Room 324, (Pretty Much) All Day

[vanillajello]

After checking that Joan had already put up the signs, and leaving Liir a message, Kate settled back in her room, planning the party menu and making lists of things that still needed to be done.

She left the door wide open, and even put a little note on her doorframe:

Questions about the party?
Come ask them here!

Concentrating on things like this was good for her.


[OOC: Open! Obviously.]

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

There was a faint knock on the door sometime in the afternoon.

[vanillajello]

Kate was currently sitting on the floor, going through a stack of dvds. "Come on in," she called out, not looking up yet.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He slipped into the room as asked and closed it behind him to be polite.

"Kate," and he bowed his head quickly in a greeting.

"You called?"

[vanillajello]

"Hi, I did," Kate smiled up at him. And noticed that he was really arther tall from that perspective.

She put the dvds back in the drawer, and got up. "How familiar are you with Hawaiian cuisine?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He really was rather tall; he just had terrible posture, usually.

"Actual Hawaiian cuisine, or what most people would know of as Hawaiian cuisine?"

[vanillajello]

"I'd say the latter, because I couldn't tell the difference myself," she grinned. "I don't think the others coming to the party will, either."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I could do a combination. Though probably disguising the spam as much as possible."

[vanillajello]

"And I can always make the Mai Tais so strong no one will be able to tell what they're eating," kate remarked with a smirk.

"Here's some of the foods I've been looking at." She picked up some papers from her bed and showed them to him. Among others, there were recipes for oven kalua pig, banana bread and kulolo.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He glanced over them, noted a few tweaks he might make, and nodded.

"All well within my range. When were you doing this? I know it's Saturday..."

[vanillajello]

"I thought maybe tomorrow, mostly? And there's a lot of time on Saturday too, because the shindig's more of an evening thing. But some shopping should probably be done today, and maybe even some baking?" she shrugged.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Certainly. I've the time for it today, and after work tomorrow. Perhaps up on the sixth floor? I recall that there's a kitchen."

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, I already went and checked, there's a proper kitchen up there. Definitely better for this stuff than the one we have on this floor," she nodded in agreement.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I'll see you up there, then. Whenever you have the time."

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, I'll run some errands and show up there after I'm done. Thanks so much, Liir."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He shook his head and gave her a smile.

"No thanks necessary. My pleasure, really."

[vanillajello]

"That's why you're awesome. And deserve to be thanked. I'll see you on sixth."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

That got a laugh out of him.

"Oh, I don't know that a predilection towards hiding in the kitchen and banging away at recipes makes me any better than anyone else. But I'll accept them all the same."

He offered a quick bow before heading for the door.

"Take care, Kate."

[17andinfected.livejournal.com]

Shilo wandered down the hall and knocked on the door. "Hey," she said, "I'm Shilo, and I live with Momoko in 307. I was curious about the party."

[vanillajello]

"Hi, come on in, I'm Kate," Kate smiled at her, looking up from her pile of papers. "Anything in particular you're curious about?"

[17andinfected.livejournal.com]

And here was the part Shilo was embarrassed about. "I have no idea what Hawaiian even is," she said after a moment. "I... my time... we didn't have such a thing."

[vanillajello]

"Oh."

That... hadn't occurred to Kate at all. Not even when she asked the boy with the flying broom whether he was familiar with Hawaiian cuisine. Because he was.

"You're actually probably not alone with that," Kate said, still smiling. "Lots of people here from times and places where that doesn't mean anything. It's to do with Hawaii, which is a state, and is basically a bunch of islands."

[17andinfected.livejournal.com]

"So then what is a luau? And are we expected to dress like the girl on the poster?" Shilo asked.

[vanillajello]

"A luau is a Hawaiian party, pretty much, and so in this case it means we're having Hawaiian foods and drinks and stuff like that."

Kate chuckled a little. "And you can dress up like the girl on the posters, but you don't have to. I mean, if Joan finds me one, I'm definitely going to be rocking a grass skirt, but it's not a requirement."

[17andinfected.livejournal.com]

"Maybe you could make them," Shilo reasoned aloud. "There's plenty of tall grass in the preserve, after all."

[vanillajello]

"That's actually a pretty good idea. I'll have to talk to Joan about that."

[17andinfected.livejournal.com]

"Well, if you want help with it, let me know. I only have one class tomorrow, and I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to figure out."

[vanillajello]

"I'll get back to you on that, yes. We're doing this to involve the whole floor in something, and what better way to involve people than getting all the help you can get, right?" Kate grinned.

[17andinfected.livejournal.com]

"Right," Shilo replied, smiling herself. "If anyone else comes along and wants to help, I'll be looking for people to help me cut grass. They can meet me there."

[vanillajello]

"I'll be sure to send all eager people your way," Kate nodded. "I think we've got everything else pretty much under control."

[17andinfected.livejournal.com]

"Great," Shilo replied. "I'm just glad to be helping out... now that I know what the hell's going on, anyways." She grinned a little. "It was great to meet you, Kate."

[vanillajello]

"Good to meet you too, Shilo," Kate smiled. "I'll get back to you on the grass thing, and I look forward to chatting with you more at the party."