The Foodening
Once again, The Foodening…is Nigh.
Leon, being a farmboy and a cook, has a tradition for Pilgrim’s Bounty.
For the week leading up to the holiday, there is a rule in the Peppercog-Ambroce household, nestled comfortably up next to the mountains in the Valley of the Four Winds: The front door stays unlocked until sundown, every day, period. On the day of the holiday itself, it stands wide open. Anyone who wants a meal, a place to stay, some company, or anything else is welcome and is considered family as long as they’re there.
The food is enough to feed a village…of Pandaren. And it becomes apparent in the days leading up to the holiday that it very well might, as his neighbors (the closest stead is visible a mile away, and travelers come from as far as Halfhill) begin making friendly check-ins and bringing him extra stuff.
While there is always food ready and available (the final mile or so up to the house smells like heaven), the day-of meal is when Leon goes hard, and it’s when his direct family and close friends arrive. On the day of the holiday, that house is packed, there is an entire menagerie of pets romping merrily through the back field, and it’s a big noisy mess in which Leon stands firmly centered.
Attendees include:
Leon (obviously)
Kaewynn (wife)
Pinapple (wife)
Valarin (husband)
Celedyn (boyfriend)
Cythion (boyfriend)
Terry (big brother, Viscount of Keel, Baron of the Brightgrove)
Shedwyn (sister in law, Viscountess of Keel, Baroness of the Brightgrove)
Vember (big sister by adoption, Harvest Witch)
Cythion’s son, Oli
Oli’s two moms
Caythaes
Anzhin
Ithilios
Trist'ayran
Eleyn (Duchess of Aramore, head of Getaway Cafe, surrogate mother for Leon's soon-to-be-born first child)
Terry’s personal bodyguard, Tully
Shedwyn’s personal bodyguard/attache, Shu-fen
Terry and Dwyn’s ten children:
- Lucien (Dwyn’s firstborn, 23) - Praecormu (a bronze drake, Farraki troll visage, generically adult-ish) - Toby and Graeme (twins, 11) - Sam Jr (the only singlet besides Lucien, 7) - Ulfric and Corben Caythaes (twins, 4) - Tuileflaith ("Tallulah," usually "Tia"), Dearbhla ("Darva"), and Caoimhe ("Kevia") (triplets, 15 months)
A grab bag of adventurers referring to themselves as The Meddlers
You, if you want!
Until or unless I have the means to run it as a proper event (fingers crossed with the advent of housing next year!), I offer up the scenario of the Found Family Thanksgiving for anyone who wishes to make use of it.
If Leon has ever met you, even in passing, even if only for five minutes, consider yourself invited. If you’ve never met him but your character would totally be down to crash a big family get-together that treats them like they’re part of the family the whole time, do it.
Leon takes Pilgrim’s Bounty very, very seriously, and he means it when he says everyone who walks in that door is family until they leave (it also means that Leon hid all the really good silverware). They might very well be in danger of it lasting longer than that.
Feel free to throw your hat in the ring and say you were there, or even write up your own stories (or ping me for arpee about it, I might be able to accommodate a few here and there). If you do write stuff, tag me so I can see!
