Don't Skip Your Flu Shot

[purrtagonist]

Who: Everyone! It's a mingle post for the first week of Struxta sickness!!
Where: All around the temple
When: During the first week of the sickness
Rating PG?? At most??
What: Curry, blankets and pillow forts, and other assorted sick things

[With the Struxta illness sweeping through the temple like a wildfire, and with so many new arrivals trying to get adjusted to temple living, it's probably no surprise that things around the Astoria's little pocket of space have gotten a little hectic. Feeling under the weather? Looking for something warm to soothe that scratchy throat? Just want to curl up underneath a pile of blankets and not move for like, seven hours or so? Never fear! A Mysterious Helper (TM) has you covered]

A. Curry in the Kitchen

[The kitchen smells extremely nice during lunchtime this week, the only meal of the day that isn't pre-prepared by the misty servants. Like the scent of coffee intermingled with complementary spices. Those who take the initiative to investigate will find something pleasant waiting for them. A few pots of fresh made curry and steamed rice; a few pots of miso soup (a. . . little on the salty side, sorry); and some freshly brewed coffee already poured into individual mugs, along with cream and sugar and whatever additives your heart desires. It's all strewn out across the counter tops with a handwritten note pinned against the wall above the stove:]

Help yourself, and get well soon.

[There isn't any sign of the mysterious chef when you enter the kitchen, and if you arrive near the end of lunch hour, some of the food and coffee miiiiight be a bit cold. But hey! This might be a good chance to mingle with some of your new coworkers who are also seeking out a warm meal to help quell some of their cold symptoms. Just please don't sneeze into the curry pot, thanks. . .]

[Lunch will be laid out in the kitchen every day at lunchtime for the entire first week of the sickness. Help yourselves!]

B. The Temple Hallways

[THERE ARE BLANKETS AND PILLOWS EVERYWHERE]

[. . . no, seriously. For some reason, it's like you can't even walk down a hallway without tripping over a bundled up blanket or a pillow. What's up with that! For the most part, they're normal bedtime accessories, although you may find a bundle of pillows and blankets stacked up into an ENTIRE PILLOW FORT if you're lucky.]

[Pinned to the walls of the hallways (not every hallway, but enough of them that it should be easy to find one of the signs without wandering for too long) are more handwritten signs:]

Whoever can build the tallest pillow fort will receive one (1) high five as a grand prize. Good luck. Blanket provider is not responsible for anyone accidentally falling asleep in the hallways and blocking your route back to your bedroom.

[Hm. Well, that's weird. Anyway! You can build a pillow fort if you want, grab some blankets to take back to your room, or. . . nap in the hallways. Or do whatever! They're all free for the taking. Maybe you could even team up with another Circle member to try and win that extremely coveted high five??]

C. Wildcard

[Don't feel like interacting with any of the above? That's okay! Make your own prompt based on the event stuff over here, or just use this post for. . . whatever you want! It's totally and completely open for mingling for new and old characters alike, so. HAVE FUN ♥]

Comments

[twitter]

[ she swats the chopsticks away, which is slightly hypocritical considering she always points shit in people's faces. it's fine. ]

But isn't it more fun to cook with other people? We're all different, but we know the same foods, right? It's meant to be a shared experience!

[ i'm sorry, this is what just wandered into your kitchen. ]

[annoyings]

[ oh my god this is just another leo.

his eye actually twitches this time. deadpan. ] Haaa? What are you, the protagonist of a kid's show? [ actually, ] No one actually talks like that in real life.

[ he turns back to his food, his annoyance monster tamed down into something more sarcastic than full out rude. ]

[twitter]

[ sadly for him, she is still here. she folds her arms over her chest, humming lowly as she thinks about all of the children shows she's seen over the years.

and then hajime is very suddenly untangling her arms from each other so she can clap her hands, once but loud. ]

I think I am like one of those! But everyone can be, if you just help teach people how to be nice! The world would be a shinier place if we all tried that, wouldn't it?

[annoyings]

Please stop talking.

[ now she just sounds like that trickstar's akehoshi... ugh...

izumi rolls his eyes to the ceiling and gives his curry a stir. this lasts for a few minutes before he finally says: ] If I give you something to eat, are you going to buzz off?

[twitter]

I'd appreciate any food by you! People who can cook well are really cool. They're like, stylish.

[ that

doesn't actually answer his question. ]

[annoyings]

[ ...............( +1 affection point!)

not that he cares about the compliments or anything!! but it sure does seem to soften izumi a little bit, and he's being less rude. ] Hmph, at least you've got some taste. I had to learn how to cook a long time before I came here.

[ he gestures with the ladle to a cabinet. ] Go get a bowl.

[twitter]

[ she salutes, before going to grab one. it's okay, she knows how to navigate tsuns. ]

What's your favorite thing to make?

[ and how viable would it be to make it here. she does not say that one out loud though, at least. for now. ]

[annoyings]

[ izumi sniffs, as uppity as ever, but he seems to be softening just a bit at the conversation topic and the ego pets. ]

This time of year, it's sanma shioyaki. It's not for a novice, and I don't always eat the whole portion because it can be fatty. I make it for my parents after rehearsal on weekends. [ because izumi is a spoiled child, shocking no one, and his parents dote and adore on him, so they've encouraged his love of cooking and meticulous care of his body. ]

It-- [ when he looks to the side at her, though, he stops. ] Not that bowl, it's too small. Don't be an idiot. [ you spartan ]

[twitter]

[hm, there's a lot of information to take from that. rehearsals? she's about to ask, but then he scolds her about the bowl size. hajime just grins in response before switching it out for another.

she's mostly just pleased that he decided to share all on his own, really. ]

Bigger bowl acquired. What kind of rehearsals?

[ there, that's what she wanted to ask. ]

[annoyings]

[ is hajime just bullyproof. is that what this is. izumi narrows his eyes to look at the bowl properly and then takes it out of her hand...then there's a brief pause before he reaches up and pats the top of her head. ]

Hm. Good. ♪ [ she reminds him just a little of their school's producer...not that he cares or anything!!!

it seems like she's passed the first level of getting close to izumi sena, or something. he gestures the bowl, then at a small pile of what might be green onions. ] Chop those. Carefully. If your knife strokes are even a centimeter off, it'll ruin the whole thing.

[ but...izumi looks up, briefly, and then does in fact answer her actual question as he stirs at the meat. ] Before this woman kidnapped me and ruined everything, I was an idol.

[twitter]

[ hajime is a slut for physical affection and, normally, she's the one who has to initiate it. so it being the other way around is nice.

but thankfully, cutting is a thing that hajime is... extremely good at. she takes a knife, twirls it once, before doing as she's told. chop chop. ]

An idol! [ she's met aliens, but not any idols. that sounds sparkly. ] Are you the kind that's in a group? And wears neat outfits?

[annoyings]

"Neat outfits". [ he quotes back, a little sarcastically, a little disbelieving at the tone. seriously, don't just downgrade idols like that even if that's exactly what they wear.

his eyes shift over to hajime, and...hm. she's actually not bad at that. no praise comes this time, though, as he instead focuses on finishing up the fish. ] The group's called Knights. There are five of us, and we wear stage costumes for whatever show we're doing. Our group leader came here in one of his. You'll have to ask him if he has it to show you.

[ this is a very placid izumi hajime did good. ]

[twitter]

[ good izumi..... ]

Knights... that's a very cool name, it has a very Gatcha aura to it.

[ there will come a day where she'll stop using slang terms that she made up herself to people who have no idea what they mean, but today is not that day. ]

Is it just you and your leader?