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]

wildcard

[ very shortly after all the newbies arrive, hajime included, you can spot her just... well. walking all over the place. at first, it probably just seems like she's just trying to get used to her new surroundings and figure out exactly where everything is.

if you pay extra attention, though, it might seem like she's... looking?? for someone?? or something. every now and then she'll pat her chest, frown slightly, before moving on. hmmm. ]

curry

[ or you can drop by the kitchen and find hajime in front of a bowl of curry. she's also like, dumping an unreasonable amount of butter into her bowl. it's. it's a lot of butter.

why is she putting so much butter in this someone please stop her. ]

curry

[airgetlarm]

[That's... so much... buttter...

Bedivere is simultaneously amazed and afraid.]

Are... Are you afraid of the dish being too spicy for your taste?

[twitter]

Hm? No, I'm fine with spicy. But I thought it might taste better this way.

[ she has no reason to think this other than

sure why not ]

[airgetlarm]

If you're certain... It could be just me, but the more fat there is in foods, the harder it is to digest.

[then again he's a loser who likes steamed veggies so]

[twitter]

Hm... but sometimes it's good to splurge, isn't it? If you're able to.

[airgetlarm]

As long as it tastes good to you, then I shouldn't be objecting than. I apologize for questioning your preferences, my lady.

[twitter]

It's cool! How do you like your curry then?

curry

[oculusriffs]

[Dave's got about zero idea of what goes into curry aside from that one time Akira made some for him, but he sure is learning a lot by watching Hajime right now. dairy, or shit that's kind of like dairy, is what goes in curry? all right.]

[which is why he conjures a whole fucking block of Velveeta and drops it on the table next to her. do it.]

[twitter]

[ she looks at it, then at dave, before just

dumping the whole thing into the curry with only a mod ]

[oculusriffs]

[perfect.]

[Dave watches the Velveeta settle into the bowl like an off-balance buoy. they're about one heat source away from having curry-flavored cheese dip at this point. which.]

Hang on, not done yet. [CHIPS. they need chips.]

[twitter]

[ she makes an overdramatic show of freezing in place, to show that she's hanging on.

get the chips. ]

[oculusriffs]

[she might be frozen in place for a few minutes, because the chips Dave had to fetch are actually in his room. please continue holding.]

[and when he finally comes back, if Hajime doesn't stop him, he's going to open up and upend this entire bag of Nacho Cheesier into the Velveeta curry.]

[twitter]

[ she doesn't stop him, she just allows this monstrosity to happen.

hajime stares at it, before grabbing a chip and trying to get a good scoop of all of the mess that's in the bowl onto it. ]

Testing!

wildcard

[fairysong]

[That is... a very peculiar way to move around. It's almost like she's looking for someone, but if that's the case, why pat herself like that?

Sheryl observes her for another minute or so before she can't bear it anymore:] Did you lose your keys?

[What else would she keep there? Phones don't work here, so.]

[twitter]

No!

[ the answer comes quickly, but it's followed by a thoughtful pause. ]

Ahhh, I guess I technically did since I don't have them either...

[ but that's not what she's looking for. ]

[fairysong]

Mobile phone? Credit cards? Lipstick? Special lucky charm? [She's just listing out everything that she's carried there at least once now, really.]

What are you looking for?

[twitter]

Someone very naughty.

[ that doesn't explain why she's patting her boobs. ]

[fairysong]

...everyone in the galaxy might appreciate a nice chest, but I don't see how that helps you find a person.

[twitter]

Oh! They're usually inside my chest, but they're not right now for some reason?

[ yeah. ]

wildcard

[runwaying]

[ so it's during one of hajime's wandering trips that arashi is going to bump into her while she's not looking. ooos.

anyway she'll reach out and try and catch hajime before she falls since that wasn't exactly a light collision. ]

Oops, my bad ♪ I should have looked at where I was going.

What're you doing out here~?

[twitter]

Hello!

[ that... doesn't answer arashi's question, but. ]

I'm on a treasure hunt.

[runwaying]

[ she's used to people not answering her questions more often than you think, which is why she absolutely does not look bothered at all when hajime goes off on tangent.

she's just gonna roll with it. ]

Oh? How exciting. What is it that you're looking for?

[twitter]

My roommate!

[ which is potentially the biggest understatement that word has ever been used in. ]

They shouldn't be too far from me!

[runwaying]

[ okay but.

she has no reason to think that this is an understatement? rip? ]

Ah, okay~ Are they in one of the other rooms?

[twitter]

I'm not sure... it'll be messy if I came here alone...

[ like, hajime will just deal with it, but it's Inconvenient. ]