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saltwaterlungs ([personal profile] saltwaterlungs) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2024-06-21 09:22 am

OUR HOUSE

CHARACTERS: Phil, Dimitri, Darcy, Ruby, the Venom Symbiote, and you!
DATE: June
LOCATION: The farmhouse on 499 Winter's Avenue
SITUATION: Home-making and housewarming
WARNINGS: Usual warnings for all characters involved but otherwise n/a

I'll light the fire, you place the flowers in the vase (Closed to phil/dimitri/ruby/venom)

Moving out of the Oak and Iron has been on Darcy’s mind- well. Virtually since she got to Pumpkin Hollow. But with Phil back and all, they started making plans for it in earnest. A combination of saving up and mysterious brass from some old dude fairy (??? she isn’t asking too many questions) means that they have the means. All they have to do is do it.

The week prior to the housewarming is spent working in and around the construction of a couple of new rooms, subdivided up from the old floor plan. Paint, wallpaper, fresh fabric to reupholster some of the furniture, a lot of cleaning. Plus there’s the logistics of moving all their stuff, which is significantly harder without cars and on an island that’s bigger than one ship. Darcy doesn’t even have that much shit, it just all stacks up somehow.

She spends her time mostly between generally assisting the move, setting up the kitchen, and putting her room together once they’ve finished building it. Darcy can be found doing any of those three things.
Rest your head for just five minutes, everything is done (Open)

It’s not going to be the shindig to end all shindigs, but once the dust has settled and everyone’s recovered from moving everything around, friends and family will get a call inviting them over. All the windows are open for the mild Summer night air, the curtains drift a little in the breeze, and the song of crickets can be heard from anywhere in the house. The lights inside the house are warm and cheery, and seem to beckon you in, the shadows around them seeming… darker, somehow.

There’s lemonade with some Phil-made ice cubes in it, and Darcy hasn’t moved from the kitchen in service of making canapes to feed anyone who shows up. Cold cuts on bread, sandwiches with cucumbers left over from the carnival, small fish cakes. It’s a good way to break the kitchen in. When the food has been made, Darcy sets up out the front on the porch, curled up with some lemonade on one of the chairs, looking out into the night and making some small greeting to anyone who approaches.
Life used to be so hard, now everything is easy cause of you


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pineapplesalmon: (a chin touch moment)

[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-06-27 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
César laughs warmly, not at Darcy so much as recognizing the same misstep he's made before. "No, but others are, and I'm looking out for them even if I eat meat myself. I've commissioned an Argentine style grill for my row house, and I intend to use it. Maybe even throw a proper asado."

He shrugs with a smile, then gestures with the ham. "This is good!" And another bite is taken.
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[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-06-29 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
César's only learned because he's messed up so many times himself.

"Lots of meat, in this case. Potatoes go especially well in the embers we grill over. I can always give suggestions closer to my birthday. But any sides are good, really; Buenos Aires is a melting pot, and I'll probably make some Mexican dishes, too."

He smiles wider. "Tu viens de France?"
Edited (AHH this is what happens after 1am I forget half the reply oh no ahhhhhhhhh) 2024-06-29 06:32 (UTC)
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[personal profile] pineapplesalmon 2024-07-11 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do! I went to university in Geneva. It was a necessity. I've been to Lyon a number of times, both as a tourist and to attend a number of different conferences and other meetings. But that's boring adult stuff, even if some of the venues are amazing."