desperate_times_right: (Smile 2)
Chloe Frazer ([personal profile] desperate_times_right) wrote in [community profile] singillatim2024-10-14 09:42 pm

Hot Potato (party log)

Who: Chloe Frazer & any and all party people!!
What: Harvest Celebrations/Halloween Party/Ruby’s Birthday/Rat Marriage/Big Communal Cooking Party so Chloe doesn't burn down her house
When: October 12
Where: At Chloe’s house on Greene Street

Content Warnings: Food descriptions, probably.
Other Notes: Feel free to make this a mingle and reply to other characters!

Chloe had wondered whether to go through with the harvest party once Lalo had disappeared, but as they say, the show must go on. There's still a lot worth celebrating, and people need something hopeful after the mess last month. Luckily her house had made it through everything all right.

The poster had said to wear a costume, so she's hoping to see a lot of those, and she’d recruited some people to help her put together the menu exactly to Lalo’s specifications, so unfortunately no one is safe from British Potatoes. There are even candles for the birthday cake.

Chloe herself is dressed as a sexy lumberjack, with one of Lalo’s old flannels tied in a knot under her breasts and denim cutoffs made from the jeans Kostya had gotten blood on (shh). She's got a fire roaring, because otherwise she’d freeze.
lestercraft: (yeah real funny)

Arthur Lester | Malevolent

[personal profile] lestercraft 2024-10-16 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
When he sees the poster for a costume party, he nearly doesn't go. But it's... well, he supposes it's fitting. October and all that. That doesn't mean he has to take it particularly seriously, or make a huge effort of it.

That being said, he can't resist putting a little effort in. It takes a little exploring to find a decently intact red curtain to trim down and use as a cape, and by sheer luck he finds a fur scarf tucked away as well that only adds to the look; the winter coat doesn't even ruin the aesthetic, when he wears his crest-adorned breastplate on top of it, and with the medieval gloves and knee-high boots, he almost looks the part of a noble-born prince.

(Or just one of the fucking Westeros crowd, but he's yet to actually meet any of them yet.)

He doesn't bring any gifts, because... he doesn't actually know who the party is for. Which makes him a little more hesitant to take much of the food, and thus he kind of just lingers by the wall watching everyone else mill about with unguarded curiosity.
lestercraft: (yeah real funny)

[personal profile] lestercraft 2024-10-17 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
"O-oh, I'm-" He gives an awkward chuckle immediately. "No, that's quite alright, I-I'm not- I can eat food, I prefer to. Just- I don't know, I got nervous about hovering, I suppose."

Harder to explain that it felt like not bringing any gifts meant you weren't entitled to eat the food there.

But after the startle he actually does take a better look at Chloe's outfit, and - immediately wishes he hadn't. He's not unfamiliar with the female form, obviously, but her outfit leaves a lot to be desired. Primarily: "Jesus, you must be freezing in that."
lestercraft: (Yeah yuk it up)

[personal profile] lestercraft 2024-10-17 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
That gets a more genuine huff of amusement.

"Yes, I was rather wondering about those," says the Brit. "What the fuck did you do to them?"
lestercraft: (Cheeky smirk)

[personal profile] lestercraft 2024-10-17 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Then thank God I'm American and know what actual flavours are," he comments, completely deadpan except for the way his eyes are sparkling with amusement, the yellow streaks in his irises almost brighter than normal.
lestercraft: (Miles to go)

[personal profile] lestercraft 2024-10-18 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll try anything once." He can see the red flecks on it from here, but he's pretty sure it won't kill him. Too much effort to explain a solid quarter of his diet is Chinese food whenever they could get their hands on it back home, even if Parker kept the spicier stuff for himself. "I'll admit I'm less inclined to meat most days, but- I'm also not stupid, about our supplies."

Give him a second, he's just ducking to the table to actually grab a tortilla.
lestercraft: (Talking to himself but casually)

[personal profile] lestercraft 2024-10-19 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
He gives an affirmative hum. "Sounds like my childhood," he comments through half a mouthful. "But, er- I've organised with Konstantin to help him fish, a-and with Raylan, I'm- learning how to trap properly, as well. Whatever options we do have, I want to try and help keep our stocks up. If we could find a decent source of salt somewhere we could probably even start pickling things or making jerky."
lestercraft: (Huh)

[personal profile] lestercraft 2024-10-22 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh- yes, the Creole gentleman." It's a neutral-positive statement, a plain description. "Only briefly, I happened to pass the store during the aurora, I heard his phonograph. He seems fairly upright, all things considered."

He's a jazz lover from a similar time period to him, and a Black man on top of that; upright largely meant 'wouldn't sell you out for a single corn chip'.