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Mielle Roscente ([personal profile] honeyedtea) wrote in [community profile] unknownseas2022-06-22 03:33 pm

darling, this place is a lovely oasis [forward dated to Thursday]

[ It doesn't seem right to call for a party this week, not with this new incentive hanging over their heads and ticking ever closer to its deadline. Mielle's been trying not to think about it but she knows she's in the minority, compared to those who've been spending their hours doing nothing but sit around the meeting room. It feels like the fragile sense of stability they've managed to establish is going to come splintering apart and that frightens her. She'd talked about arranging something like this last week with Gaius, but... now seems like a good time to actually make it a reality.

At some point during the prior day, everyone will have gotten an invitation from Mielle – either in person or through notes left at their suites – to come by the restaurant around noon the next day for a little gathering. There'll be food and also a bit of a surprise that she'd like everyone to come and see.

Anyone who drops by at the time indicated will find that Mielle has set up a tea party in the restaurant. She's done what she can to wrangle finger foods and sweets and enough tea for everyone from the menu and there's a few tables set up for people to sit around chatting over tea and food.

There's also another table set up not with food, but handicraft supplies. There's beginner embroidery sets and more than enough supplies for everyone as well as some supplies and paper for flower pressing, if you're into that.

Mielle's hovering around, trying to look more like a confident hostess and less like a nervous wreck but with this week being what it is, she thinks they won't mind her slipping etiquette. ]


I'm not quite sure how typical this is elsewhere, but... in my own world, young ladies will come to gatherings like this to socialize and display their skill at these sorts of crafts. I know nothing can change the situation we're in but... I'd hoped that a gathering like this might lift our spirits, or at least take our minds off of things.

[ It's certainly not as formal as Jonathan's meeting from last week. But there's something earnest about it all the same.

Mielle will be attending, of course, and while she's here to socialize, she'll also be happy to help anyone who wants to learn handicrafts with getting started – she'll be surprised if any of the guys show an interest but she'll help all the same. Otherwise, feel free to mingle around and try not to think about the rapidly approaching motive deadline. ]
capreelcious: (it's too sublime!)

[personal profile] capreelcious 2022-06-22 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Floyd does not normally press flowers, but by the Seven he sure is trying his best! He's got some flowers picked out, sticking them in a book and closing it on them.

...But at one point, if left alone for long enough, he gets a little bored and makes a little origami crane out of the paper.

He makes the wings flap too!! Hehe, tweet tweet. ]
howveryglib: gaius with a hand up to his chin, thinking deep thoughts (yeah... tacos sound great for dinner.)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-22 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gaius encouraged this idea, so he figures he might as well make an appearance!

...

He's not really sure how to engage though so he's just kind of holding up the wall like a chaperone at a school dance. He at least bothered to drop seven bucks on the drink tea emote so he's doing that, but he's clearly feeling a little bit awkward...]
bootyhunter: (231)

makes the sign of the cross, to mielle (but threadjacks are welcome)

[personal profile] bootyhunter 2022-06-23 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Dandy is notoriously the opposite of a tea and raised pinky sort of person, especially since he probably used the invitation Mielle sent out to wipe his ass, but he does make a routine trip to the restaurant at this hour every day, and typically the hour after that.

He has been eating a lot.
]

How young we talkin'?

[He sounds disinterested, and like he's got a little too much on his mind. It's either that or indigestion, although in this specific circumstance, it might be a little bit of both.]
visiblepattern: (016.)

[personal profile] visiblepattern 2022-06-23 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[This is another setting Forrest looks comfortable in, not dissimilar to the garden party last week; he seems in good spirits today, and he actually has an embroidery project of his own that he's been working on since getting his sewing kit back.

So he's got the kit stowed neatly at his feet, and he's embroidering away in a rather serene manner. It's plain immediately that at least one of the things he's said since arriving is patently true: he has an extremely steady hand, and you probably wouldn't be too badly off if he was the one handling your stitches. He's working at something sort of like this for the time being, and he's seeming pretty content with his progress so far.

Of course, he's also willing to discuss things that aren't the embroidery project as well. Or hell, come ask him to stitch you something if you'd like, he takes requests.]
giddyundertaker: (You were sticking to the shadows)

[personal profile] giddyundertaker 2022-06-23 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ Good news, the Undertaker brought biscuits for the tea.

Bad news, he still insists on making the biscuits bone shaped.

Worse news, he's taken up a corner of the crafts table and is currently making a funeral wreath.

It's a blessing he manages to finish that quickly enough. But then there's a chance he might walk up to anyone (with hair) and ask: ]


May I bother you for a lock of hair? I'd like to make some mourning jewelry for you.

[ ... Who invited this creep again? ]
howveryglib: gaius looking just a little bit surprised. (a weapon to surpass ultima...)

[personal profile] howveryglib 2022-06-23 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
...

...

I do not even know where to begin with just about anything you say.
giddyundertaker: (What's the last thing they did say?)

[personal profile] giddyundertaker 2022-06-23 11:50 am (UTC)(link)
What? Don't you know what mourning jewelry is? It's not that uncommon, you could ask Harker about it.
giddyundertaker: (A pretty girl like Esmeralda)

[personal profile] giddyundertaker 2022-06-23 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sigh. ] Very well...

[ Guess he'll just start weaving flowers into the wreath instead. ] A shame, I thought you lot might like to see the process.
bootyhunter: (11)

[personal profile] bootyhunter 2022-06-23 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[With every new interaction, Dandy's "forever alone" status is being not-so-suggestively thrust in his face.]

Puuuuuh-lease tell me there's a couple of years between this coming out ceremony [NO!!!!!!!] and gettin' hitched.

[Now, while most well-adjusted adults would be uncomfortable for morality-related reasons, Dandy is most concerned because somehow, it makes him feel behind in some way.]
capreelcious: (sad child)

[personal profile] capreelcious 2022-06-23 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure did~! Someone back home showed me how to do it! I can show you if you want.
allatonce: (that i'm ashamed)

[personal profile] allatonce 2022-06-23 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh no. Come here, if I'm gonna be bad at embroidery then you also have to come be bad at embroidery.

[She's tugging at his arm. Get over here, asshole. We're gonna level WVR.]
dullshooter: (i say we run)

[personal profile] dullshooter 2022-06-23 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Misfire is here, and even dressed up for the party in his recently acquired hawaiian shirt. He's less sitting at the table and more sitting under it, but - whatever.

He's mostly just here to hang out, but at some point does start fiddling around with the embroidery kits. Due to continuiously changing his mind mid-way on what he actually wants to make, it ends up...bad. It looks bad.]
allatonce: (i'm ashamed)

[personal profile] allatonce 2022-06-23 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, hey.

[Joy reaches across the table to grab the origami book that she got from where she dropped it because it felt appropriate for the party.]

I got a whole book of those, if you want to learn more.
allatonce: (i lost it all when i was young)

[personal profile] allatonce 2022-06-23 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Joy drops an origami instruction book on one of the tables, along with a tea variety pack, because she figures this is probably the best place to get rid of them. She's drinking tea and eating sandwiches and, uh...

Possible she didn't understand the assignment with the design she's decided on. It looks decent? Very clearly unpracticed, but she's having a good time at least.]
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[personal profile] inaclearing 2022-06-23 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Brett's never done any of this before, or even thought about trying, but it's good to keep busy. To occupy his hands. Flower pressing appeals the most, something about the act of preservation, so he'll be attempting that. A cup of tea and plate of little snacks sits at his elbow, and he picks idly at both while he works.]

I could press some flowers in the journal I'm keeping. Like a scrapbook, instead of just a record.

[Of course he's been keeping a record of his time here. Who wouldn't?]
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[personal profile] hellaethics 2022-06-23 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jason is...well, he's here! He's doesn't seem to have his usual "I'm just happy to be here" high energy to him today but he's making a solid effort to do embroidery for the first time in his life. It looks like he's either making a green rabbit or a T-rex, it's incredibly difficult to tell.

But after a little while he leans over to whoever is closest to him to whisper:]


Yo, are we gonna be graded on these at the end? Cause I might have to copy off somebody.
giddyundertaker: (But I heard she had a cheating heart)

[personal profile] giddyundertaker 2022-06-23 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Why must humans be so fidgety when it comes to death? Is he too desensitized to it all? ]

If you insist...

...

... [ He picks up one of his handmade bone-shaped treats and holds it out to her. ] Biscuit?

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