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ximilialog2022-11-25 06:41 pm
groupiedrifter) wrote in ximilialog2022-11-25 06:41 pm
[OPEN] Movie night, and again, movie night!
CHARACTERS: Everyone! Mingle!
LOCATION: The Mess Hall
DATE: After the mission, somewhere in the tail-end of November.
CONTENT: A movie night! Typical business, enjoy relaxing.
WARNINGS: None! But feel free to add them if you need to, to your threads.
This isn't much of a 'Thanksgiving' celebration. In fact, the only thing that really seems to constitute 'thanksgiving' is the pie and wine that is available — everything else, not so much. This month, the mess hall is arranged with the usual sort of system: a table for food and drinks, a table for Activities (tm), and a comfortable, blanket and pillow-fueled space where movies are projected on a sheet — because what better way to watch a movie than to rig up someone's old sheets?
The options for food had been, once again, stolen from the old 'survey' Newt had posted months beforehand, so some of you may find your favorite foods here. Firstly, and most importantly, there are pies. Pies of many assortments, as far as the ol' eye can see (exaggerations may apply). Alongside it, a mishmash of cultures — szechuan-themed noodles, onion gratin soup, black beans and rice... though most oddly, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
What? Someone had them on their favorite foods list. Sometimes we love a good outcast.
The other desert of choice to top off the night: white chocolate. Yzak's favorite, of course, and served in a few ways.
But drinks! Drinks are important, too, and you tea-lovers are in for a treat: a section solely dedicated to tea leaves. That's right, a Tea Bar, with all the mixtures to steep to your heart's content! Jasmine tea, seiros tea, your basic sweet teas and even more casual green teas — it's all here, served right next to the wine and champagne, in case you feel like getting a little — as the kid's these days don't say anymore — turnt.
Also yes, the glowy weird 'please only cybertronians consume this' Energon is there as well.
The activities this time are less involved, mostly because they come from boxes that merely have to be opened up to be enjoyed. A stack straight out of Walmart's kid science section, just for the crew of the Ximilia to enjoy. If you're thinking 'wow, this has Newton written all over it', you'd be very correct: geode breaking kits, fossil digging kits, rocket and gundam-building kits — you name it, it's there, straight from his childhood years and into your hearts.
The best selection is, obviously, the kit that makes gummy candy bugs.
Mmmm. Bug-shaped food.
And per usual, movie options are selected, and play in the following order through the night: Moana, Lord of the Rings (the first movie only, sorry, we're cutting you off at movie one), and Honey I Shrunk the Kids!
... And, when the night is at its end, another movie is snuck on when people are falling asleep or scattering to their rooms:
Oh dear.
Happy holidays, or something!
LOCATION: The Mess Hall
DATE: After the mission, somewhere in the tail-end of November.
CONTENT: A movie night! Typical business, enjoy relaxing.
WARNINGS: None! But feel free to add them if you need to, to your threads.
This isn't much of a 'Thanksgiving' celebration. In fact, the only thing that really seems to constitute 'thanksgiving' is the pie and wine that is available — everything else, not so much. This month, the mess hall is arranged with the usual sort of system: a table for food and drinks, a table for Activities (tm), and a comfortable, blanket and pillow-fueled space where movies are projected on a sheet — because what better way to watch a movie than to rig up someone's old sheets?
The options for food had been, once again, stolen from the old 'survey' Newt had posted months beforehand, so some of you may find your favorite foods here. Firstly, and most importantly, there are pies. Pies of many assortments, as far as the ol' eye can see (exaggerations may apply). Alongside it, a mishmash of cultures — szechuan-themed noodles, onion gratin soup, black beans and rice... though most oddly, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
What? Someone had them on their favorite foods list. Sometimes we love a good outcast.
The other desert of choice to top off the night: white chocolate. Yzak's favorite, of course, and served in a few ways.
But drinks! Drinks are important, too, and you tea-lovers are in for a treat: a section solely dedicated to tea leaves. That's right, a Tea Bar, with all the mixtures to steep to your heart's content! Jasmine tea, seiros tea, your basic sweet teas and even more casual green teas — it's all here, served right next to the wine and champagne, in case you feel like getting a little — as the kid's these days don't say anymore — turnt.
Also yes, the glowy weird 'please only cybertronians consume this' Energon is there as well.
The activities this time are less involved, mostly because they come from boxes that merely have to be opened up to be enjoyed. A stack straight out of Walmart's kid science section, just for the crew of the Ximilia to enjoy. If you're thinking 'wow, this has Newton written all over it', you'd be very correct: geode breaking kits, fossil digging kits, rocket and gundam-building kits — you name it, it's there, straight from his childhood years and into your hearts.
The best selection is, obviously, the kit that makes gummy candy bugs.
Mmmm. Bug-shaped food.
And per usual, movie options are selected, and play in the following order through the night: Moana, Lord of the Rings (the first movie only, sorry, we're cutting you off at movie one), and Honey I Shrunk the Kids!
... And, when the night is at its end, another movie is snuck on when people are falling asleep or scattering to their rooms:
Oh dear.
Happy holidays, or something!
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You tried the strawberry pie yet? I don't know where they got it from but this is incredible.
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For now, he tips his head some, eyes falling on the pie in question that still has enough to get a few slices out of. ] I haven't, yet. But strawberry isn't usually my immediate go-to.
...
Maybe in a bit. [ He gives a small shrug of his shoulder. ] I'm not keen on going overboard with stuff like this.
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[He’s not biased at all, what are you talking about. Anyway. He bites down on his slice, chews, then swallows.]
I’d think this is the best time to go overboard with stuff like this. You just survived being near an active volcano, that calls for a party.
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But I've been around just as dangerous environments. So I'm just glad our luck has been holding out.
Anyway, that was quite the show you put on back there. What was that?
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[He says, but it's really just an excuse to score pizza and strawberry-flavored foods for Dante. As for the show, he just casually shrugs.]
Oh, that. My old man was a demon, so I got some demonic powers from him. And a couple of swords, too. [He says it so flippantly, it's clear there's a much longer, much darker story underneath it.] I will say, though, I don't usually finish quite so early. [A little flash of a smile, as if to tip off that he snuck that double entendre in on purpose.]
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[ He is IGNORING that last little double entendre, but he flashes, in turn, a look that shows he got it and does not like it because he has no sense of humor. ]
A demon...? Would you care to elaborate? "Demons" where I'm from are the things of myths and stories.
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He gives Yzak a little smile. There's more where that came from, but he'll back off for now.]
Sure. They're real where I'm from, they come from hell, and my father was one of them. [This is actually a gross oversimplification, but Dante doesn't feel like dumping so much information on this kid straight away.] Whatever myths and stories you've got, trust me, they're generally way worse in real life. Stinkier, too.