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

[sassy_assassin]

Manhattan, yes. Avengers Tower, no.

So I'm going to guess you haven't heard of the Flash or Green Arrow.

[billionaires]

What are those? Bars?

[sassy_assassin]

Vigilante superheroes.

So, we're from roughly the same time but different Earths.

[billionaires]

Oh, right. Of course we are.

[ thanks he hates it. ]

The Avengers are the main superhero team on my Earth. Captain America, he's also here, is the boss. Then me, Iron Man. Thor, Black Widow, The Hulk... I feel like I'm forgetting someone. Whatever.

[sassy_assassin]

[ clint, in the distance: come on, man ]

Well, sure, his name is Captain America.

So you guys all work together? Just in New York or...?

[billionaires]

Steve, actually. He's my roommate.

[ a shrug. ]

Not exactly. If we're all in the same place, it's because something big and bad is in town. The Avengers don't get out of bed for less than a Code Orange, and even that is a little below our paygrade.

[sassy_assassin]

Oh, Steve. Wonder if it's the same Steve that Zari mentioned.

So, you're elitist superheroes.

[ she's teasing ]

[billionaires]

Probably. He's mention-worthy. In a tall, blonde, six-packy kinda way.

[ tony makes a dismissive motion. more important things to discuss, clearly. ]

Something like that. More like we operate on our own turf until something nasty decides to get global. Then we get our Superfriends on.

[sassy_assassin]

Are you two together?

[ I mean, the way you talk about him, tony... ]

[billionaires]

Together? [ he wrinkles his nose, it takes almost a full moment for him to catch onto what she means. and then he's laughing. oh, wow. is that what this looks like? ] You think this is a regular Lucy and Ricky sitch, is that it?

[ he pushes a hand back through his hair, his smile turning grim the longer the thoughts turn around in his head. ]

We're teammates. If my superhot girlfriend was here, this totally wouldn't be happening. [ wait- ] I'm glad she's not, for the record.

[sassy_assassin]

Or Felix and Oscar. I don't judge.

I am also glad my superhot girlfriend isn't here. What's her name?

[billionaires]

Felix and Oscar?

[ is that a pop reference he's not getting. SPILL. he honestly isn't sure if sara is making fun of him for the next part but he assumes he'll find out soon enough, if she does believe him he's glad because he knows he could've made it sound more convincing. ]

...Pepper. [ wow he sounds miserable. he misses her like, so much, as grateful as he is that he hasn't sucked her into another kidnapping situation. ]

[sassy_assassin]

The Odd Couple? Come on, didn't you watch TVLand reruns?

[ maybe he didn't have them, or he was too busy, or isn't much of a tv watcher ]

Pepper. Huh. That's a cute name. Mine's name is Ava.

So how does that work out for you. Are you two still "on" while you're here?

[billionaires]

[ he just shrugs. that really wasn't his speed of pop reference and honestly, tony assumed she was talking about someone she knew. ]

She pepper-sprayed my bodyguard when we first met. Name stuck.

[ he's about to list the qualities of a strong name like 'ava' when sara goes on and his expression grows dark. ]

I'm crazy about her in any universe, even an otherworldly kidnapping, so yeah, we're "on." [ air quotes and everything. ] Not to mention being a witch's hostage doesn't exactly get me in the mood to date around.

[sassy_assassin]

[ she puts her hands up ]

I was definitely not hitting on you. Just trying to figure out the terrain. Like I said, I have a girl I'm crazy about named Ava. But it's kind of a newer thing.

[billionaires]

[ the ~terrain~ um, okay. tony seems skeptical, but inclined to let it go if only he wants to forget it forever. ]

Sorry, uhm. If that came off defensive. This whole - thing is kind of a pattern in my life and I thought I'd finally broken it, but here I am getting abducted by freaks again. It's kind of tiresome honestly.

...How new is newer? Are you still "on?"

[sassy_assassin]

[ In another life she would've been hitting on you, Tony. And she's not sure why she's even talking about this with a perfect stranger. Easier than talking about it with a perfect friend, somehow. ]

Believe me, if anyone can sympathize with that sentiment, it's me.

Well, she was a pain in my ass, and then we started dating, and then she decided to be a pain in my ass again, but we just saved the timestream together, so we might be back on?

It's complicated.

[billionaires]

Wow, yeah. That sounds... complicated. Or... all in a day's work for people like us, right?

[ he offers something like a smile and shrugs. ]

I've known Pepper 15 years, but it wasn't until 8 years ago when the first round of freaks took me that I realized I couldn't live without her. 5 years ago when I stopped being a dick long enough for us to get together. So... yeah. I get complicated.

[sassy_assassin]

That is pretty cute, though.

[ sara gently tries to redirect the conversation. she's probably already confided too much ]

How'd you meet?

[billionaires]

She was my personal assistant. ...I know what you're thinking, okay? And it isn't like that. She's the CEO now.

[ wait. is that any better?? ] She's perfect, I'm a dweeb. Any more questions?

[sassy_assassin]

As far as interrogations go, this one is pretty sappy. If only they could all be so nice.

[ she teases, of course. ]

[billionaires]

You should've seen the one we did with Seacrest. Pepper said it was for spin, but I think she just wanted to show off.

[sassy_assassin]

Ryan Seacrest is an inter-universal constant? I did not see that coming. Is American Idol still a thing?

[billionaires]

...Oh my god. I thought that was our fuck-up and our fuck-up alone.

[sassy_assassin]

[ that does legitimately make her laugh ]

Yeah, I wish we could blame you. But looks like he's everywhere.