driftfleet | And Let Us Gather 'Round [ Video + Action ]

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
_{[ 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. ]}

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
_{[ 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! ]}

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[Considering that Sayid works here, he's absolutely around for the party. Granted, it wasn't organized by Jarvis specifically, but it's still something he feels the need to attend, in a more professional capacity. He pays attention to the food, just in case it needs augmentation from the Melting Pot kitchen.

It's also a reason to get off his ship. Having been stuck on the planet was harrowing, and even now the Bishop is heavily damaged and not the most pleasant place to be. At least it's in the air again...

He can mostly be found with a drink, sitting down. He'll make conversation with people that he knows, will actually actively approach to ask them how they are. For everyone he doesn't know, at least he's got a friendly, open demeanor. Sayid is a little battered from the attack on the shield generators and the subsequent last skirmishes on the planet, and is bandaged in several places. Still, he exhibits nothing more than a faint weariness.

You might also catch him coming out of the kitchen with food. If it's of his own creation, then it's distinctly Levantine...which maybe doesn't fit the theme of Friendsgiving exactly. Oh well.]

Edited 2017-11-22 00:59 (UTC)

_{[ Kirk catches Sayid coming out of the kitchen with food, his brown furrowing. Not because he was displeased with Sayid's creation - it looked delicious - but because he had not intended for any of Jarvis's staff to work. He really had just wanted the space as a pleasant area for everyone to gather, somewhere warm and inviting and as far from that planet as he could manage.

He came over to him, helping to make a space for Sayid to lay out his dish. ]}

You don't have to do that - work, I mean. You should enjoy the party.

[The dish is something simple, mostly because while Sayid is a cook here, he doesn't actually have the cooking augment, and this effort was absolutely on the fly. He has some dishes from home that he cooks regularly for the Melting Pot, but they either take more effort or are comprised of ingredients he's lacking access to at the moment.

Sayid looks up as Kirk approaches and helps him. In the face of his concern, he just shrugs easily with a friendly look on his face.]

It didn't take very long. Besides, it gave me the opportunity to get away from the crowd for a short while.

[He's not necessarily the type of person who enjoys large groups of people for long. And his girlfriend isn't here. If she were, he wouldn't have sacrificed time with her. Though...he might be exaggerating in order to make Kirk feel less....guilty? A bit.

Look. He's a caretaker type, alright? In a kind of rough way.]

I'll make this my only contribution, however.

[Still with a smile.]

_{[ Well, so long as the other was not unnecessarily putting him out, he didn't mind. If Sayid was more comfortable cooking and wanted a reason to get away, Kirk wouldn't stop him. And the food did smell delicious.

He relaxed and gave Sayid a warm smile instead. ]}

It's very welcome - the food I mean. I think these sorts of thing do best when many sorts of dishes are represented anyways.

[Sayid glances down at the plate, which holds....well, as close to dolma as he could manage, at least with the resources from the last two planets. Grain, something close to cabbage, vegetables and spices.

Definitely not anything remotely close to a Thanksgiving dish.]

I'm glad you think so. Considering that I didn't think to ask first.

[Whoops. At least this ended well. He's glad to put Kirk more at ease, and it shows in his smile.]

We do represent a remarkably wide range of cultures, in the Fleet.

[Okay, maybe not necessarily within the Earth-born population. But even there, there's some diversity.]

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