InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "You stole my snorkack horn!"

Jack Montgomery (manchildish) wrote in zenithrp,
@ 2016-01-10 17:43:00

Entry tags:

#day 016, avram, cecilia, chase, damon, evie, jack, jim, juno, kiley, lennon, madison, marco, oliver, owen, pam, tobias

Who: EVERYONE
When: 5:30ish (about half an hour into eating)
Where: The Dining Room

Jack and his motley crew had been working their butts off for most of the afternoon, and the bounty they'd created was absolutely glorious. The spread in the center of the table by the time people had started to arrive could probably have fed a hell of a lot more than they'd planned for, but Jack doubted anyone would complain about leftovers. The burgers were split into three plates based on how rare or well done they were, and just about every type of roll the house made available was there. Bacon was cooked crisp or fatty, depending on which end of the plate you took it from, and both mushrooms and onions had been sauteed on another. Tomatoes, lettuce, pickles, and every other condiment and type of cheese you could want was there for the taking. Sides of beer batter french fries, fried green tomatoes, grilled corn on the cob, portobellos and eggplant sat front and center, alongside a fresh green salad and two kinds of potato salad (he hadn't been able to decide between the two, so why not?). Juno and Lennon had been a great help, and there was enough time that he actually got a chance to properly teach them a few things in the midst of it all.

All in all, it had been a great afternoon.

He and Avram had managed to pull in the kitchen table and set it up with a few chairs, elongating the already impressive dining room table to accommodate everyone. Or, at least, for twenty-four. He still had no idea how many new people they were going to have today, aside from the one big dude Pam had brought in for introductions earlier.

Said big dude, Oliver, was now sitting next to him close to the entryway of the dining room. Jack had picked that spot specifically so he could get up and get anything needed from the kitchen for anyone. That had lasted all of one trip before the big guy clamped a gorilla-sized hand on his shoulder and politely told him it was the chef's turn to relax, then got up to grab the container of home made relish that had been left behind. He paid close attention to the kind of burger the guy made for himself later (mushroom swiss, light on the fixings, sun-dried tomato on the burger, bacon on the side as if he didn't think he'd have room for it), and told himself that someone was gonna be getting lunch later on in the week.

His own burger was a monster, toppled high with bacon, mushrooms, caramelized onions, bleu cheese and barbecue sauce. He'd thrown a tomato on there just because he thought a proper vegetable might stave off any disapproving looks from Evie, though he wasn't entirely certain she'd care. It was better to be safe than sorry.

He caught Cecilia's gaze down the wide expanse of the table, around the chattering group enjoying the food all around. He smiled at her, trying to relay how great it was to have everyone in the same place together without being forced.

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

movedthrough
2016-01-13 09:51 pm UTC (link)

So far the dinner was fantastic food-wise-- as he'd expected it would be-- and fine as far as conversation went before Cecilia had started talking. He was sitting next to Chase and Kiley with Marco and Juno not far across the table from him, and he'd been trying to talk to the people he was near but hadn't spoken with before. It really wasn't that bad of a way to spend an early evening even after the talk of house things they might need to work on started.

In all honesty, Lennon had been rather enjoying Kiley telling Pam she was full of shit... in a more diplomatic way, of course. He was also amused by Jack pointing out that one thing they all had in common was the attractiveness level. Fairly true for most of them. Personally he thought that they might never figure out what the main common denominators were; he didn't feel that it would have much to do with a basic thing like looks. He didn't much like Pam mentioning his name in what sounded to him like an insulting way, although to be fair, he tended to take anything Pam said or did with a bigger grain of salt than he would most people. He gave her a deadpan look and said, "We're both attractive and debonair as fuck... what else could it be?" Then he snorted softly and settled back in his chair, repressing the urge to tell her that he'd be cool with her getting back to Fletcher as soon as possible, too. He could be reasonably mature. Sometimes.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bloominsnow
2016-01-14 03:08 am UTC (link)

Pam actually had a point. Kind of. "The pain barrier is something else worth talking about," Cecilia spoke up. "Owen and I hit them our first day here in a couple different places. We know they're there, but it might be worth it to try and map out where exactly they are."

In all honesty, Cecilia didn't actually believe it was possible to get past them. If there was, they wouldn't be allowed to. She'd almost entirely lost hope in that possibility. At the same time, she thought it was a good idea to know where exactly they were, and test the limits anyway. Who knew what would come of it? If nothing else, it was a way to spend the time that felt constructive, even if it wasn't. A mental placebo, which Cecilia didn't actually think was a bad thing. "So, if we could just agree on a plan for that, maybe we could put a pin in the rest of the conversation until next time. Jack did a really great job, and I know you all want to get back to the food."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

alephnull
2016-01-14 04:09 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, I was talking with—it's Chase, right?" Avram said, glancing down the table towards the guy that Pam had fingered earlier as being the one who'd made the map. "We were talking on the network about collecting some more data to make the map more accurate, anyway. If people want to volunteer to help survey the edges of town, that'd be cool. Bad news is that with no technical instruments for measuring electric fields, and not knowing where the sources are, and since the terrain around here is so uneven...I can only think of one method for figuring out the limits of the barrier and that method is gonna suck. Like I might be guilty of linear thinking there, someone else might come up with a better strategy," he admitted. He'd been turning over the problem in his head for awhile, but mathematicians weren't known for practicality and he was sure that there was some obvious method that he just wasn't seeing. "But people should probably assume that they're gonna get shocked if they volunteer, anyway. All the fun of measuring things, with the added bonus of pain, what's not to like?"

(Reply to this) (Parent)

(Read comments) -