(log) It's Thanksgiving Time!

[forethinking]

Who: Ren and You
When: Thanksgiving Day
Where: ADI's cafeteria
Summary: A little thanksgiving party for everyone.
Warnings: Alcohol, but other than that, none!



(It's finally the day! Ren's spent the day in the canteen, from the early hours of the morning with the help of Kate, until just close enough to the arranged time.

Several tables in the cafeteria are taken by the food, but there's still plenty of room to sit and spend time with your fellow ADI employees. After the previous month everyone has had, it feels much needed. Available is the following menu:

Deep-fried Turkey + Stuffing;
Ranch-Seasoned Roast Turkey + Stuffing;
Mashed Potatoes + Gravy;
Green Bean Casserole;
Cranberry Sauce;
Pasta alla Norma;
Sicilian Rice Balls;
S'mores Cupcakes
Pumpkin Pie;
Apple Pie;
Sweet Baked Potato;
Pecan Pie;
Roasted Vegetables;
Stuffed Mushrooms;
Squash Soup;
Garlicky Green Beans with Crispy Onions;
A selection of alcohol;

Ren's tried his best to recreate what the Internet and other folks have told him, and without him tasting the original flavors, some of the dishes might have an unexpected twist of spice. Kate has also helped with putting things together, and at the previously arranged time, Ren opens the doors with a smile from ear-to-ear.

Once everyone's settled, he'll ask for a moment to, gasp, speak:)

I'd like to thank everyone for coming today. I know it's been tough, but I'm still thankful we can spend good moments like these together. I hope you enjoy the food.

(And just like so, he'll bow, and hand plates to those ready to eat. Time to dig in!)

Comments

[musicdied]

[She winces a little, as though the possibility pains her, though there's a glint of amusement in her eyes.]

I hope not. But if anyone starts sprouting plant tentacles, we'll know they did the stupid thing.

[aelwyn_aberration]

Or if they start growing vegetables out of their head or something. Or... really there's any number of ghastly fates that could await them, and the absolute most optimistic option can only be that they ate a vegetable that is weeks old and has been left out to accumulate dust and other forms of evil.

But there's always someone dumb enough.

[musicdied]

Usually more than one.

Hopefully if anyone does decide to be that dumb, they will record it, and we can use it as a cautionary tale.

[aelwyn_aberration]

Ah, idiots, truly science's greatest asset.

[She giggles a little, taking a sip of her grape soda.]

That sounds like something that ADI would have us look at on TikTok, doesn't it? "I ate a little vegetable man and now I'm turning into a sweet potato as well. Send help."

[musicdied]

[Yelena barks a laugh.]

It sounds like exactly the sort of thing they would make us sit through.

Have you been assigned any that turned out to not be hoaxes?

[aelwyn_aberration]

[She actually grimaces at that.]

...One. But I suspect it was a trap instead.

I was with one of the newbies, the twelve year old girl you've probably seen around. We were both fine, but... [She shrugs.]

It really would just have to be that one. The universe is a bitch.