The Park, Monday late afternoon / evening

[stargazer-ellie.livejournal.com]

At the Perk last night, there'd been talk of having a barbque to celebrate Labor Day and kick off the school year. Ellie was one of the first to arrive, so she set about putting together a table with some grillable meats, vegetable skewers, and potato salad. She wasn't much of a cook, but she figured someone would know how to work a grill.

She'd brought her telescope for stargazing once it got dark and a CD player belting out 80s tunes.


[ooc: open as open can be, natch...students, teachers, townies, whomever!]

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[preacher-custer.livejournal.com]

Jesse strolled up with a couple of grocery sacks in his arms. Skeeter bouncing along behind him, and looked over the food that had been laid out.

"Need some help here?"

[stargazer-ellie.livejournal.com]

"Sure!" Ellie said with a smile. "Just set out what you brought, then grab a plate or man the grill."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette was about ready to greet the Reverend with a big, triumphant 'Padre!' when she remembered exactly how that night had turned out. So she just ended up blushing and giving a demure little wave instead.

[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

Leaving a few trays of sushi (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/1065144.html?thread=46459576#t46459576) behind, Wilson struck out to investigate the grill and the possibilities of some fresh grilled veggies.

Spying Jesse, Wilson smiled warmly and waved at his neighbor.

"Good evening, Reverend. Do I talk to you about some grilled veggies?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Good grief, another person with an eyepatch. He nodded to the man.

[drjcovington.livejournal.com]

She didn't have office hours until Wednesday or class to teach until Thursday, so Janice had spent most of the day at home, setting a couple of the rooms up with secret smuggling compartments the right kind of equipment for examining, cataloguing, and storing artifacts.

Having gotten tired of being cooped up after a while, though, she decided to go out for a stroll in the park and came across Ellie's picnic table.

"What's going on out here?"

[stargazer-ellie.livejournal.com]

"Barbque," Ellie said. "Since it's Labor Day and all. Grab a plate and pull up a seat!"

[mildly-super.livejournal.com]

"Good Evening Ms. Covington." Clark greeted.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette had heard the music while she was out on the steps bouncing her soccer ball on her knee and, tucking it under her arm, went to go investigate. Her eyes lit up when she saw the table and she dropped the ball right out of her grip as she rushed over. "A party?" She sounded very excitable, hoping it was the sort of one she would be welcome to crash into.

[stargazer-ellie.livejournal.com]

"Yes, yes, join us," Ellie said, waving Rosette over.

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Rosette, isn't it?" The Doctor nodded at her.

[drjcovington.livejournal.com]

First it was the foul-mouthed reverend from last night, and now a very . . . exuberant nun. Janice definitely liked this place.

"Afternoon, Sister."

[mildly-super.livejournal.com]

Clark smired slightly when he spotted Rosette, and deliberately pushed his glasses back up his nose. REally she was so funny when she was amused that it was almost impossible to be offended.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy had never seen a nun so excited. Actually he'd never seen a nun. Not in real life anyway. Maybe they all acted like this.

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

The Doctor strolled up with two buckets of ice, with actual champagne bottles in them.

"I hope this is enough of a contribution," he said.

[stargazer-ellie.livejournal.com]

Ellie peered at the buckets. "That has my approval," she said.

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

A cookout where they served champagne was an excellent sort of cookout, in Aziraphale's opinion, and he stopped to say hello to the Doctor. Carrying a plate already filled with sushi -- that had, after all, been his planned meal for the evening, he smiled at the other man.

"Good evening, Doctor. This is a rather lovely idea, I think."

[dr-jwilsonmd.livejournal.com]

Cookout! Fantastic idea and 80s music was a definite bonus, as far as Wilson was concerned, being that he was a child of the 80s. After some discussion, Wilson and Phale decided to pack up the sushi Wilson had spent much of the afternoon preparing and head over to the park to join in the festivities.

Wilson could smell the grillable meats, the delicious scent of charcoal and other lovely smells and he motioned Phale towards the table where it seemed food was to be set up.

"Here we go love, this way anyone who is interested can graze as they feel the urge."

"Perfect." Said the angel with a quick grin and an eager leer at the sushi. A little bit of angelic miracle ensured that the sushi would remain at a proper chilled temperature ...basically shallow tubs of ice were set up and the sushi and accouterments were set carefully within for anyone to enjoy.

Wilson had made a wide variety, well aquainted with his lover's love of the stuff and so there were four large platters with various types and styles to choose from.

Sushi platter one (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Laekin/112858H.jpg).
Sushi platter two (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Laekin/INGUFYTH0103.jpg).
Sushi platter three (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Laekin/KS16271.jpg).
Sushi platter four (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Laekin/PCG2187.jpg).

Sushi set up, Wilson left Phale to his attack while he went to investigate the delicious smelling vegetable skewers on the grill, on his way he tried to spy whoever had set all this up to make his greetings before attacking the yummy grilled veggies!

[stargazer-ellie.livejournal.com]

"Welcome!" Ellie greeted Wilson and Phale. "Ooh! Sushi!"

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Nothing quite says Labor Day like a sushi platter," the Doctor said with a smirk.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Okay, I have to ask," Rosette had been eying the sushi with a little curl of uncertainty on her lips as she tapped on Wilson's shoulder and then pointed at what he brought. "What is that?"

[mildly-super.livejournal.com]

Clark, pushing a room service cart with some coolers of tea, "bug juice" and water came trundling into the park.

"Room for some drinks?"

[nine-and-ears.livejournal.com]

"Always is," the Doctor said. "Kind of like Jell-o, really."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy had spent the weekend keeping to himself (no easy task), but finally decided that he really should make an effort to stop being reclusive.

A cookout in a nice wide open space should be safe in that regard.

He strode along the path, dodging duck droppings. Maybe barefoot in the park wasn't such a great idea after all.

[mildly-super.livejournal.com]

Saigo was happy for another opportunity to observe the Humans interacting, and had stowed away on the lower shelf of the cart that Clark brought. He now emerged, looking around and hopping up on a bench to observe.

[badassbutler.livejournal.com]

"Well, well," Alfred said as he strode down the street. "What do we have here?"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy turned and looked at the newcomer, and waved.