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Kel ([personal profile] knockingatthedoor) wrote in [community profile] thecrossinglogs2025-06-24 05:49 pm

Lost At A Sleepover

WHO: EVERYONE - Meeting time!
WHAT: Kel, Frieda and Nagito organized a party/sleepover!
WHERE: The largest house they could find in the area
WHEN: Between one crossing and another
WARNINGS Nooooot really much?

There are few things Kel treasures deeply in a place like that. The siblings, sure, his new basketball with the creepy face on it, but also the opportunity to build bonds with others. From what he understands, the memories they build in there will stay, so... why not making great ones? thigns that will remind them they're 'alive' in their own way, that even if theirr identity is lost at every Crossing just a bit more... they're still themselves? He has been in an awful mood since he and Sunny had... a fight? Something? He doesn't even know how to call their poor attempt at a tlak but he knows his best friend is now avoiding him like the plague and it hurts. That being said? He's smiling rto whoerever approaches the building and waving at them. Invitations were sent out, preparations had been done and even at this 'pit stop' there's a community event, so to speak, ready to go.

The whole building may be baely lit, but the precious jars Frieda brought in with glow worms (Some with sitiks and leaves in, too) gave the whole place a cozy and comfortable look. The woman also brought in basins and such, decorated now with water lilies and other few flowers. Ribbons, strings, anything they could find has been gathered as well to make the place 'prettier'. There's no point in being stuck with an ugly room, right? Nagito took clear of all the cleaning, leaving the place spotless, and Kel carried inside all the mattresses he could gather. After a long time processing how to place things? He opted for leaving bed frames alone and just sitting a whole corner of the area with mattresses and blankets for everyone to share.

The few games they can make with sticks and mud are there as well. He may have no apples, but one basin has been filled with water and lily buds to play the 'bite into it and drag out as many as you can' game, whatever it's called. There are sticks and differently colored rocks to prepare some Tic Tac Toe games (sort of. Grey and green rocks VS Xs and Os), there is a space with all the paper (damp, humid) he could find and some pencils and pieces of charcoal too.

The true stars of the sleepover, though? A bonfire set right outside, as safely as possible (with rocks and mud all around the charchoal and chairs put at a safe distance from it) and FOOD. Nagito was an angel and got not only a picnic set for them all, btu also real food. There's wonderful, greasy pizza (one little square has already been stolen, it seems) covered in cheese, A plate full of chimichangas (and here Kel is guilty of taking one), watermelon already cut in large slices, steak that may be warmed up by the fire, chocolate chip cookies, bags of popcorns and both ice and lemonade for whoever wants them.

"Welcome to the party! Nagito and Frieda did such a good job here! You should come inside, we have everything ready. And, hey, why don't you considering moving in here, too? At least until we have to move? You know... company is very important, after all!" He isn't in the mood to look happy but that's irrelevant.
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[personal profile] marblenest 2025-06-29 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
"I did. It's much different than what I am used to, truthfully? Everything is so sweet. Are you used to sweets too, Frieda?"

Daniil is thankful for the topic change, but also, he's assuming that like everyone else Frieda is also from the future, just like everyone else has been. He hasn't considered that anyone could be in the past in comparison to himself.
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[personal profile] urtitan 2025-06-29 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[She sways her head, unsure.]

I suppose I am. My family was fortunate enough to always have honey in the house.

[Sugarcane doesn't grow on Paradis Island, and given the isolation of the Walls, there aren't many alternatives.]
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[personal profile] marblenest 2025-06-29 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
"But sugar itself? I believe the lemonade and the cookies are made with granulated sugar." He clarifies quickly, growing curious at her answer, or lack thereof.
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[personal profile] urtitan 2025-06-29 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Sugar... no, sugar was impossible to come by. My homeland maintains no trade relations with other nations that could supply it.

[She realises with slight discomfort (or, perhaps, guilt) the discrepancy between how little Daniil knows about her, especially compared to those who supported her during the 1st Crossing and learned of her people's grim history and circumstances. If nothing else, she wants to provide him with some bare-bones context, so she explains:]

It's been an isolationist country since its establishment.