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

[runwaying]

[ Akira, honey...... ]

You seem more like... [ thoughtful hum. ] Hm. twenty percent alive to me.

[ anyway. she's going to crouch down right next to him and then poke him in the shoulder. gently! she's not going to be mean to a sock person. ]

It's not good to pass out in random places, you know. ☆ I mean, I'd offer you my lap, it's definitely more comfortable than the floor~

[ did someone say no shame. ]

[purrtagonist]

Twenty percent feels generous. . .

[he thinks it's more like, ten percent, tbh. he doesn't even react when she pokes his shoulder, even though his instinct to swat at her hand kicks in]

. . . and as comfortable as your lap might be, I have to pass.

[the girlfriend probably wouldn't appreciate that]

[runwaying]

[ raises an unimpressed brow at him. please note that due to his rejection of using her lap as a pillow she's going to start dragging him around the corner in search of an empty room. she's still not at 100% HP yet so no carrying for you, akira. sorry not sorry. ]

Have you eaten like, at all? That should give you another 10% boost, maybe? Or are you one of those people that doesn't eat their own food......

[ she sees all the curry you've made, ok.

she also doesn't even seem perturbed by the rejection because this happens all the time in canon anyway and she's suffering from a case of unrequited love anyway. that's another story for another time, though. ]

[purrtagonist]

[WELP. THIS IS HIS LIFE NOW. getting dragged around the temple by his foot. he isn't even putting up a resistance, so like. . . hm]

I ate. . . a couple of hours ago?

[it was like, five bites, but it counts!! totally counts]

[runwaying]

[ akira's life is so hard. rest in pieces. ]

Hmm......

[ forgive her if her tone isn't completely convinced. ]

Okay. So you ate ♪ How about water? It's important to stay hydrated~

[ add being interrogated to the list of akira's hardships. ]

[purrtagonist]

I drank some water, too. . .

[DEEP SIGH]

Why are you interrogating me like this? I'm not an invalid.

[he says. while he's being dragged through the temple]

[runwaying]

Uh huh.

[ she's poking her head occasionally into rooms just to see if they're occupied. if they are, she's moving along with him in tow. ]

Finding you asleep in a public place is probably the biggest thing keeping me from believing you right now, just saying. ♪ I'm no doctor but it seems like overexertion to me~

[purrtagonist]

I'm fiiiine.

[he says with a slight, uncharacteristic whine]

Everyone keeps fussing over me when I can take care of myself. . .

[runwaying]

Suuuure you are.

[ anyway, score! she's poked her head into an empty room that seems unoccupied, so excuse her while she does a little bit of manoeuvring to get the door open and then dragging akira into the room. ]

You know, the fact that people fuss over you means that they care! Anyway, up you go~

[ ....... that's about all the warning he'll get before she dumps him on the bed. now rest!!! ]

[purrtagonist]

[oh thank god he can finally stop allowing himself to be dragged across the floor like this. . .]

[except then she like. picks up him and dumps him on the bed??? HOW DOES SHE HAVE ENOUGH STRENGTH]

How can some of these people care when they've literally just met me?

[runwaying]

[ you know what, i would also like to know but canon says she's strong enough to punch a crack into a wall so she's probably got enough strength to haul him up for approximately twenty seconds? maybe? ]

[ anyway that's accompanied by a reproachful click of her tongue. ]

It's human nature to care about someone who looks like they're half dead on their feet, no? Would you rather I left you there for someone else to find, hm? Or left you there to die?

[ ok now that's just hyperbole, but it's arashi, she's used to exaggeration. ]

[purrtagonist]

I'm too stubborn to die.

[. . . why is that how he chooses to respond, that wasn't even the point of what she said???]

[runwaying]

[ thankfully she doesn't seem to fazed by whatever he's saying, because she literally just gives him a "sure, honey" kind of look. ]

I believe that 100%. ♪ I'm not entirely looking forward to finding your zombified body around the Temple, though. Scary...

[ i'm sorry ]

[purrtagonist]

[annnnd Akira's reply is extremely bland]

Only shoot me in the head if I display aggressive and violent cannibalistic behavior, please. If I'm a good zombie, I want to keep living a happy unlife.