Thanksgiving @ Lundegaard (Forward-Dated to 11/28)

[lineman]

Thanksgiving at Lundegaard

Order of Events

ARRIVALS/VIBES @ 3:30 PM

MINGLING, DRINKS, & APPS @ 4:15 PM

DINNER @ 5:00 PM

LEADERSHIP BINGO @ 7:00 PM

LINE DANCING @ 8:00 PM

Vibes & Playlist

Mismatched furniture, tableware, and cutlery in the B&B, dining hall, and town hall. Wooden carvings of animals hung up with burlap ribbons and hand turkeys made by schoolchildren. Bouquets of dogtooth daisies and boughs of marescent leaves in red, orange, and gold. The smell of freshly baked bread, hay, and woodsmoke. Warm lights from firepits, candles, and dim, flickering fluorescent bulbs.

John played some of these chill tunes.

ON THE MENU

Drinks & Appetizers
🍹 Maggie's Pear Kombucha
🥛 Malted Milk
🍹 Whatever other drinks folks brought
🧀 Charcuterie board

Mains & Sides
🦃 Turkey
🍗 Pan-fried goose in (mostly) huckleberry sauce
🥗 Green and red leaf lettuce salad in lemon vinaigrette
🥬 Mustard greens with salt pork
🥔 Mashed potatoes au gratin
🍞 Sausage hand pies
🍞 Dinner rolls
🍽️ Any other food folks brought

Desserts
🥧 Apple pie
🍮 Baked egg custard
🫐 Wild berries in cream
🍽️ Any other dessert folks brought

VOLUNTEER SLOTS

VOLUNTEER 1 arrives too early and is enlisted to help whip cream by Lundegaard's resident tree whisperer, Alice Samayao. On the bright side, your forearm strength is going to be off the chain once you're done...

After they're released from hwhippin' it, Volunteer 1 sneaks away with some whipped cream to playfully smash it into VOLUNTEER 2's face.

DUTCH and DUKE RATTRAY spy a ladder leaning against the roof of the barn and climb on up. They get a nice view of Lundegaard in the crisp autumnal night. But—whoops—Bill Rhoades takes the ladder away when they're not looking. Dutch and Duke have to jump down (safely) from the roof into a bale of hay. Oof.

VOLUNTEER 5 stuffs themselves on food. Feeling wretched and incredibly sleepy, they knock out in an empty barrel. VOLUNTEER 6 finds them 30 minutes later. You good?

COURT SLAUGHTER makes a daring request during line dancing and gets all the dancers grooving to Rihanna's "S&M" (feat. Britney Spears). Vrow.

GAMES & DANCING

Leadership Bingo
Quaid and John have prepared 3x3 bingo cards using old notebook paper (so... bingo leaves), each randomly populated with the names of community leadership (sans John). The winner gets the honor of being THE BIG TURKEY of the evening and a dozen apple donuts.

Line Dancing
To these classic tunes! Before the outbreak, John spent some time at his local senior citizens center carefully observing line dances and at times participating. So while he claims he can't dance, he is able and willing to help anyone pick up the steps.

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Comments

ARRIVALS/VIBE CHECKS: Emre

[malting]

Nat stops her retreat. "No," she sighs, exasperated. "I'm not, I'm just...trying." It's an unfair thing to say maybe, but it's what's true for her. "I don't...let's talk later. It's good to see you regardless."

ARRIVALS/VIBE CHECKS: Emre

[load_bearing]

Whatever offense could be taken by Nat saying she's trying doesn't occur for Emre - he's feeling bad enough about himself that that seems like a valid dig, even if it's not intended as one.

"Yeah, you too. Go line dance or something. 'm sure you'll look like an idiot."

ARRIVALS/VIBE CHECKS: Emre

[malting]

"Obviously," that gets a self satisfied grin. "Didn't you hear, I near amputated John's hand during a first aid class. No one is safe."

ARRIVALS/VIBE CHECKS: Emre

[load_bearing]

"He's got two anyways." A shrug, almost a smile. "Don't cut off a hand while line dancing, that's a step too far."

ARRIVALS/VIBE CHECKS: Emre

[malting]

"Sorry, was that a pun?"

ARRIVALS/VIBE CHECKS: Emre

[load_bearing]

"Nobody fucking likes you, get out of here." There is no animosity in this statement.

ARRIVALS/VIBE CHECKS: Emre

[malting]

Nat laughs, brightness back in full force as she steps away. "Fuck you too. Happy Thanksgiving," she waves as she goes.