welcome home feast!

[lasthugs]

WHO: OPEN MINGLE
WHERE: Xavier School Dining Hall
WHEN: January 29, 30; all day both days
WHAT: Cass and Callaghan opened up the school's dining hall for ALL imPorts, -- prisoners, diplomats, military, rescuers, even people who were uninvolved and just want the food -- to come in and recover from the ordeal with warm, free food, blankets gathered from god knows where, and each other.
WARNINGS: This should be relatively tame! But please mark your own warnings in the necessary places.

As announced here, Cass and Callaghan have opened up Xavier School to offer food and a resting place to ALL imPorts! The room is kept warm, and there's food and drinks -- non alcoholic! -- and enough space for a bunch of people to sit around and fill their stomachs. The buffet line is stocked with all sorts of food, and Cass is keeping pots of coffee ready for the people who would prefer that, too. There's no junk food, but she stress baked enough to feed a small country while everyone was gone, so there's plenty of pastries and bread to go around as well.

Comments

[akito]

[ akito wakes up from (another) impromptu nap, groggy, hungry, and confused by the noise coming from downstairs. benji all but forces him out of their room and down the stairs, dragging him to one of the exits to be let out for a pee. akito obliges, of course, murmuring for his dog to be good and not cause trouble or poo where he isn't allowed.

normally he would accompany benji outside for some fresh air and a walk, but right now he is hungry and groggy and confused by how noisy it is and how many unfamiliar scents are lingering. needless to say, when he spots the busy buffet and all of the people (mostly strangers) he's startled at best. frightened at worse. it wasn't something he had prepared for, and so he finds himself searching for callaghan.

once he locates the old man he grabs on to the hem of his shirt with one hand so as not to lose him, rubbing the sleep out of his eye with the other before blearily trying to piece together what's going on. all the while hiding behind his old man shield. ]

[pushtheboundaries]

[whup- Callaghan glances down, then protectively puts an arm around Akito's shoulder and begins to steer them towards the outskirts of the crowd. probably easier to speak that way, anyway, though he keeps his voice light-]

Morning, sleepyhead.

[akito]

[ akito appreciates it, even if he's still too groggy to do so consciously. he stifles a yawn and is clearly in need of some more rest; skin a tad bit too pale and the tell-tale smudge of a dark circle under his visible eye. manipulating one's biology is fun and useful, but akito is learning that the kickback is a pain to deal with.

at least his eye has gotten brighter, a clear sign he's woken up enough to comprehend and hold a proper conversation. ]

...Ne, Jii-chan, what's going on?

[pushtheboundaries]

Little 'welcome home' for the ones who were kidnapped - and anyone else involved. Did we wake you? [he'll just be getting a small platter together for Akito, mostly finger food that doesn't need much effort to eat. still as healthy as he can make it, though.]

[akito]

It was loud... Benji-kun had to go out and pee though, so he finished waking me up.

[ he hasn't let go of the hem of callaghan's shirt yet, and so trails after him as he picks out food. akito ignores all of that, however, and focuses on the most important thing: ]

Is Hiro still here?

[pushtheboundaries]

[the most important thing is Callaghan lowering the plate towards Akito. here you go, kid. eat up.]

His aunt is, I wouldn't be surprised to see he or his brother around.

[akito]

[ no, no. that is lower on the list of important things - down near the bottom. after 'hiro' and 'benji' and 'sea tiger'. but he lets go of callaghan's shirt so he can hold the plate properly. ]

So he's okay? I didn't want to leave, but had to go help... Our powers would be too useful in underwater situations not to.

[pushtheboundaries]

Hey. [have a little shoulder squeeze.] You did the right thing, and I'm sure he's glad you helped out. I kept him busy on the projects.

[akito]

He remembered to eat and rest, ne? [ as if he's one to talk... seeing as he isn't even remembering to eat with a plate of food in his hands.

hey, he's got a lot on his mind okay. ]

...And Jii-chan, too?

[pushtheboundaries]

[that is not '-san'. that is something he's very deliberately avoiding lingering on, or responding too, really, making a noncommital 'mmm'. clearly Akito's referencing someone else. yeah. that's the ticket.]

Come on, let's sit down. Eat a bit.

[akito]

[ well 'jiichan' isn't that far removed from 'jiji'...

Akito blinks at the suggestion, but acquiesces. he's more or less awake now, albeit tired; a deep ache in his bones that makes him want to curl up in bed again for a while. ]

Nobody is going to go wandering, ne? It is a school, but also a home... So I don't want weird people exploring my room.