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Clint Barton ([personal profile] asthehawkflies) wrote in [community profile] lucetilogs2012-12-21 04:08 am

Generic Winter Gift Giving Holiday

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.]
revoltndevelopment: (Default)

Set up shenanigans?

[personal profile] revoltndevelopment 2012-12-21 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
...BARTON!

[He'd ducked in to use the can, a quick break and wash up in the middle of getting all the food laid out in the kitchen, and finds a huge frigg'n problem.]

Why the @#$%! is there a FISH in the bathtub?
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[personal profile] revoltndevelopment 2012-12-21 11:06 am (UTC)(link)
...Ethel. Are ya gonna feed her and walk her, or are ya gonna cook her?

[He scrubs his face with a palm and sighs.]

Really. How'd you even GET her in here?
revoltndevelopment: (Default)

[personal profile] revoltndevelopment 2012-12-21 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
...I don't really wanna know, do I? Just say it was yer SHIELD ninja skills or somth'n, I'll buy that.
somethingtoavenge: i am seding you my medical bills (Dealing with Stark again)

Phil vs. the Mistletoe

[personal profile] somethingtoavenge 2012-12-21 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Phil was glad to be able to enjoy the Christmas festivities from the couch. While he also wished he'd be able to help out, he knew that the minute he offered there would be looks that spoke volumes about taking care of his health and being an idiot.

To avoid that, Phil gladly holds court from the Couch, greeting everyone who comes in with a cheerful if slightly hoarse voice.

At least, until the mistletoe above him is brought to his attention.

It was easy to guess who had done it. The minute Coulson is well, he will get you back Clint, so watch your back. For now, he contents himself with giving Clint bland looks, which promise bad things, every time he sees him.

When not trying to freak Clint out with bland looks, Phil keeps glaring at the mistletoe, wishing he had a gun or a knife so he could destroy the thing since Clint had hung it out of his reach or greeting those who come in.

Kiss him at your own peril. Or non-peril.]
Edited (8D) 2012-12-21 22:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] revoltndevelopment 2012-12-21 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Y'know you gotta clean a fish before ya cook it, right?
widows_kiss: serious, curious (Joking)

Re: Phil vs. the Mistletoe

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2012-12-22 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Natasha's running a little late to the party and there's already several people mingling when she comes down from her floor to join them. She passes off a platter and a casserole to Clint with a kiss on the cheek before coming in to find Coulson.

The glare directed at the mistletoe is impossible to miss and she's chuckling as she approaches him, a grin on her lips.]


Well isn't this festive?
somethingtoavenge: well thats a bit hard to believe (really now)

Phil vs. the Mistletoe

[personal profile] somethingtoavenge 2012-12-22 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Phil breaks off from looking as if he wanted to set the mistletoe on fire with his mind to give Natasha a look. There is amusement in his eyes though, behind the annoyance.]

So very festive.

[Dry tone is very dry.]

Nothing says Christmas like poisonous plants.
widows_kiss: serious, curious (Smile Secretive)

Phil vs. the Mistletoe

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2012-12-22 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[She gives the green sprig a contemplative look.]

I don't know, sir. I'm pretty sure it's safely out of edible range from there.
somethingtoavenge: WHY is he smiling? (and now the world explodes)

Phil vs. the Mistletoe

[personal profile] somethingtoavenge 2012-12-22 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
So it is.

[Unfortunately.

Phil decides to ignore it for now.]


How are you enjoying the festivities so far?
widows_kiss: serious, curious (Amused)

Re: Phil vs. the Mistletoe

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2012-12-22 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
I just got here, but clearly not as much as you are.

[There's laughter in her gaze as she crosses to sit beside him.]

So that is Clint's doing, I take it? I wondered why he was whistling.
somethingtoavenge: i am seding you my medical bills (Dealing with Stark again)

Phil vs. the Mistletoe

[personal profile] somethingtoavenge 2012-12-22 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Well then, you have plenty of time to enjoy the festivities as much as I am.

[Phil sighs and shake his head.]

Of course it was Clint.

[There is a gleam of mischief in his eyes.]

I'll get him back for it later.
widows_kiss: serious, curious (Polite)

Natasha

[personal profile] widows_kiss 2012-12-22 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
{Preparation for this party was a little more involved than what she and Clint normally attempted, but that was mostly because he'd decided they needed to catch a carp. Why he'd decided on that particular tradition to enact, she still wasn't quite certain, but she was very glad that Ethel was living in his tub and not hers.

She half expected there to be more fuss around the time that Ethel became 'Dinner' but other than finding out Clint had no idea how to go about cleaning and cooking a fish, there was a relieving lack of chaos.

With most of the dinner cooked or cooking (using both floors' kitchens, with the amount of food required to feed the group possibly coming), she slips away to get ready and reappears down on Clint's floor a little after the first guests start arriving. She's dressed casually but warmly. A pair of jeans and a cream sweater, her hair left loose and wavy.

She spends most of the night mingling and fetching things for Coulson and stealing food here and there, usually found with a glass of something in her hand. While the Christmas party thing isn't usually her style, she puts a friendly face on for it and actually finds herself enjoying it.]
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[personal profile] revoltndevelopment 2012-12-22 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Tell me you've cleaned and cooked a fish before. Please.
windandrain: (Daughter of Wind and Rain)

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-12-22 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
[During one of these side-trips that Clint takes to his window to brood, if he looks down, he might find a certain someone looking up at him. From the ground level, Saori leaps straight up and lands on the windowsill carrying a long, carefully wrapped parcel. She wasn't really one for parties, but when she'd been invited she could hardly refuse.

Particularly a request from him.]


May I join you, Clint?
windandrain: (Easy smile)

Phil vs. the Mistletoe

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-12-22 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Saori, curious about the man seated on the couch, approached with an interested look. Clint had invited her to the party, but she didn't really know anyone there but him, Adele, and her BFF well, so she was making round to interesting looking people. And unfortunately for Coulson, he apparently was quite interesting to gods of all sorts, and not just Aesir.]

It appears you are in a bit of trouble, sir.
somethingtoavenge: lay it all on me (tell me more)

Phil vs. the Mistletoe

[personal profile] somethingtoavenge 2012-12-22 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Wouldn't he just be thrilled to know that?

Phil turns his attention to Saori, giving the woman a faint smile.]


Just a bit. [But he is full of good-spirit and amusement underneath his outward annoyance with Clint's Mistletoe Mischief.

Doesn't mean he's not going to get Clint back later though.]


I don't believe we've met before. [Phil extracts an arm from his blankets and holds out his hand to the woman.] Phil Coulson.
Edited 2012-12-22 08:43 (UTC)
windandrain: (Concerned (Modern))

Phil vs. the Mistletoe

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-12-22 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks at the mistletoe dubiously, but extends a hand to shake]

Saori Kimura, pleasant to meet you Mr. Coulson. I take it that you are...ill?
theboywiththebook: (Hope)

Henry

[personal profile] theboywiththebook 2012-12-22 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Christmas day, oh boy, his day really would have sucked if Natasha hadn't invited him to a Christmas party. After all, he's alone with no family. The best he could do would be sit at home and not cry his eyes out at not being able to see his family. Plus lets not forget the dead rabbit corpse he got as a present from some horrible person.

But considering the overall mood of the party and the awesome gift he got from Santa he's forgotten his depression for today. Right now he's kind of wandering about the party, weaving in out between the taller guests (because everyone's taller than him.

At times he can be found getting a plate load of food and eating it all.

Others, he's sitting off by himself.]
Edited 2012-12-22 15:30 (UTC)
not_a_troll: (jerk of the week)

Natasha

[personal profile] not_a_troll 2012-12-22 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Loki has seen this maiden a couple of times, mostly accompanied by Clint Barton. It would be most polite to ask this maiden the most important question one could ask during a celebration of Christmas.]

So you are Clint Barton's b.g.f., yes?

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