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riverviewlogs2018-11-15 08:05 pm
volitaunt) wrote in riverviewlogs2018-11-15 08:05 pm
Let's all congratulate us with another cup of tea
who: Finn Nolastname, Poe Dameron, AND YOU
what: A FINNDAY CELEBRATION. One year in quarantine and one year since Finn got his name
when: Backdated to November 11th
where: Finn and Poe's apartment
warnings: None!
[ Poe didn't keep this party a secret. Not from Finn, and certainly not from anyone in quarantine. He posted to the network about it more than once, sent invitations to every friend Finn has ever mentioned, and has been preparing noisily for it for almost two weeks.
He might have gone a little overboard.
There's catering, some of it exotic and some of it more on the bland side and all of it painfully healthy. Even the desserts are healthy--fruit salads and delicate little pastries with unprocessed sugar and dark chocolate, sweetness cut with savory or bitter so none of it is overwhelming. The dessert feature is a "cake" constructed entirely of fruit from around Riverview, held together by magic and served in slices. The magic only holds until you stick a fork in the slice, but by then you should have it on a plate anyway, right?
Beyond the catering, Poe got permission from Jyn to borrow her bottomless shrimp dispenser, so there's that. The Mystery Flavor is kumquat chutney dipped and you'd better believe that Poe has eaten half his weight in kumquat chutney shrimp by the time the party actually rolls around. There's also one broccoli pizza positioned carefully in the place of honor at the center of the buffet table. Poe couldn't help himself.
Beyond the food, there are games set up all around the apartment. Card games, board games, a couple takes on carnival games--even a board pinned up against one wall with balloons fixed to it, along with a set of darts set up a short distance away. It's fairly obvious what that one is for. Each balloon has a little folded-up paper inside with a code for a gift card at various places around town--and a sign that says "Don't be an asshole, leave some for other people (Jyn)."
When Poe isn't up in everyone's business making sure people are having fun, or hovering near Finn making sure he's having fun, he's still easy enough to spot--he's in the corner, sprawled on a chair with BB-8 resting against his ankles.
Yeah, he might have gone overboard, but as far as he's concerned Finn deserves the best. ]
what: A FINNDAY CELEBRATION. One year in quarantine and one year since Finn got his name
when: Backdated to November 11th
where: Finn and Poe's apartment
warnings: None!
[ Poe didn't keep this party a secret. Not from Finn, and certainly not from anyone in quarantine. He posted to the network about it more than once, sent invitations to every friend Finn has ever mentioned, and has been preparing noisily for it for almost two weeks.
He might have gone a little overboard.
There's catering, some of it exotic and some of it more on the bland side and all of it painfully healthy. Even the desserts are healthy--fruit salads and delicate little pastries with unprocessed sugar and dark chocolate, sweetness cut with savory or bitter so none of it is overwhelming. The dessert feature is a "cake" constructed entirely of fruit from around Riverview, held together by magic and served in slices. The magic only holds until you stick a fork in the slice, but by then you should have it on a plate anyway, right?
Beyond the catering, Poe got permission from Jyn to borrow her bottomless shrimp dispenser, so there's that. The Mystery Flavor is kumquat chutney dipped and you'd better believe that Poe has eaten half his weight in kumquat chutney shrimp by the time the party actually rolls around. There's also one broccoli pizza positioned carefully in the place of honor at the center of the buffet table. Poe couldn't help himself.
Beyond the food, there are games set up all around the apartment. Card games, board games, a couple takes on carnival games--even a board pinned up against one wall with balloons fixed to it, along with a set of darts set up a short distance away. It's fairly obvious what that one is for. Each balloon has a little folded-up paper inside with a code for a gift card at various places around town--and a sign that says "Don't be an asshole, leave some for other people (Jyn)."
When Poe isn't up in everyone's business making sure people are having fun, or hovering near Finn making sure he's having fun, he's still easy enough to spot--he's in the corner, sprawled on a chair with BB-8 resting against his ankles.
Yeah, he might have gone overboard, but as far as he's concerned Finn deserves the best. ]
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[ Poe is clearly as surprised as he is affected. He wasn't expecting anything. This is Finn's day, not his. Still, he takes it gently and starts to unwrap it, popping the tape up and peeling the wrapping paper back as carefully as he can. Normally he'd just tear straight on through, but something in him wants to show Finn that this matters to him, regardless of what's inside. ]
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Reason number one being in reality that he just wanted to do it. But it added up the longer he had to think. It's been a year, so that means Poe had a birthday in there somewhere. He put a lot of work into this party, and he wanted to, and he thought it was worth doing in the first place, and that's one of those... very soft and hard to articulate sorts of things.
Finn could probably try to make a list of good reasons, but it seems like one of those things that would just keep getting longer. He's easy like that.
Poe will find one (1) framed photographic rendering of himself and Shara Bey in front of her old A-wing, from about a month back. It took a little doing to root around to some of the points where they'd been looking at each other instead of one or both looking in his direction, and then a little more finagling to land on something that he thought fit, but Finn thinks the end result was worth it. Weird magic being the norm turned out to be good for exactly one thing when all is said and done.
He thinks if parents look at their kids even halfway to the benchmark Poe's mother set, Kylo Ren really doesn't have an excuse for being awful and a murderer. That's a whole other thing, though.
Right now it's good to know Poe would have even appreciated getting framed macaroni art today, probably. ]
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This is....
[ He doesn't say what it is, but actions speak louder than words and all that. He yanks Finn into a full-bodied, clinging hug. ]
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Family stuff. It's always pretty personal.
Finn, of course, takes no issue with hugging back, albeit not with the same bursting-out-of-him power. Every once in a while, even he feels like he's maybe done right by someone important, and it's a good energy to have. ]
I'll take that as a "good."
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Yeah, yeah they totally are.
He gives a brief, watery laugh. ]
It's perfect, buddy. It's perfect.