[ OPEN ] turkey-time and all that follows.

[falcony]

Who: open to all. (see note(s) below!)
What: it's the time of year and with all these new faces as well as with everything going on, sam thinks it's time for another all summoned not!thanksgiving
Where: sam's horizon
When: end of November/beginning of December
Warnings: will update as necessary.

THE SETUP

As per Sam's invitation, come dinner time, his horizon is going to be full fall aesthetic. The trees will have changed, there will be a slight chill in the air (no matter how it's usually hotter than this in Louisiana in November), and everything will be decorated in prime Fall Decorations - so many pumpkins, so many candles, so much Hallmark Card Thanksgiving, minus any weird pilgrim/puritan bs. Inside the house will be a kind of organized chaos - tables and ingredients and food everywhere. Because while Sam could magic the whole meal together, he's much more about putting in the work, so this not!thanksgiving is old school. If you show up early, you will be assigned a job, and Sam can tell if you cheat and just Horizon something together.

Outside in the front lawn area is a large, long dining room table. Come dinner, it will be a picture-perfect image of a Thanksgiving Meal. Everything you could want and then more will be set out, and there will be a setting for everyone, no matter how many people show up. There's no seating arrangement, so find a place and take a seat, chat it up with whoever is to your right, left, or sitting across from you. The only magic that Sam is going to allow at this point is the fact that the table will always be the perfect size - whether that is smaller or larger. There is plenty of booze, plenty of food, and more than enough desserts, and Sam is really just looking for a casual, nice time of it.

Afterwards, there will be plenty of opportunities for more people to help - just imagine the dishes, y'all. But even then Sam will be playing host, making sure everyone has what they need, even if what they need is an Adirondack chair by a fire pit and a blanket to pass the hell out. Either way, his entire Horizon is open, save for the one room upstairs that is always locked.

OOC INFO

- this is a totally open post! I've got a TL below for various scenarios you can find Sam, but otherwise have fun, meet some people, put up a TL of your own!

- Sam's only Rule is there will be no fighting. You want to duke it out? Take it somewhere else. There will not be warnings or second chances. Don't be an ass. This is his home, respect it, or he'll have your ass thrown out. He's not afraid of squaring up, but you will not be invited back if you chaos too many issues. :)

- this is open to any and all Summoned, no matter loyalties or factions. Sam is going to be going overboard to be welcoming, especially to new faces. Even if your character didn't see the big invitation, feel free to have them invited by word of mouth.

- any questions? message me at disarmingly

Comments

[theidlemaiden]

[ Hilda knows that Steve can't possibly know about the odd little time paradox that was pointedly ignored amongst their little group, but it's still hard for her brain to comprehend what's being said. Obviously it's a good thing that they've been rebuilding, but it's still mostly news to her and clashes with the reality she had been pulled from. She could make believe things away pretty well, but not that well.

There's no point in hiding it from Steve; she has nothing to gain and a combination of his kindess and connection to Claude is enough for her to trust him. ]

I know this is going to sound a little weird but I'm not technically from the same point in time Claude is. That's the case for all of our friends here too. [ She pauses, suddenly unsure about where else to go after that. She doesn't want to think about the implication of what Steve saw. If she was alive in Claude's memory then that was also a good thing right? But that might not mean that she's alive in Claude's present.

A small furrow forms between her brow for the first time during their conversation. ] Is that normal? To be here but remember things differently?

[assembles]

[ It doesn't sound that weird at all, especially with what Steve has already experienced firsthand here with the other Avengers and the variety of timelines that they all come from. Though what Hilda follows up with next is a little different, and he crosses his arms, noting that she's showing some genuine dismay for the first time during this chat. ]

Remember things differently? As in... you're not just from different times, but from different timelines?

[ Maybe she won't know how to distinguish between those two things. It's a fairly new concept to Steve himself, and he gestures for her to come over and sit on the porch steps with him so that they don't have to talk quite so openly.

Once they're seated, he clears his throat to try and explain. ]

I'm not sure if you've ever heard of the multiverse, but the idea is that there can many different versions of the same sequence of events, and each one is an alternate universe. Sometimes things have only changed a little, sometimes a lot, but that could be what's going on with you and Claude.

[ No doubt someone like Strange or Tony could explain this better, but then again, maybe they'd get too technical with it. ]

[theidlemaiden]

[ There's some level of relief that she feels when Steve doesn't react to her question in a negative way. She nods, following him towards the porch and feeling a little like a lost duckling while still mulling over what he's said. Honestly, it makes perfect sense in a way that it shouldn't.

If Hilda knew Steven or Tony, she'd probably end up more confused. At least here, she doesn't get the impression that Steve is speaking down to her, or making her feel stupid for a concept that she never thought she'd have to deal with in her lifetime.

The crease between her eyebrows stays in place, and she worries on the bottom of her lip for a moment as she processes everything Steve is saying. ]

It sounds like one of those choose your own adventure books. We had a couple of those growing up back home. [ Except most of them had happy endings. ] You make it sound like you've lived through that. Or at least experienced it.

[ Maybe a part of her is looking for some level of comfort, to know that she and friends aren't the only ones going through this strange experience alone. ]

[assembles]

It does kind of sound like that, yeah.

[ Branching paths, each with their own endings. It's more that Steve is familiar with the concept, though, as they'd had to educate themselves on it when taking the Stones out of time.

Then again, does his future self make an alternate timeline when he chooses to stay in the past with Peggy? Probably so. Steve lets out a breath bordering on a sigh and gives a small nod. ]

Sort of. Me and my teammates had to travel back in time... it's a long story, but any changes we made in the past might have created another timeline.

[ His own personal future and what it might have caused is something he isn't quite willing to get into now. ]

I'm lucky, though, in that all of my friends here seem to remember the same sequence of events. [ He glances at Hilda, brow creased in quiet sympathy for her. ] That not being the case must be a headache.

[theidlemaiden]

I'm glad that that isn't the case for you and your friends. [ A smile flickers to her face to show that she genuinely means it. A little timeline confusion might be a bit of a headache, but things could be worse. ]

A little headache is a small price to pay if it means that they're alive and well.

[ Hilda doesn't think she needs to say that war leads to plenty of uncertainty. She's curious about Steve, but there's something that tells her that as friendly as he is, there's a distance there that feels all too familiar. If experience told her anything, those sorts of things took time.

She lets a comfortable silence fall between them, the sound of the turkey inflating and chatter of people in the house fill the air. When it's all done, she pushes herself up from the porch and rushes towards the ridiculous looking balloon. ]

That was so much easier than I thought it would be! I'll have to remember this if I want a balloon at the gates of our domain. [ She grins over her shoulder at Steve. ] Thank you for helping me. Why don't we finish up with the rest of the decorations and then we can head inside?