kokuyoyo: (And the cops are back.)
Chikusa ([personal profile] kokuyoyo) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-05-09 07:54 pm

won't you take me

Who: The Li Tieguai clusterfuck
What: Well, we're out of a shitty haunted forest, who wants dinner?
When: November 16, evening
Where: Li Tieguai's Temple

Usually, when there's some big nonsense in Heaven, Chikusa can be found out cold or "away" in his own head for most of the following couple of days afterwards... but that apparently only counts for event which involve people. Spending an entire day trekking through a possessed forest filled with violent plant-life and cultists is manageable.... somehow.

No matter how exhausted or injured anyone in the temple is, food still has to be made, and Hakka is in no condition to make it. Thus, dinner is being arranged by the other cook in the house, and invitations have been sent out to the relevant people Chikusa thinks care- namely Nanako and Ayumu, along with anyone they seek to bring. That doesn't mean people checking in on the Li Tieguai temple can't just waltz right into the dinner as well....

There's a lot to do in the time leading up to dinner, after all, depending on when people show up (or, you know, realize there's smells coming from the kitchen). Bon, the resident enormous Tibetan Mastiff, demands attention in the form of bodily flinging himself at people. There's a goat in the garden, tied away from all the important medical herbs. At least four different nekomata wander in and out of the temple ground whenever they please, including Pookie, the most permanent resident, and never shut up.... Not to mention that a Kung-Fu movie has been put on the television for people to watch.

There's also a sign on all entrances to the kitchen that says: CHO HAKKAI IS NOT ALLOWED TO COOK. Presumably Chikusa put it up while making direct eye contact with him.

Either way, mess around until dinner, have dinner, crash in the living room where another kung-fu movie has been put on again... Have fun.

Oh, and before it can be forgotten.... The dinner menu for the night is fritto misto, meaty Amatriciana sauce with bucatini noodles, and all the garlic bread in the world apparently. For dessert? Cannoli again. That... might be all he knows how to make on the dessert front.
kagenonadeshiko: (hmmmm; so that's how it goes)

[personal profile] kagenonadeshiko 2018-06-15 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think I understand why anyone would learn to fight just for show. It just seems wasteful.

[If Ayumu felt she had a choice, she wouldn't fight at all. She'd find a nice, cozy place in the countryside, grow her own garden, raise animals, and live a peaceful life.]
reformedsinner: (elementary my dear dragon)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2018-06-16 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
Really, not any more wasteful than dancing, or sports.

I think it comes of living in a more peaceful world. [He shrugs, tossing her a wry smile. Some people can think of fighting that way. Hakkai would prefer to live a peaceful life himself, and never have been good at fighting...

... but that's not the life he's led, and so it isn't the life he'll be able to lead, either.]
kagenonadeshiko: (impersonal; separation)

[personal profile] kagenonadeshiko 2018-06-20 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
That's a fair point. But it's still hard for me to imagine.

[When she'd been alive, there'd still been hope of maintaining order in the face of the changing political winds. But her own life within that world had been a harsh, barren one, bereft of many comforts others took for granted. The memories may be gone but much of that kind of leisurely lifestyle is still beyond her comprehension.]
reformedsinner: (mister manners)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2018-06-25 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hakkai inclines his head with a sound of mild agreement, returning his attention to the screen.

The battle seems to be over; artistically tattered, with a splash of blood that isn't quite red enough to be real across his chest, the protagonist is creeping along the edge of a rooftop. Footsteps echo as his opponents run by below.]
kagenonadeshiko: (intently focused)

[personal profile] kagenonadeshiko 2018-06-27 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Ayumu's content to let silence fall between them as well, turning her attention back to the movie. Her expression's a little blank as she watches, studying his feet curiously.]

He doesn't look trained for that kind of work. His footwork's off. And he doesn't have the right tools on him for climbing. He should always keep a kunai on him.

[She resumes petting Bon.]