Tea Party || log; ongoing

[soulofocean.livejournal.com]

When; Sunday the 17th, afternoon
Rating; PG-13 for possible language, violence(!?) & moody magical girls
Characters; MKR crew plus guests
Summary; When Road's and Umi's long-awaited tea party finally occurs, the former doesn't truly expect that long guest list to be much of a problem. Why should she?
Log;

The house smelled of roses and homemade bakery. In, fact, the apartment had never felt as much like home as it did on that very moment. Umi looked around and felt completely satisfied with the arrangements. At least she'd managed to get the place to feel cozy in time to play host.

Right, so there'd been a couple of obstacles to overcome, like that annoying sleep curse. Umi made a face as she set down a plate of freshly baked scones on one of the decorated tables. The damn thing had had her off snoring all Thursday long. She'd needed to run to catch up once she'd recovered the spirit to crawl out of bed. It'd been a small miracle that the invitations had been written and delivered (a miracle made possible by Ken's and Rin's assistance) and the last minute shopping done.

Fortunately everything was in place and awaiting their friends' arrival. The tables were beautifully arranged with all sorts of homemade pastries. Several varieties of tea were available for the guests to choose from. C's and Kimihiro's help at the kitchen had been invaluable, and Road had done quite a great job at making the place look more festive. There would even be sake as a stronger choice of a drink for those Umi knew would appreciate it, thanks to Misao's own contribution.

The water Knight sighed with accomplishment. Finally a small celebration to make up for all the messes The City had put them through during the last weeks, including her fateful trip Underground. She smiled as she smoothed the skirts of her dress. Nothing could go wrong from here.


[ooc: I'm off to bed for tonight, guys. @_@ Please feel free to assume Umi wandered off and will be around bringing tea and cake to the guests. Take this wherever you want~ ♥]

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[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

At the time Konata arrived, the front door was already open to admit other guests. So she simply ducked into the apartment without knocking, looking a little out of place.

"Hi, Umi. Um, I didn't get dressed up or anything, but I heard this was going on today, so..."

[soulofocean.livejournal.com]

"Konata, you made it~!" It was such a huge relief to have Konata back in the City Umi almost felt guilty about it. She'd stayed out of the Network the day her friend had returned (blame that stupid laziness curse: it'd screwed her schedule for the party arrangements). But when she'd learned about it she'd felt nothing short of happy. Things were far easier to handle with the older girl around, somehow. And Umi would have hated to part with her in the slightly tense terms they'd been in when Konata went home.

"This? Aw, nevermind the dress. It's just that I felt like putting something special on!" She smiled as she went to greet Konata. "I'm really glad you're here even after the short notice. Does this place always dump people on that stupid fountain when it brings them back or what?"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"It's sort of the traditional classy entrance, yeah. At least the weather was nice."

Konata looks around the room uncomfortably. As much as she enjoyed spending time with Umi, parties weren't really her element. Unless they were the dragon-slaying kind.

"Wow, you guys really went all-out for this."

[soulofocean.livejournal.com]

"It was long due! And if you're going to throw a party at an apartment for the first time it better be a big event, like house-warming, right?" Umi leads Konata to one of the tables where the treats and blends of tea are lined up for guests to serve themselves.

"Now let's get you started, shall we?" She gestures toward the baked goods, feeling like quite the hostess. "Tea? Cake? We got a lot to catch up with too! How was your time at home?"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Aw, you don't have to fuss over me, I'll grab something later if I get hungry.

"As for my time at home, well... I spent some time with my dad and my cousin, and got to see my friends. It was just a normal three or four weeks of school. It was a nice break, but compared to the City everything seemed awfully boring."

[soulofocean.livejournal.com]

"You forget I'm playing hostess: it's kinda my duty to fuss over guests." Kona's a special case, though. Umi wasn't counting on having her here. It comes as a nice surprise. "Sounds pretty... normal. A nice change from this place's madness, I gotta say. And boy, did things get MAD over here while you were gone."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, so I heard. Well, it was a nice vacation, but I'm really glad to be back. I'm so used to the craziness that I started to miss it right away.

[soulofocean.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I'll ever get how can you LIKE it here. But it's good to have you back." Umi offered a plate of pastries to Konata. She smiled at the other girl gratefully. "Even if it's selfish to say. Things feel less nuts when you're around."

[concept-killer.livejournal.com]

That was a voice forever burned into his memory. What he thought about it was still up in the air but did it really matter. Shiki turned and gave a wave just to be polite.

"Yo, Konata."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Hey, four-eyes... Oh, wait."

[concept-killer.livejournal.com]

"Haha. Thanks for the knee slapper."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

Konata sort of smiled/grimaced a bit. "So, yeah, I heard the story from Akiha. More or less."

[concept-killer.livejournal.com]

"If you're looking at me like I have a disability, stop." There was no use in being sensitive about it but he still hated it when people tried to feel sorry for him.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"I'm looking at you like you have a fixable problem. I dunno if there's anything I can do to help, but I'll at least be thinking about solutions."

[concept-killer.livejournal.com]

"Just don't knock me out and drag me somewhere for otakufication."

[seeking-heat.livejournal.com]

Prior to Kona-kona's arrival, Akiha had been scouring both the food layout and the kitchen, searching for condiments to go with the scones. Butter, curd, jams of all flavors, kimchee--

"Ah? Kona! What brings you here?" She hadn't known if anyone told her friend about Umi's party, so she wasn't absolutely sure if her "out of nowhere statement" would prove true.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"What brings me here? The tea party, I guess? I heard about it before I left for home. Didn't know when it was happening until just today, though."

[seeking-heat.livejournal.com]

That was smooth. "Well, you're here. You might as well make the most of your attendance. Now then, what would you like on your scone?"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Akiha, are you co-hosting or something? You don't have to get anything for me, I'm fine for now."

Konata peered about curiously. "This is... quite a guest list." A bit more peering was followed by a bit of a face. "I have a bit of a bad feeling about this."

[seeking-heat.livejournal.com]

"Not officially. I'm just passing out my scones, though with the other choices available..." Eying the platters of food, all crafted from hand, she couldn't help but feel like a sore thumb among the dexterous fingers.

"With that Road girl, even a fool should feel like the air is boiling." That said, she went back to her handiwork, grabbing a butter knife and poking one of the scones open.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"... Yeah." Konata shrugged a bit as Akiha turned her back, and went to the snack table along with her. "On second thought, maybe I should try something. What is a scone, anyways?"

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

Hikaru blinked slowly, just once, at hearing a familiar voice and looked to the door. She was surprised to see Konata since Hikaru didn't know she'd come back yet. It was a surprise, and a pleasant one.

"Konata-san? When did you get back?" She was all smiles as she went to greet her friend.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Hikaru!" Konata surprised her friend with a tight hug.

"I made a splash landing the day before yesterday. It's good to be back.

[redstrength.livejournal.com]

The hug was happily met as Hikaru returned it. "It's good to have you back! It was really quiet without you around." And she meant that.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Apparently not THAT quiet. Something about a monster made of hair? I can't say I'm too sorry I missed that part."