( open ) First Night of Hanukkah

[signedlefthanded]

Who: Violet, everyone
What: HANUKKAH
When: Night of the 8th
Where: Violet's shop
Rating: PG?

[The shop floor has been cleared, tables set. A hanukiah stands in the middle of the table. At sundown, a blessing is read. Afterwards, Violet starts taking off the lids to the dishes. There are a ton of latkes as well as other fried breads and Jewish pastries. Of course there is roasts and fish, and Violet tried her hand at several different dishes.]

ooc: so I am not Jewish and just spent a long time reading about Hanukkah. If I screwed something up, I am so sorry.

Also feel free to assume there are nutcrackers around. Treat this like a party post.

Comments

[hellshaped]

[That gets a smile, though the way Hellboy smiles is more of an unnerving grimace. His lips peel back to expose his teeth, head tilting slightly to the side.]

You're telling me you're from a place with pirates?

[theabjectauthor]

[that is the second or third most unnerving smile he has ever seen...]. Oh, yes. Though most use submarines, these days.

[hellshaped]

Must be hard to board ships when you're underwater. Or, I guess -- board other submarines?

[theabjectauthor]

Oh, they surface for pillaging. Either that, or they dock onto other submarines, yes.

[a furtive look around the room] That is, of course, when they're not attempting to stay astray of the Bombinating Beast ...

[hellshaped]

[He can't help it -- he smiles again.] The Bombinating ...?

[theabjectauthor]

... Beast, yes. It's generally treated as a creature of legend, given how few people have actually seen it with their own eyes and lived to tell the tale. But I have seen enough evidence of my own to know otherwise.

[hellshaped]

Really? What do you do for a living?

[theabjectauthor]

I am a researcher, though that is hardly the extent of my studies.

[hellshaped]

I never had much of a head for books, personally. What do you research?

[theabjectauthor]

As much as I can. Until I was brought here, I was investigating the series of unfortunate events that had befallen Violet and her two siblings, trying to find them...

I must say, this is hardly how I expected to find her.

[hellshaped]

[He glances back in Violet's direction when she's mentioned.]

You knew her back home? Or is she some kind of historical figure ... [This place was confusing sometimes.]