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

[feistytrader]

[...That is such a boring cop-out answer and you know it, Shikamaru. But he relents. It's not his business to force Shikamaru into it- even if he sounds pretty lame for avoiding what could be such a cool and intense fight.]

[endgames]

[WOW WOW THIS IS WISDOM SILVER. LISTEN TO YOUR SENPAI.]

Anyways. I know a knock with Lee can't be your reasons for being here today.

[feistytrader]

What, a guy can't show up for a good meal and a black eye or two?

[That line might have worked better if he touched any food, huh. Maybe someone can, but it certainly isn't him. He's way out of his element and he knows it.]

[endgames]

Ha. You're not even one of the most awkward people here, and I still don't buy that.

You had questions when Kakashi made his announcement. It doesn't take simple math to put together why you came here.

[feistytrader]

[He nods. He's not going to deny it. It's completely true.]

If I'm not the most awkward person here, who is? [But that doesn't mean that he isn't going to derail a little.]

[endgames]

Lee, for being the only one happy to be here.

[feistytrader]

[...He's got a point. Silver almost- almost cracks a bit of a smile at that. If they were anywhere else, he might even have chuckled.]

His attitude's pretty contagious.

[endgames]

Yeah. [Fond again, though fading.] And it's the attitude we should want, anyways. This didn't have to be weird.

[feistytrader]

No kidding. I expected my attitude to be the odd one out. [Not for the same uncomfortable and distrustful look to be on the faces of at least half of the people here.]

[endgames]

They don't know what to think. I don't blame them. Half of them have been here long enough to have seen people try to do things like this before, and know how that goes. The other half don't know what to make of the approach - it's too alien to them.

[feistytrader]

Both of those are true, but I don't think that's all there is to it.

[endgames]

Aa. No, it's not.

[Plainly.]

[feistytrader]

[...Should he continue?

...You know what, he wants to know.]

What do you think of this alliance thing, Shikamaru? [He's been asked that enough times already and he's sure he'll be asked it again, so he might as well turn the question around for once.]

[endgames]

[It's the question of the night, whether you pose it or recieve it.]

...I think there's a lot of good that can come from it.

[His words are slow, and deliberate.]

[feistytrader]

[...There's a "but" here. Silver looks at Shikamaru expectantly, waiting for him to continue.]

[endgames]

[There is, yeah. He withholds his sigh; he's bothered, but he will remain respectful.]

I'm not confident it's being focused properly.