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

[yerawitchakko]

Were things, um, kind of rough where you were from, Mister...?

[She didn't get his name.

And she sure is. A sixteen year-old girl. (Who is ultimately rather short of stature. She looks younger than her age, sometimes.)]

[weremongoose]

Barabas.

[Manners. He should try to remember those.] Barabas Gilliam, but just Barabas is fine.

[He'll even hold out a hand to shake.]

[yerawitchakko]

Atsuko Kagari! But everyone calls me Akko.

[She shakes his hand, vigorously.]

Nice to meetcha, Mister Barabas!

[weremongoose]

[Hm. Cute. Barabas can't exactly hold back a smile, so he doesn't bother trying.]

It's nice to meet you too, Miss Akko. [He might be teasing with that a little. He appreciates the politeness, honestly, on her part. It's unnecessary, but it's cute.]

[yerawitchakko]

[He seems older than her, and Akko is respectful -- in her way -- to older people. She beams.]

You too! How long, um, have you been here?

[weremongoose]

[Oh he's basically an old man by some standards, knocking on thirty's door at this point.]

Not long. Really I've just arrived. So I'm still one of the rookies here. What about you?

[yerawitchakko]

Mm-hm! Same thing. I juuuust got here.

It's a lot to take in, huh?

[weremongoose]

That may be an understatement. But you seem to be handling it well enough. I'm almost envious.

[He's struggling, to put it mildly]

[yerawitchakko]

Well...

Sometimes weird stuff happens and no one's sure why! Or what to do about it! And, you know, I could panic, but it won't change it. And...

There's usually a lot to enjoy about it! So I think... it's best to work with what you've got in front of you, find what's great about it, and then make it magical and wonderful instead of regretting it!

[She taps a finger against her chin.]

Also, the food is pretty good.

[weremongoose]

[The optimism and energy is nearly blinding really. Barabas is the type to salvage what he can of a situation, make the best of what he can. But this is a different level.

Interesting.]

Well. Food is important.

[He agrees. Shapeshifters in his world are generally united on that fact.] I suppose making the best is all any of us can do at the moment.

[yerawitchakko]

[Akko nods, happily, to his agreement.]

Mm-hm! We could get down about it, but...

Once you're down about it, you can miss the stuff that's great about it.

[weremongoose]

Maybe so. But... it helps to keep in mind the less optimistic points too. It's no good to be blindsided by further misfortune we could have prevented.

[But he won't fault her approach just yet.]

[yerawitchakko]

Hm... yeah, you've got a good point... if we're not careful, we end up just getting shocked by something bad.

It's a balance, I think!