ஐ 3rd Serenade ஐ Voice and Action [Antoinette] Backdated to the 28th

[princelycharm]

[Voice]

Hello everyone~!!!! It has been a while.

I hope that everyone's settled once more. I also hope there weren't that many casualties on our part and wishing for Dog's speedy recovery. Stay safe~!!!

[Written]

[To the crew of Antoinette]:
Everyone, we have a meeting later. Please meet me in front of the Wardroom!

We have much to discuss. [Plus, he needs to show everyone the new Kotatsu.]

[Private: Kaoru, Hikaru, Karen and Kyouya. Dated: January 30]
February is so close! We have a meeting in the Wardroom tonight. After Haruhi has slept! Make sure no one tells Haruhi about it!

Comments

action: the first meeting

[hostclubshadowking]

[As soon as the books are done -- supplies tallied and funds totaled -- Kyouya is outside the wardroom, leaning against the wall while writing in his non-magic journal.

Notes about recruitment, ways to raise immediate capital, everything they'll need to get a Host and Hostess ship up and running.]

[haruhi_fujioka]

[Haruhi arrives early for the meeting, looking distracted. There's so much she needs to think about - including what she is going to do about her hair. Before long, it will grow longer and she will look…like a girl.

Maybe she can find scissors somewhere? Or a knife?

Dangerous. Hm.]

[totheright]

((Kaoru shows up next, running a hand through his hair before parting it carefully. Seeing Haruhi so deep in thought, he bends over to put his face in front of hers, raising his eyebrows.)) What's up, Haruhi?

[haruhi_fujioka]

[She jumps, startled out of her reverie.] Kaoru? [Wow, she must have been spaced out. Whoops.]

I was wondering… If we start the Host Club here, I will need a way to keep my hair short.

Forward-dated: when they are complete. MEETING START

[princelycharm]

[Everyone was finally there. Tamaki had spent minutes trying to contain his excitement, which for him is a very very long time.]

Welcome everyone...

[He pulls open the door, revealing the new Ward Room. The old table for ten has been moved down to the Lower Deck, near the kitchen.

In the center of the room was a mahogany kotatsu which was self-generating. The shade of the table cloth was a mixture of white and red. And the pillows surrounding it had different shades of roses which would be familiar to the host club. The white-rosed one, he placed kuma-chan on top of. There was also one pillow which did not have a familiar rose color, which had shades of teal and pink.]

...to our new Wardroom! Now we can start the meeting!

[hostclubshadowking]

A kotatsu.

[The words come quietly, almost under his breath. But his chuckle is decidedly audible. Somehow, it's fitting. Tamaki associates a kotatsu with family life, with bonding and strong familial ties. And here, more than ever, they're a family.

He takes a few steps into the cabin, not yet taking a seat, but sweeping his eyes over the entire set-up.]

[totheright]

Not to worry! I have a pair of scissors - and look at this fabulous hairdo. ((He flips his hair, giving her a jaunty smile. While his bangs are slightly off, it isn't blatantly obvious, and his hair looks pretty normal.)) Kyouya's hair is my work too. Yours will be no problem.

[princelycharm]

Mhmm!

[He nodded at Kyouya happily. Thinking that the chuckle meant that Kyouya loved it too.

He points at the cabinet in one corner of the room.]

See, I bought a dozen cans of instant coffee!!! And also...

[He then points at the purple pillow right beside the white pillow. After all, the Kotatsu can fit 8 people. The ones on the west side was an orange and a blue pillow. On the east side was a pink and dark blue pillow. The one facing north was the unfamiliar-colored pillow beside the red pillow.]

Action: January 30 Meeting. HARUHI-BLOCKED. Haruhi's birthday!

[princelycharm]

[There was a dramatic slamming of hands on the kotatsu before Tamaki takes a sip of his commoner's coffee. Not bad.

But he looks at everyone seriously.]

What are we going to do about her birthday? I don't think there are any amusement parks here!

[hostclubshadowking]

I'm willing to vouch for him. [Not, perhaps, the best haircut he'd ever received, but it had cleaned him up quite a bit.]

[to_theleft]

You're joking. [He almost wants to smack his head when he sees the kotatsu, though he's a bit awed.] How did you even find one of these here? [And how the hell did he get it onto the ship without anyone noticing?

Despite his snark, Hikaru is quick to take a seat on the blue rose cushion. He's almost tempted to sit on the orange instead, but blah blah individuals blah blah expanding blah. He eyes off the unfamiliar teal and pink cushion with distaste - there's only one person that could be for. Good thing Kaoru will be sitting next to him, or he'd have words to say about that cushion.

The pink and dark blue cushions are disconcerting to him. Tamaki does know that Hani and Mori aren't here, right? What's the point in having places for people who can't show up?]

[hostclubshadowking]

[Kyouya smiles faintly. Then, calmly, says:]

I'll get you some hot water for the instant coffee and make myself some tea.

[Because no way in hell is he drinking that, Tamaki. Not even here. He still has tea, and, by God, he is not tasting that stuff unless he has absolutely no other choice.]

Would anyone else like some?

[princelycharm]

But we have coffee anyway.

I'll mix some for you if you think its too bothersome~! [Was that a NO THANK YOU?]

[princelycharm]

I bought it from Miss Margie!!

She's very strong. [Almost didn't need Tamaki's help to bring the Kotatsu in. And it was a surprise after all.]

I bought some instant coffee too! [He points to the one dozen large cans of coffee.]

[hostclubshadowking]

I'll make tea for anyone who doesn't like coffee.

[He actually quite likes coffee. Real coffee. That? Is not real coffee.]

[princelycharm]

[And that actually reminds Tamaki of something important.]

Na, Mommy. Do you know if Karen-daughter likes coffee?

[to_theleft]

[Coffee?] I'll have mine half-strength, thanks. [Not a good idea to have too much or he won't be able to sleep. Of course Tamaki's the one serving the coffee, right? Since he's the one that pointed it out and all.]

1/????

[princelycharm]

Sounds good to me...

2/????

[princelycharm]

[WAIT]

3/????

[princelycharm]

[Did he just...?]

[princelycharm]

[...ask Tamaki to mix the coffee for him?]

[princelycharm]

MAKE YOUR OWN COFFEE!!!!!!!!!

[to_theleft]

You're the one who offered! It's rude if you back out now! [Though it wasn't really 'offering', he doesn't care. Tamaki was the one who mentioned it, therefore he's the one who has to serve it.]

[princelycharm]

I JUST POINTED AT IT!!! [Feel the intensity of his glare and his voice. Seriously, you want coffee made by Tono?]

[hostclubshadowking]

I have no idea.

Which is why I'll go ahead and make enough tea for a few.