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expiationlogs2024-03-01 07:53 am
orphne) wrote in expiationlogs2024-03-01 07:53 am
[open/mingle] a light in the darkness
Who: any and everyone!
Where: astralin's farmhouse
What: mingle log for post-blackout!
Warnings: y'all tell me, please be good and don't break the house :(
If she hadn't been at the party, Kotone wouldn't have even known about the extent of the blackout. Sure, it's inconvenient, considering a lot of the lights are electric, and the fridge is, of course, powered by electricity as well, but the farmhouse she'd taken over from Astralin is an older and more traditional building. The main heat sources are the fireplaces strategically placed throughout the building -- a large one in the living space, a smaller one in the kitchen along with a wood-burning stove, and another large central one upstairs to help heat the bedrooms -- and the geothermal hot springs on the land. With the cold weather and snow on the ground, it's easy to take the food from the fridge and leave it outside in a locked box away from wild animals, but aside from the inconvenience of resorting to the candles and lanterns that were stockpiled in the basement, the farmhouse itself survives relatively unscathed!
Therefore, not long after the blast, Kotone sends a video message over the (charm) network inviting anyone who wants to take shelter from the cold, or even just cook some food, to come to Astralin's farmhouse on the edge of town for as long as they want or need.
She won't even make anyone help out on the farm. Probably!
1. Rural Snapshot
Power might go out, but life on the farm doesn't stop for something like that! The old wood stoves in the barn need to be cleaned up and made ready for use to keep the animals warm, and the animals still need to be taken care of. Goats, sheep, cows, chickens (a particularly big and brave one has the tiniest leather collar and a tag that says her name is "Scramble," and her friends Benedict and Sunny aren't far behind. They are Not For Eating (though their eggs are!))
Kotone won't make anyone help her with the farm chores of cleaning the barn, feeding the animals, or generally keeping things up and running, but she definitely won't turn down the help, either, giving pointers so the new folk don't completely muck it up (sometimes literally).
With the snow and general chill, there's not much to do with the crops themselves. Everyone is safe from the fields for now!
2. Potluck and BYOB (chef's recommendation: hot cocoa)
The farmhouse is not the inn -- Kotone has some food prepped and stored, with preserves from the fall harvest one of the key features, but it's not meant to feed the whole town. Thus, Kotone's going to request that anyone coming to stay at the farmhouse bring either raw ingredients or something they've made to share with any other hapless souls. Feel free to use the kitchen to cook, or get some help from someone else with cooking!
The wood-burning stove in the kitchen is perfect for heating up cocoa or wine, and there's room to get close with someone in front of any of the fireplaces. Like, it's encouraged to get close. It's a big farmhouse, but not that big. Make a friend! Share some warmth! The couches are cozy and comfortable, and if someone dozes off, well, Kotone won't be the one waking anyone up.
If someone would prefer to sleep in a bed, there are some bedrooms upstairs! One is, of course, sharing the room with plants. They're benign, normal plants, from potted flowers to hanging vines, but they are everywhere. Kotone herself doesn't have much of a green thumb other than keeping the plants watered and in view of sunlight, but the plants themselves seem to be flourishing throughout the farmhouse either way. It's almost as if someone (Astralin) had used magic to keep them growing strong and healthy, even indoors.
Oh, and speaking of sharing, again, the farmhouse isn't the inn. Expect to be sharing a space with someone else. Maybe a few people! Cozy up and make a new friend. It's better than freezing to death, right?
3. Hot Springs Episode
There are natural hot springs on the farmland that have been developed to mimic a Japanese onsen in places. The air might be cold and dark, but there are candles and lanterns around the springs to light it, and the water is nice and warm, perfect for those chill nights.
There are rules posted -- namely, clean yourself before going to soak -- and while there are separate bathing spaces for genders, Kotone doesn't really care too much about mixed bathing as long as everyone is respectful about it. Others may not be so casual about it, though, so one has to venture across at their own risk!
[ooc: This is a mingle! Feel free to use these prompts as inspiration or make your own. The only request I have is not to completely destroy the farmhouse or harm the animals -- anything else, go wild!]
Where: astralin's farmhouse
What: mingle log for post-blackout!
Warnings: y'all tell me, please be good and don't break the house :(
If she hadn't been at the party, Kotone wouldn't have even known about the extent of the blackout. Sure, it's inconvenient, considering a lot of the lights are electric, and the fridge is, of course, powered by electricity as well, but the farmhouse she'd taken over from Astralin is an older and more traditional building. The main heat sources are the fireplaces strategically placed throughout the building -- a large one in the living space, a smaller one in the kitchen along with a wood-burning stove, and another large central one upstairs to help heat the bedrooms -- and the geothermal hot springs on the land. With the cold weather and snow on the ground, it's easy to take the food from the fridge and leave it outside in a locked box away from wild animals, but aside from the inconvenience of resorting to the candles and lanterns that were stockpiled in the basement, the farmhouse itself survives relatively unscathed!
Therefore, not long after the blast, Kotone sends a video message over the (charm) network inviting anyone who wants to take shelter from the cold, or even just cook some food, to come to Astralin's farmhouse on the edge of town for as long as they want or need.
She won't even make anyone help out on the farm. Probably!
Power might go out, but life on the farm doesn't stop for something like that! The old wood stoves in the barn need to be cleaned up and made ready for use to keep the animals warm, and the animals still need to be taken care of. Goats, sheep, cows, chickens (a particularly big and brave one has the tiniest leather collar and a tag that says her name is "Scramble," and her friends Benedict and Sunny aren't far behind. They are Not For Eating (though their eggs are!))
Kotone won't make anyone help her with the farm chores of cleaning the barn, feeding the animals, or generally keeping things up and running, but she definitely won't turn down the help, either, giving pointers so the new folk don't completely muck it up (sometimes literally).
With the snow and general chill, there's not much to do with the crops themselves. Everyone is safe from the fields for now!
The farmhouse is not the inn -- Kotone has some food prepped and stored, with preserves from the fall harvest one of the key features, but it's not meant to feed the whole town. Thus, Kotone's going to request that anyone coming to stay at the farmhouse bring either raw ingredients or something they've made to share with any other hapless souls. Feel free to use the kitchen to cook, or get some help from someone else with cooking!
The wood-burning stove in the kitchen is perfect for heating up cocoa or wine, and there's room to get close with someone in front of any of the fireplaces. Like, it's encouraged to get close. It's a big farmhouse, but not that big. Make a friend! Share some warmth! The couches are cozy and comfortable, and if someone dozes off, well, Kotone won't be the one waking anyone up.
If someone would prefer to sleep in a bed, there are some bedrooms upstairs! One is, of course, sharing the room with plants. They're benign, normal plants, from potted flowers to hanging vines, but they are everywhere. Kotone herself doesn't have much of a green thumb other than keeping the plants watered and in view of sunlight, but the plants themselves seem to be flourishing throughout the farmhouse either way. It's almost as if someone (Astralin) had used magic to keep them growing strong and healthy, even indoors.
Oh, and speaking of sharing, again, the farmhouse isn't the inn. Expect to be sharing a space with someone else. Maybe a few people! Cozy up and make a new friend. It's better than freezing to death, right?
There are natural hot springs on the farmland that have been developed to mimic a Japanese onsen in places. The air might be cold and dark, but there are candles and lanterns around the springs to light it, and the water is nice and warm, perfect for those chill nights.
There are rules posted -- namely, clean yourself before going to soak -- and while there are separate bathing spaces for genders, Kotone doesn't really care too much about mixed bathing as long as everyone is respectful about it. Others may not be so casual about it, though, so one has to venture across at their own risk!
[ooc: This is a mingle! Feel free to use these prompts as inspiration or make your own. The only request I have is not to completely destroy the farmhouse or harm the animals -- anything else, go wild!]
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[Minato's complicated feelings on it, that is. Every member of SEES has their own relationship with it- as a team, as a 'club', as a place to live and a way of living. It brought some terrible shit just as much as it brought those close, deeply interlocked connections. It's fine not having the dorm or anything like it here. But he gets Minato missing that liveliness and energy, too.
Shinjiro's not sure if he does or not. It's complicated.]
You new guys seemed to make a home out of it, instead of just a base. [It's easier talking like this. In secret, not quite face to face. Just bullshit muttered back and forth while it's too cold to fall asleep.]
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The dorm was probably the closest thing any of them had to a "home," at least for the second years. Junpei, Yukari, Fuuka, and himself -- if asked where "home" was located, they would likely hesitate before responding to the question. One might assume that "home" is where one's parents were located, but that wasn't the case for any of them. ]
...yeah. I guess it was more than just a base.
[ There was one thing he would have changed though. ]
Different vending machines would've been nice though.
[ Just a little more variety to spice things up, you know?
In any event, there's something there in Shinjiro's last statement. ]
Did it become one for you too?
[ It's a question posed without expectation of any specific response. He throws the question out there for the sake of receiving an answer, not because he's looking for any specific affirmations. ]
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...No.
[Not that he knows what he ever would call 'home'. The orphanage, once, as a kid. But it had felt different when Miki was gone. And then Aki got adopted out, and-- well. Whatever.]
Never really settled into it either time. But I never spent as long there as any of you guys.
[The first time-- maybe it could have become one. With more time, it absolutely could have been. But then his return only a few months ago had been too focused to allow anything like that.]
It kinda felt... empty when it was just the three of us, at the beginning. [Way too many rooms, way too few people. No idea what they were doing.
Absently, he can't help but wonder if that's why Kotone kept inviting people to this farmhouse. Astralin gone, Ken gone, everyone who'd shared the living space-- it makes it all feel hollow.]
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Mm. I guess so.
[ He doesn't have any firsthand knowledge of those days, but Minato can certainly imagine it. It must have been difficult with only three people as well, especially if Mitsuru had to double up on combat and navigation duties. Even Minato's not sure how she pulled that off.
But now it begs the question, would the dorm have eventually become more of a home for Shinjiro if he'd been allowed to spend more time with everyone? Minato doesn't voice that thought though, because there's... no point in thinking about it. What's done is done.
Even so, it's difficult to shake off the guilt of not having the foresight to predict something going awry that October's full moon. Maybe it's evident that Minato's thoughts churn loudly in his head based on him falling silent again, but there isn't much difference considering he's not particularly wordy. ]
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He regrets bringing it up.
He moves the restlessness of his thoughts to something more physical, shifting and rolling from his side onto his back, adjusting the blankets to retains as much warmth as he can during his motions. But then, he might as well ask, laying here in the dark with another estranged, dead soul:]
Any thoughts about it here?
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...huh?
[ Any thoughts about calling this place a new home? About trying to pin down someplace where he'd feel less alone? ]
I don't know.
[ It's an easy phrase to voice, a railing he immediately searches for when he's not sure he wants to delve too deeply into a topic. This time, however, it's his genuine response. It's too early, too soon to tell. ]
...I don't know if I can find that again.
[ It's not like he'd actively sought out the dorm as a second home. Things naturally fell into place that way. Having a common goal to rally around certainly helped. It's different here with so many different kinds of people.
Minato shrugs under the covers. ]
...I guess I have to start over.
[ There's the temptation to replace that "I" with a "we," but it wouldn't be entirely fair to Shinjiro, not when he'd disclosed the dorm had never really felt quite like home. ]