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Romeo ([personal profile] myblueskies) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2019-03-28 09:29 pm

Book Party [ota]

Who: Romeo, Elfnein and literally everyone in the heavens. Even if you weren't personally invited every invite came with a +ALL YOUR FRIENDS and there's also a sign. Strangers are just friends these two haven't met yet.
When: 29th April. Afternoon onwards
Where: Temple Smol (Gegute's library)
What: Just the cutest book party the heavens has ever known! Bring your best book!



Arrival

You might have received an invitation, or perhaps you are just passing Gegute’s library but there is an brightly painted sign outside.

Book Party today!

Everyone welcome! Bring your best book or dress up!

Lots of tasty food!


The doors of the temple are open and once you arrive in the lobby there are more bright arrows pointing the way into the library. If you are still stuck mister Goat is at the help desk, he’ll direct any one who needs it!

Activities

The layout of the library hasn’t really changed at all, except a few tables being moved to accommodate activities and all the comfy reading cushions have been brought to a central location. All the shelves are decorated with colourful paper chains and streamers.

Romeo had really enjoyed Yuna’s birthday party with the activities to do so he had copied the idea for Elfnein’s book party! On one table there is material for making bookmarks. You might want to recut the card strips, they are a little wonky. There is ribbon and glitter and colouring pens and glue.

On another there is a cardboard box puppet theatre, painted in a riot of colours with colourful strips of material as curtains. There is some felt and other material, as well as scissors, glue and wool to make puppets with. A sign reads in childish Hirigana. Show your best book!

Food

The invitations had promised lots of tasty food and there sure was a lot! A whole table filled with tasty treats, Romeo had been very very busy! There was a whole tray of chopped fruit, another of vegetables like carrots and cucumber.

There was bread and cheese and two bowls of pasta with different sauces. Another bowl of noddles with meat and vegetables. There was a huge bowl of rice too with a tray of grilled fish and a bowl of broccoli and asparagus.

An entire part of the table was taken up by apples and things with apples in them, apple turnovers and even an attempt at an apple pie, it was a bit smushed but probably tasted fine.

There was a tray of very misshapen cookies with messy icing and another of even messier cupcakes with far too much buttercream. There were also churos and a chocolate Gateaux, these seemed to have been bought rather than made, Romeo hadn’t even known where to start it making them!

There was an attempt at making books and other shapes out of rice and vegetables packed in the two bento boxes Ebisu’s temple had given him for Christmas, but they were a bit crumbly, misshapen or just plain strange. In the centre of Romeo’s bento attempts was his magical bento box, every time it was opened there were different fancy bento creations, if the children’s attempts left a lot to be desired.

Have fun!
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Uh-oh)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-02 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"She was unhappy with her life and decided to go on an adventure. She saves some people along the way."

And wounds just as many too. The advantages of being a charming protagonist? And sure, she does save a lord in one of the routes, but that's complicated in its own right. In hindsight, she's not the most heroic of protagonists, but this is also a game about dating people and crossing swords.

"I brought a cake too."
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Wonder)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-04 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
That is a very full food table. The amount of apple-based dishes is quite surprising and Ginia's thankful she'd gone for a different fruit cake. It takes a bit of careful shuffling, but Ginia manages to find a space to put the cake at. It's a delicious looking cake, covered in rich white whipped cream and decorated with various fruit on the top.

"No problem. The more food the merrier everyone can be. Want the first slice?"
unlucky7: (STATUS :: What?)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-08 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
There's a slight lurch of panic as Romeo mentions the knives nearby. It's not like she doesn't know her share of kids with knives, but it's still a very worrying sliding scale. So when Romeo returns with a cutting knife, the panic grows. Look, Ebisu running around with Kimi is always concerning, but at least Kunimi is usually there!

Her smile is terse as she carefully takes the knife from him and cuts into the cake. Fluffy white cake with layers of whipped cream and sliced fruit in between, it's a very pretty looking cake and just as delicious too. She cuts Romeo a generous slice and plates it for him before cutting a smaller slice for herself. Best to save more for others.
Edited 2019-04-08 04:36 (UTC)
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Cheerful)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-09 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
The self-sufficiency of Romeo and Elfnein are to be admired along with their culinary skills, but it's still a cause for concern. At least Romeo is far less clumsy than Ebisu.

But with no crisis at all, it's time to enjoy cake. A one-bite cake this is not; Ginia grabs forks for the both of them. She cuts into her slice, separating out one layer of cake and biting into it. Nom. Nom. Nom.

"All the food looks great. Did you and Elfnein make it?" she signs once she finishes a few bites.
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Smiling)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-10 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
The messy eating isn't too surprising. He's a kid, she knows enough about his past to gather table etiquette wasn't a thing. Besides, Chris eats just as sloppily and she's much older. Ginia grabs a few napkins and hands one to Romeo. The rest she keeps in case any food falls to the floor. Better to clean up now than risk it getting stepped into the floor and causing a bigger mess.

"I'm glad you like it. It's from a bakery near one of Ebisu's shrines."
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Wonder)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-11 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's why bakers start so early. Most are working before the sun comes up."

It's hard work being a baker, cooking in general too. Ginia wakes up early most days but she knows the kitchen staff at Ebisu is up earlier to make sure everything is ready for breakfast and lunch.

Ginia looks over the table again, truly impressed by the spread of food.

"Did you and Elfnein make everything?"
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Worried)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-15 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
No one can fault such busy hosts for outsourcing some of the food. It's really impressive how much work they put into it and also impressive Romeo is still cheery and on his feet. Ebisu's temple may test occasionally test the limits of how much caffeine someone can consume in replace of sleep, but they're a special case.

"You and Elfnein should get some rest. Take a nap at least."
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Attentive)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-19 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
They're going to crash at some point, aren't they. But Ginia understands them wanting to have a good party and being good hosts. There's enough people around that if one of them falls asleep, they'll be taken care of. No doubt they'll have plenty of volunteers with clean up at the end.

"Make sure you two get a good night of sleep and take it easy tomorrow then."
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Sure)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-23 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"I bet people would be happy to help tidy up after." Ginia knows she can't stay the full duration of the party, but even she's tempted to swing by later to help tidy up. They're good kids, headstrong and independent, but they deserve a bit of a break after all the work they've done.

A pity there isn't any magic to put things right. Some auto-cleaning mops would be useful.
unlucky7: (STATUS :: That so?)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-24 06:54 am (UTC)(link)
"That I don't doubt." They're well-suited for each other. Though they're both young (or look young in Elfnein's case), they do a good job taking care of each other. But extra help won't hurt when it comes to cleaning.

"I'm not keeping you from greeting people, am I?"
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Smiling)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2019-04-26 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Go greet everyone else, I'll be fine." She can enjoy her food and see what activities are in the space and who else is around. Ginia smiles and pats his head.

"Don't forget to have fun too."