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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!
harrythelizard: by <user name="vikael"> (» 046)

[personal profile] harrythelizard 2022-08-22 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Really? Do you ever see them having little pixie versus faerie wars?" From personal experience, watching a troop of dew drop faeries charge into battle was a study of war in microcosm as well as one of the cutest things ever. Their battle cry being 'all hail the Za Lord' might have helped.

"Faeries? Sure. They're immortal, soulless beings with agendas."
neurotoxicity: <user name=serendipitously> (pic#4429213)

[personal profile] neurotoxicity 2022-08-23 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, it's more terrifying than you'd think." A swarm of the insectoid fairies with their razor sharp teeth versus pixies with their little weapons was actually pretty disturbing.

"They're soulless in your world?" That hit a chord.
harrythelizard: by <user name="vikael"> (» 042)

[personal profile] harrythelizard 2022-08-23 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know, you're right. It is pretty terrifying...that that much hatred can fit into such small bodies." He wasn't even mocking her. It was actually all the more disturbing because they really only had the capacity for one emotion at a time, so when it was hate...that was scary.

"That, or they have souls that us mere mortals can't fathom." He paused for a moment, working on wording what he was going to say next. "In my world, when you delve into the deeper mysteries of magic, or whatever other fancy term means 'can see more than most people', you just...can? You can see things most people can't. Wizards can do something called 'Soul Gazing'. If we meet your eyes for longer than a few seconds, we see through them, see everything that makes you you in that moment, and see us in return. It's why I don't meet your eyes, I don't want to force that on you. It's...deeply intimate and you can never forget what you see, but I don't have to worry about meeting a Faerie's eyes. They either don't have a soul to gaze upon or it's so alien I can't see it."
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[personal profile] neurotoxicity 2022-08-24 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
"They also live in swarms. There's always an entire army of them around. It's why they fight so hard over territory." If there weren't so many of them, it probably wouldn't be so bad.

She listened to his explanation with a raised eyebrow. "Seems like something you should tell someone about before now." There'd always been a part of her that had wondered why he'd avoided that so intensely, but her self-deprecating side had always assumed it had to do with him not wanting her to be able to bespell him. "I'd always thought it was me." Which, of course, had meant she'd always had an underlying feeling that he probably didn't trust her. A smart person wouldn't trust her. "Have you done it before to someone?"
harrythelizard: by <user name="vikael"> (» 037)

[personal profile] harrythelizard 2022-08-24 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"So, they're really more like animals, aren't they?" Maybe that was oversimplifying it, but they sounded like animals, just highly intelligent ones.

"I've never figured out how to slide it into conversation. 'Hey, nice to meet you. I like you. Sorry about the not meeting your eyes thing. I might glimpse your soul.' On second thought, that probably would work pretty well." His eyebrows shot up at that and he chanced a glance toward her eyes before looking away. "Hells bells, Ivy. It's not you. You are great, okay?" But he nodded at her question. "Yeah, I've Soul Gazed a lot of people. Some Wardens even use it as a form of interrogation. I don't, but I've done it for other reasons, and more than once on accident. It's why I'm extra careful. I know I've made at least one person feint."
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[personal profile] neurotoxicity 2022-08-25 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Kind of. Only fairies though. Jenks would have your head if you said that about Pixies." And...she never honestly would. Truthfully, she liked Jenks. Not that she'd admit to it readily.

"Doesn't seem too different than telling someone you're a living vampire that might accidentally lose control and try to bite you if you seem too appealing." She replied with narrowed eyes. "Yeah, sure." It was impressive how quickly her mood could change. "Sounds like some Wardens are more questionable than others. They'd fit in with the IS."
harrythelizard: by <user name="vikael"> (» 039)

[personal profile] harrythelizard 2022-08-26 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
"I've been thinking that since you told me about them, and honestly, they aren't that different of organizations." It was impressive how quickly her mood could change, but the more the two of them spoke, the more her nature had started to remind him of his brother and he was starting to think he was beginning to understand her a little more. So, subject change.

"They're both organizations that operate outside of human legislation, that keeps supernatural powers in check and polices as necessary." He shrugged. "And that doesn't really have a good retirement plan."
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[personal profile] neurotoxicity 2022-08-26 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
"Maybe the supernatural world does need them," she said with a shrug. At least moving on from subjects seemed to work pretty well for her. "It's interesting how similar and different our worlds are. How long have you spent as a Warden?"
harrythelizard: by <user name="vikael"> (» 012)

[personal profile] harrythelizard 2022-08-29 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, cops just aren't equipped to deal with our daily grind, you know? A bullet won't stop a Loup Garou unless it's laced with silver, and then it only slows it down."

It did for him, too. Some things were just easier to talk about than others. The past? It sucks, thanks. It's gotten better, but his childhood? Hard pass.

"Three years, now, and I was recruited into a war...that we're not winning." And a war he was responsible for. It was one of the reasons he accepted the draft so easily. Guilt will do that to a guy.
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[personal profile] neurotoxicity 2022-08-30 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Some of them still try." And usually they die. Or end up in a worse state than death. There were a lot of things worse than death out there and humans never seemed to grasp that. At least not quick enough.

She frowned at his explanation though and gave him a sympathetic look. "Ah. Sorry to hear that." A part of her wanted to ask more but it seemed as though the topic might not be something he wanted to get into.
harrythelizard: by <user name="vikael"> (» 004)

[personal profile] harrythelizard 2022-08-30 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, they do,and those people are some of the best people I've had the pleasure of knowing. Even men who gave me crap every day I showed up for a consulting gig. Good people who shouldn't be gone."

A little more about that.

"It's fine. It's not any different from other places, I guess. Kids just this side of adulthood being thrown into someone else's fight and dying way before their time. War... Sucks."
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[personal profile] neurotoxicity 2022-08-31 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
"We were always afraid of something like that happening if we went to war with humans." Though she wasn't certain if he actually meant that was what they were doing or not. "Is it a war between the magical world or between it and humans?"
harrythelizard: by <user name="vikael"> (» 012)

[personal profile] harrythelizard 2022-09-03 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
"It's a war between mortal wizards and the vampires of the Red Court and their allies, and it was started by a really angry wizard who was angry at a party where he was their guest and they partially turned his girlfriend."

He frowned, looking down momentarily. He might even know that wizard.
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[personal profile] neurotoxicity 2022-09-04 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
She blinked, recalling that he had a story about his old girlfriend being turned. "You started an entire war?" No wonder he felt so terrible about it.
harrythelizard: by <user name="vikael"> (» 005)

[personal profile] harrythelizard 2022-09-07 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
"I...didn't know, at the time, that...Susan's turning wasn't complete, so...yeah. I lost it, saw red I guess you could say, and I burned her fucking house down, along with her and her retinue. The Red Court didn't take kindly to a countess being offed by a representative of the White Council, so...here we are."

And they'd never moved on. Vampires were touchy that way. Things with the Courts and the Council had been heating up for a long time, it was just the catalyst they'd needed to start up open hostilities, but he couldn't deny the role he played in it.