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hotelcaelum2023-12-29 02:25 pm
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le reveillon
WHO: French people and you
WHERE: The restaurant complex industrial kitchen floor/a random ballroom and entertainment floor
WHEN: Nebulously between Christmas and New Year’s Eve
WHAT:The Who Pudding Cook-Off Le Reveillon dinner
WARNINGS: Alcohol and boozing; maybe there will be an actual physical fight over the food? Mistletoe shenanigans possible. Let me know if I need to add new warnings.
ALLEZ CUISINE
Anyone interested in contributing food to the dinner will have a place to cook in the giant industrial kitchen. Just a few weeks ago, sentient shadows were stabbing unsuspecting guests in the back here, but today it’s lively and bustling. There may even be a handsome, empty-headed blond vampire wandering around to kick off each round of oven preheating with a hearty catchphrase. Before hopping into the fray, consider grabbing an apron or team varsity jacket from the wardrobe hanger. The old staples are there – “Kiss the Cook,” “I Love You a Latke,” “Sugar and Spice” – but there are also some unusual standouts, like jackets with an extra sleeve attached or aprons that have fashioned the lyrics of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” into death threats.
The kitchen has been incredibly well prepared and stocked, and anything necessary to cook a fine holiday meal is available. Of course, some ingredients may have been shuffled around during the procurement. Maybe cooks need to cross team lines to borrow a cup of sugar, apples will be in the onion basket, or paprika will mysteriously pop out of nowhere in a cloud of spice. Working together is the easiest way to make sure the meal goes smoothly. As a reminder, anyone is welcome to throw a dish or two into the mix regardless of their national cuisine of choice. Get cooking!
FRIENDS AT THE TABLE
Here to cook, or a cook who’s finished their rotation in the kitchen? An adjacent ballroom space has been furnished to hold the dining party, with decorations and ambiance supervised by Sumina. As for the food, there's a plethora of options, with Team France(?) alone providing traditional staples like roasted quail, braised oysters, acorn soup, fennel salad, foie gras and pate with crusty bread wedges, creme caramel, and buche de noel. Menu placards at each table list the dishes on offer, but the full menu information can only be unlocked by answering a discussion question over appetizers – “What’s your New Year’s Resolution? Why? How can we help?”
Alcoholic and virgin bubbly drinks are available for all guests. The effervescence of these drinks is contagious! These drinks have a slight, but pleasant, uplifting effect. Drinking one might make attendees chipper and outgoing enough to chat more openly than normal or literally light on their feet, allowing them to float an inch or two off the ground. No one will be forced to experience sensations or feelings they don’t want to; they are purely opt-in, like the joy that comes from smelling a warm homegrown memory.
In addition to any other decorations, Polaroid-style pictures dot the wall. These snapshots contain representations of happy memories of guests throughout the previous year but can only be viewed by people who want to see them, and only memories of people who are willing the share them will appear. Otherwise, they might contain potential futures, hopes, dreamscapes, aspirations, or other talking points for those who are willing to see them.
SMALL BITES
If anyone truly wants to turn this meal into an epic showdown, feel free to start a rousing debate over different dishes or fashion a scorecard out of the menu placards. Golf pencils are mysteriously available for any and all ranking needs.
Though it’s only nebulously New Year’s Eve, guests who stick around until midnight will see the ballroom dim to a warmer, soothing color, lights twinkling down a countdown the last few minutes to the end of the day. As the time ticks over, guests can hold on to indoor-safe sparkle fireworks or take the floor to give a toast to the upcoming year. Insert other preferred New Year's traditions at will.
The mistletoe is still rumored to be out and about, so take care when mingling.
If asked about any of the weird dinner happenings, Odette hasn’t got a clue. She’s just here for the food. Must be more hotel shenanigans, or maybe someone else put their twist on things.
WHERE: The restaurant complex industrial kitchen floor/a random ballroom and entertainment floor
WHEN: Nebulously between Christmas and New Year’s Eve
WHAT:
WARNINGS: Alcohol and boozing; maybe there will be an actual physical fight over the food? Mistletoe shenanigans possible. Let me know if I need to add new warnings.
ALLEZ CUISINE
Anyone interested in contributing food to the dinner will have a place to cook in the giant industrial kitchen. Just a few weeks ago, sentient shadows were stabbing unsuspecting guests in the back here, but today it’s lively and bustling. There may even be a handsome, empty-headed blond vampire wandering around to kick off each round of oven preheating with a hearty catchphrase. Before hopping into the fray, consider grabbing an apron or team varsity jacket from the wardrobe hanger. The old staples are there – “Kiss the Cook,” “I Love You a Latke,” “Sugar and Spice” – but there are also some unusual standouts, like jackets with an extra sleeve attached or aprons that have fashioned the lyrics of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” into death threats.
The kitchen has been incredibly well prepared and stocked, and anything necessary to cook a fine holiday meal is available. Of course, some ingredients may have been shuffled around during the procurement. Maybe cooks need to cross team lines to borrow a cup of sugar, apples will be in the onion basket, or paprika will mysteriously pop out of nowhere in a cloud of spice. Working together is the easiest way to make sure the meal goes smoothly. As a reminder, anyone is welcome to throw a dish or two into the mix regardless of their national cuisine of choice. Get cooking!
FRIENDS AT THE TABLE
Here to cook, or a cook who’s finished their rotation in the kitchen? An adjacent ballroom space has been furnished to hold the dining party, with decorations and ambiance supervised by Sumina. As for the food, there's a plethora of options, with Team France(?) alone providing traditional staples like roasted quail, braised oysters, acorn soup, fennel salad, foie gras and pate with crusty bread wedges, creme caramel, and buche de noel. Menu placards at each table list the dishes on offer, but the full menu information can only be unlocked by answering a discussion question over appetizers – “What’s your New Year’s Resolution? Why? How can we help?”
Alcoholic and virgin bubbly drinks are available for all guests. The effervescence of these drinks is contagious! These drinks have a slight, but pleasant, uplifting effect. Drinking one might make attendees chipper and outgoing enough to chat more openly than normal or literally light on their feet, allowing them to float an inch or two off the ground. No one will be forced to experience sensations or feelings they don’t want to; they are purely opt-in, like the joy that comes from smelling a warm homegrown memory.
In addition to any other decorations, Polaroid-style pictures dot the wall. These snapshots contain representations of happy memories of guests throughout the previous year but can only be viewed by people who want to see them, and only memories of people who are willing the share them will appear. Otherwise, they might contain potential futures, hopes, dreamscapes, aspirations, or other talking points for those who are willing to see them.
SMALL BITES
If anyone truly wants to turn this meal into an epic showdown, feel free to start a rousing debate over different dishes or fashion a scorecard out of the menu placards. Golf pencils are mysteriously available for any and all ranking needs.
Though it’s only nebulously New Year’s Eve, guests who stick around until midnight will see the ballroom dim to a warmer, soothing color, lights twinkling down a countdown the last few minutes to the end of the day. As the time ticks over, guests can hold on to indoor-safe sparkle fireworks or take the floor to give a toast to the upcoming year. Insert other preferred New Year's traditions at will.
The mistletoe is still rumored to be out and about, so take care when mingling.
If asked about any of the weird dinner happenings, Odette hasn’t got a clue. She’s just here for the food. Must be more hotel shenanigans, or maybe someone else put their twist on things.
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I. Allez Cuisine
[If there was one unexpectedly good thing about Yeyasu... It was the fact that he was actually a good cook. Sure, he usually had servants make him meals or he'd take walks over to the convenience store to buy the portable ones sometimes.. But there was something more satisfying about making food himself whenever he had the time.
That being said? There's a large bowl filled with tonkotsu ramen with some sets of (unusually big) rice balls and egg rolls. Small bowls for the ramen and napkins for the other food is set! He's also wearing a frilly pink apron as he lets out a prideful little laugh.]
Hyahyahya! Alright, peasants! Gather 'round for a devilish good meal made by yours truly! [And some assistance with the Prinnies.] Fingerlickin' good tonkotsu ramen along with rice balls and egg rolls. Let me know if you want me to add anything and I'll see what I can do.
II. Polaroids
[One of the pictures that Yeyasu is looking at happens to be a group shot of this jackass alongside with various other people! This one holds great significance for the shogun as it was the moment where he united with some unlikely friends to get his world back. There's an fond look on his face before he starts to cackle.]
Heeeey... Glad the photo here captured my good side! Everyone else is lookin' badass for our grand final stand against tyranny!
[And there's going to be another photo of a man who looks exactly like Yeyasu, but his colors are much darker and he has a more serious and dignified look on his face. For a moment, Yeyasu's expression looks taken aback before he clears his throat to speak more respectfully.]
Ahaha... Hope I'm making you proud, Dad. It's hard to fill in the hole you left behind, but I'm doing my best everyday.
III - Fireworks + Resolutions
Let's see... You got any New Year's Resolutions, buddy?
[As he was watching the indoor fireworks, the shogun himself was taking a sip from a sake cup with the bottle next to him. Whoever was sitting next to him or was close by, Yeyasu points the question at them with a friendly little smirk.]
It's funny! Whenever you start these kinds of things, you kinda forget about them as the year rolls on. Heck, I forgot what I put on my resolutions list for the last year.
IV - Wildcard
[Hit me up with whatever else! Feel free to DM me if you've got an idea or we can wing it.]
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[ "Peasants"? Who does he think he is!! Navia is caught off-guard by how bombastic he seems, but the ramen seems pretty good. Very good, actually. And if it really is as delicious as he says it is – well, there's only one way to find out, isn't there? She'll see if he's good as he says he is!
Navia will sample some of the ramen using a bowl of her own. She slurps up some of the noodles, and... ]
Oh, that's delicious... [ And before she can eat another mouthful: ] Are you a chef, by chance? This is amazing!
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[Praise was something that Yeyasu was very weak to! He couldn't help and fold his arms rather smugly. He'll take this as if she had given him a bar of gold. Cooking was one thing that he could take a lot of pride in!]
Weeeell... I wouldn't be a shogun if I didn't know any homemade recipes like the back of my hand. Cooking is always one way to win over someone's heart. Especially if you were taken hostage once!
[Uh, what was that last part?! He sounds surprisingly cheerful about that...]
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[ She says it with a smile on her face.
However, while she has no idea what a "shogun" is, she's still impressed by his prowess! It must have taken a lot of work to get to this point, but, uh, what was that last part? Excuse her? ]
"Taken hostage"? What does that have to do with winning over someone's heart through cooking...?
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[All said with a little wink thrown her way. He never forgets the name of a beautiful lady (most of the time)! Though her question gets him to start off a little insightful tangent... At least, he hopes that it sounds impressive.]
Well, picture this! Imagine being taken hostage by a group of furious rebels that want your head on a pike... [Very specific hypothetical, Yeyasu.] But with a little ingenuity, charisma and nimble hands, you manage to convert them over to your side with the art of cooking.
[A beat as he lets his words sink in for some dramatic affect.]
What I'm trying to say is... There's plenty of other ways to win battles asides through combat. If you can turn your enemies into your allies, then you've got it made!
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And what he says is, surprisingly, pretty brilliant. It's probably not realistic for most of the enemies she's encountered, but if she could bake her way to victory, then how can she say no to that? ]
Hang on, are you saying that's actually worked before? ... Now that I think about it, these noodles are so delicious, that I wouldn't blame anyone who wanted to get on your good side!
[ Don't mind her, she's going to help herself to a little more. ]
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[His laugh is quite a happy and prideful one. A unique signature of his personality! Seeing a beautiful lady eat his food makes him feel all giddy inside!]
Anywho... A shogun has to look for ways to subdue his opponents beyond the typical one-two punch, ya know? [It's all about the demonic mindset! Though Yeyasu was one of the more kinder demons out there.] This kind of food is a Hinomoto stable! While you're at it, I'd recommend trying one of the riceballs too. They always make for a good snack when you're on the go!
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Yes, I guess that much was pretty obvious.
[ She lets out a little sigh -- he's an interesting one, that's for sure. The food he makes is amazing, and for as bombastic as he is, the way he approaches battles is quite similar to how she leads Spina di Rosula. ]
I'll give one a try before I leave, I promise. More importantly, though, you seem like the kind of person who's pretty crafty in battle. Are you saying that good food is your go-to method for making people surrender?
[ FOOD FOR THOUGHT(haha)... ]
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Oh, I've got plenty of other ways to make people submit to me. But my go-to is my beloved demonic staff to make others subjugate if they become unruly. With a single word, I could stop an army of Evil Eyes in its tracks!
[Not that he expects her to know what an Evil Eye is, but it was a powerful demon where he came from! Even if Yeyasu sounds very confident right now, there's a pause as his next set of words sound more sincere and reflective.]
But with great power comes great responsibility, you know? I'd rather not break it out unless I have to... Besides, it's the person that makes the weapon and not the other way around.
[Oh, he had to learn this lesson the hard way... That very same weapon rejected him at his lowest point.]
So Navia... Have you been to this hotel for very long? It's a pretty sweet place, ain't it?
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I understand what you mean, Yeyasu. When you're in a position of power, you really have to use that power responsibly. Otherwise, the people under you get hurt, and that... [ She pauses. ] That can come with great consequences.
[ She won't elaborate, though. She's happy to answer his question, actually! ]
I haven't been here very long, actually! I arrived a few days before this event, so I guess I'm considered a newcomer. It's a nice hotel, and perhaps a little chaotic, hehe. So many people here are incredibly interesting, don't you think?
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You know it, babe! I touched down whenever Christmas was in full swing... There was, uh, some mistletoe plants that made things awkward, but I think I did okay.
[Just a few hand kisses that he had to do... Nothing major for him, but still a heart stopping experience. For all of his flirting, Yeyasu has never even gotten to first base with a girl.]
Do they celebrate Christmas in your world? I was a bit surprised to see that it was a popular holiday outside of the Netherworld.
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[ That's the first thing that escapes her lips when he mentions it, so that probably answers his question really quickly. She'll shake her head in response, anyway. ]
And what's this about "mistletoe" plants? The way you describe it makes me think it has some sort of weird significance.
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[He knows that there's much more significance in the Human World, but it'd be best to keep it simple and sweet! He's also heard of this Santa Claus fellow... He knows that the ladies of Hinomoto liked to dress up as him sometimes!]
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[Ahem. Now the shogun couldn't help and feel himself turning a bit red in the cheeks. As flirty as he was, he was actually quite innocent whenever it came to honest romantic gestures.]
I-It's a plant where you gotta kiss under it as a tradition. Usually, it's done between romantic couples... But friends and acquaintances get smoochy-smoochy under it too.
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Add anything, huh? [ Today, he will cause problems on purpose. ] Okay. Chocolate ramen, go. Think you can pull it off?
[ Don't disappoint sensei. ]
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CHOCOLATE RAMEN!? W-Wait, people seriously eat that?! I've never heard of that type of flavor even in my Netherworld!
[Did humans really chow down on that?! This is coming from a demon who considers drinking Rooster Blood and raw eggs as normal.]
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What's important is that he's started this bit and now he is obligated to commit to it. ]
Sure. At least, I've heard about it before. What, you don't think you can manage it?
[ Shame, shame... ]
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[Gojo's taunt definitely goes to Yeyasu's head! He couldn't let his skill go unquestioned... That's why rolls up his sleeves and turns to one of the Prinnies standing idly behind him.]
Hey! Go fetch me a new set of noodles and some chocolate! I'm gonna show this guy how we cook in Hinomoto!
C-Chocolate, dood? Even I wanna know how you'll pull this on off, Mister Shogun!
[Give the little Penguin a moment to get some noodles and a few chocolate bars ready. Meanwhile, Yeyasu is going to start heating up the oven again and boil some water...]
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While Yeyasu gives orders to his little companion, Gojo finds a chair to pull over to watch, because no way is he not gonna spectate the hell out of this to see if he can actually pull it off. Leaning back in his seat, Gojo gestures to the Prinny. ]
Sooo, you wanna explain why the hell you're bossing around a talking penguin?
[ And why he called him both "dood" and then a Shogun? There's a lot to unpack here. ]
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[The water is going to take a moment to boil over at the right temperature, so Yeyasu will use that time to socialize! It was a good thing that conversations for him came as easily as breathing...]
That's known as a Prinny. They're the souls of sinful humans who couldn't pass on proper... So in order to work off their crimes, they get hired to do all sorts of tasks and go through rehabilitation before they can be reincarnated into good humans!
[Or demons sometimes. It's a case by case thing!]
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Wait, you're shitting me, aren't you? You gotta be. No way sinful humans turn into penguins when they die.
[ This is a new one, but he kind of loves it, it's so silly. Wayyyyy better a penguin than a demon or a vengeful cursed spirit! ]
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[He's not wrong! Netherworld mechanics can be very silly at times. On cue the Prinny returns with some chocolate bars and a bowl of noodles in turn to place them on the table.]
Now sometimes, they live together in herds or they do work for us demons. How well that goes depends on the type of Overlord they decide to serve.
[Some demons out there were jerks to them, but Yeyasu was more of a benevolent boss. He gives them vacations, free drinks after work and trips to the hot springs sometimes!]
You want any toppings with that? Like vegetables, meats or even eggs?
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Lifting a brow: ]
Hold up. A demon is preparing my chocolate ramen? [ ... ] Bullshit. Prove it.
[ How? Well, he'll leave that up to Yeyasu to decide. Yeah, now he's got to not only make that ramen but also prove his demonhood. Because Gojo said so. ]
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[He lifts a hand up and demonic energy crackles until it materializes into a royal green staff. There's a pause before it begins to glow brightly.]
Demonic Staff - Tokugawa Tenge!
[And Gojo's body is going to feel frozen! For now, Yeyasu will let this sensation for him sink in. As the Infernal Treasure that could control over all living things, he figures that he could make this man do something silly for an 'evil' idea.]
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It’s also kind of fascinating. What else could he do with that…? ]
Not bad! I was expecting you to pull out some horns or a forked tail or something, but hey, I’ll give you credit for thinking outside the box.
[ He won’t even question spell-casting being his first instinct. ]
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