dinner with weirdos

[momingstar]

[Everyone will get a note under their door and be called for supper. If and when they arrive at the kitchen, Eimi's set some fish stew and rice out for everyone.]

Hello! I know we haven't had a lot to do here and we all want to get home, but there's no reason we can't make the best of things. This isn't just a group meal, though. I'd like anyone to share what they've found so far. I haven't seen any major clues yet, and I've been looking, but this shouldn't turn into a competition, you know! I've had quite enough of that.

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[inthecolosseum]

[The first thing to emerge into the kitchen is an inquisitive, and slightly mischievous, looking head, grinning like a hannya mask as it/he scopes out the situation wordlessly.]

[momingstar]

[It says something that, while Eimi immediately jumps to her feet and grabs the nearest soup ladle, she hesitates and narrows her eyes before putting it down.]

Ah... hello! You're one of us too, then, I presume. I'm sorry I haven't spoken with you yet. Are you hungry?

[inthecolosseum]

Eh, well... actually, I was hoping you might have turned up some apples. [It's put almost sheepishly.]

(Hm, this is a little oddly formatted. Should I assume the conversation with L was already ongoing when he popped in?)

[momingstar]

[I don't really care -- DWRP as a whole does tend to do that for logs if you think about it too hard! It works either way.]

Not yet. It's not the right climate for those to be growing outside, but nothing else makes sense in here anyway.

[inthecolosseum]

[Looking rather crestfallen at this information, the gangly creature emerges fully from the wall, fetching a long, deep sigh before looking contemplatively down at the smaller human, belatedly offering up a quick,]

Yo. Seems like everyone here can see me, so I should probably introduce myself. Ryuk.

[momingstar]

[...Um.]

...Hello. You aren't, ah... I don't actually know the polite way to phrase this, but you aren't a demon of some sort, are you?

[inthecolosseum]

Nah.

[He plops himself into the nearest convenient seating surface with a certain weightless gracelessness.]

I don't know for certain if demons exist, but I've never seen one before. I'm a shinigami, a "god of death". We're not really interested in seducing or deceiving humans.

[momingstar]

Well, I'd hope not. Though that does mean we're no closer to finding out why we're here.

[inthecolosseum]

I'd like to know that myself. It shouldn't be possible to keep me here, but they've managed. Whoever arranged this has some incredible resources. Or powers.

[He pauses a beat, finally settling a fishy stare on the human woman.]

So, what's your name, missy?

[momingstar]

Haneoka Eimi. I'll agree that none of this should be possible. We don't even know what year it is here, if we've all given different reports.

[inthecolosseum]

Hm. Nice to meet you.

[takethecake]

[After Ryuk has settled in, it's time to be social! Their host has convinced him to mind his manners, which means his knees aren't up above the table. He's still kneeling rather than squatting but all the same, it's an unusually made concession.]

We meet again. How many have you met so far now?

[inthecolosseum]

One other. I ran into a man outside. If it makes you feel any better, he reacted the same way as you.

[takethecake]

Did he? You must be getting bored of it by now.

[inthecolosseum]

Not at all.

[takethecake]

Ah, that's good to hear. You'd die if you were too bored, you said?

[inthecolosseum]

Probably. [The noncommittal tone makes it a bit ambiguous how literally he was speaking.] If there's nothing to eat here, though, I should get going. Good luck.

[takethecake]

Do Shinigami only eat apples?

[takethecake]

[L isn't quite as much of a sight as the first guest, but he is barefoot with terrible posture and his index finger partially in his mouth as he peeks in curiously. In his other hand is the note that was under the door, in case he needs proof he was invited.]

[momingstar]

Hello! [Wow, you're. Something. Well, you're not her kid, so maybe she shouldn't be judging...] I've got enough for everyone. We went fishing out there -- they've got the equipment for it.

[takethecake]

Hello. [Wow, you're... normal. Compared to what else he's come upon here. He looks to the table where the stew and rice are set out.] I see. I'm sorry for the trouble. Who is "we"?

[momingstar]

Oh, Mikami-san was helping! It's no trouble at all -- it's important to take care of everyone. Making up for trouble, like the fact that we're here.

[takethecake]

Even though the trouble isn't your fault. [He crawls on up into a chair, feet on the seat and everything.] You're a victim too.

[momingstar]

That's true, but we should at least be able to better deal with it if we... ah. Do you always sit like that?

[takethecake]

Yes.

[With no before dinner prayer or gesture, he reaches out to grab a spoon with just his thumb and index finger as if picking up something delicate and pulls one bowl closer to dip the spoon in.]

[momingstar]

...well, I'll excuse the lack of grace on the grounds of religious freedom, but really, you ought to express some table manners.

[takethecake]

Ah, I see. Excuse me. [He doesn't sound sorry at all. As if he'd been determining how much he could get away with, he changes from squatting to kneeling. It still looks funny in a chair. He then proceeds to take a spoon full of soup and slurp from it loudly even while holding the spoon so delicately.]

[momingstar]

[s i i i i g h. It's a good thing that table manners in Japan reverse it so that slurping is actually considered polite.]

I know I'm not your mother, but really.

[takethecake]

[For all that noise, it doesn't look like much or any has come off of the spoon when he stops to speak.] It seems you are the only female. At this rate, you are the house mother.

[momingstar]

I suppose I'm qualified if anything... I hope my real family's getting on without me.

[takethecake]

[He sets the spoon down.] What is your family like?

[momingstar]

Oh, they're amazing! You know, my Genichirou-san and I have been together since we were young. It's a very long story, but we met when I needed some help, ehe! Our daughter's in middle school, and Meimi-chan's got his stage magic talent and is as much of an athlete as I was, and she certainly helps people a lot more than I ever did. I couldn't ask for anything better! ...Well, except if people other than me would do the laundry once in a while.

[takethecake]

You don't seem unhelpful. Unless you've poisoned us. That would make calling us together and preparing a meal less helpful overall.

[momingstar]

Of course not! I'm eating this too, you know. Though I can understand being suspicious in this ridiculous place.

[takethecake]

If you were transported here by surprise, it'd be unlikely for you to have access to anything that could fatally poison us without effecting the taste. [Another slurp.] Your family must be worried.

[momingstar]

I'm sure they are... I'm afraid for them, too. They've got a lot to handle themselves.

[takethecake]

We should all do out best to find the one responsible quickly then, shouldn't we?

[momingstar]

I'll say. If our captor's done anything to the people back home...

[takethecake]

It may be that they've done the worst thing possible to them: taken their friends and family permanently. [All say he sounds flippant.] We have a Shinigami present. We may already be dead.

[momingstar]

[Eimi steps back with a small gasp, but quickly shakes her head.]

That would make sense if he knew what was going on, but he's as captive as we are and just as clueless. Aside from that, this doesn't look like any afterlife I hold stock in, and why would the dead be held under the fear of being murdered?

[takethecake]

At least that's how it looks, yes. But I don't think it's a mistake to assume that this situation is related to something similar to or connected to a Shinigami.

Light's totes normal

[andeatit]

[Light shows up, glad to see there would be food prepared with some skill while they were there. There were important things to do, but staying fed gave you the energy you needed. He might be late due to his plans, but he does show up.]

Haneoka-san, you've really done too much.

[momingstar]

Hello, Yagami-kun! I just want to make sure we're all taken care of. I've kept the food warm while you were busy. Have you found anything new?

[andeatit]

I wish I could say I have, but no, not yet.

[He takes a seat at the table.] It really does look delicious. Thanks for the dinner.

[momingstar]

You're welcome! I hope you like it. We've got to keep going, after all.

[andeatit]

[He begins to eat his meal, though he's sure to swallow before speaking.]

You've been fishing then.

[momingstar]

There's equipment here. I presume it's so we don't starve once the cupboards run out. I do wonder how we'll manage if this goes on longer...

[andeatit]

There seems to be a lot of everything and ways to get more, should it run out. We do have a lot of problems, but I don't think this is one of them.