[Action] Pretend this was yesterday /3\
It was December 31st, New Years Eve, some odd Scottish holiday, and most importantly- Rory Kirkland-Stewart's 28th birthday. He'd received a text warning him not to show up during some 'Bells' tradition and it was almost as if she didn't want to see him! Regardless, he still had many plans for Rory's birthday and New Years and he would be six foot in his grave before he was going to give up.
He spent almost all day online, well- that was when he wasn't covered in flour, cocoa, or other various ingredients. It was a challenge! Creating a masterpiece of a chocolate cake while trying to uncover what this... 'Hogmanay' day was. Scottish people were certainly odd weren't they? But none the less he did his research! Going from site to site-
"After the last stroke of midnight a tall, dark stranger knocks at the door, bearing one of several gifts, and is the 'first foot' across the threshold. The importance of the visitor being dark haired is is thought to be a throw back to the time of the Viking invasions, when a knock on the door by a man with blond or even red hair may not have signified anything friendly at all.
On the first stroke of the Bells, the back door is opened to let out the Old Year and the front door opened once the Bells have struck 12, to let in both the New Year and the first footer who needs to be in place outside the front door before the Bells start and not knock to gain entrance until the Bells have finished.
The first footing gifts can be any or all of the following: a piece of coal, signifying warmth and comfort, salt or a piece of black bun to represent a full larder, a small denomination coin to represent wealth, and drink, usually Scotch whisky, to bring prosperity. The visitor is always invited in for a wee dram."
Why did this have to be so complicated... Why couldn't they just get drunk on wine and spend time with the people that mattered to you in the beginning of a brand new year? At least he understood the whole 'blond' issue now and he had even discovered a little thing to fix it! It was the first time he was actually happy to have a costume store owner for a roommate and he rather easily procured this wig.
While Gilbert did demand a piece of the chocolate cake once Francis was finished, the Frenchman was able to get by with offering to let the Prussian lick the multiple chocolate covered bowls and spatulas and spoons clean. It took him almost all day to make, but he was able to create a beautiful Triple Chocolate Celebration Cake just in time, waiting for the minutes to tick by as the New Year approached.
He gathered the few gifts he had gotten, whiskey, coal (even if that was odd), and the black bun he had made along with his cake and made his way out of his condo, over to Rory's as the bell struck midnight.
And yes, he was wearing the brown wig that covered his glorious blond hair, even if that was a terrible shame.
Rory was worth it.
He spent almost all day online, well- that was when he wasn't covered in flour, cocoa, or other various ingredients. It was a challenge! Creating a masterpiece of a chocolate cake while trying to uncover what this... 'Hogmanay' day was. Scottish people were certainly odd weren't they? But none the less he did his research! Going from site to site-
"After the last stroke of midnight a tall, dark stranger knocks at the door, bearing one of several gifts, and is the 'first foot' across the threshold. The importance of the visitor being dark haired is is thought to be a throw back to the time of the Viking invasions, when a knock on the door by a man with blond or even red hair may not have signified anything friendly at all.
On the first stroke of the Bells, the back door is opened to let out the Old Year and the front door opened once the Bells have struck 12, to let in both the New Year and the first footer who needs to be in place outside the front door before the Bells start and not knock to gain entrance until the Bells have finished.
The first footing gifts can be any or all of the following: a piece of coal, signifying warmth and comfort, salt or a piece of black bun to represent a full larder, a small denomination coin to represent wealth, and drink, usually Scotch whisky, to bring prosperity. The visitor is always invited in for a wee dram."
Why did this have to be so complicated... Why couldn't they just get drunk on wine and spend time with the people that mattered to you in the beginning of a brand new year? At least he understood the whole 'blond' issue now and he had even discovered a little thing to fix it! It was the first time he was actually happy to have a costume store owner for a roommate and he rather easily procured this wig.
While Gilbert did demand a piece of the chocolate cake once Francis was finished, the Frenchman was able to get by with offering to let the Prussian lick the multiple chocolate covered bowls and spatulas and spoons clean. It took him almost all day to make, but he was able to create a beautiful Triple Chocolate Celebration Cake just in time, waiting for the minutes to tick by as the New Year approached.
He gathered the few gifts he had gotten, whiskey, coal (even if that was odd), and the black bun he had made along with his cake and made his way out of his condo, over to Rory's as the bell struck midnight.
And yes, he was wearing the brown wig that covered his glorious blond hair, even if that was a terrible shame.
Rory was worth it.