Parents Weekend Brunch, The Park, Sunday

[weirderthanthou]

Event weekends were always a great time for people who loved free food, weren't they? Parents' Weekend might be drawing to a close, but the island had saved its best spread for today, with tables full of sandwiches, soups and salads, and seasonally appropriate desserts -- cinnamon and apples and candy apples, just to name a few.

Come in, drop by, have that last surprise run-in with someone's relative...

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Mingle [PW 2024]

[weirderthanthou]

If you'd prefer to just hang out and talk.

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[napking]

Gray tried to stay awake and hang out with his brothers a little bit more, but it was so hard, and he'd probably be found taking a nap draped across a picnic table or something if you didn't manage to get to him during an awake spell. But he was here, and on the lookout for his friends!

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[thecursedsons]

Daman had been dragged out of bed at the asscrack of dawn (so like, eightish) to have breakfast with his brothers, and while it was now far enough up in the day that he more or less qualified as 'awake,' he was reinforcing that status with coffee. Lots and lots of blessed coffee.

The coffee also gave him something to do with his mouth when Raiden mentioned being worried about Arden other than snapping at him that obviously she didn't want to hang around with Daman them, she probably had other, much cooler friends that she liked a lot more she was spending the weekend with. Just because it was probably true didn't mean they wanted to hear it.

So, yeah, Envy was having a real one over here.

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[witchoftheflesh]

Listen, nobody would accuse Adrian of being a smooth operator. He had earnestness and charisma working in his favor and that was about it. But he did usually have a higher bar for interaction than walking into a table when catching sight of someone.

But then again, this was the first time he'd ever caught sight of Daman, so perhaps some allowances could be made.

"Ow, dammit! I mean, um, hello."

Shit, where was his hat? He should have made sure to have grabbed his hat before they'd left the house!

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[thecursedsons]

Perhaps it was for the best for you and your game that the hat had gotten left at home, Adrian. Perhaps that.

"Hi," Daman said, wondering if it would be helpful to point out that Bellamy, the brother he surely was looking for, was over there trying to politely shut down a djinn.

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[thecursedsons]

Bellamy had one last chance to explore the delights of this island and he was positively thrilled to do so, working his way through the crowd flashing flirty looks here and there.

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[callmebymyname]

Oh! Well, look at that! Finally something was going her way.

Grimm sauntered over to Bellamy with a sultry smile, practically licking her lips as she took him in again. "Well hello there," she purred, eyes changing from sapphire blue to their normal dravite. "I knew there was a reason sticking around would be worth my while."

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[thecursedsons]

If Alastair had not given him certain information regarding Arden and her, should we say, anxieties after the weekend she'd spent in Echo Bay, and if Bellamy had not already made the acquaintance of Agatha of the Blackwood this weekend (and remained in hope of making the better acquaintance of her son), he might have been obliged to help things continue to go Grimm's way.

As it was, he gave her a polite smile with as little heat in it as Bellamy ever brought to bear and said, "Grimm. Long time, no see." If he could have kept his eyes their default hazel, he would have, but alas, that was an automated Lust process.

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[thecursedsons]

Alastair was mildly distracted and, honestly, glad their portal back to Echo Bay was getting closer by the minute. It wasn't that he was afraid Castor and Galen would burn the house down in their absence (although...also that), so much as that, reading between the texts, he suspected Joseph more 'didn't want him to worry' than 'felt perfectly fine, really, you enjoy your time with your brothers.'

Would anyone guess this looking at him? Absolutely not. He was, as ever, perfectly composed and only checking his phone a normal number of times.

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[callmebymyname]

Ugh, Grimm was ready to leave this miserable little island for once and forever, but apparently they needed to stick around awhile longer 'just in case.' A bargain was made: she'd stay and even be helpful if Arden somehow took a turn for the worse, and he wouldn't tell Callista about her tardiness.

Ugh. This was worse than an elven mixer.

...okay, that wasn't true. At least she could murder people there and not have to worry about breaking the Detente.

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[unusual_sith]

Lana would absolutely hang out and talk, especially if any of her students' people were interested.

Also, the food was good.

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Jon was here. He had a name tag on.

Look, what more could anyone ask of him?

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[mustbeawitch]

Lydia had only made it to the brunch with Kitty, Georgiana and Wickham having been lost to the charms of the bookstore--yes, Wickham still struggled with reading, but he did like his poetry. Lydia had asked them to say hello to dear Captain Flint, if he was in, and now she was looking about the picnic and wondering if she was about to once more lose Kitty to the charms of Mr. Blackwood's cat.

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[oldwifeofthesoul]

It was their last time to see each other and who knew how long until the next time? Would you truly deprive them of this? Cruel.

But that was okay, because someone was coming up to talk to her anyway. "Miss Bennet," Muriel said. "Do you have a moment to chat?"

Re: Mingle [PW 2024]

[mustbeawitch]

"Oh!" Lydia exclaimed. "Ms. Blackwood!" She had no idea if that was an acceptable mode of address, but she was just doing her best here. Also, she was curtseying. "Yes, of course. Would you like to sit down?" she asked, gesturing to one of the picnic tables.

Eat and Drink [PW 2024]

[weirderthanthou]

Or avail yourself of that incredible moddable spread.

Re: Eat and Drink [PW 2024]

[somethingwithturquoise]

Summer did not have guests for Parents Weekend, but she still had to deal with her family, so did that still count enough for her to crash the PW brunch? She was saying it did, dammit, because she'd just gotten back, took the longest shower ever (still not long enough to ever wash off all the bullshit), and was starving, so she was hoping she'd gotten back in time for it, and, lo and behold, she had. Thank you, school sponsored event weekends! So she had her food and she was eating voraciously, and, no, she didn't want to talk about it, but you better believe she was avoiding anything even remotely pumpkin spice related.

Re: Eat and Drink [PW 2024]

[girlofgrey]

You might think Stark would have been right there as soon as Summer was spotted. You'd be wrong. Chiana was faster and Chiana had thrown her arms around Summer delightedly before Stark could even get close.

"You came back!"

Re: Eat and Drink [PW 2024]

[somethingwithturquoise]

And Summer tried her best not to wince, because it had been a rough weekend, and she at least wanted to finish her waffles before Stark started fussing over any bumps and bruises and scrapes and fucking little alien bite marks of the very much not fun variety.

"Hey, Chiana. I did! Sorry about missing, like,most the weekend. My family seriously has the worst timing for these kinds of things."

Re: Eat and Drink [PW 2024]

[carbsliftthespirit]

Raiden had already had breakfast with his brothers, but that didn't mean he couldn't have second breakfast! Wasn't that the whole point of brunch?

Shush, it was if you were Raiden.

He was a little bit worried that Arden hadn't replied to his texts asking if she wanted to join them--he'd made breakfast cake, since she'd seemed to like it so much--but she was probably just sleeping late, or spending time with her own...uh, whatever the hell Duke and Grimm were to her. Or her friends!

Anyway, he was here, and that was a lot of food. On his plates, and also on the tables.

Re: Eat and Drink [PW 2024]

[sidehench]

This morning had been... scary, really, was the only appropriate word for it. Scary in a way that things hadn't been for Townes since Henry had disappeared from Reston. Maybe food would help settle his nerves?

In any case, Townes had found himself a spot out of the way and was methodically peeling the crusts off of a peanut butter and banana sandwich.

Re: Eat and Drink [PW 2024]

[hasaknightjob]

After the events of the morning Steven popped in because he was worried about, well, everyone. But when things seemed to be settled enough that people could take a moment for themselves, Steven and Llewellyn decided the easiest way to get food was to head to the brunch.

It was there Steven spotted a familiar face. In more ways than one.

"Townes?" Steven asked as he came over. "I - sorry. It's possible we've not met. I'm Steven? With a V?"

Re: Eat and Drink [PW 2024]

[sidehench]

"No, no, we've met," Townes said, looking up from his crust-removal. "That other weekend. A couple of months ago."

Tables [PW 2024]

[weirderthanthou]

In case you'd like to just sit around.

OOC [PW 2024]

[weirderthanthou]

Mrghl.