Give thanks 2

[Usam1981]

Leon can be seen setting up a set of large tables in a small work area behind his home in diggin's rock. He has invited any one who is willing to come, to partake in the feast of thanksgiving, for another year of surviving. Last year had been an interesting gathering, and he had decided to do it again this year.

Even without Cypher's special brew, which made the party last year very interesting, Leon suspected this would be a good gathering. People were still wondering how a droid with out taste buds could make such good alchahol.

[Ransac16]

Valen and Victor arrived at Leon's place carrying a large platter. "Leon, the arena's been good to me. Spent a fortune buying all this food for this." Said Valen merrily as he and Victor put the platter down on a table.

"Two Turkeys, 4 Hams, 10 pies of each kind, two bowls of stuffing, 4 loafs of bread, and a big bowl of mashed potatoes." Informed Victor as he thew himself onto a bench and rested. "You have no idea how hard it was to get all that onto a platter and out from a mobile suit without dropping a single thing."

"It wasn't that bad..." muttered Valen as he munched on a turkey leg he had taken after putting down the platter.

[Azkaiel]

Appearing behind the pair, Marco was lugging what appeared to be a number of hampers, and a large cooler. From one of them, the burly male produced what appeared to be an assortment of gravy for the assorted dishes already on the table. From another, he placed a very large of chicken wings and drumlets, along with lasagna and beef balls. The cooler itself contained an assortment of soft drinks, and alcohol. all buried under ice chips, to ensure that the drinks would stay ice cold, inspite of the external temperature.

[Bozz]

Brad and Verdi knocked on the door. they were running late as they had stopped at the nearby refugee camp where brad had made a speech and drank a toast to the people assuring them he would soon find them more permanent lodgings until they could reclaim there homes.

"I think the speech was a good one" Verdi remarked as she held a few bottles of fine wine. The abandoned manor that they had moved into in unicorn Hq had a nice selection of wines from before the fall tho most of the bottles had been given to the refugees they had saved a few bottles for the party.

"yes but it is hollow when you have been driven from your homes by invaders and have been living in a makeshift tent city for the last year" Brad said sadly finding the refugees a permanent home was proving hard. they were living in a ruined village and had been working to rebuild the city but the resources for the village were limited and many were still living in tents or half destroyed buildings.

[Ransac16]

Overhearing Brad speak to Verdi, Valen turned around to face him with a sigh. "We're all doing our best, Brad. I'm sure your people appreciate all the hard work you and everyone else have been doing. If you need any help, Victor and I will gladly offer it. I could use some work outside of fighting mobile suits anyway." He said.

"We have some left over salvage from our last mission, I think we can work something out." Added Victor as he leaned back.

"And don't think you can say no. I've seen too many ruined villages and homes on my travels and I refuse to standby while others suffer. Not when I can do something about it." Said Valen. With that he finished off his turkey leg.

[wingstrike]

The pair walked in after Brad and Verdi. Cecil carrying a couple bags with wine bottles inside and Natalie holding a chocolate cake.

"You didn't think we'd let you get away with not having Belgium's finest chocolate? This stuff is hard to come by." giggled Natalie.

Cecil held up the bags.

"And based on previous experience of mine Americans don't know the first thing about wine, so we're going to rectify that."

[spiceracksargent01]

Axl and Alex walked in soon after, discussing what was observably a matter about MS maintenance and plans for hooking Axl up with an XAMS unit to fill in more of a general-usage role over the "Sharp-Shooter" Custom currently used by the sniper. As they were talking, hints are evidenced by Alex suggesting Axl's XAMS unit be fitted out to use the prototype of the new Mobile Doll control system Alex and Leon had developed, a proposition which definitely catches Axl's interest.

[Usam1981]

As Leon set the table, he places an envelope and a name card before each seat, telling who sits where. On the Envelope are the words, "Do not open until after dinner" in big letters. All of the envelopes are identical in size, and are dark enough that what is within can not be seen under any circumstances.

Leon looks up seeing the other arive.

"Welcome to the Table. All I ask is that any grievances be left at the door if you wish to join in the feast."

[Therider]

Nathan slowly walked in. This big feast was new to him, as he spent most of his life relying on himself for food. Even back at the orphanage, there was never anything like this. He silently dropped off the large batch of cookies he made, and slowly pulled a chair away.

He then pulled out a small bottle, and began to silently drink it, away from the others.

[Ransac16]

Eyeing the cake, Valen made his way to his designated seat. "Let's get the party started!" He chuckled as he read the card. "Darn it..." He muttered to himself.

Victor made his way to his seat, which was on the other side of the table from Valen. With all these people around him he suddenly became a little nervous. Small groups of people was alright, but large groups put him on edge. "Deep breaths..." He thought.

[wingstrike]

Cecil sat down next to Valen and also noticed the card.

"Very ominous, I wonder what's inside."

He looked around and did a quick headcount, seeing who was here.

"Do you remember that Overflag pilot? You know the one with creative missile use? I wonder if they'll show up, haven't seen them for aeons. Then again if I was defeated that badly too I wouldn't bother showing my face around here either."

Natalie sat down next to him.

"There's no point wondering about it, or pestering Valen about it. Let the guy eat."

She suddenly realised something.

"If we're all here that means no-one's manning base. What if the UE decide to show their non-existent faces while we're having dessert."

Natalie mused the issue while trying her wine.

[korrag4]

Kris walked into the room casually and waved to the Group. His face was a mess, covered in oil and grease with goggles atop his head. He wore a black T-shirt and a mechanics jumpsuit tied so it acted as makeshift pants. "Hey there, sorry I'm late, this is the public dinner right?"

Walking to an available chair he wiped off his face to the best of his ability using his gloves and sat. "Wow, this all looks great! Sorry I couldn't bring anything, I've been pretty swamped tuning up my MS"

[Therider]

Nathan slowly looked at his card and sat in his seat, dragging his chair back. The bottle clanged as it was put down on the table. He looked around. All of these people were other pilots and freedom fighters, like him. However, the happy atmosphere made Nathan somewhat depressed. They must of had wonderful times with their families bfore they all were killed.

Nathan had no one.

His demeanor one of a resigned warrior, Nathan manged a smile and began to drink from his bottle again. He muttered to himself, "So, this must be what peace is like..."

[RobotNixon]

Winters had arrived, glancing around and smiling at the wondrous sights and smells of all the food. "Oh man, a guy could go crazy at the smell of all this food!" he exclaimed as he went to the cooler and grabbed a beer before finding his seat. He popped the cap off the bottle and took a large swig of beer. "Nice pick of beer, Marco!" he said as he grabbed a turkey leg and shoveled some stuffing onto his plate. He took a large bite out of the turkey leg with a big smile on his face. "Delicious!"

[Ransac16]

"I heard that Nathan! Quit being such a downer and cheer up! You're supposed to appreciate and enjoy the peaceful times." Called Valen. Putting a slice of ham on his plate, he turned to Cecil, "I doubt the enemy know the location of the bunker and if they did they wouldn't want to attack. Victor had an idea on how to make it look like everyone was in the base. They won't be too eager to take us all on" he said with a grin.

Victor gave a weak smile and began eating a piece of apple pie.