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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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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.
1/2
[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!]
2/2
[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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I see...! That's a pretty interesting tradition...but why kissing, specifically?
[ Just saying!! ]
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Eh?! I-I heard in the Human World that mistletoe is a plant that's associated with romance.
[Though he feels that he has to clarify something...]
Though it looks like you can get away with more friendly and platonic kisses too. Whenever that plant showed up here, I think it was ALIVE!
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[ Poor Yeyasu... At least Navia has a sheepish little grin on her face. Her cheeks are a little pink, too, but she's taking it in stride.
The plant being alive, though... ]
What do you mean by that? Aren't plants normally living creatures?
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[He couldn't help and grin a bit sheepishly explaining this. Even for all of the madness that Hinomoto had, Yeyasu felt that there were still some things that could throw him for a loop.]
And whenever you did, it flew away like nothing happened! I'm not sure if it was some kind of magical spell or Evilitiy... But it was definitely unusual!
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[ ... ]
That's exceptionally unusual, and somewhat terrifying. It must have been some sort of magic trick -- I think you're right about that. Either way, I hope it doesn't return!