Afterparty Buffet

[superstylishsquid]

[So, that trial sure happened, didn't it? And on nearly empty stomachs, no less. That's why people might catch Alastor headed for the kitchen as soon as they're out of the theater, obviously intent on making food. He's in there a while, actually, and the hallway outside of it smells strongly of some rather tasty food.

What he's up to will become clear when he goes around to tell people to visit the mess hall. There, he's set up a varied buffet on one of the tables, all of various foods easy to serve in small portions. This includes small slices of beef only very lightly seared on the outside, but also more fully cooked fare, and even a few fruit and vegetable dishes. Plus the requisite spread of alcohol, because it sure has been A Day, huh?

...Also, while Hermes obviously doesn't eat, he still gets the instructions to go to the mess hall. Huh.]

Comments

[pegasinister]

[Hubert returns Roland's blade after the execution, face stony as he walks away. He only stops to pick up Akane (and she's so small that even he doesn't have much issue) and take her to the infirmary.

Once she's cared for he makes his way to the mess hall and goes right for the booze.

... as the night goes on he does eat, he knows he will be chastised if he doesn't. But more than that... he gets deep into his cups. Deep, deep in them. Don't worry, he's a sullen drunk]

[jinglebros]

[ Aoi stops by eventually. ]

Pace yourself. Do you even drink all that much?

[superstylishsquid]

[Alastor just...sits down next to him and puts a glass of water on the table. He has a plate of nearly raw beef himself, with a pouch of something red tucked under an arm.]

Here, wouldn't want a hangover.

[exequte]

[She's limp as she's carried out of the theater, but eventually begins to stir as they get down to the infirmary. So that's. Probably a good sign?]

H-huh...?

cw: underage drinking I guess

[voidseeing]

... you can keep that knife. You looked like you knew what to do with it.

[Gai honestly doesn't look much better! Is that a glass of something decidedly alcoholic in his hand? Probably. Hey, wait, doesn't his profile say that he's 17? Yes, don't worry about it.

Much like Hubert, he looks like he really does not want to talk about what just went on.]

[somuchshipping]

Mess Hall

[Hermes is good at following directions, especially if it's from people he likes. When he notices the sign, he obediently complies. But he isn't like his usual perky, excitable self. Hermes is just... frowning. Sullen.

He lost two friends today.]

First-Class Room

[Those of you that try to enter the first-class room may find it locked. Outside, there's a sign that says "GO AWAY", written in blue marker, in Hermes's handwriting.]

Mess Hall

[pegasinister]

[When Hubert enters the hall and spots Hermes he goes right to him, eyes steely.

There's no yelling. No aggression. Just bluntly:]

As long as we are trapped on this damned ship, do not speak to me again.

[And walks away]

Mess Hall

[superstylishsquid]

[So, Hermes. Notice the devil approaching you before he's looming?]

Gonna explain what's up with you, yet?

[autonomousthought]

[Ritsu does not eat. She can't, really.

But she does come to the mess hall, with some stained papers and a pencil. She's just kind of...hanging out, off to one end away from the buffet.

Away where the smell of her won't put people off of eating.]

[jinglebros]

[ Here's... daddy???? ]

Hey, you.

[superstylishsquid]

[He doesn't have any food with him when he approaches, though he does move to pat her on the head.]

You holding up, kiddo?

[godspiousjasper]

Miss Ritsu! Are you doing okay after all of that?

[ Like he was going to not say anything to her after all the... excitement. It's sure been a time, as usual. ]

[godspiousjasper]

[ Oh he is a bit exhausted after this past week, then that trial sure was something else. He's long since fully re-dressed back up and all too happy to come to the Mess Hall, where he's got a sizeable plate of food.

Also a cup of alcohol because yeah. He might not be getting drunk as he did last week but... this is necessary. ]

[superstylishsquid]

[As soon as he sees Roland sit down, he just...flops next to him, with a plate of bloody beef. And yeah, he has a bottle of wine and a glass in his other hand, because...yeah.]

Glad that at least didn't put people off their appetites, but...yikes.

[not_a_lego_maniac]

[Well, here's someone with some booze as well. And fruits. The tube of space food is there, just in case, but.

He looks just. As down as Roland probably feels.]

Why does it hate us...

cw starvation related topics

[yesorwoof]

[Makima heads off to do her own cooking. It has absolutely nothing to do with the recommendations someone would make in the context of recent starvation. She ends up with three large plates that are probably 1500 calories each.

The first involves half-globes of rice, with katsu sauce and pork katsu cutlets arranged in a triangular shape.
The second is an omelet sprinkled with beans.
The third is a poultry loaf with mashed potatoes and bisected cherry tomatoes on top, sprinkled with ground basil.

From a distance... perhaps Val with her connection to the madness network would have been able to see this most easily... it looks like an ice cream cone with chocolate syrup, a chocolate chip cookie, and a Japanese style white cake with strawberries.

She sits there in the mess hall. She isn't really saying anything or starting to eat her own food. She's looking at someone in the chair in front of her who isn't there.]

[superstylishsquid]

[After everything's set up, Alastor makes the rounds to check on people, and then sits down with a plate of rare beef and a rather large bar of chocolate. He's also got a bottle of wine, but is at least drinking it by the glass, even though he looks...very Tired.

Though, the violet chemical burns on his face might have something to do with that last part.]

[jinglebros]

Sorry about that.

[ Aoi gestures towards his face. ]

cw: underage drinking

[voidseeing]

[Thanks to Ritsu's assistance, Gai manages to make it out of the theater and down to the mess hall, where it looks like Alastor is single-handedly trying to make up for the lack of food from the rest of the week-- not that he's complaining in the slightest.

He fixes himself a plate heaped high with the various offerings and takes it over to one of the tables... only to end up not touching it, instead just sitting there clasping a glass of water in his hands and staring down into it. And if that looks like a glass of something decidedly Not Water on the table next to his plate, no it doesn't and you never saw it.

He just looks... tired. Tired and worn thin and for once, something even slightly resembling the "17 years old" that it reads on his profile.]

[godspiousjasper]

[ While he's made sure to eat something himself, it's hard to miss one of the last two teenagers looking... less than absolutely stellar right now. The younger man looks exhausted and he can't blame him. ]

Ah.. Gai? Don't suppose you'd be adverse to having some company, hmm?

[ At home he has a couple siblings so maybe that's why he feels drawn to try and do something. ]

[superstylishsquid]

[Alastor has a bar of chocolate in hand when he sits down next to Gai. If he notices the contents of that other glass, he doesn't comment.]

You alright?

[exequte]

[Akane, eventually, makes her way out from the infirmary and to the mess hall. She's the only one who hadn't been starved this week, of course. If anything she'd been overeating. It meant she wasn't really hungry, especially when her head still hurt, but she does still gather up a plate and sit down, kind of picking at the contents. She seems very subdued. But, then, why wouldn't she be? Two more people are dead.]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

[Oh.

Immediately Zack goes over.]

Are you all right? How is your head?

[onychomance]

[Kira gets a plate with one each of the small portioned items, showing no particular preference and eating just enough to get his energy up.

After that, he'll be spending some time in the lab, but he doesn't seem to be doing anything in particular by the time anyone else finds him in there. Brain's bracelet is lying on one of the tables, though. Maybe he's thinking about him... or just killing time until another door appears. It's hard to say.

Also Stray Cat is there because I said so. It's a nice dark room for it to nap in.]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Hey there, Kira.

And hey there, kitty.

[Would Stray Cat like some scritches?]

Unlocking the DEADY thing, bleh bleh

[strangerpeople]

[Aaaand at some point it's that time again!

The watches, they be blinkin!]

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes is likely the first one at the locked door.]

E-EMERGENCY POST TRIAL MEETING?????

[exequte]

[Akane is bursting into the mess hall, probably, that seems like where most of the people are, right, looking very much a little frazzled.]

Um! Uh!

I!

T-the gimme-

James Moriarty has sent a letter to us from beyond the grave!

We can communicate with the people who have passed on.

[ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO, AS LONG AS YOU AREN'T PLANNING TO RIP IT UP, CAN COME READ THIS THING.]

[superstylishsquid]

[Alastor jumps, from where he's apparently contemplating what else he wants to eat.]

He wha- Of course, I should have figured. If their souls are still intact, this sort of thing is Charon's specialty!

[Running over to see what the letter says! Give it! Give it!]