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Lup ([personal profile] necromanswers) wrote in [community profile] hugtopia_logs2020-07-07 11:06 pm

Affurgato Mingle: July edition

Who: Open to all
Where: Affurgato
When: This week
What: An open mingle at the restaurant which is... mysteriously celebratory!
Rating: who knows, probably PG/13ish?


Regulars of Affurgato might notice things have spiced up a little bit in the last several days; the decor is a little brighter, the staff more upbeat, and the food, while tasty as ever, is a little different. The restaurant is advertising a summer menu of slow-cooked BBQ sliders, sweet potato fries with honey butter dip, grilled pineapple and watermelon slices, and warm peach cobbler with ice cream. The prices are slightly more premium than usual, but ooh, doesn't it all smell worth it? Newcomers might even get a discount, if the right elf twin gets their bill. But how do you know which one's the right twin? ...Yeah, good luck with that.

For this week, the menu will include two curious additions as well: a Thanksgiving-esque meal including fresh slabs of turkey and stuffing, flavoured with bacon grease, and a slice of rainbow layer cake. The cats are very attentive, especially to recognizably good tippers, and there's a display sign outside the door with a doodle of a binicorn in flashy sunglasses shouting the words "ONE YEAR MORE, NERDS", which might be weird to those who know that Affurgato opened about six months ago. Ah, well.

Also noteworthy is the fact that an actual, tangible magical bicicorn will be running around for the first 45 minutes of every daily shift that the restaurant is open, trying to scoop people up onto his back and deposit them in front of the shop. You're here now, so you might as well get a meal, right? Don't question it.

Come one, come all! Enjoy some good food and the company of your neighbours, maybe visit the elves and see what's up.
shroudedsecrets: (and reveal to me my true name)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-19 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Fair enough. How fancy?

[ Is it just curiosity? She seems quite intent for those details. ]
shroudedsecrets: (call the past for help ;)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-19 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Still something to file away, that sort of knowledge is important, even if not too relevant in the moment. ]

Here you are feeling lazy, and I have you giving me explanations instead. Really, there must be a more relaxing option you prefer other than just crashing here.
shroudedsecrets: (for hope i'd give my everything)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-20 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I may have something for you. It might require some effort however, though it should be well worth it.

[ She rises from her perch. ]

Just wait here a moment... not that I think you're going anywhere.
shroudedsecrets: (touch me with your love ;)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-21 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
All right.

[ She gives a little wave, and... off she goes. It'll be a few moments before she returns, floating a rather large box in front of her. Exquisitely wrapped because presentation and mystery, but it'll settle down on the floor in front of Lup's spot. ]
shroudedsecrets: (all i wish is to dream again ;)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-22 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Honerva only shrugs, but remains smiling. ]

Go on and open it. I think you'll understand soon enough.
shroudedsecrets: (touch me with your love ;)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-23 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ It all opens up fairly easily. The "mystery" gift is carefully wrapped in a velvety cloth in the box to protect it, but once Lup shifts it aside, she'll find a particular object, something that faintly gleams an off-white color from the lighting.

Honerva seems content to wait quietly for the verdict. ]
shroudedsecrets: (all i wish is to dream again ;)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-23 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[She allows herself a soft chuckle at last.]

About time, don't you think?
shroudedsecrets: (call the past for help ;)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-23 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It is all worth it, to see that expression on your face.

[ When it comes to those she cares about, she doubles down. It's just how she is. ]

There is another at the house as well.
shroudedsecrets: (touch me with your love ;)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-24 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Either way, it's a year overdue, so it may as well be doubled. Though, what is that saying...

[ She moves back around to the couch proper to join her, though follows the rest of her statement up with an Elvish equivalent to 'Better late than never'. ]
shroudedsecrets: (all i wish is to dream again ;)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-26 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
... I had a lot of time to focus on it recently. It helped.

[ Helped pass the time, helped keep her a little more rooted in this present and the intended future. Perhaps a little more fine-tuning could be made on the inflection, but in ways learning a new language was no different than learning to be less formal, so long as the meaning was there. ]
shroudedsecrets: (and reveal to me my true name)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-27 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's better. Honerva shifts herself a little to sit back further so that Lup can get more comfortable. ]

The forge has plenty of equipment to be used for such a purpose, and it shouldn't be difficult to find someone capable and willing to assist. Though I admit... I have been wondering if we should have a little room like that at the house.

[ They'd idly talked about it many months before, but the incident with Pyra had hit home that it would have been better to be close by. ]
shroudedsecrets: (bind me here)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-29 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
I'd had the feeling you wouldn't have wanted to use one of the existing rooms.

[ She could give her own up for it, but that was less likely to go over well. ]

But yes, something that could suit that purpose. It might be... good to have a designated area for that close at hand.
shroudedsecrets: (doubt all intent)

[personal profile] shroudedsecrets 2020-07-30 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ She tilts her head at that, as ever certain jokes or customs still go over her head, but the implication is there. ]

Whichever seems most appropriate. Though perhaps below would allow for more space, if we needed it.

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