Our Lady of Fandom; Friday [ 11/10 ]

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

The sign outside of the church had been decorated with two pictures (badly drawn in crayon) of horses flanking the message for today:

FRIDAY:
MARTINI!
...but not that kind! Inquire within and learn all about it!

Rosette was particularly proud her obscure religious holiday discovery of the day and, when she wasn't decorating the interiour of the church with the Christmas lights from the basement and cheap Halloween streamers, she and Chrono were decorating masks with supplies he had will soon be picked up from All and Sundries. They each had one too. Chrono's was just really glittery, red, but Rosette's had lots of fake feathers and sequins.


[[ open for all your churchly needs, or just come to celebrate obscure, ancient Latvian harvest holidays as Rosette's interpreted them.... ]]

[[ETA: One of these days, I will remember /center, I will....]]

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River sneaked into the church: She hadn't visited the nun for some time and missed her.

Looking around the place it was appearantly going through some redecoration.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"River!" Rosette waved from where she and Chrono sat in the centre aisle, hard at work with their arts and crafts. Chrono had a soft, slightly 'please-save-me' smile on his face as he glued a big fake jewel onto the center of a mask. "Happy Martini! Would you like to make a mask?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River walked up to them. "Happy Martini," she replied. "what is a not drink-martini?"

She grinned at Chrono's fakely bejewelled mask. "Yes. I'd like to make a mask."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"A not drink-martini is an ancient Latvian festival marking the shift of power between the horse gods Usins and Martins, summer to winter." Rosette pronounced this, seeming very proud of her retaining of knowledge. "It marked the beginning of masquarading and sledding for the ancient Latvians, and, while we can't sled because there's no snow yet, we can masquarade! So we're making masks to celebrate! Have a seat, go at it! And, if you see a horse today, give him a hug."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River just nodded and sat down. She picked up some materials and began making a mask.

((ooc: Bedtime!))

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John was almost bouncy as he ran into the church. "Rosette! I need a martini! We have a go-cart motor!"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette grinned up at him and his excitement frm where she sat working on more masks, despite the fact that John obviously couldn't read the sign. "Then go to the bar," she stuck her tongue out at him before asking, "What's a go-cart?"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John playfully slapped his forehead. "Oh, I keep forgetting you were born before cars and houses and electricity."

His grin approached epic proportions. "A go-cart is a miniaturized horseless carriage that runs on liquefied ghosts and hellfire. And, it goes really really fast and is really really fun."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Hey! Cars and electricity were born at about the same time as me, thank you very much. I even know how to drive."

"You can put a car in motion, yes," Chrono added with a grin, "but whether or not you can technically call that driving is another thing."

Rosette stuck her tongue out at him; he was just glad she didn't throw a pair of scissors or something. "Does it really run on liquefied ghosts and hellfire? How do you liquefy them?"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Well, sorta. But liquefied ghosts and hellfire sounds cooler than 'age-distilled pressure-treated organic remains' and less ooky."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

She grinned. "That it does. So, Go-Kart Man, wanna make a mask?" She held up the one she was working on, which had a lot for feathers on it.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Um. Sure?" He looks around. "What's this for, anyways?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Martini," Rosette nodded as she put a very knowledgable tone to her voice. "An ancient Latvian fesitival celebrating the passage of summer to winter. It's when they do all their harvest crap, and when they start masquerading and sledding. Since there's no snow yet here, we've just got masks. But masks are still pretty fun."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Yay masks! Um. Martinis later? With booze? Clothing Masks optional?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Oooh, martinis on Martini could be a lot of fun!"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Yus, indeedy." John does not bounce like Blair. TOtally doesn't.