Luceti Projects Mingle

[corps]

Who: Anyone and everyone interested in Luceti Projects.
What: Luceti Projects meet-and-greet!
When: Backdated to the 22nd. Begins at noon, lasts all day.
Where: The barracks.
Summary: A few LP members have organized a get-together at the barracks for those with an interest in Luceti Projects to talk, eat, and relax while socializing.
Rating: PG

[ Quite a bit of thought and elbow grease has been put into preparing the barracks for this event. A banner is tacked across above the entrance that reads, "Welcome to Luceti Projects Opening Celebration!" in green paint. It's not exactly the sort of arts and craft masterpiece it could have been had they enlisted the help of one of the kids (such as Ikki), but it's better than nothing.

Just before entering the main festivities is a table with a sign-up sheet, manned by different members of Luceti Projects on a rotating basis, to answer questions or encourage sign-up.

Through the open doors of the barracks' largest hall, long wooden farmstyle tables have been set in rows to encourage mingling, placed adjacent to tables filled with food and drink that hug the walls. A wide range of different appetizers, snacks, and larger entrees have been set out for attendees, with plenty of plates, utensils, cups, and napkins. As a way to encourage more cultural exchange, the cuisine, catered by Okumura Rin, includes a little from different worlds -- cheese and crackers; sushi and yakitori; pasta and roast chicken; salads and other vegetable dishes, including a vegetable and potato stew, heavily featuring corn. A few sweets, such as cookies and a few cakes, sit alongside the savory dishes, next to which sits a very large bowl of non-alcoholic fruit punch (courtesy of Ms. Ginia). There is plenty of water, soft drinks, teas and coffee, and milk.

For those interested in trying out a more communal dish, placed about every five feet of table is a hot pot, specifically for sukiyaki, inside which vegetables, mushrooms, tofu, thin-sliced beef slowly simmer in a delicate broth of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. Under these simmering ingredients is a base of udon and shirataki noodles to soak up the broth. Small bowls, utensils, and condiments such as soy sauce and eggs for the sauce, sit alongside each pot to encourage communal sharing.

On the other side of the hall is a wet bar (wo)manned by Ginia, with plenty of booze and an alcoholic variety of punch. Coolers filled with beer sit on the floor behind the wet bar. Martinis and other mixed drinks will be served in biodegradable plastic cups.

The smell of charcoal and wood burning wafts through the open back doors, from the glow of a respectably sized bonfire built behind the building, alongside which a long table is set, its surface filled with an assortment of graham crackers, chocolate, marshmallows, large sausages, kabobs with different meats and vegetables, and skewers for roasting.

A few yards away are the outdoor training grounds where a rather large array of weapons, both lethal and non-lethal of the wooden variety, have been set out for anyone who would like to spar. Some dried-out logs have been repurposed into a spectator area. The only rules posted: no use of magic or anything else that could critically harm opponents or spectators. No guns, except in the target practice area. Absolutely no killing. ]


(OOC: Assume that your character will be served drinks by Ginia at the bar, so use the bar area to mingle with whomever else, unless you’d like a thread. If your character would like to man the sign-up area, feel free to just drop them in on anyone. If they don’t know how to answer a question, just have them direct anything to either Erwin or Kakashi. Most importantly, have fun!!

Also, if your character hasn't voted about the LP leadership structure, the poll is still open over here! Even if they don't want to make a comment on the post itself, they can definitely still vote!)

Comments

[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi hasn't met all of Erwin's people yet, but he certainly does recognize the uniform of the Survey Corps, spotting it rather easily from across the way. The young woman must be one of the new arrivals he was told about, and it just so happens to be that he catches her alone eyeing the sushi and yakitori rather quizzically. ]

You must be one of Commander Erwin's soldiers, hmm?

[ Asked lightly as he reaches past her to claim one of the yakitori skewers. ]

[petreefied]

[The jacket and the insignia of the Survey Corps seemed to attract attention no matter the place, for better or worse. Though she doesn't know the man speaking to her, she knows well enough to respond properly, even if it's a little distracting to wonder whether or not he was going to remove that mask before eating.]

Yes, sir. My name is Petra Ral. I serve in the Special Operations Squad, under Captain Levi.

[If he knew Erwin, then he was probably connected to the other leaders involved, if not one of them.]

[ura_no_ura]

Mm, I see. Well, it's nice to meet you, Petra-san.

[ He assumes that her name order is the same as Erwin's. If he messes it up, someone is bound to correct him at some point or another. ]

I'm Kakashi. [ A beat. ] Commander Erwin or Captain Levi might've mentioned me.

[ Or so he assumes, because that would make sense, right. Given how closely they're all working together and all. ]

[petreefied]

[Petra can only assume the addition to her name is an amenity; she can ask questions later, especially considering she does recognize that name.]

Yes, sir. I've heard your name before, though I haven't had a face to match it to. I'm glad we have the opportunity to meet.

[ura_no_ura]

Mm, likewise. You're a new arrival, right?

[ Asked as he reaches for some sushi. He doesn't recall Erwin or Levi ever mentioning Petra by name, so she must not be someone high up in the chain of command, or surely they would have notified him of her presence. ]

[petreefied]

[How are you eating that sir, it's really quite baffling. It's hard not to stare, but Petra's managing it.]

Yes, earlier in the month, along with some others from my world.

[ura_no_ura]

Ah, yes, I was told of your group's arrival.

[ Kakashi can't help but notice the way Petra is curiously eyeing the sushi he's been placing on his plate. ]

Would you like to try some sushi?

[petreefied]

Is that what it's called?

[She'll take note of what the little rolls are called, though she can't identify anything in it. It smelled like fish, but she couldn't tell what kind was used.]

[ura_no_ura]

[ Kakashi nods and gestures at the sushi. ]

It's essentially raw, very high quality fish and rice -- considered a delicacy in some places. You generally dip it in some of this soy sauce -- [ he points at the little bottle of soy sauce ] sometimes mixed with just a little bit of wasabi [ which is that little mound of green stuff on the plate ] if you like a bit of spice.