a midsummer night's feast

[leicesters]

🧙 WHO: Everyone!
⚔️️ WHAT: Claude throws a feast, as advertised on his network post
🕒 WHEN: 30th June, early evening onwards
🗺️ WHERE: Camelot outskirts
⚠️ WARNINGS: Alcohol mentions.

[It took a fair bit of planning, but Claude's feast goes ahead on the appointed date. Everyone will find the location sent to their devices: a meadow generously loaned by a local farmer, situated not far from the city walls. There's no set dress code, just a requirement for everyone to contribute something to the feast, whether that be food, drinks, entertainment or even just practical things like tableware. There's a long table where people can leave their food, outdoor stoves for reheating dishes, long trestle tables with chairs where people can sit and eat (unless they prefer to stand, of course) and a few kegs of ale and bottle of wines on offer, along with a selection of non-alcoholic drinks.

The dishes are all laid out buffet-style, and in keeping in the theme of the evening, labelled with whoever brought them, the name of the food, and where the cuisine hails from. There's also a piano! Gokudera and Zuko have offered to perform live music, with Dorothea as the accompanying vocalist.

Although the days are at their longest at this time of year, there's still plenty of candle lamps and torch brackets lit later in the evening as the sun dips toward the horizon, casting everything in a dusky glow. Later still, when it's completely dark, a bonfire is lit for people to sit (and maybe cuddle up? 👀) around and relax.

Once a sizeable number of people have showed up and the spread looks about ready, Claude grabs the nearest chair and climbs up to stand on it, waving to get everyone's attention.]

Okay everyone, listen up! I want to thank you all for coming. None of this would have been possible without all your contributions. I hope we can all remember tonight as an example of what we can accomplish when we work together as one community, regardless of wherever we're from. We have much more in common than whatever differences we share between worlds, and the friendships we forge tonight will stand as a testament to that.

[Then he grins, a mischievous look in his eye.] But no one came here to listen to a guy on a chair wax sentimental. I'm starving -- let's eat!

[He hops down and wastes no time beelining for the food. Race you, nerds.]

Comments

Bonfire

[colchismagecraft]

...Somnus.

[The witch had approached him quietly on seeing him roasting fruit by the fireplace. He was easy to recognise after all.

...There was something a little guarded, nervous, even in her expression this time- Caster had no idea how much of the month's events he'd seen, or what he'd think of her after it all- but also a deep sadness. Even after the fighting was done, she was still grieving.

But, through all that, seeing him helped ease the hurt a little.]

[luciing]

[ He stands when she approaches-- ] Caster. [ --and greets her cordially, lifting his head in acknowledgement. Above the fire the fig continues to turn by the way of his magic, out of thought for now.

It seems that each subsequent time they meet, she appears worse for wear. This world is not kind to her.

Somnus gestures to the bench he had been sitting upon. ]

[colchismagecraft]

[Relief washed over her expression at the greeting- in all her exhaustion, in all the enemies she'd made- being welcomed kindly was something truly precious.

And with a tired, grateful smile, she moved to take a seat at his invitation.]

It's...I'm glad to see you.

[luciing]

[ He sits down beside her, lifting a hand to smooth out the front of his robes. A moment passes in silence after she's done speaking. Then: ]

Is aught amiss?

[colchismagecraft]

...It's been a difficult month.

I don't know if it's possible to achieve my happiness, anymore.

[They'd talked about it a little, after that shadow ritual, hadn't they?]

...Were you able to escape the trials unscathed?