bakerstreet | Dinner party

Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
- Samuel Pepys

Fancy Dinner Party Meme

WHAT TO DO:

1. Post with your character--name, fandom and any particular preferences go in the subject line as usual.

2. You can either roll or pick a scenario (or scenarios!) from the list or leave your comment blank. If you want to be really fancy, link to what extravagant formal outfit your character’s wearing to this occasion.

3. Reply to people!

4. Have fun and be mindful of your partner's preferences.

OPTIONS:

1. Hosting: This is your dinner party, and you’re panicking, trying to make sure absolutely everything is going smoothly. Time to conscript one of your guests to help out!

2. Sitting with a Stranger: You’ve been seated beside someone you’ve never met, but this meal’s going to be incredibly awkward if you just don’t say anything to them the whole time. Make introductions--why are each of you here at the party?

3. Bad Manners: One or both of you really doesn’t belong in this posh setting. You’re making a mockery of the refined setting with your table manners, your clothing and your overall demeanor.

4. What Is That?: There’s a food in front of you on the platter--at least, you’re pretty sure it’s food and not a centerpiece. Beyond that, you have no clue exactly what it is. Do you dare to try it?

4.5 No, Really, WHAT Is That?!: You’re at the sort of amazing dinner party that Hannibal Lecter throws--the wine’s just a little too red, the meat’s nice and fatty, and you’ve just realized that this salad dressing might be made with Soylent Green.

5. Dancing: You’re not just at a banquet, you’re at a ball. It’s time to convince the partner of your choice to take a spin on the dance floor. Do you even know how to waltz, bro?

6. Intrigue: One or both of you are undercover, secretly armed to the teeth under your formal attire. How do you keep this a secret? ~~How does the other person find out?~~ (This option is also totally great for superheroes attending the party in their mundane identity!)

7. Poison: Midway through one of the courses, someone on the other end of the table turns purple and passes out (or possibly even passes away!) at the table. It looks like they’ve been poisoned, and you have a mystery on your hands. What do?

8. Dessert: After a delicious meal, there’s something truly decadent being put on the table. Does this make up for the tiny portions of the previous courses? Do you tease your partner with the chocolate-covered strawberries, or share a spoonful of tiramisu?

9. Wildcard!: I know I forgot something, probably several somethings, so here's your wildcard for whatever else you can fit into this meme.

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((Interested in 2, 5, 8 (but... minus the foodplay vibes I'm getting from it?), let's discuss 4 first.

M/F (30+ for older Arpad, or can play him younger if you want to go younger, the white hair means nothing, he went white super young) or Elijah for anything shippy.))

[Up for all except for Hosting (why) and dancing (w h y) and VERY up for awkwardness being applied to all other prompts.]

[Voicetesting. 4.5 and 6 are totally on the table.]

[Oh, talk about this being exactly up his alley! Sanji is definitely the one serving the amazing food, but whether that means he's also the host of this little gathering or if he's just helping out, I'm completely open. Only hard no is 4.5, and if you want to do 7 (poison) let's plot it out, cause he's adamantly opposed to contaminating food. Doesn't mean everyone else is equally opposed, though...]

[ leaning toward a living humans au of 4.5: an impeccable host with absolutely delicious food. he hunts it himself, so it's always delightfully fresh. pref. for settings between 1920s-1950s, but happy to go for modern if that's more your cup of tea. ]