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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.
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[personal profile] maximumcake 2024-06-27 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
The food planning for this party is completely Darcy's domain and Max wouldn't dream of intruding on that. However. He also wouldn't dream of showing up to a house-warming party without some kind of gift to give. To that end, he arrives with a loaf of freshly baked bread for each member of the new household. Crumpet, his adorable bread dog (a.k.a. Fidough) is helping by carrying two of those loaves in the pockets of her doggy saddlebags. She's great at making deliveries.

"Congratulations on the new house," Max says once he arrives. "Where should I put these? There's one for each of you."
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[personal profile] maximumcake 2024-07-04 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
"If I didn't know you better I'd say that's a good thing." But he knows Darcy feels the same way about wanting to cook that he does.

"The good news is you can let mine sit longer. That magic power I have where food stays good still works."

He follows behind, as eager to see the kitchen as Darcy is to show it off.

"Oh, by the way, did I tell you I picked up some work at the local bakery? Making all these loaves of bread is much easier with their ovens than the one I have at home."
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[personal profile] maximumcake 2024-07-23 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
"That works for both of us. I can't eat it all by myself, can I?"

He's reminded of a conversation he had at the speed dating booth, when Alice suggested he could make an absolute killing providing coffee and tea that would never go cold.

"Actually, speaking of dream jobs, there's more to my idea than just baking. What if I opened a cafe? My superpower works on drinks, too. Hot coffee and a hot bun that never cools. That would be pretty popular, don't you think?"