[OPEN!]

[hellpyre]

Who: Rin + open mingling
Open: Open
When: Day 81, late evening after Bon and Rin get back with Tris and Briar
Where: The Bastion, near the Distillery
What: After returning with two new arrivals, Rin decides to break out some food and a table to mingle around so people can get to know each other. Meanwhile she's acting a little... spacier than usual.
Format: action
Warnings: None

[With two more new arrivals to the Bastion, Rin has gone to the trouble of setting up a small table just outside the Distillery kitchen, covered with a cloth and laid out with several different kinds of food.

There's not a lot of variety, since they're still running on finite resources, but there's enough there for everyone to have a good amount of food, especially since their two new survivors are probably hungry.

There's some grilled fish, steamed rice, corn and a few other vegetables and fruits, as well as some various drinks (no Spirits, though) take from the distillery itself.

Hopefully this will prompt a few people to mingle about and get to know their new neighbors.]

Comments

Mingle!

[hellpyre]

[Just what it says, mingle with your fellow Bastion-ites!]

[individuates]

[Kaoru and Tama-chan are probably a familiar sight in the Bastion these days. He has not yet resorted to the indignity of a baby sling, instead opting to carry Tama-chan around in his arms, though it is a little bit hard to carry her and do other things. He can still people-watch, though, and is doing just that, adding new faces to his mental list. Come say hello?]

[blackblooded]

[Crona doesn't know about mingles. Mingling is kind of awkward. So Crona's just kind of standing awkwardly on the outskirts of the gathering.

Or at least, Crona's going to try to hang around the outskirts, but Ragnarok is now being very very loud. The weapon has emerged from Crona's back, and is pounding his fists on Crona's head and yelling about food.]

Hey! Moron! Over there! Go over there you idiot!

Nooooooo... Don't hurt me... Stop punching me. I don't know how to deal with getting punched...

[So Crona's just sort of cowering on the ground.]

[unflattering]

Ragnarok! Cut it out!

[Not that he's ever been able to keep the rambunctious parasite from beating up on Crona, but it gives Crona a signal that someone's there with them at least.]

Hey, Crona, did you want some food? Rin went all out today.

[nightchan]

[Awww look at the cute lil' kitty walking off with a... an entirely cooked fish in its mouth. It's even big enough that it drags on the ground as she walks off to find a place to dig in. Woah now, kitty.]

[unflattering]

[Spoilers:

Maka is not actually that good at socializing. And since he knows so little people in the Bastion, he figures it's okay to just not socialize at all, a vicious cycle he had before meeting Soul. So he's just sitting in the back, reading a book. Or attempting to read it, anyway, faded words being as they are.]

[superdrowningskills]

[It's likely well known by now that Alucard is not a people person. It's not that he's particularly lacking in people skills; he just doesn't particularly trust people in general. So what's he doing at this little gathering?

Simply put, everyone has to eat. Honestly, he's hoping if he seems particularly focused on his plate of this and that, he can subtly observe the rest in peace. ...That, and a part of him is actually curious as to what some of the foods he's never encountered taste like.]

[notduchess]

[ Duke is also pretty terrible at this talking to people thing, but the knight has settled in what's hopefully a fairly open way - come and bother the knight if you want! ]

Re: Mingle!

[yinyangfox]

Seimei arrives shortly after the mingling hits its real upswing, drawn in by the sounds and smells and general liveliness of the gradually growing gathering. Normally one to keep himself away from all the noise and sense of community, it had occurred to him that if he was going to have anything to do with Kaoru, he would have to learn to intermingle with the society they were all creating. He would have to get past the pinch of tension between his shoulders and the regular onslaught of headaches brought on by too many emotions and voices.

It didn't change the minor anxiety he felt trying to be part of a community instead of apart from it. It simply wasn't in his nature. Still, he made the effort.

Leaving his house work behind, the onmyoji drifts towards the Distillery and lingers on the outskirts, his interest on the table of food apparently open to everyone. Still, he didn't feel comfortable enough to really insert himself into everything, instead content to watch the others, amusement tickling his lips into the occasional fond smile.

So many children in this place; regardless of his misgivings, he often felt truly blessed to have been surrounded by so much youth and vitality. A strange and growing world built by dreamers instead of the jaded adults he was used to.

[vinesinskin]

[With his sister and Chime off doing their own thing, Briar decided to look around.

After he grabbed a plate full of food, anyway. He has a plate full of food and his mage kit in one hand, and was probably about to actually eat some of it, but...]

Hello there, what are you?

[Hopefully you won't take offense. He was talking to that tree.]

[windgod]

[After finishing his work in the kitchen, Ippo made his way outside towards the actual food. Not of his own volition of course, Rin had insisted he get something to eat; but now that he was here, he figured he would enjoy himself. Maybe he'd even meet some new people if he hung around long enough!]

Well...this isn't so bad, its kinda like a picnic! I wonder if Alucard-san is here as well...

Rin in the kitchen

[hellpyre]

[Should anyone poke their head in to the kitchen, they might find their resident cooking half-demon working on a few more dishes to put out. But she seems a mite distracted...

Obviously something is on her mind.]

[windgod]

[Well, Ippo had said he wanted to help Rin around the kitchen; and this seemed like as good a time as any once he caught the smell of food on the wind. He quickly dressed and made his way to the kitchen, poking his head in through the door with his trademark dopey smile]

Rin-sempai? I smelled food and thought you might like some help!

[unflattering]

[Maka is pretty shitty at socializing in actuality, it's probably why he hangs out with cats. Any excuse to keep from mingling is good, so naturally the next course is to bother Rin.]

Hey, what's with you?

[nightchan]

[Guess who's gonna try and sneak off with a fish? This one.]

[stormsinbraids]

... Is it just you in here?

[ Tris still wobbles quite a bit, and really probably ought to be taking a nap somewhere, but she is rolling up her sleeves to look about the kitchen.

Because yes, the two newcomers are hungry. And Tris actually likes cooking. ]

[individuates]

[Kaoru slides in with a little something he made earlier~!]

Rin-chan... ta-da~! [you are now the proud owner of a new, handmade apron. He couldn't find enough trims to make it too horrendously girly so be thankful it is not more frilly than it already is. It's not pink, either, which can only be a good thing...]

[kyotoprincess]

[After running around on the skyway and helping two new people get to the Bastion, Bon is hungry. So don't mind him, he'll just grab a plate full of food and sit down to stuff his face.]

[nightchan]

[Hello here, Bon, have a cute little cat in your lap while you try to eat. Look at how cute she is.]

Mrow!

[hellpyre]

[Well now that things are calmer, and most of the food Rin has wanted to put out is there, she's going to very quietly make her way over to Bon and hope that the flush on her cheeks isn't incredibly noticeable.

She stands behind him for a minute, not really wanting to interrupt his meal (well honestly she really doesn't want to be doing this at all because her stomach is in knots and god why did she eat earlier this is such a bad idea all around) but eventually she tucks some loose strands of messy hair behind her ear and clears her throat.]

C... can I talk to you, Bon...?

Chime and Tris

[stormsinbraids]

[ One of those newcomers is definitely hungry, and so Tris has a plate with food, settled off to one side to watch all she can from behind her glasses. She looks like she might be needing to head off to bed after eating, but that isn't going to stop her from staying out.

Since Tris is occupied, there is a glass dragon - small enough to perch on a shoulder, and clear glass all the way through - flitting about. Chime makes clinking curious noises at all the dishes, and well. If someone's food is left unguarded for too long.... ]

[individuates]

[watching the dragon with undisguised fascination... what are you?!]

Hey, don't steal other people's food!

[dissectionislove]

[The town was unusually quiet for this time of night. And where had that left Stein? Wandering around on his own as usual, attempting to find something to dissect a secluded place to smoke and think in solitude. Thinking he'd just about settled on a spot, he leans his back against a cold, solid wall and pulls a cigarette from the breast pocket of his lab coat. Placing it in the corner of his mouth, he draws a long breath in through his nose and...smells food.

No, he's not hungry. Really. He tries telling that to the grumbling in his stomach, but it doesn't seem to help. Without too much thought further, he strides off in the direction of the tantalizing scent, hearing laughter and conversation as he gets closer to the Distillery. Re-pocketing his cigarette, the scientist pushes inside to find most of the town's inhabitants - some familiar, some not.

Even though the company seemed to be more interesting than the food, he wasn't about to pass up either.]

[hellpyre]

[A girl with her hair pulled back in to a messy ponytail, and the remnants of... well most of the food that's out there on her clothes in an obvious sign of food preparation pokes her head out from the kitchen door.

Oh. Hey, it's that guy she helped. She hasn't seen him lately.]

... you should eat.

[clockworknazi]

[ The German lingered around the outskirts of the little banquet, eyes roaming the food idly as he paced and waited for Rin to finish talking to Stein. It wasn't out of politeness - Kroenen rarely stood on ceremony - but instead the distinct lack of interest in talking to the demon girl. It wasn't that he didn't like her, he simply wanted to avoid less tantalizing conversation for the time being.
When the girl finally meanders off elsewhere, Kroenen approaches Stein from the side, stopping a respectful distance from the man and gesturing to the seat across from him in silent askance if it is taken or not. He knows it isn't, however under the circumstances, it is only polite to ask. Not standing on ceremony didn't mean he had any intention of treating a fellow artisan with disrespect. ]