Housewarming Party! Apartment Above Luke's, Friday Afternoon Till Evening

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Raven and Kathy were officially moved in!

Okay, not everything was done and most of their stuff was still at Eliot's, but they'd gotten a lot of work done painting and assembling furniture and most of what was left could be moved over a bit at a time. Which meant...it was close enough to being fully moved in that a small party was warranted. Especially if you were looking for a way to show you were nice, sane and adjusted a reason to party!

The party proper started at 6pm with plenty of delicious foods to enjoy, but people were more than welcome to come over early and help with the remaining wall painting and furniture assembling there was to do. Help was appreciated, but mostly people were invited to over to eat, relax, and help make this new place feel like a real home.

[If you think you got an invite, you did! Up early for mega SP]

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Dinner!

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A combination of cooking, out-of-the-package heating up, and some judicious help from downstairs, they had a decent spread laid out.

ham and gruyere thumbprints, bacon-wrapped potatoes, spicy pork bulgogi rice bowls, a pot roast with roasted veggies and a side of bacon risotto and a harvest salad.

For dessert there was a dessert pizza and a platter of piping-hot bungeoppang

Sit down at their new Ikea table in their new Ikea chairs, both of which had probably just been put together that afternoon, and have a lovely dinner. Possibly while wondering why Kathy keeps looking at the pot roast and then laughing at Raven.

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[that_oldsaying]

"Fishies are dessert?" Alluka asked curiously.

Also she was noticing the total lack of chocolate on this table, Kathy.

Kathy, that was sad. Not surprising, but sad.

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[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo grinned over at Alluka. "We can always go get some on our own on the way home," she pointed with a little laugh.

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[that_oldsaying]

Alluka giggled.

"Ice cream?" she asked hopefully.

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[soniaroadsqueen]

"Well, you know I never say no to ice cream," Ringo responded with a grin. "So make sure to save some room, I guess, right?"

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[spin_kick_snap]

But there were vegetables! That was kinda...like chocolate, right?

Maybe?

Okay, no.

"Aren't they cute?" Kathy asked. "They're a popular dessert in Korea. There's a filling inside!"

Which was also not chocolate.

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[that_oldsaying]

Honestly, Kathy. What did you have against chocolate?

"They are cute!" she said happily, picking one up carefully. "What kind of filling?"

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[spin_kick_snap]

She liked chocolate. But she also liked introducing Alluka to things that weren't chocolate. She needed to know other food groups existed!

"Red bean paste!" Kathy said happily. "The dessert flavor of my childhood."

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[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo had firmly claimed the Ikea chair that she'd put together herself. She'd spent way too long wrestling with similarly-sized screws and identical-looking pieces of wood that weren't actually interchangeable not to look sort of smug.

She'd sure showed that furniture who was boss!

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[spin_kick_snap]

"All hail the triumphant hero," Kathy teased, giving Ringo a wink.

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[soniaroadsqueen]

"What can I say?" Ringo said, her attempts to look smug mostly ruined by giggles. "I am clearly the queen of furniture."

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[tigerundercover]

Raven shot Kathy the occasional amused dirty look, and heaped her plate with bacon-wrapped potatoes.

She'd ask Kathy again why the whole menu was pig-based later.

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[spin_kick_snap]

Because Kathy really loved pork! It was a Korean staple!

...Ignore the way her whole face shifted and paled when she took a bite of the bacon risotto. She paled and discreetly spat into a napkin, then pasted a smile on her face and politely excused herself.

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[tigerundercover]

Raven glanced around the table to see if anyone else had noticed. She gave Eliot a small shake of her head when she saw him trying to get up, then excused herself as well and followed after.

"It's the meat, isn't it," she said. "You still haven't really eaten any since you got back."

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[vdistinctive]

Eliot grabbed a little of everything, making sure to make lots of appreciative noises and comment on the lovely smells and presentation.

He even took a decent chunk of that pot roast. He'd eaten worse.

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[spin_kick_snap]

"How is everything?" Kathy asked anxiously. "Have you tried the bulgogi yet? Is it good? It's not too bland, right? I wasn't sure about everyone's spice tolerance."

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[vdistinctive]

"It's fine," Eliot told her with a small laugh. "Everythin' looks great, and I'm sure your friends are glad you're not tryin' to burn their tongues."

. . . It was a little bit bland, yeah. At least in comparison to a typical spicy Korean dish. Eliot wasn't planning on telling Raven her pot roast was like eating a shoe either, though. They could do the critique later, when the girls' friends weren't all around to hear it.

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[not_every_mage]

Bacon-wrapped potatoes sounded magical, and so Anders was eating a lot of them -- at least, until he discovered the bacon risotto. Everything else on the table was getting short shrift.

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[spin_kick_snap]

"You have to try the bulgogi," Kathy said, nudging him. "I made it myself and I made it way less spicy than it usually is."

Because she had no idea about most people's spice tolerance, but she was just going to assume it was less than hers.

...Of course, that did mean her version of 'way less spicy' was suspect.

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[not_every_mage]

Anders arched an eyebrow. "How spicy is less spicy?" he asked,but took a spoonful of pork and vegetables anyhow.

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[kenselvren]

Jalian hadn't been able to show up earlier, but she did come for dinner.

...most of which she couldn't eat. Oh, well. She was mostly here to see people, anyway.

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[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy nudged the salad over towards Jalian. Her own plate was also barren save for salad greens. "Sorry," she apologized. "I forgot you were a vegetarian."

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[kenselvren]

Jalian shrugged. "I am used to it." She eyed Kathy curiously but with a sharp edge. "You were dead?"

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[tigerundercover]

"Jalian!" Raven smiled. "Hey, you made it."

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[kenselvren]

"Yes." Jalian smiled back. "It was much less far for me."