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Chikusa ([personal profile] kokuyoyo) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-02-05 07:18 am

[closed] it's not a nutritional dinner

Who: Chikusa, Ken, and all the people invited to Hakkai's temple
When: October 12
Where: Li Tieugai's temple in the Central District
What: Having recently lost their other god, Ken is sad by yet another loss.... so Chikusa is fixing this with his dog's favorite things: people he likes and copious amounts of meat.

Unless people actually ask, Chikusa.... doesn't exactly tell what time the dinner is actually going to be at. At least he'll probably tell them that Hakkai's temple moved? One would hope.

The temple of Iron Crutch Li doesn't really seem all that impressive upon approaching it, despite being in the Central District. The walled gardens are certainly large and lovely enough, if a little wild, but the building itself is rather plain at its two stories. There's a small sign attached to the front door that simply says 'come in'. Chikusa isn't going to bother answering the door for visitors. It's not like Hakkai locks that thing anyway.

The inside of the temple is about as sparsely decorated as its outside, but, today, the overwhelming smell wafting from the kitchen has overtaken any medicinal smells that might normally be about. It adds a certain warmth to the room.

Until dinner will be served a little later into the night, people are free to do whatever- hang about the gardens, go bother Chikusa in the kitchen, or otherwise find the other residents of the temple. Chikusa won't care to stop anyone, although Hakkai might.

As for dinner? Chikusa is serving so much meat: rabbit stew with olives and rosemary, swordfish, curried chicken, veal marsala, and a more traditional spaghetti served with meatballs. Fortunately, at least there's garlic bread and stuffed mushrooms, so there's something that isn't meat.... And for dessert? Zeppole, cannoli, and an apple ciambella with almond cream.
nibelungvalesti: (hands clasped)

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[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2018-02-07 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
You look troubled.

[The Valkyrie doesn't speak with her usual harshness or cold imperiousness. She isn't even in her armor, which ought to be a warning or alarm to all concerned. But this isn't about her, especially not when someone looks so upset at a party.]
junkyarddog: (And love is a word you never heard)

[personal profile] junkyarddog 2018-02-11 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh...the sight and sound of her, being so different, gets Ken's head lifting as he blinks at her in surprise. But it's impossible to think of a way to respond to her without thinking of what has him upset in the first place, so he sags again after a moment.]

Roy-sama is gone.
nibelungvalesti: (hands clasped)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2018-02-11 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. I am sorry for your loss.

[She genuinely sounds sorry, too.]

[The Valkyrie bows her head slightly, one hand lifted to her chest, before she looks up to meet his eyes with hers, brilliant and clear.]


Human life... is passing. While you live, everyone who comes into your life will leave it some time. It is right to grieve that, but do not let your grief forever cloud the happiness that knowing them brought you.
junkyarddog: (Who was born in a house full of pain)

[personal profile] junkyarddog 2018-02-13 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think he's dead... [Ken frowns. Lenneth probably isn't being quite as literal as Ken is interpreting her, but Ken's a simple dog.] But they took him away.
Edited 2018-02-13 18:50 (UTC)
nibelungvalesti: (sadness)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2018-02-13 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods to that, a quiet motion.] Yes. He is gone from your life, and you are grieving his loss.
junkyarddog: (And love is a word you never heard)

[personal profile] junkyarddog 2018-02-22 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
...yeah. [There doesn't seem to be a whole lot more to say to that.]
nibelungvalesti: (sadness)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2018-02-22 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
And that is all right. But you have good things in your life still, and those who care about you. Do not let your pain blind you to those things.
junkyarddog: (We gotta get gone)

[personal profile] junkyarddog 2018-02-23 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
I know. That's why I'm watching 'em to make sure they don't disappear, too.
nibelungvalesti: (hands clasped)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2018-02-23 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
If it is their fate to disappear, you cannot prevent it. [That is a simple, painful truth.]
junkyarddog: (And love is a word you never heard)

[personal profile] junkyarddog 2018-03-04 10:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Ken's expression twists, painfully, but he doesn't deny it. He hates it, but he knows it's true.]

...then...I want to have been with them right up until it happens. So I got to be with 'em as much as possible first. [His voice is a little thick.]