[open] TIME TO GET SWOLE

[emotive]

Who: emotive & hoasen and ANYONE who wants to hop in!
When: IC: 8/11 | OOC: 7/22
Where: THE MACHO CAFE
What: It's a mingle log! Appliances and machines aren't working as they should, Vietnam and Ai Thao have turned to the Macho Cafe to use their STRONGER and BETTER kitchen. And then they ended up with muscular volunteers because they couldn't say no. Vietnamese chicken porridge for all plus a few fun games from the scary dreamy muscled employees!
Rating/Warning: Really strong, muscular waiters, a lot of food.

[ It was about that time again where Ai Thao and Vietnam wanted to share their culinary passion with the rest of Cerealia. Since their pho dinner went pretty well last time and there's yet another influx of new arrivals, they wanted to cater to them again! Problem is... The usual equipment sure hasn't been heating up or chilling their food well. But that problem seems to have been solved.

If you pass by the Macho Cafe, there seems to be a fun event going on involving a delicious special on chicken rice porridge (free bowl for every customer including new arrivals). The savory aroma wafts throughout the cafe and out of the door hopefully enticing new customers.

You'll probably spot Ai Thao and/or Vietnam walking around the tables taking away plates and asking how the food is and totally not staring/looking away at the masculine workers nope. There's a bit more to do here other than get free food though.

Ai, here waves cheerfully at new people who come inside. ]

Hello! Please come in and enjoy yourself! Um, we should have more seats than we do at the Sanctuary and there will definitely plenty of chao ga to pass around.

Oh, and I think one of the guys might have set up some games? They were really excited about it...

[ Looks like there's more to do than meets the eye!

a. EAT AND DRINK

Sit down, have a drink, and free chicken porridge. The muscular workforce is all too eager to pull you into a chair thrust a bowl at you, oops, hope some hot porridge didn't spill on you?! Other then that, you might be seated across from someone you know, your best frienor someone completely new! Chat it up, see if you can make heads and tails of Cerealia if you're new, or discuss Athena's Timeline Document. It's more fun over food after all.

b. MO' FOOD MO' PROBLEMS

There is a humongous bowl of steaming hot porridge sitting menacingly at the biggest table. In fact, it's so big, it nearly takes up the whole table, it might as well be a huge pot. There's a sign in front of it:

"FINISH IN 1 HOUR!!
GRAND PRIZE: 350 CREDITS!"
Ai Thao Kha is banned from the contest

c. DEM GUNS

Here's another sign at another table! With a lot of the handsome muscular men who flex at you as if daring you to come close!

"ARM WRESTLING.
DEFEAT ONE OF OUR SERVERS.
BEST 2 of 3
FREE CHICKEN SALAD."

So do you dare for the chicken salad!? ]

((ooc: MINGLE POST. Feel free to make a top level and tag each others threads!))

Comments

[tetherbell]

Any parts? Do you not want to look at me at all?

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Now you've got it.

[tetherbell]

Well... fine. If it'll end this little problem of yours.

[She flies around behind him, completely out of view.

And then floats up close to him again. It's not as close as before! It's, like, an inch more space.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

...Okay, this?

This is now worse. Because now I don't know if you're about to do something or not.

Why are you so insistent on being so close anyway?

[tetherbell]

I'm not about to do a~ny~thing~.

I like being close to people. Why is that wrong?

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Okay, saying it like that makes me think you're up to something!

How close are you normally to people?!

[tetherbell]

It depends on the person. You're not normal people.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

So...what exactly does that mean? Because I'm special you need to be on top of me?

[tetherbell]

Well, yes.

It's easier to collect your excess mana this way.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Wh...What 'excess?!'

What exactly am I throwing off?! I'm not exactly wearing mana cologne!

[tetherbell]

Well, no. If you were to try channeling it properly, though... the amount of mana you could give off would probably have you swarmed by spirits.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Good.

Another reason I don't want to learn how to channel...whatever it is I have...properly.

I'll just add it to the list.

[tetherbell]

You really need to stop being such a downer, and look at the bright side.

Why, with an army of spirits at your beck and call, you could arm wrestle the whole restaurant at once. Maybe.

[forgeabettertomorrow]

I don't...

I don't want to lead an army. That's literally the last thing I want.

[tetherbell]

... ... ...

Are you joking? You'd actually prefer to do everything yourself?

[forgeabettertomorrow]

And what's wrong with that?

What's wrong with wanting to do everything with my own two hands?

That's how I've always lived my life and that's how I intend to continue living it. Why have someone do something for you when you can have the satisfaction of earning it...of creating it with your own two hands? Building something from the ground up...from parts that might seem useless to somebody, but combine into a greater whole.

If you ask me, there's nothing better than that in this whole world.

[tetherbell]

[And then, a completely unexpected response from Muzét.]

Nothing at all? By taking on everything yourself, you're not only limiting how much you can accomplish over time, but denying yourself the opportunity to share in that satisfaction with others. And by doing so, you lose a far deeper satisfaction -- the one that can only be gained from a bond forged with your fellow men.


[... or something like that, is what Gaius would say.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

I work with other people just fine. All I'm saying is that I don't want to command an army. I don't want to use my power because it's not exactly in the best interests of...well, pretty much everyone.

I'm not arguing that it's better to get things done as a team, but I'm not one for commanding or leading. I'm not a take charge kind of person. I do what needs to be done and that's the end of it.

[tetherbell]

Well, what about when taking charge is what needs to be done? One can't always sit back and let destiny write itself, can they?

[forgeabettertomorrow]

Don't get me started on 'destiny,' okay? I have enough issues with it.

[He sighs]

Look...if you want to stay close I suppose I can try and get used to it. So just...do whatever you want.

Whatever that is.

[tetherbell]

Well, it's about time!

[Since she's behind him, she's just gonna.]

[Fold her arms, and lean them on top of his head. Like she has any need to support her weight that way.]

[forgeabettertomorrow]

...Seriously?

[tetherbell]

What? You said I could!

[forgeabettertomorrow]

I genuinely can't tell if this is for real or if you're just screwing with me.

[tetherbell]

You said you'd get used to it. So get used to it.