Fleetsgiving Mingle [ Open to All ]

[universal_charm]

Who: Everyone Who Wants to Come!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Yes, Planetside
When: Sunday

An invitation was sent out via the network to all of the Fleet, inviting them to come together for a night of feasting, dancing, and games.

Kirk has managed to procure an event space for what he has dubbed Fleetsgiving. It sports a warm, interior space, decorated with tables, including two longer ones for food and drink. Along the far wall is a fireplace, crackling away for warmth, chairs set around and a table for fireplace games. The entire room glows with lights set in draped garlands, candles, and dim lights, warm and inviting and offering intimacy for those who wish to find it. Kirk would take credit for the decor, but no, it was the product of the owners of the event space. Probably just as well, to be honest.

An open space at the center is open for dancing at one's leisure, music drifting through the air - loud enough for dancers to sway to a beat, but not loud enough to make conversation impossible. But, who knows, maybe towards the latter half of the evening when everyone has drunk enough, there will be a dance contest. There might also be a karaoke contest, but, really, that's up to the people.

There is some prepared food - something that looks like a kind of poultry and something like meatballs in a bright orange sauce. Kirk can't vouch for what sort of animals they came from, but he can vouch for them being delicious. Bread, jam spreads, butter, local nuts and crackers. For desert there are what look like tiny tarts, and cookies dusted in a sweet pink powder. But while there is food provided, there is plenty of room for others to bring their favorites from home, or even their favorites from being here in the Fleet.

Nothing was spared for drinks either. Local wines are set out in their bottles, ready to pour, fizzy drinks in cans and punch bowls, harder options for those who wished them further down, and water and juice for those less inclined to imbibe. While there isn't much room for additions, they are welcome.

By the fire are a number of games laid out for choice - cards, some board games, and even a chess set, though it is a touch odd. Three boards, at varying heights, on a curved stand. The way the seats are arranged make it comfortable for many to play at once, or for only a few to play and many to gather by the fire and watch or idly chatter.

Come one, come all, and have a good time!

_{[ ooc: this is an open mingle post! Go ahead and make your own starters, tag around, and have a good time! Characters would be encouraged to bring their own food to add, or drinks if they so like, favorite games, etc. ]}

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[dothelokimotion]

[ loki hums. ]

There may be some truth in that. But I've always found that with limited choices, you should always look for the loophole. Otherwise, circumstances will trap you forever.

[postocular]

I guess I'm not really that smart, I wouldn't have even thought about looking for loopholes.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki winces. that was not the point he was trying to make. ]

I imagine you are still a better son than I ever was.

[postocular]

I wasn't...great to my mom at the end. I was wrong to have treated her like I did, even though I didn't really understand everything that was going on. I said some things I wish I could take back.

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki says nothing, looking up to the tree in deep thought. then, with a flick of his fingers, he displays a scene. loki and a beautifully dressed woman. she asks him, tears in her eyes, "am I not your mother?"

loki replies, "you are not."

she smiles through heartbreak before fading away. ]

[postocular]

[ Carl watches the scene silently, knowing that this is something big. It's something along the lines of what he said to his mom. He glances at Loki when it's done. ] I yelled at her a lot. I didn't want to be treated like a little kid, I didn't understand she was just doing it because she was worried. I thought she was overbearing.. I resented her a little. [ It's honestly a painful thing to admit out loud. ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki shrugs. ]

All children do that. I doubt she held it against you.

[postocular]

No, but it's still not great.. I didn't want to be shut out.

[dothelokimotion]

I think what you should hold onto is that she loved you.

[postocular]

I know she did. I love her, too. It's why I did what I did. It was the only thing I could do.

[dothelokimotion]

No one doubts that.

[ and he glances back to the tree. it glows, so bright that they had to look away. and when it dims, there are some objects lying on the ground. one was . . . loki's breath hitches. ]

The Casket.

[postocular]

[ Carl isn't...quite sure what he's looking at on the ground, but Loki definitely knows, and he looks to him, curious. ] What is it?

[dothelokimotion]

The Casket of Ancient Winters.

[ loki makes it levitate towards him. ]

Careful. Do not touch it.

[postocular]

What does it do?

[ He will most certainly heed the warning on this one. It looks like an imposing thing. ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki doesn't touch it. he merely eyes it surreptitiously, unsure of what to do with it. ]

It is an ancient relic. With the ability to cast winter on all places.

[postocular]

...Whoa. Can you use it, or is it one of those things that shouldn't be used?

[dothelokimotion]

I can use it, though I probably will not.

[ loki does not place his hands on it. he knows what would happen. instead he waves his hands over it which makes it disappear, sent to his dimensional pocket. ]

[postocular]

[ Loki is honestly so cool. ] Why? You were meant to have it if the tree gave it to you, right?

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki is frowning, though mostly to himself. ]

I . . . am not certain. This is an inheritance and I'm not eager to accept it as one.

[postocular]

Maybe it's time to think of the pros and cons? On one hand, keep it where you put it and put it out of your mind, but on the other.. you could put winter anywhere with a little practice. That could be useful somewhere down the line?

[dothelokimotion]

[ loki looks uncertain. ]

I do not doubt that it is useful.

[postocular]

What's your biggest hangup about it?

[dothelokimotion]

[ it is sheer pettiness at this point, he knows that. ]

I do not like the implication. I do not like that it . . . is a part of my heritage. A part of me.