in his experience. Even if it was for the better of the person who left. Watching Madarame’s pupils leave one by one till he was alone had been a rather cutting loss, one that left him more isolated than he had already been before. “But I can understand wanting to move past the feeling.” He added, offering a sympathetic glance at Tommy before he focused on his plate again.

“Weird is a way to describe this world, I suppose! It seems as though it does not lack for oddities, but some of the things I’ve seen have been quite fascinating at the same time. Reminds me of something out of stories, perhaps, or more like manga or games.” He added with a small chuckle. A friend had likened what they’d seen so far to video games, while Yusuke found it called to mind some vaguely historic manga with a magical twist like the ones that he and the others had hidden away at the shack to indulge in when Madarame wasn’t around.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-07-24 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
“There’s no feeling to worry about,” Tommy insisted, his voice quick because he needs to not be talking about the pain of this, thanks. He doesn’t handle it well. He’s never handled it well.

“Manga, huh? Yeah, I guess that’s a thing. There’s a genre of it, right?”

He isn’t addicted to manga. No, seriously on that one. He just enjoys it because you get more an a volume than you get in a comic book, so it’s a bit interesting.
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-25 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yusuke knows that tone well enough, insistent and perhaps not entirely true… But it was easier than dwelling sometimes.

So he focused on the subject of manga, which, he also wouldn’t say, was an obsession so much as a guilty pleasure. A comforting reprieve from the serious. “There is! Though I’ve never read one that included such large birds in place of horses, before. It definitely has an overall vibe of a fantasy world in which people are charged with helping and dealing with the problems of it.” He commented thoughtfully. He even had an issue in his back currently of one. Something that he’d had on him when he was swept up into this world alongside an art history book.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-07-25 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
“Yeah, I guess it’s sorta like that. Which makes you wonder which of us is the main character,” Tommy asked.

And whether or not it has a happy ending. Tommy didn’t think it did.
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-25 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
Whether it was a happy ending or not remained to be seen in Yusuke’s opinion, but he rather hoped so. Or at least that the happy ending was that they all eventually were returned home to their lives.

But, still, he blinked in surprise at the suggestion. “I hadn’t considered that, but it is a rather intriguing question. Perhaps it’s more of a shared group effort? That does seem to be an element that is encouraged around the city.” If some of the stories he’d heard about danger and trouble that had appeared here before his arrival were accurate, at least.

“Or perhaps the larger portion is merely a supporting cast.” He added, tapping his chin thoughtfully. There really was no way of knowing.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-07-26 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe one of the people who was here before us is the main character and we're just part of their lives. Or we're building up the backstory for someone to come after us," he suggested.

Either way it was weird. Really weird.
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-26 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
“If it’s someone come before us, I have to wonder who it might be that we all have in common, directly or indirectly.” He mused with a curious little tilt of his head. It was weird to think of it that way. That they might simply be supporting cast in the story of someone else. “If it’s the latter, I rather hope we’re building up something grand and helpful if we’re to provide the groundwork at all.” He wouldn’t mind that, if they were actually helping things along for the better.

That would at least make some sense if they're being brought here was to mean anything. “It’s an interesting notion, nonetheless.” One he would probably think of further while working on something. It might even turn into a source of inspiration.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-07-26 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's probably just us being a bit insane," Tommy answered with a shrug. This was all a mess, and he didn't want to think about how bad this was for him. It made him feel awkward.

"I just want a role in my own damn life.
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-27 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Yusuke frowned a little at that. The scattered musings seemed a little less interesting at the idea of being ‘insane.’ He preferred eccentric and imaginative at best for a descriptor, but there was definitely something to Tommy’s current mood that suggested it was more frustration with the situation than anything. “I can’t say I blame you for that desire, but unfortunately it would seem we’re rather stuck in side-stories for now. Or side-quests, as a friend of mine might suggest.” He added with a small shake of his head, before selecting something else from the table for his plate to continue sampling.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-07-28 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Side-quests? He frowns and then shakes his head.

"I'm not much of a video game person, but yeah, I guess that could be true."
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-28 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yusuke offered a small shrug of his shoulders. “I have a friend who’s particularly skilled at them. So while I’ve never really had much call to play them myself, I’ve seen a few that at least spring to mind.” He explained vaguely, but was glad that the reference at least made sense.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-07-28 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"I play some, but it's normally like, cart racers."

The Young Avengers had gotten him into versus stuff that his enhanced speed wouldn't help him TOO much with. So cart racers. No fighting games and no party games. He was too much then.
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-28 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
“I’ve seen them play a few of those myself. I don’t know that I’d be particularly good at them, though.” Mostly he watched someone else play on occasion, a bag of snacks tossed at him to munch on while he made odd observations about the design of characters or the colours in the setting.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-07-29 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Then you should definitely play with me," Tommy grins at the other guy. "I'd teach you to play."
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-29 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
“You would??” Yusuke’s interest was somewhat piqued at the suggestion. It might be nice to surprise his friends with some actual ability to play the games. Plus, it did seem like everyone was having fun with them, a particular challenge in it. “I should like to take you up on that offer if we had the chance. It might be fun, given what I’ve seen.” He hadn’t seen anything like them here, though, which was a little sad… But the offer was still an interesting one, and Tommy seemed to like the idea, so why not agree in case the opportunity did arise?
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-07-29 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, sadly there isn't any to play," Tommy answered with a shrug.

Like hell he'd waste his coins on something like that. Not without Gar around to share.
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-29 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
“No, given what I’ve seen of this world thus far, I would say that it’s quite unlikely.” Hard to not feel a little disappointed by that, but this world’s overall vibe suggested older-fashioned games than video games. Truth be told, even though video games looked like fun, card games were more his speed, anyway. “But it was a nice thought, appreciated nonetheless.” He added with a smile, knowing there wasn’t much to be done about it.

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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-07-29 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"It is," Tommy agrees with a nod. "That's just how life is sometimes. But hey, we find a way to make our own fun when we can."
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-30 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
“True enough! I’m sure there is some fun to be found in this place. There seems to be plenty to do otherwise.” It was just that he’d been keeping himself occupied and distracted with art projects and offering his talents to people in the city who might be able to find a use for them. He missed his friends himself, and trying to keep himself from thinking of that was a bit hard… At least someone had arrived, even if he didn’t actually know them from the point in time he was from. So… Distractions were welcome.

“I keep hoping I might find a deck of cards. I know there are a few in the taverns, but I don’t believe I’d be welcome in them.” He added thoughtfully, at least not if they could tell he was underage, he supposed. So he was keeping his eye open around the shops to see if he couldn’t locate a deck or two.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-07-31 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Talk to Raimon," Tommy suggested. "Dude's full of weird shit."

And that could always help someone find what they need.
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-07-31 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
“I have heard that about him. I haven’t made it there yet, though.” He responded with a small shrug of his shoulders. It was more that he wanted to see if he could find them elsewhere first, just in case… But it seemed like that Raimon’s shop was the place to go if there was something otherwise unavailable in this city.
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-08-02 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
"When you can, you should try. He's got a lot of stuff he can do for people," Tommy said with a smile. Surely that's what a guy needs, right? Some more things to make him think of home.

"Anyway, if you can't find it even there, let me know. I can keep trying to find stuff for you."
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[personal profile] bufubulous 2022-08-02 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Yusuke couldn’t deny there were quite a few things from home he missed and would find comfort in having here. Though most of those things were also people, aside from a couple of treasured items and things he was used to having. But he smiled at the offer. “Thank you, Tommy. That’s quite helpful of you to offer. I shall certainly keep that in mind should Raimon fail to provide something.”
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[personal profile] doubled_speed 2022-08-03 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Exactly," Tommy said with a grin. And a little salute. "I better mingle. If boss's food is here, so is boss. I need to talk to him about increased work hours. You gonna be okay without my amazing company?"

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