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Cecil Gershwin Palmer ([personal profile] lasthumanvoice) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2024-10-13 02:12 pm

[OPEN, Mingle] Yamsgiving

Who: Cecil and EVERYONE
What: Another Harvest Celebration
When: Beginning of Pumpkinfest
Where: Center of town
Warning(s): Discussion of the Gala and its attendant CWs may come up

1. Yes, we're happy as fish [Food Prep, Oak and Iron kitchen]
Cecil's made a point of seeking out the best known chefs in town to help him put everything together for this meal. While sweet potato dishes are the star, at least one available with every course, he's hoping to hit a broad variety so everyone can find something they like. He, of course, is peeling and chopping his eternal sweet potato to make sure there's enough to go around.

(Of course you don't need to worry about him with a knife! He's fine! Don't you know he was once a boy scout?)

If someone needs an extra hand for their dishes, though, he's happy to lend one. There's an attitude of camaraderie and cheer in the room, with Cecil even breaking out singing at one or two points in the evening.


2. And gorgeous as geese [The Meal; Festival Green]
Everyone's invited to the feast. That is, in fact, the whole point. Cecil's always been pointedly neutral in the town's tensions, working as the most unbiased media monkey he can. He's the Voice of Pumpkin Hollow, and that means not taking sides between Dahlia and Neil and the Temple and whoever else. But after the gala, he's made a choice to act, to try to foster goodwill and warm feelings. This isn't the stone stew he offered during January's famine, this is a Redwall-style feast.

So, between glasses of mead from Kasprak Farm and dandelion wine, everyone is invited to fill their plate with candied yams and zucchini bread, roast chicken and venison donated by one of the Enforcers. There's a homemade cranberry sauce with citrus wedges and dandelion-leaf salad with an apple cider vinaigrette and toasted acorns for garnish. There's pasta with a homemade pesto sauce and cheese. Desserts, too, are plentiful, some even flavored with...chocolate. But many are not, and feature sweet potatoes. Muffins, pies, etc.

Find a table with a friend or a stranger, and indulge. This is a warm-fuzzy type thing--feel free to use it as a mingle.


3. And wonderfully clean in the morning [Cleanup; Also Festival Green]
Cecil is, quite honestly, expecting to be the only person to stay and clean up. He's been up since about five in the morning and he's dragging a bit at this point. Oh, he did take the time to eat, so he's not starving, but like. He could use help putting the Green back to rights.


4. We've got everything, we're growing everything [Cecil Wildcards]
[You know how to find me to plot.]
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Re: CW: Mention of child soldier

[personal profile] makesrocksfloat 2024-11-20 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Rey looked concerned. "I have a friend back home who had the same thing happen to him. They took him from his family and, well. Tried to turn him into the perfect soldier. I'm sorry that happened to you, too." The empathy was clear in her voice. No matter where she went in the galaxy, there seemed to be suffering. A childish part of her felt that it wasn't fair, but life never seemed to be fair anywhere either.

"I wonder...is it something you can use from here? I haven't really tried to feel the Force, but since this is another place and the stars didn't seem right." She wasn't nervous about what she'd do without the Force, she'd been able to defend herself long before she knew she could use it, but she wasn't sure how well she could protect others.

It was a far cry from the life she'd led on Jakku, having to look out for herself first and above all other things.
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Re: CW: Mention of child soldier, bad parents

[personal profile] imjustaman 2024-11-20 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thank you. I am sorry that happened to your friend. Was he ever able to find his family?" He still didn't know what it would be like to have the love of a parent, even though in his insanity the creature Jenova had fueled his belief that she was his true mother. He had eventually learned that the main scientist who had raised him was his father, which hadn't been a happy revelation. The man had been the furthest thing from loving.

"Hm." He pondered. "I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to try." Perhaps he would try reaching out to Zack ... and Angeal....
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Re: CW: Mention of child soldier, bad parents

[personal profile] makesrocksfloat 2024-12-03 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Rey looked away briefly. "No. The only ones who'd know that would be the First Order and they're not exactly used to sharing." Which was an understatement. She'd went to the Supremacy to see if Kylo Ren could be saved, only for him to seize power for himself.

She could only hope that her presence would eventually turn him around.

"I think it could help? We can't be defenseless here, can we?" The thought was alarming, especially since she didn't have Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber with her.
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Re: CW: Mention of child soldier, bad parents

[personal profile] imjustaman 2024-12-04 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
"I understand." All too well.

"We don't seem to be defenseless. I have at least quite a few of my abilities from home," Sephiroth says. He doubts being able to contact loved ones from home would add to their defenses here so much, but it certainly would be comforting ... he hopes. They would want to see him, wouldn't they? After trying so hard to save him?
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Re: CW: Mention of child soldier, bad parents

[personal profile] makesrocksfloat 2024-12-04 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Rey smiled a little sadly. "It's a little sad to find out that, well. Some things never change, no matter where you're from."

"Okay. I'm going to have to find a field and see what I can do. Do you know of any fields with rocks? Or anywhere with a lot of green, growing things? The Force seems to be concentrated in places with a lot of life." That, and green places and vast amounts of water still amazed her. She didn't think they'd ever stop amazing her after life on Jakku. Space was beautiful, but it was also cold. Rey liked the feeling of the sun on her face and the shadows of green trees growing around her.
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Re: CW: Mention of child soldier, bad parents

[personal profile] imjustaman 2024-12-05 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Sephiroth nodded. Sadly true.

"Hm. There's the forest, but it's dangerous to be there for long," Sephiroth said. "I'm sure there's fields with rocks somewhere, maybe out near where the farms are, if there's still uncleared land. And there's the beaches."
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Re: CW: Mention of child soldier, bad parents

[personal profile] makesrocksfloat 2024-12-05 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Rey cocked her head to one side. "How dangerous is dangerous? The occasional happabore or reaver raptors looking to pick your skin off the bone?" And she took in the rest. Farms! Beaches! Not like the rocky, harsh terrain of Ahch-To! It couldn't be...she couldn't be better off here.

No. It couldn't be unless Ben Solo joined her. Not Kylo Ren, Ben.
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[personal profile] imjustaman 2024-12-05 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Sephiroth smirked a bit at that. "The monsters in the forest seem to be more than occasional, and yes, their goal seems to be killing and eating. Or sometimes infecting others. There have been some wolves doing that lately."

He smiled a bit at her expression as he told of the other areas. He could see that excited her. It was beautiful here, he had to admit.