Blaze was waiting to greet him, and showing a bit of colour of his own, though they eerily matched; a light black jacket trimmed in red and dark slacks, but the shirt beneath was white.
"Come on in -- we're actually out with the roses today. Is that going to be alright?"
Turning briskly, Blaze headed for the greenhouse floor -- where Onyx was already waiting, perched on a low chair and apparently 'talking' with a young blonde gentleman.
There was a grill already going (yay for tradition, warped suitably), and a table set out ... and intermixed with the briarbushes were holly bushes.
The chicken had been basted with -- something, not the usual teriyaki but not bad at all. And, contrary to Blaze's apparent suspicions, there were no accidents involving frisky poultry or other problem food ...
As dinner drew to a close, Blaze chuckled and got up from the table.
Blaze was not at all surprised by Vesper's plate-fetching before he could even get a word out. He didn't bother to protest; there was no reason to, really, and dealing with the Christmas cake was more than enough for him at the moment.
Seeing as said cake was a typically huge and perilous confection of sponge-cake, cream and icing and many many many strawberries, having someone else grab the plates was a bonus. Damn thing was tricky to cut --
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"Come on in -- we're actually out with the roses today. Is that going to be alright?"
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"That's perfect, actually. Lead the way."
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Turning briskly, Blaze headed for the greenhouse floor -- where Onyx was already waiting, perched on a low chair and apparently 'talking' with a young blonde gentleman.
There was a grill already going (yay for tradition, warped suitably), and a table set out ... and intermixed with the briarbushes were holly bushes.
Sneaky Blaze.
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Honestly he hadn't considered the idea of other people being there. He glanced over to Blaze then made his way over to the other two.
"Hello. Merry Christmas."
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The chicken had been basted with -- something, not the usual teriyaki but not bad at all. And, contrary to Blaze's apparent suspicions, there were no accidents involving frisky poultry or other problem food ...
As dinner drew to a close, Blaze chuckled and got up from the table.
"I hope everyone has saved space for dessert."
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Vesper stood up and without waiting for an answer, began taking some plates.
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Seeing as said cake was a typically huge and perilous confection of sponge-cake, cream and icing and many many many strawberries, having someone else grab the plates was a bonus. Damn thing was tricky to cut --
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"You really went all out. Looks very good, Blaze."
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