knockingatthedoor: (135)
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.
urtitan: (Laughing)

[personal profile] urtitan 2025-07-01 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
[She laughs at his cautioning.]

But dost the enjoyment of a celebration not depend on the company moreso than on the location? Even so, I agree with thee. Back home, the get-togethers of nobles were always far more tedious than the peasants'!

[Having dealt with all layers of society as prelate, she expects that he'll be inclined to agree with her.]
witnessvelama: (14)

[personal profile] witnessvelama 2025-07-05 05:02 pm (UTC)(link)
As a child, I oft thought the purpose of formality was to suck the fun out of everything.

[He does, at least, manage a wry smile.]

So far be it from me to wrestle the rest into formality. Even if the children listened, Othalo Need would laugh in my face.
urtitan: (Amused)

[personal profile] urtitan 2025-07-05 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[She smiles. While she isn't privy to the details, it seems like Need's pragmatic nature has been a positive influence on Thara - not so much in terms of adjusting his own outlook on things (with how devoted he is to his calling, that seems all but impossible), but in terms of providing a counterbalance to it -, and the few times the older woman referred to him in conversation, Frieda thought she could detect some fondness for him in her voice.]

Let us take it in stride, then! Hast thou tried any of the food?

[What Nagito procured is really testing her resolve to not eat after death!]