Generic Winter Gift Giving Holiday

[asthehawkflies]

Who: Marvel cast+invited guests and dates
What: CH5 Floor 5 hosts Generic Winter Gift Giving Holiday, in the spirit of cooperation, inclusiveness and good food.
When: December 25th
Where: Community House 5, Floor 5
Summary: Pepper and Tony held Thanksgiving, now it is Floor 5's collective turn to host the party for Christmas/Hanukkah/Yule/whatever those crazy Midgarians celebrate anyway. Hopefully everyone will survive.
Rating: PG-13 because alcohol




[It seemed only fair that since Pepper and Tony had hosted the last holiday, that someone else host this time. And since they kind of had an entire floor, the inhabitants of Floor 5 had bravely and nobly taken the task upon themselves to create a party that they could all share.

The doors are propped open to try to give them enough space for mingling, with a Christmas tree set up in Clint's living room, presents laid out beneath it. And maybe he's been a bit enthusiastic with the decorating, because it's kind of weighted down with tinsel and baubles, but it's been more than twenty years since he last had a Christmas tree and people to spend it with. Everyone else has added their own personal touches too, with a menorah in the windowsill for Ben and Billy.

The place of honour on the couch is taken by Coulson, wrapped up in blankets and Clint has helpfully hung a sprig of mistletoe over his head with string because he is thoughtful like that.

The kitchen is laid out with food; there's the traditional turkey which they'd managed to prepare (Clint is rather proud of that), and a ham. Oddly for some perhaps, there's also a large fish in the middle of the table, the carp that Clint and Natasha have spent the last week keeping in a bathtub. There are, of course, assorted cakes and pies, vegetables in bowls. There's drinks too, mulled wine and hot cider and chocolate. There's also a plate of sugar cookies labelled 'Coercion Cookies'. Not to mention the food that Ben and Billy made which he doesn't know the names of but smells amazing anyway.

It's a somewhat chaotic affair; people arriving and leaving as they please, gifts given out whenever it seems appropriate and games played whenever there's a group big enough.]


[OOC: Feel free to have people drop by whenever they like, even early if they want to help prepare or discover large fish in the bathtub.]

Comments

[revoltndevelopment]

[Ben's stepping half back from the counter with a fist full of mugs of cider to pass around when he notices the kid. No one he knows, but he figures someone invited him. He grunts a soft 'scuze me' and turns a bit before kneeling down to offer him a mug.]

Cider, kiddo?

Want me to avoid fourth walling, Ben?

[theboywiththebook]

[Staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare. Long stare. Oh gosh is this who he thinks it is? Just more staring before, oh wait mug of cider being offered to him. Uhhhhh...]

It's not apple is it?

[He doesn't mean to sound rude...but he's had a bad experience with apples.]

4th wall away!

[revoltndevelopment]

[At this point Ben's used to the staring. And gawking. At least the kid isn't scream'n, he'll give him that much.]

This batch is, yeah. Think we got some pear cider warm'n on the stove if you'd like that more.

I shall do so than ;3

[theboywiththebook]

I would actually, please.
[Why would he scream? This is amazing. But he looks for a moment, wondering if he should say something before...yup he will.]

You're Ben Grimm, the Thing in the Fantastic Four, right?

[revoltndevelopment]

Should be done in a li'l bit. I'll bring ya a mug when it's done.

[He shifts the mug back into his larger hand and grinds to a stop at that question. He is kinda distinctive.]

Lemme guess. Comics, right?

[theboywiththebook]

Thanks.

[But he's not sure if he's hit or nerve with Ben or not. Still, the kid keeps smiling.]

Yeah, I've read a lot about you and your team.

[revoltndevelopment]

So...not the comics and news from my world then. Huh.

[He blinked a few times- one thing to hear it from Chun-Li, another to hear it from a kid. He processes this for a moment before shrugging and offering him a smile.]

Y'got good taste, then.

[theboywiththebook]

No sorry.

[Because he's pretty sure Ben's world doesn't have fairy tale people that really exist.]

Thanks, I try.

[His mom was the one who used to buy those comics for him anyways.]

[revoltndevelopment]

It's a li'l weird to think about- but I guess it makes sense. Don't think I'd want too many of me walk'n around every version of reality.

[He frees up a massive hand and offers it to Henry.]

Nice to meet ya kid.

[theboywiththebook]

Yeah, that could get confusing if there were a lot of you.

[With the hand offered to him, Henry extends his own out and shakes Ben's.]

Nice to meet you too. My name's Henry.

[revoltndevelopment]

[Ben's careful to be gentle with Henry's small hand when he shakes it; nothing new there, even if he's a bit more careful with kids than he is with adults.]

You been in this village long, Henry?

[theboywiththebook]

It's been about two months since I got here.

[revoltndevelopment]

All settled in, then. No one's been giv'n you trouble?

[theboywiththebook]

No not really. Everyone's been nice. Though there's someone that seems a little bit strange.

[And by strange he's extremely wary of.]

[revoltndevelopment]

...strange funny, or strange 'better avoid them before they make trouble'?

[Ben tried to keep an eye on the journals for anything rough. Anything odd. But in so large a village and with such a limited scope of monitoring what happened it's possible he's missed something.]

[theboywiththebook]

The second.

[He's still making his judgements on Loki.]

Something just seems off.

[revoltndevelopment]

Mind if I ask what happened or who it is?

[He wouldn't mind giving them a talk. It seems like something he ought to do, anyway. Kids have enough to worry about here without other villagers mak'n a fuss.]

[theboywiththebook]

Nothing happened just something about them. And their name is Loki. He's the bigger one.

[revoltndevelopment]

He is downright unsettl'n. Keep far from him, y'hear? Even if he ain't the one causing it trouble tends t'stick around him like a bad smell.

[theboywiththebook]

[Just as he thought.]

All right, I'll be sure to do that.

[revoltndevelopment]

Just keep clear and you should be just fine.

[He pats Henry's shoulder carefully.]

[theboywiththebook]

Thanks.

[And here Ben have a smile...sadly after this party Loki will be in his company.]

[revoltndevelopment]

[Pity Ben won't be able to do much about it. For now he just gives Henry a nod and lumbers on through the party, passing out cider. He'll swing back around with a mug of pear cider for the kid once it's all delivered and done.]