And Let Us Gather 'Round [ Video + Action ]

[universal_charm]

Who: Kirk and The Fine People of the Fleet
Broadcast: Yes
Action: On the Iskaulit, Specifically at the Melting Pot - Note: After the Broadcast
When: After they start heading away from the system

Video
<sub>[ Kirk appears on the screen, and probably like many people he looks tired and a bit beaten up. Scratches not yet healed on his face, one even covered with a bandage on his cheek, that sort of drawn look around his eyes after all the sleepless nights and the battles and general horridness. A little to pale, perhaps.

Even so, he gives as warm a smile as he can as he begins to speak. ]</sub>

For those of you who might not know, I come from a world called Earth - or at least, one of the versions represented here. On my world, in the country I hail from, we celebrate something known as Thanksgiving roughly around this time of year if I've done my calculations correct. Some people call it Friendsgiving, but it's all the same really.

Essentially, it's a time to a give thanks for the good things in your life, your friends, and your family. In the spirit of that, I've arranged for a gathering at the Melting Pot - a thank you to Jarvis for that. Everyone who wishes to come is welcome.

I just thought we all could use a day, a place, to be together and to just enjoy each other. So I hope to see you there.

Action: The Melting Pot
<sub>[ The restaurant is set up to allow as much mingling as possible when people arrive - places to sit, of course, but there's gentle music playing for those who might want to dance and just to give some atmosphere (but not loud enough to stop conversation at all). Food and drink is laid out - things to nibble on rather than the usual feasts associated with a Thanksgiving. Not particularly ideal, but it's what could be managed. Unless, of course, anyone decided to bring something else to add to the spread.

Not a fancy party, to be sure, but it's warm and inviting, which is what Kirk had hoped for. A place for them all to come together and enjoy each other and just be glad they were all there and if not quite completely whole, then, well, able to be there. ]

[ooc: Open mingle! Feel free to create your own starters and do as you like - tis a warm Friendsgiving party for the Fleet! ]</sub>

Comments

[servantnotserving]

Oh yes, that I can well believe.

ER- yes and no. I have been stuck like this for ten years, but I really hope the spell will be broken soon. The window of opportunity to lift the curse is...rather short now. So I hope that it's temporary.

[candothat]

[Ten years is a really long time to be a household object. He makes a sympathetic Russian noise.] I hope that as well. Is there anything that can be done here to break this spell?

[servantnotserving]

There is. Our master has to fall in love, and have that love returned.

[candothat]

...Ah. [He manages to look gloomier than he did at the beginning of the conversation.] A difficult thing in any world, even when time is no issue.

[servantnotserving]

It is. But a young lady has been staying at our castle. [Because she's a prisoner, but he'll skip THAT detail. ] They have been getting closer, so there is hope, yet.

[candothat]

To hope that they will both fall in love, then. [He raises his bottle only to remember that he's in the company of... well, a candlestick. Who can't drink. The gesture is awkwardly aborted.] It seems strange to me, placing someone under a spell that can only be broken by something as undefinable and incapable of being substantiated as love. Very inexact.

[servantnotserving]

Here's hoping.

[Lumière at least finds it amusing, chuckling at the action. ]

It is. Perhaps she assumed he would not be able to break it at all?

[candothat]

A fair assumption. Requited love is rare enough. [At least in his experience, which may be somewhat atypical.] ...What did he do to make her angry enough to cast such a difficult spell to break? If I may ask.

[servantnotserving]

[He shifts, uncomfortable, he tries to avoid this topic in particular as much as possible, lest he paint the Master in a bad light. ]

He was...less that polite to someone who turned out to be the Enchantress in disguise. She took offence and cursed us all.

[candothat]

That is a dramatic overreaction to impoliteness.

[He notices the discomfort and decides not to pursue that further.]

Anyway, I hope that you will be a human again... even though it can be overrated sometimes, being human.

[servantnotserving]

You will have no argument with me on that case.

[He laughs softly. ]

Ah, but if there's one thing I have learned that there is nothing overrated about being human. You would be surprised, how much of it you miss when it is taken away from you.

[candothat]

Mm. [He stares very, very thoughtfully at his drink, clearly mulling over all of the great benefits of being human.]

I would miss having thumbs, I think.

[servantnotserving]

[It's SO GREAT, Pavel, you have NO IDEA.]

Oh yes, thumbs are fantastic. You do so much with them.