latersgators: (moon moon)
Steven with a Marc ([personal profile] latersgators) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-12-05 02:03 pm

Country roads, take me home

Who: Steven Grant and open - start your own subthreads and stuff
What: Studio Ghibli movie night
Where: Cabin 135
When: early December
Warnings: none so far

After subjecting Marc and Maeve to Ghibli nights, Steven has widened his circle of suffering to include a few other people. What was going to be 'come over and watch My Neighbour Totoro?' became a proper whole evening at Steven and Marc's cabin. They spent the afternoon tidying up the room, returning a bunch of library books and keeping the rest of his stash in a corner on the other side of the bed. Clean laundry put away, a small load of dirty clothes taken down to the wash. The ankle cuff and bungee cord is stashed away in the cupboard alongside their small emergency hoard of water, snacks and food in case they have to lock themselves in their cabin one day for weeks on end. Bathroom tidied up as well, with extra toilet paper stacked on top of the cistern in anticipation of several guests.

The cabin is still small in spite of their cleanup efforts, and Steven insists on having some snacks available, so for savoury options there's baby carrots and celery sticks with hummus dip, potato skins, kumara fries and cassava chips, and mango sticky rice and pan fried cinnamon bananas for something sweet. It's not exactly going to be the healthiest night in terms of food, but half a dozen people sitting knee to knee in a claustrophobic little cabin crying at children's anime is surely going to make up for that and be healthy for all of them.

The programme for the night is Steven's Studio Ghibli box set, although he only has one DVD player and one television so they need to pick their movies wisely since they'll only be able to watch two or three. They're always welcome to come back next time to watch more. Steven's recommending more Kiki's Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke, and less Grave of the Fireflies and When Marnie Was There. They don't really want to be crying into their bowl of vegan snacks every 15 minutes...
konpeito_aji: (destiny)

Nobunaga | OTA

[personal profile] konpeito_aji 2022-12-11 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
For the most part Nobunaga doesn't get homesick. He misses his right and left hands (generals), his hawks, horses, his castle, being surrounded by an entire country and army of people who knew everything about him, but he'd always meant to leave. It's unheard of. No one leaves Japan. Actually, until him, no one really could.

But not having a history book, and not wanting to constantly bombard Yuuki and Yato with questions about Japan's future, simply satisfied that the Oda ambition has been achieved were usually enough to suffice. Now though. Seeing Japan's culture laid out in a form marketed to the west, he couldn't ignore the opportunity.

Early into Totoro, he heads over to Mikabo and sundries to pick up sake and Japanese snacks, (teriyaki flavored beef jerky still counts, right? Even if he doesnt know about wagyu yet) and brings them back to slide them in as offerings to everyone else.

At the end of the first night, Marc and Steven get a huge bow in gratitude. "You may not know this, but in my position, I did not bow." As he comes out of it, "American presidents offer handshakes, but this is the best I can do. It was the reward I gave to the sumo wrestler winner of our first national contest. Japan is very important to me, so I thank you from the bottom of my blackened heart. Please continue to enjoy our culture, and thank you for sharing it with others."

And anything with flying, especially Porco Rosso, he will lose his mind at!