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August Villareal ([personal profile] drewthetower) wrote in [community profile] kaisou2022-02-01 11:51 am
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food glorious food [open]

WHO: August, his aunts, and Literally Everyone
WHERE: August's very small house
WHEN: Early February
WHAT: His aunts are in town, that means food, which means his aunts told August to invite people over, which means he is inviting folks from the Zodiac app
WARNINGS: August swears? Like a lot?

aunts are here. if you can see this you're invited to food. feel free to bring your own dishes, Marianne'll love that


actually if you're veg or gluten-free you might wanna bring something, Marriane never met a meat she didn't like and this kitchen ain't GF-friendly by virtue of me loving bread


August's place looks about like you'd expect a college kid's rental to look: small, not the newest, and hilariously crowded. It does have two bedrooms, but only technically. The second bedroom is tiny, and is also where August technically sleeps.

What? Did you think he wasn't going to turn the master bedroom into his craft room? Please.

When you arrive, you'll be greeted by one of three things:

-Julian cawing happily and landing on your head (if he knows you personally)

-Marianne (small, a bit rowdy, always eager to embarrass August or Cat) calling out to August in French, August replying in French, and then Catherine (taller, calmer, and always ready to bemoan why both her wife and nephew-son are wimps) sighing and turning to you with a "hi, you must be friends of August!"

-the above, but with loud and colorful swearing from the kitchen instead of Marianne and August bickering. Listen long enough and you'll probably learn to swear in another three languages!

If you brought food, Cat'll take it and set it on August's tiny table or the card table they brought because they know their son. If you didn't, Cat will point out the stuff already laid out--and there is a lot. On top of the typical relish tray and other snack-y foods, there's already three types of salad, two kinds of soup, a pot of chili, a crockpot full of very fancy cheese dip, another crockpot full of hot cider, a third that seems to be full of some kind of bean dish, and whatever else Marianne is making.

If asked why they brought so much food for what was likely going to be just August, August will say "they're empty-nesters" before dodging whatever Cat is throwing at him for that pun while Marianne cackles in the background.

[personal profile] nonmagical 2022-02-01 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mirabel feels a bit awkward - family gatherings are something she’s very familiar with but… it’s not her family, it’s someone else’s.

Still an invite is an invite and she’d like to meet her costume maker friend in person.]


Me? Okay. What do you need to check?
kokaiwanai: (🍒 02)

[personal profile] kokaiwanai 2022-02-01 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, Kakyoin wanted to swing by August's anyway, and now's as good a time as any. He even brought a cake with him! He's just setting that on a table when he's flagged down.]

Yes? What is it?
kokaiwanai: (🍒 03)

[personal profile] kokaiwanai 2022-02-01 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah! Of course.

[Tarot's cool! He doesn't know much about it, mind, but his preferred username came from a reading he got in the past!]
kokaiwanai: (🍒 12)

[personal profile] kokaiwanai 2022-02-01 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[He'll go ahead and take a seat!]

I've gotten a couple of readings before, so no. I don't know much about tarot, but I am at least aware of the minor arcana existing.
kokaiwanai: (🍒 02)

[personal profile] kokaiwanai 2022-02-01 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, hi there, Julian. If Kakyoin had a snack, he'd offer it.]

A lot of change... Well, never staying at the same address very long would probably do it.
nefilim: (i can be your heavenly)

[personal profile] nefilim 2022-02-01 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Family gatherings are nostalgic for Ana - not her own family, but one she had stayed with for a time. Maybe that's why she's curious enough to follow this invite, even if she doesn't even know the guy sending it out.

At least she's polite enough to bring food, bringing along Gateau de Savoie and some jam to go with it (because what is not cooking something herself) - passing it along to Cat when she swoops in, before blinking over at August.]


Yeaaaaah, what's up?
kokaiwanai: (🍒 10)

[personal profile] kokaiwanai 2022-02-01 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Always moving. It was for Dad's work.

[...]

Funny you should mention a kid, actually. One of the off-worlders is a little kid... I've been looking after her a little since she seemed to recognize me for some reason? Mostly she's in Zodiac's care, for obvious reasons. But... yeah, that's, ah. Definitely on point.
nefilim: (i heard your cry and i just knew)

[personal profile] nefilim 2022-02-01 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Tarot?

[Wait, she has heard of this before... Vaguely. So cue a shrug and a nod.]

Sure, go ahead. Do I need to do anything?
kokaiwanai: (🍒 03)

[personal profile] kokaiwanai 2022-02-01 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's her. And that's actually her name.
nefilim: (turn it on tune it in let it out)

[personal profile] nefilim 2022-02-01 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sounds easy enough, so she takes a seat - wings folding in neatly behind her, lest she end up tripping someone over with them.]

Yeah, totally fine. I would get more mad if you did dance around the subject.
kokaiwanai: (🍒 10)

[personal profile] kokaiwanai 2022-02-01 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
She is, yes.
wedonttalkabout: (So tired that I couldn't even sleep)

[personal profile] wedonttalkabout 2022-02-01 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bruno's largely here because Mirabel dragged him out, otherwise he'd avoid a social function like the literal plague. He's been doing his best to become one with the wall when August calls him over and...ah, he has his cards. There's a sort of kinship here- both of them having the pretty weighty lift of being able to glimpse ahead. Though it's not quite the same, it's closer than anyone has gotten to understanding him and so he doesn't turn this request away.

He'll nervously wander over, drumming his knuckles on the table as he gets there, muttering a soft knock on wood to himself as he does so.
]

Uh- sure...sure, okay. What do you need?
thavnairian: (☀ we're holding onto human nature)

[personal profile] thavnairian 2022-02-01 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Amal's been happily eating free food, but more importantly, those are tarot cards.]

Whoa, hey! Are those tarot cards? Can I see them?

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