thebastion | [Day 212] Well it woulda been coulda been worse than you would ever know... [OPEN]

[Day 212] Well it woulda been coulda been worse than you would ever know... [OPEN]

Who: Everyone!
Open: Open
When: Day 212, evening
Where: in front of the Distillery
What: No one died during the horrible plague scare! That's reason enough for a feast ~~and a mingle log~~ right?
Format: Any!
Warnings: Shouldn't be any but will adjust if needed

[Someone has been busy today. The kitchen and Distillery has been noisy and bustling, a departure from the much more quiet days when the illness was spreading through the Bastion and survival was once more on the uncertain scale of things. Somewhere around the time that the night cycle begins, when the sky is more of an orange-ish glow fading in to blue and purple, a large spread of food has been set up near the Distillery with glass lanterns hanging overhead.

Just like any other time there has been a feast be it random or planned, there is a wide selection of food on the covered, decorated tables. There's even meat this time! And yes, Aoi, your doughnuts have been transferred from your trees to a platter on the table. There's even a section for Paar, complete with massive amounts of bbq'd mammoth meat! You can thank Colin for that.

There's really no announcement for the feast, but chances are if you're outside at any point today you'll see the progress towards the set up, or smell the delicious scents wafting over the Bastion. (There might even be music playing, if Colin finds a way to provide it!)

Either way, come dusk food will be ready and mingling will be had!]

(ooc: Standard mingle log right here. Throw your threads up, poke other people's threads, and eat all the food!)

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Mmrrghff.

[ ... which is the only response that he's going to get around the mouthful of whatever it is that she's stuffing into her mouth. Sorry about her table manners.

She does at least chew and swallow before repeating herself, but even as she speaks, she's reaching for more food.

what it's free okay ]

Better than the shit I make for myself.

Yeah... I doubt I could do better, to be honest... then again I haven't really done much since I arrived here...

[ Naegi sighs quietly, shrugging it off more than anything as he glances around the party again, looking for someone. ]

Apparently whomever made it's here somewhere...? I wanna get the recipe for some of this stuff so I can make it for myself...

Me either. 'cept get the shit kicked out of a couple times but I'm sure that's happened to everyone.

[ she says this quite casually as she munches, without any hint that she's as frustrated about it as she actually is. Like hell she's going to dump all her baggage on a kid who's just making small talk.

... this might be a good chance to prod for information though. ]

You ever go out on the Skyway?

Ah... I'm sorry! You're okay, though, right?

[ Naegi's concerned enough that he's looking at her closely, in case she's injured or something...

... he does pause for a moment at the question, thinking. ]

Not so much, no... as I understand, there's a bunch of monsters out there. I can't really... head out there by myself since I suck at defending myself...

[ she just snorts in response. Shes fine -- that dumb Aoi girl dropped a bunch of shards and bought her a healing ability, something Skyla's still a little stunned by. Who'd drop that amount of cash on a totally stranger?

Not that she's complaining all that much. Makes it much easier to kick around on the Skyway when she can fix herself up. ]

That makes two of us. Last time I went out on there, I broke my wrist and nearly lost a tooth. Bled a whole lot, too.

[ ... which is punctuated by her nonchalantly cramming more food into her mouth. skyla, please. ]

[ Naegi would also snort in kind but he's not only too kind for that but he wouldn't even know what they were supposed to be snorting at, so he's just gonna nod politely towards Skyla.

He winces in sympathy at hearing how badly she was hurt, though. That must not have been fun, to put it mildly. ]

Wow... that sounds dangerous. I understand we may have to head out there sometimes for various reasons, though.

S'only dangerous if you're fucking stupid and you don't know how to defend yourself.

[ The implication there being, of course, that Skyla is the one who's fucking stupid and doesn't know to defend herself. ]

People buy weird shit with their shards, though. Like, I can get wanting to wish up some more places around here -- or wanting crazy stuff you can't actually get back at home -- but some of this shit is ridiculous.

Trees with doughnuts on them. Fuck me.

Trees with... doughnuts...

[ Naegi had yet to actually see them, but he'd heard enough whispers about them that he'd had an inkling as to who might have been involved.

With how Skyla was speaking, though... yeah, he was pretty sure he knew who got those trees now. ]

... somehow I feel like I should be apologizing for that, because I might have an idea who was responsible for those...

[ Asahina plz ]

Apologize?!

[ and that finally gets Skyla to now only grin at him, but to laugh, a huge bark of laughter than makes her shoulder shakes. ]

Are you kidding me? Those things are fucking hilarious! Like, who's the genius who came up with it? Did they think "man, donuts take too long to make, I'll just grow my own!"?

[ still laughing. sorry naegi. ]

Man, whoever bought those things sounds like a goddamn riot! You gotta introduce me to 'em someday.

Ah... sure? I can point them out to you, if you'd like! Of course, if they're not here I can't do much about it...

[ Or he could, once their at a higher-rank Free Time event. Right now their rank's only just started, after all.

... as mean as it is to Asahina, though, he can't help but join in laughing with Skyla, a smile breaking out on his face. ]

... I won't lie, though. Donut trees do sound like something she'd wish for, really...

[ Especially since she's had strange ideas before, if their free-time events are any indication of that fact. ]

Nah, s'fine. Save it for another time. They're probably either stuffing their faces or in a food coma. S'the only thing this party seems any good for.

[ ... says the girl who's spent the entire time doing basically nothing but stuff her face with the food laid out.

she's nothing if not shamelessly biased. ]

Can you actually eat those donuts, though? Like, are they actually donuts or just fruit fucking shaped like donuts?

Yeah... oh, well. More for us, right?

[ Naegi can't help but shrug, grinning wryly as he approached the plate full of donuts from the tree itself and picked up one. ]

Well... I guess now we'll find out, right?

[ And down the hatch it goes! ]

[ STARE

is he going to like

start choking

or go green

is he maybe even going to die

she's waiting, makoto ]

. . . they're real.

[ SUDDENLY, A THING--

... no, Naegi doesn't keel over, but he does blink in surprise at the donut as he reaches for another one and then breaks it in half to show her. ]

I don't know how she did it, but they're actual donuts that grow on trees. Not donut-shaped fruit, actual donuts.

[ HE'S NOT SURE HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THIS... ]

...

What.

[ HOW THE

ASAHINA, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU ]

Is that even physically fucking possible? Like, it's not just plain doughnuts but those fucking things are iced and everything. Actual fucking doughnuts.

Jesus Christ, Asahina.

Yeah, they're actual donuts. With frosting and sprinkles and everything...

[ ASAHINA-SAN...

Though honestly, he just knew she had something to do with the donut trees. With that confirmation, Naegi's just so stunned at this that there's really only one reaction he can do right now.

Which is to just sink into a convenient chair behind him and start laughing. ]

I knew it... if there's one thing Asahina-san loves as much as swimming, it's her donuts. Apparently enough to somehow conjure donut trees into existence...

[ He's yet to figure out the whole shard system considering he's broke at the moment... ]

You know, every fucking day I think to myself that this place can't get more ridiculous than it already is, and every fucking day, it proves me wrong.

[ she lets out a long suffering sigh and drags a hand down her face, the very picture of a girl who is done with the world. ]

You know what? Fuck it. Let's go nuts. Why stop at donut trees? Let's have cake flowers. Bacon crops. The more ridiculous the better.

...

Shit, actually, bacon crops isn't that bad an idea.

[ SKYLA NO ]

... well, I do know that you can wish for pretty much anything if it's possible, so it could be possible?

[ Naegi, no, you're not supposed to join in on thinking of what else to add to Bastion. Aren't donut trees and bushes enough? ]

... not really...

Oh, but what about those things? Those chicken bites wrapped with bacon, I think... I've seen some of those arranged to look like flowers, maybe that could work just as well?

[ NAEGI, NO ]

... kid.

[ she's just gonna grab your shoulder there, Naegi. ]

Kid, I like the way you think.

[ skyla he is pretty much the exact same age as you, stop calling him 'kid' ]

I think we need to make this happen. They'll thank us for this later.

Wait, really?

[ NAEGI WAS JOKING but with how seriously Skyla was taking it, he's kind of hard-pressed to say as much... ]

... well, if we can figure out how to make it happen, I... don't really see why we can't do it, right?

[ Besides, there's also the practical consideration to think about, too. ]

If nothing else, it's food, which we could always use here...

Exactly. Do you know how long it takes to manufacture chicken and bacon?

[ a pause. ]

Good, me either. But I bet it's longer than it'd take to grow the things. If Asahina can get donut trees, I see literally no reason why I can't have chicken and bacon trees.

[ she's not just considering this, she's actually going to do it.

What have you started, Naegi. ]

How many Shards d'you think it'd take?

Yeah... I heard that we have a few people who can make it directly, but I'm not sure if I want to trouble them so much if I wanted chicken and bacon, for example...

[ Because he generally doesn't want to bother people if he can help it? The question about the shards makes him pause, though. ]

I'm not sure, actually... I'm still trying to get some shards myself, but I'm not sure how to get them...

[ Naegi sighs quietly, frowning a little. ]

It'd probably cost a lot, though, if we want them to be a permanent feature here like the donut trees...

You don't know?

[ snort. ]

You gotta get your ass stomped out on the Skyway. I mean, you get Shards for killing shit out there, right? So either you gotta be good enough at kicking ass to be able to actually take them down, or you gotta let yourself get stomped and just hope you can kill a few of 'em and get at least a few Shards to make it worth your time.

[ guess what skyla's preferred strategy is.

Just guess. ]

But you don't really look the fighting type, kid. How old are you, anyway? Fourteen, fifteen?

[ A pause. ]

Thirteen?

[ S K Y L A ]

Oh... I see...

[ Well, that was kind of... yeah.

Naegi sighs quietly before looking down at himself; he's definitely not the kind of person who can fight. There's a frown here; that would explain a lot. Either way, he just... kind of cringes at the choices Skyla explains; he can pretty much guess what route she's taking.

... either way, he just stares at her in confusion before looking away in embarrassment, sighing quietly. ]

I'm not that young, I'm fifteen! And it's not kid... my name's Makoto Naegi...

Don't look all offended I was only like, two years off.

[ skyla that is NOT THE POINT ]

Ma-ko-to Na-e-gi, right? So you're from Japan.

[ she pulls a face suddenly. ]

S'weird, though, I can understand you just fine. Unless you're actually speakin' English.

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