Ye who now will bless the poor, shall yourself find blessing

[carmine_the_red]

(Backdated to Dec. 25)

After a delightfully juvenile morning of presents, breakfast in pajamas, and squeeing over new gifts, Ray is now ready to go forth and spread Holiday Cheer. He, Aubrey, Penny, and her friend Billy are scheduled to help serve Christmas dinner at a local homeless shelter, and then dinner for themselves at Ray's churchShiny

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[thecellsiam]

Aubs is still fiddling with xes computer, seeing as it now has Das Intarwebs and therefore xe's pretty much surgically attached to it. Yes, it's coming with xem to this dinner thing, and xe might have backed out to fiddle except Ray is one of xes few friends there and xe'd like to not alienate him now, or something.

So when a knock happens, xe...well, xe jumps, but then xe closes the computer and, tucking it under xes arm, runs one hand through xes hair (it's the closest xe's going to come to combing it, seeing as mostly xes approach to hair consists of 'forget it's there') and goes to open the door.

"Hey," xe says, and then xes eyes fall on the sweater. Xe kind of makes a snrk noise in the back of xes throat, though xes expression stays on Goodnatured Teasing. "Christmas spirit, I see."

[carmine_the_red]

Yes, Ray is aware that the sweater is ridiculous. However, if brightening people's Christmas day means looking like an idiot, so be it.

"You know it," Ray replies and reaches into the shopping bag, producing a fuzzy Santa hat. "Care to join me?"

He hands the hat to Aubrey and pulls out another, putting it on his own head. Hey, Christmas comes but once a year, Ray's going to enjoy it for all it's worth.

[thecellsiam]

Aubrey shrugs. "Why not?" xe says, meaning the hat, and takes it, putting it on xes head and giving Ray a cocky smile. "So do I look like I have Proper Christmas Spirit now?"

Xe moves out of the apartment, then, locking xes door behind xem, then turns back to Ray. "Lead on, sir!"

Though about halfway down the hall the bravado leaves xem a little. "Um, am I going to be expected to do Fancy Religious Rituals or anything at the church?" Xe was raised atheist, and would probably be pretty stoutly atheist if xe weren't. Comes with having a scientific brain, or something.

[carmine_the_red]

"I think so, yes," Ray says, grinning.

"This way!"

And so our heroes geeks sally forth to pick up Penny and Billy.

"Huh? What?" Fancy religious rituals? There's a lot of standing up and sitting down and responsive reading in a PCA, but other than that... "Nah, we're not going to a service, just dinner. The worst you'll have to put up with is a long-winded prayer before we eat." The theology may be hardcore, but the ritual is comparatively tame.