interfaith dinner mingle!!

[stefanged]

Who: Interfaith Center regulars & the not-so-regulars (party crashers are welcome too!!)
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Interfaith Center on the Iskaulit
When: Forward-dated to November 4th

[The Interfaith Center sounds far more bustling and busy than usual - and anyone peering inside would quickly figure out that a communal dinner is underway! Take off your shoes and walk in: the lounge has extra tablecloths on the floor as well as buffet tables with non-alcoholic beverages and all sorts of food, including Jordanian cuisine (or the outer space equivalent of Jordanian food).

The board games are out of their hiding nooks; the furniture's arranged for the maximum seating possible; and even the teddy bears donated by Kitty & Winn are out for cuddling, should anyone want them.

The kitchen's bustling with helpers - Stefan's running around at vamp-speed to make sure everything's a) done on time and b) cooked to perfection - but he sure wouldn't mind an extra hand. And if you're still not up for some food? Well, the prayer rooms are open as usual. There's always a quiet moment to be found, even if the laughter's louder and the scent of freshly-baked mansaf's wafting through the long corridors.

Anyone and everyone who's ever been inside the Interfaith Center has been invited (via text message - and Stefan even used the fancy emoji). If you're not particularly faithful or devout? Well, drop by anyways. There's more than enough food to spare.]

Comments

[mistyday]

[Blind. Yes, that describes the coven perfectly. They were all blind, in their own ways. Blinded by power or hate or even hope and justice.]

My daddy did the best he could for me... but at the end of the day, most of the world was just gonna see us as a bunch of hillbillies and swamp rats. It's a trap: if that's all they see, that's all they treat you as, and that's all you think you'll ever be.

[stefanged]

[He wants to deny that. He's living proof that he sees Misty as far more than a swamp rat (even if, tbh, her love for it is more than what he can handle). Instead, he gives her a small, almost defiant smile.]

Makes the Fleet a thousand times more special, right? Everyone's divorced from their home: you learn what people are like, when they don't have those preconceived notions, and you also learn... well, what you're really like too.

[mistyday]

Yeah... to tell the truth, I don't think I've ever been happier than when I've been here. I know not everyone feels that way but... I still think it's been a blessing, for me.

[stefanged]

Of course it is.

[He wants to go home, more than anything. He dreams of cool desert nights and the blazing, burning sun - but he also dreams of a family that had welcomed him with open arms.]

A lot of us left things unfinished, or we left behind families that love us, but despite that... I think we gained a lot too.

[mistyday]

Do you think... do you think maybe we can go someplace else instead, at the end?

[stefanged]

[That's a good question.

Stefan tilts his head, reaching for some food and yet not quite eating it.]

I don't know. I've never thought about it, but I don't see why not. If their technology can pull people from all over, then logically, they can send people all over too.

[mistyday]

Could I go with you, if they'd do it?

[stefanged]

[Huh?]

You really want to? You don't - you don't want to go with Obi-Wan or Vision or anyone else?

[mistyday]

[She shakes her head.]

You and me, we gotta stick together.

[stefanged]

Of course we do, I just - [He shakes his head, laughing at his own disbelief.] Thank you.

If we get to pick, then yeah. You're coming with me.

[mistyday]

[She flings her arms around his shoulders.]

You're always going to be first for me, don't you forget that.

[stefanged]

Damn straight I won't. [He laughs, casually wrapping his arms around hers. Food? What's food when he's got his soulmate by him?]

It's you and me until the end of the line.